Did you see ‘HPT’ written on Cason Wallace’s suit at the NBA Draft? Here’s what it means.

Thursday night’s NBA Draft saw Cason Wallace become the 58th first-round selection out of Kentucky, and it continued UK’s now 14-year streak of having a player selected in the first round of the draft.

But something else that caught the eye of onlookers at Barclays Center in Brooklyn was Wallace’s draft night fit, and specifically his suit jacket.

The black suit jacket worn by Wallace featured the letters “HPT” in red in repeating fashion across the jacket.

But what did those three letters stand for?

According to Wallace it’s a nod to the neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, that he grew up in: Hamilton Park, Texas.

Wallace revealed that the neighborhood was the inspiration behind his suit pattern during an interview with ESPN after he was selected 10th overall by the Dallas Mavericks, although Wallace is being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Joining Wallace for his draft night interview as his older brother, Keaton, who played college basketball at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Keaton, who is five years older than Cason, shed some light on what it was like growing up with Cason in Hamilton Park, and the brothers’ reputation as noisy neighbors due to their love for basketball.

“We had long nights, I’m talking about late, one or two o’clock in the morning, neighbors complaining about us dribbling the ball,” Keaton told ESPN with a smile. “We (were) going hard at each other late into the night.”

Located in North Dallas, Hamilton Park was originally an all-Black subdivision, according to the Texas State Historical Association.

The neighborhood is named for a Black civic leader and physician, Dr. Richard T. Hamilton, and it formally opened in May 1954.

Wallace went on to attend and play basketball at Richardson High School in nearby Richardson, Texas.

As a senior, he was the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Texas and a McDonald’s All-American before arriving at Kentucky.

Even though Wallace won’t be with the hometown Dallas Mavericks, he won’t be starting his NBA career too far from where it all began: Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center is only a three-hour drive from Hamilton Park.

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