Dalton Knecht Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers Pre-Draft Workout

Dalton Knecht Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers Pre-Draft Workout

listen General how would uh how did the workout go for you today kind of what was the vibe of it the intensity how do you feel like you performed it was good I think I did good you know uh you know it’s always good seeing coach uh Billups and stuff you know he’s from uh Denver and stuff so it was cool just to be here see the facilities and you know this is my second workout so it was fun to get after it do you have any kind of relationship with him uh just you know as a kid just watching him at uh Denver and stuff and then you know he played at CU and stuff so we’d have a couple connections with him had him a couple times so it was good what are maybe some of the things you’re trying to highlight some of the skills you’re trying to show teams you possess in this draft uh you know just obviously people see my scoring and stuff and shooting but just everything like passing uh playmaking abilities and stuff like that so just all around game and uh as well as showing off my defense dog you made a leap from North Colorado Tennessee you got high usage high efficiency can you take lessons from that and go okay I’m going to the next level where I got to ratchet it up again and kind of take some of at least some of the lessons learned of going up a level in in competition and scheduling yeah I think it was just uh you know playing against higher competition I feel like every time I play against higher competition I play better so it’s just that and uh learning and you know watching film with coaches that’s also helped me and then just keep developing when you’re looking at your your career a lot of guys in this draft everybody keeps talking about it’s role players it’s role players you were a guy who was a high us guy do you look at that and go sure I can get on as a role player but I want to be more than that cuz obviously I showed at the last level that I can be more than just a role player uh I’m going to do whatever the team needs me to do so if that’s being a role player whatever it needs to be I’m going to go do that and do it at the best ability I can do I don’t know if you talk with Joe at all but obviously the GM obviously from Colorado too and he’s from pretty close to where you’re from yeah he’s from my hometown exactly from it live like a couple blocks away does that excite you at all to you know have like obviously John mentioned already but to join this kind of Colorado crew that got building here oh yeah it’s crazy you know uh right down the street from me so it’s kind of cool just to you know talk about that stuff type of stuff and you I haven’t been home in a long time so it’s kind of good just to see that what did you learn from that first workout that maybe you applied to this workout here what did you learn from your first workout that you applied to the workout here today uh you know obviously the first workout was kind of nervous but uh just kind of just taking it all in just kind of enjoying it and seeing you know the facilities and just going out and competing by yourself you know you’re one on0 so it’s a little bit different but you know the coaches are real competitive and you get they try to go after you so it’s good yeah I guess what are these solo workouts like when you know you have all eyes in the gym on you at all times well it’s good you know they get to you get to really put on a show and show the coaches and the GMS and stuff what you’re about when your last year at Northern Colorado at that point in time did did you do you feel like the NBA was was a real possibility for you kind of what what where were you at in terms of of what you thought your future was going to be at before you went to Tennessee uh you know I put my name in uh the draft and talked to some agencies and they told me I had to go to a higher market and play against better competition that’s what I did took a bet on myself and paid off pretty good so played off pretty good so that’s all I got to say what what kind of feedback did you get from teams this year at the combine compared to what you maybe got the year before when you thought about it uh you know just a lot of good stuff you know they said a lot of good uh things about it uh about my growth and stuff and how I kept playing good against the good competition the better comp position and stuff like that so it’s kind of good just to see that how do you view yourself positionally think it’s just a shooting guard or can you play the three at this level uh I think I could play two and three and then if I have to I could I think I could play the one you know big guard I played it at Tennessee a little bit so I think I could play a real versatile along the same lines as that other question I mean you were started in what Northeast Theo out there I mean what were your kind of thoughts when you were playing there you know what was you know how were you able to just kind of keep this belief uh you know I just had a lot of hard work uh believed in uh what my parents said is you know if you stay in the gym you’re going to get what you want and paid off you know so just always uh St confident in my craft and always put in the work thank you guys thank you

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