Juniors Jaylen Hands and Jalen Hill both
participated in the USA Men’s Developmental camp which took place last weekend
in Colorado Springs. The two junior commitments discussed the developmental
camp and their future plans.
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| Hands and Hill together at USA basketball |
You guys were both in
Colorado Springs in May for the U16 tryouts, how is it being back?
Jaylen Hands: For
me it’s fun to see everyone and to have everyone back together again. You get
to build relations and go against the best players in the country including the
players a class ahead of you so that’s the biggest part for me.
How do you think Day
1 went for you?
Jalen Hill: I
think I did alright given my circumstance of not playing for awhile (ankle
injury). I was able to come out here and compete. I think I can play better
though.
How was it going
against some of the top players in the senior class?
Jaylen Hands: It’s
better here. With AAU its more miss-match, here its more concentrated with all
of the best guards, so its good to play all of the best guards and get better.
Jaylen, when I saw
you last at the NBPA Top 100 camp you said that you were using getting cut from
the U16 team as motivation. Is that still true?
Jaylen Hands: Well
not making it that first time goes into everything I do, especially basketball.
Just to know that there’s always someone out there working harder and there’s
deficiencies I need to improve upon, so it plays into everything I do.
You made the U16 team
Jalen. How was the experience?
Jalen Hill: It was
a great experience. One of the best experiences of my life. To have all that
hard work pay off. I finally got out of the country for the first time so it
was a great experience.
Why did you guys
choose UCLA?
Jaylen Hands: Well
for me, it’s close to home, but its not so close since it’s a two to three-hour
drive. The campus, where it’s located in Westwood, I love Westwood. My parents
are from LA so that means a lot to them. A great education. The lineage of the
point guards they put in the NBA. So those are the biggest things.
Jalen Hill: For me
it would have to be the past history of UCLA. Just the fact that everything
they do is great over there. I just really liked it, it was a good feeling for
me.
Jaylen Hands: The
coaches too, we really like the coaching staff.
Jalen Hill: And
the style of play.
Are you talking to
any other players here to UCLA?
Jalen Hill: I mean
I recruited him (Jaylen) so that worked out.
Jaylen Hands: We
chillin right now, but we are gonna devise a plan to see what we can do.
Jalen Hill: We
gonna go on a hunt.
Jaylen Hands:
Yeah, we are definitely gonna go on the hunt.
Going into your
junior season, what are your goals?
Jaylen Hands: I
transferred to Balboa. I love what we are doing right now in terms of how we
practice. I love how hard we practice. The biggest thing for me is to have them
help me develop my motor a lot and besides that just get reps against a lot of
good players. I know for sure we will be in the City of Palms, Torrey Pines. We
travel a lot, so the competition should be really good.
Jalen Hill: I have
to be more of a leader. The leader from last year all left so people are
looking at me to be a leader. Trying to be the best player on the team.
Facilitate to my teammates. I’m looking to make the team stronger and
developing.
What’s one thing you
guys are trying to improve upon going forward?
Jaylen Hands: The
strength and consistency. It’s just me playing well and becoming the best I can
be.
Jalen Hill: I
would have to say my work ethic. And I would have to say my defense also since
I’m used to scoring.
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