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STrib: Faith is the guiding force in the life of Wolves top draft pick Jarrett Culver
On the drive last Sunday from the Thomas and Mack Center to the Wynn Hotel, Jarrett Culver got religious in Sin City.
Along the route were the trappings of excess and avarice — the casinos, the strip clubs, the luxury boutiques.
But here was the Timberwolves’ top draft pick in the back seat of a courtesy van, bracing himself on each turn by grabbing hold of the ceiling handle to the right of his head, discussing how faith plays an integral role in his basketball career.
“God gave me a talent,” Culver said. “I see it as his gift to me, and I want to use it for him and his glory. I try to maximize my gift, my talents and that gift that God gave me. There’s a lot of people watching me now, looking up to me. I want to let them know that I couldn’t get here without God, and hopefully it gives them something, that hope to lead that way.”
Faith runs deep in Culver’s family. His father, Hiawatha, runs Rising Star Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas, where Jarrett grew up and stayed to attend Texas Tech for two years.
Hiawatha Culver, a man whose first name is peculiar but nonetheless familiar to people in the Twin Cities, said he and his wife, Regina, told their son “to just lean on his faith in good times, in bad times. Wherever you go, I just believe that’s where God wants you to be.”
Faith alone can’t put a basketball through a hoop or complete a dribble between your legs. And it can’t teach you how to become a premier defender, as Culver was in leading Texas Tech to the national championship game in Minneapolis a few months ago. But for Culver it is omnipresent.
Culver doesn’t want to be the man from the gospels who took his talent and buried it. He wants to, as he said, “maximize it.” That has driven Culver from an early age to do things not many his age are willing to endure.
There were early-morning workouts at Coronado High School, where he honed a work ethic that would make him like no other at Texas Tech. He became a leader, often using few words to get his point across, and he became the ultimate coach’s player, a sponge who wouldn’t get mad at constructive criticism, instead using it, internalizing it toward that end goal.
“Faith in God …” Culver said. “That’s one of the core values I have.
“That’s my everything right there.”
http://www.startribune.com/faith-is...lves-top-draft-pick-jarrett-culver/512689652/
Howl Wolves!!
On the drive last Sunday from the Thomas and Mack Center to the Wynn Hotel, Jarrett Culver got religious in Sin City.
Along the route were the trappings of excess and avarice — the casinos, the strip clubs, the luxury boutiques.
But here was the Timberwolves’ top draft pick in the back seat of a courtesy van, bracing himself on each turn by grabbing hold of the ceiling handle to the right of his head, discussing how faith plays an integral role in his basketball career.
“God gave me a talent,” Culver said. “I see it as his gift to me, and I want to use it for him and his glory. I try to maximize my gift, my talents and that gift that God gave me. There’s a lot of people watching me now, looking up to me. I want to let them know that I couldn’t get here without God, and hopefully it gives them something, that hope to lead that way.”
Faith runs deep in Culver’s family. His father, Hiawatha, runs Rising Star Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas, where Jarrett grew up and stayed to attend Texas Tech for two years.
Hiawatha Culver, a man whose first name is peculiar but nonetheless familiar to people in the Twin Cities, said he and his wife, Regina, told their son “to just lean on his faith in good times, in bad times. Wherever you go, I just believe that’s where God wants you to be.”
Faith alone can’t put a basketball through a hoop or complete a dribble between your legs. And it can’t teach you how to become a premier defender, as Culver was in leading Texas Tech to the national championship game in Minneapolis a few months ago. But for Culver it is omnipresent.
Culver doesn’t want to be the man from the gospels who took his talent and buried it. He wants to, as he said, “maximize it.” That has driven Culver from an early age to do things not many his age are willing to endure.
There were early-morning workouts at Coronado High School, where he honed a work ethic that would make him like no other at Texas Tech. He became a leader, often using few words to get his point across, and he became the ultimate coach’s player, a sponge who wouldn’t get mad at constructive criticism, instead using it, internalizing it toward that end goal.
“Faith in God …” Culver said. “That’s one of the core values I have.
“That’s my everything right there.”
http://www.startribune.com/faith-is...lves-top-draft-pick-jarrett-culver/512689652/
Howl Wolves!!
