Kentucky basketball pickup legends have become a fixture of summers at the Joe Craft Center.
When news is slow and the unquenchable thirst of rabid UK fans is left dry, people start to talk and rumors begin to pick up steam. Without mentioning names, there have been a handful of players over the years who have been billed as “the next big thing” at Kentucky without ever actually playing a game.
By all accounts and comments, Ryan Harrow seems to fit the definition of one of those guys.
Though few in Lexington have ever actually seen him play, whispers around the UK facility are that Harrow is every bit as good as each of the studs in the 2011 four-man freshman class that easily ranks as the best in the country. Chatter from some of the guys involved in the pickup games indicate that if the season started tomorrow and Harrow was eligible to play, he would make the most immediate impact.
“I think he’ll surprise a lot of people when he can play,” former UK forward Josh Harrellson said recently at the Prasco John Calipari ProCamp held at the Joe Craft Center. “I thought John Wall could jump; just wait until you see this kid. Never seen anything like it.”
Prohibited from playing this season due to NCAA transfer rules, Harrow has rapidly earned a reputation as John Calipari’s next, next great point guard. Should Marquis Teague choose to stay at Kentucky after a year or not, Harrow, once eligible, is expected to fall in line with Calipari’s line of great guards that includes 2010-11 NBA MVP Derrick Rose, 2009-10 NBA Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans, 2010 No. 1 NBA Draft pick John Wall, Final Four-leading guard Brandon Knight and Teague.
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