D'Alessandro spoke with USA TODAY Sports about the trade
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:51 pm
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nb ... e/3757439/
Q: He's one of those hybrid guys and opinions differ about whether he's a three (small forward) or a four (power forward). How do you guys see it?
A: "I'll have to talk to coach about that a little more, because obviously you let your coaches do their thing. I think he certainly has the skill to be a three. He has played a lot of three already. He has also played a lot of four. He has mixed it up. What I really see him as is an athlete, a guy who can run the floor with our guys, a guy who has a unique skill-set in terms of – he's just so strong, and if a four is guarding him he can really step out. Used in a certain way, I think there's an advantage in that as well."
Q: It's not a secret that you've been very active looking for deals. So should your fans expect this roster to look a whole lot different a few months from now?
"I would say this: I think we owe it to the fans of Sacramento to be aggressive in everything we do, and we've said that from the beginning. But talk is cheap, and we don't plan on just being talkers. If a deal makes sense to us, and we feel that there's an opportunity for something good to come from it, we're going to do it. We have to do it. There hasn't been that kind of energy here as a result of the recent past, and that's the energy that we bring and are going to bring."
Complete interview at link.
Q: He's one of those hybrid guys and opinions differ about whether he's a three (small forward) or a four (power forward). How do you guys see it?
A: "I'll have to talk to coach about that a little more, because obviously you let your coaches do their thing. I think he certainly has the skill to be a three. He has played a lot of three already. He has also played a lot of four. He has mixed it up. What I really see him as is an athlete, a guy who can run the floor with our guys, a guy who has a unique skill-set in terms of – he's just so strong, and if a four is guarding him he can really step out. Used in a certain way, I think there's an advantage in that as well."
Q: It's not a secret that you've been very active looking for deals. So should your fans expect this roster to look a whole lot different a few months from now?
"I would say this: I think we owe it to the fans of Sacramento to be aggressive in everything we do, and we've said that from the beginning. But talk is cheap, and we don't plan on just being talkers. If a deal makes sense to us, and we feel that there's an opportunity for something good to come from it, we're going to do it. We have to do it. There hasn't been that kind of energy here as a result of the recent past, and that's the energy that we bring and are going to bring."
Complete interview at link.