“Everybody’s been extremely loving to me,” said Potter. “All my friends kind of joke with me, and they kind of put a little pressure on me. They say, ‘You can’t mess it up for your home state.’ But other than that I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve played college ball for a couple of years now, so I kind of know what it is like and obviously I know what Kentucky basketball is like.”
Potter watched a lot of Kentucky basketball last year and paid close attention to center Amari Williams who turned into a point center for Kentucky when UK’s guards were decimated by injuries.
“I ran a similar offense last year at my other school. That’s something that I’m looking to do again,” Potter said. “I like being able to put the ball on the floor and being able to pass and get everybody open. I can make passes some people aren’t going to be able to make because you Amari and me, we’re taller people. We can reach around people and be able to swing it anywhere.
“One reason I came to Kentucky was the way Amari was able to succeed in this offense. I am looking forward to doing that and growing my game in the next couple of years.”
One of Potter’s teammates will be freshman Malachi Moreno, Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball who led Great Crossing to the 2025 state championship. Like Potter, he’s a 7-foot center.
“I played Malachi every year in high school a bunch of times, so we were always getting compared to each other,” Potter said.
He’s also familiar with incoming freshman guard Jasper Johnson, who played two year at Woodford County before spending his final two high school seasons playing for Link Academy and then Overtime Elite.
“I’ve always been really cool with them and know the Johnson family, so it will be nice to have them on my team now,” Potter said.
