Keegan Murray Rising Stars Pregame Media Availability | 2.16.24

Keegan Murray Rising Stars Pregame Media Availability | 2.16.24

His his usual joke uh I mean mean he always he always just comes out to me and just asks how I’m doing um sarcastically um and jokingly but uh no he’s he’s a funny guy to have in the locker room um good spirit are you planning anything to come in grece for

Vacation maybe uh I’ve heard good things about it um haven’t gotten around to it though yet so thank you thank you he said that his coaching methods are very Innovative uh is there any coaching stood uh I mean Jory uh just what he’s taught me um is just just be aggressive

Um he’s been on me about defense things like that and I feel like without him I wouldn’t have made the strides I have this year so um he’s been he’s been big in that aspect the Indiana Fever number one draft Pi for the WBA the GM who would you Pi number one

Overall Caitlyn of course what about K uh I mean she’s I feel like she’s really good at getting her team involved um she’s not only a scorer but she’s she’s a contributor on the court so um I feel like she’s a good girl to have in your

Locker room a good uh franchise changer who’s that better than has taken you into his win uh uh dearen Fox um he’s been the biggest guy um I’ve I worked out with him all summer this uh this past summer so um he’s just been the biggest guy he’s been a friend of mine

So anything you’ve learned from Chris Chris dwarte uh just to have fun I mean he’s a guy that um whether he’s going through ups and downs he’s always having fun um always a good spirit um that’s kind of biggest thing he’s taught Me the players like you like his his character you have any special story any any any fun story that you you can yeah I mean Jordy uh he always when we’re going through the season he always comes up up with these games um that we play on the court before practice or

Whatever and um they always involve a tennis ball um whether uh it doesn’t matter what kind of game we’re playing it always involves the tennis ball so all these games tennis yeah yeah yeah all the games of tennisball he he talks to you the players

Abouta his homet yeah I don’t know if he he talks about his hometown to the players a lot yeah yeah I mean when I first got there he was always telling me I need to go visit sometime cuz I’ve never been on that part of the country

So um he keeps telling me to go visit that so I I’ll have to make a trip out there when yeah former uh one former player I’d probably say Pia um just being a to play with him um microwave so yeah one teammate would not let drive

Your car drive my car Malik monk no doubt it would be Malik monk uh he’s just he’s a wild guy sometimes but one team you would not want to room with on a road trip one team I wouldn’t want to room with uh besides Malik I’d probably go with Fox

Just because he’d be annoying me the whole time and then last question who is the most underrated trash talker in the underrated trash talker I’d probably say Anthony Edwards uh I mean he’s kind of been more vocal about it this year but he’s he’s pretty good at

It if you weren in the NBA what job uh size Sports yeah I want to be a financial advisor so probably that if the Aon Fox was what typ job think do uh what I don’t even know probably a high school teacher or something the first allar memory you

Ever remember having as a fan uh as a fan it’ probably be it was recent but Stephan and all those threes I what do you hit like 15 16 threes or something like that uh probably be my first preseason game as a rookie um we were played the Lakers

They had LeBron Russ ad so stepping on the court for the first time with those guys was probably my welcome to NBA do you have any probably say that Zack LaVine and Aaron Gordon won um I I feel like that was kind of my my first recollection of a dunk contest

Yeah yeah I is good for the sport um and the NBA and WNBA just to get that exposure and um show that there the skill sets is very similar between those between uh men and women so yeah yeah I mean you have the skills competition um where you go around pass

Shoot dribble things like that um I feel like that’ be a good one to involve them in um but I feel like the the Three-Point Contest is definitely step in the right direction uh I’m pretty down down the middle but I think I think Steph will get get her

So uh I’ll go Damen Lillard I’ll go Damian look yeah yep hey what’s up how’s the highlights Caroline if you could go back in time and watch any sporting event live what would it be any sporing event live uh probably the Super Bowl and the what was it the Patriots came back and

Beat the Falcons wow I probably want to be at their Liv so are you a p fan no I’m just I was a football fan yeah yeah okay and if it was one NBA game or an NBA event one would be uh NBA event it’ probably be the the series between the

Spurs and the Heat the Ray Allen 3 in the corner yeah Lu yeah appreciate it what do you remember about the run you had with Iowa in this field and what are some M moments for that you guys yeah we won what four four games in four

Days so um feel like it was a it was a big moment uh for the University and um just kind of putting Iowa basketball in the right direction but it was it was fun just cuz it’s kind of set up like an a tournament um winning those games in that many

Days the best or worst uh the best was probably be those Toronto Raptors with the almost like lightning bolts on almost the purple ones but those probably the best ones the worst ones uh I don’t know whatever gold jersey whatever kind of gold jersey there is y ask just question about Brandon Miller

You got a chance to see him I think one year takes he’s played this season yeah yeah I mean he’s I mean I feel like he’s gotten better throughout the season um as a rookie that’s really special because you you kind of go through those slumps up and down but he’s stayed with

It and uh been really good for them you seen anything I think complely the last three or four weeks I don’t how much you have a chance to see Ison yeah I mean I feel like he becoming more of a three level score um gain downhill playing transition um and also

Hitting thre so um I feel like he’s been he’s been really good on those levels yeah yeah yeah yeah um it’s it’s pretty cool um surreal for sure um but it’s it’s special being able to have a twin in the NBA um and we’ve been on little separate

