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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-26-2020, 04:18 PM:

Often when one of his players is struggling, John Calipari will talk about how close that player is to turning a corner on the basketball court, even if the eyeball test indicates there’s still a ways to go.

For this moment in Kentucky’s season, that player has clearly been EJ Montgomery.

“He is so close to being what he’s capable of,” Calipari said of the sophomore forward following UK’s win over Florida on Saturday night. “He’s close.”

Kentucky probably still needs at least one more player to step up and join Nick Richards and its three starting guards as a consistent game-to-game contributor. Montgomery, the fifth starter on this UK team, is the most obvious candidate to do that as the Cats march toward the postseason.

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