catmandoo
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posted 11-04-2011 11:54 AM
He is unique for sure and Cal has a lot of options with him on both ends of the floor.
In what must be a record of some sort, University of Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis ventured more than 20 feet from the basket to record the majority of his eight blocks against Transylvania on Wednesday night.
Shot-blocking, especially for a big man, usually occurs in or near the new block-charge arc, not out by the not-so-new three-point line. Davis stunned Transy by rejecting several long-range attempts.
"It was difficult to gauge how long he was," Transy forward Ethan Spurlin said after UK's 97-53 exhibition victory. "I'd never played against anyone that tall and long."
Davis' dimensions — 6-foot-10, 223 pounds — were well known. The surprise was to see him stand in the lane, seemingly out of the play, and then spring out like a Venus Flytrap and make a three-point shot disappear.
Shot gone. Shooter's mind blown.
"For the next shot, it really makes you second-guess yourself," Spurlin said.
UK players shrugged.
"I'm used to that," Doron Lamb said. "I see that in practice all the time."
When asked if Davis had blocked any of his perimeter shots, Lamb said, "He caught me a couple times, I won't lie."
To hear UK players, shooters should interpret Davis in the vicinity as a stop sign. Lamb suggested that was especially true for Transy, which started no one taller than 6-4.
"If you're that small and try to shoot one, that's guaranteed to be a block," he said.
Another freshman, Marquis Teague, echoed the sentiment.
"Most of the time, you're going to lose that battle," Teague said of trying to shoot a jump shot over Davis. "It's better to swing it (pass to the other side), honestly."
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