Rob Dillingham on verge of 'fulfilling the requirements' necessary to be selected in NBA Draft

Despite declaring for the NBA Draft a few months ago, former Kentucky guard Rob Dillingham has yet to complete all of the neccessary requirements to be selected in the upcoming draft this month.

That is until later this week.

Dillingham, who was invited to the 2024 NBA Draft Combine, was unable to fulfill all of the measurements and testing due to an ankle injury early in the week. He has been out ever since.

On Friday, however, that will change. According to ESPN Draft Insider Jonathan Givony, Dillingham will complete all the additional requirements on this week in Los Angeles.

"Dillingham has not yet completed all the requirements needed to be eligible for selection in the draft, per the NBA's collective bargaining agreement," Givony wrote. "An ankle injury prevented Dillingham from conducting athletic testing and shooting drills at the NBA draft combine in Chicago in mid-May, and has thus far also prohibited him from attending private workouts with NBA teams.

"Dillingham's ankle has healed, and he plans on fulfilling those requirements at the Lakers' practice facility on Friday, his agent Lucas Newton of Klutch Sports told ESPN."

Invites were sent out on Tuesday for the NBA Draft Green Room, which included Reed Sheppard, but because of Dillingham's injury, he has yet to receive one. That should change after Friday's testing is complete.

Dillingham has been projected to go inside the top-10 for the majority of the pre-draft process. But after his injury, he hasn't been as much of a lock as previously thought.

Currently he is still listed as No. 7 on ESPN's Big Board and with his ability to create opportunties off of the dribble, unlike any other guard in the 2024 draft class, his stock will remain high.

Dillingham is coming off of a freshman season when he averaged 15.2 points, 3.9 assists and shot 44.4 percent from three. He started just one game all year.