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Blake Wesley invited to green room for NBA draft

Blake is in the big time now.

Fifty-eight names will be called during this year’s NBA draft, but only 22 of them will be at the Barclays Center to hear their name called. These young men represent what many feel will be the best in this year’s draft class. While results obviously aren’t guaranteed, the promise is there. Among those who will get to walk across the stage and put on his new team’s cap once his name is announced is Notre Dame’s [autotag]Blake Wesley[/autotag]:

It’s generally accepted that Wesley will be selected in the first round, but there are varying predictions as to when that will come. NBADraft.net currently has him as a late lottery pick, and Tankathon is projecting him to go later in the round. Whatever the case may be, Wesley will be in Brooklyn with his family for his big moment. While it would be nice for him to celebrate it in South Bend, who in their right mind would refuse the opportunity to go up on that stage?

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Blake Wesley highlighted in Associated Press story about ACC phenoms

Do you have high hopes for Blake Wesley’s NBA prospects this year?

John Marshall of The Associated Press decided it was time to look at ACC players who could go in this year’s NBA draft. Well, that actually might be a bit of a stretch. There a few players that get a paragraph at the bottom of the story. The vast majority of the words Marshall writes are about Notre Dame freshman phenom and South Bend native Blake Wesley.

Indeed, the chances of Wesley becoming the Irish’s first one-and-done player are very good if he chooses to go that route. What’s less clear is where he would be selected in the first round. NBADraft.net and Sports Illustrated currently project him as a late lottery pick. Cody Taylor of Rookie Wire thinks he’ll go much later in the first round, and that’s also where ESPN has him ranked as far as best players available.

All we know is that if this is Wesley’s only season with the Irish, he sure is determined to make it one that will be remembered. Of course, it would be nice if we didn’t have to wait as long to have more than only Pat Connaughton to watch in the NBA.