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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 10-06-2015, 10:34 AM:

Question: What will the relationship be like between Isaiah Briscoe and Ulis?

Calipari” "It all depends on how you are. When I had John Wall and Eric Bledsoe, everybody said, 'How will they coexist? How will that work? That won't work. They're two of this. They're the same.' Well, first of all, we play positionless is what I've said this summer. We don't really - we can play with three point guards. We can play with three centers, as long as you can play basketball. Guys like Tyler and Isaiah and Jamal (Murray), and those kids who are comfortable in their own skin, they're not in competition with the guy on their team. They are, but they're not. Good kids like that, they're not worried about the other guy. They're comfortable in how good they are."

Question: Has be been happy with the extra work his players were doing during the offseason?

Calipari: "It's a bunch of guys. You still have guys that are behind. Coach (Joe B.) Hall and I were talking, he says, 'You don't remember where Karl(-Anthony Towns) was at the begining of last year.' Karl was rated, if you looked at the McDonald's game, I think they rated him the ninth best player in the class. I believe that's what it was. Coach Hall is telling me, 'You don't realize. He wasn't what he was at the end of the year.' But Karl had a fight in him. Skal (Labissiere's) not there yet. Coach is telling me Skal's further along than Karl. I don't believe so, but I can't remember. But he's got a ways to go.

"Isaac (Humphries) conditioning. Isaac is a 7-foot Josh Harrellson. Really skilled - I'm not talking Josh Harrellson my first year, I'm talking Josh Harrellson my second year. He is that, but again, physically, he's 17 years old. He's got the body of a 17-year-old. You got guys like that.

"Tyler and the guards are going to be what they are. Charles (Matthews) and Mychal (Mulder), Derek (Willis), one of those guys is going to step up and break through a little bit. You got Marcus Lee is way better, way more confident. Skal, 7-foot and really - and then the other, Isaac is 7-foot and skilled, but you don't have a beast, and that's Alex. A lot of what will happen for us and our team is going to be how quickly can he start being who he is?"

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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 10-06-2015, 10:36 AM:

This team is going to be fun to watch as they are so quick and athletic, can't wait for the season to be begin.