Kentucky’s success at sending players to the NBA is well documented by this point. It’s a point of pride for the program, and something that was on display on Friday night, when Big Blue Nation came together at Rupp Arena to watch Kentucky hold the annual UK Charity Alumni Game.
A ton of former Wildcats were in attendance, from current NBA players like Karl-Anthony Towns, DeMarcus Cousins, and Jamal Murray to school legends like Antoine Walker and Tony Delk. Oh, and Rajon Rondo was also there, throwing crazy passes that we’ll unfortunately never see him do during an NBA game under any circumstance.
The best example of this comes at the 36-second mark of this highlight video from the evening. Rondo had a clear path to the rim and could have laid the ball in pretty easily. Instead, he bounced it off of his forehead and into the hands of another Wildcat in the NBA, Eric Bledsoe. From there, Bledsoe threw down.
You can't fake family. #WeAreUK https://t.co/mFOXoeHglG
— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) August 26, 2017
Sure, this was a college alumni game, so the defense being played was probably … well there probably wasn’t any defense being played. But still, this was a fun moment from what was probably a fun game, and it would be extremely cool if Rondo busted this out while setting up Anthony Davis for an alley-oop next season. As for the game on Friday, the White Alumni defeated the Blue Alumni, 115-109. Towns led all scorers with 33 points, and because it was an exhibition, Cousins went 1-for-12 from three.
