Herb Jones on defensive gameplan | Pelicans vs Nets Postgame 1/2/24

Herb Jones on defensive gameplan | Pelicans vs Nets Postgame 1/2/24

I think that was the second straight one that all five the starters had double sporting double figures just what do you think about the balance y playing with right now um I mean I think that’s something we’ve been trying to do our year um and I think it helps you know

When shots are falling uh so I just credited to the team um believing in what our coaches want us to do and going on and execute I mean this this team just has a lot of talent up and down the roster um are just your thoughts I’m

Like all all the different guys who are just good NBA players you guys can can throw out people on a night that basis it’s a luxury for sure um you know to have guys that can come out defend almost one through five like we we

Switch a lot um and we trust the guys that are on the ball defending and offensively we just kind of play in the flow we try not to force a lot of actions um we just try to read and react and I think we we’ve been doing a good

Job of that of late yeah we’ve talked to coach a lot about that uh the progression press starting five and trying to figure things out with you guys I guess uh this was probably one of your better performances this night I guess what do you think really important

With especially to start the game and jump on to that big Le uh getting stops and playing fast I think helped the most uh we get out in transition we have you know more opportunities to score and then we get more possessions um which leads to you know the high scoring

Nights that we have um but I think it all all starts on the defensive end and and has that kind of been the message from coach kind of fig things out with that starting five is got to start defensive yeah I mean you know you start games out you may not be clicking

Offensively um as well as you do later on in the game like you know normally guys have to settle into the game uh but if you come out and get stops early and you score uh at a moderate rate I think you know as long as we

Getting stops we’ll be okay her to your point about playing with a lot of pace has that been a big emphasis I know CJ brought it up earlier in the week coach talked about it how important is it for you guys to play with such a high Pace

Like playing off of your defense and getting out and running as much as you can I think uh it’s super important um like I said we get stops we get out in transition transition it gives more guys opportunity to create for others um and I just you know as long as we stay

Consistent in that uh knowing it starts on the defensive end I think we we’ll be okay moving forward and her I’ve got to ask you since your perspective is out there on the court Zan seems to you know either whether he gets fou or not whether the whistle gets blown or not

But sometimes it can even lead to him like tonight he picked up a technical argument when the replay showed he clearly got grabbed from behind why do you think it’s so difficult for him to be officiate a little bit more fairly I try not to get into the like

The uh like the calls um I just know to go out and hoop uh you know they don’t call it there nothing we really can do about it um but I mean and I Crea the Z I think he he gets he probably gets five

A lot more than they call um he does a great job of trying to play through it even though I know it gets frustrating but I mean only thing we can do is you know play as hard as we can live with with the results I appreciate thanks yep I take

New Orleans Pelicans guard Herb Jones speaks to the media following the team’s win over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

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New Orleans Pelicans Roster
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
Herbert Jones #5 Forward
Kira Lewis Jr. #13 Guard
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
Cody Zeller #44 Forward-Center

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