Updated Feb 8, 2012 - 6:12 pm
After slow start, Shawn Kemp Jr. emerging for Huskies
Shawn Kemp Jr. began this season playing catch-up, still needing to get in shape and shake off any rust that he might have accumulated from not playing organized basketball in nearly two years.
After playing sparingly earlier in the season, Kemp Jr. scored a combined 10 points in 24 minutes in Washington's recent wins over UCLA and USC.
Sounds like he's finally getting caught up.
"When things wasn't going that well with junior this year, I just told him, 'You've got to work harder than you ever did before, and that's what you do when things aren't the way that you want,'" his dad, Shawn Kemp Sr., said during his latest visit with "Bob and Groz" on Wednesday.
"You just work your butt off, you go to practice a little early, you stay after practice a little later, you work on your post game. You have to prove why you should be out there on the court if you're not playing, and I think that he's done it through hustle and I think he's done it through of few of them slam dunks that he's been getting here recently."
Bob and Groz share their thoughts on Kemp Jr. in the video below.
You can download Wednesday's podcast here.
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