Everyone knows the list by now: Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans, John Wall, Brandon Knight. And now, Marquis Teague.
Teague becomes the latest premier point guard to sign with John Calipari, and he joins a group that has produced two of the last three No. 1 overall draft picks, two of the last three Rookies of the Year and this season's NBA MVP.
That's a lot of added pressure to put on an 18-year-old kid who's expected to start and excel from day one in a Kentucky uniform.
Don't expect Teague to buckle.
"He's been getting attention since he was a freshman. The spotlight has always been on him, so I think he'll handle that just fine," his big brother Jeff Teague told the Indianapolis Star when Marquis committed last April.
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/12/1772056/next-cats-marquis-teague-used.html#ixzz1PAmtEp12
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