PODZIEMSKI: “imho I'm a top-five basketball player in this Draft”, “Do anything I put my mind to”
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0:08 on the workout: "group of great six guys that brought it. High-level players, high-level programs"
0:31 on the journey: "challenging but it's also made me the player who I am today ... not everything's gonna be perfect at the next level ... whether that be not playing in Illinois or not getting recruited heavily out of high school"
0:56 on what he learned on the journey: "I learned that I could do anything I put my mind to. Something I live by is “above all odds” and that carries with me just because a lot of people doubt my capabilities, what I can and can't do. And every step of the way, I've proved people wrong, and what they think of me, so I'll continue to do so at the next level."
1:23 on what he wants to prove in the Draft process: "In my honest opinion, I think I'm a top-five basketball player in this Draft. I can do anything the teams ask of me. I can dribble, pass and shoot at a high level. But the question is, am I athletic enough? Based on my numbers at the Combine, I am ... only time will tell."
1:51 on playing for the Warriors: "The way I play and the way they play kind of meshes and it's a perfect fit. I'm a very unselfish player ... about questioning my defense, you've got Draymond and Gary Payton II to learn from ... I played AAU with Patrick (Baldwin), so that kind of just makes sense."
2:36 on patterning his game like Ginobili/DiVincenzo/Brunson: "our competitiveness and our toughness ... guys like to underestimate us ... our want and desire to win"
3:09 on why he has a chip on his shoulder: "to continuously get better and never be satisfied"
3:34 on if he was surprised he had a near-triple-double at the Combine scrimmage: "No, I didn't because it's just all about playing the right way ... not shoot any shots but get Steph, Klay involved ... I don't gotta score the most points, get the most rebounds, just make the right play ... in Santa Clara, my role was to score a little bit more"
4:22 on when the NBA became a real possibility: "looked at Jalen Williams' ... how can we get this thing done in two years and make it the same way kind of how he did it? ... turning point ... against Pepperdine ... against Maxwell Lewis ... propelled me to have that firm belief"
5:21 on how Coach Sendek prepared him: "opportunity and confidence. Those two words hold a lot of weight ... made it easier for me to just go out there, play my game and not have to look over my shoulder to see if I wasn't going to play anymore."
5:48 on next steps in the pre-Draft process: "I'm going to LA actually with a few of the guys that were here today ... workout with the Clippers on Friday."
5:55 on where he'll be Draft night: "Still seeing if I'm gonna get invited to the green room ... if it doesn't happen like that, then we'll figure out something else."
6:11 on where else he's worked out: "I was in Sacramento on Friday and Utah yesterday."
NOTE: From pre-Draft workout on May 30, 2022, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. KEEP AN EYE ON OUR COMMUNITY PAGE FOR OUR NEXT LIVESTREAM.
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