Matt Ryan talks his return to play, team’s performance against Hornets | New Orleans Pelicans

Matt Ryan talks his return to play, team’s performance against Hornets | New Orleans Pelicans

I’m feeling fantastic itching to get back uh you know you can count on your two hands the days um but we’re right there very close we’re in that return to play uh phase of you know rehab and recovery so we’re we’re set we’re very close I can’t I’m very excited about it

So we didn’t just look at the ass so originally it was the calf right and then it turned into the elbow I guess how did the elbow kind of come about yeah so you know I remember like it was yesterday because it was the last time I

Played um back when we were still in the n Season tournament we played Denver on a Friday and then Minnesota we had on a back toback you know finish that whole game against Minnesota and then you know I thought I got kicked in my calf that’s

What it felt like but there was a little calf strain and uh you know I was ready to come back for that um I was playing five on five uh 10 days later and uh something in my elbows just out of nowhere I started feeling something so I

Got it looked at uh it turned out I had to get it uh kind of flushed out there was like some loose uh loose bodies floating around in there that you know were were messing with me me a little bit so I got to had to get it flushed

Out it was a quick and easy procedure that I had done in New York and um you know that was 5 weeks and 2 days ago uh Tuesday will be 6 weeks y trust me I know by by the day by the day I’ve been counting by the day so uh we’re getting

We’re getting there Matt out of like 100% what would you say you are right now and like what’s your range of motion is it completely yeah no yeah it’s the shots completely back uh now it’s just about getting my body ready to go into an NBA game and and have an impact and

Be able to play with you know no hesitation no limitations so uh I’m right there you know if I had to put a number on it I would probably say I told Amy like 92% this morning that’s what I’m feeling uh just hitting that last

Phase of it and then I’ll be ready to go and man what do you think of last night’s game for instance right the guys got up 25 made 253 beautiful now you see Jordan Trey out there doing their thing I just can’t wait to join it in any way

I can you know I saw you know our Shooters got up around 10 threes you know if I can get in there and get up seven or eight too I mean we’ll be tough to guard mat you’ve been when first game you worked out with Jordan a lot what

Are you see from him you know kind of Blossom these last couple weeks you know what I’ve seen at this level is to be a to be a threat as a shooter every night you got to have Uber confidence you know confidence through the roof uh when you

Miss can’t wait to shoot the next one you believe it’s going in and and that’s him to a t um he got some real highle college experience especially last year and uh you know he thinks and we all think every time he shoots it it’s going in same with Trey hopefully the same

With me uh but know Jordan he’s going to be special for a long time how tough was it five weeks and two week two days ago when cuz you got off to such a good start to the season and then have to sit out the way you have just what was it

Like kind of dealing with that it sucked to be honest um you know this is only like my third year playing pro uh kind of been waiting for that opportunity to get a good stretch of games playing uh significant minutes and having a nice role and I had that I was playing well

And then to get hit with an injury bug you know no player wants to go through that but uh you know everybody in this building has been super uh encouraging uh there was never like anything negative uh towards the injury or me having to sit out uh and and also like

No pressure for me to rush back and um so the support that I’ve had from everybody in the organization from the top down has been incredible the training staff has been incredible the assistant coaches uh coach Willie has been great uh just you know encouraging me to come back 100% continue to work

Every day and um you know and and be ready to go once I’m ready I’m pretty sure I saw a clip where you were saying guys are coming up to you on a daily basis asking like are you ready are you ready is that still the case well I I

Guess once I got hurt there a couple guys were like you know what’s going on cuz I was playing well and uh you know we were we were finding a rhythm especially right before I got hurt um so you know a couple guys just kept ask me

You good you good you good and you know they still ask me you good now it’s kind of like checking on my mental make sure I’m still there cuz I haven’t played in a while but I’m there I’m locked in I’m I’m working my butt off every day uh and

Again you know I’m turning the corner real quick Matt what stood out to you you have five weeks on the sidelines to watch a lot of basketball besides the threes recently what else has stood out to you about this team I mean the threes right that’s that’s going to be my job

So um again when you look at the numbers I think you know we talked about this morning the past 10 games I think we have the number one offense in the league I think our defense is right up there as well um so just continuing to do that right

That’s how you’re going to have success in the NBA he’s doing it on both sides of the Court um you know and and playing your role I think a lot of guys are finding their roles right now and and excelling in those roles and uh kind of accepting accepting our roles that’s

That’s a big key for you know winning basketball um and then if we can just keep doing what we’re doing uh we’ll be we’ll be all right the the team three-point shooting was kind of middle of the pack for most of the season and

Now um you guys are all the way up to thir how much of that do you think is is it is some of that just kind of understanding the offense and like getting more used to that what do you think is behind just this huge surge as

A team three point shooting yeah you know that’s a great question um I think each game is its own is its own thing right so when we get off to a hot start we’re going to continue to to fire away sometimes if you get off to a little bit

Of a slower start guys might shy away from from Poland um I think Brandon Ingram you know shooting you know 8 plus threes is huge for us cuz he has the ball so much uh if we could find Trey Hawk CJ getting him up and then other guys shooting theirs with confidence as

Well uh but the surge you know I don’t know if I could put my finger on exactly the reason uh I think when the ball’s going in that’s a great reason to keep firing away um you know and hopefully guys continue to knock him down what’s

It been like seeing hwk come in as a rookie and shoot the bot what he has you know I don’t know I kind of just expect that from Shooters um you know Hawks are a mature basketball player he’s a mature 21 22y old um you know I’m

Not surprised at all you know we put in the work every day he puts he puts in the work for himself every day and uh you know when you go out there you do what you do right you you you play to your strengths especially as a role

Player when your strength is shooting you know your job is to go out there and make shots so you know it good for him you know everybody’s happy to see him doing well right now and you know I think he’ll just keep keep getting better and better he said last night

That um part of his preparation has been practicing um like when he doesn’t get a great pass is that something that you do too like to prepare for you know the pass might be not right on the money but you still need to get it up without you

Know Gathering and stuff like that I mean I guess so if cuz when we do our workouts we have you know one of our PD guys or assistant coaches passing to us so you know maybe sometimes the pass isn’t always on point or if you ask them

To like throw it a little bit to the side but you know if that’s what he’s doing that’s really cool I remember I used I was doing that a couple years ago you know throw the ball anywhere cuz you never know where it’s going to come in a

Game so you know that’s that’s another area preparation for Shooters there’s a whole bunch of details that we all go through mentally and physically to have ourselves ready for the game so uh that’s good for him and he’ll keep finding more ways to to fine-tune his thing and continue to perfect it

New Orleans Pelicans forward Matt Ryan’s post-practice interview on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center.
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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
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl #50 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
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