Name: Kyrie Irving talks Brooklyn Nets' development, team chemistry | NBA on ESPN
Uploaded: 2021-01-30T19:41:33.000Z
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I know all winds are important and great, but when you guys have nine guys scoring double figures, something that's only happened one other time in franchise history that was an 80 for you know how satisfying or winds like that when everybody's involved?

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Uh, I mean, it was very satisfying trying to get a win, but any time you know the whole team to play, well, we could do something some great things as a collective group definitely stands out out of the rest.

We're competing on both ends of the floor and, you know, just not letting the foot off the gas.

In what ways do you see in the familiarity and a chemistry continued to grow with this now eight games with James in the mix.

You know, I'm always gonna say that I won't take any day for granted.

No, it doesn't happen often in history where you know you have this group together at this point.

You know, some of the guys were started last year, and the respective teams and other guys are NDP candidates, and, uh, have all of that collective talent.

Um, you know, and not get the most out of it, we'll be doing our social good service.

So we just wanna continue, push each other, hold each other account.

Hurry, Uh, some of your finishes around the rim just really don't make any sense.

I mean, do you Do you credit any one person for helping you develop that part of your game?

And was that something that you worked on?

Maybe on playgrounds, or is that something that you worked on?

You know, in in maybe in school and practice in school.

Like, where did you How did you start building that ability to finish around the room?

Ah, just a consistent work ethic, Andi, you know, way before I got to the NBA, I was always doing these moves.

You know, I just was kind of the guy in the neighborhood, you know, that had a kind of unorthodox way of finishing at the rim and now being able to do it on the biggest stage, you know, in the NBA, Uh, you know, I just try to stay consistent with keeping my eyes on the rim and making sure that I'm diverse or, you know, I'm able to keep the defense guessing at the, you know, left hand, right hand finishes and just continuing to inspire the youth.

You know, really, the guys that are coming after me, that watch me or study my game that, you know, you have two hands and you should be able to use both equally well, so I think that gives me an advantage.

Um, you know, in terms of anybody, anybody else, you prepare me, too.

But, you know, my finishing at the rim is only a small part of my game that I credit to my work it.

Other day, Bruce Brown was saying, offensively, he just tries to kind of find some cracks in the defense and filler space.

Is being a guy who moves really well without the ball and and kind of pops in those spaces where you expect there to be holes in the defense?

I was saying Ah, a little a little minute ago was you know, some of these guys on our team that we have for starters.

Eso they know how to play the game very well.

You know, when I was going against Detroit last year, Bruce with star point guard and he was able to still find ways to be effective.

And I feel like with this group, um, you know you're going to get open shots on being in the right spots when we collapse the defense, it creates opportunities.

And we just want guys to stay aggressive and just make the right place, even if it it doesn't go our way and, you know, just be in the right spots.

And Bruce happens to be in the right spot.

So you know you haven't He's one of those guys that could just snip out the ball, put himself in position, having a huge impact on our teams.

I mean, you did hold him without a basket for about eight minutes.

Andi Steve was talking about how you guys did a We're doing a better job with the defensive game plan.

Is that you guys as a group, understanding Mawr, what's being asked and demanded of you?

Or is that a situation where he says I tried this?

Let me just a game plan toe put these guys need to have me put for.

You know, we're gonna be challenged every night.

But I think what we're doing now is just finding a continuity to be able to utilize the strength that we do have.

We've identified some weaknesses, obviously, just doing a little details of the game.

Boxing out, get back on defense, turn, you know, eliminate ourselves from turning the ball over Onder stand communicative.

And then everything else is pretty much in control for us.

You know, getting offensive execution at a very high level.

And when you're making shots in Europe itching, that makes the game easier to manage.

I'm not the only one that's managing the game, so I just played my world ask question.

Reggie Perry had his first career double double for you guys.

Just you know him being a rookie getting significant for you guys.

What have you seen out of him so far this year?

Just a willingness to get better and also just ah, high level understanding.

Uh, you know of himself just as the competitors.

They could come in very timid and especially being drafted into a great team like this.

But he's easily, you know, accepting his role.

And we want him to continue to learn and to be doing that on the fly as a young man coming straight from college, you know, it's very impressive.

So we just want him to continue to work hard.

You know, a few of us here have been through some things, and we just wanna make sure we leave the game in a better space with Reggie as he gets better in the city.

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