The 6-foot-11 center led the Cats with 19 points, three rebounds, two blocks, and a steal in their 85-61 victory over the Bahamas National Team, showing just a bit of everything on the floor. He was comfortable, he was confident, and he was arguably the best player on the floor.
If you ask John Calipari, however, it wasn’t a surprise at all.
“Oh wow,” he told the media in the postgame press conference. “Like all the kids, there’s a lot of stuff to grow. He’s not the same player. Like I told him, if you make your free throws like that, get fouled.