VIDEO: Max Hooper interviewed after working out for Pistons
Former Oakland University sharpshooter Max Hooper made the rounds at the Pistons practice facility Friday morning, two days after Kay Felder did the same.
“Not too [many] crazy things that you can do out there on the court,” Hooper said. “I felt like it went really well. I felt like I shot the ball well and showed what I wanted to show going into this workout.”
Hooper is known in part for being the only player in NCAA history to shoot over 200 3-point attempts without a 2-point attempt in a season.
“It carves out a niche for me,” he said. “They know what I can do. … That’s my ticket.”
It isn’t a new plan.
“It’s what I’ve trained myself to do my whole life since I picked up a basketball at age four,” Hooper said.
It’s not a pure homecoming for Hooper, who hails from Carmel Valley, California.
“I bounce around quite a bit,” he said, acknowledging that Oakland was his second home. “When my agent told me I’m coming to Detroit, I was very excited.”
This was his fifth workout for a pro team, having visited Golden State, Sacramento, Utah, and Washington before Detroit.
“I just want to keep enjoying the process every day.”
Also working out Friday morning for the Pistons were Tyler Ulis from Kentucky, Bryn Forbes of Michigan State, Tim Quarterman from LSU, Sheldon McClellan from Miami and Josh Adams from Wyoming. All guards.
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