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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 01-13-2017, 10:48 PM:

The past few days have likely been a whirlwind for Hamidou Diallo. The five-star guard committed to Kentucky on Saturday and then enrolled in classes on Wednesday. Diallo will practice with the Wildcats for the first time on Friday.

“At this I don’t have to tell him how hard practice is going to be,” point guard De’Aaron Fox said. “He’s going to see for himself today. He better hope we don’t run as much today as we do sometimes.”

Diallo will need to grow fond of practicing as he plans to sit out this semester while adjusting to the college game. Even though Diallo won’t be on the court this season, the benefits that he can provide Kentucky can still help the current group of Wildcats.

“He can guard (the guards),” Kentucky coach John Calipari said. “He can make them come everyday and have to bring it because he’s a long, athletic player.”

Fox said he was friends with Diallo on the recruiting circuit and was impressed with the things he saw then. Fox echoed Calipari’s sentiment by saying Diallo would make the current guards better defensively and offensively.

“He has a combination of speed and power that not too many people have,” Fox said. “Back in high school he was so strong and just big and more physical than everybody. He could just bully his way to the basket. He’s always been able to shoot the ball. If you’re in the way on his way to the basket you’re most likely going to get dunked on.”

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