what's going on [Music] y'all what's up Z what's going on what's going on the whole summer I got some work to do man got some work to do you've uh I mean this is year six for you just you know what's your perspective you know not really I don't you're still young but not being like a super young guy in the NBA anymore uh you know that's crazy I was thinking about that uh on my way over to Smoothie King I was like I'm 24 and I'm in year six uh but thank God for that
um still excited to still be a pelican and I'm excited for another year what was your perspective on uh the dejon Murray trade how well have you gotten to know him how long have you known him that kind of thing uh so I already had like a relationship with Deon before uh he got traded here and uh since he's you know been a part of the team uh on and off the court uh he's shown why he's an important piece like already um so I'm glad we got that piece and looking to build off that
and Beyond deante just overall what's your feel about just where the roster is now some of the changes y'all made over the summer and just just where the team is going into the season uh I'm excited where we're at and um you know I think training camp will be kind of a I'm not going to say a tell all but kind of let us know where we are as a team and you guys did it a lot towards the end of last season but you know a lot of the talk has been small ball just
amount of the amount of perimeter plays you guys have uh just what do you think about you know what the team will look like when y'all have some of those small ball units on the floor uh I feel like in the past we've always excelled with uh some of our small ball units so like I said uh I think training camp will kind of be a start to where we are as a team in terms of like the roster and stuff this was really like the first off season maybe since when you went to Duke
that you get to really just focus on basketball there hasn't been any talk about Z off the court there hasn't been talk about contracts any of those things for you mentally what do this offseason been for you and and and in your approach to the game again and just getting ready for this season um you know it was a breath of fresh year to experience a summer like that um like you said be able to really lock in on basketball um really break down film work on different things while in the gym um you know
working smarter uh was kind of the main goal for the season I guess if you could obviously you know we've talked about the history you're still so young but all the Fanfare everything coming in just your determination to Make Some Noise this year I mean it's crazy to think I think sometimes for people that you've never actually played in a playoff game you know I mean just kind of goals for yourself and how important it is to finally do something in the postseason um you know goals for me would be you know have a successful
season as um as a team and you know you know finally you know participate in the playoffs uh those would be my kind of two goals for this year in your uh camp at sparenberg this um first of all how was that um uh it was great thank you for asking um secondly uh you know there there was a a quote that came from the camp about um just your your Fitness level how you want to uh get down um to around like 27 just heading into the season just where you at uh physically overall
in general um how do you feel about kind of the approach that you take in this summer uh I feel like I'm in a great spot um always room for improvement um and I feel like honestly once you kind of get into the stride of the NBA season I feel like by game 20 um you know I will be in like full season shape if you could Griff maybe expanding your game obviously we all know what you do so well I mean like the game against the Lakers last year was kind of showing off it
almost seemed like but what are you working on or what where what areas can you continue to still I guess produce and show my game still has tremendous growth um you know kind of taking what the defense gives me but not because they gave me the shot but because you know I saw the look they tried to give and I found a spot and I I got to it that's why that kind of goes back to when I said just working smarter not trying to force my way into something just you know see what the
defense how they guarding and then work from there see what do you feel like this Elite level of conditioning that youve reached at that you're striving for is going to be able to do for your game uh I feel like when I'm when uh whenever I'm in great condition I feel like uh my play on both ends of the floor is a high level uh not just on one um have you had conversations with the coach about being like the sole big on the floor and not like you haven't at all in the past but
kind of doing that more this year and and what that means for you um you repeat that question have you had conversation coach about like kind of expanding the RO have you guys got uh no we haven't really Dove too much into that and I'm a basketball player I don't even you got to work with what you got like if we don't got if we don't have those bigs you're talking about we just got to work what we got that's why I said training camp will be a you know start to where you know where
we need to be going off with that one of the things they talked about was having kind of a death lineup similar to what Golden State had with eagle dollar and germond playing the five but you guys have a bit more length with it how do you think y'all would Stack Up in comparison to that line with the ly you have and being able to play your own style of small ball talking the Warriors that won the championship uh I mean they won the championship it work it worked for them uh we got to find
