Devin Carter Intro Press Conference: “I heard Kings fans are the best in the country”

Devin Carter Intro Press Conference: “I heard Kings fans are the best in the country”

uh you know just a winning player uh through his through his time in college uh especially this year uh both ends of the Court uh plays hard every night and uh you know we’re looking forward to to injecting that here to our team in Sacramento so uh lastly my wife said she approves of your number she was also 22 so good choice uh with that I’ll turn it over to Deon appreciate it Monty uh just super excited to be here in Sacramento uh like Monty said used to live here uh play Au ball yba I don’t know if you guys are familiar with that but uh yeah just super excited to be here uh think you’re getting a winning player uh older guy in the class just somebody who wants to come in work hard from day one and uh do all the Dirty Work neble to win so uh like I said super excited to be here and uh you know we’ll take questions welcome to um just when you think about uh when you were here before uh do you remember the school and what kind of neighborhoods and what it was like living here in Sacramento yeah we lived in uh Roseville right yeah it was Roseville and then uh I went to Creek View so uh you know got a few buckets over there but it was great though definitely had a great experience here and what’s it like just this last I don’t know 24 hours or so since arriving in Sacramento um I know it’s hot but just what what’s your overall impressions of just being here and having all this attention toward your yeah yeah um I mean everybody here is super nice I love it out here already uh the weather is Extreme hot but uh now I’m super blessed to be here I me all glory to God uh this is just a great experience and uh like I said I’m just ready to get to work so definitely see wearing a shirt today that’s cool um I know things you know pretty fast you know since the draft you know land here just couple L 36 hours ago but have you spoke to uh OT the players uh sabonis Fox anything like that and what those discussion was like uh after the draft you know I got a few texts from from some players uh talked to Fox talked to Malik and then uh you know just around the facility talk to Keon talk to uh Kobe so just looking forward to building that relationship with them uh you know spending time with them off the court so on the court you know you get a well connected family so know there going to be a lot of questions you know about your play and we already know you know you’re bifi a two-way player you know coming up to this level is there anything that you U concentrating on as working in make your game stronger that you have big concerns about or um I think just at the next level in the NBA you know for college especially I didn’t shoot mid-ranges you know uh my coach didn’t let me shoot mid-ranges so uh he thought it just wasn’t an efficient shot but in NBA you know being a three-way SC is super important so I I think just adding a consistent mid-range game to my game is what I’m going to you know try to work on the most uh just first you know obviously work on everything but uh I think I’m G do that first hey guys J G from CBS 13 Monty for you uh you guys made a trade on that second day with the Raptors sending daveon and Sasha to there and your second round picks in exchange for Al Daniels can you just take me through the thought process of making that trade and if there was any validity to Sasha specifically asking for a trade out of sacamento well first just want to say um you know we wish we wish Davon and Sasha the best and a lot of Great Moments I think for both of them here in Sacramento over the last uh year plus um but yeah just I think uh better opportunity for them and uh for us to add uh somebody in jayen with with some size and length uh up on the front line so um you know a little bit of rebal on the roster and uh you know hopefully those guys will continue to do well uh in toron hey Deon Mator jbc1 welcome to Sacramento sorry about theat watching just watching your film watching you uh play last year and over the last couple of years on the defensive end it seems like you take that not just seriously but you almost take a certain amount of pride on that end of the floor and and I’m curious where that comes from and and how much you enjoy stopping versus scoring yeah came from that guy right there I mean I just throughout my whole life um I saw how he got on the court which is by his defense you know everybody just you know it kind of gets to be repetitive when you’re walking around basketball games and everybody like your dad was a dog on the defensive again stuff like that so just you know trying my best to uh mimic that and you know at the end of the day if you’re not scoring if you’re not doing anything else you can at least guard and take that personally so you know you want to give the coach a reason to play you and uh every coach wants somebody who plays defense so I like you said I just proud myself on that endend and then uh but for me personally I think that my defense turns into offense as well so you know if I get a stop or a block or a steal um I’m able to turn that into you know good momentum on the offensive end and uh I think I feed off of that