Two veteran players from San Antonio Spurs set to visit Kentucky Basketball after they completed the trade deal
Kentucky is starting to heat up the recruiting in the class of 2025 as they prepared to inked in a four-year deal with two veterans.
The Kentucky Wildcats are set to get official visits from class of 2025 recruits Tounde Yessoufou and Braylon Mullins.
According to Joe Tipton of On3, Yessoufou, the No. 21 player in the class of 2025 at 247 Sports Composite, is set to visit Kentucky in August. The visit will be either August 1st or August 2nd as both parties work on the final plan for the visit.
Yessoufou is a 6-foot-5, 211-pound small forward from Santa Maria (CA). His highest ranking is No. 13 overall by On3.
At this moment, Kentucky has not offered Yessoufou, but that could change once he comes to Lexington for his official visit.
Yessoufou, who is a native of the West African nation of Benin, has always looked at Kentucky as a school he could play for, telling KSR back in May.
“That was my dream school when I came to the United States. I definitely wanted an offer from Coach Cal, but he’s obviously gone,” Yessoufou told Jack Pilgrim of KSR. “I’ve heard about Coach Pope, and he’s definitely got great energy. Just from FaceTiming him, you can tell he has amazing energy. I love being around coaches like that. Kentucky is a great program — for me, it’s top-10 in the country, definitely. With his history — you know, he used to play over there — so he brings a lot.”
When John Calipari was at Kentucky, they did not show interest in Yessoufou. However, since Pope and his staff have taken over, they’ve been making up ground.
“Arizona is a school that has been carrying momentum with Yessoufou as they built a relationship early, and he officially visited Tommy Lloyd and Co. earlier this month,” Tipton of On3 says. “The new staff at USC has also made him a priority since arriving in LA. In speaking with sources, Kentucky is making up ground quickly.”
As for Mullins, he’s a 6-foot-5, 180-pound shooting guard from Greenfield (IN). According to 247 Sports Composite, which measures all the major recruiting rankings, he is ranked No. 75 nationally. His highest ranking is No. 24 overall by 247 Sports.
Braylon Mullins’ father, Josh Mullins, told A Sea of Blue that he will be taking an official visit to Kentucky on October 25th-27th. Mullins recently received an offer from Kentucky after a recent visit to Lexington earlier this week.
Josh also added that the hope is to cut Braylon’s list down to five to eight schools in August and, after they finish visits, to cut it down to three or four schools.
Kentucky freshman forward Justin Edwards has signed a two-way contract with his hometown Philadelphia 76ers, according to a report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
After once being projected as the No. 1 overall pick by multiple mock drafts, Edwards went undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft, which concluded at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday.
The Wildcats ended the 2024 NBA Draft with three players selected.
