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Hezonja is an aggressive rim pressure player who had a really good scrimmage.
โHe's super aggressive. Tries to put a lot of pressure on the rim. He had a really good scrimmage. Just maybe a little bit of a change up to what we've had where you've got a guy coming in off the bench.โ
Proctor is adapting to more off-ball play and knocking down shots to get on the floor.
โI think he's done a really good job of understanding maybe what's going to get him on the floor. Trying to be more of a kind of an off-ball guy at times. Obviously understanding you've got to knock out shots and he's done that. And then him guarding the ball...โ
Porter sees a wide open rotation spot after the offseason trades and wants to seize it.
โI feel like it's wide open honestly... some guys got traded in the offseason and everything so the opportunity is there and I just got to go in and take it.โ
Porter wants to set the tone as leader of the second unit.
โI want to just set the tone and let everybody know I can be the leader of a second unit and just impact winning basketball, whether it be scoring or doing a lot of the little things I do.โ
Porter sees his role as backup point guard who gives the main ball handlers pressure relief.
โI feel like being that backup ball handler backup point guard is big because it gives those guys a lot of pressure release... just being able to give us a different look and just give them guys some pressure reliefโ
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