Ryan Dunn and Khaman Maluach talk their approach to Summer League | Phoenix Suns Media Availability

Ryan Dunn and Khaman Maluach talk their approach to Summer League | Phoenix Suns Media Availability

together just as we small. Any nerves for uh game one coming out here tonight? Um I mean not really. Uh no no nerves. I mean it’s my first game. I’m excited to go out there and see what it looks like. I know it’s more spacing. It might be faster. It’s a lot of new different guys running different parts of their careers and we all put together. It’s a new team. So, I got to go out there and see what it looks like and figure it out. Just do what he does. Do what do you do what he came here to do. Have fun. Enjoy the moment. Don’t think about it too much. I think I came thinking about it way too much my first time, too. So, just come here, have fun, live with the result that you get. Just continue the process. Come on. Did you get a chance to watch Cooper last week? Yeah, I got a chance. I watched all my teammates who played last night. I watched Tyrese and then I watched Coupe next. Yeah. Curious what you just thought of how he played and a lot of hype with him and going back and forth a little bit. He was just acting like what do you think about how he played? I mean I I really I really don’t see the high pot cuz I see that as my brother. I see that as my teammate. Um so I just I just see him for who he is. I don’t see him from his high he seems to be able to affect the game in so many different ways Cooper does pass defense. Just tell us about what he brings to the table for that team. I mean I can’t tell you what he brings to the table for that team cuz I’m not on the mass but having played with him plays. Yeah, I mean it’s different. Uh when we played at Duke, I mean he brought a lot on the flow. He brought a lot of energy. He brought a lot of spirit cuz whenever I had a bad game, he would tell me kick your head up. the stuff like that that make him a good basketball player. It’s not how what he does on the court, but for the human being he is. Looking at your shot from three over the last couple days like it’s tweaked, but I could be wrong. Um, yeah, a little bit. Just a lot of reps, like kind of like the same thing that’s been going on. Trying to make it smooth, just be aggressive, not trying to be just 10 minutes and let it go. It just seemed like it’s it’s more of an explosive jump. Yeah, just try to, you know, shoot shoot a little more power. on me. You know, I get tired in the game. I probably miss a lot of shorts. So, just emphasizing it now is the whole thing why I get tired or if I do get tired, I just shoot it. Just have the legs to get in. What What What are you hoping to get out of this first game? I mean, I’m just I’m just going out there as Ryan say, do what I do. Uh not to overthink it. Just bring a lot of energy to my team and um give it all my best. Control what I can control. And that’s my effort. That’s my attitude and that’s my body language. So, I’m going to go out there and control what I can. Like, you look, you a second year guy and being able to help guys like coming out. Yeah, I mean, that’s kind of I think that’s kind of my job right now. Um, just to help him this whole this whole summer league. Um, obviously, you know, try to try to do what I can on the floor, but, you know, just to kind of help him whatever he needs and just impact his game and just give him the energy that, you know, he needs for the team. Um, kind of standing on going as man, man, just control what I control today, my energy, my passion. um not worrying about results and and shot making and shot missing between just on to the next play and just helping these guys compete. When you see what the the skills that he has with his with his size, how exciting is it to know you’re going to have a guy like that in your team? Yeah, I can trust him. If I get blown by, I can somebody can meet him at the rim. He can meet somebody at the rim, which I which I love. Um that helps us all be aggressive defensively now cuz you know, he’s trying to do every every block shot, every rebound, and he just plays with a high motor every day. So, um it’s only high praise for me for him, man. to decide for him this year and that’s one of them I think next year. So alignment’s been the word of the summer. You guys feeling aligned here at summer? I mean, yeah. You know, we had some we had some rough patches in the start, but uh no, we’re getting in line since he’s got here. So, you can’t you cannot be in line with me out here. In line with with Ryan. Yeah. I mean, I’m in line with everybody cuz he is now my teammate. Thanks, guys. Thank you.

Ryan Dunn and Khaman Maluach speak to the media about their Summer League practice sessions and what their looking to get out of their time in Las Vegas following Phoenix Suns shootaround on July 11th, 2025 ahead of the team’s first Summer League game this evening.

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