Ending the Kentucky Wildcat NBA Championship Drought

Since Rajon Rondo helped the Boston Celtics with the franchise’s 17th NBA Championship in 2008, a former Kentucky Wildcat hasn’t claimed an NBA ring since then, a drought that is very likely to end this year.

 

First, we must recap all of the former Wildcats to claim NBA’s greatest prize, courtesy of Jon Scott’s Big Blue History:

Paul Noel	1942-43	1950-51 (Rochester Royals)
Lou Tsioropoulos	1953-54	1956-57 (Boston Celtics) 1958-59 (Boston Celtics)
Frank Ramsey	1953-54	1956-57 (Boston Celtics) 1958-59 (Boston Celtics) 1959-60 (Boston Celtics) 1960-61 (Boston Celtics) 1961-62 (Boston Celtics) 1962-63 (Boston Celtics) 1963-64 (Boston Celtics)
Cliff Hagan	1953-54	1957-58 (St. Louis Hawks)
Pat Riley	1966-67	1971-72 (Los Angeles Lakers)
Larry Steele	1970-71	1976-77 (Portland Trailblazers)
Kevin Grevey	1974-75	1977-78 (Washington Bullets)
Rick Robey	1977-78	1980-81 (Boston Celtics)
Tayshaun Prince	2001-02	2003-04 (Detroit Pistons)
Nazr Mohammed	1997-98	2004-05 (San Antonio Spurs)
Antoine Walker	1995-96	2005-06 (Miami Heat)
Derek Anderson	1996-97	2005-06 (Miami Heat)
Rajon Rondo	2005-06	2007-08 (Boston Celtics)

 

 

Now looking the perceived favorites to make the NBA finals, the Miami Heat are heavily favored to win the Eastern Conference behind the greatness of the man known as Jorts, with the help of some guy named LeBron James.