I spoke with Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars today about former Marquette guards Jerel McNeal and Wesley Matthews. I asked him where he had them slotted to go on their board, and he told me “in the middle of the second round.” When I asked him to elaborate, he told me “we [the Pistons] really liked Jerel especially….but with [Will] Bynum, [Rodney] Stuckey, and our backcourt, there was just no room.” I told Dumars that I thought Jerel’s defensive abilities would land him an NBA job, and he completely agreed, saying, “He will get picked up by a team.”

“You really think so?” I asked.

“Yes. For sure.”

And that was that. I told him we would be looking forward to seeing his son Jordan suit up for USF in the fall for his freshman campaign. Funny enough, a lot of people were comparing the Pistons’ second round pick (and former Georgetown Hoya) DaJuan Summers to Joe D himself.

I had the opportunity to discuss with Summers not only his NBA future, but the phenomenal games he was a part of betweeen Georgetown and Marquette. He told me before the camera rolled he had just recently talked with Wes Matthews about the OT game of ‘08. He told me the two had been working out together as well.

Here’s the video:

Brad Galli
MUTV Sports Director

Brad is a Junior at Marquette University, majoring in Broadcasting. Along with being the Sports Director at MUTV, Brad is the official MU reporter for Palestra.net.

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