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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 10-22-2014, 08:10 AM:

He says Poythress has helped him a lot.

“When you first get here, you’re a little nervous and don’t want to step on anybody’s toes, but we come together as a brotherhood so it’ll be easier for us to talk.”

Booker said Calipari has stressed the importance of defense daily.

“It’s been drilled in a lot. Cal stresses that a lot, getting back on defense. We’ve been doing defensive drills and I feel that it’s going to help us a lot. You have to focus on both sides of the court. You can’t just be a one-dimensional player. That’s what the college game will force you to do because if you’re not playing defense, then there’s better players out there that will expose you,” Booker said.

That’s one of many lessons he’s learned from junior Alex Poythress, the player he says he would be most prone to ask for help if he needed it.

“He has helped me a lot telling me about the college game and how it is different from high school and how they are going to play defense and things like that,” Booker said.

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