LIVE: Pelicans at Lakers Pregame w/ HC Willie Green 12/31/2023

LIVE: Pelicans at Lakers Pregame w/ HC Willie Green 12/31/2023

Uh coach can we get an update on Trey’s situation yeah Trey will be out tonight um I know you mentioned after practice yesterday that you moved on from the game against the Lakers in Vegas but how much did you go back and watch the film and that last couple days and talk about

What needs to be adjusted yeah we we definitely remember what happened um you know tough loss for us not our best performance at all but we know that we we have to be better we have to bring a level physicality and force to the game that we didn’t bring

In Vegas our guys are are well aware of the task at hand they’re a good team they’re big they’re physical they defend and um the sense of urgency has to go up Trey um with his left knee obviously the same one that that he had the preced

Procedure on this summer is there like is this just normal stuff that kind of comes you know post procedure is this you know something like you guys are concerned to keep out multiple games uh it’s it’s it’s right now it’s dayto day and it’s really just he has some

Soreness in it and um just didn’t feel like we wanted to put him on the floor tonight will can you talk about what kind of challenge it’ll be tonight LeBron James Anthony Davis looks like they’re playing their best ball of the Season maybe last couple years actually

For sure yeah just talking about it just a second ago with graph it’s just they bring a level of physicality to the game they they have experience they know how to win in pressure situations um the thing that they that stood out to us is that they played with

Much more pop and pace and force when we played those guys in Vegas and those are the things that we can control is the turnovers we can get up and down the floor with a sense of urgency and we just didn’t have at that game how what

You guys watch of Jordan or anything but you have any thoughts on like his performance in the G league and just you know I guess him being back up here navigating this rookie season for sure he’s a confident player and a person confident person and it shows every time

He steps on the floor um he had a a fantastic game they didn’t they didn’t win the game but it was a really good game for him and um we just want to continue to see him progress be confident in what he can do he’ll get better on the defensive end which is

Something things that he’s working on but we love what he brings to our group really knowing you a little bit I know being out physical is not something you’re probably okay with but when you show your team that that Vegas game do you do you need to even like directly

Challenge guys physicality or or do you trust this group enough to to see it and know like this is an area where we need to be better well obviously that game we we didn’t bring it but overall you know we try to stay big piture and overall we

Do uh but you know that game was a let down for for us and we addressed it we were honest with each other about um some things that we can do better we don’t have we we don’t want to have many moments like that and um so we talked

About it and it’s definitely going to be a challenge for us tonight on our home floor um but the our mindset is going in the game and being us and that game wasn’t us all right thanks okay thank you app

New Orleans Pelicans vs Los Angeles Lakers pregame interview with head coach Willie Green ahead of the Pelicans’ game on Sunday, Dec. 31 at 6:00 p.m. CT during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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