He likes what the 6-foot-5 former Kansas University signee brings to next Wednesday’s NBA Draft table in Minneapolis.

“I saw him play at the McDonald’s Game and saw he’s a uniquely talented kid,” Randall said of Stevenson, a Fresno, Calif., guard expected to be chosen in the first round of the draft.

It’s said both the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers have interest in the high-flying former Washington High player.

“There are a lot of teams that talk about him who are interested in him. I can’t put my finger on any one of them,” Randall said Wednesday before addressing several hundred youths at the Roy Williams basketball camp.

“I just know there is talk of the kid. Chances are, just on potential alone and on his athletic skills, there’s a very good chance he’ll be a first-round pick.”

That’s not to say the 32-year-old Denver native agrees with the decisions of Stevenson and Darius Miles to head directly from high school to the pros.

“Those kids are missing out on so much in terms of growth and maturity the fundamentals and coaching they get in college,” said Randall, the No. 1 shooter in KU history with a career mark of 62 percent.

“(But) you know what? Kids can do what they want to do. That’s something they are allowed to do. It’s tough at that age to decline when you have people talking in your ear saying, ‘Hey, you are going to make a million dollars a year.’

“I hope it changes. I don’t think it will anytime soon.”

Actually, starting in a year or so, even more high schoolers are likely to skip college for the NBA experience.

Plans are being formulated for an NBA Developmental League a minor-league for those players who do not want to attend college.

Milt Newton, a teammate of Randall at KU, has been named director of player personnel of that new league, still being formulated.

“There have been a lot of discussions and there’s still a lot more talking to do,” Randall said. “The basic (premise) is with all these young kids coming out, you’ll draft them and send ’em to the developmental league. Instead of sitting on the end of an NBA bench three years, you’ll send them to play and learn.

“There’s all these others leagues (CBA, IBL, USBL). The developmental league will probably takes a lot of these other leagues out,” Randall added.

As far as next week’s draft, ESPN.com says of the 29 first-round picks, 14 will be high schoolers or underclassmen and three will be foreign players.

“I wouldn’t say it’s a super strong draft and a lot of that is all the young kids coming out,” Randall said. “I’d say 1 through 10 is strong and then after that it falls off. Really No. 10 could probably easily replace No. 1 in terms of playing time and making a difference on your ballclub.”

Randall sees Cincinnati senior forward Kenyon Martin as the No. 1 pick in the draft, despite the fact Martin broke his leg just before last year’s NCAA Tournament.

“Kenyon Martin jumping half as high as he’s capable is still better than most of the guys in the country,” said Randall, who works for the Denver Nuggets. “I don’t know too many guys who have not come back from broken legs.”

Martin will be long gone by the time the Nuggets pick. Denver has the 37th and 53rd picks, with none in Round One.

“You’ve got to understand anything can happen. Somebody could package something and send it to us and we could be picking 1 through wherever,” Randall said. “You must have it covered in case of a trade.”

Randall said he visited KU four times last year on scouting assignments and will likely be at many Jayhawk games next season. He likes KU’s team, even without Stevenson.

“I know a lot of people are upset he’s not coming to KU, but you never know … that could be a blessing in disguise,” Randall said. “I’m on the USA committee that helps picks the top teams. I got to watch Kirk Hinrich, Nick Collison and Drew Gooden at the trials (in Colorado Springs for summer all-star team). All three of those guys played outstanding. I think they are going to be the core of the (KU) team next year. They are not losing anything. They are still young.”