Trey Alexander on joining New Orleans, Jeremiah Fears | 2025 NBA Summer League
like in New Orleans. I love it. Uh the food’s great. Everybody in the organization is great. So, I’m just excited to be here. Excited for the opportunity. So, what was behind the decision to come here? Uh the opportunity, uh the coaching staff, obviously, the front office. Uh I like the way that we communicated back and forth. Uh I mean, obviously they have a plan for me and I love the way that the organization is trending towards. So, I would love to be a part of it. What’s that? What’s the plan that they’ve discussed for you? How do how do they envision your role? Uh, I mean, just, you know, just going back and forth between this and the G, but you know, just being able to have more NBA opportunities. I’ve been able to be blessed to go to Denver and now come here where we have more of a younger team and like we’re trending towards trying to get to, you know, one of the better teams in the West. So, I’m excited to be here and, you know, for me as a player is just wanting to get that opportunity and that’s kind of what it presented itself. How special was that G- League season for you last year, man? Getting everything and all that. Uh, it was great, man. I was, it was a great year for me. Uh, I was just excited to be able to showcase what I could do since I wasn’t able to do it on the NBA level. I mean, so it was just, you know, having a chip on my shoulder every night down there and, uh, you know, having fun with it. At the end of the day, it’s basketball. I just played my game and and obviously I had a great year, so that was that was good for me. How validating maybe was that result for you, but then how much do you kind of still keep that chip on your shoulder now? Like obviously even having to switch teams and coming to the color? Yeah, I mean it keeps it I try to find ways to keep the chip on my shoulder. obviously for me is trying to get out of that two-way and get on a real contract. Uh so that’s going to always be the chip on my shoulder until I get there. And then after that, you know, staying in NBA is even harder than getting there. So you just got to try to find ways to motivate yourself. And I feel like for me, it’s always been pretty easy to motivate myself because I’ve always wanted to be the best at what I want what I do. So until uh I’m able to kind of prove what I can do, then you know, always keep that motivation in that chip. not pronounce the same thing, but like what areas of your game have you been working on that you want to kind of showcase here in the summer league? Uh, obviously I want to showcase that I can score. I feel like that’s what I do best, but also I want to be able to playmate. I like to show that I can play the one and the two. Uh, be able to defend a little bit better than I did. And just showing that uh I can win. So uh I think that we have a young group, very talented group uh for summer league. And I think that uh with the talent that we have, only thing it takes just for us to put it together. So, uh, I just want to win all the games, uh, for us to win the summer league. What have been your impressions of Jeremiah? Uh, very fast, very athletic winner. Uh, he obviously he’s very, very talented. Uh, I think that he’s a hard worker just from being working out with him the last couple days and throughout the mini camp. Uh, but I’m excited for him. I think that, uh, he’s going to get his opportunity this year and I think that he’ll be able to showcase what he can do in summer league. And, uh, I mean, he’s a really good player. I I feel like in the next couple years he’s going to be a very dynamic guard in the NBA. What’s uh been your impression of uh of Willie and and Brewer so far? Uh I mean they they’re very very out there. Uh those guys are are very good to be around. That’s why uh this organization is special. I feel like you have so many different personalities and you have people that you kind of click to early and I feel like those people are type people that everybody wants in an organization. And I feel like uh they make this organization way better. And I mean obviously I’m excited to build that relationship. So and then I also want to like work with be great. I saw you and uh fears doing some one-on-one work with. Uh yeah. I mean he’s he know obviously he knows what he’s talking about or he wouldn’t be in this position. But I feel like he knows the game and kind of doesn’t want you to be a robotic player like I’ve I’ve had certain situations where you work out and then obviously you’re just doing the drill. But he wants you to kind of get out of yourself. uh you know, be a basketball player and then he wants you to work on different parts of your game. So, I’m I I love working out with him. That’s why me and Fears work out with him after every every practice because he knows what he’s talking about and he knows kind of the ins and outs to being a guard in the NBA and like how you can build your game and what you need to have in your game to be able to thrive at this level. With your experience with Denver, on Derek Queen’s um NBA draft bio, it said that his teammates at Maryland called him nicknamed him Baby Yic. I’m not trying to compare those two players, but can you after seeing Derek Derek Queen, can you kind of see like where that comparison came from? Yeah, I mean, for sure. Obviously, he’s he’s a big uh probably not the most athletic like Yoke, but he’s very skilled. Uh can beat you in many ways, whether it be on the perimeter, he can knock down the three or he can kill you down low. So, I mean, uh I I like the comparison for him. I feel like uh he’s very comparable to Yoke like at a obviously his ceiling and even maybe maybe even being better when in the years coming. But I think that that’s a great comparison. I think that his game favors that very much cuz he can play in and out and uh he’s very hard to guard in any situation. So how important is the uh three-point shot? I know in G league you knock him down struggles in how important is that you? Uh that’s very important. Obviously, if you can shoot the ball, you can get on the court, you can make it on the court. So, I mean, for me, it’s just continuing that consistency and then obviously when the opportunity presents itself, knocking down shots. So, for me, that’s kind of step I want to take is to be able to knock down that shot and then, you know, kind of build on that and then expand my role off of that. So, that’s kind of like I like that. So, speaking of your experience, you have maybe a maturity aspect that you bring to this team as well. Can you speak about that? Uh, yeah. I mean, obviously I’ve been in in the league now for a year and obviously us these young guys like Fierce and uh Queen and even even Micah uh they haven’t really went through any of it yet and obviously the NBA is a long season. So, I mean, for me, it’s just uh that experience of knowing like how long the NBA season is, knowing you have to take care of your bodies, kind of expressing that to the guys, making sure they take care of their bodies, uh always being ready for their name to be called, uh and any any opportunity can present itself, and just, you know, continuing to work hard. I think that that’s the biggest thing is continuing to let your work carry over from college to the league and then, you know, kind of expanding on that. So, I’m excited to, you know, kind of be with these young guys as a young guy myself and then kind of, you know, growing together.
New Orleans Pelicans guard Trey Alexander speaks with the media following practice at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on July 8 ahead of 2025 NBA Summer League.
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Nice pickup