Nick Richards has wildly unique size and athleticism, unlike anyone across college basketball, yet he still hasn’t become a dominant post presence for Kentucky. We see flashes of how he can change a game, but it is far from consistent, and more often than not, the bad will outweigh the good.
Take the Kansas game for example. He came off the bench and blocked five shots, but was pulled for getting out-rebounded by a much smaller Kansas frontcourt. He played only nine minutes the entire game, simply because Kentucky needed to win the glass to win the game, Calipari said afterward.