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With Kyle Macy absent, Calipari asked about welcoming former players back

On a night in which Kentucky recognized dozens of former players at midcourt during the Blue-White Game, John Calipari was asked about one who was noticeably absent. Without mentioning Kyle Macy by name, John Huang asked Calipari how he feels about former players who don’t feel welcome around the program anymore.

“What dust up?” Cal said. “I didn’t know that. Was I supposed to know that? I’m not here in the summer so I don’t know what they’re saying and doing. Who? Somebody said they’re not comfortable coming back?”

In July, Macy said in a radio interview he no longer feels comfortable going to Kentucky’s practices and that he doesn’t like how the program has become “a training ground for the pros.