Former Rutgers guard discusses reason behind move to Washington
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00:00 It was hard to leave, but I did four at Rutgers.
00:04 And I think UW has a positive challenge ahead of me.
00:12 I think we have a really good team.
00:15 We have some really, really good pieces.
00:17 We're deep.
00:18 We're older, for the most part, really mature.
00:21 There's a sense of urgency to win.
00:25 But I've been in New Jersey my whole life,
00:26 so I might as well go as far as possible
00:29 and see if I can make it work.
00:30 Right.
00:31 I was going to say, was that part
00:32 of the thinking of where you ended up
00:34 at the game in Seattle all the way across the country?
00:36 I definitely played into the challenge of it.
00:39 I grew up in New Jersey, went to high school, went to college.
00:42 I'm older now.
00:43 It's my fifth year.
00:44 This was just because of a COVID year.
00:47 But I think there's a lot of positives
00:49 that's going to come out of it on and off the court
00:51 for myself.
00:52 I know.
00:52 I know you guys are going to Barcelona and Paris tomorrow.
00:54 Just kind of how much you're looking forward to that.
00:56 Have you ever been over to Europe before?
00:57 Yeah, I'm really excited.
00:58 I think it's going to be a really good bonding experience
01:01 for all of us, especially for me,
01:02 just because I came in a little later.
01:05 But I got to go to Spain my freshman year.
01:08 We did Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia.
01:10 Never been to Paris.
01:12 Was in Ireland last summer.
01:13 But I think it's going to be really cool on and off
01:16 the court.
01:17 We've been practicing really hard,
01:19 so to play against other people is going to be kind of fun.
01:22 And then just see where we are.
01:24 How would you describe your game to somebody
01:25 who maybe hadn't seen you play or hadn't seen you as much?
01:28 Yeah, I would definitely describe it as a winner.
01:31 I think I impact winning.
01:33 I think I can elevate a team on and off the court.
01:40 I feel like I played the right way.
01:42 I'm selfless.
01:44 I've got kind of like a little swagger to me.
01:47 But I would say I just played to win.
01:50 I played for my team.