January 15, 2025 • 11 mins
Former Washington Huskies basketball point guard Abdul Gaddy joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain at Hec Ed to talk about his role with the UW program, his career playing and where he has been balling the state of NIL, and the play level in the Big 10.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Live from the R and R Foundation Specialists Broadcast Studio.
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
the Huskies and the Kruken Sports Radio ninety three point
three kJ R FM.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
All right, so Jackson, we're here at heck Yad getting
ready for the ut Perdue game.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
And I've been wanting to have this guy on the
air for a while.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You know, he's got a new fancy spancy title now,
director of player Development here for Washington, one of the
old point guards back in the day. Guys, like fifteen
years since he played or whatever it is. But Jackson,
I wish you were here, and we gotta get a
picture of this guy put.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
On social media.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
He looks exactly the same as he did when he
showed up here. It kind of ticks me off, Adam Feller,
I mean, abdul Gaddy, Like, what is going on with you?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Is there something weird in.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Your family about Like you actually look younger than you
did when you played here.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
I know, man, I don't know. I got said. I
think I've just been blessed with it a good genetics.
Thank my parents for that one.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well, it's first of all, it's great to have you
back on the show man, Welcome back to Seattle, Welcome
back to mot Lake, and you talk about this about
how this all came together and how you find yourself
back working for Danny Sprinkle.
Speaker 5 (01:07):
I mean, Danny gave me the call. Man.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
I have been thinking about coaching over the past couple
of years. I just finished playing, so I've been playing
eleven years pro and I finished.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Where were you last year? Playing basketball?
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Last year I was in Oklahoma City Blue, and then
I signed a three year dealing Romanian Romania Romania for
the last three months and finished up in June.
Speaker 5 (01:24):
June first.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Yeah, I think Danny had got win that I was
thinking about coaching. We had talked a little bit while
he interviewed me and stuff and went through the interview
process and I got hired. Man, it was just glad
to be home, you know what I mean. This is
home for me since I was a kid. But also
you know what I mean, four years being here, being
a starting point guard and you know, being able to
(01:45):
compete here.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
I grew up here, so to be.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Here, to be able to give these guys like that
husky pride, you know what I mean. That we carried
not only just the players and the athletes here, but
like the fans the city, you know what I mean
to be able to tell them like how real it
is and how how special it can be.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
How did the connection between you and coach Sprinkles start?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
I think just from mutuals. I didn't really know Dan.
I knew of Danny in this in the sense of
how good of a coach he was. I saw him
at Utah State, ard about him at Montana State, so
I knew he was a really good coach who knew
great basketball. And I think just from other coaches that
knew who I was as a player. People around here
had mentioned my name, and you know, we, like I
(02:26):
said when I went through the interview process, I think.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
We just grew a liking for each other of competitive edge.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Somebody who was just finishing up playing knew the pro
game at all levels from NBA, G League and Europe,
and I think he saw me as a tool that
can help these young guys who were like, man, this
is a guy just who's seen it live just recently, right,
so he can help a lot in the film and
all just helping a bunch that way.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
So he's putting me a lot on that.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, Gaddy is where of us former U point guard.
He's now on the staff here at d And I
still remember the day that you left Arizona. I was
talking to Jim Shaw on the phone. He hung up
on evens are gonna go? And he just hung up
and he called I think called you right away. But
you you were going to Arizona with Loot Is that right?
And then he retires and you opened up your recruitment
and you came back to DW. So if Loudolson never retired,
(03:14):
are you sitting here talking to us right now?
Speaker 5 (03:17):
I think that's a lot of he says. She said, right,
I couldn't tell you.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Romar knew. Though I love Romar. Romar is like a
big mentor for me. I even I remember telling Romar
he understood. I was like man Romar at that time.
Arizona was the point guard school, his point guard.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
You.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
It was Gilbert Arenas, it was Jason Gardner, it was
Jason Terrius, Mike Bibby, it was you know what I mean,
Damon Stoddarmer. So that was kind of my dream so
to play for LUDOS and the guy that did all that.
