Lindy Waters III | Milwaukee Bucks | Mar. 08, 2022
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00:00Nick Gallo, KC Thunder.com.
00:03Lindy, would you think of just sort of the offensive back and forth tonight?
00:06Both teams executed at a really high level.
00:10Seemed like they just had a little bit more firepower.
00:12Yeah, credit to them.
00:13They're a high level team.
00:16They came in ready to play.
00:18Giannis was knocking shots down and
00:20it's tough to beat them when he's doing that.
00:23And you personally, you hit a lot of threes tonight, but
00:26you also, Mark was saying, played a really nice floor game,
00:29made the extra pass, and then hung in there defensively and
00:32did your job in your assignments.
00:33What did you think of your overall night?
00:37I thought I shot the ball good enough.
00:40I obviously think I could shoot the ball better, but
00:43it's just trying to make those simple plays.
00:46I'm not trying to do too much outside of my game and
00:50just help the team in whichever way I can.
00:52But I watched film tonight, watch some film tomorrow and
00:56see where I can improve it and keep it going.
01:00Paris Lawson, okascunner.com.
01:01Wanted to go back to the offense, just on your guys' side as a whole.
01:05Shot at a really high level all night long and against a team like Milwaukee.
01:09He's got a lot of size and a lot of athleticism.
01:11Just where did you feel like you guys were clicking tonight?
01:15Just playing with each other, sharing the ball.
01:17And when one teammate has it going, more times than not,
01:21if they see the ball going, it makes everyone else confident.
01:25And then just encouraging each other on the bench and timeouts.
01:30Just cheering for each other, being our biggest fans.
01:33That's all we can do right now.
01:36And just like the athletic, your journey to the NBA has been pretty remarkable,
01:40especially since you've just been an Oklahoma guy since the beginning.
01:44I'm just curious if you've had time to even stop and
01:46reflect since you've had a few games under your belt.
01:49No, it's been so fast and constant with just the traveling and
01:55just wanting to improve immediately.
01:59Not trying to stay in the past or get too high, get too low.
02:04Just stay even, even keel, and take one day at a time.
02:09And then at the end of the season,
02:11then I'll be able to really think about what I've done.
02:16A lot of people think of you as a shooter, but Mark talked pregame about how he
02:19doesn't want you to just be a shooter.
02:21He wants you to defend and have a floor game and all that.
02:24How much does that mean to you and just to your overall development?
02:28Yeah, I mean, I think shooting is my biggest key to my game.
02:35It's what I'm trying to perfect.
02:37But at the end of the day, there's a lot more to just shooting.
02:41You gotta play both ends of the court.
02:43You gotta play within the team.
02:45And whatever he wants, whatever he asks of me, I'm willing to do.
02:51But I played basketball my whole life, so there's more to just shooting.
03:05Can you talk?
03:08Yeah, Lindy, after every game, you come out sometimes still in jersey.
03:13And you sign every autograph, take every picture,
03:16shake every hand of all the fans that are here to support you.
03:21Two part question is, how cool is that to have so
03:26much love of so many people this early in your career?
03:31And then why do you feel like it's a need to also show them so much love?
03:38I think just my whole journey, not leaving Oklahoma from growing up in Norman.
03:45And then playing high school in Norman, college in Stillwater.
03:50And then the outlaws out in Enid, now here.
03:54I've met a lot of people along the way, most of them have been in Oklahoma.
04:00So just being able to see those familiar faces,
04:03people that I haven't seen in years, I mean, it's love.
04:06The support is real.
04:07And any which way I can give back to them, I'm gonna do that.
04:13And I also wanna try to be a role model in the Native American community for
04:18those type of kids.
04:19So if they see my face and I get to have just a short conversation with them,
04:25just to let them know that their dreams are achievable, just like mine were.
04:30That's what I'm gonna do.
04:33Thank you guys.