Josh Giddey and Kenrich Williams Shootaround Media Availability | February 6, 2024 | OKC Thunder

Josh Giddey and Kenrich Williams Shootaround Media Availability | February 6, 2024 | OKC Thunder

Josh last game coach gave you guys a lot of credit for the quick decisions that you made just out of you know Shay getting double teamed and all that how important was that that match up there it was good I mean obviously he he got off the bowl a lot which made things

Easy for us other guys and um you know with the talented group that we have we’re going to see a lot of different defensive coverages and that’s one of many that we have seen but uh credit to him he got off the ball when we played

Four and three for a lot of the night and uh I think guys in that second half and overtime stepped up and we made plays and got the win I’ve been wanting to ask you what’s going through your mind when you’re getting the ball and

You’re about to go take the ball out on the sideline or on the Baseline like are are those sort of plays like exciting for you they are I mean you know usually teams when they’re inbounded from the baseline or Sidelines just to get the ball back inbound but for us you know

It’s like a live play and we’re trying to score and um you know like we got guys that cut they get in the right spots and um my job’s pretty easy I just got to get them the ball and uh they do a good job of you know being in the

Right position and um you know we executed out of bounds play pretty well what’s it like having a guy like Aaron knowing that he’s seems so always just find the seams and the cuts out there he does I mean you know I think you know speaks that that last play we ran

Obviously a lot of attention goes to Shay in that position we down to with eight seconds left people think the Bull’s going to him and probably was going to go to him but um coach Drew up a great play and wigs made a good read

And we got him a layup but um he he’s a lead on that end of the floor cut in uh he he’s always in the right spot makes the right play so um he’s been great you know I think over a number of weeks now

He’s been really good for us um in that role and um he’s been huge Off the Bench in that second unit what point did you know Aaron was going to be open on that play I knew pretty early I mean cuz he was a screener for Shay I knew you know

They weren’t going to leave Shay and um as I say coach made a great play and wigs made a good read and it was pretty easy for me all I had to do was get him the ball and uh he was in the right spot and it was easy layup what are the

Points of emphasis playing this team now for the third time um you know we know they have obviously the main engine Lowry he’s that main guy and um a lot of that stuff runs through him but they got big buddies they crashed the glass offensive rebound so that’s a point of

Emphasis um for us just making sure we clean out the boards it’s been a probably a weak point for our team throughout the season but um it’s something we’re addressing getting better at so I think just sending guys to the boards um making sure we limit

Them to one shot is going to be you know big key tonight what’s your approach to this game coming off a great one Sunday night against Toronto yeah I mean no no different I mean um it’s a new game it’s a new day whatever happened against

Toronto you know was in the past now and uh we you know look to the Future and uh tonight’s a new opportunity for all of us to get better keep improving as a team and individually and um you know keep taking steps in the right direction

You got Trey back out here today what was it like seeing him for the first time it was good um it was great to have him back obviously it’s been a you know exciting couple you know weeks for him I guess with his birthday the birth of his

Um his son uh but it’s great having him back around the team kener should you give Trey any uh any dad advice uh yeah I did actually I did I told him um while he’s on a trip get make sure he get some rest uh cuz I know

He ain’t sleeping right now but uh overall just told him to enjoy it and enjoy fatherhood what’s it like just having him back on the floor after missing a couple of games it’s good man he’s he brings great energy every day uh he’s a funny guy so he makes it makes

The whole team laugh and this is good to have him back and then just recognizing that going up against Utah again tonight you fac them just a few weeks ago what are some of the the biggest keys for you guys mentally coming into this game uh

Just pretty much same game plans as last time they got a few um players on the team playing pretty well marinin and Clarkson and um and seon uh a lot of those guys they can get it going quick so just buckling down on defense uh the defensive game play and uh just continue

To do what we do uh build every day and build every game when you got a A guy like Aaron who’s going the way that he’s going right now what what’s that like around the team uh man it’s it’s good energy it’s good energy uh especially for a guy

Like like wigs who who uh is is starting to come into his own um you can see it and the team’s just embracing it we’re all embracing it we’re all just super happy for him and uh it’s a good feeling to to get uh get wigs going like that

Utah their record doesn’t look great but they’re a better team with the record indicates and you guys have beaten them I think five times in a row obviously you guys got to know you’re going to get their best shot tonight yeah for sure always I feel like man we get uh we

Always get team’s best best shot uh they well coach team um yeah of course they’re the record doesn’t say say it but uh they’re better than they’re better than what the record says and uh we know that uh we got to be ready tonight ready to go uh from the jump

Josh Giddey and Kenrich Williams speak with media following today’s shootaround.

0:00 Josh Giddey
2:39 Kenrich Williams

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