1-5-24 Phoenix Suns Media Availability: Jusuf Nurkić

1-5-24 Phoenix Suns Media Availability: Jusuf Nurkić

Learned from you feel like the last game that uh you guys can either build on or need to be better at just not less a man chance to be better but at the same time you know we just want to be healthy as possible to play the you know full strength um

Sometimes you’re not you know through the whole season we was not able to do that but you know we’re just looking forward to have a as many games as possible together as you know as big three and and and you know EG and Nas just try to build on that man

Curious um defensively what did you see from the last game that you like okay that needs to improve oneone defense I think that’s you know something that been tested this season and you know Clippers obviously play ISO you know with the players they have and you know we didn’t have our

Full strength to do kind of similar stuff but um there was you know Blitz and book most of the night night you know pretty much whole night whole game and um we got to take advantage of that I think you know second group played good and we came back in the game and

You know fell short but you know was I feel like cage as many shots they made you know he’s not always a defense you know sometimes you play great defense and they make great shot sometimes it’s just better offense and I felt like you know most of the possession was like

That especially on these you know threes when we love watch the film sometimes it’s going to be like that people you know have a great great players in this league and you know make great plays what how would you assess your overall play so far the season yeah that’s not

My job man my job to play you assessing me and coaches and I don’t know man I feel like I you know what they you know brought me here to do not complain about Ro and try to play defense and as best you know rebound and you know I think I

Pretty much do all of those things and and you know as as far as I’m concerned but U I’m not here to judge myself man I reason I ask because I noticed inside that that you got always had multiple releases I’m seeing more of it as the season has

Progressed is that being determined by how you’re being guarded or more being determined by what’s the station around you you I feel like I always start season slow a little bit in my career um progressing the season but also we’re getting healthier and you know

Like I said it’s more fun to win to lose and don’t have to be too smart to figure out that but at the same time I’m just super excited to play with the with the with the team we have and uh when we play the right way I feel like we’re

Just you know amazing team manous Kevin um trying to work his way back out you know you’ve seen now how competitive he is what’s it been like watching him trying to as we see right now trying to do whatever he can to get back on the

Floor I mean you know we understand it’s a big picture from they day one since we dealing with injuries without our big stars and you know to be honest with you I feel like it doesn’t matter really where we going to end up is standing is

As long as we’re healthy that’s how I feel how confident I am personally and that’s my opinion not coaches or team we always want to get a better standing but at the same time for me personally coming here knowing that we are you know Contender on the paper we just want to

Be healthy man when that June or April Start we just want to be healthy as possible and that’s we need our big three to be healthy for the playoffs and that’s you know my goal so if these games few games or whatever game they going to miss in the season I’m not

Complaining about it they that’s the goal to be in a healthy in the postseason I’m okay with that man you know fin so crazy I know you had the time but you had missed the game all year yeah yeah I didn’t expect that right uh I mean you know obviously for the few

Years back didn’t end up the way we W in Portland um sometimes it just you know you know the team taking different directions um but you know I’ll be able to play some games yeah you you see that right did you mean I don’t want to did you do anything different in the

Offseason to prepar for the season no I can’t tell you all the details back in Portland but that’s just how it goes man you know that and um you obviously I’ve been surprised how many people thought that I’m gonna miss the games and that’s just not who I am man if I’m

Available I’m GNA play but some freak injuries you can’t control and um obviously feel bad to miss the games but that was really you know personal reason I couldn’t really you know pick and choose what’s going to happen there but my goal is play every game that yeah thank you sir y you’re

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Jusuf Nurkić speaks to the media on January 5th, 2024 ahead of the Phoenix Suns game.

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