Daniel Gafford Washington Wizards – We needed to step up to the plate!
Oh okay he Gaff um what do you think gave them the edge tonight uh level of physicality um all in all you know they came out with a level of aggress aggressiveness that I feel like caught us
By surprise um you know point of emphasis tonight was just like the transition piece um offensive rebounding so like I said the physicality piece is something that we should have you know I would say
Be better at and you know I take pride in that because you know trying to come out and set the tone in those areas I felt like I lacked in that area tonight so and just the transition piece it
Was just like a level of communication I think we lacked in too C said they did a really good job of kind of hunting the matchups that they wanted um what’s the key to countering that um guard your
Yard you know if you feel that they’re trying to I would say put you WI a match up that they won at the end of the day you just have to you know pretty much just step up to the plate you know
It’s a lot of teams out here that’ll try to find certain matchups at the end of the day that’ll try to get us you know on our heels and put us in a position to where we have to scramble but
That’s just pretty much any team in the league every team in the league does that to each team and down the stretch we just have to find ways to adjust to it Gaff over the last like 10 or so
Games maybe um you’ve seen an uptick in a lot of your numbers offensively defensively um what do you think has led to some of your consistency in production um just how hard I work you know I come
In every day and I try to just make myself better in the areas that I lack in on a day-to-day basis I try to really just hold myself accountable and to put myself in position to where I can succeed
And with that being said I just come in and it’s just like a regular 9 to5 that’s how I treat it you know I come in and I put my head down and I go to work for sure what are some of the if you
Can point to any specifics what are some of the areas that you’ve seen yourself improve on most whether it’s from you know your time your first game here as a wizard to now um in all honesty
For sure just you know my physicality I felt like that I’ve took a major leap in that area you know so more so just any other game besides tonight I felt like that I’ve actually taken a step up
To actually just show just like what I’m capable of out there on the floor you know I do have my lapses time to time of course you know but at the end of the day like I’m going to make up for my
Mistakes and I’m going to make up you know just pretty much anything that we’re lacking at the end of the day you know I try to be the energy guy I want to be the anchor of the defense and
I just want to be in the position to where it can help us win games I saw you you taking some threes in pregame you had a mid-range today um is that something you’ve been exploring you know
Adding that that jumper into your game to kind of stretch the floor yeah most defin you know whenever the time comes and the ball is in my hand in those situations I want to be ready for it so really just being consistent and working on those things is helping me get comfortable in
Those situation uh and then you you have your clothing brand you recently dropped he talked me a about the the Christmas drop that you guys had with the landlord brand oh yeah um this is the second drop that we’ve had the first drop was great and just pretty much just bigy backing off
Of the first dve we just want to keep it going you know getting the merch out and just doing as much as we can to just get a bunch of landlord stuff to everybody everybody’s a landlord in their own
Way you know thank you GFF would you say this last handful of games is the most consistent stretch of your career yeah most def I mean just mentally physically emotionally everything I just kind
Of I felt like that I’m actually just a little bit more locked in with everything and I just kind of push myself I hold myself accountable and I tell the coaches and I tell my teammates I’m just like
Push me as much as y’all can because once y’all push me that’ll put me in the mindset of pushing myself because you know I have guys behind me that are helping me out and I want to be able to do the
Same thing for them so I return a favor so that’s just one of the main things with it rebounding has been a major point of emphasis for a lot of this season um when you sit and the team doesn’t grab
As many rebounds are you on the bench thinking like I need to get back into this game to grab some boards yeah of course but at the end of the day I try to be a good teammate you know
Everybody gets frustrated when it comes to just like the offensive rebounds but at the end of the day we just can’t stray away from each other you know I can always come out and be like I need to
Be back in the game I need to do this I need to do that but I can also motivate people too so when it comes to that you know instead of just getting in my own head like dang I should be back in the game
I should be out there you know I try to motivate guys that’s the main thing because frustrations do happen and it’s a lot of times where most guys are out of position most guys you know don’t put
Theirself in position to go for rebounds so when it comes to them to the sidelines whether it’s a timeout coming out of the game just talking to him you know got to get on the glass got to
Do this got to do that we got to Make a Better Effort in this area that those are some of the things that I’m trying to grow in to be able to kind of like push guys how they push me being a
Quote unquote undersized Center being 610 um does that put a chip on your shoulder just to be out there be more gritty die for loose Balls stuff like that oh yeah most de I’m from Arkansas
You know nitty-gritty I was I I was raised in the trenches and you know that’s just my mind [ __ ] now you know just being having just like that mentality going out and accepting the challenge
That’s in front of you you know you really can’t just back down from anything because at the end of the day you’re on the floor you get thrown in the fire you’re not going to cool off no time soon yeah have a good one
Daniel Gafford of the Washington Wizards speaks post game after the Washington Wizards were defeated by the Toronto Raptors 132 – 102 in the 2023/2024 NBA Season. Daniel Gafford would finish with 12pts, 8 rebounds and 1 assists in 30mins.
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