Former Kentucky superstar Reed Sheppard is off to the NBA Draft, but he admits his decision to leave school rather than stick around for the first year of the Mark Pope era was not easy. Still, Sheppard felt his best bet was striking while the iron is hot and entering the NBA Draft. “I’m very excited. It was tough, it was a tough decision, for sure,” Reed Sheppard said, according to KSR’s Jack Pilgrim. “Growing up, it was always a dream to play at Kentucky. Being able to do that this year and not really knowing what to expect, coming in wanting to do whatever it took to win and just have fun w…