what work for us yeah that's a I can't even make that comparison they they won the championship we we're aspiring to do that so like I said training camp will be a a starting point for us to see where we need to where we need to be and you talk about aspiring obviously we haven't been able to play in the playoff but the way last year ended how much has that been a driving force for your offseason workout uh it's been a big driving force cuz you know even when uh it happened a life time
uh my emotions I was instantly frustrated uh you know you just feel like you work so hard to get to a good point and then something like that that happened uh and it's rough but uh you know just got to find a way to get back up you know and make some shap you you mentioned deante that he's already shown why he's an important piece from what you've seen this offseason can you kind of expound upon that in terms of what you've seen from him leadership wise or even even on the court uh he's a
vocal guy uh he's pretty straightforward um and he's a hard worker so you know when you have a guy like that you know who has the abilities he has and he's all of those things uh you know you can't help but be an important piece to the team so uh you know in time as time goes uh you know the world will see why he's an important piece cuz I mean he's just that kind of player Zan you usually have an album or some music that you're listening to to kind of be the soundtrack of
your summer or for the season coming up anything to kind of give us a peak of kind of where your mentality is for the upcoming year that's a great question I don't know I feel like I've kind of uh been all over uh but you know notorious b ready to die that's always uh in the mix uh Nas mtic uh Gotta Throw Larry June up there um a lot of currency let me say that let me start there uh I feel like early uh especially when I started like training seriously uh I feel like currency
was uh heavy in the mix Z Griff talked earlier and Bryson both about the talent that you all have on this team it doesn't seem like that's going to be a problem this year you got plenty of talent how important then just accepting roles you all fitting together kind of the intangibles with this team uh I think what you're kind of getting at is um that's just a human factor in it uh like you said uh you know accepting roles uh you know finding out what works best for us and you know that could affect
certain players that uh could change the way it looks like even for myself uh cuz change how I'm looking at the game based off uh the lineups we choose to go uh or how we decide to play uh so I think it's just a human fact that kind of goes back to what I've been saying just you know training camp I think would just be good for the whole team to get together and really see where we're at offensively is where people are focused the most but how does having guys like Deonte and Herb defensively
help you see what they see because you're going to have to switch so much and then the other part would be with with the Zion Williamson revenge tour about to hit uh the league are there any particular stops along the tour that you were really looking forward to uh I guess we'll see as we go we'll see as we go it's about it defensive uh but defensively uh we got guys like herb and the John out there who not only are special on Def def but they have unique abilities that make them that help make
them even more special uh you know it can't it I don't see how that wouldn't motivate you I said it last year uh you know when Naji was still here uh with Jose Naji and you know her I'm watching these dudes pick up full court and that can't do nothing but motivate you like you know what let me let me lock in on defense cuz I can't watch my teammates work the way they're working and not you know help them in any way and you talked you talked before about being judged by wins and losses
uh but purely from based on what you're doing on the court what do you think it's going to take for you to take your game to that next level honestly man uh he kind of answered the question for me I got to win uh when you win you know how you got there and what you did uh they factor that in when you're talking about like individual like players and stuff but I feel like when you win it cures all cuz you know everybody aspires for the same thing that you know at the end of
the season you know you want your team to be Crown Champions Zion just said two things one um when you look around and you're driving and you have people like deante on the corner or open you have CJ you have Trey you have so many people you can kick and drive you can kick and push out to how much is that really you know give you a I guess greed like to just drive and see the offense really flow and secondly why wasn't K Lamar in your list for offseason workout playlist jesz Christ what makes
you wait wa F go to the before we go to the first part of the question what made you ask that second question I I just feel like you have two good songs you could have been playing in the gym that euphoria that not what song what songs would those be Euphoria not like us I'm trying to just understand where where was the the the greatness of the summer in in your track I'm confused man uh I hear you uh you know you're entitled to your opinion I'm entitled to mine but saying that come on
it's Kendrick Lamar like I really got to sit up here and talk about how good of an artist he is you just need to hear man sometimes with got to be explained but you a explain you know h
