How long it took Scottie Barnes to learn ‘O Canada’
Scottie Barnes addressed reporters after the Toronto Raptors fell to the Orlando Magic. The rookie talked about making do without Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby, how to execute against a zone defence, and how long it took him to learn the Canadian national anthem.
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- --eight days. Does it feel, sort of, big right now? Is it kind of tough?
SCOTTIE BARNES: You said, does it feel--
- Tough?
SCOTTIE BARNES: I would say not really. Not really.
- Still got your energy?
SCOTTIE BARNES: Yeah. Yeah.
- Without Fred and OG, I mean, obviously you guys lose some space. Like, how much tighter does it does it feel out there when you guys are in the halfcourt?
SCOTTIE BARNES: It don't really feel so tight, really. We know what we got to do. We know that we need to have people on our corner onto the dunker. Run our offense-- what we need to do to run our offense. It's just really on us to execute it.
- You got that hard fall yesterday. Do you feel OK? Is your head OK?
SCOTTIE BARNES: Yeah, my head's OK, but it hurt a little bit. But I'm fine.
- Did they look you over, do any concussion testing during one of timeouts?
SCOTTIE BARNES: Yeah. They talked to me and did some things to make sure I was fine.
- Scottie, you guys are seeing a lot of zone the last week or 10 days. How do you guys-- how can you-- what do you need to do to execute and get some baskets against it?
SCOTTIE BARNES: Really just find our sets, get to our spots, be aggressive in it, I would say. Just try to find those open gaps and try to play paint collapse, kick-out 3's, and just keep moving the ball, really.
- Scottie, how long did it take you to learn the Canadian National anthem?
SCOTTIE BARNES: I don't even know. Probably like 15 games, 10 games I think I knew it.
- Any other questions? Thank you.
