If Patrick Patterson had come back for his senior year instead of winding up in the NBA's Developomental League, UK could have contended for another national championship even without Enes Canter.
If Daniel Orton had come back for his sophomore year instead of taking Orlando's first round money to sit on his fanny, UK could have contended for another national championship even without Enes Kanter.
John Calipari has finally found the combination to the vault and started making withdrawals from the vast potential of Darius Miller, and all it took was the simple strategy of using Miller behind the ball. As a trailer, he is a great third option if Knight or Jones don't get something done early in the possession.
Joe B. Hall used to expertly break players down and then build them back up to play the role he envisioned for them. Cal seems to have done the same thing with Josh Harrellson. Because of an acute lack of depth in the low post, this team will lose several more games in the regular season than last years squad, but could go just as far in the tournament even without Enes Kanter if they can stay out of foul trouble.
Harrellson got 12 rebounds against Portland. If he gets 12 rebounds in an SEC game, Kentucky will win that game.
If you're worried about Brandon Knight only having one assist against Portland, remember this. Last year John Wall got the majority of his assists on lobs to Cousins or Patterson or Orton or Stephenson for dunks. Knight doesn't have that luxury. The only really big and athletic body he can lob it to is Terrence Jones, who spends a lot of time hanging around on the perimenter. It's hard to dunk 20 feet from the basket.
Knight's shooting stroke is a thing of beauty. I could watch it all day long.
I'm beginning to think the only reason Coach Cal recruited Stacey Poole was because he could, which meant that Florida couldn't.
If UK wins its appeal and Enes Kanter is allowed back once the SEC portion of the schedule rolls around, the Cats will have as good a chance as anybody to win the national title.
That's a lot of ifs, isn't it.
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