Last year Kentucky struggled to find consistent point guard play and solving that dilemma was a recruiting priority for new UK coach John Calipari.

What Calipari has done is bring in two five-star recruits. He landed Alabama point guard Eric Bledsoe about two weeks ago and added the nation’s top-ranked point guard Tuesday in John Wall.

For Wall, he says playing on the same team with Bledsoe is not a problem. For Bledsoe, he said if Wall did come to Kentucky, it would only make him a better player.

Larry Orton, the father of UK signee Daniel Orton of Oklahoma, thinks having Wall and Bledsoe creates a perfect scenario for UK and coach John Calipari.

“John is probably only going to be at UK a year (before going to the NBA),” Larry Orton said “That’s why it is good to have Bledsoe. He is not a one-and-done, or two-and-done, kind of player. He could very well end up in the NBA in four years, and probably will.

“But now he can play behind John for a year, or if John gets hurt or in foul trouble, he will give Kentucky a great point guard, too.”

Wall and Bledsoe could also play together, especially if Jodie Meeks doesn’t return to Kentucky for his senior season.

“If Meeks is back, and I hear he will be back after he gets through testing the NBA waters, then Kentucky has to be a top five team going into next year,” Orton said. “How are you going to guard them all?”

He noted how Bledsoe and Darius Miller could back up Wall and Meeks. Then there will be Patrick Patterson, Matt Pilgrim, Perry Stevenson, DeMarcus Cousins and his son inside. Plus, junior college transfer Darnell Dodson could play multiple spots and UK also has other returning experienced players like Ramon Harris.

“Kentucky will have all the backup firepower it needs,” Orton said. “The second team could handle a lot of teams because it will be full of stars, too. It’s just a great situation for everybody, including John Wall.”