Duke's DJ Steward: We're the hunted
Duke freshman guard DJ Steward met the media on the first day of practice and discussed living in the Washington Duke Inn, Duke's outside shooting, and life as "the hunted"
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00:00 Everything's been great so far.
00:01 Really been enjoying everything, getting to know the team,
00:05 the coaching staff, and just getting
00:07 to go around campus just a little bit.
00:09 The little commute that we make from Washington Duke
00:11 has been pretty great.
00:13 So everything is great so far.
00:15 Really just settled in now, just getting
00:18 used to living in Washington Duke
00:20 and just having a great time with my teammates.
00:22 Yes, most definitely.
00:24 Communication is something that's really big for us.
00:26 So we always go out there with a lot of energy.
00:30 Coach Will, he's a great strength coach,
00:33 and he's always bringing energy every single day.
00:35 So it starts with him, and then it just comes to us as well.
00:38 And we just have-- that's our motto,
00:41 to just bring energy every day and just go out there and play
00:43 with fun.
00:45 That would be very lethal, just three shooters on the court.
00:49 And then that would also open up driving lanes
00:51 for the other great players on our team
00:53 to just go and attack into the paint
00:55 because the help side won't be able to help off of us.
00:58 So that would actually be great for us,
01:00 just having three shooters on the court, or even two.
01:05 I'm not sure.
01:06 Matt Hurt and Joey Baker are some really good shooters,
01:08 so I guess we'll have to have a three-point competition.
01:12 Just, you know, they always say that the competition level
01:19 rises.
01:20 Like, when we start practice, the competition level
01:23 is going to rise.
01:25 Every game is going to be hard.
01:27 And we're the hunted, so we have to also
01:29 be hunting at the same time because we don't always
01:33 want to have an X on our back.
01:34 But we have to always go out there and work hard and try
01:40 and be the hunters at all times.