When asked about Dudley’s college recruitment out of San Diego’s Horizon High, his high school coach, Zack Jones, said, “I told everybody that would listen that he was one of those kinds of kids. One, he was a winner. Two, he was a great kid. But, three, he played the game from the neck up. He was always going to be one of the smartest players on the floor. But so many guys today are enamored with athleticism that they really didn’t look at him as a Division 1 player.”“I knew at a young age what my limits were and what my strengths were,” Dudley said. “I’ve always been a team guy first. Even when I’ve been the best player, it’s been though a system. In high school at one point, in college at one point, and I may have even been one of the better players last year in Phoenix. It’s not like I’m getting the ball and going ‘iso,’ it’s through a system. It’s knowing you have to get other guys involved. I think when you play the right way, you get rewarded and throughout my career it’s been that way.”“I think everyone’s excited,” Dudley said, sounding rather enthusiastic himself. “With [Chris Paul’s] new deal, him being a part, Doc coming in… you bring in players like me and J.J. [Redick], where we’re only going to help the locker room. There’s no ‘Hey, this is your team, or my team. I need stats.’ Nobody cares about stats. We’ve all done well financially. I think everyone’s common goal is just to win. That’s what you need, that’s the hardest part. Then after that, it’s just chemistry, where at the end of the day, it’s not going to be us not trying to work together.
Eric Patten, Clippers.com
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYCQL4Izv7A[/youtube]
