LIVE: Mavericks vs. Pelicans Pregame w/ HC Willie Green 1/13/2024
Coach did you get any sleep where is the uh rest level condition conditioning level of the team after getting in last night at 4:30 to the hotel yeah I slept well um soon as I got to the hotel I was was out so we got a good night’s rest
And we’ll be ready to go you had mentioned you would probably have to play play deeper into your bench tonight can you us a look into who’s in who’s out what you’re going to look at for minutes and rotations um we’re still working on that as far as the minutes and rotations but
You know whomever is available that’s that’s who that’s who we going with and we’re we’re excited about it as far as Dallas goes we know that luk is not going to play n he’s playing very well but guys the main Cog of their team is Tim Hardway he’s been doing it for a
Long long time and maybe kind of f a little bit what are the challenges trying to defend him he does a great job of uh feeding off the gravity of of either Luca or Kyrie when they’re in the game and he’s a shot maker you got it
Close to his feet um he can get shots in a variety of different ways they run a atto set where he back screen uh pin down for him he gets him in transition um and then he can you know he can attack the basket too and get to
The paint so he he’s definitely uh you know a guy on on our list that we have to watch out for tonight he can get it going quickly so where do this one rank on quick turn around inba this is this is high up there um you know we didn’t
Get in till late but you know every NBA team I said it last night have they have these moments throughout the course of of the Season where you have you know some backto backs where you have um quite a bit of travel time and change in
In the in the time zones so it’s a part of is is what makes the NBA uh what it is CJ Brandon Trey you know anything about them yet they’re all out yeah what do you like about playing the same team in the same city in a three days SP twice
Um but the biggest thing about it is that we don’t have to travel so that that helps you I think it helps uh both teams get rest and um the second is it it gives you kind of a a playoff uh experience you get you get an
Opportunity to play a team and then you get a chance to adjust to what you want to do differently the next game and you’ve been complimentary of JV all year but for a guy been in the league 10 plus years for that is not even a question miss
These that’s just who that’s who he is uh we we appreciate what JV brings to our team and uh he doesn’t want to miss anything and you know he’ll he’ll be ready to lace him up tonight and is MLK Day what does MLK mean to you it’s
Special um we we first of all we get to celebrate the life of Dr King and all all of uh all of the things that he stood up for and um I’m I’m a beneficiary of his dream you know having an opportunity as a African-American to
Um use this platform to impact um my family the community that I come from the community that I work in and um to to be a servant leader those are the things that you know he stood for for all people and um I’m grateful definitely grateful for for the
Sacrifices that Dr King and many others made so that we can have the opportunities we have today what do you see out of Dyson and haw two young players that um work extremely hard um they get on the floor and right away they make a an instant
Impact and then off the court extremely High character um it’s what we love about all of our guys is that you know they’re good dudes and and it’s fun to come to work when you have both hard workers and and High character players coach with someone like Kyrie
Irving how do you prepare for someone like that pray um Kyrie I had you know when I was coaching with golden state we played Cleveland in finals a number of times and I had a chance to watch him up close and personal he’s one of the best uh
Finishers um you know sometimes you you feel like he has his shot is blocked and he figures out a way to maneuver and and finish and uh he he’s a fantastic basketball player um you just got to make it tough on him he’s going to catch
The ball where he wants to he’s going to get shots you got to try to take it out of his hands as much as you can and make every shot tough but he’s one of the best I’ve seen okay thank you
Dallas Mavericks vs. New Orleans Pelicans pregame interview with head coach Willie Green ahead of the Pelicans’ game on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. CT during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl #50 Forward
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