SHOOTAROUND SOUND: HORNETS VS. MAGIC | COACH MOSE & COLE ANTHONY

SHOOTAROUND SOUND: HORNETS VS. MAGIC | COACH MOSE & COLE ANTHONY

You look at this matchup tonight what what are some of the challenges the the Hornets present and and some of the areas you want your group to focus on heading into this matchup well I I think really it’s more it’s about us and how we’re taking care of the basketball they

Do a good job of turning the over uh coach Clifford does a great job of mixing defenses up uh being aggressive uh but offensively they’re clicking at a good Pace right now meic is playing very good basketball Brandon’s playing very good basketball so we just got to make

Sure we’re defending the right way without fouling taking care of the basketball uh and executing our offensive sets a win tonight would clinch a spot in the play in tournament obviously you have large aspirations plenty of games left but what what would that potentially represent I think it it

It says a lot about this group and what they’ve been able to do and how they’ve been continuing to play together and grow uh from the beginning of the year uh but more importantly you know we just want to continue to take it one game at

A time focus on you know our opponent in front of us mention the turnovers that’s been it’s been an you know at Le statistically an issue all year how do you go about trying to turnover keeping guys aggressive you know trying to make trying to make plays but being smart

With I mean there’s combinations of why um and I I think so you know some of it is at times due to spacing some of it’s trying to make the right play at at not the right time uh you know a lot of those things we just have to continue to

Clean up with lines of communication understanding where we want to be in our offense and then just being intentional in in all your decision making with with a with a I mean I know this I know you guys are competing competing for something but with a with a young team

Do you have to maybe accept a certain number of mistakes just to let just to let guys learn what the right play what what the right play is or how how do you how do you kind of find that balance between allowing players to to experiment and display but also being

Concerned about protecting profession Well what we’ll do in film sessions a lot of times is with if turnover happens the game we’ll rewatch it and we’ll get the the thoughts and and what they saw in that moment cuz a lot of times guys see something differently that may the

Defense may not have have been presenting uh that they didn’t see or that we you know they thought they thought something different so I really think it’s just good to get their views on what’s Happening and how we can clean it up and then being able to see hear

What they see on the court is very important this this this team has been very good about being able to apply lessons in previous games do you feel like that they’re training with turn especially you feel like they’re trending in the right direction that they that they apply those lessons

Really well I think we are I definitely think we are and I think we talked about being able to play our best basketball in March and April right now and I think that’s kind of the directions we’re heading in know you’ve talked about it all year but the home crowd obviously

Been big fact for you guys what’s the energy kind of been like from your perspective fantastic our fans have been absolutely incredible the energy and the building has been great they they push us to wins you can just hear the excitement and the joy in which they

Have for us and which it’s which allows our guys to come out and play with so much joy and passion not just you know for the game but for our fans that continue to support us what have you made of the the second unit’s performance these past couple games and

And what are you hoping to kind of see more out of them in this final stretch of the regular season I think just being able to flow off and play off of each other we had a great discussion today uh about how wanting and needing them to continue to play uh defensively getting

After it like they have been but offensively more than anything just can continue to find their flow with playing off each other reading reacting versus overthinking the game where do you think or how has marel fit in playing alongside Cole I think they’ve you know they’re continuing to grow they’ve done

It before so that’s I think just being able to get familiar with it again is a big portion of it I know I’m m something that’s maybe weeks away in the making but let’s say you do make the playoffs uh do you consider shortening your rotation or do

You go with um the same kind of you know have use your depth to your advantage you know I think it’s just going to present whatever matchup you know presents itself I think you go from from there you know you know I don’t want to just jump ahead in that

Situation now versus just seeing what you know what game is what the game is giving us must be must be rotten to have someone asking about something that could happen 3 weeks from now when you’ve got business to handle that’s okay that’s all we talk about taking it one game at a

Time some some of these jerks in the media don’t don’t give you any don’t make it tough for you no jerks you guys are awesome oh I know one of us who is Jason no no no I’m not looking at Jason that’s me he and philli and Jake and Dan and

Owen Josh they’re the you guys are do no you all do a great job honestly so very appreciative of what you guys do so thank you all right J appreciate you guys what do you want to see out of your group as prepare for the Hornets a

Win love to see a win but um you know we just want to stay consistent um keep guarding and um just continue to improve in all assets of the game what do you feel like maybe the second unit has since the inclusion of marel and that second you obviously you

Guys have played together before but how have you found famili familiarity again um it’s a little different I mean it’s definitely shaking the dynamic of our lineup but I mean I think any player like anytime you had a player like Kell to a lineup it’s it’s a positive so I

Think we just you know we’re all just kind of adjusting to playing with each other after you know him spending a lot of time with that first unit and us not playing too much time together but um you know I think we I don’t think we’ve

Still I don’t think we’ve hit our shride yet with that second unit and I think we’re well on our way and I think when we do we going that’s when that you know it’ll take off what do you think that looks like in your stride like what do you think is

