I'm really looking forward to this year. I think it will be the year of the blue-bloods. There's so many teams I look forward to seeing. Coaches are allowed 4 hours of hands on coaching each week.
this is from coachcal.com....
Kentucky
Cal is very high on this team. Much different than his whining about youth last year .
But Calipari and the assistant coaches were not working alone. The returning players set a competitive tone for the pace of drills and provided guidance to the newcomers. PJ Washington, who is still recovering from hand surgery, put on a quality coaching performance for a good stretch of the practice as he sought out the freshmen and gave them pointers. Even better, they were all receptive to the veteran's advice. Quade Green, Nick Richards and Jemarl Baker all did the same. I never felt like I was watching a group of players work out. It really felt like a team out there practicing as one.
EJ Montgomery: The only word to really sum up seeing EJ up close at practice is "wow." He has tremendous length and has unbelievable body control for a freshman big man. He's far from a finished product, but he has tremendous potential and appears to be able to help this team in a number of ways. He will complement any group of four players he's on the floor with.
Keldon Johnson: He looked great. He's so versatile and smooth in everything he does. What's funny about watching Keldon is that everything appears to come easy for him, but he still goes so hard. He's just so natural on the floor, but he competes like he's fighting to prove he belongs. And that's exactly how Coach Cal wants it to be.
Immanuel Quickley: A truly phenomenal athlete. When it was time to go, Immanuel was absolutely flying. He was dialed in to everything Coach Cal said and I can't recall there being one instance where Cal blew the whistle to show him how to do something differently. He was all about business the entire practice.
Ashton Hagans: From watching practice, you'd have absolutely no idea that Ashton just finished his junior year of high school. Like Immanuel, Ashton absolutely flies up and down the floor. Confident and competitive. Can't wait to see all of the guards compete with each other.
Tyler Herro: Smooth and confident. Much has been made of Tyler's presence as a shooter and you saw a little of that today, but he made some very nice passes in transition and made a couple of nice defensive plays as well. He was another guy who was very competitive in the individual drills.
Zan Payne: Did not practice as he continues to recover from a knee injury suffered in high school
this is from coachcal.com....
Kentucky
Cal is very high on this team. Much different than his whining about youth last year .
But Calipari and the assistant coaches were not working alone. The returning players set a competitive tone for the pace of drills and provided guidance to the newcomers. PJ Washington, who is still recovering from hand surgery, put on a quality coaching performance for a good stretch of the practice as he sought out the freshmen and gave them pointers. Even better, they were all receptive to the veteran's advice. Quade Green, Nick Richards and Jemarl Baker all did the same. I never felt like I was watching a group of players work out. It really felt like a team out there practicing as one.
EJ Montgomery: The only word to really sum up seeing EJ up close at practice is "wow." He has tremendous length and has unbelievable body control for a freshman big man. He's far from a finished product, but he has tremendous potential and appears to be able to help this team in a number of ways. He will complement any group of four players he's on the floor with.
Keldon Johnson: He looked great. He's so versatile and smooth in everything he does. What's funny about watching Keldon is that everything appears to come easy for him, but he still goes so hard. He's just so natural on the floor, but he competes like he's fighting to prove he belongs. And that's exactly how Coach Cal wants it to be.
Immanuel Quickley: A truly phenomenal athlete. When it was time to go, Immanuel was absolutely flying. He was dialed in to everything Coach Cal said and I can't recall there being one instance where Cal blew the whistle to show him how to do something differently. He was all about business the entire practice.
Ashton Hagans: From watching practice, you'd have absolutely no idea that Ashton just finished his junior year of high school. Like Immanuel, Ashton absolutely flies up and down the floor. Confident and competitive. Can't wait to see all of the guards compete with each other.
Tyler Herro: Smooth and confident. Much has been made of Tyler's presence as a shooter and you saw a little of that today, but he made some very nice passes in transition and made a couple of nice defensive plays as well. He was another guy who was very competitive in the individual drills.
Zan Payne: Did not practice as he continues to recover from a knee injury suffered in high school