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Tarris Reed Jr - BE Media Day Oct 21 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Robin Ben I am with the team. Piano player Terris
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  Speaker 1: Reed Junior, big things expected. You really came on late
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  Speaker 1: last year. I would imagine now you're really really comfortable
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  Speaker 1: in this system and learning everything that coach early and
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  Speaker 1: the staff have put you through.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I wouldn't I would say comfortable because the
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  Speaker 2: coaching staff they won't let me. They won't let me relax.
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  Speaker 2: There's no comfortability right there.
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  Speaker 1: So but is that a good thing?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I love it. That's why I came to Yukon.
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  Speaker 2: I mean being able to being surrounded by guys, being
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  Speaker 2: surrounded by coaches that would never let you relax, always
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  Speaker 2: keep you on your toes. I mean it brings the
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  Speaker 2: best out of you as a player. That's all you
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  Speaker 2: could ever want.
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  Speaker 1: How'd you get better in the off season? What were
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  Speaker 1: some of the points of emphasis for you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, being more disciplined on the defensive side, I mean
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  Speaker 2: being able to play smarter because knowing foul trouble was
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  Speaker 2: a big big issue for me last year. Offensively, slowing
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  Speaker 2: down and just being able to play my game and
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  Speaker 2: be around the guys, play around, play play, be more
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  Speaker 2: familiar with playing with the guys like who who, I'm
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  Speaker 2: playing with what the what? What are their tendencies, what
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  Speaker 2: are their weaknesses, what are the straints? And we just
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  Speaker 2: overall being the smarter, smarter player, letting the game slow
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  Speaker 2: down and not trying to rush.
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  Speaker 1: Have you noticed that in practice, that it is slowing
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  Speaker 1: down for you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's I mean I'm a senior now, so I've
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  Speaker 2: been been in the game for for quite a minute,
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  Speaker 2: and like I said, the game is Juwan always told
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  Speaker 2: me my freshman year, like let the game, let the
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  Speaker 2: game come to you. I never understood it until like
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  Speaker 2: late junior year, early senior year, So that I'm moment.
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  Speaker 1: What's it like playing with Alex and Solo?
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  Speaker 2: I mean ak For Like that dude is a warrior.
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  Speaker 2: I mean we call him Captain America for a reason.
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  Speaker 2: He literally does everything right as a player, and Solo
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  Speaker 2: Solo so talented. He's young too, he has he has
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  Speaker 2: a lot of potential. So I'm ready for him, ready
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  Speaker 2: for ak For for this up COVID season. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like it's gonna be great.
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  Speaker 1: Did we tickle the ivories at all this this past summer?
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  Speaker 2: Nah? No, sir, No, sir.
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  Speaker 1: Most fun thing you did this past summer was other
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  Speaker 1: than work out. I'm I know you've spent a lot
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  Speaker 1: of time here.
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  Speaker 2: Most Funday, I probably I went to Puerto Rico. Me
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  Speaker 2: and my girlfriend went to Puerto Rico for like three days,
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  Speaker 2: and then I went to Florida with her family.
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  Speaker 1: So that's pretty fun, all right, Terris half On on the.
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  Speaker 2: Foloid of this year. Thanks for a few minutes, yes, sir,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Terris reed Junior back to you.