catmandoo
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posted 11-13-2020 11:36 AM
This Kentucky team just looks different
Tom Hart and Jimmy Dykes rolled onto the TV screen around 7:00 ET and once the broadcast transitioned from pre-event chatter to actual on the court stuff, one thing stood out above all others: This Kentucky team just looks different. To be clear, that’s no disrespect to any former Kentucky team. It also doesn’t guarantee anything once the games are played, let alone come March.
But man, when Kentucky walks into the gym, they just look like a team that’s ready to compete for a title. Overall, just about everyone on the roster outside of Davion Mintz and Devin Askew stand 6’7 or taller, and the guys that fill out the roster – the Isaiah Jackson’s, BJ Boston’s, Olivier Sarr’s and Cam’Ron Fletcher’s – aren’t just tall, but athletic, skilled and switchable on defense. In a world where basketball is slowly morphing into a “position-less” sport, it seems like Kentucky can roll up any kind of lineup you want. If they want to go small, they can play Mintz and Askew together, alongside a couple wings and a big. If they want to go big, they can put Boston and Terrence Clarke in the backcourt and fill out the lineup with the likes of Fletcher, Jackson and Sarr. With maybe a little Jacob Toppin or Lance Ware mixed in for good measure.
Admittedly, sure, we knew this team would look impressive. But it’s one thing to see heights and weights on paper and quite another to see all of them together on one court.
While it’s impossible to know where this team will be in March I can tell you this: There won’t be a single time that Kentucky steps into the gym and is physically overwhelmed by the competition this season.
This team should be able to shoot the ball really well also
I’ve been part of the KSR family long enough to know that every year we get hype that “this Kentucky squad is the best three-point shooting team of the Calipari era.” And every year they fail to deliver on that promise. Therefore, I promise not to overreact from one scrimmage.
But maaaaaan, maybe it’s just my pandemic brain talking and the lack of college hoops on my TV the last seven months. But it sure felt like Kentucky had some dudes who could fill up the basket.
First there is BJ Boston, a guy who was touted as one of the best scorers in high school basketball last year. And as someone who got to see him a handful of times in person in LA last season, I can tell you, he absolutely lived up to the hype last year and looks ready to do the same in Lexington in 2021. As KSR’s Matt Jones said, it felt like he didn’t miss a shot all night.
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