The opportunity to build an NBA draft case hasn't quite been there for Marcus Lee. Apparently, Kentucky attracts some pretty good recruits, and though a highly touted one himself (consensus top 25 out of high school, per 247Sports and ESPN, respectively), Lee failed to crack coach John Calipari's loaded rotation for the second straight season in 2014-15.
As a sophomore, Lee found himself stuck behind three 2015 NBA lottery picks, including No. 1 overall pick Karl-Anthony Towns.
So we can give him a pass for his career 2.5-point scoring average. It's tough to ask much from a player who's never logged 20 minutes in a game.
That will change in 2016. Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyles, Dakari Johnson—they're all gone, leaving Lee with touches and a first real chance to sell the NBA scouts.
"I'm so anxious for him and want this for him," Calipari told the Courier-Journal's Kyle Tucker. "It's his time, and you know what? He knows it's his time."
But with opportunity comes expectations. And given how little he's produced since arriving at school in 2013, Lee doesn't have mu ...
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Marcus Lee Must Emerge from Kentucky Wildcats’ Crowd to 2016 NBA Draft
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