Also took this out of that article.
Fine by me.
There is one player for whom this development should be concerning. Kahlil Whitney has played 90% of his game time this season with 2 guard lineups. It's pretty clear that the coaching staff does not trust him to play the 4 alongside a big at this point. This seems to be justified by his poor rebounding, as he's only grabbed 7% of opponent misses this season and has not grabbed a single defensive rebound when playing with 3 guard lineups. Keion Brooks, on the other hand, has collected 14% of opponent misses and 16% when he's playing with 3 guards. Whitney has been a solid perimeter defender this season, but he's struggled shooting the ball and is rebounding the ball less often than any other Wildcat. The next few games will be crucial for him to carve out a role, or possibly lose a significant amount of playing time. To be clear, 2 guard lineups have been much better with Whitney at small forward this season; UK's 2 guard lineups have been outscored on the season with Whitney out of the game, but are +51 with an adjusted margin of +17 pts/100 possessions with Whitney in. If UK continues playing 3 guard lineups for 2/3 or more of the game, that is going to put a hard ceiling on Whitney's minutes.