Physicality” came up repeatedly during exit interviews for the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday after they were overpowered by the Orlando Magic, as reported by Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer.
Both head coach Charles Lee and LaMelo Ball pointed to strength and physical play as key areas for improvement, particularly for Ball as a lead guard.
“Being able to handle physicality,” Lee said. “I think that’s just a global theme for our team. I have to figure out how to help them in that regard, but then we also have to figure out how do we have the physical toughness?
“Which is a lot of weight room. And then I think some of it is also just the mental execution of how to best combat it. What play do we need to run? How fast do we need to play?
“What are some of the basketball situations? So a lot of that will follow Melo, because he’s one of our primary ball-handlers. But then it gets spread around to the whole team, too.”
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