Quotes from Gabe
``I'm looking to hear I'll be a first-round pick, because of the guaranteed money. If it's not looking like I'll be a first-round pick, I'll obviously stay in school. If it is, I'll have to look over my options.''
``It was tough, but I talked to my parents and felt this was the right decision. They told me why not go for it, weigh my options and play it out, see what happens.''
Matthew Kredell broke into the Daily News in 1998, working part time
at the paper while going to USC. The basketball team’s Elite Eight
run in 2000-01 was USC’s athletic highlight in his time at the
school, when the football team was stuck in the Paul Hackett-era.
After graduating in 2001, he started writing for the Daily News full
time. He’s in his second year covering USC, which coincides with the
rise of the program. He’ll take credit for the success, though Tim
Floyd may have more to do with it. A third-generation Los Angelean,
he grew up reading the Daily News while at El Camino Real High School
in Woodland Hills.