Delon Wright says signing with Miami Heat a “full circle moment”

Delon Wright says signing with Miami Heat a “full circle moment”

How he’s know you since you were 12 yeah Andy was talking last week about the memories of you running around up here as a kid what what is this full circle moment kind of feel like to you yeah like you said U you know I remember I

Was up here with like sha kids uh little Timmy little Jey uh alonso’s son you know we just up here playing around uh not even watching the game just up here just shooting L of games going on uh and then to be here now is just crazy uh you know I wish

That I was here year early in my career you know was a you know obviously growing up watching my brother watching D way I just already knew about the heat culture and what to expect so uh I’m just happy that I’m finally here uh you know just one of those surreal moments

Did you have other options or was this the one you pretty much locked in on yeah no this the one I locked in on uh it was some interest from other teams but um this is probably the best opportunity for me to to play and uh

Help help a team you know reach the to the final what kind of role do you envision for yourself coming in here knowing this roster knowing who you are and what you can be yeah just same as I’ve always played uh being the defensive guy um you know bringing the

Ball up just getting guys involved letting them you know do their thing and me just kind of playing off of them that’s pretty much you know how this this system works you know a lot of ball movement and um just finding your spots your game and the way they like to play

The fact is you’re defense first player or Happ most of your career deflections things like that do you see your game as almost this system I can just get right into because it’s innately what I do yeah you know I’m excited because you know obviously playing as a heat uh they

Cause a lot of Havoc uh you know guys are running all around getting deflections just uh playing off of each other and that’s the way I like to play I like to play uh freely on defense uh obviously within the system but um just playing uh offer your your teammates and

Uh just trying to get deflections and playing transition you said you’re familiar with the franchise but like this is your first Miami Heat practice was there any surprises for you or is there any takeaways for you from this first practice uh no surprises um yeah it was just you know learning the

Different terminology uh guys or other teams run the same you know things but uh you know just changing up the terminology which is going to take me a while to you know switch from the previous teams I’ve been on so you know I think it’s going to be easy fit for me

Um I’m going study the Playbook uh study with Coach Wayne um and just you know figure out what I need to figure out is it weird to go from teammate Wayne to Coach Wayne not really because uh when I was playing with him he was you know

Later in his career he was one of those guys that was helping out helping out the younger guys helping out guys like me um so I mean it’s not not not too weird SP says says he referenc like was a kid cuz all the all the guys were

Saying oh the kid the kid does this re-energize you does this reenergize you definitely uh playing 2 minutes 3 minutes uh on a team that’s not really trying to win so now uh play for something yeah I’m definitely re-energized I’m just ready to ready to play ready to to compete um that’s the

Best way I can explain it uh you know I’m just excited it’s Miami you know exit outside of a need on the roster maybe getting a chance to play here what what else appeal to you about Miami I just just how long uh I’ve known everybody here a lot of people here uh

Know if I want to transition in the middle of a season Miami was probably the best place to do that uh for obvious reasons and just the the culture here uh you know there so many things I can say but uh you know that’s the best way I

Can explain right now it’s Miami it’s neat that they’ retired your brother’s chery even though it was for Chris it’s a little weird sometimes seeing him in a number one Jersey my brother so I’m like they retire Chris but uh you know he he’s probably more excited than I am

Which says a lot you know he’s I think he’s going to try to come down here one of the first few games he probably hasn’t really been in Miami besides when he came to ‘s retirement probably in a while so um you know he’s going to he’s

Going to be excited and cheer me on it was that first conversation like with Rell after you got after you made the decision to sign here so when he was just down here for ud’s uh retirement he was uh you know him and a few other Q

Rich um they were telling SPO and I think Pat like yo y need to trade for D this is before the deadline y need to trade for D like he’ll fit perfectly and um you know I was like yeah I would do it you know I wouldn’t I wasn’t against

It but um once the bio opportunity came um you know we talked about it he was like yeah it’s a no-brainer like it’s time to go like we got to go do this so um he was pretty much the one that that jump started everything so uh you know he

Was idea yeah guys talked a lot about your impact in that that Hawk series a few years ago just what do you remember from that series or what stuck out to you about about the C so similar situation um with Atlanta I wasn’t really playing as much um the last 10

Games coach threw me out there more to cause havoc and then I kind of transitioned right into that role right in the playoffs he was like yeah you’re on Tyler so um try to make you know uh you know life as as difficult as possible so uh yeah I feel like that’s

Similar situation here um we’re going to be throwing on some guys to try to make it difficult for them and you know that’s just what I you know hang my hat on thank you thank you

New Miami Heat point guard Delon Wright talks with the media for the first time since joining the team. #miamiheat #nba