PHOTOS: Looking back at NBA player Luke Kennard’s standout Franklin career

From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
From the Archives: Check out Franklin’s Luke Kennard when he was in high school
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Luke Kennard, when he was a Franklin High School senior in 2015, stands next to one of the signs that have been installed on roads entering the city of Franklin. Two of the signs were stolen in early 2017 after Kennard announced he would forge his final two years at Duke University and was entering the NBA draft. City officials took down the signs to prevent additional thefts and has just recently re-erected three of the signs. NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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Nov 19, 2020
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Detroit Pistons guard Luke Kennard will play the next NBA season on the West Coast as he was traded Wednesday to the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Pistons traded 23-year-old Franklin native to the Clippers for the No. 19 pick in Wednesday’s NBA Draft. Detroit drafted Villanova’s Saddiq Bey.

Detroit selected Kennard, who left Duke early, with the No. 12 pick in 2017.

Kennard was a McDonald’s All-American and two-time Ohio Mr. Basketball.

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Michael D. Pitman had been a reporter in southwest Ohio since 1999. He covered local governments in Warren and Butler counties, as well as state and national issues. He last covered the city of Hamilton before his retirement on Dec. 31, 2025.