HOUJabari Smith Jr.DevelopmentPresser1d

Smith Jr. is pushing to take more threes and attack closeouts more aggressively.

“I feel like I've made it a point to myself to try to get my three-point volume up and just be more aggressive as far as attacking close-offs and just playing my game.”

HOUGameplanPresser1d

Houston is not crashing the offensive glass as hard as it wants and its transition defense has been poor.

“Our crash rate, when we do crash, it's been really good, but we're not crashing as hard as we want to. And our transition defense has been poor... we want to get more attempts up and too many late shot clock positions already.”

HOUKevin DurantMinutes & UsagePresser1d

Durant stays aggressive but a shift is coming as the young players grow more aggressive.

“But still want him to be who he is, be aggressive and take what the game gives him... But as our young guys grow and improve and get better, it's kind of a shift you're going to have. And they're going to be more aggressive.”

PHXMiles BridgesDevelopmentPresser6h

Bridges is working on playing bigger through rebounding and transition aggression.

“He was telling me to just play bigger than what I am. You know, just grab every rebound, you know, push in transition, and offense rebounding.”

PHXLuke Kennard · Collin GillespieMinutes & UsagePresser6h

Gillespie wants Kennard taking about 10 shots a game when the situation allows.

“I remember Collin telling me before season started, he wants me to take like 10 a game. Obviously, it comes down to situations, minute, like all the things like that.”

PHXDevin Booker · Oso IghodaroNewsPresser1d

Ighodaro's screening angles were great and forced the other team to go over.

“Shout out Oso, great screening angles, forcing the team to go over. I think I got two early threes to start. And then that just opens everything up the rest of the way.”