Derik Queen Joins to Talk Pelicans Season Start & His Rookie Year

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00:00It's been a little bit of a rough start for the New Orleans Pelicans.

00:03There's still some good things, though, on the horizon for them.

00:05Zion Williamson is healthy, and newly acquired Jordan Poole is scoring tons of buckets.

00:10Plus, there's a lot of hope around first-round pick Derek Queen, who is joining us right now.

00:14So, Derek, let's start with your partnership that you got right now with Quest Nutrition

00:18and the launch of the very first donut for the company. Tell us about that.

00:22Yeah, it's a great donut.

00:24It has protein, and it helped me fulfill having my sweet tooth.

00:30It has the same taste as a regular donut.

00:33Which is great and incredibly important when you're able to sort of get the protein

00:37that you need every single day.

00:39We know you've been dealing with a wrist injury so far this season,

00:42at least the early part of the season.

00:43How are you feeling right now?

00:46I feel great, back healthy, but still just trying to get my wrist all the way to 100%,

00:53which is almost there.

00:56It's almost there. That's good. That's really good to hear,

00:57especially because the season's just getting started right now.

01:00What has been sort of the biggest transition and learning curve for you,

01:03coming from, you know, college basketball to playing in the NBA?

01:07Yeah, it's definitely the shot clock, 24 seconds, and how fast, like, the game is.

01:16Let's talk about one of the games in particular, one of your best games of the season.

01:19You scored 15 points in that overtime loss against the Spurs,

01:22but you also had to play against Wemby.

01:25What's it like to even guard a guy like that?

01:28Yeah, it's crazy because he's 7'6", and can do what a point guard can do.

01:35So it's just like, it was definitely fun matching up with him,

01:39seeing a person that tall and that good,

01:41and just ready for the other matchups that we have.

01:47Has he been the toughest guy you've had to play defensively against so far?

01:53Oh, yeah, definitely.

01:55Like, how do you even guard somebody that's, like, 7'6"?

01:58You're the best you can do.

02:03Let's go back to draft night.

02:04Obviously, you were one of the big trades that evening.

02:07Can you tell us what was going through your mind that night

02:09when you were selected by the Hawks but then traded that night?

02:12What was that night like?

02:14I mean, yeah, I was just happy to get drafted, but it was great.

02:23Just feeling wanted, and now I'm part of an organization

02:29that's trying to get back on their feet.

02:32And now I'm going to talk to you.

02:51I'm right.

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