<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Alando Tucker isn't exactly Michael Jordan, but he's taking all the necessary steps to try to become one of the greatest down the line. Since Tucker completed his senior season at Wisconsin, where his 19.9 points per game led the Badgers to a 30-6 record, the 6-6 guard has been working out with Jordan's former trainer, Tim Grover, in Deerfield, Ill., in preparation for this year's NBA draft. "It feels good. I'm one step closer every time I go home," the Lockport, Ill., native said yesterday after the 76ers' predraft workout at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. "None of my friends can believe it. It drives me to work hard every time I go home and see my friends and family. Just to know I'm one step closer, it's like a dream come true." Even though playing in the NBA was a lifelong dream, Tucker chose to stay for his senior season when some thought he could have been a first-round pick. Even though he scored 20-plus points in 11 of his 17 Big Ten games as a junior, Tucker said he already made up his mind that he was returning to college because he promised his mother and grandmother he would get his degree. "I figured if I worked hard enough, I would get here eventually," said Tucker, who graduated with a degree in life science communications last winter.</div> Source: PhillyNews.com
