Florida coach Billy Donovan has watched Darius Miller’s progression at Kentucky during the past four years. Donovan heaped praise on Miller earlier this week during the SEC teleconference and admires Miller’s dedication to the team despite two coaching changes in his four-year career at Kentucky.
“I love him. I’ve always loved him. I’ve got a tremendous amount of respect for him because I think just what he’s been through. I think he started off with Billy Gillispie there as a young player and then John came in and then he’s playing with (John) Wall and (Eric) Bledsoe and (DeMarcus) Cousins and those guys, and then they basically lose a lot of guys to the NBA, and then last year comes in a new crop of guys. I just think he’s a Steady Eddie. I think he’s an incredible core, glue guy that probably in a lot of ways is overshadowed by maybe Gilchrist or Davis or (Marquis) Teague.”
Donovan added that Miller creates mismatches because of his versatile skills.
“He is a really, I think, a guy that presents a lot of problems because one, he’s highly intelligent. He plays a lot of different position. He’s a mismatch when you play him at the three. He’s a mismatch at the four. He can even play the two. He’s battle-tested, he’s been through it. He’s got incredible leadership qualities but I just think there’s a lot of intangibles that come with him. He just seems like he always embraces the new faces that come in there. John knows better than I do, he’s with him every day, but I always just see him doing whatever he has to do to help his team win. I just don’t think on any team you can have enough of those guys and I also think he’s very talented. He’s a very talented player but he adds a different element to their team.”
Feb 15
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