Is Milan Momcilovic a Kentucky Basketball target? CBS thinks he may be

When Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic entered the transfer portal, it sent a major shockwave across the college basketball landscape, as he’s now widely regarded as one of the best players available, if not the outright No. 1 player in the portal.

Well, technically he’s available, but Momcilovic is testing the 2026 NBA Draft waters and is believed to be strongly leaning toward staying in. However, ESPN has him down at 44th overall in their rankings, so it’s far from a lock that he’d go in the first round.

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That, and it’s no secret that some players claim they’re strongly leaning toward staying in the draft to get better NIL offers.

This season, Momcilovic averaged 16.9 points on 50.6% shooting (48.7% on 7.5 3-point attempts per game), 3.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists, and knocked down an NCAA-high 136 triples. He went for 20 points on 6/12 shooting (4/9 from deep) in the Cyclones NCAA Tournament win over the Kentucky Wildcats. He’s the best shooter in America, and he looks like someone who should have a long NBA career, regardless of whether it begins this year or in 2027.

If Momcilovic can’t get a team to bite on him in Round 1 this year, then you have to think a return to college basketball and offers around $4-5 million will be hard to pass up on.

But is Kentucky even in the mix for Momcilovic? CBS Sports’ Isaac Trotter seems to think so.

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In Trotter’s ranking of the top 100 transfer portal prospects — which has the Iowa State standout ranked No. 2 overall — he listed Kentucky among the teams expected to be in the mix if Momcilovic pulls out of the draft.

“Momcilovic has his sights set on the NBA Draft, but if he returns to college basketball, he is a plug-and-play difference-maker for anybody because he has an elite trait. Florida, Kentucky and Kansas will be in the mix if this recruitment opens up,” Trotter wrote.

Florida has been widely viewed as a serious contender for Momcilovic, but there’s a growing belief that the…

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Publish date : 2026-04-17 20:03:00

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