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Kentucky freshman Adou Thiero looking better than expected in offseason

Of the four newcomers on this year’s Kentucky men’s basketball roster, Adou Theiro was the least-heralded of them all. But a couple of months into the offseason, the three-star freshman might be the most pleasant surprise.

“Respectfully, I will say that Adou is a lot better than what I thought he was,” Kentucky assistant coach Chin Coleman said on Thursday. “But everybody else I kinda knew what they were, who they were. I think that the one for me would be that Adou physically is prepared, athletically he’s prepared.