Kentucky guard Malik Monk: a closer look

June 19, 2017 at 4:56AM
Kentucky guard Malik Monk (5) makes a pass around Wichita State forward Rashard Kelly (0) during the second half of a second-round game in the menís NCAA college basketball tournament in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 19, 2017. Kentucky defeated Wichita State 65-62. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) ORG XMIT: INMC136
Malik Monk (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Malik Monk file

Hometown: Bentonville, Ark.

Age: 19 (born Feb. 19, 1998, in Jonesboro, Ark.)

Height: 6-3

Weight: 197 pounds

Wingspan: 6-3½

College: Kentucky

Position: Shooting guard

In 38 games as a Kentucky freshman this past season, Monk averaged 19.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 0.9 steals in 32.1 minutes per game. He shot 49.7 percent from the floor, 39.7 percent from three-point range and 82.2 percent on free throws. Draft Express ranks him as the draft's sixth-best prospect; ESPN.com ranks him the seventh-best prospect. Both services' mock drafts predict New York will select him eighth.

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