too same with my teammates so hi welcome to Sacramento um what uh we we heard a little bit about a shoulder injury which shoulder uh when did it happen how’d you do it um and what have you learned just about the extent of that and then Monty if you wouldn’t mind addressing that maybe as well um yeah so uh you know I haven’t met with the team doctors or anything yet uh you know we’re still going to go from there so I can’t really give you a timetable or anything like that so once I meet with the team doctors uh we’ll figure a solution out you know just happened in a workout uh you know like I said I’m not really too sure of everything what’s going on with it so uh yeah that’s all I can give you right now yeah from you know for us obviously something we knew about uh the NBA does a great job with the pre-draft process process uh especially with the new rules in place so uh you know medical and all these guys and talking with with Devon’s team in the process as well uh you know we were aware and uh you know now we’re going to meet with the doctors this week and see see uh what the best course of action is but um I know you know long term we’re very positive on on deon’s Outlook and we’ll just see uh see what happens in the short term what’s up Deon Brandon saon Sports congrats man how much do you hope to have an impact early in your career and what do you feel like both mentally and your skill set allows you to do that um early in my career I just want to impact winning uh you know college um I wasn’t I wasn’t focused on like the IND individual awards that I got you know the first team the Bigg bloody I wasn’t focused on that I think that me being focused on winning and just playing the right way the individual Awards came with that so um you know I don’t have any like rookie goals or anything like that my my main concern is just winning and playing the right way and and then you know if those Awards come with winning then you know I’d happily take them but uh I think that just me playing the right way and playing with my teammates uh being a great teammate being able to uh listen and learn uh not being hard-headed and stuff just uh I think that from day one as well and then Monty uh under the same sort of category there how valuable is it specifically with new CBA and everything to have a player that contributes on a rookie deal yeah for sure I mean obviously these guys when they’re uh much younger than than I am these days and uh a long career ahead of them so you know we talk about the draft being being a time not just to add to our team now but hopefully somebody that could be here for you know five to 10 years down the road be a part of our team and you know I think for for Devon we’re always looking for two-way guys so seems obvious but you got to defend you got to score uh and you know we need to be better on both ends uh and the way the League’s going uh you got to be able to to do it all uh otherwise you teams are going to find find that weakness and and pick on it and uh you know the good thing about Devon is you know he he’s been able to show all all those facets of his game so yeah we’re excited about not just not just the near turn with him but you know his future as well Devin your your three-point shot took a really big leap statistically this past season what do you attribute that to and how confident are you in that transferring over into your your first NBA season yeah um I mean I’m super confident in my three-point shot um I’m sure sure you watched some film I’m sure you saw deep shots I was shooting so uh I’m definitely confident in my three-point shot me and my dad you know we wored countless hours on my shoot my shooting um you know coach Kim came to Providence and he just he told me he wanted me to shoot seven threes minimum a game and uh just hearing him say that from day one just building that confidence back up that I lost uh was so big time and uh I think just me having my confidence back from when he first got there you know through the whole summer uh just telling me shot it you know even when I didn’t think I was open he said shoot it cuz he thought I was uh just hearing that confidence from your head coach just really made me want to know get in the gym and just keep getting the Reps up and everything so uh yeah I just appreciate Kim for that giving me my confidence back dein um you’re going to be playing with some extremely you The Playmakers uh with sabonis and uh Monk and I I noticed sum you know your highlight uh Wills you have Court vision and you’re a great passer too uh uh is there anything that you know you can contribute as far as U uh playmaking how do you feel about your playmaking skills um I feel really good in my playmaking skills um I think I know I I get to figure out my teammates and where they like their shots um what kind of passes they like you know some people like the seems to be perfect some like I like to learn that throughout my team from my teammates throughout the uh offseason and everything you know just practicing with them um so to answer your question I think my Play Making is you know very good um you know like I said I get my teammate shots and everything get my own shots if I want so um hey Devin way back here brother Kevin John ABC 10 uh so we talked a lot