{"id":2585,"date":"2023-04-12T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2023-04-12T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T02:35:00","slug":"kentucky-freshman-chris-livingston-declares-for-nba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/kentucky-freshman-chris-livingston-declares-for-nba-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky freshman Chris Livingston declares for NBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky freshman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/chris-livingston-22021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Livingston<\/a><\/strong> has entered the 2023 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward out of Akron, OH announced he would be declaring for the draft, making no mention of maintaining his college eligibility for a potential return to Lexington. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUK Family, basketball means everything to me, and it was a dream of mine to be a part of an incredible basketball program like the University of Kentucky,\u201d the freshman forward announced Wednesday. \u201cThank you to Big Blue Nation, my teammates and all the coaches and staff for your support. From middle school, high school, and AAU to now, many people have helped motivate and inspire me to achieve my goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to my Mom, grandparents, brother and sister for the sacrifices they made along the way. With that being said, I\u2019m declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft. It\u2019s only up from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Livingston averaged 6.3 points and 4.2 rebounds in 22.4 minutes per contest in his debut season with the Wildcats. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/kentucky-freshman-chris-livingston-declares-for-nba-draft\/\">Kentucky freshman Chris Livingston declares for NBA Draft<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky freshman Chris Livingston has entered the 2023 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}