I was like man coach I'm probably not gonna say
no to him. So once Luke retired, Romar I could
tell you that to this day. Romar called me the
(03:54):
right after that. I said, all right, man, listen, Li's
not there no more. He's like, I love Lut, but
he's not there no more. So it's gotta be us.
It's gotta be us. In Romar fashion, he was like,
it's gotta be yes.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
And yeah.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
After a little while, it was home, you know what
I mean? It was Romar.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
It was everybody here, from Isaiah Thomas who was my
childhood friend, Brandon and Will and Bobby, everybody. They gave
me the hometown love of you know what I mean,
how I was supposed to be. And I was like,
you know what, this is home?
Speaker 6 (04:26):
So well, I bet in the fifteen years since you
have been talked to by thousands of two five three
and two oh six people saying we appreciate you, we
appreciate that you decided to play here, because I remember
how big it was when I read abdul Gaddy's coming
to you, Dub. I was like, damn, yeah, that's big time.
(04:47):
And so have you had that? Those a lot of
conversations with people it's like you didn't leave us. He
stayed here and played and made this program really really good.
Speaker 5 (04:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
No, I have those conversations all the time, and you
know what I until, guys who are here now, I'm like,
there's no love that you'll receive like staying home, you
know what I mean, no matter what, No matter where
I go, whether it's Tacoma, Seattle, Federal Way, or Olympia anywhere,
no matter what, people are like, man, you know what,
we're glad that you stayed home, that you did it here, right,
that we were able to go to sweet sixteens that
(05:19):
were able to win tournament championships, to win league championships,
you know what I mean, Like we were able to
do that together here, you know what I mean.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
So it was it's a community thing.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
And like I said, I grew up here, so it
was more of like, man, since I was a child,
you know what I mean. It's it's that camaraderie that
you that I get to field no matter where I go.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Right, Well, things have changed slightly for college basketball, yep,
since you've been here, right, and you probably I mean
if you're born twenty years later, right, who knows, right
what that nil bag would have looked like for you,
I have.
Speaker 5 (05:50):
A lot of those conversations.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Well, I mean, is it for the better because I
think all of us are in favor of the kids
getting a cut yep, right, But the portal's out of control.
There's no structure, there's no loyalty. Guys are leaving after
a year, they're bouncing around college basketball. You see guys
playing for four or five teams now duels. So now
that you've had a chance to kind of soak all
this in, what needs to happen in your mind.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
To kind of maybe calm this down a little bit.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
The biggest thing. I think it's great that athletes get paid.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
I think the biggest thing is just the transfer portal
needs to be There needs to be some type of
regulation with it. That's all, and who knows, there's probably
a lot of other things that go into it. I
just think that, and my personal opinion is not really
just about the money and these guys are getting.
Speaker 5 (06:33):
I think it's like, man, the reason.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
You play college basketball is for the college experience, which is, Man,
I'm a Husky. No matter where I go, I get
to be a Husky. Some of these guys went to
four schools, so you're like, man, what are you right?
The fans can relate to me like man, he's one
of us, no matter what I did.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
But the players care about that.
Speaker 5 (06:52):
Honestly, I feel like you should.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
I when I grew up watching basketball, I was like, man,
like I want to watch Isaiah Tomas, like man, he
was a Husky. Even if I was to watch Damon starback, Man,
he went to Arizona.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
You know.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Now these guys went to four different schools, so it's
a lot different. And I think you want to carry
that pride no matter where you go. Like man, I'm like,
no matter where I play at, when I was playing
in Europe or playing the NBA, I'm like, Man, I'm
watching my Huskies tonight. Go beat your team in North
Carolina State or you know what I mean, Like I'm
a Husky until I die. You know, I think that's
part of the I think that's part of college experience.
