PRACTICE SOUND: COACH MOSE & PAOLO BANCHERO | 1.11.24

PRACTICE SOUND: COACH MOSE & PAOLO BANCHERO | 1.11.24

Stretch where you have you know guys out due to injury and illness how nice is it to have a day off followed by a practice day to help reintegrate guys and fresh up on everything it it’s big for our group especially you talk about guys being in and out of the lineup injuries

Illnesses uh but one it’s good to get these guys a little bit of rest to recover and then as you’re able to go through a practice you’re able to mix different combination of guys together not knowing uh what you know what situation you’re going to end up in but

A guys able to play with each other no matter the combination we put on the floor it’s been a while since you had some practice time what were some of the areas that you really Hing on today well offensively the chemistry and the flow uh understanding what we want to do uh

Conceptually versus you know necessarily play running uh but then the other side of it was defensively we’ve got to get back to our Staples of being able to protect the paint at a high level defensive rebounding our aggression and being able to turn teams over uh and then just finishing possessions more

Than anything what was fron able to do today in practice fron was on a light workout day uh no contact a little bit of shooting light movement is he progressing in the right direction or uh I would say he’s progressing in the right direction you know but I just

We’re going to have to use that as a daily basis to see how he responds you know to what he’s able to do and how’s Joe I saw Joe shooting some what is he able to do Joe’s able to move a little bit more do a little bit of context stff

So he’s he’s probably progressing a little bit faster and how’s Jonathan doing this uh Jonathan was not able to go today uh part of that is due to you know basically sickness as as we have a little bug going around the group uh so some of is that more than anything that

Is the reality of you know being in the locker room traveling so much it’s life it’s life it’s the locker room with guys in there you know guys catch cold you get flu you guys get sick we have you know in the sport you’re going to there’s injuries that happen this is

Part of our Sport and this is what we have to constantly prepare for uh and the great part about this group and this organization is that they they’re making sure that these guys are put in the right situation to get the recovery that they need get all the things that they

Need to have a speedy Pro uh you know process set back and one more how’s Wendell doing what was he able to do Wendell was able to get on the court but without contact so he’s moving around you know you know well but just he’s not there’s no physical contact with the

With the coaches yet when you look at when you look at some of the teams losses there’s been a lot of those kind of big first quarters you about the Brooklyn game people Minnesota how important is it especially being a little bit under man to get off to a

Good start and kind of start the game that’s a great point I I think our guys understanding and our coaches have talked about it a ton understanding how you start games off uh sets the tone and we’ve showed Clips throughout the year when we you know the first possession of

A game us getting a big stop being able to get out and run and get on the break and that that just builds the energy in the building it builds the energy of the team so being able to Anchor home and on our defense first uh about a stops game

Early on is very important I mean I know I know a lot of people tend to focus toward toward the end of the game is not it’s important area of growth but I remember when when Cliff was here you would say a lot of games are kind of won

And lost in in the first quarter like you know playing from ahead is a lot easier than playing from behind did you kind of subscribe subscribe to that that too I mean obviously you got to be able to do everything you’d like to do it all

Ultimately you would like to do it all but at the end of the day it’s it’s possessions throughout a game um we can talk about the start of game and being able to start out hot um but you don’t want to put yourself down where we’ve

Been down 17 to start we’ve been down 20 to start those are tough ones to come back from But ultimately it turns into how much energy you have to expend to get back and and then throughout the game it’s also those possessions that you may miss and we’ve just got to

Continue to get better which we have and will get better at valuing possessions and taking care of the basketball and doing all those small things where it doesn’t turn into details of you beating yourself coach when you’re playing against teams who pack pain against you

Or excel in that area how much is your defense a good counter punch for that to to create opportunities to get out there before they can get us set and that’s exactly why we went back and started touching over our defense again to make sure that we finish possessions off or

We turn them over so you are playing before they’re able to set and shrink the and shrink the floor or have everybody tight to the paint uh and so now those Gap Lanes they become wider as you start to drive and kick when their defense isn’t set that really good thank you guys

Appreciate it for for a group that you know had injuries and and illness you know how nice was it to have a day off followed by a practice day to to help get everything back in Rhythm uh I think it’s good just guys being able to you

