“We’re Really Excited To Have [Monte].” | Chris Finch Postgame Sound | 02.08.24

“We’re Really Excited To Have [Monte].” | Chris Finch Postgame Sound | 02.08.24

Chris just kind of seeing seeing your guys bounce back yeah way they with the physicality that you played with is that the response that you were looking for 100% you know we’ve we’ve been a good bounceback team most of the Season you know I um you know I just had a feeling

We were going to play well tonight like uh guys did a really good job of putting their bodies on the line with the hnis that’s always key when you play these guys um different guys took the challenge um you know really proud of all those guys and then offensively I

Thought we man we found a lot of really good shots and we didn’t turn the ball over uh maybe our lowest turnover of the Season total um and just kind of executed didn’t force anything when it wasn’t there and um you know just kept kept plugging

Away what do you think um brought the ball movement about it just seemed like this is as good as it’s been you know I think it’s been going growing and growing um you know just Pablo’s done a really good job of zeroing in on like a

Lot of things that we’ve had to get right with whether our spacing had had gone a skew or just you know making the right plays or kind of also just you know um maybe just trimming down our Playbook a little bit sometimes too and just being better at less stuff um and

Yeah I think just guys making quick decisions and really looking for each other and um yeah so it was and I thought you know Rudy was out standing with his screening game tonight man he was just got so many open looks for guys so the way you guys defended beanis

Seemed like there were a lot of well time doubles and and you didn’t really allow too many seem like looks off of off of yeah I mean it was going to be a fly around game like you know you’re going to put multiple bodies in front of yis

Um and after that you just got to be ready to get out to the perimeter where it only really hurt us I mean it on the offensive glass like it took us a while to kind of get on um you know get back into the play and then I think four

Their six uh half uh threes in the first half were off of second shots and that was important to to do a better job there um but guys did a good job of scrambling you know um and and Rudy did a really good job of like directing

Traffic at the back of the floor inverting himself out of matchups to get the smalls so our rotations would be more with Smalls than bigs I thought that was super clever um by him and um you know just the effort was there Chris with um you mentioned Rudy’s

Screaming yeah how much is how much can pick and roll be part of the answer for for the offense well I mean it’s always going to be a large part of you know every offense I think um you know I think what you see is like a a developing chemistry you know that’s

With ant and it’s going to another level like it’s it’s not just ant finding Rudy I mean that was the first thing we had to try to unlock but now it’s like the timing of it the setting it up um you know the when to go downhill when to

Hold the screen all that kind of stuff so that’s kind of growing um and ant’s really done a good job of uh when they put modelable bodies in front of him in pick and roll or at the nail you know of getting off of it and that’s triggered

Good good ball movement so what uh what excites you about Monte Mor yeah I mean jez he’s going to be just to have another um you know he’s a winner he’s uh just kind of makes the right play Super solid low turnover guy um you know he’s used to really playing with a

Lot of you playing off of a lot of um kind of star players really well I think like it’s a fairly seamless uh kind of partnership with Mike you know it’s not like you have like this other type of guard that you have to adjust to um and just you know just his

High basketball IQ like you can’t have enough of those guys um and you know I didn’t I didn’t cross path with with him in Denver I had left the season that before he came but I’ve heard nothing but amazing things um you know I was

Able to talk to him and um you know you know just just uh just really really really uh you know excited to have him you know you kind of Envision the RO you might have what what does it kind of look like your mind whether it minutes

Or this yeah I I mean I think there’s I think there’s certainly minutes to be had there uh you know guys like you know Jaden and Mike of course been logging heavy minutes um you know I think uh Aunt you know we’ve been pushing his minutes out a little bit like in this

Period of time here in the in the run up to the all-star break maybe we can steal a couple from him so I don’t think fin minutes will be a problem um it’s just we’re going to you know find the right combinations of guys and that’s kind of

The fun part about it he’s been out most of the Season idea like playing yeah he trying to get back up to speed yeah I mean there’s definitely going to be a Breakin period for him I think um you know he’s coming on the on-ramp everyone’s going 85 miles an hour and

He’s just you know it’s just going to take him some time but he’s a dedicated Pro he’s super excited to come and um you know I’m sure all the motivation will be there for him to help us uh down the stretch here in a big way and Chris

He’s played in a lot of playoff games yes like just to have that kind of experience element is a big thing I think yeah I mean he was a starter on a team I believe that one a first round series you know you can never have too much of

That any other questions thanks thanks yes

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