(07:26):
Like you want to be able to go to Michigan
be like, Man, I'm beating you all because I'm a Husky,
not just because of who I am, but because like man,
I'm a Husky. I want to show you guys what
Washington basketball is about, you know what I mean, So
we're kind of losing that a little bit, so hopefully
we get a little bit of that back when they
like regulated a little bit. So it's like, man, pay
the players, but somehow keep them in this I think
(07:46):
they need to develop in one place and get better,
because that's usually how you can get better.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
One of the greatest point guards in our area, Abdul Gaddy,
joining us on ninety three point three kids RFM. The
transfer to the Big Ten. We found out what it
looked like on the football side. For three months now
we're finding out what it feels like on the basketball side.
What's been the biggest kind of eye opening thing for
you looking at these Big ten teams versus maybe what
you played against in the Pac twelve.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
They're just so physical, physical style of play. They two
bigs on the floor. They they do shoot a ton
of threes, at least the teams that we've played, but
really just the physical, bruiser style play of like inside,
I think the Pac twelve was always used to like man,
we had like a lot of like big wings and
(08:34):
scores and we played fast that way, you know, I mean,
you can play some small ball for that's kind of
been like a style over here, and that's been intriguing
from the Pac twelve schools. But when you play these
big ten teams and you playing in the Wisconsins and Illinois,
the Michigan States, the Michigan's, they got big guys down
there who were just like bumping you every time, and
(08:56):
they're trying to pound you on the rebounds. They're going
to the offensive glass every time. So it's a big adjustment.
So you gotta I think you've got to just have
a balance and blend them together. And the teams that
do that do well.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
I look, goaddy with us. You were a McDonald's all American.
You get free, big max for a life out of that.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
Like what's the.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Perk or something?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
There?
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Nothing?
Speaker 5 (09:15):
No, uh no, man, look.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
At his body.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
There's no way he's.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Getting He's probably running twenty miles.
Speaker 5 (09:24):
Dude. I wish I was getting for you, even though
I don't eat McDonald's.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
But you know what I mean, damn good best.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
But hey, before you go, let's talk about some of
these guards we have because you're the you're the guy
in charge, man, I mean, dude, Dick, this is the
great thing if these guys don't play well.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
We can blame him yet, right, he never mind blaming.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Zoom or Tyler's right, tell us about it. Tell us
about Zoom though, right, because he's got all this expectation,
like you had to coming out of high school. He's
a freshman. He's a superstar. You know what it's like
to walk his shoes? What what should we expect out
of Zoom the rest of the way, and what kind
of makes this special man?
Speaker 5 (10:00):
What makes him special man?
Speaker 4 (10:01):
To be honest as the dude is a is a
big time competitor. Yeah, that's what he is. He's a
big time competitor. He really wants to go out there
and win. He's learning, he's growing on the job. He
was a combo guard, but he's figuring out both and.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
He's going to be really, really good.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
He's one of those dudes that, like, like we just
talked about, if he continues to just get better, he
may not be a one and done type of guy,
but two years, three years, he can give himself a chance.
And one thing I love about him, he just works.
He comes in late, he's up early. He's in here
working on the shot. He's in the weight room, he's
doing extra conditioning. He wants me and him watch the
(10:37):
most film Wow.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
Right, Like he's.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Always in there, like man, he's not Kyler Murray. No,
he's just you know, Kyler m is a different deal. Right,
there's stuff done. Zoom's like extra work, extra, I need more,
I need more. I want to learn more, and I
love it.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
That's what makes him special.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
So he's going to be really special and he's going
to give himself a chance. You know, wherever his future
takes him, he's gonna be really really a really really
good hush.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Yeah, well, we hope he's here for a long time,
no doubt. All right, Hey, Abdul, listen, great to see you.
