A deep dive on Maryland center prospect Derik Queen

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes reacted to audio from Maryland center Derik Queen and pondered whether the Bulls could select him with the 12th overall pick in the NBA Draft on Wednesday evening.

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0:00.0	Okay, that kid went in as a freshman and was all Big Ten, freshman of the year, and destroyed
0:09.0	Illinois, destroyed Northwestern, destroyed almost every team you put in front of him at 17, 18 years old.
0:17.0	Now just imagine what he's going to be when you give him a couple years of NBA experience.
0:22.0	He sticks with 10.
0:23.6	He can shoot the basketball.
0:24.8	He can handle it.
0:26.3	And this is a lofty comparison, but I liken him to a young Moses Malone.
0:36.1	That was Kendall Gill with us a couple months ago as we were talking about Derek Queen.
0:41.2	Derek Queen is the player that I like the most speaks for the Bulls at number 12.
0:47.3	He is a big that can shoot.
0:48.9	He's got that mid-range game that people tend to like.
0:52.6	He's a good defender, a good help defender. Great passer. And he's just getting to like he's a good defender a good help defender can guard
0:55.1	one through five and he's just getting better he's a great passer too didn't mean to step on it you're right
1:00.5	he can guard one through five but everybody says he's probably the best passing big man in this draft
1:06.2	doesn't have a great long-range shot he's working on it though he's working well good news is the bulls have a great shooting coach and shot. He's working on it, though. He's working. Well, the good news is the Bulls have a great shooting coach in Peter Patton.
1:13.4	Hold on a second.
1:14.8	They do not anymore.
1:16.6	He's no longer with us.
1:18.1	What happened?
1:18.6	I mean, he's with us, but he's not with the Bulls anymore.
1:21.3	He has passed.
1:22.3	Which is ridiculous.
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