Look, I get it. ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ Kentucky’s offense is a well-oiled machine shooting and scoring with the best of them in college basketball — and doing it efficiently while maintaining the nation’s best assist/turnover ratio. Why muck things up by throwing a 7-1, 226-pound big man in there?
Because Aaron Bradshaw isn’t like most 7-footers. Sure, he catches lobs and blocks shots, but he’s also mobile and hits shots. Just think of him as a plug-and-play complementary piece to what’s already working on the floor.
“I think it’ll help us with rebounding, defense, for sure,” freshman Rob Dillingham said of Bradshaw’s anticipated debut, which John Calipari says is expected Saturday vs.