Jrue Holiday update
Daily News staffer Ramona Shelburne ran into UCLA freshman Jrue Holiday at the Gatorade national player of the year award ceremony Wednesday. He said he took took 2 months off to rest after HS season but is on campus now, rooming with J'mison Morgan.
Q: Now that (Darren) Collison is back, do you know what position you'll play? Does it matter to you?
A: it doesn't matter. whatever they need me as. i can play shooting guard or point
Q: Where do you project in the pros?
A: I don't know. I kind of think I'm a scorer. But I can be a leader, like a point guard too.
Q: who is your favorite player then?
A: My dad.
Q: and what did he play?
A: shooting guard
Q: who is your favorite pro?
A: Tracy McGrady and Dominique Wilkins
Q: what pro do you want to be like? or pattern your game after?
A: probably Baron Davis or Dwyane Wade.
Q: what are your thoughts on being a one-and-done player?
A: I'm not sure about that. College is an experience I want to cherish. One year might not be enough. So I don't know yet. I know my mom really wants me to stay two years.
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This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
Kevin Love said the same thing: "I want to cherish college and my mom wants me to stay."
...One year later, he is in the NBA. Hopefully Jrue will be different.
Thanks for the memories Kevin. I look forward to watching you play in the NBA.
And good luck Jrue!
Kevin Love... Did he play for UCLA? Can't remember.
Jrue should do what makes the most sense for him. Neither Howland nor Kevin Love were cheated out of what they were looking for.
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Hopefully Jrue stays for two so the rest of us won't have to endure months of bellyaching.
The decision will always be an economical one i.e. look at the highly moral Elton Brand. If a college kid can be a lottery pick then he HAS to come out, take the money and run because, afterall, he is one injury away from losing it all.