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I'm here with Luke Sikma, former Portland Pilot star currently playing on the
Summer League team for the
Minnesota Timberwolves and how's the experience going for you so far?
It's been great this is actually my second year playing with the Timberwolves Summer League
Um, you know so kind of those first year nerves are gone
just got a lot more confidence going out on the floor and unfortunately we lost a couple
close games some good teams and just kinda never got the rythm we wanted to
but
you know, we still got one more game tomorrow so we're
looking to go out and have fun with that and just enjoy our last game together.
How much do you feel like participating in these Summer League
sessions really helps to improve your game?
Well I think it's just a matter of playing against great competition
if you want to be a good basketball player you know you relish these
opportunities to play against
you know top top talent
You know, there's a lot of NBA guys, a lot of fringe NBA guys and guys who are top
players over in Europe
so you know it's the its it's something you really gotta you know
if you're a true hooper you really get excited for so you know I really look forward to it.
What's the mindset during this week playing in these games knowing you're trying to make an NBA
roster
yep and you know it's not necessarily make an NBA roster you know there's a
lot of European scouts lotta overseas scouts
and you know D-League scouts and stuff like that so it's just a matter of
going out and playing your game and showing what you can do.
You know there's so many guys that come out here and try and do get crazy do
things that they
can't do and it shows so um
I try to just come out and do what I do every time, you know, rebound, play solid
defensively and just
take what the defense gives me on offense and
you know, just make sure I enjoy my time and have fun.
Finally how much does that pro game differ from the college game?
You know, there's a lot of differences, you know, the speed, overall speed, the size of the guys
Um, you know defense there's some rule changes, defensive 3 seconds and
all that stuff so you know it definitely takes an adjustment period, but um
you know it's the guys who are able to pick up on that quickly that
shine in this so
you know, you just gotta be ready for everything. Alright thanks so much and
good luck
Thank you. Go Pilots!