Before Sahvir Wheeler came over to Kentucky from Georgia via the transfer portal, John Calipari told him he would have to play a different way if he wanted to be a Wildcat.
Not necessarily stylistically, but through a few specific aspects of his game that needed improvement.
When talking to the media on Thursday ahead of Friday’s matchup against the Ohio Bobcats, Calipari touched on what those areas were. Wheeler, a 5-foot-9 junior point guard, was already one of the country’s best playmakers before coming to Kentucky, but Calipari was going to need more.
As someone who coached against him firsthand, Cal knew exactly what Wheeler didn’t do well at Georgia.