Kevin Knox is going to Kentucky. The 5-star wing picked the Wildcats over North Carolina, Duke, Florida State and Missouri on Saturday afternoon.
Kevin Knox commits to Kentucky, gives John Calipari blue chip recruit on the wing
The Wildcats have landed a five-star wing on the recruiting trail.
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
Knox is a 6’9, 200-pound wing from Tampa Bay, Fla. He’s ranked as the No. 9 player in the class of 2016, according to ESPN. He’s won two gold medals with USA Basketball’s junior program and was named a McDonald’s All-American earlier this year.
Knox made the announcement on Twitter:
Knox will fit in nicely on a Kentucky team that already had four McDonald’s All-Americans in its incoming freshmen class before his commitment. The Wildcats have been missing a big, athletic small forward who can score from all three levels. That’s exactly what Knox projects to do.
Kentucky is still waiting on a decision from Hamidou Diallo, another five-star wing who joined the team mid-season but has declared for the NBA draft without an agent. If Diallo does return to school, Kentucky should have an absolutely loaded perimeter attack.
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