Kentucky Transfer Set to Play Crucial Role for Razorbacks This Season
Calipari will require greater consistency from the junior small forward.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With a roster featuring more upperclassmen than freshmen this season, Adou Thiero has the chance to play a significant role for Arkansas. Standing at 6-8 and weighing 220 pounds, the Pennsylvania native is seen by many NBA Draft experts as having NBA potential.
Last season, Coach John Calipari told Kentucky fans and media that a single improvement in Thiero’s game could elevate him from a first-round pick to a top-10 lottery selection in the NBA Draft.
“If I told you he could be a top-10 pick … just get your shot better. Get that thing down. I told him, I’d have a bed in the practice facility. I wouldn’t go anywhere else. I’d go to class, go back, sleep in that bed, get up, go to that gym, and shoot,” Calipari said of Thiero.
“Part of it is getting a shooting expert to work with you. It’s the only thing between him and [being drafted in the top-10]. I just think he’s so talented. He’s got a quick twitch. Getting in better shape. Might have to drop five pounds or so. But I told his dad, he hasn’t even touched how good he can be.”
