Kellan Grady was in a gym hoisting jumpers on Monday, trying his best to mimic the form he refined playing at Kentucky this past season. But something was conspicuously missing during his pre-draft workout with the Charlotte Hornets: The name “Granddad” didn’t get mentioned.
“That stays in Lexington,” Grady said, referring to the city in which the University of Kentucky is located. “Nobody has called me that since I left school.”
Grady’s former teammates jokingly nicknamed him “Granddad” upon his arrival in Kentucky because he was so much older than most on the team. After donning the uniform of one set of Wildcats — Davidson — for four years, Grady spent his graduate season wearing threads of another. The 6-foot-5, 204-pound guard started all 34 games for Kentucky in 2021-22, averaging 11.4 points and 2.1 rebounds in 32.9 minutes.
