Herbert Jones talks defending Phoenix, Pelicans 3pt% | Pelicans-Suns Shootaround 1/19/2024

Herbert Jones talks defending Phoenix, Pelicans 3pt% | Pelicans-Suns Shootaround 1/19/2024

Like get consistent stops out there with like the amount of shooting that all teams are putting on the floor uh I mean you just do the best you can on the defensive end knowing that you know guys are super skilled uh now and I think you know the skill level is going to

Continue to raise um as the game continues to grow so I mean every possession we just try to get stops and make it as tough as we can on the offensive score but we kind of just live with the results the the suns are like don’t even

Put Durant at the five sometimes when you just look at like the challenge of of stopping them um you know what I guess what what is that challenge of just like going against that Phoenix offense I mean we just going out and making it tough on our opponent we don’t

Care you know who it is um or how their offensive scheme is like we’re going to do the best job we can to slow those guys down and get stops and I’m sure they’re going to do a their their job in in in trying to score the ball um and I

Think you know as long as we go out and compete uh make it tough on all those guys score you know I think we’ll be okay you guys as a team are all the way up to Third and 3point percentage really climbed the last month um what have you

Just seen team wide um white you guys are shooting the ball well right now uh I think it’s just the amount of work everybody’s putting in I’m they starting to show um I know we had some showings or some games you know uh prior to our percentage getting so high that you know

A lot lot of people may have thought we didn’t have any Shooters on the team but I think you know as long as we continue to work that that number should continue to to move your shooting you you’re shooting individually you’re shooting 60% from three in January um how much of

The of the way you’re shooting or the kind of shots that you get is the offense in terms of like what you guys are doing how much you guys are getting used to you know Jam I mean I think a lot of my shots come from I was getting a lot of open

Shot shots last year I just wasn’t making them uh I think a lot of my shots come from the gravity of you know our offensive weapons um and I just try to take advantage of those opportunities when they present themselves you feel like you’re continuing to increase your

Confidence as far as um not it’s not just like spot up shooting where the ball gets SW to it seems like you’re doing more like pull-ups and stuff like that from three-point range like dribbling into shots you know what I mean like how how many have I don’t

Think I shot many off the dribble this year um but I’m just trusting in my work like if I if I see a shot and I’m open you know I have the confidence that I’m going to make that shot um and I take those shots with the utmost

Confidence part of y’s success like the first half of the season is just like guys are in the lineup and and having continuity um how much of that I mean I guess how much of that do you feel like has been a factor of like you guys have

Just been able to put together like a lot of games of like playing together and getting those reps a lot of of the same lineups I mean if you’re playing with the same team you know you’re going to adapt to each other eventually uh at some point if you spend enough time with

Each other you’re going to mesh and I think we’re starting to um you know we just got to stay consistent continue to work hard and continue to trust each other I don’t know the stats on this but you might lead the NBA in blocking three-point shots what do you think of

Uh Jordan Hawkins as far as his like how quick his release is and just you know some of the three that he’s able to make where he doesn’t have his feet set I will say I already I got Jordan already so that was a task I already

Accomplished I’m good but his release is super quick um I mean he can shootter really well uh and I think he has a a good job of knowing when to uh shoot it over the defender or pump fake side step for three so I mean as long as you know

They continue to work hard uh study the film and just continue to improve I think he’ll be great would you say he’s one of the more challenging guys you said you got his three you blocked his three-point shot would you say he’s one of the most challenging guys you’ve had

To be able to get that th% just because how quick his release he is a lot has been talked about with Kevin Durant Ry deal you know dein Booker but with Grayson Allen and the way he’s been shooting from outside how much of a focus does he have to be

Tonight man we just going to make it tough on Whoever has the ball that that’s who we’re keying in on the to slow down um regardless of who it is you know the ball scores and we’re just going to do our job to make it super

Tough on Whoever has the ball and he’s trying to score

New Orleans Pelicans guard/forward Herbert Jones’ shootaround interview from Pelicans practice on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 ahead of tonight’s game against the Phoenix Suns at 7 p.m. CT.
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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
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl #50 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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