If you remember last season, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein likes to tweet out his preview of basketball teams and he continued that this season after he spoke to John Calipari today.
Here are all of his tweets from this morning and it gives some good insight on what Coach Cal thinks about his team and his thoughts on the upcoming season.
.@ukcoachcalipari on Kentucky “We don’t know what we are yet. I don’t know how we’ll play offensively yet. We’re figuring it out.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on Archie Goodwin “He’ll set the tone for us defensively. He’ll be like Deandre Liggins, Antonio Anderson, + MKG.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on Alex Poythress “We’re probably going to use him like we used Patrick Patterson. In a 4/3 type role.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on Willie Cauley “He’s surprising. This is the 1st time he’s been fully committed 2 basketball bc he played other sports.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on Ryan Harrow “He’s more like Brandon Knight, a PG that can score. He has a good understand of what I want.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on Kyle Wiltjer “We’re going to need him to score. He’s going to be one of our most skilled players.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on Nerlens Noel “He just needs to learn how to play every possession. We have to define what his offensive game is.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on playing Nerlens Noel + Willie Cauley together “We’re going to have to do it for 8-10 minutes each game.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on UK “Do I play zone w this team w 3 guys over 6-10? And how do we get into our dribble drive? Those are some questions?”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on the SEC “There’s 14 teams in our league, I’d say seven will make the NCAAs. We’re going to beat each other up.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
.@ukcoachcalipari on Tennessee “They’re going to be much better than people think. They play the way you win in the NCAA Tournament.”
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
Early prediction on Kentucky starting five — Ryan Harrow, Archie Goodwin, Alex Poythress, Kyle Wiltjer, Nerlens Noel……
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2012
