CJ Fredrick ready to begin practice, Calipari says
The carousel of CJ Fredrick injury updates continued Friday night when John Calipari mentioned Fredrick is ready to begin practicing. In speaking about ‘next man up,’ Calipari noted Saturday is the expected date for Fredrick’s fall debut at practice.
“CJ is supposed to practice tomorrow for the first time in months,” Calipari said in his post-exhibition game comments. It was the first time Calipari put a date on Fredrick’s return to basketball.
If you followed the Fredrick injury updates the last couple of months, you know the Iowa transfer hoped to make his debut at the Blue-White game, but was unable to suit up in Kentucky’s intrasquad scrimmage. He has since missed both exhibition games, but said all along his target date is November 9, the Duke game.
“The main goal is for me to be 100 percent ready for November 9,” Fredrick told KSR at Kentucky Basketball Media Day.
Returning to practice on Saturday is a great step in reaching his targeted goal; however, Fredrick has a lot to catch up on in a very short window if he wants meaningful minutes in New York.
Keep your expectations of him reasonable in the short term and get excited about another name in the mix in Kentucky’s backcourt. Another shooter.
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