Malik Monk – photo by Walter Cornett
Before his slams in Kentucky's Blue-White scrimmage in late October went viral, Malik Monk nearly dunked a high lob from Dominique Hawkins during an offseason pickup game at the Joe Craft Center.
He had flushed other alley-oops. But Hawkins threw the one Monk missed near the top of the backboard.
And Monk, ranked ninth in the 2016incoming class by ESPN.com, still got a hand on it.
Folks in the gym gasped or oohed because they knew Monk — and Monk alone — had a chance to finish.
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.
