Duke freshman guard DJ Steward was named to the watch list for the Jerry West Award, given to the top shooting guard in the country. He talks about his game, the team's leaders and more.
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00:00 So far I've been pretty much with J. Gold a pretty good amount right now, but pretty much switching off a little bit
00:06 But so far I've been with J. Gold more.
00:09 Like I said toughness wise mentally and physically
00:13 You just you have to be tough and
00:18 That's like the main thing and then like awareness like on the court like having a good IQ
00:24 Like seeing the field and seeing the court as well like knowing where everybody is supposed to be at
00:29 You know, they've been here for a while
00:31 So like Joey said and J. Gold they used to lead by more of an example and by action
00:38 But now they're speaking up more
00:40 Communicating with us more during like free throw settings like the settings where there may be a stop on the court and
00:47 just
00:49 Just always letting us know that we have to talk and always be attentive on the court and ready to be in attack mode
00:55 Just staying positive every day the coaches they contacted the players a lot
01:00 We had our own little group track going for like the freshmen and then it expanded into the whole entire team
01:08 We had like zooms where we could get to know each other a lot more before we got down here
01:13 Which helped a lot and then like as far as me I had access to a gym a weight room
01:18 So I was able to like pretty much getting a gym every day and just work on my game
01:23 it's gonna be very intense and I know he's gonna help me learn a game really well and
01:28 Just just win games. I'm here. I'm here to win. It's like everybody else's and
01:33 Just get better and just have a great time as well
01:37 No, there's no competition. It's just
01:40 We just I mean guys we handle our social media differently like depending on who it is
01:47 Just some someone may post a little bit someone may post a lot. Someone may be more authentic
01:53 Someone may not be more authentic, but it just depends on how people want to use social media
01:59 social media game I
02:02 Like I like I like marks just how he uses his Instagram his tic TOCs, you know is his
02:12 His I'm just trying to see us find the word
02:17 His emotion comes out and just how he acts comes out and it's very authentic
02:21 Like we've been saying just a deep team
02:24 That can pretty much we can play in transition. We can play really fast and also make shots as well
02:31 We're gonna be able to make a lot of shots