Know take time to whatever get rest get better um had a lot of guys sick you know include myself self um you know just part of the Season you know just that time of the year so just got to do what you can to you know feel as good as

You can you know for your group what was the focus today as you went through a practice session first one in a while yeah I think just getting everybody back going um you know did some got up and down a little bit even played live a

Little bit so that was good just to get everybody’s blood flowing and get ready to headit the road Jaylen shooting the career high from three what’s impressed you about his Improvement as a shooter his work ethic uh I think just like you said his work ethic I mean uh when you see

Somebody put as many hours in as he has he doesn’t surprise you when he starts making shots in the game uh you know the work I think speaks for itself I think he knows that um I think that’s why he’s been shooting the ball that way so um

You know we just want him to keep doing it keep doing his thing and uh he’s been great what’s going to be the key to this 4 game mod back uh I think sticking together you know uh we got four tough games um all in tough environment so

Definitely going to have to stick together you know it’s going to be some adversity but you know if we’re able to stick together and and um you know play hard as a group you know we should be able to get some good wins we’ve seen uh this we’ve seen this team sometimes

Struggle in the first quarters and and some some of the kind of worst loss worst losses of the year how important is it to get off to a good start and make sure that you know you’re you’re in the game from the start from the start

Uh yeah I think that’s important in any game you play uh starting strong starting fast you know you know you don’t want to put yourself in a hole that’s you know too deep to get out of so um I think that’s important you know starting the first quarter well for For

You especially how important is it for you to kind of to to set the tone and you know whether it’s passing ball getting others involved or or finding your own finding your own scoring that’s to kind of help the team accomplish that yeah I think for me just coming out each

And every game knowing that you know I’m probably the focus of the other team so trying to read and react not being predetermined um so G taking what the game gives me I think at the start obviously everything I do I want to be aggressive which is you know it might be

Attacking to make a play it might be attacking to score but whatever I do trying to be aggressive and then uh you know just reading from there so if I start the game off it might be a first quarter where I feel like you know I can

Get going and I score 12 10 12 points or it might be a time where you know I’m I’m playmaking and trying to get other guys open so you know whatever I do I just wanted to be aggressive and for the better of the team how great is it to

Have marel back now practicing and going through a couple games what impact does he have for you guys uh yeah it’s great just seeing him back out here him getting to you know get back in the mix with us uh you know he’s been out for a

While so you know we’re excited to have him back and um yeah I’m excited to have him on this road trip with us I think he’s going to help a lot um just with some defensive stuff some playmaking and um yeah I’m really excited as you said

You’re the focus now for defenses as your Crews gone along how have you felt that shift and how much extra focus is there when PR is off uh yeah I think you know just as I came into the league I think last year was my first year so no one had seen me

Before so I think now after playing the Year everyone kind of has a feel for maybe who I am as a player but uh you know I think now just me trying to you know not be onedimensional or not let them you know if they take away one

Thing you know being able to do something else so uh you know whether it’s like you know I think one thing this year was improving my jump shot because last year a lot of teams backed off and you know trying to bait me in

The jump shot so this year I was try to make them pay so um just trying to figure it out and you know don’t let them you know scheme on you and be able to stop you try and you have a counter for everything they do um and I think

I’ve done a pretty good job but as you know the year goes on I’m sure it’s going to get even more difficult and uh you know I think the team has done a great job of helping me you know just be able to make plays and uh just trust me

To uh you know help us so you were you were out here when the league L the latest uh uh B Returns on on Allstar voting climbed climbed up a spot T nth in the front Court I think you more than doubled your vote from last week in fact

What is it you know I’m sure you’re trying to block some of it out but what does it mean to you to hear you know everyone kind of put you in that All-Star conversation closer to uh yeah it’s it’s very cool um you know just with votes and stuff um

Obviously that comes from the fans so you always appreciate that um but yeah I think it’s something that you know you’re not really focused on as the season goes on you just want to play and win as many games as you can um but when the time comes for that selection to be

Made if my name is selected then that’ll be awesome and I’ll be very happy but until then like I’ve been saying I think just winning as many games as we can is important and then trying to get into this Allstar break you know with some good momentum as a team so you know

Whenever we get that chance to take a break and come back that we’re good spot

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