Matt Ryan Talks Postgame About Improving On The Defensive End To Become A Complete Basketball Player
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00:00 So Herb came to me and talked about obviously your shooting
00:02 being an asset to the team, but also how hard you're
00:05 working on defensively.
00:06 Can you kind of talk about the work
00:07 you're putting in to becoming a complete player
00:09 on both sides of the court?
00:10 Absolutely.
00:11 You know, the knock on pretty much every shooter in the league
00:13 is always going to be, can they hold their own defensively?
00:15 And that's all I'm trying to do, trying to hold my own.
00:19 Don't be a liability, right?
00:21 That's what every player tries to do out there,
00:23 you know, being in the right spots in rotations, boxing out.
00:27 And again, you know, the game isn't perfect.
00:30 You can do the greatest job boxing out,
00:31 and the guy still might get it.
00:32 Or you could play the best defense,
00:34 and the guy still hits a step back three on you.
00:37 But can you continue to put possessions in a row
00:41 together to where you're making it difficult on the offense?
00:43 And that's what I'm trying to do.
00:44 And Coach is doing a great job, you know,
00:47 continuing to teach me our philosophy here,
00:49 showing me film of how I can continue to improve.
00:52 And you know, it's a day-to-day thing.
00:54 I'll keep getting better.
00:55 But you know, I'm definitely taking it a lot more seriously
00:59 on that end than I ever have.