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Kentucky reaches out to the son of an NBA legend in the transfer portal
Kentucky looking to add talented shooter in the transfer portal.
Kentucky head basketball coach Mark Pope is looking to build his roster for the 2024-25 season after most of Kentucky's players from last season, and recruiting class are gone.
Coach Pope has reached out to a bunch of players in the transfer portal, and he will need to bring a lot of players in to have a competitive roster next season.
One player that Kentucky has reached out to is Andrej Stojakovic, who started his career at Stanford. He is the son of NBA legend Peja Stojakovic. Last season in the Pac-12, Stojakovic averaged 7.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 0.9 assists. He was a McDonald's All-Ameircan last cycle, and while he didn't have the best freshman season is a player who could still have a solid career.
While Stojakovic only shot 32.7% from three last season, he is an excellent shooter, and hopefully, in Pope's offensive system, he will be able to figure it out from deep.
Stojakovic would be a very good take for Pope, and he could be a player who could turn around his college basketball career in Lexington.
Adam Finkelstein of 247Sports had this to say about Stojakovic after he hit the portal, "The former McDonald’s All-American didn’t make quite the immediate impact that many expected as a freshman at Stanford, and put his name in the portal following the dismissal of head coach Jerod Haase. Known as a skilled shot-maker and versatile scoring threat in high school, Stojakovic knocked down less than 33% of his attempted threes this year while averaging 7.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 22.3 minutes per game. More concerning though was his inefficiency inside the arc, as he finished just 39% of his attempts at the rim per Pivot Analysis, and on the defensive end of the floor, where he rated in the bottom 10% according to Synergy Sports. Both of those struggles are, at least partially, attributed to the physical transition to the college level. While Stojakovic was older than most college freshman, having turned 19 in August, his frame was still not fully mature and he didn’t have quite as much game experience against top competition. Given time to catch-up in both areas, there are still lots of reasons for long-term optimism as his positional size, skill, and offensive versatility remain as intriguing as they were in high school."
