Jay Wright, Tapped Rau College Basketball TV Gig, Nws thiaj li 'sim' Kev Qhia Hauv NBA, Rick Pitino hais

Jay Wright tab tom tawm ntawm cov nyiaj laus los hu rau tsev kawm qib siab ntaus pob ncaws pob ib txwm caij ua si rau CBS thiab yuav tsum nyob hauv studio rau Plaub Plaub, raws li New York Post. Thiab ib tus kws qhia Naismith Hall of Fame ntseeg tias Wright yuav "sim" kev cob qhia hauv NBA.

"Kuv xav tias nws yuav sim," Iona tus kws qhia Rick Pitino, uas tau cob qhia New York Knicks thiab Boston Celtics ntxiv rau kev yeej NCAA kev sib tw ntawm Kentucky thiab Louisville, tau hais rau kuv hnub Thursday thaum lub sijhawm Zoom hu. "Kuv tsis xav tias Jay yuav mus ntawm Villanova mus rau lwm lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab. Kuv tsis xav tias qhov ntawd tshwm sim. Tsuas yog ib tug neeg ruam li kuv ua tej yam zoo li ntawd xwb."

Wright, uas coj Villanova mus rau NCAA kev sib tw hauv 2016 thiab '18 ua ntej dheev so tawm lub Plaub Hlis kawg, tau yav tas los txuas rau lub Knicks thiab Philadelphia 76ers. Nws tau hais tias nws "txaus siab" los ntawm kev qhia hauv NBA, tab sis yuav tsis tawm Villanova ua nws.

"NBA ua rau kuv xav tsis thoob," nws hais rau Cov Ncaws Pob hauv 2018. “Qhov kev sib tw yog qhov txaus siab, tab sis nws tsis tsim nyog tso tseg ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg no. Tag nrho cov yog, mus ua ib qho kev sib tw tshiab koj yuav tsum tso tseg yam koj muaj. Kuv tsis xav muab qhov kuv muaj. Kuv puas xav tau kev cob qhia hauv NBA? Yog lawm. Tab sis kuv yuav tsum tso qhov no kom ua li ntawd, thiab kuv tsis pom qhov ntawd tshwm sim. "

Nyob rau hauv ib lub rau hli ntuj tshwm nyob rau College Hoops Hnub no Podcast nrog Jon Rothstein, Wright tau hais tias nws yuav tsis xav txog kev cob qhia lwm txoj haujlwm hauv tsev kawm qib siab.

“Qhov tseeb tsis yog. Kuv tau cog lus rau Villanova thiab ua haujlwm nrog Leej Txiv Peter Donohue - peb tus Thawj Tswj Hwm - sab nraud ntawm kev ntaus pob ncaws pob nrog lub koom haum kis las, nrog peb cov phiaj xwm peev. Cov no yog yam tshiab rau kuv uas zoo siab heev, ”Wright hais rau Rothstein. "Kuv xav kom Villanova muaj zog - Kuv yuav tsis xav ua qhov ntawd [kev cob qhia] ntawm lwm lub tsev kawm ntawv."

Txawm li cas los xij, txij li Wright tsuas yog 60 xyoo, Pitino thiab lwm tus ntseeg tias nws yuav kawg "rov qab" hauv NBA.

"Jay tseem hluas heev, Kuv xav tsis thoob [nws so haujlwm]," Pitino hais. “Jay yuav rov tshwm sim. Nws cov hnub qhia hauv kuv lub tswv yim, kuv tsis paub dab tsi, tsis dhau. Nyob deb dhau lawm."

Nws hais ntxiv tias: “Jay thiab kuv tau muaj kev sib tham ntau txog NBA txij li thaum kuv tau siv ob lub sijhawm nyob ntawd. Kuv xav tias tej zaum nws yuav txaus siab rau nws, xav sim nws. "

"Nws ib txwm hais," ib tus neeg sawv cev NBA tseem ceeb tau hais hauv 2020. "Ib xyoo no nws yuav tshwm sim."

Providence tus kws qhia Ed Cooley, lub sijhawm no, hais tias nws "zoo siab" ntawm Wright rau so haujlwm ntawm nws qhov kev ua si. Kyle Neptune, 37, hloov Wright tom qab ib lub caij ntawm Fordham. Yav dhau los nws tau siv sijhawm ntau xyoo los ua tus pab Wright ntawm Villanova.

"Kuv zoo siab rau Jay," Cooley hais. "Tsis muaj ntau tus neeg egos tuaj yeem taug kev deb ntawm qhov kev vam meej nrog ib lub koom haum zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev ntaus pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab. Ntau tus ntawm peb ua cov thawj coj, peb cov egos tau txuas nrog ntau yam khoom thiab rau koj taug kev deb ntawm lub roob zoo li ntawd, uas qhia ntau txog nws tus cwj pwm. Qhov ntawd qhia ntau txog nws pom ib yam dab tsi txawv…

"Yog li 60 xyoo rau nws taug kev deb, Pab Pawg Plaub Kawg, lwm pab pawg sib tw hauv tebchaws, Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau nws. Kuv tsis paub yog tias kuv tuaj yeem ua tau li ntawd. "