LIVE: Heat vs. Pelicans Pregame w/ Willie Green 3/22/2024

LIVE: Heat vs. Pelicans Pregame w/ Willie Green 3/22/2024

E e e hey hey Jen how you doing good big picture can you walk me through how you go about living life without bi for the next two weeks at least it’s a big presence to replace for sure we’re going to miss him um 20 points per game he’s

Leading our team in assist um so we’re definitely going to miss him but we’re grateful that it wasn’t more than what it was I think you know the best outcome in terms of what happened to him you know of a bone contusion be reevaluated in a couple

Weeks so we’re going to miss him it’s you know the next guys just have to step up and uh as I mentioned to our guys today you know we have more than enough um to step up collectively and and do a bit more and for tonight are you

Expecting any emotion or chippiness to carry over from that game in February and any message to your squad about managing those emotions our mindset is to be the team in between the lines that executes um there disciplined it’s mentally tough you know maybe it those things can happen that’s a part of the

Game but we want to make sure that we we we stick to doing what we need to do to win the game kind of along those lines of J is composure for your team going to be as well absolutely Poise composure um and those those will be the

Keys tonight I I I think it it’ll be some added um emotions based on what happened last game and but for us it it it’s simple go out execute the game plan uh play our our style play up to our standards hey coach how you do can ask

About Zion here in his fourth year and what you’ve seen from him this year and and where maybe he’s grown from a year ago what part of his game yeah Z has been he’s been fantastic uh especially you guys are seeing maybe the last month and a half or so

Um he he can score in multiple ways we’re putting the ball in his hands more uh he’s playing more of a facility Ator score um his defense is he’s taking his defensive assignments to another level in terms of you know attacking guarding the ball blocking shots offensive rebounding so he he’s been tremendous

For us of you know and and he has more and that’s that’s the crazy part about him is as good as he is you know there’s there’s another level that he’s he’s going to get to and obviously the a huge presence for you guys in the lock room but on the you

How different you expect it to look just without his presence there yeah it’ll be different you know like I said we we’re going to miss him but the the the other guys have to step up and this will this will be a great opportunity great test

For us and uh you know we’ve had to manage playing with without guys before and some guys that get bigger roles and you know we’ll we’ll use some guys that probably wasn’t playing as much off our bench that’ll play more so it’s exciting um but we’re we’re definitely going to Miss

B and uh what kind of challenge do you think this will be for Zion in particular just stepping up you know without bi then being more of a consistent offensive presence not just with they scoring but playmaking just kind of not making up for everything bi

Brings but just stepping up his game a little bit more yeah he he’ll he’ll definitely meet the challenge um but it’s collectively it’s not just Z it’s it’s all of our guys have to do a bit more and that bit more is is is not get

Outside of who you are as a basketball player but it’s uh executing a bit more setting better screens rebounding the ball more you know not giving up Second Chance opportunities taking care of the basketball we have to be diligent about taking care of the basketball especially against another good defensive

Team right thanks okay thank you

Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Pelicans pregame interview with head coach Willie Green ahead of their game on Friday, March 22 at 7 p.m. CT during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
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