CBS Basketball Insider Jon Rothstein watched basketball practice yesterday at the Craft Center and gave his observations about the Kentucky Wildcats before their trip to the Bahamas.
Sounds like they are coming together.
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Greetings from Lexington! Here are the Craft Center to check out Kentucky before it heads to the Bahamas. #BBN pic.twitter.com/tXLo10qcmb
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
Andrew Harrison has noticeably tightened his left hand dribble since the end of last season. Much more comfortable using both hands.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
Two guys who can play on Kentucky that NO ONE talks about? Dominique Hawkins + Derek Willis. Both would play major mins at another program.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
Karl Towns has a little Channing Frye in his game. Accurate from deep and extends defenses from the five spot. Major, major talent.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
So much Channing Frye in Karl Towns….
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
Not going to be easy to project UK's starting 5. Cats have multiple potential lineups and WCS + Trey Lyles won't play in Bahamas.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
Will Alex Poythress become a perimeter threat? He has to be next season. Going to be seeing a lot of time at SF for UK. Must make shots.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
Devin Booker is a zone breaker. Going to take pressure off people and stretch the defense. Going to push for major minutes as a freshman.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
Early prediction on Kentucky starting five — Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, Alex Poythress, Marcus Lee, Willie Cauley-Stein….
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
The element of sacrifice is going to be a major factor for this particular Kentucky team. Nine McDonald's AA's + WCS. Can everyone be happy?
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
John Calipari said there will be a "zone" day during the next few weeks where Kentucky focuses on zone D. A must with this team's length.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
Still believe Arizona has college basketball's best starting five. But no program has a better 12 than Kentucky. And it's not even close.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 28, 2014
