Coach Taylor Jenkins Press Conference | Grizzlies vs. Lakers

Coach Taylor Jenkins Press Conference | Grizzlies vs. Lakers

What was your assessment of how you know Brandon Clark looked in his first extended time on the floor it looked like you were kind of playing him a lot with jiren like similarly in the past what was your assessment of all yeah I loved how BC attacked the game um

Obviously made quick decisions um you know getting his Touchback will take a little bit of time but thought he was pretty aggressive out there um you know running the floor uh which was really good to see and then obviously you know you’re watching playgroup seeing how

That’s going to translate to you know an NBA game but I thought his wind was pretty good the stretches that he played um he’s given pretty good effort out there so obviously we’ll watch a film with him um you know he’s so happy to get back you know obviously disappointed

That we got the loss but uh it was great to see him out there I thought he brought great energy on both sides of the floor things that he’s going to continue to build on yeah in a season that’s featured a lot of disappointment because of injuries is it nice to have a

Little bit of an emotional boost by adding somebody back out there that I think everyone was excited to see and happy for that he was back on the floor yeah I mean obviously he’s uh unbelievable person and it was great to see the reception that he got from the

Fans and obviously he was feeling it from his teammates you know the days leading up to tonight uh but it’s great obviously it’s been a crazy year and obviously for him it’s been a crazy year you know how long it’s taken obviously an Achilles injury is something you

Don’t want to play around with you want to be smart but he was unbelievable throughout the process and every indicator that we had set out for him he met um he was doing even extra work to make sure he was prepared not rushing anything um to see him come you know

Full circle one year later and get out there and compete you know you know like we expect him to do and obviously you know we’ll be smart with his minutes I think I said before the game uh but you know these next nine games it’s going to

Be great to see him you know build some momentum into the offseason Taylor what do you chalk up ruy uh Knight to mostly I know like when we think back to the playoffs last year early in that series you kind of uh he was the guy you you let shoot more than

Others was that the case today and just like again what do you chalk that performance up to that he had yeah priority was the paint obviously I think he was a beneficiary of some great ball movement uh you know Russell shot it well and I guess really likes playing in

This building um so uh you know we adjusted late you know probably a little too late on my part um but you know give him credit he had a heck of a night coach can you talk about the role that Brandon played behind the scenes

Over the past year in the locker room on road trips yeah I mean uh he’s got a a great personality he’s got great humor positivity um obviously he saw what you know the team’s been dealing with all season long and um he tried to keep you know everyone’s spirits up he kept you

Know plowing away with his individual work you know he was you know trying to find time with his teammates you know when they were working on individually he was in the gym you know as much as possible to be around these guys so uh positive spirit throughout um

You know I think that’s the person that he is and I thought you know it benefited him too just being around the group as much as possible as he was kind of enduring his you know return to play plan um but he meant a lot to us uh

Especially in the locker room uh his voice and in his BC way uh Taylor from your perspective what is the value Clark gets from coming back and playing these last couple weeks rather than waiting until the start of next season I think it’s confidence that everything he was doing the last year

You know allows him to get back on an NBA floor at the end of the day rather than waiting another I don’t know how long it would be you know 6 months or something like that um obviously you know build a momentum like I keep saying

He gets the game reps he’s he gets to feel all the work that he was putting in the last year from recovery from surgery to you know non-court work to just want on know Court work I mean everything building up I think it gives him a lot

Of confidence to go out there and you know he and I were openly talking about hey man you’re probably not going to be the BC of old right away um but he worked so hard to eventually get back and even stronger than ever and that’s going to take some time but getting that

Uh NBA qut opportunity right now to build momentum into the summer knowing what he can work on play five on five throughout the summer continue working on his strength in his game um you know fast forward to next October you know he’s going to have that confidence on I

Did it back in the spring and had a great offseason on top of that great thanks everybody appreciate it

Taylor Jenkins meets with the media following a loss to the Lakers. #nba

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