Sporting a John Wall jersey and even a fake Anthony Davis unibrow, while sitting next to a Eric Bledsoe bobblehead and a magazine with DeMarcus Cousins on the cover, Calipari made a pitch to the public to help vote for Kentucky’s NBA All-Stars.
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Talking with an imaginary friend — or Towns’ imaginary friend — “Karlito," Calipari rambles off the successes of more than 10 of the current 21 Kentucky players in the NBA, even going as far back in his coaching career to make a pitch for the Pelicans’ Tyreke Evans and the Bulls’ Derrick Rose, whom Calipari coached at Memphis.
The Kentucky athletics media relations department produced the wacky video.