Tre Mann | Rockets Post-Game | Nov. 29, 2021
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00:00Your activity, rebounding the ball,
00:03loose balls, trying to front,
00:05like that was very noticeable out there tonight.
00:07What was your mindset and kind of intentions
00:10on that aspect of the game?
00:12I'm just trying to affect the game any way I can.
00:16Coaches told me that that's how I'm going to earn playing time,
00:18by getting loose balls, getting rebounds,
00:21and doing some dirty work, like being a low man in defense,
00:24just being in the right spots.
00:25So that's been my mindset for the last since they told me that.
00:30Some people have looked at you as like a jump shooter,
00:35but you're really showing the ability
00:37to get to all different spots on the floor.
00:40How much pride do you take in taking the contact
00:42the way that you did, going to the rim,
00:44challenging, drawing fouls, all that kind of stuff?
00:47Yeah, I feel like that's always been in my game
00:50since I was 10th grade in high school.
00:54It's just showing more now because there's more space.
00:56I'm able to get to the rim a lot more,
00:59and then I just try to read defenders.
01:03If I feel like they're not going to try to block it,
01:04I try to create the contact,
01:05or if I feel like they don't have a good angle to jump,
01:07I try to create more contact.
01:09But I'm just trying to read the defenders, really,
01:11because sometimes I might finish high
01:13or try to do opposite foot, opposite hand finishes.
01:18Like, I just try to switch it up, really.
01:20You and Isaiah are both pretty big sparks
01:22off the bench tonight.
01:24What did you see from him from your perspective
01:26that allowed him to come out and be as successful
01:28through the offensive line?
01:29Just being the dog on the glass and also just in the paint.
01:35Last time we came in here,
01:38they beat us in the paint on rebounds
01:42and just played more physical than us.
01:43And I feel like he came in and brought physicality.
01:46He made a statement when he got that rebound off of his shot
01:49and then dunked it, two guys into there.
01:51Just being hard, like, playing hard in the paint.
01:55That's what he brought.
01:56Are you seeing anything about him just outside of games
01:58and how he prepares for having practices
02:00that would allow him to come in and be as ready as he is?
02:03Like, tonight, where he didn't play for two nights
02:05before, anything that you're seeing from him?
02:09Not really before practices and stuff like that.
02:12But before games, I can tell, like, he really locked in.
02:14He don't say much. He do his thing.
02:16He go out there, get his shots up.
02:19And then, like, on the bench when I'm sitting next to him,
02:21talking to him, like, he's always ready.
02:23Like, even if it's games where Coach told him
02:25he's not going to play, he's always ready.
02:27I noticed that about him.
02:28And I kind of, you know, took that from,
02:31like, he's always ready.
02:32He didn't play the last two games.
02:33He came out today and played great.
02:35So I just took a little bit of that from him.
02:37Like, just always staying ready no matter what.
02:41You played 30 minutes tonight, 17 career high for you.
02:44Yet, I think 17 minutes in the Washington win.
02:46Are you getting any type of rhythm?
02:49Getting much playing time?
02:50Yeah, for sure.
02:52I'm playing more, getting up more shots.
02:54My shots will start to fall.
02:56Playing with more rhythm and things like that.
02:59But it's just really the defensive end for me.
03:01That's what I'm trying to do, play hard on defense,
03:03get loose balls, get rebounds.
03:05And I feel like that's going to keep me on the floor longer.
03:07As I'm on the floor, shots will fall.
03:09I start to do more offense.
03:13Andrew Fleck, go ahead, Andrew.
03:17Trey, what's been the difference
03:19from the beginning of the season to now?
03:21You seem to be finding the windows for your shot
03:25that it didn't seem like you were seeing
03:27at the beginning of the season.
03:28Is that film? Is it reps?
03:31Like, what do you lend that to?
03:34A little bit of both.
03:36I watch film with D.A.
03:37after every game, after every practice.
03:40He's telling me, like, where I could have got this shot off
03:43or if I get off it earlier to come back to me.
03:46Just little things that have helped me out there.
03:50Yeah, at the beginning of the season, it was hard for me.
03:52I'm just trying to find a balance
03:53of playmaking and scoring.
03:56But lately, coach has been telling me
03:58that he wants me to be more aggressive on offense,
04:00so that's what I've been doing.
04:04Anything else on Zoom?
04:07Thank you, Trey.