Paths um to get here so um it’s it’s cool to see him in a Portland uniform uh we talk every day um where it’s about life basketball things like that so um he’s I just tell him to keep sticking with it it’s a long season um

He’s going to have a long career so just stick with it um your first couple games your first couple months isn’t going to Define who you are so like that uh I mean he’s been busy so we haven’t recently but in college we’re we’re playing one-on-one against each other a lot for

Sure uh me go with me yeah Yeah yeah I feel like um you see more guys that played more years in college become more successful in the NBA so um it’s not just a oneandone league anymore I feel like um just having those extra years of experience um going as hard competition definitely helps the

Hard uh I’d probably just say just the level um physicality athleticism um it’s a lot different than in college um every guy in the NBA can score the ball um and hit shots so that’s that’s definitely different yeah yeah the League’s definitely changed um just being able

Guys being able to score a lot obviously the courts wider than College um longer than College three-point line is different so um there’s a lot of changes and it’s it’s obviously a lot different you see these guys come from the G league go the NBA without going to

College how do you think their path differ differs from yeah um I mean they’re playing against professionals I’m out of young age so um being able to be 17 18 years old playing as professionals definitely helps um you’ve seen guys like Jaylen green scoot Henderson um have success in this league

Um coming from the G League you’re going to be able to that place recording one yeah I mean hopefully um I mean I don’t I don’t think I’ve ever gotten as hot um like that to hit 12 threes in a game but um what’s the record 14 so um we’ll see

We’ll see who’s your childhood NBA I mean I was always a LeBron fan um growing up uh just being from the Midwest we really didn’t being from Iowa really didn’t have an NBA team so I was always a LeBron fan what’s your line slide in a DM What’s My

Line bro I never I don’t know come up with some weird catchphrase um say what’s up and then you days College two days into college was that the three lectures thing yeah I I don’t remember the end of it but knowand yeah Leandro yeah yeah me and my

Friend are braziliano all right we on the road with NBA Brazil okay in this motor room do you learn some uh Portuguese Portuguese word uh no I have no clue you think Brazilian food I’m not eating Brazilian food he’s never introduced me to any of that oh can I

Can I learn for you yeah go for it teach me for it yeah teach me yeah yeah go for it so uh basketball in Portuguese is basting baset Bas baset all right yeah appreciate it when you were here last year what what did that event mean to you and

How how did that spur you on and maybe give you extra motivation yeah um I feel like whenever you have Rising Star you kind of want to get to that Sunday game um you kind of you want to be an All-Star have that motivation to be an

Allstar so um just being last year in Utah here in Indie um creates that motivation and play on Sunday do you remember as a kid the point where you thought I like basketball but I I could be a professional uh I mean I’ve always loved basketball growing up um I kind of

Was planning for a scholarship to get to college and once I got to college that’s kind of when I felt like I could play at the NBA level um so it it really was when I was a kid that I realized it was kind of a couple years ago to be honest

Were there any friends and family that maybe saw you at some point like wow he did it like I mean yeah take me through some of those stories that you had proven people that you could do it yeah I mean um I feel like a lot of my

Friends um coming from a Small Town Iowa um are still kind of astonished that I’m I’m in this position um so it’s just it’s been really cool to to see them um see my success and and and just love me for that my mom’s still astonished to

This day that I’m in the NBA so um she’s she’s just been she’s been cool in that aspect what was the first thing you splurged on when you got a big NBA paycheck uh I had to get a car cuz I I shared a brother or I shared a car with

My brother um in college so I didn’t I didn’t have a car was the f I mean you got a little bells and whistles trimmed it out uh no I haven’t done anything I got a BMW but I haven’t I haven’t done anything to it yet so how about your

Shoe collection how important is what you wear on the court and then also off the court uh I mean I’m not a very fashionable guy I I like being comfortable um so I just have a bunch of the same pairs of shoes um on the cord

That I wear um that are black and white so uh one more thing downtime on the road Netflix what you binge watching uh I’m watching louder milk right now um I think it just came out but that’s kind of like a dry humor kind of show just

Keep the one finish it then go to the next one is that your strategy yeah yeah yeah I just put that on repeat um on the plane things like that so y up describa one song or album uh shoot Alum uh Soul fly by Rod wave I

Probably just say there’s a lot of a lot of bangers a lot of sad songs up and down roller coaster so you play leg of any NBA legend uh I probably go a Shaq see if I could stop him on the post I feel like that’ be interesting yep

Yep uh i’ probably say Luca um he he’s been my matchup uh this year and um he plays at his own pace and it’s hard to hard to change that I’ve been saying stuff so I I’ll stick with stuff and your favorite European soccer team favorite European soccer team uh I

Mean I don’t know I’ll probably go uh I I I already have a favorite one yeah Y what up team has a crazy crazy fan base uh Philly’s fan base rocks with them uh pretty good um Golden State we’ve obviously had some tough battles with them so that’s always fun to play there

Yep yep if you had to play alongside any celebrity who would it be any celebrity uh i’ probably go Kevin Hart I feel like that that’d be that’d be pretty fun yeah he can hoop too yeah yeah he’s been in some celebrity games so

Keegan Murray speaks to the media prior to the 2024 Panini Rising Stars Game at 2024 All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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