LIVE: Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans Pregame w/ Willie Green 2/10/2024

LIVE: Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans Pregame w/ Willie Green 2/10/2024

What’s the key to uh resetting your defense tonight and setting the tone on that side of the ball making sure we come in with the right mentality um physical presence first team ready mindset and um you know just collectively making sure we’re communicating on the floor getting back

In transition all all of the little things that we know we’re capable of doing and we just didn’t have uh enough consistency in the last game any update on your questionable guys we know Dyson’s out but the the rest had question marks um Zion will be out tonight and uh Na’s

A go Trey is a go and like you said dice dice and and uh Z won’t they won’t play tonight Cody won’t play tonight and Jeremy Grant any Impressions on him coming off his career high yeah um heck of a game for him you know we watched it

He scored in bunches getting to the free throw line coming off pin Downs uh we were definitely going to have to pay attention to him tonight be physical with him try to take the ball out of his hands and throw different looks at them yeah was you ask about gr’s his ability

To get to the rim and especially get to the free throw line and and the key to try to stop in that you got do your work early and once he catches it he’s got to see bodies if he sees a window of opportunity especially with the a paint

The paint being open you know he he can attack he’s physical he’s a physical driver and he has a ton of gamesmanship which allows him to get to the free throw line we at the point of the season now where it’s really not only physical but mental I mean right before the

Allstar break and you know the break’s coming up is this a real kind of a grind part of the year it always is you guys know that this time of season is uh you know it’s a grind you know the break is right there but you know it’s the teams that can push

Through mental fatigue and physical fatigue whatever it is that allows them to have a chance uh to attack right after the break and we want to be one of the one of those one of those teams for sure I know it’s you know getting late and everything but are you kind of glad

You’re going to get back out on the floor tonight and get right back at it I am for sure uh and I think our group as well you know when you when you lose you want to get back on the floor as soon as you can and try to be

Better well could you touch a little bit on Zion from afar last few games I mean the guy’s got his bounce back he’s on Pace to play over 60 games I mean he’s going to hit a lot of really important benchmarks but uh can you break down

What he’s done this year to get himself ready and re regain that explosion yeah to your point the the biggest um the biggest thing for for Z is health and for most of the guys but uh he he’s doing his part along with um our medical and performance team of

Trying to do everything we can off the floor on the floor to make sure that he he can can have a healthy season um so that’s been the first step for him and then just the extra work uh the extra work after practice the extra work before practice uh to make sure

That he’s sharp and you know you’re starting to see him month by month get better and better as the season progresses and if we can keep our guys healthy We believe We we have a real shot at at being a a solid playoff team thanks all right thank you than you

Portland Trail Blazers vs. New Orleans Pelicans pregame interview with head coach Willie Green ahead of the Pelicans’ game on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. CT during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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New Orleans Pelicans Roster
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
Herbert Jones #5 Forward
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl #50 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
Cody Zeller #44 Forward-Center

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