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NBA Draft live stream: How to watch where former Vol Kennedy Chandler will go

By Caleb Calhoun

Jan 6, 2022; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; The NBA logo on the floor before the game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Golden State Warriors at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 6, 2022; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; The NBA logo on the floor before the game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Golden State Warriors at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tennessee basketball guard Kennedy Chandler is on track to be the third one-and-done taken from Rocky Top in the past two years. Before then, only two one-and-dones were ever selected in the NBA Draft, and one of them was back in the 1950s for a reason separate from just being a freshman coming into the league.

Anyway, Chandler is a projected post-lottery first round pick. He is expected to be the fourth first-round draft pick the past three years for the Vols and the sixth draft pick in general during that time, truly demonstrating what Rick Barnes has built on Rocky Top.

All of this will be on display with the draft now set. Chandler’s landing spot is of great interest to lots of Vol fans, and at this point, watching this draft is more intriguing for Big Orange Country than the NFL Draft. Here is all the information you need to watch the event.

2022 NBA Draft

When: Thursday, June 23 at 8 p.m. ET

Where: Barclays Center; Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.

TV: ABC (First round); ESPN (First and second rounds)

Live stream: WatchESPN

Listen online: ESPN Radio

Last year, Tennessee basketball had Keon Johnson and Jaden Springer taken in the first round, while Yves Pons signed with the Memphis Grizzlies. In 2019, the Vols had Grant Williams taken in the first round and Admiral Schofield and Jordan Bone taken in the second round.

Williams is the star among all those players right now, as he was a significant contributor to the Boston Celtics team that just reached the NBA Finals. Boston selected him with the 22nd overall pick in the draft back in 2019. He was UT’s first first-round pick since Tobias Harris in 2011.

Johnson was the 21st pick by the New York Knicks last year and traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. He was then traded to the Portland Trailblazers midseason. Springer was the 28th pick by the Philadelphia 76ers, where he still plays.

Chandler averaged just under 14 points last year for the Vols and was their clutch go-to scorer. He demonstrated an ability to play the one or the two, averaging just under five assists and over two steals while shooting 38.3 percent from the three-point line.

What’s holding him back from being a lottery pick in the NBA Draft is his size at 6’0″ 170 pounds and his issues when it comes to free throw shooting, as he was 60.6 percent from the foul line. However, the potential is clearly there, so if taken in the right spot, he could become a star.

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