Jordan Hawkins on Herb Jones, slowing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Pelicans Shootaround 1/26/24

Jordan Hawkins on Herb Jones, slowing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Pelicans Shootaround 1/26/24

It was fun um really good game got decided that I got to go down there and watch it so what was that adosphere like it was crazy reminded me of uh back in back at Yukon uh environment like that uh so it was good being back in there

That type of environment you guys uh put up 153 in that in that last game I mean just from a team perspective what do you feel like is is working for you guys in the offensive end right now um I think just the uh three-point shooting and three-point making has been different uh

For us going out throughout the season I think we improved on it of every stage of the season um I think we gotten better at it so we’re got continue getting better at it um with the guys we have going downhill they lead at what we

Do and we just have a have to have at least shot makers around them so JJ R was kind of talking about something earlier this year he was like shooting butet shooting and he’s he’s basically like a lot of shooting is like a force multiplier like can you feel that when

You’re out there when like you and Trey or you and CJ like can you feel that yeah for sure um I mean guys are definitely keying on me now they got describe reporting me now but it just opens everything go El up that gets try

Shots get bi shots get Z shots I mean if they want to um Zone up on them one of them or uh play like five people in the paint like on Z like they usually do we have shooters that can knock it down so how much do you welcome that challenge

Now that everybody knows that you can shoot um I mean I mean it’s great I like I said I don’t find look at myself as a shooter so I mean people run me off the line don’t think I can do anything else I mean that works in my favor so your

Teammates have been extremely complimentary of you like the beginning of the Season especially lately in terms of what you’ve been able to do um are you at the point now where you feel like you know the ball’s going to come to you every single time when you’re open um I

Mean I know they’re going to make an effort to give me the ball every time but um I mean like my teammates do a great job looking for me they’re willing passers Z NBI are willing passers so I’m I’m definitely always ready for a for a

Shot even when I’m open or when I’m covered I got to be ready to first shot speaking of shooting um her Jones isn’t known as a shooter necessarily he’s known for the incredible stuff he does defensively but he’s almost uh 50/40 90 shooting what do you think of just the

The job that he’s done this year I mean he’s been terrific um he’s been working on this jump shot since I got here like been been in the gym with Fred every day in the morning so I it just shows how much work he’s put in he’s just a

Tremendous player uh like I said I mean herb is one of the best defensive players I’ve ever been around so it’s definitely special it’s incredible to watch how much of a key is three-point defense tonight with OKC they have of their High volume guys they have four

Guys that are shooting over 40% just seems like they have a lot of different threats um I mean first foremost the goty takes care of SGA uh that it starts with him then we once we play him play him well I mean we really got to help

Off that much on the shooters cuz I mean we definitely got to show show bodies for him to stop him so um I think just trying to run guys off the line trying to force them to do something else it just uh really starts with guarding Shay

And and that’s where all the dominis will fall there’s a lot of possessions That Jazz game where Z in bringing the ball up and initiating uh just what you think about I guess those possessions and the looks y’all got um I think we got really good looks um mean z like I

Said Z is a elite passer he had like 11 assists last game so um he he he’s great and when we when he’s able to bring the ball up cour it just brings another another threat we can get into so many different offenses uh not only for him

But for bi uh JV uh any of our Shooters CJ so yeah

New Orleans Pelicans guard Jordan Hawkins speaks to the media following shootaround on Friday, January 26, 2024 at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center ahead of their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at 7:00 p.m.

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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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