Ime Udoka | Pregame Houston Rockets Vs Phoenix Suns | 2023-2024 NBA Season
But do you have a timetable no don’t know the severity I don’t know the severity yet or the time table no well baks are like hamstrings can they be very unpredictable and yeah it can be mild in a few days or more uh strained in two to three weeks so find out
Shortly you talked about you know teams that are trying to S scre switching everything if you don’t have Dylan tonight you might not have tar do you change anything defensively in terms of how to stop de Booker Kev Durant I wouldn’t say I mean our schemes are our
Schemes you know we’re going to switch with our guys and we have others but um know you have to throw more at them than just switch and guard one one two talented scor so we’ll have some backup L obviously but the switching between certain guys is going to stay the same
How much of a luxury is it to have a bench that can come in and make a difference the way do has been big I mean obviously when injuries and sicknesses illnesses happen to have those guys coming in has been great but um even in the game where we’re having a
Little low with our starters I think they’ve given us a boost the last two games really good in New Orleans and then last night um second quarter and and fourth I mean late in the third kind of got us back in it so we got good depth uh guys that are getting more
Experience as we’re going and getting healthier so um opportunity for them to come to impact the game and I think that I’m in Aaron T Jan Jeff group in the last few games has been really good energetic and been really good defensively is tar game time decision
Again tonight and if so or if sorry if he doesn’t play who Do you envision kind of stepping up and taking the brunt of those minutes away from Dylan and and tar or in place of them I should say he’s he’s testing out right now so we’ll
See how he feels shortly about here after I’m done here but um you know Jan obviously there you got cam you got Reggie Aaron those same guys and I’m in as well so um you know guys that we’ve been playing when when guys were out and
Injured or sick and and obviously we got cam back now and so we got more bodies to go out there some of the difficulties prepar for two scores like KD just picking their spots um you know it’s it’s easy to go after one guy but when you have another guy on the weak
Side that can score just as many got to pick your poison at times and so we want to guard and be sa as far as when we go after them and you know it’s obviously a lot easier to go after the one guy when when one’s on the bench but U you know
Do our job initially make everything tough do your work early not just let them catch and get comfortable and then from there like I said we’ll have some sketing behind it hey coach I know you touched on this a little bit last night but how do you go about helping jell get
Out of this slum that he’s been on and try to find that line between you know coaching them but at the same time um trying to help his confidence at the same time yeah I mean you to you know put him in position to be successful look at certain lineups that he’s worked
Well with certain combinations out there and then um obviously just keep him confident and keep him aggressive and tell him you know show him the shots that he’s missing some of the Great Looks that he’s getting and like I said when you are missing at times or going
To a slump you start to rush the the open ones a lot and so uh remain confident um stay aggressive and you know put him in different lineups out there I think it’ll work for him but’s such a good it can click easily once he gets it going and expect that to happen
Soon when you have a guy like a men who’s a guard who’s a primary ball handler but maybe tonight playing him maybe a bit more in that Wing role with the guys who were out does his approach have to change at all when he kind of
Shifts roles like that on the court I wouldn’t say so I think the combinations out there are kind of the combinations he’s been with um you know other than Dylan or somebody we can replace that with t or or J sh possibly but he’s who he is offensively he’s going to you know
Push the pace and play the point guard role it’s just his ility and his size uh can put him on one through four almost and so that doesn’t change much obviously need him for certain matchups tonight but on the offensive end he doesn’t change much he doesn’t have to
Change this game at all from a coach standpoint how comfortable have you seen Shin be more available ready to be quote unquote the man on the offensive end yeah I mean he’s he’s has some favorable I think every night he has a favorable match up for the most part not a ton of
Post scores in the league but he can move all over the court and uh his thing is continue to be aggressive but understand how teams are guarding him how they’re coming after him now sometimes not try to beat the double team but bait it and get Guys open shots
And you know once we knock those down they’ll open everything up for him like you saw with New Orleans the other night a little bit and so continue to be aggressive but also understand you know he’s a good passer and you make teams pay early you you’ll get more freedom
And space to work later thank you
Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka pregame interview before facing the Phoenix Suns.
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