Due to his wife. Oscar Tshiebwe has decided to move and…

Still, there are Kentucky-caliber players available, including North Dakota State’s Grant Nelson, Creighton’s Arthur Kaluma, and Tennessee’s Olivier Nkamhoua, and if Calipari can land one (or two) of the biggest names remaining, this team will gain the veteran experience necessary to help them during the gauntlet SEC regular season and into March and the NCAA Tournament.

If not? Well, the heat will be on for Kentu

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LEXINGTON, Ky. A rough offseason continues for John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats, with former National Player of the Year Oscar Tshiebwe keeping his name in the 2023 NBA draft and forgoing a chance to return to Lexington for one more season.

Tshiebwe is yet another loss for Kentucky, which also saw Cason Wallace and Chris Livingston leave for the NBA, while four players entered the transfer portal and found new homes: Sahvir Wheeler (Washington) CJ Fredrick (Cincinnati) Daimion Collins (LSU) and Lance Ware (Villanova).

Additionally, while guard Antonio Reeves removing his name from the NBA draft looks like a good sign on paper, there are reports he too could put his name in the transfer portal, which he is able to do as a graduate student.

Locked on Kentucky host Lance Dawe breaks down how the NBA draft deadline impacts the Wildcats and what this team needs to do to right the ship before the season starts.

“The Kentucky Wildcats, as of May 31, have seven players on scholarship on their roster,” Dawe said. “And they don’t seem to have an answer as to where they need to go to fill some of these holes. It’s not just the center position that Kentucky needs help.”

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Calipari has the top-ranked recruiting class coming in, with five top-50 prospects set to hit school this fall, including Justin Edwards (No. 3 per 247Sports), Aaron Bradshaw (4), and DJ Wagner (6).

Still, 2023 is considered a weak class overall, thanks in part to the COVID-19 seasons, and the age of teams dominating with predominantly freshmen is over.

For Kentucky to be important in 2023–24, they’ll need to make a handful of additions to the transfer portal, and most of the high-level talent has already been scooped up.cky’s fab five freshmen to help lead this team to the promised land in an era where age tends to win out.