Perspective: For Drake’s father-son duo, this season is a gift without a curse
“I know we have our moments,” the father said Thursday afternoon. “But it’s been a great experience getting to coach Tucker.”
He did. McDermott successfully recruited his own son Doug to Creighton, and Doug became a star, the national player of the year in 2014 and the 11th pick in the NBA draft that year. He’s still in the league, playing nowadays for the San Antonio Spurs.Tucker DeVries has a lot in common with Doug McDermott — in addition to being a coach’s son.
“I wanted him to earn playing time,” his father said. “We had a group of guys who had been very successful, plus there was the whole father-son dynamic involved. But the older guys were great from day one. I knew by the end of the summer that Tucker deserved the chance to play.” Dolph Pulliam, the best player on that 1969 team, worked at Drake until he retired in 2013. Recently, he sent Darian DeVries a copy of a photo sent to him by Abdul-Jabbar from that Final Four game. In the photo, he’s blocking one of Abdul-Jabbar’s shots. The note with the photo said, “I don’t think there are a lot of these floating around.”
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