In a week, Shaedon Sharpe will be the latest player to hear his name called in the NBA draft without playing post-high-school basketball. Sharpe, a 19-year-old who is a year past his high school graduation date, is eligible for the draft despite originally enrolling to be a fifth-year senior at Dream City Christian (Glendale, Ariz.) before reclassifying and enrolling early at Kentucky, where he attended but did not play basketball this season.
The former No. 1 player in the class of 2022, Sharpe is projected to be a lottery pick in the 2022 draft.
According to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony, Sharpe’s camp wants the guard to be drafted to a team that can “take a long-term view in steering him to an advantageous development situation in which he can maximize his significant potential and become an All-Star.”
