On Uros Plavsic Development and Consistency:
“Uros came back with a little bit more weight, which I thought was good. You can see his body start to develop too. I think the biggest thing for him is to understand what he is really good at and to play to that. You think about John (Fulkerson), Yves (Pons), EJ (Anosike), Olivier (Nkamhoua) and him. Those guys are going to get to compete every day and that will help him as much as anything. He’s a worker too. He’s in the gym. He came back and he was quarantined for a couple weeks. By the time he got ready to go, everybody was ready to go home for a break. I think he’s going to really learn to play in tight spaces. I think he’s going to have to learn to quit dribbling the ball as much as he likes too. He doesn’t need it. He has to get it out of his game because he’s learned how to start getting the position on the court where he wants to be. He’s going to do his work early and understand that when he gets the ball he has to make a quicker play. He’s got to get lower and learn how to play down a bit. We are all happy with him being back here because he is such a fun guy to be around. He’ll be fine, he will. He’ll be able to do what we need him to do before it’s all said and done.”
On Jaden Springer and what he needs to do to contribute early:
“There’s no doubt it is conditioning. It’s the same thing for Keon (Johnson) and Corey (Walker), it’s all conditioning. They have got to get themselves to a point to where they understand what conditioning really means. Jaden understands what he’s doing and what he’s good at. He knows where to go and what he needs to get done. He’s a worker too. When I say worker, I think you guys know that is what our culture is built on. He’s a guy that has to get better at conditioning. Once he does, that’s going to take him to a whole other level.”