LaMelo Ball Press Conference 10.3.23
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00:00 >> I feel good just to be out here playing with everybody and the guys.
00:03 So it definitely feels great.
00:04 >> Is there any, I guess for you, having kind of been away for
00:07 having to go through what you did last year, do you feel this newfound appreciation
00:11 of the state will feel a little extra sweet for you?
00:15 >> I mean, every day I'm alive, just touch a basketball, all that type of stuff.
00:18 I'm appreciated, so every day.
00:20 >> What are some of the impressions you have of the other guys in the backcourt
00:23 right now?
00:24 There's some new faces, some returning faces.
00:26 >> Right. >> Frank, Edmond,
00:27 what do you like about what you see from those guys?
00:29 >> Yeah, a lot of defenders, a lot of people to run, get out, shoot the ball.
00:33 So it's looking good.
00:35 >> What's it like for you being out there for the first time?
00:37 I guess, obviously you've been up there before, but you were a 5 on 5 player,
00:39 coming alive for the team.
00:41 What's it like to be out there, man, with the team again?
00:43 >> Like I said, it felt great just being out there and
00:45 obviously touching the basketball again.
00:47 So it definitely felt great.
00:48 >> Coach had mentioned, he talked to you about, I guess, telling him if you're
00:51 fatigued, you're tired, what about as a leader just making sure you take care of
00:54 your body and don't go too hard out there?
00:56 >> Actually trying to kind of push myself to get over that hump and
01:01 then just keep on conditioning and stuff like that.
01:03 So yeah, just getting that run in.
01:05 >> How do you feel physically, Ron?
01:06 Do you feel like yourself?
01:07 >> Yeah, still trying to get there, that's what I'm saying,
01:09 getting out here and running.
01:10 >> What do you notice about Brandon Miller coming in here?
01:16 >> Smooth.
01:17 He's real smooth, and I use his feet when I play the game.
01:21 He's very athletic too.
01:22 >> Some guys have said they think he's probably gonna contribute.
01:25 >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think so too.
01:27 I think he's smooth, and he knows how to play the game, that's big.
01:31 >> Yesterday Gordon mentioned he feels that you, I guess,
01:34 you're a little bit different, not like in a battle, but you feel,
01:37 I guess your approach, the way you counter yourself a little bit more.
01:40 Do you feel, I guess, more like a veteran now out there that you've been there for
01:43 like four years or a little more different than you've been the first
01:46 couple days?
01:47 >> It's more of a task, doing more stuff, more of a leader.
01:50 So that's pretty much the main thing.
01:52 Other than that, I still feel like myself.
01:54 >> How did you become more of a leader?
01:56 Like the growth that you had?
01:57 >> Pretty much, we knew that's what it was gonna come to, so
01:59 it's pretty much taking the whole road and going into it.
02:01 >> No, this is the best team we've been on.