Former Kentucky Wildcat Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is well known for being a big piece of the 2012 National Championship team and the No.However, something that is not as well-known is that Kidd-Gilchrist has battled stuttering – a communication disorder that affects roughly 1% of the population – for much of his life, recognizing it at the age of “10-11 years old”.Fast forward to the final year of his NBA career, in 2020 – also known as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic – Kidd-Gilchrist had plenty of time to evaluate things while in the NBA bubble.Before his youth basketball practice on Wednesday, Long received a call from the former NCAA champion, explaining that he has gone through some of the same things and that he can still be successful.These types of things are what make the Big Blue Nation’s connection to the program so special, and display another great example of the high-character players that Calipari recruits to the program."