Kentucky basketball projected starting five: a key piece still missing from Mark Pope’s roster

Last season, Carr averaged 13.5 points a game for Wake Forest and shot 52.6% from the field and 37.1% from three. He’s a pick-and-pop stretch four at 6-foot-10 with an adequate post-up game to score in one-on-one situations and punish smaller defenders. 

Carr allows Kentucky to be one of the most versatile teams in the country. Last year, he averaged 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks a game, so he can slide down to small-ball five without giving up much at the rim. However, his shooting could give Kentucky the spacing to play both Williams and Brandon Garrison together for a super-sized lineup. 

On a true national title contender, Carr should be a second or third offensive option and an interesting chess piece, but right now, he’s Kentucky’s go-to scoring option and that’s a problem that Pope still needs to address.