Calipari echoed his comments from SEC Basketball Media Day, telling reporters that he believes Ivisic will be cleared in due time.
“I’m gonna say it again: I feel comfortable knowing what I know. He played on a development team. So, it wasn’t — the stuff you needed to know. I even went as far as to call the NBA to make sure his name was pulled on time after his pre-draft stuff, and it was, which is, that’s the depth that I went to just make sure before we do it, but again, it’s European so there may be some things that they’ll do different because he’s European, not a kid from the United States.”
“I’m gonna say it again: I feel comfortable knowing what I know. He played on a development team. So, it wasn’t — the stuff you needed to know. I even went as far as to call the NBA to make sure his name was pulled on time after his pre-draft stuff, and it was, which is, that’s the depth that I went to just make sure before we do it, but again, it’s European so there may be some things that they’ll do different because he’s European, not a kid from the United States.”