Powell encourages teammates to take open shots instead of passing them up.
“I'm telling them to shoot the ball... they're passing up shots and things like that, just the reinforcement to give them the confidence to attack or to take the open shot.”
Chicago was too loose and not aggressive enough in dictating the offense.
“Not being on the ball, being too loosey, like, you know, I wanted them to be a little bit more aggressive, dictate the offense instead of just waiting for the offense to attack.”
Giddey wants to cut his turnovers and calls many of them self-inflicted.
“obviously, cutting down the turnovers is something that I've got to get a lot better at. A lot of them are self-inflicted.”
Awaka is the best offensive rebounder Giddey has seen and he looks for shooters.
“I never seen a guy that offensive rebounds better than Tobe. He crashes the ball... he's always trying to find shooters.”
Awaka plays hard on both ends and makes smart simple passes to shooters off offensive rebounds.
“He plays so, so hard, both sides of the ball. He makes the simple play when he gets an O board. A lot of bigs first look is to go back up and score. He's smart. He knows he's not the tallest guy in the world and he's always trying to find shooters.”
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