I was just on the verge of posting my first ever 'vlog', a blog in which the content is video instead of written words, but for whatever reason the audio isn't matching up with the visual. So while the vlog will have to wait until next week, I'll just bang out what I had just said on video in the mean time. I've already watched most of the top 25 teams in the country (and then some) so far in the young college basketball season. I'm seriously impressed with a few, but above everyone it's Kentucky that in my own mind has risen to the top just 7 or 8 games in. I thought it was a great decision for both Doron Lamb and Terence Jones to stay out of the NBA draft and hit it hard again in Lexington this season, and newcomers Marquise Teague and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist both look promising...but of the budding superstars on John Calipari's star studded squad, it's got to be freshman Anthony Davis that has impressed me the most. If you haven't seen Anthony Davis yet this season, just turn on the next Kentucky game and look for the 6'10 string bean that runs like a deer, and has a unibrow that can be spotted from the nose bleed section of Rupp Arena. He's very hard to miss. I mentioned he was 6'10, but he wasn't always that big. Dude was a very average 6-1 at the end of his sophomore season in high school, but by the start of his senior season he had grown 9 inches. It's not just dumb Shawn Bradley height either, the kid was used to dribbling and shooting the basketball with the rest of the guards for 80% of his life and just because he had a Andre the Giant growth spurt didn't mean those skills have diminished at all. Davis is a capable dribbler in the open floor, and often grabs a big board and pushes the ball up the court with 2 or 3 long strides before giving it up to a guard. And after he does that, he doesn't stop running. Missed shots for Kentucky mind as well be post entry passes for Davis. In just seven games Davis has 21 offensive rebounds. It took me three games of watching Kentucky to be convinced that Davis is the best weak-side shot blocker in the nation as well, and is among the nation's leaders is swats. Remember how hyped everyone was about Greg Oden? A 7-foot athlete that runs the floor and can get off his feet? Well Anthony Davis isn't exactly 7-foot, but he seems to embody the projections that Oden never could fulfill. The question I have is what can Anthony Davis NOT do? On Wednesday night (December 1st) when Kentucky played St. Johns, Davis went for 15 points, 15 rebounds, 8 blocks, 2 steals, and only 1 turnover. Don't forget, Davis is doing this while sharing the basketball with other NBAers. I'm sure Anthony Davis's statistics will dip a bit as he gets used to the fulltime rigors of a his first college season, and as opposing coaches start narrowing in on him in the scouting report, but don't expect too much of a drop off. You take his skill set, mix it with his IQ for the game, along with his length and athleticism that can't be taught, and you're left with an All-American and top 5 draft pick. Calling my shot about Davis here and now, just like I did in private among my friends before the college season even began. If he can stay clear of injury, I believe we're looking at the next big thing.