Hurley is giving jalen the tough love he needs be a kemba like guard and Get drafted.
“He pretty much told me how special I could be — if I worked,” Adams said, after the Huskies’ workout last Friday. “He pretty much kept it honest with me. All my life, I’ve cheated and took the easy way. That’s what got me in the position I’m in now. He just told me, one year of work, doing all the things that I didn’t commit myself to, could change my life forever. Once he said that, it kind of stuck with me.”
It was just by tough love, right off the rip,” Adams said. “It was like blind trust. I had to believe that what he was telling me was the right thing, and it’s been working so far. It’s been good, getting my body in better shape and everything he says. It’s tough at the time, but the little things he has us doing is different for me, but it’s stuff I want to try out.”
“Every single day that he steps on the court,” Hurley said, “people that come to Connecticut should walk out of here saying, ‘that’s one of the best guards in the country.’ And if they’re not saying that after a workout, then you failed. Just getting him to understand that a great player plays every possession, both ends of the court. All day long, competes at the highest level, his game is always razor sharp, his team is always winning. So my standard for him every day is, he should dominate practice. Every time we have visitors here, media, coaches, recruits on unofficial visits, anyone, they better walk out of here saying, ‘that Jalen Adams, that’s a different guy.’”
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