In his weekly ‘One on One’ column for the SEC Digital Network, Chris Dortch talks about Marquis Teague’s development into the next of John Calipari’s elite point guards. Here’s an excerpt.
[I][LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Was there ever a question Marquis Teague could take his place among the elite point guards coached the last four seasons by Kentucky’s John Calipari?[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]If there was, there shouldn’t have been. Teague has had no shortage of mentors to help him along the way. His success was virtually guaranteed.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]First there’s his father, Shawn Teague, who played point guard for Rick Pitino at Boston University and groomed his two sons in the fine art of playing the position from the time they were old enough to dribble a basketball.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]“Drills,” Marquis Teague said about his upbringing in Indianapolis. “Lots and lots of drills.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Next there’s Teague’s older brother Jeff, a former Wake Forest star now plying his trade for the Atlanta Hawks. The brothers talk or text almost daily, Jeff usually offering a critique of Marquis’ performances.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Finally, there’s Calipari, who’s built a closet industry out of finding the best high school point guards in the country, handing them the controls to his teams and then grooming them—make that converting them—into first-rate facilitators.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]
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For the rest of the article, click [URL=”http://Was there ever a question Marquis Teague could take his place among the elite point guards coached the last four seasons by Kentucky’s John Calipari? If there was, there shouldn’t have been. Teague has had no shortage of mentors to help him along the way. His success was virtually guaranteed. First there’s his father, Shawn Teague, who played point guard for Rick Pitino at Boston University and groomed his two sons in the fine art of playing the position from the time they were old enough to dribble a basketball. “Drills,” Marquis Teague said about his upbringing in Indianapolis. “Lots and lots of drills.” Next there’s Teague’s older brother Jeff, a former Wake Forest star now plying his trade for the Atlanta Hawks. The brothers talk or text almost daily, Jeff usually offering a critique of Marquis’ performances. Finally, there’s Calipari, who’s built a closet industry out of finding the best high school point guards in the country, handing them the controls to his teams and then grooming them—make that converting them—into first-rate facilitators.”]here[/URL].
