The Spanish pivot Marc Gasol assured that his situation at the Los Angeles Lakers, where he has enjoyed for a few minutes, “is not ideal for anyone”, although he assured that he will always try to be “ready” for when coach Frank Vogel decides to count with him, as in the defeat this morning against the Dallas Mavericks (108-93).
“This is not the ideal situation for anyone. Being in this situation and not playing in a few games that nobody likes, but that’s what the coach wants and we’ll do what we have to do. On days you are not scheduled to play. are not Ideally, as a player you always want to know when and how much you are going to play. We are a deep team and if the coach wants to put 3 men or 2 for a position, it will take a long time, ”he declared.
In the match, André Drummond left and the Catalan center, also relegated this season by Montrezl Harrell – who did not play this morning – had only 18 minutes. “It’s a decision of the coaches. The coach can tell you that right before the game, you never know. As a player you always have to be prepared, do the same things you usually do and prepare yourself if you are going to play a lot, but sometimes it doesn’t happen like that. Don’t ask me, I just work here, ”he joked.
“That’s what it is, but I’m happy the coach let me play today. Once you get a few balls and get into the rhythm of the game and the adrenaline rushes up you get better. Conditioning is what it is. , you try to do passive exercises to move it around a bit, but there isn’t much you can do, ”he continued.
The one in Sant Boi appreciated the development of the crash. “In the first half I think we were attacking and getting good defenses and in the second we didn’t have that many. We didn’t barely hit the paint in the second half, we didn’t crash their defense and we didn’t help too much. and the ball didn’t move either. They did it. Their job adjusted, they let us pull those “pick & pops” and we need to do a better job of blocking and helping the handlers get to the paint, ”he said.
Finally, he analyzed the recent trajectory of Slovenian Luka Doncic with the Dallas Mavericks. “Luka is a great player, here in the NBA he has a lot more space than in Europe, he appreciated it. In Europe everything is tighter and difficult to read the track. In the NBA, since there is more space, these angles are much easier to read because of the spacing and where everyone is, ”he concludes.
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