Otis Birdsong
Grasp P’s Son Is One thing Particular
… Greatest Shooter on Houston!!!
Printed July 28, 2025 12:30 AM PDT
TMZSports.com
Mercy Miller — rap legend Grasp P‘s son — is gearing up for his second season at Houston … and Cougars legend Otis Birdsong is anticipating BIG issues from the sophomore — telling TMZ Sports activities“He is already one thing particular.”
We caught up with the previous All-American out at LAX … and he defined Mercy paid his dues absorbing data from head coach Kelvin Sampson final yr, and is now higher due to it.
“In coach Sampson’s system and tradition, you bought to attend your flip,” he mentioned. “He needed to study the system, study the tradition. He is harder, he desires to be there, he desires to compete for a beginning job.”
“He is gonna have a hell of a yr this yr. He is working onerous within the weight room.”
The 69-year-old went as far as to name him among the finest shooters on the crew … excessive reward coming from certainly one of solely 5 gamers to have their numbers retired by the Cougars.
Miller did see a while on the ground as a freshman … enjoying in 22 video games in 2024-25.
We additionally requested Birdsong — a No. 2 total decide in 1977 — for his ideas concerning the prime man on this yr’s draft — Cooper Flagg — and his run within the Summer season League. Whereas he mentioned the previous Duke star is a superb expertise … he desires of us to decelerate on crowning him the league MVP.