Dakari Johnson is getting more athletic by the day. He will always be a space eater inside, in the mold of a DeMarcus Cousins in size, but going against guys like Lee and Julius Randle every day is forcing him to pick up some speed. For all the highlights Lee provided Monday, Johnson got the best of him during the Skip 21 drill when Johnson caught it near the corner of the free-throw line at full speed and flushed it in Lee’s face. Johnson was also able to bully Lee a bit inside when it came to one-on-one stuff under the basket. The one time Lee got inside and put his body on Johnson, it was like throwing a tennis ball against a brick wall. Lee just bounced right off of him. Coach Calipari talks a lot about his players playing to their strengths. That way of thinking will certainly apply to those two.