Missing um I just think that you know we don’t have too much of a flow on the offensive side right now I think defensively I think we’re still doing pretty pretty Dam good job and that’s we both first and second unit but um on the offensive side I think that you know

Just kind of once everybody finds their KNE especially in that second lineup just you know KN when Joe’s going get his touches I’m going to get my touches Kell going to get his touches Mo get his touches J will get his touches um I just think you know we we we’ll

Improve team one of the things that team struggled with throughout the years is turnovers where do you where do you feel the team is as far as protecting possessions and and and valuing the balls as get closer didn’t we have a lower turnover game last game last two

In I bugging so I mean I think you know that’s just something I think at times we can all as a team get pass happy which I don’t think is particularly a bad thing but Sho at some point you just got to say I’m going shoot this we I got

A good look I’m not going to pass I know when D last game had a had a mean look where he caught the rock it was no one on him he has sa for the end getting I’m like yo like see like and they’ll shoot

40 so you know we call him Mr 40 but um yeah you know I think um we just everyone just we know we’re coming to our own we just we know we all want to see the person next to us succeed and so at times that can cre a level of

Selflessness so um yeah we going to be all right oh Mr 40 yeah he shoot 40 or he might I don’t we we say he shoot 40 and he look like he shoot 40 so we call him Mr no we don’t call him Mr 40 that’s a little uh

You know what I’m saying yeah past couple games uh you know Paulo’s done really well coming out of the third quarter you making those second half adjustments just what have he made of his play in that period in particular I mean Pal’s a man he’s he’s franchise all like he’s just he’s

He’s really good at the game and he he’s one of those players just don’t to find a way regardless of what’s throwing at him you know they throwing double teams triple teams at him he going to find a way and you know it’s our job supporting

Cat to help him you know just how we can can but you know that little Little D good you’re not I can’t even call him little he put him on a scale that joint said that was a high weight he’s a strong kid and I know you mentioned you

Know hitting the shride as an entire second unit but but what about you know you personally what are you trying to hone in on in this final stretch of the regular season um I mean it’s a little different you know playing more off ball especially in the second unit but um you

Know that ain’t that ain’t going to fase me I mean I’m just for me I think it’s um matter of just taking the opportunity of the looks I get and you know just capitalizing on those you know three ball hasn’t this is probably the worst

I’ve shot three ball in a few years so I’m expecting that to come back I me I’ve been putting my reps in I do my due diligence and um you know I think once I can get that three ball click and it’ll kind of let everything else fall into

Place cuz I I get especially with this I mean especially this year I’ve been getting some good looks to where you know Drive swing swings whatever it is Catch and shoot threes you know I just got to hit them and so I’ll be it does it feel like this this team still has

Another gear that that it can reach yeah absolutely cuz as I mean we still haven’t got to the point where we have everybody hit from all angles like we we got we got uh we’ve had a few dudes playing well here a few playing well there but once we get

Everybody hitting it’s going to be it’s going to be scary how much of a home court advantage has um I mean looking at our record what it we 23 and9 23 and 10 something like that I mean tells you right there I think it said I think I saw I think

We’re third in the East with home court record eighth in the NBA so I mean I still think we can improve on that before the season ends especially with this long home stretch right here but um yeah n you know the home crowd just does something for us they just they all come

In they have great energy still have times where I’m hearing they other people cheer for other people but you know we got a great environment here and the fans have done a heck of a job just showing us support all year not necessarily related to the Kia Center

How often do you hear something from fans like hey uh you help me hit my parlay or you you ruin my part in other words how much do you hear gambling related pretty often pretty of and I I I’m praying I’m praying on every gamblers downfall that bets on anyone on

This team I’m praying on your downfalls I hope I hope the under the over whatever is hit whatever you bet on I hope you don’t hit so um yeah n I’m just messing right I know I I know you are but um does it ever get really there’s

Some there’s some things people should never say to someone else does it ever get nasty where you’re hearing something where yo I seen this dude on t talk recently who has a whole series where he um he goes on rants about players about yo why you should never bet on them cuz

I think he bets on them and they like maybe don’t hit and I think there was one about frons and but there was a few and I just like yo this is like this is sickening to like not sickening but like this is like it’s all it’s funny in a

Way to see this stuff that how serious lot of people how serious a lot of people take this and um yeah it can be a lot I mean there’s definitely some nasty things being said but you know we’re professionals and we got so much other stuff going on in our lives that that’s

Not the main concern of our Focus but we definitely see it it’s definitely see win tonight with cliner spot at worst a play in tournament oh at worst at worst really yeah that’s pretty cool I didn’t know that now that you know that what what does that mean this team I mean

Truth be told it don’t really mean too much I mean obviously that’s cool to see that we’ve at least clinched a playin spot but we not we not here to play for the play we want to we want to solidify a playoff spot that’s I think we’re in a

Position where we can do that and I think we just stay focused and keep taking care of business working hard we going to have a chance and we going to be all right yes sir all right

0:00 – 4:43: Coach Mose
4:44 – 11:13: Cole Anthony

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