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Every week we ask six Lions one
question that provides some insight to their childhood, personality or life now
in the NFL. If you have a question you want answered, email it to Lions beat
writer Dave Birkett at dbirkett@freepress.com.
This week’s question: If you can pick one teammate to
play two-on-two basketball with, who are you taking?
OT
Tyrell Crosby
“T.J. (Hockenson). Hands
down, T.J. Dude can just straight up ball. He’s good. I’ve seen him just
playing around a couple times. I’ve heard stories on how good he is, so I’m
choosing T.J. Only person that might get a rebound over us is (Taylor) Decker
or Kenny (Wiggins).”
Lions tight end T.J.
Hockenson during the game against the Chargers, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 at Ford
Field. (Photo:
Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)
RB
Kerryon Johnson
“Oh, boy. I ain’t going
to lie, I’m taking Hockenson. Hockenson can hoop a little bit. We did a little
team event this past summer, Hockenson can hoop. I’m telling you, T.J.’s game
is nice. And he’s tall, too. Yeah, I’m taking Hock. First
of all, you see him, he looks dorky as shit, so it’s like, can this guy really
hoop? Shit, he came out there and starting shooting. He had a nice little form
on him. Then we did a little shoot-around and he was hitting things. I’m like,
'OK, Hock’s a hooper.' So yeah, I’ll take T.J.”
DE
Trey Flowers
“I might go
with T.J. He got a jumper on him. He got a jumper on him that’s pretty nice.
I would say somebody else, but I think I can handle the paint, I just need
somebody on the outside so I can throw it out to make some shots. He’s pretty
quick.”
S
Tracy Walker
“That’s tough. Believe it or not, I’m going to take T.J. I’m going to take T.J. Cause
what I seen from T.J., T.J’s nice. T.J. can play big, and so I can run
point guard so we’re straight. And then we both big, long, athletic, so, oh,
that’s tough. That’s nasty. But I don’t know. That’s a very difficult,
difficult question because I ain’t seen too many of our teammates on the
basketball court so it’s hard. Quandre (Diggs) can hoop, too. I’ll take
Quandre. Yeah, I’ll take Nino. That’s tough. I’d take (Darius) Slay, but
Slay’s going to want to be Kobe (Bryant) and I can’t have Slay out there trying
to be Kobe. No, that ain’t the move.”
TE
T.J. Hockenson
“I’ve got to pick one of the (tight ends). I’d probably pick
Logan (Thomas). Logan. Quandre was my other teammate, though, so I might
have to pick him, too. So one of those two, obviously. … See, Quandre can
shoot, but I don’t know. That’s interesting. Logan, he’s a good basketball
player. Big basketball guy. I don’t know if you know Logan too well, but big
basketball guy. Size, can do it all. Post up on someone. Can shoot it. He’s a
good candidate.”
CB
Darius Slay
“I got to go with a big man. I can score the points, I just need
somebody to get rebounds, so I can get Logan or somebody. I need somebody big
to get rebounds. Yeah, Logan. He’s the tallest one. I got to get the tallest
one. I just need him to grab rebounds. If we’re going to 21, I’ll score all
21.”
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