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Ben McLemore embraces the grind. As a professional basketball player, the Sacramento Kings shooting guard enjoys the daily process of improving his craft. He understands there are no short-cuts, only hard work. On Saturday morning, the 21-year-old guard\u00a0spent three hours of his day sharing that knowledge to a gym packed full of enthusiastic kids.<\/p>\n

McLemore returned to Sacramento last week to prepare for the upcoming season, but also to host his first annual youth basketball camp at the Courtside Basketball Center in Rocklin. Cowbell Kingdom caught up with the second-year guard to discuss the experience as well as what he\u2019s been up to since the end of Summer League in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

CK:<\/b> I\u2019ve been told this is the first ever basketball camp you\u2019ve hosted in your career.<\/p>\n

BM:<\/b> In Sacramento, yeah. I had a camp in L.A., but this is my first big camp. It\u2019s actually doing pretty well. I\u2019m excited to have this opportunity to bond with these kids and experience something new.<\/p>\n

CK:<\/b> Where did the idea come from to do this camp and put this thing together?<\/p>\n

BM:<\/b> I did actually a ProCamp in Lawrence with Coach (Bill) Self, so I definitely was familiar with it and with the guys that ran it. I had the opportunity to talk to them and get it arranged. It\u2019s a great opportunity because this is like my first big camp since I\u2019ve been in the league. It\u2019s doing good. We\u2019re out here, having fun with the kids and they\u2019re learning and they\u2019re working really hard. They want to get better.<\/p>\n

CK:<\/b> What things have you been telling these kids today? And what things have they been asking you about being a professional basketball player?<\/p>\n

BM: <\/b>I just tell them to keep working hard – working hard on your game and to get better. It\u2019s all about confidence and hard work and they\u2019re working really hard today. We only got three hours to get better, so I told them just go out there and give it your all.<\/p>\n

CK:<\/b> Switching gears into basketball-related business, what have you been up to since Summer League? Where have you been spending your time this offseason?<\/p>\n

BM:<\/b> Man, working. Working, getting better. Working on my all-around game, just different specialties. I\u2019m back here in Sacramento working out and here at the camp. Just getting ready man, getting prepared for the upcoming season and also training camp.<\/p>\n

CK: <\/b>When did you get back to Sacramento?<\/p>\n

BM: <\/b>Tuesday (Sept. 2nd).<\/p>\n

CK:<\/b> There are a couple guys already here working out. We caught up recently with your new teammate, Eric Moreland<\/a> who told us Nik Stauskas, Ray McCallum, Sim Bhullar, Darren Collison and a few others are all back in Sacramento. You got a chance this offseason to spend a lot of time with your teammates and build some continuity. How big of a role do you think that experience will play in your guys\u2019 performance this year?<\/p>\n

BM:<\/b> Even before we got to Sacramento, me and Darren Collison was working out in L.A. together, so we could get started early and get that chemistry with each other because we\u2019re going to be in the backcourt. He\u2019s running the show and I\u2019m following his lead. It\u2019s definitely a great opportunity for all of us to come together and work together.<\/p>\n

Check in later this week for part two of CK\u2019s one-on-one conversation with the Sacramento Kings shooting guard.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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