Snooze time, go ahead.
They really good morning.
To start off with just your
thoughts on getting DeMar
back and then also facing the
Rockets without James Harden.
Uhm? You know rock is
always been a.
You know where to play against.
You're going to be competitive in the
way we still have a lot of great players.
You know what was going on
there is that between them.
And their players or whatever we need
this win obviously having them are back.
Is great for he's been out, you know?
I called to a centerpiece and have him back.
Would be great, you know,
just to go out there and compete.
You know he's a he's wanting,
you know he's just a guy we need.
Finally, what are your thoughts on the
tighter health and safety protocols?
Best complain about it,
but then today is about safety.
Uhm? I think that's the most
important part, not just for us.
Our families, staff everybody and
not just the staff and everything.
We travel from state to state
for the United States of America.
We got a lot to do our part and that's
the way we do it out part I guess.
Next time, let's go to Kaylee
Griffin from Rockets TV.
Hey Rudy, you were teammates
with DeMarcus Cousins and Ben
McLemore back in Sacramento.
What are some of the things
you remember about those those
days playing with those two?
You know just the competitiveness,
the way, the way we
went out there and play. And you know,
we have to share some good moments.
You know, playing somewhere after three.
I think it was three,
three, or four years.
You know, you kind of get to,
you know, get to know people,
get to be around a lot,
just like I learned that you know,
be friends with people here so you know
you know they're getting opportunities.
Great to see if the mark is back.
Great to see Ben have opportunity to
play and that's what it's mostly about.
You know, just trying to lengthen
your career and do the best you can.
On a second question,
kind of a little separate.
I talked to John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins,
David knew about all coming off
Achilles injuries and asked if
they had a chance to talk to
anybody through that process.
Then all three of them said
they talked to you.
What is made?
You want to reach out to players
who have gone through or going
through the Achilles injury
in the in the rehab process?
I just honestly want people
to do do well and, you know,
have control of their careers.
The injuries have been an injury
that people have kind of written
you off and told you that.
You know you can't come back with Crittenden,
but. You know, if if I can do it,
they can do it and people reach out to me.
I reached out to them, David.
Actually I called him because it happened
here in San Antonio and I saw it.
I'm I reached out to Garrett Temple,
which was this team at the
time and asked if he was OK.
And you know, took his number down
and kind of just told him what I
went through and how I did it.
'cause low different you know.
Obviously we're teammates.
Will a little more.
You know, little little quote,
a lot closer than I am with David,
and you know, just tell him no.
You know, just just be patient.
It's going to be some tough days,
but in the day the overall the
overall you know at end date over.
Things to get back and be healthy and
do as much as you can in your career.
Thanks Kelly, let's go to
Tom Petrini from KENS 5.
Hey Rudy, through a pretty tough
schedule to start this season,
how would you evaluate the team,
not just with the results,
but with how you're growing
together as a group? I'm
glad we had that. Scheduling
beginning we saw we could do what
we capable of and also we got,
you know, being some good team
you realize how good we can be.
In the early in the early in the schedule.
And we have a lot of room for growth.
Are tough schedule short.
Is there and uh.
We just continue to give credit
where everybody is getting
more and more confident,
which I learn each other
and play Better Together. In
terms of the team defense, you guys
have been forcing a lot of turnovers.
Making things difficult would
have you seen there and what have
you yourself personally tried to
contribute on that ever before.
Uhm, you know we're young,
athletic team and and. Yeah,
just had the wreak havoc for opposing
teams and myself just learning a
voice and trying to go out there and
do as much as I can.
But I'm I have an A.
You know this this must.
This must happen to just be a vet.
And then Lastly, you know you
make so many tough shots.
Sometimes it seems like you're
more comfortable off the bounce
with a hand in your face you
know is is that part of you know.
How do you explain that and you know is?
Is that something that you've
you've worked on throughout
your whole career? I mean,
yeah. I mean, when you.
For most of my career,
I've been acting tough shots and
make tough shots, so you know,
for people that seem here,
you know, just you know.
Change my role being a different player
in and try to take take and make as many
open shots Canon make place for others.
But that's just part of being competitive.
When you you know most of my career,
I've been the guy to go to to
make those tough shots and and
choose the board in the game.
But you know,
I guess is some you know,
just got better and better at try to do less.
So since I've been here.
Next time we'll wrap it up with
Jeff McDonald from the Express
News, Jeff Hey,
Rudy Houston's coming in here.
Obviously a team in flux with the trade,
they don't know who's going to be available.
I know some of the guys that were
there feeling little dis respected by
some of the things that went down.
Is that a dangerous team?
Do you, like, do you feel like
they're going to come out and play
like their hair's on fire tonight?
Very dangerous, very dangerous.
You know, obviously what we've been
going through a very public and now.
You know, I think both parties are
saying to me you will get a handle
on what's going on and then you
know if it's night is the night
where it seems as though you know
teams like this play free and you
know we just want to go out there.
And if that was ourselves early
because you know, you know it's it's.
It's legal pros, you know.
A lot of great players and you
know when somebody goes down,
it's another opportunity for someone else so.
You know we don't not
taking lightly at all. And
Lastly, I think you're closing in on James
Worthy on the NBA all time scoring list.
Is that a name that sticks out to
you as as a yeah? Sounds like you
don't just happen to be around here.
If you want to be.
Your name was with some of those guys
and in somewhere in the history books.
When I'm James worthy or somebody
I don't know, I haven't, you know,
just maybe in my 8 getting to
watch a lot of them. But you know,
just kinda storing up again knowing that.
You know how, how, how great he was,
and how good he was for that team.
The Showtime Lakers were before your time
a little bit a little bit for myself,
but I know a lot of the bottle,
not that old.
Alright man, appreciate it in
this problem. Thanks Rudy.
We appreciate you man will
see you after the game.