“We Believe In Who We Are As A Team.” | Rudy Gobert Shootaround Sound | 05.24.24

“We Believe In Who We Are As A Team.” | Rudy Gobert Shootaround Sound | 05.24.24

looking back on that game and what can you guys do better to make it harder on them at The Rim uh I think just be a little tougher you know and uh awareness got to be better transition and uh and I got to do a better job on the board I thought they got way too many balls when I was on the floor so just a couple of things that I think we can all do better was it their activity on the glass or sure they’re very active they’re very athletic uh and they’re very talented you know so we we know that they’re here for a reason you know they’re really really good team and uh but we got to do a better job uh you know uh on that end for sure really looks like their goal is just to get the ball into the lane and then once they get it there then create options is that what it’s like they just want to get to the paint and then once they get to the paint they kind figure it out I mean they got two of the I Carrie and luuka are two of the best players gain to the paintt so for sure you know that’s what they’re trying to do and uh and um and yeah and they have pigs and they have wings that are athletic so we got to contain the ball a little better and uh and then make sure we do a better job on the boards are they a lot different than what you played in the regular season with the I mean they for sure for sure they did some great moves the TR line they they added two key pieces for them um on top of the the the talent that they already have so it’s a yeah it’s a really good team what you know about them now that you did in the regular season I mean there’s not much that we don’t know you know they just play uh yeah they play really good basketball on both hands you know they uh they got better offensively and defensively at the deadline so uh once again they they’re not here by accident you know they’re here because they they they one of the best teams in the world when you guys Force the ball out of L hands do you have an idea does everybody kind of behind you have an idea of where he might go with the ball and kind of what the next steps in the play might look like or is it more unpredictable with uh sometimes it’s unpredictable you know I think Luc inen every possible coverage in the world at this point uh so we just try to make his life as difficult as we can Rudy obviously you came here summer ago um they traded for kyria last year’s trade deadline both te significantly better in year two um is there a reason for that is time sometimes just kind of needed uh for things to kind of match together exactly how they’re supposed to I mean nothing nothing great happens overnight you know uh as a group in the team sport it takes you know uh a little bit of adversity to to get where you want to get uh or else it wouldn’t be fun you know you got to go through some stuff and and uh and either makes you or breaks you you know as a group Ry the fans travel to Denver they going to travel to Dallas it sounds like Minnesota fans they surprised you at all what you’ve seen the FR of this city and and how it continues to it seems right even on the road you said they didn’t travel to Dallas no I said I said they they plan on traveling as well for this year it’s great I mean it’s uh you know feeling the support even on the road uh you know even if it’s a small group it’s always cool to see and uh and uh and yeah the support in Denver was uh I didn’t expect that you know it was uh it was a great surprise you know and Hope they can be there everywhere we go now you as a mastermind on defensive ENT four times Bo how do you think you can be better defending def because there where was where they lived def uh I got to be better just being me you know rebounds and protecting the paint and and as a team we got to be aware that obviously when I when I come off the court they’re looking to attack even more so um all of us got to be got to be better individually to taking that challenge explanation why you guys are three and three home in the first season so far any make sense to you we yeah we talking about this too uh I mean we got to find ways to to be better you know I think it’s uh sometimes at home you have uh more noise you know more distractions uh everyone want to be a part of that you know so we got to that’s why I try to tell the the guys you know put your boundaries and uh and um tell your people that you know you try to accomplish something and uh when it’s done we can we can if it if we have to celebrate we celebrate but now we we we got to recover we got to have peace of mind we have to um be in the most you know uh yeah friendly to recovery uh and front to peace of mind uh uh situation at home you have to set boundaries with your baby I have to yeah I wish I could you know spend much more time with him and sleep with him and but I have to make decisions of you know on the timing and uh you know I’ve been working my my ass off every day for 11 years to to get to this point so uh you know uh sometimes you have to make tough decisions you know but thankfully he has he has a great mom that’s you know taking care of him so let’s good some of the guys I more saying they probably a little tired maybe there was low energy just around the team kind of where do you think you guys are com into tonight I’m hungry we hungry game one is behind us uh you know we we didn’t play the way we can we know we can play game one so tonight is a new opportunity for us to uh to be better on both hands Rudy it sounded like coach Wich was pretty tough on you guys yesterday and said he was disappointed and I don’t think he does that very often in terms of his message how to that land with the guys I mean everything that he said was true you know and that’s exactly how I felt when I watch the game uh about my performance and and our performance so I think we all on the same page you know but it’s great to have uh you know that we have the level of accountability uh from from our head coach and that every single guy in this locker room uh doesn’t take anything personal you know we all uh hold each other um accountable at the highest standard you know and that’s what I think we about to yeah to to get keep getting better every single time through adversity after dropping game one how do you see yourselves in that series like does that mentality change in terms of favorit or under the ODS we don’t really we have one goal and that’s the only thing we focus on what the odds are what people think of us uh if we were following that we wouldn’t be here right now so uh you know we believe in our group we believe in uh in who we are as the team and uh we just going to give whatever we have we’re going to give everything we have uh every single game and and see what where it takes us thanks rate thank you

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