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posted 10-02-2015 10:30 PM
It's no mystery why John Calipari has adopted "positionless basketball" as his favorite catchphrase of the offseason to describe his program. The Kentucky coach needs his team to buy into that concept because his top three backcourt players ostensibly all project as point guards at the next level.
Five-foot-9 sophomore Tyler Ulis is a classic pass-first point guard who controls tempo, creates for teammates off the dribble, knocks down open shots and pesters opponents defensively. Six-foot-3 freshman Isaiah Briscoe is a strong, athletic lead guard who generates shots for himself and his teammates in transition and is at his best bullying smaller guards and finishing through contact. Six-foot-4 freshman Jamal Murray is the most comfortable of the three playing off ball because of his deep range as a spot-up shooter yet he also can score off the dribble, set up big men out of a pick-and-roll or find open shooters.
The bad news is that all three are best with the ball in their hands yet there's only one basketball to go around. The good news is they're playing for a coach who has shown an uncanny ability to get future pros to willingly sacrifice stats for the good of the team. All three have already forged a strong bond and are already saying the right things publicly. Plus, Kentucky's defense shouldn't suffer because Briscoe and Murray have the size and length to defend opposing wings.
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