Kentucky wildcats exhibition game

One positive takeaway moving forward, Kentucky hit 11 of 19 3-pointers and finished with a better outside shooting percentage in the end. Being a terrific, multi-year college player doesn't always mean it will translate to the NBA. In most cases, it doesn't. The league is built on star power, most of which has recently come from one-and-done recruits or overseas prospects. Also the former president of The Courier Journal, he provides a unique perspective on media and Wildcats' football.

They share some Active night of NBA hoops from this Wednesday. Some former recent Kentucky guards balled out yesterday evening. Let's discuss. Fox outduels Monk and the Lakers For all the hoopla regarding the Lakers' struggles thus far, LA was quietly one of the Is that a weapon?

My thing, and I keep coming back to him, your skill set is really elevated. I liked when he was screening the ball because then he would step back and be wide open. If that guy can shoot, he steps back, you got a problem. I kind of liked what I saw today. Again, got to fight, rebound more. Like a couple he rebounded, he was tired.

He looked to pass it. He did it later. He made a pass. I think he got Davion a layup. Another one on Keion. Is that how a veteran should step up? He probably heard some of those comments. Davion helped himself today because of how he guarded. He was one for five from the 3. You can stay on the court if you defend that way. Who is it? Jacob raised his hand. A big game for Wesleyan. What is it like to host an in-state game like this? Playing scrimmages.

When we play an exhibition, we got to get something out of it. Most of it is I got to learn about my team.

I learned today. But I saw it. Their guards were quick. We had to fight to stay in front. I thought we did a fairly good job. We were pressing them, trying to wear them down. Wore us down, I think. Tonight we saw a pretty evenly distributed set of minutes. No one went over Going forward, do you continue to plan to use such depth? Why do you think I played that many, instead of seven or eight? Who would play for defense. How about this? Here it is. Everybody got a chance.

You got your minutes, what did you do? Who do you think? Name one. Davion took advantage. He could have pouted. Who else took advantage? You could go down and say there were three or four guys. I told them, I need dogs. Who are the dogs? Show me who you are. The 6-foot-9 forward picked up where he left off last season after averaging 7. Look for him to crack the starting lineup at some point this season.

Ware and Daimion Collins both struggled in that role on Friday on top of some interior defense concerns that were exposed in the opening exhibition against Kentucky Wesleyan. He played just 11 minutes on Friday night and did not score. Daimion Collins: The 6-foot-9 freshman is still trying to find his place in the rotation and struggled on the offensive end after going 0-for-3 from the field. The 5-star recruit was named the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year a year ago after averaging His offense will come in time, but he will need to adapt to the speed of the game and play better defense to make a significant contribution this season.

Collins also failed to score in 12 minutes of action and made two turnovers while getting pushed around in the paint. Sirhan Sirhan, RFK assassin, denied parole. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.