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Coach Mark Pope stated that while Quaintance is recovering quickly, the team is being cautious with his return.

UK has enough frontcourt depth and enough players to score that it could succeed without Quaintance this season.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — At his best, Kentucky basketball forward Jayden Quaintance has the makings of a dominant force and a future pro career.

The operative phrase being at his best .

Quaintance is far from that now. Most players who had surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in their right knee in March would not be back to full health now, either.

UK coach Mark Pope should consider what Quaintance is not and hold him out for the entire season.

“He feels like he's on the verge of being ready to go, and we're just hitting the b

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