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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 10-04-2015, 09:42 AM:

Question: What about the comparisons between freshman Skal Labissiere and Anthony Davis?

John Calipari: “He's not that. Believe me, Anthony Davis is a freak of nature. I mean, Anthony Davis I'm guessing within the next few years will be the best player in the universe. Like, the universe. All these kids are different. They have different mental makeups. They have different work capacities. They have different toughness about them because of how they were brought up. They're all different. All I want him to do is be the best that he can be. I'm not comparing him to anybody.

“I'm telling you he's got a ways to go. He knows it though. He'll be the first to tell you. But he's a great kid. He really is. He's trying to find his way. Now, for us to be what we can be as a team, he's got to have a presence. Like people got to know, 'Oh man, look at this kid.' And then he makes a jump hook, he makes a jump shot. He's really skilled. But you start saying, 'This kid's for real.' He's basically like Karl (Anthony Towns)l. He's learning how to run. How about that? Just, 'You don't run right. Let's teach you how to run.' That's what we're starting.

“Isaac (Humphries) is the same thing. Tyler (Ulis) came in in the pick-and-roll, because he is so skilled. He's 7-foot. Tyler I guess put him on the line, like eight or nine feet, and was doing pick-and-rolls and anytime his man left he threw it to him and the kid made that shot. Tyler's like, 'This guy's really going to help us.' Yeah, 'He's going to help your game in the pick-and-roll. If you don't have a lob man, then you throw it to him and he can make that shot.' But he's not physically near ready to play in a game where it's like, 'Go get balls, go defend, fly up and down the court.' He's not ready for that.”

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