Unbelievable: Watkins wife divorced him after he was sacked yesterday……more 
It’s clear who was getting the lion’s share of the attention ahead of Kentucky basketball’s Senior Night showdown with Vanderbilt.
It was also evident who would be getting the loudest eruption from the Rupp Arena faithful when the Senior Night ceremonies commenced before the Wildcats and Commodores played late Wednesday night in Lexingto
But the deserved praise that has, and will, come the way of fifth-years Tre Mitchell and Antonio Reeves shouldn’t take away from the two other elder statesmen on an otherwise youthful Kentucky basketball team.Brennan Canada and Kareem Watkins have been every bit the “big brother” figures that Mitchell and Reeves have been, albeit with much less playing tim
And both Canada and Watkins were also able to say their Rupp Arena farewells on Wednesday night.Kareem Watkins enjoys final Kentucky basketball season with fami
Watkins, a 5-foot-8 guard from New Jersey, joined the UK program as a walk-on ahead of the 2020-21 season
What’s most widely known about Watkins — who has appeared in 19 career games across four seasons with the Wildcats — is the family connection he holds to another member of this Kentucky team.Watkins is a stepson of Dajuan Wagner, John Calipari’s former star player at Memphis. And Watkins is an older stepbrother to UK freshman guard D.J. Wagner. As such, Watkins has enjoyed his final college basketball season in the presence of famil
“That’s like the best experience anybody could ever have, (getting to) play with your brother,” Watkins said. “… The fact that we’re doing it at the college level, and it’s at Kentucky, it’s the best feeling in the world
What’s impressed Watkins the most about Wagner from his freshman seaso
“Just how he takes in information and knowledge and applies it to his game and doesn’t get frustrated with himself and just keeps playing,” Watkins said.n?.”y..lye.n.m..lye.n.t.e.n.eam.
