Before Eric Bledsoe met John Wall, he thought he’d be “a jerk.” Bledsoe’s high school coach publicly questioned whether the two point guards could even play together. Now it’s all anyone wants to see. After Bledsoe’s ankle injury and Wall’s two-game NCAA suspension, the highly touted point guards will finally take the court Monday as teammates and are expected to start together against Miami (Ohio).Wall had a sensational debut in the exhibition game vs. Clarion, scoring 27 points and nine assists, and Bledsoe matched him Friday with a 24-point, seven-rebound performance. Now just imagine them both on the court at the same time in the same uniform.”It’s going to change the pace that we play,” senior guard Ramon Harris said. “It’s going to change the game overall. Now we have two guys that can push the ball. They’re going to be very fast with it. Teams are going to have to try to do something to stop both of them, not just one at a time.”The duo could present the most dangerous one-two threat at the guard positions since Derek Anderson and Tony Delk in 1996. Who would have imagined that when some thought they could barely co-exist with one another? As it turns out, they’ve been inseparable since meeting over the summer.”They’re like two brothers,” head coach John Calipari said. “They really like each other.”Wall admitted Sunday that he could see why Bledsoe might have perceived him as “a jerk” before their initial meeting. “Most people that are the No. 1, top-ranked player are probably cocky and don’t want to be friends with nobody and think everything is going to go their way, but not with me,” Wall said. “I’m just humbled and hungry and try to do the best I can to help my team.”Bledsoe signed weeks before Wall announced his intention of playing for UK, but Wall said it never deterred him from coming to Lexington. Calipari said they would have never signed together if they were worried about playing with each other.”We’ve both never gotten anything easy,” Wall said. “We’re both competitive. Even though I was higher ranked than him, we’re both just two competitive people. In practice he always tells me to make him better and I always tell him to make me better. We’re pushing each other every day.”Calipari has raved all preseason long about his two freshman guards but has said recently that they’re even better together. The first-year UK head coach has no reservations about playing – and starting – the two point guards together if they’re two of his best players.”If your best two players play the same position, you play them both,” Calipari said. “I’m not saying they’re my best two players, but they’re two of my better players. Play them both and figure it out.”Wall admitted that it was tough for him to sit on the sideline Friday and watch his teammates play without him, but he was up during the team huddles and urging on his teammates throughout the game.With the exception of a circus-like shot in the second half, Wall wasn’t stunned by what Bledsoe was able to do without him.”I wasn’t surprised, not at all,” Wall said. “I think the fans and some other people might have been surprised because they didn’t know he was that good, but I already knew how good he was. It was just a moment of time. I told him whenever you step on that court, show people what you’re made of. That’s exactly what he did.”Wall said he’s grateful to finally be out on the court with Bledsoe at the same time to help his teammate and “brother” out. If there was any concern as to whether the freshman phenoms could play with one another, Wall might have squashed them Sunday.”No matter how good a player is, he has to have teammates to take the pressure off of him,” Wall said. “If you don’t you aren’t going to trust your teammates, kick the ball out to them or let them make plays. On this team, everybody one through 13 can make plays. I don’t mind giving up the ball because I have a teammate who can finish.”