Milan Momcilovic secured a huge $6 million commitment to Kentucky after withdrawing from the NBA draft earlier this year, and has now gone even more into detail about the call that sealed the move for the big man.
Momcilovic told the Big Blue Nation (BBN) about a call he took in his driveway that made it clear to him that Kentucky was his destination.
“When I committed to Kentucky, I was on my driveway. I don’t like talking in the house because my parents eavesdrop, so I went to the driveway while coach was on the beach and let him know I was coming. The rest is history.”
Momcilovic explained further about how things come to fruition between the Kentucky Wildcats and himself.
“I knew Kentucky was where I wanted to play kind of early in the process,” Momcilovic said. “I feel like I just kind of had a gut feeling that Coach Pope’s offense and his system was kind of built for me. He told me that if there was one guy in the world to play for his system, it was me. So I kind of took that and I felt like it was a perfect situation for me to come. “My why this year is to get deep in the tournament. I’ve had three tournament games where I haven’t had the best games, and we lost all three, so I want to get deep in the tournament and play well in those games.”
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