Tom Petrini from KENS 5 Tom. Hey
buddy, how has everything been in
practice since the end of the preseason?
You know it's time to lock in a time zone in.
Time to get ready for the real deal
and you know it's been intense.
We've been, we've been focused
and we've been, you know,
just basically trying to try to become US.
Become this year's team and figure it out.
Have you been doing to spend
your time off the floor?
Lonnie said he's been playing
video games with some of the guys
getting the communication up.
What about you?
I got well not playing very well.
I wasn't in a group.
I know that for sure.
You know, just. Whatever I like to,
you know, decompress,
you know you put your all into
basketball when you're on the court,
and then I'm outside of it.
I like to know, spend time,
my family into things like that,
that's all.
And what do you do with your family,
and especially in in these times
where everything is closed?
You know the little things taking walks.
You know, just teaching kids about
things outside just being outside.
Cool thanks. Next time,
let's go to Jeff McDonald, Jeff.
Hey bro, do you mention learning
is video games and Lonnie was also
talking to us about kind of the
relationship with pop with between the
young guys and pop and and Lonnie's
teaching about rap and and trying
to get him on Twitter and stuff.
How have you seen Pop?
You know this is kind of an old
school guy relate to some of these
20 year old kids that he's had
coming in the last couple of years.
I think I see I like to.
The gateway with both of them,
you know he he leans on us and you know,
we're kind of we're kind
of in between you know his,
his way of thinking in the younger
guys were thinking so he leans on the
vessel little bit more because of that.
So you guys are kind of like the
translator that translates pop to
the kids. Yeah, yeah, that's
exactly that's that's a great way.
And I wanted to ask you if you
guys start off in Memphis,
that's a place where you spent
probably most of your karere.
I'm sure you've got places you like to visit.
People like to see there is that
going to be more difficult given the
covid situation on this trip.
I absolutely, you know,
to get to see some of the people I
want to see is is kind of, you know,
not just detrimental to them,
but also to our team and and you know,
just what I have to say.
My eyes and send my text messages.
And so you know, everybody pretty much
understands what's going on right now, so.
You know it's not that hard
of a conversation, but.
Who knows, you know things in the future.
Maybe next time we get there
I get to see everybody
I know the League and the Players
Association is kind of talking about
is the vaccine comes up making whether
to make that mandatory for players.
What where do you fall on that?
I'm I'm in the middle of research,
so I really can't answer that
question right now, so you know,
I I strongly advise everybody do
research before they take a shot
at do anything, so that's why
I'm in between right now. That's
fair enough. Appreciate it.
Thanks Jeff. Let's go to Matt Tynon Matt. Hey
Rudy, given everything you just said,
the unpredictability of the
last eight or nine months,
the quick offseason, the quick preseason,
how you guys have been able to maintain
a sense of normalcy and maintain
perspective with the regular season.
Just a couple of nights away now.
I mean just focus on basketball.
I mean, that's that's what really.
That was, you know,
in between those lines it is normal.
Outside of that there's no fans.
Anything like that.
You know, that's you know,
that's that's the unknown and things
we have to focus on what goes on in
those lines and play for each other,
and everything else is
going to figure it out.
You know, I.
Our showers are pretty good,
but they way we are not a
great what goes on outside.
Yeah, Lonnie Lonnie mentioned just
how important it is to establish a
routine even with all of the kind of
chaos going on off the court is that.
I mean, I'm I'm sure that goes for everybody.
Yeah, I mean you know for somebody
like 1/21/22 years old and you know
he new to the League and getting
out and doing things and having
that taken from him understand him.
You know trying to figure things out,
but for me I'm old fart man I I,
I'm a creature of habit.
I do what I do and I really
don't care about anything else.
Appreciate it, thanks Matt. Let's
go to Tom Orsborn Tom. Hey
Rudy, back to the vaccine real quick.
There's a players Association.
Ask you guys for input or they are
they seeking input from players
around the League. Uhm, you
know. I think that's something that I
think we're going to have to have a meeting
about and have a conversation about.
But I know you know that the players,
so she always has been really all
about players voicing their opinions
and going for what they believe.
So I can't see them making us do it, but.
It deserves a conversation for sure.
Where? Where do you think you guys
are at defensively right now and
how much has you know not having
killed in and Eric impacted what
you guys want to do on that end of
the court? I even packed it and
not having them as impacted it,
you know drastically.
You know they are, you know, Derek.
I mean he had like what 20 charges and
eight games to something like that.
I'm not a problem with that,
but you know this.
His activity and count US energy is really
not having him in preseason really hurt us.
But you know, they're they're
trickling their way back.
You know, you know,
as far as defense, you know.
I mean, for the most part this preseason,
you know we have a, you know,
a mix of veterans and young
guys and we're playing with.
Different different lineups and
stuff like that, so you know.
I mean, I believe that you know the
best players in the best defensive
lineups will be out there, so you know
you can't really base their season off.
Appreciate it.
Thank you. Thanks, Tom.
Will wrap things up with Jeff Garcia,
Jeff.
It
really would have been your first
impression so far
of Trey Jones.
Ray Jones trades trade easier competitor.
He's a defender. I mean, what was he
decent defensive player of the year?
And yeah, yeah this season.
Really good conference obviously
had to make this step.
You know, 'cause you know a
really good a really good.
College conferences,
like a terrible terrible so so,
but we will know he's going to
take the better he's getting.
He's young and like then you
can't teach his competitiveness
and he had that coming in,
so he hasn't backed down and he's
defender and you know everything
else with this game will continue to
build as we as we work with them,
but you know,
he's he's he's motivated and he's
ready to go and just one more quick question,
how are your gyms dealing with the
whole covid situation right now in Baltimore?
Is there like you know?
But I mean.
I say inside the gym is is is,
you know fan is running good and
we're enforcing new guidelines
and and and everything.
But you know behind the scenes and
the stuff that the phone calls.
I get on outlook checking those people
that choose to come in there and play.
So that's where most of the work is.
That's where most of the
money spent right now, but.
And this is for the code.
Alright thanks, no problem,
I really appreciate you.
Thank you Sir.
Have a good day.