The Official Andre Drummond Thread

[dnbman]

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanCBS That's cold. @blazersedge: UConn G Jeremy Lamb on ex-UConn teammate Andre Drummond's NBA potential: "It depends on if he wants to work."

hmmmm... That doesn't sound good. Usually teammates look out for one another, especially when they know it could effect their draft status.

[Nata Fresh]

"It depends on if he wants to work. He's a great athlete. He can jump. He can block shots. He can rebound. I always say, it's funny, we will have an early practice at like 8 AM, and everyone is trying to get warmed up and stuff. He'll just come out and do a windmill to warm up. His bounce is amazing. I believe he's going to work hard, develop post moves, I think he can be a great pro."

It's the full quote.... not as damning...

[kitch0202]

It's the full quote.... not as damning...

That's more like a team-mate's comment.

However one thing that bothered me in Andre's interview after his workout with us was after he said he 'would play hard, run the floor, rebound and block shots' (usual soundbite for bigs), he said that "offence will come to me."

Now I could well be reading far too much into the semantics of this, and do realise that 'come to me' is an common expression, but just how indicative of his work ethic & general attitude is it that he said 'it'll come to me'? He could have said he'll 'work at it' or ... anything other than it coming to him would have left me with a higher level of confidence that he might be the player he can be.

Cheers,

Kitch.

[BrotherDave]

Huh, Drummond's mother and family are Jamaican. Patrick Ewing anybody?