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JJ Redick Blog #4

11/15/06

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It's awesome that my face is going to be on the cover of College Hoops 2K7. I'm really excited about that. It's something you dream about growing up as a kid. With the game coming out right around the holidays it makes it even more special because there's going to be so many ads and games everywhere and hopefully a lot of kids will want to buy it and play with Duke.

The game's awesome. I was really excited at how the game turned out, and it has a lot of great features, and I'm really enjoying playing it. My three favorite aspects are the college atmosphere that's been created in the game. The atmosphere of college basketball has definitely been simulated better than any other game I have ever seen. I'm happy that Josh McRoberts looks like Josh McRoberts. Third, I'm happy that Duke's pretty good in the game.

Duke's going to have a great year. I'm really excited about how young they are and how much they're going to grow over the course of the season. Obviously leadership is going to be an issue where people are going to question that. I think the team is in good hands with Coach and the three captains that they chose in Marcus, Greg and Josh.

I think Duke has a great chance to win the CBE Classic. Obviously it's a very strong field with a lot of great teams—and well coached teams. Actually, me and Travis Diener have been arguing about who would win if Duke and Marquette played each other so hopefully those two teams will end up playing each other in the CBE Classic and we'll get a classic game.

I definitely have been playing close attention to the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. It's got a great field with Michigan St., Maryland, St. Johns and Texas. Those teams are all traditional powers, and I'm looking forward to big things from all those teams.

So far we're several games into the NBA season, and the Orlando Magic, we're playing pretty well. I'm 100% healthy now. Hopefully I'll be out on the court, playing some minutes anytime now. You know it's been frustrating not to be able to play, but I'm working my butt off and hopefully it'll all pay off. I'm just glad I don't have midterms and finals to worry about. That was definitely the worst time of the year for me. It's something about college that I won't miss, and hopefully I'll never have to write another twenty page paper for the rest of my life.

No big plans for Thanksgiving. I'll probably just watch some sports and whatever's on TV that day and relax with some friends.

All right, guys, thanks, and I'll talk to you guys soon.