hey trust what was the key in that
fourth quarter after orlando had battled
back to get the lead uh where did you
guys with
to turn the game back around um we
started packing the paint uh
making them make extra passes and uh
shoot
uncomfortable threes that they didn't
want to take um you know they're a big
team known for
scoring a lot in the paint and uh you
know causing a lot of heavy with driving
driving
um and then finding somebody down low on
the baseline so we really just wanted to
pack the paint and make sure that you
know we make them kick it out and then
we close out to a
points line then just before the game
we learned that andre is going to be
joining the mix just wondering what you
saw the favorite battles you guys have
had over the years
and what you might not um i mean he's a
storm solid player man
on both ends of the floor man offensive
end defensively high caliber blocking
shots
uh defensive rebound on the offensive uh
in the floor he's the load
guy gets down in the lane and demands
his position and uh you know
you can't miss him man he's a big
dominant president and it's definitely
going to be a good
um you know breakfast fresh air to
having him come on top line up you know
i think he's eager and ready to go and
uh ready to get after it so i mean
that's that's a great attitude that you
know
anybody could have come into our
organization so we can't wait for him to
get here and
we're going to welcome welcoming with
open arms and hopefully
just continue to keep what we're doing
uh well right now
um what happened to your knee it looked
like you were
shaking up a little bit and uh obviously
you're able to stay in the game but if
you just kind of
let me know what happened uh it's one of
those uh plays like kind of like a funny
one
on your elbow um got your baseline real
hard and
i wear a pad on that knee but he you
know need me literally right behind the
pad
so it was kind of one of those things
where you know i kind of felt like a
tingling sensation going through my leg
and kind of just went on for a little
minute
um but just like i said it's one of
those funny bone type things i'm fine
but
um definitely uh something that scares
you when it happens to that first
point of contact
i don't know hey
um you're talking about andre sort of i
was fired up
i guess it sounds like you've been able
to talk to him
what has your communication been like
with andre uh
kind of leading up to him joining the
team
um well i'm not gonna lie to you about
that i haven't talked to him honestly
man this is just more so coming from
um you know the reports and uh just from
our um
you know gm uh rob um speaking highly
uh of him and his conversation with him
man so you know just look at
looking at things like that man you just
see a guy who's ready to go um and then
just in general uh
of me being a player and understanding
his position man this guy's been sitting
for
you know two and a half months almost
where he hasn't played the game that he
he loves and he's
uh able to you know be able to call his
job man i mean anybody would be eager to
get back out there on the floor and be
ready to get after it um so you know
basically it's one of those things just
speaking from you know a player's
perspective
now interest um
frank said before the game that you know
when it comes to situation like this
when they're bringing in a player
that they almost over communicate with
you know like a guy like yourself who
plays plays in the same position um do
you have a sense of how
bringing andre in could affect your goal
affect the big name rotation
and what's me different going forward um
no
i haven't thought about that that's not
something for me to think about um
it's not in my control it's not
something that you know i make
decisions on you know people with us
in general everybody human beings we
spend a lot of time
wondering about the things that we can't
control that we don't have any
um you know basically any control
on man so everything that you just
mentioned is everything come from the
top
office and coaching staff um it's
nothing to do with me
i'm going to continue to keep playing
the way that i play bringing the energy
that i bring and just you know hoping my
teammates
feed off it we got a great player and
andre drummond who is going to
definitely help out a team on both ends
of the floor
and help our organization overall but
you know it's not something that i you
know kind of wrap my mind on
or you know jump in my head for a
million questions because at the end of
the day
i don't have the answers to them and
we've got time for one more
you guys have had some top news to
digest as an organization
between anthony's injury lebron's injury
some about some cold english for some
guys concussion for
peruso you know just some bad luck type
stuff does this feel like a shot in the
arm
getting andre having didn't choose you
of all the teams you could have
chosen and if you could not just his
play but maybe
you know change your guys perspective of
you know confidence or or
hope moving forward uh well to be honest
with you y'all have
you know media you guys have looked at
it as um you know a never ending cycle
once everybody got hurt we haven't
looked at it like that
we know what type of players we are we
know we have in our locker room and we
know what we want to
do i keep telling y'all just over and
over i i wish you could start listening
we're not playing for
you know just holding on or you know
just trying to get by while
our bronze 80's out no we're we get paid
to do the same exact job we're coming
out here to compete
come out here to play the lakers uh like
us we want to play the game and win
games
it's not about holding on it's not about
you know oh it's the end of the world
when brian got hurt a.d got hurt
oh they're just trying to hook no it's
not that man i wish i would get it in
your mind you know and
and really wake up and see that man
every every everything that we dealt
with is the same thing everybody in the
league is going to deal with injuries
covet
everything so i just wish i would just
stop saying that you know
this is you know a breath of fresh air
for y'all because y'all have no
no so we're going to continue to keep
playing we're going to continue to keep
building like i said we got a great guy
and andre german
coming onto our organization who's going
to help us tremendously and we're going
to just try to continue to keep rolling
and getting better as a team until brian
and a.d gets back simple as that