The San Antonio Spurs director of college personnel, and former Kentucky assistant coach, George Felton loved the Kentucky combine put on by Coach John Calipari.
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[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]“I thought it was a tremendous concept that Coach Cal came up with,” Felton said. “To have an opportunity to get another look at these young men, and also to have an opportunity to interview them — I would love to see more universities do this.” [/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]The UK players involved were freshman point guard Brandon Knight, freshman power forward Terrence Jones, junior wing DeAndre Liggins and senior center Josh Harrellson. Although he would have been welcome to participate, UK student Enes Kanter — who was ruled ineligible to compete this past season by the NCAA — chose not to join the sessions. [/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Felton said he was able to spend 15-20 minutes interviewing the players and appreciated that opportunity.[/COLOR][/LEFT]
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I think the interviewing part of the combine is one of the most important parts and the NBA reps can tell a lot about the player as a person.
If you were going to spend 50 million on a player wouldn’t you want to know a little more about him first?
