Trey Murphy III on NBA Playoff Push, Sense of Urgency | New Orleans Pelicans

Trey Murphy III on NBA Playoff Push, Sense of Urgency | New Orleans Pelicans

Just what’s what do you think is going to be the primary focus for you guys as you prepare for this playoff run and like a coach said get ready for this Sprint towards the playoffs just having a sense of urgency I think that’s what we did uh last year during this time a

Similar team obviously a little more healthy and uh we picked up our sense of urgency after the allstar break and you know led us to you know a much better position than we were and we’re in a better spot than we are last year so um

Just sticking with it sense Ury how how important do you think is that going to be for y’all this year to to take that step and be above the playing line this year just being ourselves and I think we’ll be able to do just fine with that

I mean defend at a high level compete I think we’ll be in a in a pretty good spot come by end the paper you pay any attention to what any of the hot teams below you no I can’t lie I don’t I’m just worried about ourselves right now

If we play our game we be just fine no matter who’s below us or above us right now not even a PE not even who not even a PE no I can’t even tell you who’s below us I really couldn’t you had your jersey retired recently CER bre just

What was that experience like and wasn’t wasn’t mean to you it means a lot to me I you know I didn’t have like a ton of expectations going into it obviously you know I don’t deal with a whole lot of uh you know take receiving a whole lot of

Credit very well sometimes so um you know it’s was really cool to see all my family members old teammates coaches Griffin was even there so Pelicans represented and so I was just very uh Blown Away by you know the the show that for me I was really grateful for it what

Was your reaction when you when when you heard that they were going to do that and when did you find out I mean it’s been in the Ming for like the last like two years so I knew eventually was going to happen but um just always trying to

Find a time when I was available you know season’s a little tough try to get it during the basketball game but um you they made it really special for me and I was very you know happy to know that they were going to do it how can you be better player in the

Playoffs that’s a good question right there um I mean last time I was in the playoffs I was a rookie I would say I’m much better than that player so if I just beat myself then I’ll be a better player is year is there like a do you

Think there’s a progression to to learning how to manage that part of the Season that you know you got to experience before you can figure it out I wish I could tell you but I don’t even know I I play maximum like 15 20 minutes a game last playoff series which was two

Years ago so I’m just going to go into the game just be myself and uh um that should take care of the rest of them Trey do you feel like you’re at that 100% yet or healthwise for you absolutely and uh do you feel like this

Team is I guess better equipped to make a run this year just based on the fact that you guys are healthy relatively for the most part and that includes your you know your your main guys I mean yeah like any team you want all your guys

There you know all your Firepower so you know with the guys we have on the court healthy or not I feel like we’re going to be able to make a run with whoever’s out there on the court there were some ups and downs for you you personally in

February what’s going to be important for you just to kind of hit the ground running coming out of the break short memory as well as Contin to stay consist with my work that’s really it you’ve been a correspondent on the JJ reic show uh recently on one of his shows he

Mentioned when Zion’s been initiating the the offense uh you guys are scoring at a 1.4 Point possession so it’s pretty high pretty high just uh what do you attribute that level of success to just I know it’s a little bit of a small sample right now but just the general

Success of it I mean z is such a Advantage Creator and he has a lot of gravity he probably has the most gravity for somebody who doesn’t shoot threes and know when you have guys that are able to make plays off the ball for him you know it’s it’s tough for teams to

Really you know game plan for that like because normally they’re sending two three sometimes even four guys at him when he’s driving to the basket so that just leaves us open for uh a lot of shots do you see Z instinctively when you see him play are you kind of the

Made sometimes that he’s making the right plays out of you know when he has to dominate the wall like that I don’t get Amazed by him making the right plays because you know he he does that on nightly basis is the layups and like difficulty in the touch is something

That people I I don’t even think understand like how difficult it is for somebody his size and stature to you know hit those layups like I I don’t know if I can hit those layups sometimes so you know it’s it’s pretty pretty amazing thank you thanks

New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III’s post-practice interview from Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 ahead of tomorrow night’s game against the Houston Rockets.
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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
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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