You look awesome. Welcome back, and we'll talk down the
road a right now, we'll do you bet Abdel gaddy
with us on the show You do Purdue coming up
at six thirty. I think Danny Sprinkle, I think Abdul's
boss gonna jump on and say hello next time.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Ninety three three kJ R fl
Live from the R and R Foundation Specialists Broadcast Studio.
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
the Huskies and the Kruken Sports Radio ninety three point
three kJ R FM.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
All right, so Jackson, we're here at heck Yad getting
ready for the ut Perdue game.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
And I've been wanting to have this guy on the
air for a while.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You know, he's got a new fancy spancy title now,
director of player Development here for Washington, one of the
old point guards back in the day. Guys, like fifteen
years since he played or whatever it is. But Jackson,
I wish you were here, and we gotta get a
picture of this guy put.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
On social media.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
He looks exactly the same as he did when he
showed up here. It kind of ticks me off, Adam Feller,
I mean, abdul Gaddy, Like, what is going on with you?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Is there something weird in.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Your family about Like you actually look younger than you
did when you played here.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
I know, man, I don't know. I got said. I
think I've just been blessed with it a good genetics.
Thank my parents for that one.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well, it's first of all, it's great to have you
back on the show man, Welcome back to Seattle, Welcome
back to mot Lake, and you talk about this about
how this all came together and how you find yourself
back working for Danny Sprinkle.
Speaker 5 (01:07):
I mean, Danny gave me the call. Man.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
I have been thinking about coaching over the past couple
of years. I just finished playing, so I've been playing
eleven years pro and I finished.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Where were you last year? Playing basketball?
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Last year I was in Oklahoma City Blue, and then
I signed a three year dealing Romanian Romania Romania for
the last three months and finished up in June.
Speaker 5 (01:24):
June first.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Yeah, I think Danny had got win that I was
thinking about coaching. We had talked a little bit while
he interviewed me and stuff and went through the interview
process and I got hired. Man, it was just glad
to be home, you know what I mean. This is
home for me since I was a kid. But also
you know what I mean, four years being here, being
a starting point guard and you know, being able to
(01:45):
compete here.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
I grew up here, so to be.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Here, to be able to give these guys like that
husky pride, you know what I mean. That we carried
not only just the players and the athletes here, but
like the fans the city, you know what I mean
to be able to tell them like how real it
is and how how special it can be.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
How did the connection between you and coach Sprinkles start?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
I think just from mutuals. I didn't really know Dan.
I knew of Danny in this in the sense of
how good of a coach he was. I saw him
at Utah State, ard about him at Montana State, so
I knew he was a really good coach who knew
great basketball. And I think just from other coaches that
knew who I was as a player. People around here
had mentioned my name, and you know, we, like I
(02:26):
said when I went through the interview process, I think.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
We just grew a liking for each other of competitive edge.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Somebody who was just finishing up playing knew the pro
game at all levels from NBA, G League and Europe,
and I think he saw me as a tool that
can help these young guys who were like, man, this
is a guy just who's seen it live just recently, right,
so he can help a lot in the film and
all just helping a bunch that way.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
So he's putting me a lot on that.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, Gaddy is where of us former U point guard.
He's now on the staff here at d And I
still remember the day that you left Arizona. I was
talking to Jim Shaw on the phone. He hung up
on evens are gonna go? And he just hung up
and he called I think called you right away. But
you you were going to Arizona with Loot Is that right?
And then he retires and you opened up your recruitment
and you came back to DW. So if Loudolson never retired,
(03:14):
are you sitting here talking to us right now?
Speaker 5 (03:17):
I think that's a lot of he says. She said, right,
I couldn't tell you.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Romar knew. Though I love Romar. Romar is like a
big mentor for me. I even I remember telling Romar
he understood. I was like man Romar at that time.
Arizona was the point guard school, his point guard.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
You.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
It was Gilbert Arenas, it was Jason Gardner, it was
Jason Terrius, Mike Bibby, it was you know what I mean,
Damon Stoddarmer. So that was kind of my dream so
to play for LUDOS and the guy that did all that.
