Chet Holmgren Explains His Rivalry With Victor Wembanyama

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00:00Chat appreciate you coming on man for heaven. You've had some highlights over the years

00:04One of my favorites is you I think 17 years old

00:07You're playing against Steph Curry and you kind of put some moves on them

00:11What was your mentality going to this game? Were you nervous at all?

00:14No, I wouldn't say nervous. I was just kind of hooping

00:18you know, I would like to come out the same way be aggressive and

00:22Just kind of do what I've been working on

00:24There's some players to talk about like their first time they step on the court against a player. They may be watched

00:28They're like a little intimidated or maybe a little anxious anything or you always just been super confident

00:33I'd say anxious is the right word like kind of just like ready like, you know

00:37Let's do it tired of the waiting around but I wouldn't say nervous, you know

00:41I know what I can do what I can't do. I'm gonna go out there and try and do what I can't do

00:44Do you think people underrate your handles and if you're very shifty as well?

00:49Because of your size. I do think that's an underrated part of your game now

00:52I feel like people put a lot of emphasis on it. Mm-hmm. No, I'd say evenly braided

00:57Okay, perfectly rated. One of my favorite NBA shots this year is you send the game to overtime against the Warriors?

01:12Was the play drawn out for you

01:15There were a couple of different options on the play but that was like the last option it's like nothing else is open like get

01:22It here and then obviously there's like second and a half or something on the clock

01:27Yeah, it's like if I get the ball, I gotta shoot it. So and we run over in situations and practice and everything. Yeah

01:34But usually I turn in practice. I turn the other way. Uh-huh. I don't know why I turned out

01:41So you have like a second there's

01:431.7 seconds left

01:44You have to not step out of bounds and then you have to jump over Wiggins and make sure to hit the shot

01:49You what's the number one thing you're keeping in mind as you are shooting that shot or you know, you're about to get that shot

01:56I mean, you're not really keeping anything in your mind. Yeah, because once you start thinking that slows you down then you overthink so yeah, it's like

02:03Practice it. We'll just go do it. Like I've practiced it before, you know, yeah

02:07Just kind of free-flowing at that point. You're off the backboard dunk at what point did you know?

02:13You were gonna throw it off the backboard

02:18Perfect big part of my game big part of a lot of people's game. It's effective

02:24What Shay does is he'll get you in the air and then he'll draw the following it's a free throw line

02:29Yeah, you know, I'm still evolving. I gotta add that to my game a little bit

02:33but you know, I got this one in there, so

02:36This one's pretty effective too. It is is is the off the backboard dunk something you practice or is it kind of an instincts thing

02:42in that moment, I

02:44Feel like everybody who can dunk has kind of done it just like dinking around. Yeah, maybe like playing one-on-one with somebody but

02:51Never like I

02:54Have done it and like pick up and stuff before too. Yeah, but like it's not something where it's like

02:59This is a part of my game. I do this every night

03:02You know, like it's kind of just kind of just happened

03:04I guess the next one is your game against Wemby when the game was played people have always kind of said

03:10It's like the two best young big men in the NBA right now

03:15What was kind of your mentality as you're playing this game because it was it was a great win for you guys you guys won by

03:212025

03:24Just

03:26Try to go out there with an understanding

03:28That you know, obviously there's a big narrative. Yeah around the game because of the matchup and everything. Mm-hmm, but also

03:36Understanding that it's still the Thunder versus Spurs and we gotta win a basketball game. So just going out there and trying to compete

03:42At as high of a level as I can

03:45But, you know also trying, you know leave my fingerprints on the game. Yeah, what's something with the defender like him

03:52He's so tall people talk about all the time that you're trying to keep in mind

03:55To kind of disrupt his offensive flow, but then also when he's guarding you how to get that shot off

04:01Just understanding how tall he is. Yeah, you know, it's like it's not too many times

04:06I'm playing against somebody taller than me. So right just understanding that and

04:10You know

04:13Trying to counter that I guess totally and last question for me is

04:16When you see the growth in yourself from the beginning of this year to the end

04:20What do you think is the biggest improvement you've made?

04:24I wouldn't say it's one area like I've game the game. I've improved on a lot of different things

04:33From defensive rotations to when to take certain shots

04:38You know

04:40Where I'm gonna find different shots different spots all that like

04:44It's a lot of little things, you know in the offseason is really when you

04:49Improve that, you know, I want to get really good at

04:52Shooting fadeaways over my right shoulder. Yeah, that's more of an offseason thing. So in season just kind of figure things out

05:00That are kind of like small little things in the game and when you're blocking a shot like on this one where you it kind

05:05of hits off the backboard

05:07How how how do you work on the timing of that?

05:09Cuz that's something that people struggle with it at times

05:12Was it a natural thing for you?

05:14Or is it just something that you've practiced over time and it kind of worked out?

05:17I feel like it's a little bit of both just having good timing and also having good awareness

05:22You know when you play enough basketball

05:25You start to see different situations. Yeah over and over and then it's to the point where you can

05:31kind of see them before they happen and then

05:34You know kind of react to something that hasn't even happened yet, you know and what's going to happen so

05:39Chet thank you so much for the time man. I appreciate it

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