What coaches and players say about roles, minutes, gameplans and development.
Poole has worked hard on defense and is doing everything the staff asked on both ends.
โHe's been working his tail off defensively. He's doing everything we've asked him to do, both offensively and defensively, being a playmaker, being poised, being aggressive to score, but also being efficient in that.โ
Zion sets the tone for the Pelicans and everyone else follows his lead.
โIt starts with Zion. He set the tone and everybody else just falls in line.โ
Zion knows he must improve his perimeter shot and has picked up tips from Trey Murphy.
โZion Williamson recognizes that to become a more versatile offensive player, he must improve his perimeter shot. After recent #Pelicans practices, the power forward has picked up tips from his franchise's all-time best three-point shooter, Trey Murphyโ
Missi is challenged to contend for Defensive Player of the Year and anchor the defense.
โI'm challenging him to challenge someone for Defensive Player of the Year. I'll put that out there right now, because he is that talented. He's going to anchor us in so many ways.โ
Missi was special in practice today.
โI wish y'all could have been in the practice today. He was special.โ
