Larry Nance Jr.: “‘I’ll be playing tonight” | Pelicans-Jazz Shootaround 12/28/2023

Larry Nance Jr.: “‘I’ll be playing tonight” | Pelicans-Jazz Shootaround 12/28/2023

You went through the full practice yesterday you know about tonight yet uh I feel great uh I I’ll be playing tonight yeah awesome man uh so just you know what has this ramp up process been like of just getting your body right back here um it’s been shoot I feel like

I’ve been I’ve been I’ve been working harder than a lot of guys that uh you know a lot of guys that are in the game so it’s it’s been I I’m in great shape I feel um ready to go and and rejuvenated um you know so it’s uh I think uh I

Think it’ be nice to get some you know to get some you know veteran experience back in the lineup and get some uh you know hopefully a calming Force what are you hoping to add to this team given how things have gone over the past stretch

Year um yeah exactly that I mean I think just you know calming Force for the coaching staff and the players you know you I like to think I’ve got a pretty decent level of IQ so I can help out with that and then you know I’ve got uh

I’ve got some good experience in late game situations so I think um I think I’ll be able to you know add some add some uh some a bit of to us there what have you just seen from from the sideline about just the general like offensive organization things like that you know

Those last about five minutes or so um you know it’s obviously and I’ve seen the same thing you guys have seen it’s it’s been you know a little bit a little bit sporadic here and there depending on what game we’re looking at but um overall I think for three and a half

Quarters we’ve been really really good consistently and um you know fortunately I prived myself on you know that quarter that we’re missing so um you know that the half of a quarter that we’re missing so you know hopefully hopefully I’ll be able to fit like a puzzle piece back in

There and help us figure some stuff out but um you know both offensively and defensively you know you know where my focus lies um you know I’m just out here to help help us uh help us get in the right spots and and formulated a fluid

Offense some of it you think just trying to the game be more like your style in terms of the team seems like the gam that they lost lately it’s always been like low scoring you know maybe not to the way that they want to yeah yeah it

Feels a little bit like we’ve been playing not to lose as opposed to playing to win and um you know that comes with a little bit of that comes with uh you know being there that comes with um that comes with you know being in them situations and learning so yeah

I mean we we we’ve lost some close games but you know hopefully you know I just keep saying no no no team that’s going to be in be around at the end peaks in December so yeah we’ve gone through some laws we’ve had some hiccups some

Mistakes there but you know any any team that’s that’s got aspirations bigger than that they get rid of their Kinks right now and and in the next couple weeks so that’s what we’re looking to do the first two games against the Jazz Pelicans didn’t face Lory Markin in how

Much difference does he make that team oh Low’s a monster um I love his game he’s uh he’s one of those guys that just uh scores at all three levels you know obviously 7 foot you know ridiculous three-point shooter so he he has a he has a really you know really impressive

Layer to that team and and you know just as him as you him as a player him as a leader so um you know they they had our number without him so you know tonight it’ll be a challenge for us and I’m looking forward to uh to responding you

Know we we had some loss three tough losses in a row and we need to respond and um show our resiliency here

New Orleans Pelicans forward Larry Nance Jr.’s shootaround interview ahead of tonight’s game (Dec. 28, 2023) against the Utah Jazz 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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