Basketball Never Stops

For the past week or so the Dail Center has been closed because they are redoing the floor just in time for the new season to start.  However, this has left many players looking for a basket during this time.  If anyone was out at the Carmichael student recreation facility this past week, you could have seen first hand some former Pack players, as well as Terry Henderson.  This past week Scott Wood and I were looking to workout.  He is preparing to head back to Spain, and we had to turn to Carmichael in order to get some work in.  As we were working out and getting shots up, TJ Warren and Terry Henderson arrived to workout as well.

After getting some skill work and shots up some students wanted us to run some pick up games.  The boys couldn’t turn down a little up-and-down action.  I myself was lucky enough to run with them and can say that it was easy racking up assists as I had Scott Wood (all-time leader in made three’s in NC State history), TJ Warren (arguable one of the best pure scorers in State history) and Terry Henderson on my team.  Spoiler alert: Terry will make a huge impact this season. It was a blast playing with these guys and seeing them interact with students.

I expect that TJ Warren will have a big-time coming out party for the Suns, as they seem to be trading guys in order to give him more floor time.  Scott is gearing up to play his third season for Murcia this upcoming season.  He re-signed his contract and is excited about the hiring of Fotsis Katsikaris who hails from Greece and was on the bench for the Greek national team.  As for Terry, I was extremely impressed with his skill set and athleticism. Henderson has a great grasp of the game and uses that to put himself into positions where he can capitalize on his athletic ability.  A lot of players have elite athleticism, but do not have the required skills to take full advantage.  Terry should not have this problem.

There is a reason why these players are so good, and that is because they love the game.  I was impressed in my senior year at how much TJ (then a freshman) practiced.  He literally lived in the gym.  Even now that he has made it to the NBA he is not satisfied and wants to get better. This is why he will have a long NBA career.  Scott is the same way, he doesn’t care about accolades, he is only concerned with winning. He is the ultimate team guy.  Even though I only played with Terry a couple of times I got the same vibe from him.  He wants to win and compete!  Everything else is secondary.  Basketball never stops for guys like this and that is the secret to their success.