John Calipari Reportedly Planning NBA Scouting Combine for Kentucky Players

Kentucky has been churning out NBA players at such an alarming rate since John Calipari took over as head coach in 2009 that it would save professional teams a lot of time to just scout the Wildcats in one big team workout.

It turns out that could be happening very soon.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, Calipari has sent invites out to all 30 NBA teams to watch a private workout with the Wildcats next month:

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University of Kentucky coach John Calipari is finalizing plans for an unprecedented two-day campus scouting combine for NBA executives to evaluate his star-laden roster of professional prospects, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Calipari has invited officials of the 30 NBA teams to send personnel to Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 11-12 to watch his players do everything from run full-court five-on-five and NBA-style pick-and-roll sets to individual skill work.

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The event serves two purposes for Calipari. Wojnarowski notes that it will give the Wildcats coach the opportunity "to impress a throng of top high school recruits on campus visits and once again frame his program as college basketball's best NBA feeder system."

In addition, Wojnarowski cites sources as saying that Calipari intends to "shut out" NBA personnel following the workout to "avoid the distractions" that go with having everyone around the gym as the team is trying to prepare for games during the season.

Every year, we hear about the latest Kentucky freshman class that has a chance to be one of the best in the country. Calipari has done an incredible job of reloading year after year, both because he's proven himself to be an excellent recruiter and out of necessity because his top players almost never stay more than one year.

In 2013, Dick Vitale spoke to Kyle Tucker of USA Today about Kentucky's then-incoming class, which included Andrew and Aaron Harrison, Julius Randle, James Young and Marcus Lee:

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No doubt in my mind, this will be the best class ever assembled. Now, whether they blend and bond together like Kentucky's 2012 team, only time will tell. I personally think they will. Last year was a blip. This is going to be a special Kentucky team. ...

... Anything less (than a national championship) for this team would be a huge disappointment.

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It took a long time for that particular team to gel, but when they did, the Wildcats made a run to the title game against Connecticut.

In a change of pace for Calipari, some of those freshmen stayed for their sophomore seasons. The Harrison twins and Dakari Johnson are back, as are juniors Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley-Stein.

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Calipari has spoken about his recruiting philosophy and why recruits choose to come play for him:

Calipari has found a way to keep his program successful while molding talented players for the next level, usually in a short amount of time. This move signals the next step in his genius because it allows Kentucky players exposure to NBA scouts and gives him another recruiting tool to use—all in an environment that he controls.

Whether you love or hate Calipari, there's no denying that he's found a way to stay ahead of the curve. It's no wonder that Kentucky is one of the best programs in the country year after year, and why Calipari is the third-highest-paid coach in college basketball.

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