I was like man coach I'm probably not gonna say
no to him. So once Luke retired, Romar I could
tell you that to this day. Romar called me the
(03:54):
right after that. I said, all right, man, listen, Li's
not there no more. He's like, I love Lut, but
he's not there no more. So it's gotta be us.
It's gotta be us. In Romar fashion, he was like,
it's gotta be yes.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
And yeah.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
After a little while, it was home, you know what
I mean? It was Romar.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
It was everybody here, from Isaiah Thomas who was my
childhood friend, Brandon and Will and Bobby, everybody. They gave
me the hometown love of you know what I mean,
how I was supposed to be. And I was like,
you know what, this is home?
Speaker 6 (04:26):
So well, I bet in the fifteen years since you
have been talked to by thousands of two five three
and two oh six people saying we appreciate you, we
appreciate that you decided to play here, because I remember
how big it was when I read abdul Gaddy's coming
to you, Dub. I was like, damn, yeah, that's big time.
(04:47):
And so have you had that? Those a lot of
conversations with people it's like you didn't leave us. He
stayed here and played and made this program really really good.
Speaker 5 (04:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
No, I have those conversations all the time, and you
know what I until, guys who are here now, I'm like,
there's no love that you'll receive like staying home, you
know what I mean, no matter what, No matter where
I go, whether it's Tacoma, Seattle, Federal Way, or Olympia anywhere,
no matter what, people are like, man, you know what,
we're glad that you stayed home, that you did it here, right,
that we were able to go to sweet sixteens that
(05:19):
were able to win tournament championships, to win league championships,
you know what I mean, Like we were able to
do that together here, you know what I mean.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
So it was it's a community thing.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
And like I said, I grew up here, so it
was more of like, man, since I was a child,
you know what I mean. It's it's that camaraderie that
you that I get to field no matter where I go.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Right, Well, things have changed slightly for college basketball, yep,
since you've been here, right, and you probably I mean
if you're born twenty years later, right, who knows, right
what that nil bag would have looked like for you,
I have.
Speaker 5 (05:50):
A lot of those conversations.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Well, I mean, is it for the better because I
think all of us are in favor of the kids
getting a cut yep, right, But the portal's out of control.
There's no structure, there's no loyalty. Guys are leaving after
a year, they're bouncing around college basketball. You see guys
playing for four or five teams now duels. So now
that you've had a chance to kind of soak all
this in, what needs to happen in your mind.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
To kind of maybe calm this down a little bit.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
The biggest thing. I think it's great that athletes get paid.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
I think the biggest thing is just the transfer portal
needs to be There needs to be some type of
regulation with it. That's all, and who knows, there's probably
a lot of other things that go into it. I
just think that, and my personal opinion is not really
just about the money and these guys are getting.
Speaker 5 (06:33):
I think it's like, man, the reason.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
You play college basketball is for the college experience, which is, Man,
I'm a Husky. No matter where I go, I get
to be a Husky. Some of these guys went to
four schools, so you're like, man, what are you right?
The fans can relate to me like man, he's one
of us, no matter what I did.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
But the players care about that.
Speaker 5 (06:52):
Honestly, I feel like you should.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
I when I grew up watching basketball, I was like, man,
like I want to watch Isaiah Tomas, like man, he
was a Husky. Even if I was to watch Damon starback, Man,
he went to Arizona.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
You know.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Now these guys went to four different schools, so it's
a lot different. And I think you want to carry
that pride no matter where you go. Like man, I'm like,
no matter where I play at, when I was playing
in Europe or playing the NBA, I'm like, Man, I'm
watching my Huskies tonight. Go beat your team in North
Carolina State or you know what I mean, Like I'm
a Husky until I die. You know, I think that's
part of the I think that's part of college experience.
