Duke forward Matthew Hurt worked on his lateral quickness over the offseason and hopes to be better in one-on-one defense this year.
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00:00 Yeah, you know, I think for me,
00:03 I think it was like a little decent season.
00:05 I'm just trying to-- last year, you know,
00:07 I was just trying to do the little things
00:12 and just try to do a lot of things.
00:13 And, you know, last year didn't go as expected for me,
00:17 but I feel like everyone has their own path
00:19 and just try to get better.
00:20 I mean, that's just the main goal is just try to get better.
00:23 But I mean, strengths and weaknesses, you know,
00:26 everybody knows I can shoot, but I feel like,
00:28 you know, weaknesses, you know, my strength last year,
00:30 how I play defense.
00:31 So I just try to take that, take the weaknesses last year
00:34 and try to make them strengths during the offseason.
00:39 Definitely lateral quickness, you know,
00:42 guarding, you know, smaller players
00:44 so we could switch like one through four,
00:47 one through five.
00:48 So, you know, just try to get with my strength coach
00:52 and just try to work on those things especially.
00:56 I think it starts on defense, you know, getting stops,
00:59 you know, keep my guy in front,
01:01 getting rebounds and offense man just being aggressive,
01:05 just having that aggressive mindset.
01:07 You know, coaches, you know, coaches telling me to shoot,
01:10 you know, a lot of threes this year
01:12 and just attack the rim and show that I'm a versatile player.
01:17 Yeah, you know, I think Coach Shire and Coach K,
01:20 I really appreciate getting my shot off a lot quicker.
01:23 You know, last year, you know,
01:25 my shot wasn't as quick as it should be.
01:27 I feel like just getting my shot preparation
01:29 is a lot different than it was last year.
01:33 But, yeah, you know, just working on counters,
01:34 you know, going right, going left,
01:36 having different moves in the post.
01:38 So just trying to have a lot of counters
01:40 because, you know, the defense is going to scout me
01:43 and scout the team.
01:44 So I think just having different counters is going to help me.
01:47 Yeah, you know, just, you know, my mentality,
01:50 I think it's changed a lot since last year.
01:52 I think just being aggressive
01:54 and just trying to be the best player on the floor each time,
01:58 whether it's on my team or whether it's on the floor.
02:00 But I think just trying to be aggressive
02:03 and just trying to shoot my shots,
02:05 that, you know, I've practiced my whole life.
02:08 And so, yeah.