Jared Dudley, NBA Forward
Sports Spectrum Podcast
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2017
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Episode 12
Jared Dudley is a forward on the Phoenix Suns. He just finished his 10th NBA season and has averaged 8.3 points over his career.
A second-team All-American for Boston College, Jared was the 2007 ACC player of the year and the 22nd overall selection by the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets) in the 2007 NBA Draft.
Dudley's career has spanned 5 NBA teams including stints with the Bobcats, Suns, Clippers, Bucks, and Wizards. In July of 2016, Jared signed a 3-year deal to return to Phoenix and supply veteran leadership for a very young team.
On this episode of the podcast, Jared Dudley talks with Jason Romano about his NBA journey, mentoring young players, being a Christian in the NBA, returning to Phoenix, and his 2017 NBA Finals prediction.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports |
| 0:07.9 | collide. |
| 0:08.9 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:12.1 | And welcome everyone to the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:15.2 | My name is Jason Romano. |
| 0:16.8 | This is episode number 12, an NBA finals preview edition. And we're excited today to be joined by a friend of mine. |
| 0:24.7 | I've known him for about the last six or seven years when he first made a trip to ESPN back when I was working there in 2010, and he did the car wash. |
| 0:33.4 | And he's been a longtime NBA player. |
| 0:36.0 | He just finished his 10th season. |
| 0:37.5 | This is Jared Dudley, the Phoenix Suns player. He just finished his 10th season. |
| 0:46.4 | This is Jared Dudley, the Phoenix Suns forward. He was drafted in the first round in 2007 by the Charlotte Bobcats, 22nd overall pick. |
| 0:52.3 | He played in the Western Conference finals in 2010 with the Phoenix Suns before losing to the Lakers in six games. |
| 0:55.4 | He's played with some amazing players. Steve Nash, Grant Hill, |
| 0:58.1 | Shaquille O'Neill, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, |
| 1:01.8 | the Greek freak in Milwaukee, John Wall, Bradley Beale, |
| 1:04.1 | and even Devin Booker, the youngster with Phoenix Now, |
| 1:08.3 | who dropped 70 points in a game earlier this season at Boston. |
| 1:11.7 | Jared Dudley of the Phoenix Suns joins us here on the Sports Spectrum podcast. Jared, how are you? Doing good, man. It's been a long off season so far, |
| 1:18.9 | but making my rounds of media and join my family. Yeah, I see you everywhere, FS1, my old |
| 1:25.1 | stopping grounds at ESPN. It's been great, man. This has become like an annual |
| 1:29.2 | thing for you to make sure you get your media in. And dude, it's like getting the reps as you set up |
| 1:35.0 | for whatever your next career is, right? Yeah, for sure. I mean, this is what I envision early on. |
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