{"id":147203,"date":"2025-07-28T08:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/mercy-miller-primed-for-hell-of-a-year-houston-legend-otis-birdsong-says\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:50:19","slug":"mercy-miller-primed-for-hell-of-a-year-houston-legend-otis-birdsong-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/mercy-miller-primed-for-hell-of-a-year-houston-legend-otis-birdsong-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Miller Primed for &#8216;Hell of a Year,&#8217; Houston Legend Otis Birdsong Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Otis Birdsong<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Master P&#8217;s Son Is Something Special<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; Best Shooter on Houston!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-28T00:30:30-07:00\">July 28, 2025 12:30 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-9a0f0a611481d9f3e40e7ecb42478c4e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a0b6e8f7-5a24-4772-bcbb-219cc04f2526-407170272-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a0b6e8f7-5a24-4772-bcbb-219cc04f2526-407170272-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7b\/16by9\/2025\/07\/25\/7b572692d3e04f4f8a36a158941cf846_md.jpg\" alt=\"071525_otis_birdsong_kal-v2\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9a0f0a611481d9f3e40e7ecb42478c4e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2c6a4b9af66e3f592624c5433b530126\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mercy-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mercy Miller<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; rap legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/master-p\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Master P<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s son &#8212; is gearing up for his second season at Houston &#8230; and Cougars legend <strong>Otis Birdsong <\/strong>is anticipating BIG issues from the sophomore &#8212; telling <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong>, &#8220;He&#8217;s already one thing particular.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2c6a4b9af66e3f592624c5433b530126--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-69b2838e1761b5e1741a6ae734854a25\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We caught up with the previous All-American out at LAX &#8230; and he defined Mercy paid his dues absorbing info from head coach <strong>Kelvin Sampson <\/strong>final 12 months, and is now higher due to it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-69b2838e1761b5e1741a6ae734854a25--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e219603631b7d294de6776bcf1c53f7e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250725_a92d28889f844661b9d42967c4d5bca6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:db8a0009-f35c-49fc-82a5-c180210701ca\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a9\/4by3\/2025\/07\/25\/a92d28889f844661b9d42967c4d5bca6_md.jpg\" alt=\"mercy miller and otis birdsong getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e219603631b7d294de6776bcf1c53f7e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ad7edf13f3ad0f91a363ecd51aed77fd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;In coach Sampson&#8217;s system and tradition, you bought to attend your flip,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;He needed to study the system, study the tradition. He&#8217;s harder, he needs to be there, he needs to compete for a beginning job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ad7edf13f3ad0f91a363ecd51aed77fd--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-efe8d304cf9faab616f56a5b0dfbe29e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s gonna have a hell of a 12 months this 12 months. He&#8217;s working laborious within the weight room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-efe8d304cf9faab616f56a5b0dfbe29e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cdf624dd7c971a8260b63b64ef66aba6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The 69-year-old went as far as to name him among the finest shooters on the staff &#8230; excessive reward coming from one in all solely 5 gamers to have their numbers retired by the Cougars.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cdf624dd7c971a8260b63b64ef66aba6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5c9cf1214b1873159591951ea7404b18\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250725_56eaa5d4828745ef82505f055042cdde\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:db8a0009-f35c-49fc-82a5-c180210701ca\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/56\/4by3\/2025\/07\/25\/56eaa5d4828745ef82505f055042cdde_md.jpg\" alt=\"mercy miller getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5c9cf1214b1873159591951ea7404b18--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a6c6b77091bd491b8685400a0858fce2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Miller did see a while on the ground as a freshman &#8230; taking part in in 22 video games in 2024-25.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a6c6b77091bd491b8685400a0858fce2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b80a6c20a34bdfdc305cfd73ce6fe9d3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We additionally requested Birdsong &#8212; a No. 2 general choose in 1977 &#8212; for his ideas in regards to the prime man on this 12 months&#8217;s draft &#8212; <strong>Cooper Flagg <\/strong>&#8212; and his run within the Summer League. While he stated the previous Duke star is a good expertise &#8230; he needs people to decelerate on crowning him the league MVP.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b80a6c20a34bdfdc305cfd73ce6fe9d3--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Otis Birdsong Master P&#8217;s Son Is Something Special &#8230; Best Shooter on Houston!!! 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