LIVE: Rockets vs. Pelicans Pregame w/ HC Willie Green 1/31/2024
Starting with the good stuff two of your players named The Rising Stars challenge Hawk um and um oh excuse me Dyson with with those two nominees those two uh heading there what do you think of their performances over the season and the choice to feature them in that
Game well it’s a credit to to them to dice and to Hawke uh the work that they put in coach Cory Brewer and and Ryan Frasier um putting in you know all of those guys just putting in countless hours and um we’re we’re grateful grateful to have them and you know we’re
We’re extremely happy and proud of uh that accomplishment that’s pretty cool and also big picture with that trade deadline coming up how do you handle that with your team is it something that that you discuss with individuals or as a group or is it something that you just
Write out until it comes and goes right now we just our focus is really on the game you know we when things come up if they do we we try to address them head on um but other than that we try to maintain our focus on the
Task at hand and like I said if if there’s something that we need to address we we make sure we do it and finally um third meeting with Houston when you flip on the film of the first two meetings what lessons did you glean from that you can use tonight two close
Games and it boils down to um our ability to take care of the ball at the end of games offense rebounds um just the little things the simple things throughout the course of a game that come back and they either win you those games when you do them well or
Or you can be on a losing end which we have been so um this a it’ll be another good test they’re a good team they play with toughness they just had a big win here on their home floor so they they’ll be playing with confidence for sure how is shenon Improvement helped Elevate
This team to where it is right now he’s playing at an All-Star caliber level this season um they’re playing through him and he’s delivering um his ability to score in the paint to make plays from the pocket pass van Fleet does a great job them two in picking
Rolls and he’s delivering so he’s a handful everyone knows it in the NBA We Know It And um we got to make sure we we do a good job on him tonight when you look at some of y’all’s possessions those those last nine minutes or so in
Boston um where do you think you guys could have been better we slowed the pace down um we turned the ball over in the fourth quarter we had too many turnovers in the fourth quarter and that’s what it comes down to you know executing offensively getting quality looks and it seems like
I’m saying the same thing and I really am because those are that this is what gives you an opportunity to win that game um but the turnovers and getting into our offense with force and Pace you know about her and Z for tonight yet yeah both of those guys will be out and
Last time we asked you about Z it was like there’s nothing structurally wrong this is just kind of some sess is it still the same situation as far as you know as far as I know it is yeah the previous two matchups hey coach previous two matchups against Houston you talked about their
Physicality MH what’s going to happen today is it the same thing that you guys have been emphasizing trying to be more physical under the and get those baskets and hustle more or what for sure they they have an identity um coach e has done a great job coming in and you know
Instilling how he wants this team to play they’re doing it and this game will be much of the same they’re going to be a physical team they’re G to come out try to play fast they do a great job of offensive rebounding and the ball will find singon it’ll find van Fleet late
And you got to make those guys uh take tough shots and try to take the ball out the their hands as much as you can I mean as a as a coach and a former point guard I mean I just want to touch base on Van Ved and maybe what You’ seen
Him had and and how was I know he hasn’t done it alone but how a guy like that at the top of your you know as thee of the snake can can really affect the team and create change of culture sometimes as seems to maybe happened here well you
From what I know and what I see on the floor he he’s a leader um you know he puts in he puts in his work you can see it as no he wouldn’t be in this position if he didn’t um I had an opportunity to coach against him when he was with
Toronto and he was doing the same thing there late game situations in the finals when I was with golden state he hit big shot after big shot he made big play after big play defensively and it’s what he’s done his whole career and when you
Make it to this league at that size you know you bring toughness you bring leadership and confidence and that’s what brought to to this team okay thank you
Houston Rockets vs. New Orleans Pelicans pregame interview with head coach Willie Green ahead of the Pelicans’ game on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. CT during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
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Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
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E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
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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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Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
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