told me I had a lot of talent and I just gotta figure out
a couple of things. I look up to that guy. Seeing him workout
like that, I want to be in the gym every time Gerald’s in the
gym. I see how he’s progressing, and I just want to work on
my game as much as I can. I watched him a lot, especially in
the beginning of the season. I just watched how he moved with
the ball, just watched a lot of things that he does. He’s such
a great player. Another thing that helped us out is that
we’re roommates on the road, so we get to talk about a lot. I
get to see where his head is. He watches a lot of film of Kobe,
really studies the game. He’s just a great player. Man, I’ve
never been around such a great player like that.
And Coach K, we’ve had a strong relationship since the first
day he recruited me. He’s been upfront with me. He’s such a
great coach. I’ve learned more under him than I’ve learned
during my whole entire basketball career. I mean, he’s a
special guy. He wants to win and he wants us to be the best
we can be. He will get the best out of you. For a coach to be
that much into basketball and have that much of a drive is
phenomenal.
The year has been a good experience so far. Miles, Olek and I,
we’re in a room on East Campus. Our teammates help us out a
lot, help us with car pools and things like that since we can’t
have cars as freshmen. It’s pretty well set up. All three of us
have learned a lot, and we’re hungry to keep getting better.
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