Winners from Kentucky's Pro Day Testing for NBA Scouts

Kentucky’s Pro Day event has come and gone, and the focus now turns toward Big Blue Madness, Blue-White and the exhibition games vs. Purdue and Georgetown before the real stuff begins in November. Before we move on from the scout invasion in Lexington with representatives from all 30 teams sitting courtside inside Historic Memorial Coliseum, though, how about some final notes from Mark Pope‘s second show-and-tell with NBA personnel?

Up to this point, we’ve seen pictures, highlights and interviews shared by the program, then Rapid Reactions and Sources Say Podcasts breaking it all down. We know the standouts and surprises, even getting some anonymous scout takes after the dust settled on the annual event.

“I expect them to be one of the best teams in the country, because they have as much depth as anybody we’re going to see. I call them Noah’s Ark because they have two of everything,” one NBA scout told KSR. “I literally have nine prospects on Kentucky’s team on my NBA Draft radar. I think that’s the most of any team I’m going to see this year.”

What we haven’t seen from the event, however, are the testing results highlighting the quickest Wildcats and those who jumped the highest — but KSR’s got you covered there, too.

For context, Kentucky tested for approach vertical and standing vertical to go with 3/4 sprint, lane agility and reactive shuttle times during the summer. Then, BAM (Basic Athlete Measurement), the trusted partner of the NBA Draft Combine and over 50 DI schools as a third-party testing verification service, led the way at UK Pro Day with scouts in attendance receiving both sets of results for ten total datapoints to work with after things wrapped up in Lexington.

The specific numbers are for internal use only, but we can absolutely run through the winners of each category to create a list of event MVPs. You’ll quickly learn that Denzel Aberdeen and Collin Chandler absolutely dominated the testing in both verticals, sprints and lane agility drills — and it’s probably safe to say they’re the two best athletes on the team, at least until Jayden Quaintance comes back.

Elsewhere, Otega Oweh, who did not participate in the Pro Day practice, did not test, either. Interestingly enough, Mo Dioubate did not test for scouts either after putting up solid numbers back in the summer. It was our first run of tests for Andrija Jelavic, though.

Summer Approach Vertical:

• Denzel Aberdeen and Collin Chandler tied for first, followed by Otega Oweh, then Jaland Lowe.

Bam Approach Vertical

• Denzel Aberdeen and Collin Chandler tied for first, followed by Jaland Lowe, then Kam Williams

Summer Standing Vertical

• Denzel Aberdeen finished first, followed by Collin Chandler, then Mo Dioubate

Bam Standing Vertical

• Collin Chandler finished first, followed by Denzel Aberdeen, then a three-way tie between Kam Williams, Jaland Lowe and Braydon Hawthorne

Summer 3/4 Sprint

• Mo Dioubate finished first, followed by Jaland Lowe, then Collin Chandler

Bam 3/4 Sprint

• Jaland Lowe finished first, followed by a tie between Denzel Aberdeen and Collin Chandler

Summer Lane Agility

• Denzel Aberdeen finished first, followed by Jaland Lowe, then Trent Noah

Bam Lane Agility

• Denzel Aberdeen finished first, followed by Jaland Lowe, then Collin Chandler with Jasper Johnson right behind

Summer Reactive Shuttle

• Collin Chandler finished first, followed by Jaland Lowe, then Reece Potter with Otega Oweh right behind

Bam Reactive Shuttle

• Collin Chandler finished first, followed by Kam Williams, then Brandon Garrison

Two additional numbers of interest to monitor as we enter the season: Jayden Quaintance’s wingspan sits at 7’3″ while Braydon Hawthorne is right behind at 7’2.5″.

There is a whole lot to like about this group on the court, and the numbers are backing that up.