CJ McCollum talks Improvements, Roster | Pelicans-Grizzlies Shootaround 12/26/2023

CJ McCollum talks Improvements, Roster | Pelicans-Grizzlies Shootaround 12/26/2023

Um will will talked a lot about after the Houston game um you know just just executing in in clutch time and maybe doing a little bit better job of that just what are the conversations like of some things y’all could be doing better there I think taking care of the ball

First of all it would help us so we had three turnovers I had one I think Z had one or two um being able to get a shot every time it’s important but then I also think it’s just about exposing matchups figuring out obviously who you

Want the ball whose hands you want the ball to be in right we can figure that out but then who would you like to be in the action matchups trying to put your best player against maybe one of the not so great Defenders just little stuff

Like that I think will be more helpful maybe get some movement into the stuff that we’re doing so we want to pick and roll get some movement Parts into the pick and roll just little stuffff movement into the ice so I think it it will help create better space better

Passing angles better driving Lanes stuff like that but um you know you you you you give up 106 points you’re supposed to win right like you got to do better offensively and take advantage of getting stops and trying get some transition the one with UNC it looked

Like like you created the ventage you got by your guy and it just looked like he kind of CAU and did you guys talk about that one of like yeah he cut just a miscommunication and we we’ve obviously had our conversations and dialogue about what we want to do when

We drive do we cut um and I think from a spacing standpoint it’ll be helpful we we’re on the same page going forward we’ll know what to do when we get in that situation again you you mentioned um trying to figure out who how to get

The or who to get the ball to um is it the kind of thing where you’re kind of still working through that cuz you haven’t played together that much and also that you have so many guys that there’s a lot of teams that have maybe

One guy or two guys that are you know Big Time threats but you guys have four or five guys on the court that are kind of fit that category yeah I think it’s depends on the night but I mean in the last game we had the ball in Z’s hands

We had the ball in bi’s hands and I had the ball once and I turned it over so we had the ball in the right guy’s hands we just got to make better decisions and some of it is making and missing shots and you’re going to make shots sometimes

You’re going to miss but we can create better advantages for our guys I think it’s you’ll be more comfortable walking away with some of those losses as opposed to feeling like you you let some possessions go by you played in the West for you know a long long time now um

Like are you just used to it being so competitive is like now the state of it is that like this feels even more competitive than normal uh I mean I think the stakes are higher because a lot of teams are still in contention whereas in you know the first nine eight

Nine eight years of my career eight teams make the playoffs and that is what it is so now you got the playing game and stuff like that so you got 9 10 11 basically competing for that those same spots and the magnitude the understanding of the games the

Importance of them and then the talent is very deep right you got like a Warriors team who is probably in a playing game right now but like two wins away from being in a you know a top six seed and you got us you know two three

Wins away from being in a you know top two top three seed uh so it’s it’s very close throughout the conference every game matters and you have teams like the rockets and um OKC and like you know those types of teams who are really good or competitive this year it makes it

That much more deep um kind of building on that um Phoenix is 11th right now for example you know a team that has two you know big big name guys and um from a broad perspective with as many as much stuff as you guys have gone through this

Year as far as having people out of the lineup how do you see just being in seventh place right now in terms of like everything that has happened and yet you guys are still kind of right on the edge of top six yeah I mean our margins are

Thin we’ve had a lot of injuries we’ve had guys in and out of rotation tough losses but I think it’s a it’s a learning experience for everybody it makes our team deeper and hopefully we don’t have too many more lessons that we learn from losses and hopefully we’re

Learning from wins but uh every game’s going to matter uh you got to win at home you got to beat teams under 500 and I think you know for us playing against these teams you know the Memphis of the world those teams who are you know kind of finding their stride will be

Important for us cuz it gives you a a great barometer on what you need to improve upon and then also what you’re doing well thank you appreciate it

New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum’s shootaround interview ahead of tonight’s game (Dec. 26, 2023) against the Memphis Grizzlies at 7 p.m. CT during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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New Orleans Pelicans Roster
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
Herbert Jones #5 Forward
Kira Lewis Jr. #13 Guard
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
Cody Zeller #44 Forward-Center

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