{"id":69054,"date":"2024-09-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=69054"},"modified":"2024-09-03T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T04:00:00","slug":"travis-perry-trent-noah-bring-10000-percent-work-ethic-to-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/travis-perry-trent-noah-bring-10000-percent-work-ethic-to-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Perry, Trent Noah bring \u201810,000 percent work ethic\u2019 to practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kentucky natives Travis Perry<\/a><\/strong> and Trent Noah<\/a><\/strong> know that the path to playing as freshmen will be tough. The Wildcats had to restock an entire roster under new head coach Mark Pope<\/a><\/strong>, which meant bringing in plenty of veterans to round out his debut squad. This has (understandably) bumped some of the younger guys down the depth chart.<\/p>\n

Perry and Noah understand the situation. They came to Kentucky as talented local recruits but with expectations of spending multiple seasons in Lexington. That doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t trying to earn some early playing time though. It\u2019s been the opposite. Reed Sheppard<\/a><\/strong>, also a Bluegrass native, was in a similar situation this time last year before developing into a lottery pick. <\/p>\n

Who\u2019s to say it can\u2019t happen with Perry and\/or Noah? The blueprint is there \u2014 it just requires a lot of hard work. Through the first few months, they\u2019ve passed that test.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth of them are great young men. And that probably sounds cliche but they work,\u201d Kentucky assistant coach Jason Hart said on the Sources Say podcast. \u201cThey work, they work, they work, and they work good days, bad days. They have a mindset to try and get better and they do have to live up to the great Kentucky local players. The Reed Sheppards, the guys that came in before them. I think they understand that and that\u2019s why they\u2019re coming in 10,000 percent work ethic every day.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n

The work ethic part doesn\u2019t feel like hyperbole either. We heard all offseason just how impressive Perry was during summer workouts and practices. His shooting numbers quickly became the talk of the team. Like when he made 100 consecutive free throws<\/a> in three straight days of practice or made 59 threes in a row<\/a> from the corner. <\/p>\n

\u201c(Perry) had a great summer in shooting. His skill development, he shot the ball extremely well,\u201d Hart added. \u201cWe\u2019re just ready for that to carry over. Like every freshman, it\u2019s a learning curve. You\u2019ve got to learn and with that comes some patience and stuff but he\u2019s doing really well and he\u2019s a heck of a shooter, by the way<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hart has experienced Perry\u2019s skills firsthand. The assistant coach actually pulled his hamstring in practice one day trying to defend Perry. Hart jokes that he had to put himself on the IR afterward. <\/p>\n

\u201cI had grabbed some gum \u2014 we have bubble gum on the sideline,\u201d Hart said. \u201cI put in two pieces and gave me a sugar rush and I hopped out there to play defense (on Perry), pulled my hamstring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noah has taken his debut offseason seriously \u2014 without injuring any of his coaches \u2014 as well, openly embracing the pressure<\/a> of playing for the home-state school. The best way to tackle that kind of pressure is to live in the gym. It\u2019s the fastest path to finding the court and representing the team he grew up cheering for. <\/p>\n

Perry and Noah appear to be taking that to heart. How soon will it translate to games once the season begins?<\/p>\n

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