Adem Bona Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers Pre-Draft Workout

Adem Bona Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers Pre-Draft Workout

D well first off how would you say the workout went for you oh might say it went great um great energy um the coaches were um full of energy too they were getting us going they got everyone going um I love you know me I’m all about the energy and um every everyone brought the energy today so I say it’s amazing uh what are some of the things maybe you’re looking to to show teams you can do not only what you have but maybe things you as well um like my my my last year in college um I played the complet completely opposite way um I I wanted to play I will be playing on the pro so um I just want to show um teams um the teams have improved on um since um the college um season is over and um working on my game the shooting um be able to play off pick and row from the top um to able to show my ability my speed and my strength and my agility so um those are the te I I want to show teams and you feel like you were able to do that today yeah I feel like I was able to do do that today yeah what kind of feedback did you get from teams at the combine at the combine um I I only interviewed with few teams um um out there the first day was kind of a little shaky for me but the second day I kind of picked it up so um I I feel like I got good feedbacks um I did most of the te most of the things um I wanted to show out there and the things um the teams also wanted to see for me so I would say that was that was cool for me D how hard is it to in these kind of workouts to Showcase everything you want to showcase as a big because a lot of times guards Wings they get to be more on ball in workouts you got a lot of postop opportunities UCLA so kind of how do you how do you try to maximize your opportunities and your chances in workouts like this yeah it’s kind of tough cuz um cuz like the the boyss dominant with um with the guards but at the same time you got to do the little things that’s off the ball cuz as a big you don’t need the ball to be good you know um set the screen well call out the plays call out the screens um play make a good pick and roll coverage defense like that’s those are off the ball stuff you can do as a big that you don’t need the ball in your hand so like I just focus on doing those little things really well and eventually the ball is going to come to you and you do what you can do with the ball do you uh do you know where else you’re playing on working out um yeah I got a couple workouts set up um I think I’m I have a walkout tomorrow with UT so that’s the my nearest worker but I got a couple more set up after and who’s your representation uh my agency um Ro [Music] Blazers are a pretty young team you know trying to build you know is there anything that’s kind of attractive about kind of joining you know a young crew like that that the Blazers would have yeah I I think there’s a lot of assignment to come from there regardless what whatever the age Gap is for whatever team but um especially with a young team I played with a young team last year at UCLA so I know what it feels like and um with young teams there’s a lot of excitement and energy and I believe I bring bring that a lot to the table and um I’m going to feel well with the young young guys and uh we we can roll together you did just kind of mention it but what what do you feel like you did at UCLA that’s helping you through this process or helping you get to the um I believe I I played I played for one of the um toughest coach in college M Cronin um he a Prett disciplined coach and I love the discipline about him um that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to play for him um I think I think playing for M cron set me up for this process cuz um this process um needs a lot of discipline to be able to show up every day to walk up for different teams to travel to different cities um I believe that set me up well for for person like this and how would you say that the workout went not just for you but just for the for the entire group so like kind of the the effort the intensity of it yeah I think I think we have a pretty good group here um I have some guys have played against in college some guys have played against in high school over here so it’s fun to see um Family faces again but um in general I think we had a pretty good workout um we had fun for sure um if you you were there you you help we were loud and everything I I think that’s that’s a good sign of a CO Walker yeah cool thank you guys thank you very much appreciate you

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