James Edwards

There was a lot of love for Evan Mobley in that building.

There was some love for Jalen Greene.

And I remember, I've heard a story about Cade when he went on his visit to Detroit, and he asked them, he's like, why am I not the number one pick?

And it's like, there's this level of...

confidence but also him understanding that and he appreciated that Detroit is doing its due diligence too because this is such a consequential moment in the franchise's career or franchise's history having this number one pick after years of being bad he also understands but he's also so confident that he's going to be the guy to turn it around he didn't want to go to Houston he's from Texas

He's told me many times, I wanted the responsibility that comes with being the number one pick.

When he gets there to Detroit, I don't know if people remember this either, I think he missed his first 23s in his NBA career.

I think he started 0 for 20.

And you go and you talk to him and he's like, you know what?

It's taken me a little bit to get used to the NBA three-point line.

It's a little bit more of a hike.

Getting used to the physicality.

He's like, but I'm going to figure it out.

And then you go into the next year where he has the – he basically missed all of his second season with the shin thing.

So now he's watching and he's observing.

And the dude came back yoked.

Like if people go look at photos from Cade's rookie year, he was really skinny.

And I think that goes back to what you were saying about being able to finish now.

Like, his shoulders are much broader.

I think he's even grown.