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Kentucky’s Harrison twins leave enter 2015 NBA Draft

By Patrick Schmidt

Feb 21, 2015; Lexington, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats guard Aaron Harrison (2) and guard Andrew Harrison (5) during the game against the Auburn Tigers in the second half at Rupp Arena. The Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Auburn Tigers 110-75. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 21, 2015; Lexington, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats guard Aaron Harrison (2) and guard Andrew Harrison (5) during the game against the Auburn Tigers in the second half at Rupp Arena. The Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Auburn Tigers 110-75. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports /
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Andrew and Aaron Harrison are leaving Kentucky and entering the 2015 NBA Draft.

As expected, Kentucky guards Andrew and Aaron Harrison are foregoing their last two years of eligibility and are declaring for the NBA Draft, according to CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish.

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This move is hardly surprising considering how close the twins came to leaving after their freshman seasons last year when Kentucky lost in the national championship game to UConn.

They are the first of Kentucky’s roster full of McDonald’s All-American’s and future NBA players to formally declare their intentions, while as many as five others could soon join them and declare for the Draft.

In addition to the Harrison twins, Willie Cauley-Stein, Karl-Anthony Towns, Trey Lyles, Devin Booker and Dakari Johnson are weighing their options. Cauley-Stein and Towns are possible top-five picks and Towns could even be the No. 1 overall pick.

Booker and Johnson are the two with the greatest chance to return for another year, but they are still leaning toward declaring for the draft, according to the CBS report.

Andrew Harrison is the No. 57 ranked player on Chad Ford’s draft rankings and projects him as a late second round pick or could even go undrafted. He’s got great size at 6-6 for the point guard position but he ranks so low because he isn’t an elite athlete, has bouts of inconsistency and questions about his attitude after averaging 9.3 points and 3.6 assists as a sophomore.

Aaron Harrison is the No. 80 player on Ford’s big board so he’ll need a strong showing at the pre-draft workouts and prove he can be an NBA player because he looks like a longshot to be drafted and could regret leaving Kentucky with two years of eligibility remaining.

Ford says he’s a strong combo guard who can be a lockdown defender, he’s an excellent shooter with range and plays the game with passion, so what’s not to like?

His poor ball-handling skills and poor body language in high school games are the only two negatives Ford cites in his draft profile, but he averaged 11 points last year at Kentucky.

Do you think the Harrison twins would have been better served by returning to Kentucky where they probably would make another deep run in the NCAA Tournament and get that National Championship that has eluded them the last two years?

Let us know in the comments section below where you think they’ll be drafted, if at all.

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