Reporters did not need to convince Jemarl Baker that he is the mystery man on Kentucky’s basketball team.
“Yeah, I am,” he said Thursday. “I’m a mystery man to the coaches, too.”
Of course, a knee injury from the final game of his high school senior season sidelined Baker for his entire freshman season at Kentucky.
So what will UK coaches and fans learn about Baker once the mystery is removed next season?
“That I’m a really good player,” he said. “I’m just ready to go out there and show it.”
When told that teammate Quade Green declined to say which player should be considered UK’s best shooter, Baker said, “I don’t know why he wouldn’t comment on that.