Coach Malone Pre Game Press Conference vs. 76ers 🎙

Coach Malone Pre Game Press Conference vs. 76ers 🎙

For starters you had all five starters pop up on the the injury report I know they’ve been upgrade the prob are any of them in danger of missing this game or being limited on minutes or anything no they’re all good to go this uh these yic and beid matchups have become so

Anticipated just for fans of the league and fans of the game obviously you have a game to coach involving that and surrounding it but how excited do you sort of allow yourself to get for just two two great big men who are sort of at the face of the game going against each

Other yeah not nearly as excited as you I’m sure you know uh this first game of a five-game road trip uh they’re a very good team obviously um Joell is a great player reigning MVP have our hands full with him but not just him I mean Tyrese

Maxi is a hell of a young Talent uh Tobias Harris while Joelle was out you know I think stepped up and played really well um but I understand the you know the Allure to this matchup because you have Nicole a two-time MVP Joelle uh the the reigning MVP who play play the

Same position and uh they’re both great talents and we’ll have our hands full with Joel he can hurt you in so many ways uh almost unguardable and so it’s going to take uh all five guys and we have to give them different looks try to

Keep them off balance to the best of our ability mention tyres what kind of stands out to you about his game just just from afar um speed quickness open floor his ability to change ends uh just really really quick um his to draw fouls get to

The free throw line um he can knock down the three you go under him and then if you chase him he can get downhill and uh really really I think underrated finisher his ability to uh to get into the paint create contact absorb that contact and finish are all things that

Kind of jump out to me but yeah that guy he’s capable of putting up 50 On Any Given night what team aspects about Philadelphia concern you most oh a lot there’s a lot I mean um they turn turn teams over the number one in steals you know and that that ignites their break

They have a top five transition team so that’s probably priority number one can we go on the road and not turn the ball over and fuel their break in front of a terrific home crowd uh and then if you’re able to do that Katie and force

Them to play in the half court obviously um they live in the paint obviously you have the number one and number two post up players in the NBA um so you have Joelle but he’s just as effective in the iso and uh in the pick and roll in the

Pocket uh and they draw fouls like no one else the first and free throw makes and attempts per game and then obviously coming off of our Indiana game you know can we can we rebound you know I mean this team is a I think top 10 and second

Chance points per game so they have a lot of ways they can hurt you and that’s why they’re such a good team and uh it’ll be you know hell of a challenge for our guys to start this trip off after spending nine hours on a plane

Maybe to go off with that question um just where do you see Nick nurse’s imprints most um on this team in his first year uh yeah I mean uh with Nick you know defensively uh they’re going to do a variety of things you know change things

Up you know he’s done that in Toronto for years and uh very creative on that into the floor and I think so probably more so from a defensive standpoint all the different looks that we’re going to see tonight mik from a like a public perspective Nicole seems like kind of a

Hard personality to crack or to break through with how did you find a way to to I’m still trying man nine years in I’m still trying to crack that nut uh he is um he’s a completely different person than the Persona that he allows people to see you know and obviously I’m very

Fortunate to have the relationship I had with N9 years on the court off the court coach friend whatever you want to call it so um he really does have a great sense of humor um he is uh silly at times uh but I think in front of the

Public eye he likes to keep things very vanilla and uh keep his his private life private and you have to respect that about him but yeah he’s uh he’s a terrific terrific guy to be around did he make you work for it so to speak or

Did you guys feel like you could no no when he came in he was a you know second round pick and he was he was just happy to be here you know and um no one could have uh seen what was to come you know but no he’s always been um very

Approachable and I think all the time I’ve spent with him off the court have definitely helped that excuse me you said 9 hours on the plane was that a joke or did you guys get uh stranded I guess I wish it was a joke no yeah yeah

We had uh you know the weather just you guys have the same weather here I mean but the weather in Denver was uh very very cold and for some reason we supposed to leave at noon we left at 5:00 and then obviously have a lengthy lengthy trip flying all the way here so

Long day of travel but most important thing is we made it we got in safely and um you our guys will be ready to go tonight do you feel like everyone is closer now to to each other to each other yeah no we uh we uh we we sung

Sung some songs held hands we uh we made the most of the moment the 9h hour moment that is there have been uh a lot of one shot situations at the end of quarters when Reggie’s on the floor where it ends up being him sort of trying to create

Something for himself to what extent is that something that you guys have been talking about do you do you like that to be the situation with his one-on-one creation ability or or do you want to see things diversify a little more in those situations what’s oh depend on the

Game the situation who’s on the floor is he out there with Jamal are we in the bonus is it a two for one situation are we holding for the last shot there’s so many different variables that go into those situations but overall Reggie end of game end of quarter situations with

The ball playing pick and role most teams are going to switch in those situations and uh you know Reggie has the ability to break the defender down get into the paint for himself or if the defense collapses the ability to kick out and find the open man so yeah Reggie

Is um you he’s a vet he’s proven himself time and time again so we trust him all right thanks everybody

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Coach Malone Pre Game Press Conference vs. 76ers 🎙