When Jasper Johnson signed with Kentucky, Mark Pope called him ‘the most dangerous scorer in all of high school basketball’ with ‘massive gravity,’ set to ‘write the most profound chapter’ of his family’s great legacy in Lexington.
That momentum continued into the summer and early fall with the top-25 recruit emerging as the best pure bucket-getter on the roster, Pope once again saying ‘he is a dangerous, dangerous, dangerous scorer.’
His first test against No. 1 Purdue in the team’s exhibition opener? A team-high 15 points on 6-10 shooting and 3-7 from deep with three assists in 19 minutes.