(07:26):
Like you want to be able to go to Michigan
be like, Man, I'm beating you all because I'm a Husky,
not just because of who I am, but because like man,
I'm a Husky. I want to show you guys what
Washington basketball is about, you know what I mean, So
we're kind of losing that a little bit, so hopefully
we get a little bit of that back when they
like regulated a little bit. So it's like, man, pay
the players, but somehow keep them in this I think
(07:46):
they need to develop in one place and get better,
because that's usually how you can get better.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
One of the greatest point guards in our area, Abdul Gaddy,
joining us on ninety three point three kids RFM. The
transfer to the Big Ten. We found out what it
looked like on the football side. For three months now
we're finding out what it feels like on the basketball side.
What's been the biggest kind of eye opening thing for
you looking at these Big ten teams versus maybe what
you played against in the Pac twelve.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
They're just so physical, physical style of play. They two
bigs on the floor. They they do shoot a ton
of threes, at least the teams that we've played, but
really just the physical, bruiser style play of like inside,
I think the Pac twelve was always used to like man,
we had like a lot of like big wings and
(08:34):
scores and we played fast that way, you know, I mean,
you can play some small ball for that's kind of
been like a style over here, and that's been intriguing
from the Pac twelve schools. But when you play these
big ten teams and you playing in the Wisconsins and Illinois,
the Michigan States, the Michigan's, they got big guys down
there who were just like bumping you every time, and
(08:56):
they're trying to pound you on the rebounds. They're going
to the offensive glass every time. So it's a big adjustment.
So you gotta I think you've got to just have
a balance and blend them together. And the teams that
do that do well.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
I look, goaddy with us. You were a McDonald's all American.
You get free, big max for a life out of that.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
Like what's the.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Perk or something?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
There?
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Nothing?
Speaker 5 (09:15):
No, uh no, man, look.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
At his body.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
There's no way he's.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Getting He's probably running twenty miles.
Speaker 5 (09:24):
Dude. I wish I was getting for you, even though
I don't eat McDonald's.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
But you know what I mean, damn good best.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
But hey, before you go, let's talk about some of
these guards we have because you're the you're the guy
in charge, man, I mean, dude, Dick, this is the
great thing if these guys don't play well.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
We can blame him yet, right, he never mind blaming.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Zoom or Tyler's right, tell us about it. Tell us
about Zoom though, right, because he's got all this expectation,
like you had to coming out of high school. He's
a freshman. He's a superstar. You know what it's like
to walk his shoes? What what should we expect out
of Zoom the rest of the way, and what kind
of makes this special man?
Speaker 5 (10:00):
What makes him special man?
Speaker 4 (10:01):
To be honest as the dude is a is a
big time competitor. Yeah, that's what he is. He's a
big time competitor. He really wants to go out there
and win. He's learning, he's growing on the job. He
was a combo guard, but he's figuring out both and.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
He's going to be really, really good.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
He's one of those dudes that, like, like we just
talked about, if he continues to just get better, he
may not be a one and done type of guy,
but two years, three years, he can give himself a chance.
And one thing I love about him, he just works.
He comes in late, he's up early. He's in here
working on the shot. He's in the weight room, he's
doing extra conditioning. He wants me and him watch the
(10:37):
most film Wow.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
Right, Like he's.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Always in there, like man, he's not Kyler Murray. No,
he's just you know, Kyler m is a different deal. Right,
there's stuff done. Zoom's like extra work, extra, I need more,
I need more. I want to learn more, and I
love it.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
That's what makes him special.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
So he's going to be really special and he's going
to give himself a chance. You know, wherever his future
takes him, he's gonna be really really a really really
good hush.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Yeah, well, we hope he's here for a long time,
no doubt. All right, Hey, Abdul, listen, great to see you.
You look awesome. Welcome back, and we'll talk down the
road a right now, we'll do you bet Abdel gaddy
with us on the show You do Purdue coming up
at six thirty. I think Danny Sprinkle, I think Abdul's
boss gonna jump on and say hello next time.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
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