John Calipari has discussed his 10-year, $86 million ‘lifetime contract’ a few times since it became official this summer, but hearing him talk about being at Kentucky for the rest of his career never really gets old, does it? At a preseason roundtable with reporters last week, Calipari said that after ten years in Lexington, he’s still so invigorated by the work he’s doing he can’t imagine leaving.
“I would think anybody that knows me – if you’re talking to me, chances of me leaving here are nil,” Calipari said. “I was in the Hall of Fame and one of the guys there came up to me and just said, ‘So, you’re not going to go to the NBA, are you?