Kentucky needed a point guard in the worst way possible a season ago. For the first time in John Calipari’s career as the Wildcats head coach, he was without a lead ball-handler; without a future NBA draft pick who could control the tempo and simply get his squad into offensive sets.
The point guard position had become a staple of Calipari’s ability to develop elite-level talent, but that was not the case a year ago.
From the first few games of the 2020-21 season, it became obvious that Kentucky was not going to have that caliber of player.