It's not like Dave to make bold statements. One of my concerns going into the interview was that he sort of hedges and talks around things (it's just his conversation style with media) and we might not get anything interesting out of him.
He was unequivocal in his praise of Jarred. In addition to saying he thinks Jarred can be a top five player (which he didn't backpedal from after I told him that was a bold statement) he also mentioned Jarred again when we were talking about Jamal Hartwell. He says Hartwell is a really good shooter, which was important for him, because Jarred stands to be double-teamed in the post a lot. Dave couches his statements about everything, but he didn't with Jarred, which is telling I think.
Also, it's Roy-ter, not Roo-ter. Whoops.
