LaMelo Ball Media Day 2023
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00:00 [inaudible]
00:10 Yeah.
00:12 Summer, pretty much just a lot of rehab.
00:13 I mean, Daniel was here most of the summer in Cali,
00:18 seeing the family a little, but, yeah, mostly just rehab.
00:21 [inaudible]
00:29 Yeah, I think we in a good spot going the right way.
00:33 Just everybody here, you know.
00:35 We already started this pretty much like three weeks ago.
00:37 Everybody been in the gym, so I feel like we in a good spot.
00:40 [inaudible]
00:57 Right. Yeah, I feel like we got a real talented team,
01:00 of course, and then B-Mil, yeah, great player.
01:02 I mean, I feel like he know how to play the game.
01:05 Just playing alongside him has already felt right,
01:07 you know, smooth, so it's been good.
01:11 Last season, you had a career-high volume
01:13 behind you, a career-low at the brink.
01:15 Do you think that the injuries play a factor,
01:17 like, in your mind mentally or subconsciously
01:20 about not attacking the rim as much?
01:21 Did you want to balance that a little bit more?
01:24 No, I just go out there and hoop for real, man.
01:27 Where the ball falls, that's where it falls,
01:28 so make some, miss some.
01:29 Just try to make more than you miss.
01:32 What does the next step of your career
01:36 look like from a stylistic standpoint,
01:39 game play, and also from a team standpoint?
01:42 What does the next level that you need to get to look like?
01:46 You're saying as a team or me?
01:47 Oh.
01:49 Definitely we shooting for the playoffs, so that's first,
01:51 so definitely just getting in there and making some noise.
01:54 As for your game?
01:55 Me individually, just everybody get better,
01:58 just if it's working on defense and offense,
02:00 so I was just trying to put it together.
02:03 [Indistinct]
02:07 Yeah.
02:09 What was that like in the off-workout
02:10 that you got to be able to have the rest of the day
02:12 with the kids on the bench?
02:14 Right, yeah, it's just big, you know, seeing everybody here,
02:16 so you can tell people are dedicated,
02:18 you know, want to win and stuff like that,
02:19 so just having everybody early, it's good to look at.
02:24 How many people in the physical unit
02:26 are actually in the rehab?
02:30 Yeah, we've been talking about that and stuff,
02:32 and then, like I said, been rehabbing the whole summer
02:35 and still just rehabbing
02:36 and just with the treatment on the time,
02:38 so it's getting better and better.
02:42 No, I wear braces. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:44 So that's what I was going to follow up with.
02:47 Braces, did you ever wear those?
02:49 Yeah, not in my life, but this summer and stuff,
02:52 they had me in them, been wearing them and stuff,
02:54 so I thought it was going to be like a real big deal,
02:56 but it don't feel too bad.
02:58 How do you stay on the court? How does it feel?
03:02 It's like high, mid-type, however my shoe is.
03:06 It's like in between.
03:08 So, no, what do you think you can do
03:10 to help the whole team make the play?
03:13 I mean, just stay, be a leader,
03:15 just do everything I can to help the team for real.
03:22 [Indistinct]
03:23 Ralph Lauren.
03:28 You really seem to be part of a great collection of boots.
03:34 Yeah.
03:35 [Indistinct]
03:37 You said what at the end?
03:39 How is it that you're wearing it?
03:41 Oh, yeah, I mean, just, you know,
03:43 showing it to the world, wearing it all the time,
03:45 you know, having kids in it, just everything, you know.
03:47 It's one of them lifestyle brands.
03:50 You said appreciate you brother.
03:52 Are you?
03:52 >> Sure.