Can Turner solve UKs point guard problem right away?
To hear Gibbons tell it, you’d think Turner could solve UK’s point guard problem, the New York Knicks’ scoring problem, the Los Angeles Raiders’ backfield problems and the national debt. In other words, yes. “He can step right in and play, I have no doubt,” Gibbons said. “He’s the best point guard I can remember Kentucky recruiting in a long, long time, and certainly the best that Rick Pitino will have ever had there.” Better than Sean Woods or Travis Ford? Not a problem. “(Turner is) so quick,” Gibbons said. “He’s just got incredible quickness. I think he’s actually quicker than Stephon Marbury, the very highly-regarded point guard out of New York. “And he can really put the ball in the basket.