Updated Feb 8, 2012 - 6:12 pm
After slow start, Shawn Kemp Jr. emerging for Huskies
Shawn Kemp Jr. began this season playing catch-up, still needing to get in shape and shake off any rust that he might have accumulated from not playing organized basketball in nearly two years.
After playing sparingly earlier in the season, Kemp Jr. scored a combined 10 points in 24 minutes in Washington's recent wins over UCLA and USC.
Sounds like he's finally getting caught up.
"When things wasn't going that well with junior this year, I just told him, 'You've got to work harder than you ever did before, and that's what you do when things aren't the way that you want,'" his dad, Shawn Kemp Sr., said during his latest visit with "Bob and Groz" on Wednesday.
"You just work your butt off, you go to practice a little early, you stay after practice a little later, you work on your post game. You have to prove why you should be out there on the court if you're not playing, and I think that he's done it through hustle and I think he's done it through of few of them slam dunks that he's been getting here recently."
Bob and Groz share their thoughts on Kemp Jr. in the video below.
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Bob Stelton is the co-host of Bob and Groz. He comes to 710 ESPN Seattle from 101 ESPN in St. Louis and had previously worked for Sporting News Radio in Chicago and Santa Monica, Calif. Bob began his radio career in Seattle in 1997 after a failed attempt to become a rock star. He's back in his home town and looks forward to talking about the teams he grew up with. 
Dave Grosby co-hosts Bob and Groz, weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. on 710 ESPN Seattle. "The Groz" has spent the last 19 years of his 37-year broadcast career as a Seattle sports talk show host. Dave is also the play-by-play announcer for Seattle University basketball games heard on 710. 
After two years as the producer for "Brock and Salk," Colin Paisley now produces "Bob and Groz." Colin also hosts "Seattle Sports Saturday" with Tom Wassell and the "Colin and Tom" podcast. Colin came to 710 ESPN Seattle after five years at various FM music stations in Bellingham and Seattle. In addition to his time as producer and host, Colin likes to spend his time embracing his "Slacker Gen-Y" persona by napping and not caring about stuff. Plus he likes tons of bands you've never heard of, and once you hear of them he'll stop liking them.
