Zvonimir Ivisic is a “guy who can really shoot”

ESPN analyst Jimmy Dykes was at Kentucky for Big Blue Madness last weekend and got a look at 7-2 Croatian Zvonimir Ivisic. The player did not arrive in Lexington until one day before Madness but Dykes got to watch him work out the next day even though Ivisic did not fully participate in Big Blue Madness.

“What you are going to see is a guy who can really shoot,” Dykes, a former UK assistant coach, said. “He is effortless on the perimeter. He is all of 7-2 and has been on the NBA radar since he was 16.

“Can he add weight? Yes. But he’s the type of kid who is stronger than he looks. He is the kind of rim protector that he has to have.”

Kentucky coach John Calipari obviously is happy to have him on campus and posted several pictures with Ivisic after his arrival. He even posted one of his wife, Ellen Calipari, with Ivisic.

Ivisic is expected to play in tonight’s Blue-White Game at Northern Kentucky University.