Rob Dillingham Receives Green Room Invitation to Attend NBA Draft

Rob Dillingham Better get his suit ready – he’s going to the NBA draft.

Previously ineligible with final athletic testing and shooting drills required before being cleared, the former Kentucky star met those requirements Friday at the Lakers’ practice facility and has now been invited to the green room during the party draft.

An ankle injury kept him from participating in the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago in May. Now healthy, Dillingham has checked the remaining boxes and will now walk across the stage in Brooklyn on June 26 as a likely top 10 selection. He will join another former Kentucky star Reed Sheppard in the green room.

Dillingham’s invitation went out early Friday night, joining Duke’s Kyle Filipowski, Kansas’ Johnny Furphy, Baylor’s Yves Missi, USC’s Isaiah Collier, Miami’s Kyshawn George, Duke’s Jared McCain and Serbia’s Nikola Topic. They join Sheppard, Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr, Donovan Clingan, Matas Buzelis, Stephon Castle, Dalton Knecht, Tidjane Salaun, Ron Holland, Cody Williams, Devin Carter and Ja’Kobe Walter as players set to attend the draft.

The former Wildcat is ranked No. 7 overall in ESPN’s Top 100 Players, with Jonathan Givony calling him “the best ball handler in this class.”

Dillingham and Sheppard will represent the Wildcats well in Brooklyn.