00:00Yeah, I already knew what I wanted to get to.
00:03Anytime it's the fourth quarter, I'm getting to the post.
00:07I don't give a who say somebody, I'm going to the post.
00:10I worked on it, man, all summer.
00:12I worked on it three, four times a day.
00:13So I'm comfortable in that spot, those spots, right or left side,
00:18fading away to the baseline, fading away to the middle.
00:22Just, I think that's the only shot that's really available.
00:24If I run pick and roll, they're going to trap me.
00:26If I try to run small, small action, they're going to trap me.
00:29So just getting to a spot, not calling up a switch.
00:33Because usually when I call up a switch, they delay blitz me.
00:36So just going, whoever they got, come out of the timeout, hey, you got amp.
00:40I'm just going to put them in the post and see what I can do.
00:43When you get Wembe, match up against Wembe.
00:45I was like, aw, .
00:47You ain't see me?
00:48I was like, damn, do I got the shot?
00:50Do I drive them?
00:52I was confused.
00:53How long have been that decision?
00:54I ain't never been confused.
00:55Yeah, I ain't going to lie.
00:57I'm like, I'm going to throw that to Juho.
01:00I don't know what to do right now because he's so tall, bro.
01:03Like, he take away everything.
01:04He take away the layup, jump shot, and he got good feet.
01:08He can move.
01:09So yeah, he's a one of a kind.
01:12What did you see Julius particularly do against Wembe to just make it tough?
01:17I mean, you know, just physicality.
01:18I think that's the main thing, Wembe super skilled, got every move in the book.
01:25So I'm just trying to be physical with him, you know, bother him.
01:27The same thing his team do to me.
01:29So, you know, I feel like it kind of worked a little bit, but I can't get too up on it
01:33because we got to play him again in like, what, a week or so?
01:35So he'll be ready for us if we have to change something up.
01:38Good job.
01:39It was incredible.
01:41It was incredible.
01:41I mean, I thought his competitiveness, you know, his physicality, you know,
01:51it was incredible and he took that challenge, you know, to, I mean,
01:57we were down 15, down 10, you know, he took that challenge and that affected the whole team.
02:06And, you know, and that's the, I think that's the mindset that I like, you know,
02:11that's the championship mindset, you know, and it starts with Julius,
02:15then it starts with Jaden, it starts with Ant.
02:18It doesn't matter if we 0 for 10, 0 for 20 offensively.
02:22If we have that mindset defensively and offensively, we just stay confident,
02:28keep taking our shots, keep moving the ball, we can beat anybody.
02:33Rudy, how has Ant grown at the end of games and his approach to end of games
02:38and your time with him?
02:40A lot, a lot, you know, I think the first couple of years I used to tell him
02:47to not settle too much, you know, I think his decision-making at the end of the game
02:50was too, a little too much hero ball, to be honest.
02:56And, yeah, you know, I think he just comes with maturity and growth
03:01and understanding how to obviously have, he has the ball in his hands
03:07and we all count on him to either score or create for his teammates.
03:12So, he's realized that it's not just about him, I feel like he values the ball more.
03:19He values, he understands, like, these possessions are really important
03:23and tonight he could have shot a few years ago, he probably shoots a step back three,
03:28you know, over Wemby and he can make it, but it's not a super high possession shot.
03:34Tonight, he was patient, poised, you know, he attacked, backed up, attacked again
03:41and then hit a floater of the glass and, you know, that's where the growth is, you know,
03:48and I'm pretty sure that if someone would have came in super early,
03:51he probably would have kicked it out to his teammates.
03:53So, I think he comes with time and experience and his willingness to, he wants to win.
04:01So, he understands that he takes, he takes that responsibility
04:08of having the ball in his hands very seriously.
04:10Yeah, I think Rudy started on him, you know, too and we can kind of match stuff up,
04:15but like we talked about pre-game, it's hard to do that for 38 minutes, obviously,
04:20but kind of, you know, a little foreshadowing, you know, the questions,
04:24you guys were good questions, how do you defend him?
04:26And I think that's what you have to do, you have to knock him off his spot
04:29and then when he gets it, you have to crowd him, take away his space.
04:32And even like when he's going up, you know, you're not going to get it
04:34like we talked about when he's at the top of the shot, but just to crowd him just
04:38and then he wasn't in rhythm per se and he still made some shots.
04:41I mean, but at the end of the day, no, Julius and everybody's defensive effort,
04:44especially the second half.
04:46I mean, Jaden, you know, you, I mean, the blocks, this, that,
04:50and we started switching and all different guys had a piece of them,
04:53but just a phenomenal job by our guys to basically stick to it.
04:56In that regard.
04:58Yeah, I think the one thing is he's getting to his spot, obviously,
05:01the confidence that he has.
05:03And, you know, Coach Finch, everybody that is talking about continue
05:07to make the right play, make the right play, make the right play.
05:10And then tonight we were able, you know, they were down the floor a little bit
05:13with Wimby or they're small.
05:14So he was able to get to his spot, get some space.
05:16And I really think that the, I mean, he was unbelievable when, and it's good
05:20when you can only think of one bad decision he made was when we were up
05:23and he had to took the tough one.
05:24He maybe could have got off that, but he had just made one.
05:27And, but at the end of the day, I'm glad Anthony was on our team.
05:32Uh-hmm.
05:34Uh-hmm.
05:35Um-hmm.
05:38Uh-hmm.
05:38Uh-hmm.
05:38Uh-hmm.
05:39Puritan leg.
05:43An ocean.
05:43And on and on.
05:45Uh-hmm.
05:45Uh-hmm.
05:45Uh-hmm.
05:46Where do you want further of that?
05:47– It can really be from there, right?
05:47About that.
05:48Uh-hmm.
05:49Ok.
05:49So, path.
05:50You can make it.
05:51That's all.
05:51Um-hmm.
05:52Uh-hmm.
05:53Uh-hmm.
05:54Uh-hmm.
05:55It's very nice.
05:56Uh-hmm.
05:57Uh-hmm.
05:57Uh-hmm.
05:57Uh-hmm.
05:58Uh-hmm.
05:59Uh-hmm.
05:59Uh-hmm.
05:59super synergy.
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