Wemby’s from MARS, not France! – John Collins lauds Victor Wembanyama after Jazz’s W | NBA on ESPN

Wemby’s from MARS, not France! – John Collins lauds Victor Wembanyama after Jazz’s W | NBA on ESPN

John we had you miked up tonight a lot of fun conversation we overheard when he told the Frenchman he’s from Mars not France I tell talk about that battle tonight with Victor and the San Antonio Spurs they they kept coming they kept coming at you but your defense the Jazz

Defense tonight really held strong yeah obviously a very well coached team a lot of young Talent on that team Victor is going to be a great player in this league so um trying to make light of that also but trying to lock in and get

The win here in the for the home fans we uh slacking a little bit so I love get a win for the for the fans tonight John you made it no secret we had some conversations about earlier in the season how you know you had to make that transition coming from Atlanta here

Learning a new system but man you caught on early it seems like you you figured it out you figured out game by game what you needed to do to have the advantage yes sir it’s not easy obviously being in some place for so long and um you know

Just being taken out of that and having to to regroup and learn learn how to play a new style of basketball you know I still very confident in myself but um obviously there’s a learning curve to everything and uh takes a little time to to get back into the Rhythm that we I

Feel like are accustomed to John before we cut you loose obviously a win is good really maybe as great before you go out on the road but for you maybe a little more special because you go back to Atlanta where it started what’s your thoughts about seeing the Hawks and

Maybe some old fans and some former teammates yeah I haven’t been trying to think about it too much obviously it has been on my mind uh I’m sort of anxious to get on the court uh see all the familiar faces and really go out there

And compete uh I’m going to be ready to play that night all right looking forward to it on Tuesday night congratulations on the win and the performance and the Jazz pick up the the win 27 and 31 and you break that five game slide here at Delta Center tonight

Against San Antonio yeah again good win to go out on the road um Jazz can pick up some more WIS here on the road so uh it was fun fun to see play too is

Hear from Utah Jazz PF John Collins as he speaks on San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama and how he feels ahead of his return game to the Atlanta Hawks as the Jazz defeated the Spurs, 128-109.

(Courtesy: “Jazz/SEG Media”)

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