Willie Green Pregame Interview - Grizzlies - Dec. 26 - video Dailymotion

Coach Willie Green's pregame interview ahead of the Grizzlies game on Dec. 26.

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00:00 >> Well, the biggest thing is that he brings a level of confidence to their

00:04 team that they were waiting for and a swagger to their team.

00:09 And that's what makes them dangerous.

00:11 It's now that they have their leader, best player on the floor.

00:17 They're playing much more confident, they're a better defensive team.

00:21 They're getting in the paint and they're attacking.

00:22 And he allows everybody to kind of get to their rightful spots on the floor.

00:29 So it makes them better.

00:32 It starts with our ability to defend, keep them out of the paint and

00:36 make them take tough contested twos.

00:40 They dominated us in the paint.

00:42 So it starts with that mentality first and then making sure that we can

00:47 reverse it on them and have paint scores and paint kickouts.

00:51 Making sure that we dominate the glass on both, take care of the basketball.

00:56 Against Houston, we had three turnovers in the last four minutes of the game.

01:01 And that's death in the NBA, for sure.

01:03 We have to show him different looks.

01:05 And so we'll throw a number of different looks at him and

01:11 put different guys on him, but it's what he does well.

01:14 Especially coming back now, his rhythm is getting into the paint.

01:18 We know he can make shots, but his strength is in transition and

01:23 driving the ball to get to the paint and making decisions from there.