Keita Bates-Diop on joining the Nets

Keita Bates-Diop on joining the Nets

BATES-DIOP, HE SPOKE TO THE MEDIA. >> I GOT A CALL FROM MY AGENT LIKE 11 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, SOMETHING GIO THROUGH, THAN, THEN, I HAD HAPPENED AND IT’S BEEN A BLUR EVER SINCE. I’M HAPPY TO BE HERE, VERY, VERY HAPPY. >> Meghan: YOU’VE BEEN HERE FOR A FEW HOURS.

WHEN YOU REFLECT AND THINK ABOUT THIS NETS TEAM HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR GAME FITTING IN? >> I SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL. A LOT OF GUYS AROUND THE SAME AGE, THEY MOVE THE BALL, THEY PLAY TOGETHER. LARRY, LONNY, CAM, MIKAL FROM WAY WAY BACK, I’M EXCITED TO GET WITH THE GUYS.

>> HOW IS IT JUNICHIING SO QUICKLY? JACQUE SAID YOU HAVEN’T HAD A LOT OF PRACTICE TIME, PROBABLY GET SOME MINUTES TONIGHT. WHAT’S THAT TRANSITION SNRIEK. >> IT’S OBVIOUSLY BEEN JUST A BLUR, FLYING OUT HERE, THE TIME CHANGE, GOING TO ESSENTIALLY MEDIA DAY AND PRACTICE, YESTERDAY, SO JUST EXCITED FOR THE GAME, THAT’S

THE ONLY THING THAT’S EASY FOR ME. >> Meghan: WHAT HAVE THE EARLY CONVERSATIONS BEEN LIKE WITH THE NET’S FRONT OFFICE AND JACQUE VAUGHN? >> REALLY GOOD, JUST TALKED ABOUT INTEGRATING MYSELF WITH THE TEAM, SCHEMES AND PLAYS AND EVERYTHING, IT WILL BE A DIFFICULTY . . . LITTLE DIFFERENT, GILES LEFT AND CAME

IN JUST HAVE TO GET REACQUAINTED ZEN WHAT CAN YOU BRING ON THE COURT? OFF THE COURT YOU FIT IN, BHAWT DO YOU ANTICIPATE YOUR STRENGTH’S GOING TO BE? >> VERSATILITY, OBVIOUSLY. A LOT OF US ARE THE SAME SIZE AND BUILD, ON DEFENSE FOR SURE SWITCHING 1 THROUGH 5 IS BIG

FOR US AND ME INDIVIDUALLY. >> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE COST OF LIVING IN NEW YORK? [ LAUGHTER ] >> UH — THAT WAS LIKE THE SECOND QUESTION I ASKED, MOVING. I WAS LIKE, WHAT’S THE TAXES OUT HERE? [ LAUGHTER ] I DID NOT LIKE THE ANSWER.

BUT I’LL GET USED TO IT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE LIVING

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