It’s the summer. They were glorified exhibition games. The competition wasn’t top-quality. It was only four games. Insert all your completely valid caveats here, but then take a minute to get a little excited at the fact that, at GLOBL Jam, we witnessed some of the most fun basketball from a Kentucky team in a proverbial coon’s age.
The spacing was fantastic, the driving lanes were wide, the 3-pointers were plentiful, and the shot chart was the chef’s kiss. However, what really stood out to me was the team’s assist rate. Out of 142 made field goals during the team’s gold-medal run, Kentucky assisted on 103 of them.