It seems with Coach Cal’s outstanding 2010 recruiting class that everyone is starting to forget about the current Kentucky basketball players, including Terrence Jones and Darius Miller.
While Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Marquis Teague, and Kyle Wiltjer all are expected to shine in blue, Calipari reminded Big Blue Nation that they aren’t the only ones when he spoke to Andy Katz.
The “he” in the next couple of quotes refers to Doron:
[QUOTE]”He’s our best basketball player,” head coach John Calipari said.
Well, OK then.
“He has a great feel for the game and it showed against Connecticut [in the Final Four],” said Calipari, who is currently prepping a Dominican team led by NBA players Al Horford, Francisco Garcia and Charlie Villanueva during a training camp in Lexington.
“Terrence has used this time to get stronger and I’m hoping Darius will use this experience overseas to help him,” Calipari said. “But Doron is a better player, in better shape and he can take the pressure off those freshmen so they don’t have to be anyone else but themselves.”
Calipari said the 6-foot-4 Lamb worked on his ballhandling extensively in the offseason. He said he has seen him mature off the court as well. Lamb did score 32 points with seven 3s in a win over Winthrop last season, so it’s not like he hasn’t shown the ability. But he had plenty of single-digit scoring outputs and his minutes fluctuated.
“In my opinion, he’s going to be one of the top-15 players in the country,” Calipari said. “He was a freshman last season and it’s hard for those guys to be consistent. The same thing occurred for Terrence Jones. [Lamb] has a great feel for the game. He was here for most of the summer and is now home for three weeks in New York before school starts. These are a big three weeks for him.”
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