Kam Williams is learning everything he can from Otega Oweh

Kam Williams might be on a handful of early mock draft boards, but he knows his game still needs improving if that dream is to become a reality. So he’s stuck himself under the wing of someone who can help get him there.

“Otega (Oweh), he’s really been helping me the most. He’s a veteran to the team,” Williams told reporters Tuesday. “So if there’s something that I am kind of questioning, I just ask him and he tells me right then and there.”

A few weeks into Kentucky’s summer practice, Williams, a 6-foot-8 rising sophomore wing, has attached himself to Oweh, a 6-foot-5 rising senior guard. They aren’t exactly similar players from a stylistic perspective, but Williams sees skills in Oweh that he wants to incorporate into his game to take that next step — particularly the pure strength, knowing when to use it and how it can be effective when analyzing defenses.

“I want to be pretty much as good or almost better as he is,” Williams said of Oweh. “So I try to play him as much as I can to upgrade pretty much every basketball aspect that I can.”

“He’s just strong,” Williams added. “He knows how to attack a defense and the different gaps in the defense. So I kind of just try to pick up on any type of play style that he may have that’s not in my game, and try to apply it.”

Williams is a self-proclaimed 3-and-D prospect, whereas Oweh is more of a bully on both ends of the floor. Getting into the paint and finding angles to score inside the arc is next on Williams’ list of tools to add. He won’t find a better player to watch than Oweh if that’s the goal. The two are constantly around each other in the gym and are even in the same practice group together.

There are plenty of reasons why Williams is considered a potential NBA Draft pick. As an ACC All-Freshman Team member at Tulane last season, the Louisiana native averaged 9.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.4 steals, 1.3 assists, and 1.1 blocks per outing. He was stuffing the stat sheet, but also shot 41.2 percent from deep on 4.6 attempts per game. Length and athleticism tie it all together.

It’s yet to be seen what a sophomore Kam Williams will look like in Lexington, but if he’s taking tips from Oweh to round out his game, there’s no telling how high his ceiling can reach.

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