Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: N’Faly Dante rumors swirl
By Alex Weber
Kentucky Basketball picked up a commitment from a top-ten player over the weekend and continues to gain momentum with several other kids
Once upon a time, Kentucky Basketball enlisted the services of a 6-3 Arkansas-born shooting guard named Malik Monk. He was the bucket before the bucket: an endless bag of scoring tricks. And everything came to a crescendo on a December afternoon in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Malik embarked on one of the greatest shooting performances in Kentucky Basketball history. Monk had the Midas touch. Every ball he touched turned to gold.
Per Wildcat Blue Nation vernacular, this phenomenon is considered a “heat check.” Its definition expands beyond basketball. A chef’s heat check could be concocting four consecutive exquisite meals. Or a real estate agent could close five deals in a day. That’s heat check status. John Calipari is approaching that inferno as a basketball recruiter. The Italian basketball salesman is nearing the summit of 2020 basketball recruiting.
After landing a perennially regarded top-ten prospect/elite wing (to be named in a few moments), Calipari gained even more steam during the second half of the weekend as rumors began swirling about the potential reclassification and ensuing Wildcat-seeming commitment from a top 2020 center. Plus, Uncle Mo paid a lost member of the Reservoir Dogs, Mr. Green, a visit on behalf of Kentucky Basketball Recruiting.
It’s another edition of the Kentucky Basketball Recruiting Notes. Scroll down or click next on the slideshow for the latest information about a trio of Kentucky Basketball recruits.