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Mamukelashvili plays the delay and makes reads when he is the small ball five.
โIf it's a small ball five, I play the delay, I kind of make, like, right reads, and if not, then I just kind of compliment them as much as possible.โ
Mamukelashvili wants to improve his rebounding and defense so he is trusted and not a liability.
โI also want to just work on my rebounding and defensively, I just want to be a guy you can trust, you know, I don't want to be liabilityโ
LeBron is on a 16 to 18 minute limit for now and how he gets there is flexible.
โIt was going to be first half minutes, right? ... So a nine minute stint is seven, you know, what would be a normal one or six and a half or something. ... And to get to that number, 16, 18 minutes, it doesn't really matter how you do it right now.โ
Wembanyama has gotten much better at reading advantages based on how defenses guard him.
โHe's gotten a lot better at seeing where his reads are and advantages are depending on how the defense guards him.โ
Henderson is being asked to attack the basket and look for his own score.
โI feel like focusing on attacking the basket Mike wants me to attack the basket go to score I think that just helps me get in that position of get downhill find my teammates.โ
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