Larry Nance Jr. on Impact of Pelicans Bench, Cavs Game | New Orleans Pelicans
We got a lot of guys that um can put points on the board can create their own shots can you know can shoot themselves but you know you know guys like Naji Jose Trey um you know anybody that’s really coming off the bench is you know tucking their ego sacrificing
Sacrificing maybe their own personal good for the good of the team and I think what I think we might have the second best second best you know plus Min bench in the league and that’s that’s what our job is to do our job is to win minutes yeah I mean how much do
You guys as a bench just PR tell you ni Jose like that that aspect no that’s that’s that’s uh that’s what we that’s what we’re out there to do you know is is um you know protect you know really play support character you know
Obviously we’ve got you know b i z CJ uh Jonas Trey when he’s cooking you know we got some really good main characters and the rest of us are there to um the rest of us are there to help you know help them create their story and and so um I
Think we do a really good job of of of protecting them defensively and and uh you know also adding to their adding to what they do offensively so it’s a good balance how much I mean you mentioned the defense how much of that has been a
Factor that you guys are able to come in and just kind of shut people down and you rank near the top and I think you’re number one in steals in terms of benches for example yeah I mean look that that’s that’s who we are that’s what we do you
Know when we check in the game it’s it’s uh you know all held all held Breaks Loose that’s what we try to do and and just change the momentum change the pace of the game you know get stops run throw lobs you know um you know we we we just
Just try to have fun and and and for us for us that’s being Scrappy being gritty and and basically just outworking the other team as far as Cleveland goes knowing that they’re going to be down several players how do you guys not Overlook that right way look there’s no
Easy wins in the NBA I don’t care who you’re playing against um you know and obviously this Cleveland team is third in the East for a reason you know they’re no joke and and um you know but they they’re no joke so I I I don’t
Think we’re not we’re not a te to take people take teams for granted and take you know really fall asleep at the wheel like that now you know can they beat us absolutely and you know they we’ve shown we’ve shown that we can be beaten on
Nights like this but at the same time you know I think we got a good level of focus guys were really locked in today to shoot around and and um you know this is this is this is less about this is less about pel’s Cavs and more about n
Vers n you know really that’s all I that’s all I’m worried about did your brother crash at the team Hotel did you give him a spare bedroom last night no no no he came over for dinner and then I I let him uh kicked him out kicked him
Out you know he’s already staying at one of my houses so I didn’t want to you know I didn’t want to have him stay at this one too good you have a little advantage that I’m sure you’re way more familiar with Cleveland than than most players are across the NBA because of
How close you you follow them yeah for sure you know that’s um yeah I always say I want them to go I want them to go 80 and two you know I want them to win every single game except when they play us so um you I got a lot of friends over
There on the coaching staff players training staff and all that good stuff and you know um it is a little bit of Advantage I know they’re you know I know what they’re play calls are and stuff like that so um it it’ll be fun one t night and I’m just really looking
Forward to uh competing against a lot of my friends yeah I mean just big picture with the Cavs as a franchise once it been like just like LeBron is no longer there it’s it’s really hard when you lose a player like like them finding success again kind of post LeBron these
Past couple years no it’s been it’s been so much fun to watch and something that I’m rooting for um obviously you know it’s uh you know the guys again a lot of the guys that are Star in starring roles now I was with as rookies you know Isaac aoro he
Um you know was with him when he started Darius Garland was there when he started Jared Allen was there when he got traded um I was on the team when EV Moy got drafted so all these guys I know and and have gotten to see them grow and it’s
Just been really really fun to see their development um you on and off the court so I I’m just uh like I said I’m a fan of that team as long as they’re not playing us you mentioned back in like media day training camp that with your
Brother that you would you going to try to do everything that he could to see him play a game like in person even though it’s tough with the schedule what would it be like to see like first time in person that he plays in the NBA
Playing against you um yeah I I hadn’t even dreamt that one up honestly um you know the fact that the fact that he’s even here right now I’m just you know so proud of him obviously it’s it’s so hard to make the NBA and it’s one in however
Many get to make it so um you know but if for whatever reason he gets to play tonight and and and you know he checks in I I I’ll I’ll put myself back in the game I’m going full cord ISO you know the Kobe clip where he’s breaking the
Triangle I’m you know clear out I’m going to work
New Orleans Pelicans forward / center Larry Nance Jr.’s shootaround interview from Wednesday, March 13 ahead of tonight’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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