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De'Aaron Fox recruiting Marques Bolden hard for Kentucky Basketball

Sometimes the best recruiter for a big-time target is simply a fellow recruit.

That may be the case in Marques Bolden's recruitment. With Duke and Kentucky both strongly in the running for Bolden, he's getting heavily pursued by commitments from each team.

For Kentucky, it's fellow Texan and five-star point guard De'Aaron Fox, who's putting the full-court press on Bolden this week at the McDonald's All-American festivities.

Fox says he's jokingly told friend and No. 1 center Marques Bolden "I'll break his kneecaps" if he doesn't come to UK.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_CJ) March 28, 2016

Fox says of Bolden joins the Cats, "it's over.