LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY - Lub Ob Hlis 12: Shaedon Sharpe #21 ntawm Kentucky Wildcats sov ua ntej … [+]
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Shaedon Sharpe tsis tau ua si hauv kev sib tw ntaus pob hauv ntau dua ib xyoos thiab nkag mus rau lub lim tiam tom ntej NBA Draft raws li cov lus pov thawj "Tus txiv neej ntawm Tsis Paub."
Tseem, 6-foot-5 Canadian tua yog npaj mus rau hauv kev rho npe, nrog ESPN.com projecting nws li No.8 xaiv thiab Tankathon ntawm No. 5.
"Yog lawm, Kuv xav tias muaj qhov tsis paub meej vim tias kuv tsis tau ua si ntau dua ib xyoos tam sim no, qhov kev ua si kawg tau nyob hauv tsev kawm theem siab," Sharpe, uas tau siv lub semester thib ob ntawm Kentucky tab sis tsis ua si hauv ib qho kev ua si, hais rau hnub Friday. ntawm pre-draft Zoom.
"Yog li kuv xav tias muaj kev xav paub thiab paub tsis meej nrog kuv, tab sis kuv tsuas yog hauv lub gym tau npaj."
Leej twg sau Sharpe tuaj yeem tso nws tus kheej hauv txoj haujlwm los ua tus phab ej yog tias tus xaiv ua haujlwm tawm hauv txoj kev, lossis raug rho tawm haujlwm yog tias nws mus rau Sab Qab Teb.
"Nws tsis muaj kev sib tw ua yeeb yaj kiab rau qib kawm qib siab," ib tus kws tshawb fawb NBA tau hais. "Tsuas yog pab pawg uas tuaj yeem coj nws mus yog pab pawg playoff lossis pab pawg nrog lub sijhawm txhim kho ntev."
"Yuav ua li cas qhov [expletive] koj tuaj yeem yog tus thib tsib xaiv hauv cov qauv yog tias koj tsis tau ua si hauv ib xyoos thiab ib nrab?" ib tug thawj coj tsis qhia npe hais rau Cov kis las. "Nws tsis zoo li nws yog [James] Wiseman thiab tus txiv neej siab 7-taw. Qhia kuv qhov twg tsib [-lub hnub qub] sh!t yog. Qhia kuv.”
Sharpe tau hais tias nws twb tau ua haujlwm rau Orlando Khawv koob (uas xaiv No. 1), Oklahoma City Thunder (2), Detroit Pistons (5), Portland Trail Blazers (7), San Antonio Spurs (9) thiab Charlotte Hornets (13) . Nws ua haujlwm hnub Monday rau Indiana Pacers (6).
Auburn's Jabari Smith, Gonzaga's Chet Holmgren thiab Duke's Paolo Banchero tau nthuav dav raws li peb qhov kev xaiv sab saum toj, tsis tas yuav tsum nyob hauv qhov kev txiav txim ntawd.
"Kuv xav tias kuv yog tus qhab nia qib siab," said Sharpe, uas yog tus thib 1 qhov kev cia siab nyob rau hauv chav kawm ntawm 2022 ua ntej nws rov faib rau 2021 thiab tau kawm hauv Kentucky thaum Lub Ib Hlis. "Kuv tuaj yeem ua tau lub pob tiag tiag, ntxiv rau kuv tuaj yeem ua rau kuv cov phooj ywg koom nrog. Kuv tuaj yeem pom lawv thaum lawv qhib tau thiab lawv txhaj tshuaj, nrog rau ntawm kev tiv thaiv kev hloov pauv thiab ua si ib txog tsib. "
Muaj ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom tias Sharpe muaj 49-nti ntsug dhia, ib nti siab dua Michael Jordan's.
Sharpe, uas tau xaiv ntaus pob ncaws pob txawm tias yog ob lub hnub qub ncaws pob, hais tias nws pom daim ntawv tshaj tawm tab sis tsis tuaj yeem lees paub nws.
Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tau pom qhov ntawd hauv social media, tab sis tom qab ntawd kuv tau nyob hauv lub gym tiag tiag ua haujlwm yog li kuv tsis txhawj xeeb txog qhov ntawd," nws hais.
Nws kuj tau qhuas NBA cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm nws Pro Day lub hli tas los.
“Nws zoo heev! Pab nws tus kheej,” hais tias ib tug NBA Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Scouting leej twg tuaj koom Pro Day, ntxiv Sharpe yog Top 10 xaiv "kom paub meej."
Sharpe tab tom sim ua raws li cov kauj ruam ntawm NBA tsis ntev los no xaiv Thon Maker thiab Anfernee Simons, uas tsis tau ntaus pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab tab sis siv sijhawm tom qab kawm tiav xyoo ua ntej nkag mus rau Draft.
6-ko taw-3 Simons qhov nruab nrab 17.3 cov ntsiab lus hauv 57 kev ua si lub caij dhau los rau Portland, thaum tus tsim 7-ko taw tau thaws ncig NBA, G League thiab thoob ntiaj teb txij li tau kos npe 10 tag nrho los ntawm Milwaukee hauv 2016.