about what you’re going to bring to this team on the court playmaking ability defense three-point shooting Etc but you’re also someone who uh is not shy about displaying your personality right whether that’s through your clothes we all saw your fit on draft night what you give that one through 10 so what do I give that one through 10 yeah I would have to exceed the scale I give that there go job now in addition to that I I’ve seen a Tik Tok video serving new um you know your King’s uniform as far as your personal and just everything that you bring off the court does uh does that come from that or what’s the inspiration behind um I mean that’s just me I think that you know when you move around so much uh as a kid you know City to City you just have to figure out how to meet new people and figure out how to talk to new people so I think that just moving a lot moving around a lot helped me build that personality you know just to be able to make people laugh and uh just Express who I am I mean you know I’m not going to change uh uh just for somebody I mean if you like me you like me if you don’t I mean that’s just me so that’s to answer your question hey D how’s it going maning um how much do you think playing three years of college ball uh helped you like what ways did it help you to get that experience of three years of college ball maybe on and off the court yeah um playing college ball for three years was big time to me uh no freshman year it was a pretty good year sophomore year was PR good and then junior year you know you’re you’re older you’re mature you start to find yourself more so um I think that’s also going to help translate to you know the NBA just because um let’s say the freshman year that I had with my three-point percent just being 29% or whatever and I got my confidence shook it’d be a lot harder to get that back in the NBA than you know college so I think that you know being older going through that you know as a teenager not being 22 years old I think that just uh you know having that maturity and uh mindset uh just going forward is is really helpful so Devin yesterday you got greeted by a bunch of fans at Sacramento International Airport just what was that like to just to feel the fan base right when you land and what have you heard about the Sacramento Kings fan base in general man it was electric uh I mean they were ringing those cow bells uh it was uh purple everywhere I think my new favorite color might be purple now so uh man it’s great though I mean I just definitely feel welcomed here um like I said very blessed to be here uh flight was smooth but uh no it’s great though just super excited to be here and you know I heard that they’re the best fans in the country so I’m just excited to uh go out there and perform in front of them you know win some games for him make playoffs Monty on draft night you talked right you talked about on draft night just his rebounding and the transferable skill you think that is the NBA and also what that says about his game whether it’s from you or your Scouts what is it is there anything specific that when you first saw Deon or your Scouts first saw Deon that jumped off the page whether it was this year Whatever Whenever you discovered him I think for sure the first thing that that jumps off uh in film with Devon is just how hard he plays um and you know I think that that shows up in the Box SC uh in some of the stats and uh you know basketball is about the ball and Deon goes and gets the ball so miss shot he goes and gets it loose ball he goes gets he takes it from the other team then he goes and puts it in the other basket so um you know it sounds simple but you know we see that all over when we watch him uh when we talk to him and then you know when we look at this the statistics and when those things all line up um you know we feel confident he’ll be able to do at the next level Devon Malik got voted gq’s most stylish player of the year last year I was just wondering if you were playing on competing for that at all um I don’t know I let GQ decide yeah you as last one Tony well so I know we uh just talked about you know U his shoulder but is there uh at this point do you know that he will be able to participate California classic mon we we we don’t know yet we’ll give with the doctors here this week and we’ll see uh we’ll see what that’ll look like but uh whatever it is De whether it’s uh you know next week or or later on work on Court and uh like I said he’s going to impact winning in a lot of ways there’s going to be a lot of cowbo Pete Run for all the plays that was going to make on the floor uh and uh maybe even when we’re playing a certain team with somebody else on the sideline that you wanted to be so uh know we’re excited for when that time comes but we’ll find out thank you everyone

Sacramento Kings rookie Devin Carter and general manager Monte McNair spoke with reporters for the first time in Sacramento. They discussed Carter’s potential role early in the NBA, the impact his father had on him — including growing up in Sacramento — the love he’s received from the fans, and plenty more.

Also, an injury update and if he will be participating in the California Classic Summer League games later this weekend.

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