Indiana Pacers Pre-Draft Workouts: Daniss Jenkins 1-on-1 Interview (June 20, 2024)
Denis have the workout go today man it went really good um really competitive and intense and that’s how I like it that’s how I play so it was I was in my element so to speak what are you hoping to show teams about your game during yeah I just uh hope to show like my competitiveness you know just my will to win um my fight my drive my Hunger passion love for the game just little things like that like if I have a open shot you know I’m going to shoot it uh if I get to my spot I’ll shoot it but other than that trying to make a play I’m trying to make people around me better so and just trying to make the right reads but other than that I’m just trying to show all the little things about me that they may not know cuz they watch you play a lot if they bring you in so I just want to show all the other stuff that may not get to see throughout the whole year through practice and interviewing and talking with people in the staff just little things like that what are the parts of your game that you think are best suited for the NBA um I think I’m a two-way player um I can I can really uh get in the pain and make plays I’m fast athletic um and I can I can I could do a lot of different things I feel like I can rebound um I can make people better I can get to my spot and know when it’s my shot and um so yeah just make people better and just win I’m a winner and a leader having the opportunity to play for a legendary coach like rck patino for the last two years how has that helped you ever since I started playing for him he just showed me what it would be like like the standard you know it’s is is is here and somebody like me that’s in my position like you know I have no room for error no room for nothing so he just always taught me to you know only thing that matters is to win give it everything I got like we got shirts that say PhD it’s passionate hungry and driven um and that’s that’s his kind of his thing but that that’s who I am as a person so that kind of like that that whole his whole mindset is really what you want to take on if you’re a player from him so you know you you you see all the the drill that you do like we’ve been doing the shooting drills and things like that for two years now so it’s just really about that mindset that you want to take into the pros when you play for a legendary coach like that as you sit down with teams what’s your pitch to them what are they getting if they draft you shoot they getting a they getting a very energetic player uh a very respectful young man that just want to make people around him better like I said a great teammate great leader not going to be a problem in the locker room he can fit in any locker room and he real competitive and he’s just want to win and just want to help out any way he can ready to fulfill any role he gets put into [Music]
Guard Daniss Jenkins spoke with Pacers.com’s Wheat Hotchkiss about how he grew while playing for St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino and the type of player he wants to be in the NBA. Pacers draft coverage is presented by NerdWallet.
