DeMarcus Cousins passed every test they gave him — with honors. He stuck jumpers out to 20 feet, and even asked to run a shooting drill again when he didn’t hit them with the desired frequency. He showed enough agility to suggest that a motivated, 6-11 monster might be able to defend perimeter forwards. He sent assistant coach Roy Rogers — using a football-blocking pad as protection — flying by assaulting him with his backside on a post move.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.