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Jonathan Givony: Preseason All-American, Wooden Award and all that did you think that was maybe a little premature? Did you like that pressure that people put on you or do you think people expected a little too much out of you too soon? Just being number one makes me want to work hard. Jonathan Givony: Youre not afraid of the pressure? Number one pick, thats just an incredible amount of pressure and it seems like no matter what you do you cant please everybody, so would that really matter at the end of the day? Im going to work as hard as I can to get there. Jonathan Givony: So thats something thats important to you? I think if I work hard enough I could be number one, so what not? I feel as though my talent can take me to number one. I set my goals high, and Idan told me once we started that I can still go #1, and Im still shooting for number one. Rudy Gay: Yeah thats what we working for. Jonathan Givony: Do you think you still have a chance go #1? Whatever somebody needs and if they want to test me against him, Id be ready for it. Is that something you would look forward to? Jonathan Givony: What about a rematch with Brandon Roy? You guys had some bad blood in the NCAA tournament game and it seems like your kind of gearing up for the same spot in the draft. Right now it really doesnt matter weather its Tyrus Thomas, Adam Morrison, anybody. Anybody thats willing to strap up against me, Im willing to play my hardest against. I dont really care Im just ready to go out there. Anyone in particular that you would like to go up against in workouts that you think you would match up well with? Jonathan Givony: Youve probably seen a lot of college basketball this year. Im just ready to get to it and start doing my thing. Hes done a lot to get me prepared for this. Jonathan Givony: How much are you looking forward to the workouts? Have you talked to people about them, do you know what to expect? I think maybe a couple before Orlando and a couple after. Jonathan Givony: When are you going to start doing your workouts? So Im not really too worried about going home and stuff like that right now. My family knows that Im trying to make a big decision, and make a big step for my family and also myself. Rudy Gay: Honestly I havent been home once since Ive been here. Jonathan Givony: Is it nice to be close to home? Like I said, Idan Ravin expects you to do so much more so you get better at it. Jonathan Givony: Is there anything you feel youve improved on since being here? We got too complacent I think we needed to play a little bit harder in certain stretches of the game. Rudy Gay: I think we just lived on the edge too much. Jonathan Givony: So what do you think you guys were missing to make that next step? Just bad luck? It had to be hard for him but I think he handled it pretty well. Knowing that each person can do certain things, but then again our team is so deep that they cant do it all at certain times. Its hard to put different players in different positions without getting people mad. Rudy Gay: For him Im sure it was, because I dont think there was another team ever that had as much talent as we did. What are the challenges of a guy like Calhoun with such a talented team trying to get playing time for everybody? Was that a tough situation at UConn this year? Jonathan Givony: Its probably a lot easier for him because you came to him to train, and youve got a couple of big weeks ahead of you in terms of workouts and stuff like that. So its kind of nice playing him because he expects a lot out of you. Coach (Calhoun) is the type that will push to get the extra stuff out of you, but Idan expects it out of you because he knows how you play, he knows what you can do.
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Rudy Gay: I think its totally different. How do you think his style of coaching compares with Coach Calhoun? Jonathan Givony: It seems like Idan is definitely trying to push and motive you. Shooting off the dribble, and just refining all of my skills. Rudy Gay: Well Idan works with us on ball-handling and stuff like that, and I feel its gotten a lot better. Jonathan Givony: Any specific things youve been working on in anticipation of workouts or the NBA season? Jonathan Givony: How long have you been working here for? Usually we go harder or the same as this every day. How are you feeling after the workout? Tired? Was this anything special for you in terms of how hard you guys went today?