TRANSCRIPT: Kentucky’s returning players on coming back and the new team

EJ Montgomery, Ashton Hagans, Nick Richards, and Immanuel Quickley met with the media today to discuss their decisions to return to Kentucky and what they think of the freshmen so far. Enjoy the video of the interviews below, or keep scrolling for a full transcript.EJ Montgomery

On why he returned to Kentucky:

“It was just the uncertainty with all the things that’s going on. They wanted me to come back. They said if I came back and got stronger, I’d go higher in the draft.”

On whether strength was the biggest reason to come back:

“Yeah, probably the main reason, just my physical part, my body. I went out there and I showed I could do a lot of things but they just wanted me to show I could go…