Atlanta Hawks’ Asa Newell Pre – Summer League Media Availability

Atlanta Hawks’ Asa Newell Pre – Summer League Media Availability

Does it feel like you’ve never left the gym at all to be back so quick? I know. It’s It’s amazing. Um, you know, playing on my longtime team and, you know, just getting in with the coaches and whatnot. I just um I’m really blessed and honored. What’s it been like having all of these guys and being able to like play against other people as opposed to just using some draft drills and things like that? Oh, yeah. It’s it’s completely different. you know, we get to scrimmage now and, you know, play five on five, play against the coaches and, you know, in those workouts, it’s really just three on three, four on four. So, you know, just getting back up and down is been really fun. Has Kobe given you any tips on like what summer league is going to be like and how to best showcase maybe your skills? Yeah, I mean, we were just really talking about, you know, our sets and, you know, just being as big and, you know, listening to your point guard on what he wants to do. What’s the crash course and terminology and things like that been like for you or or has that really kind of gotten underway yet? Yeah, I mean, you know, the different names and and sets that we were in, it’s all, you know, pretty much the same ter terminology. It’s just, you know, just different names for everything. So, um, it’s pretty easy to pick up. The coach does a really good job of playing. What are some of your major priorities heading into summer league? Just winning. That’s all we want to do. uh just learn about who we are, you know, as players and uh you know, it’s just it’s just really to, you know, have fun, uh win games and, you know, come together as a squad. Jason, I know that you have a little bit of time in your work, but what’s your first impressions of this organization? It’s an amazing organization. Um, you know, and Cor, they all do a really good job handling everything. And, um, all the coaches are great. Super um, good at instilling confidence into the players. What if you wanted to challenge yourself? Uh, I’ll just say just be a dominant force. You saw you get a chance to go to the Dream game um a couple of days ago. What was it like seeing them play with Storm, I think it was. I know it was a tough loss with Dream, but what was it like being able to watch them? Yeah, I mean, they play with a bunch of swag. Uh, the crowd really gets into it. Um, you know, seeing uh, you know, bringing guys, that was pretty cool. It was my first WNBA game, you know, really cool experience. Any nerves when the uh first pick in the Braves? Oh, I I didn’t do the first pick. I just did the jersey slot, but I think we going to try to work on another. A lot of the young guys come in and Zachary and Mo the last couple of seasons, they talk about their quest to kind of put on weight through their, you know, first couple of season. Has that process at all begun with you? Have you talked to anybody about that? Oh, 100%. I’m definitely trying to put on size. You know, it’s a grown man’s league, so you know, I just got to hold my own for sure. But the SEC definitely prepared me. I know it’s different, but 100% I’m trying to find more time. And they tried to like get into your diet and like give you different things that already like protein shakes or whatever else they want to get working on. Oh, yeah, for sure. And you know, I’m in the weight room every single day. I mean, post postpractice smoothies before practice smoothies and um you know, the kitchen is really good. Yeah, this feels amazing. I know it’s been such a short time, but is there anybody that you’ve been able to bond with a little bit in terms of your new teammates like or Kobe or even some of the other young guys that might be in college? Yeah, me, Ellie, we went to the dream game together. Uh Jake is really cool. Uh Kobe’s cool, too. But, you know, as a team, we’re all we’re all pretty cool. So, it’s good to do.