Txawm li cas los xij, Sharpe muaj nws qhov kev pom ntawm ntau yam loj dua. Nws hais tias nws loj hlob saib yeeb yaj kiab ntawm Jordan, Kobe Bryant thiab, tsis ntev los no, Zach Lavine.
Nws hais tias "Kuv kawm peb tus txiv neej no tiag tiag," nws hais.
Nws lub hom phiaj luv luv thiab mus sij hawm ntev tsis yog me me.
Nws tau hais tias "Kuv pom kuv tus kheej yog ib tus neeg ua si zoo tshaj plaws los ua si ntawm kev ntaus pob, tsuas yog tau tom qab nws thiab sib tw," nws hais. "Ib qho ntawm kuv lub hom phiaj yog kom yeej Rookie ntawm Lub Xyoo thiab tseem All-Star thiab tom qab ntawm Hall of Fame."
Txog rau nws qhov kev txiav txim siab tsis mus ua si lub caij no ntawm Kentucky, uas tau poob rau Saint Peter's thawj zaug ntawm NCAA Kev Sib Tw, Sharpe hais tias nws tsis muaj kev khuv xim.
"Txhua yam tshwm sim rau ib qho laj thawj yog li kuv yeej tsis khuv xim [tsis] ua si," nws hais. "Kuv tab tom ua haujlwm nrog NBA pab pawg tam sim no yog li kuv xav tias kuv tau ua qee yam yog lawm."
Muaj ntau qhov kev xav tias nws tus kws cob qhia Dwayne Washington muaj kev cuam tshuam hauv Sharpe qhov kev txiav txim siab los zaum, tab sis nws hais tias thaum kawg nws yog nws hu.
"Kuv tau tham nrog Cal [Kentucky tus kws qhia John Calipari], kuv tus kws qhia thiab tus kws qhia thiab kuv niam kuv txiv, tab sis thaum kawg nws yog kuv qhov kev txiav txim siab tsis ua si," nws hais.
Nws tau hais tias ib feem ntawm nws xav ua si hauv Kentucky.
"Kuv tsis ua si, nws nyuaj," nws hais. "Ua ib tug neeg ncaws pob, koj xav tawm mus thiab txhawb nqa koj cov menyuam thiab ua si nrog koj cov phooj ywg thiab txhua yam thiab sib tw. Tab sis kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav nyuaj heev rau kuv [ua si] vim tias kuv tau sib tw ntev heev tam sim no. "
TyTy Washington, tus neeg saib xyuas Kentucky uas tseem nyob hauv tsab ntawv, hais tias Sharpe thaum kawg tau txiav txim siab ua lag luam tsis txhob ua si.
"Nws nkag mus rau hauv tsab ntawv, tib neeg hais tias nws yuav tsum yog tsib tus," Washington hais tias ntawm NBA Draft Combine. "Kuv paub tseeb tias txhua tus neeg uas nyob hauv nws nkawm khau, thiab koj tsis tas yuav ua si hauv tsev kawm qib siab, koj tshiab tawm hauv tsev kawm theem siab thiab koj tsis tas yuav pom hauv tsev kawm qib siab thiab lawv hais tias koj" rov saum tsib, kuv txhais tau tias kuv pom nws qhov xwm txheej.
“Yuav ua li cas yog hais tias nws tau tawm mus thiab Vajtswv txwv, nws yuav tweaked ib yam dab tsi thiab tam sim no nws yuav tsum tau zaum thiab tos kom txog thaum lub caij tom ntej. Kuv pom nws ua dab tsi thiab txhua yam zoo li ntawd, "Washington ntxiv. "Yog tias kuv muaj menyuam yaus thiab lawv tau hais tias nws yog tsib thiab nws tsis tas yuav mus ua si ib feeb ntawm kev kawm ntawv qib siab, lawv yuav ua qhov tseeb."
Tam sim no Sharpe tau npaj los ua tus nthwv dej tom ntej ntawm Canadians hauv NBA. Muaj 25 tus neeg Canadians ntawm NBA rosters lub caij dhau los, suav nrog Andrew Wiggins, uas tau ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv Golden State Warriors 'winning lub franchise xya lub npe NBA Hnub Thursday hmo ntuj dhau ntawm Boston Celtics.
Sharpe tau hais tias nws tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm cov players zoo li Wiggins.
Sharpe hais tias "Nws txhawb kuv ntau heev vim paub tias nws tuaj ntawm Canada," "Nws muab Canada rau hauv daim ntawv qhia, nws tau ua nws txoj haujlwm nrog Warriors hauv Finals yog li nws txhais tau ntau heev. Nws yeej txhawb tau qhov nws ua.'
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2022/06/17/nba-draft-mystery-man-shaedon-sharpe-says-his-goal-is-to-be-one-of- the-greatest-players-to-ever-play-the-game-of-basketball/