Kevon Looney: ‘I had the best years of my career learning from Dejan Milojevic’

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KL: Sure, I believe it’s extra of his mindset. His recreation has all the time been there. He’s all the time been proficient. He’s all the time been an athletic freak. He’s all the time been an ideal mid-range shooter, he’s all the time been placing a number of strain on the rim. Our offense isn’t all the time the simplest offense to be taught, particularly as a rookie. A lot motion, so many issues occurring, and a lot chaos with Steph and Klay creating. Typically it’s laborious to discover a foot into that. I believe he’s been doing an ideal job taking strain off Steph, taking strain off Klay, and he’s added one other dynamic to our offense.

I believe his mentality has been nice. He’s been affected person and hasn’t been making an attempt to drive something. He’s letting the sport come to him, and he’s additionally been an elite defender. I believe that’s been his mindset. Typically issues didn’t go his approach in years previous, and he’d be mad at himself, however now he misses a few pictures, he’s nonetheless taking part in laborious, he’s nonetheless making the following play, and he’s nonetheless speaking to the workforce, and he’s been extra vocal.