NBA Draft Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Bristol, Connecticut, USA

JAMES WISEMAN: I'm focused on success. I mean, Q. Obviously you're very close to Penny, and you've Rookie of the Year is something that I do want on my list, acknowledged that. I'm wondering, has he given you obviously, but I just want to go in there and be the best any advice on how to be successful in this league or player I can be. Learn as much as possible, grow as a any advice on your journey going forward? player and learn under the vets and play my role, and everything will come after that. JAMES WISEMAN: Really just taking it one day at a time. I know it's going to be a long process for me, for my career, Q. How does it feel knowing that you're about to get but I'm truly ready. I'm just going in there to try to learn as on the court and play basketball once again? much as possible and stay humble and work hard every day and just win. JAMES WISEMAN: Man, it's a great feeling. This draft process has been the longest for me, so I've just been Q. Just want to talk about the excitement of joining working on my game. I've actually been playing pickup Golden State. It's something that they've been games with pros already, so I've been getting a lot of connected to you for a long time throughout the experience. But really just focusing on myself. I'm truly process. What are you most looking forward to in ready to play with these great guys. terms of playing with Steph, and where do you see yourself fitting in with the team? You've got Steve Kerr as a head coach. Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, a lot of great players on this team. I can't wait JAMES WISEMAN: Just being their guy. Come in there to go in there and play my role as a player. and learn as much as possible. Me coming in, great vets, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, you've got Draymond Green, Q. I'm sure you look at these guys, you've been a fan Marquese Chriss, Kevon Looney, a lot of great guys on of these guys on the , but that team. knowing you come into a team that's ready to compete for a championship already in your rookie year, what So me coming in, just fit in my role, stay humble and be goes through your mind when you think about that? coachable, which I am. Go in there and work hard, play hard. JAMES WISEMAN: There is no pressure. I've been playing this game for a long time. I've been in winning Really like that fit and that position that I'm in. It's a great traditions a lot, especially in Memphis East High School position for me, great fit for me. I'm just ready to go in and college as well. I'm built for it, and I'm ready to go in there and play my role. there and learn and grow my game and just adapt.

Q. Second pick, Golden State; what are your Q. What do you think is going to make you effective expectations for this season? on a team like the Warriors, who are aiming for a championship? JAMES WISEMAN: Just to go in there and learn as much as possible and get better every day with my teammates. JAMES WISEMAN: Just being able to grow from the guys, Go in there and work hard every day and compete and win learn from the guys. I'm great at adapting on a team, so I games. feel very comfortable with that. I'm ready for it. I'm preparing for it. I'm ready to go in there and play my For all athletes, our main objective in sports, period, is to position, play my role. win games. Go in there and win, learn as much as possible and grow as a player. And just having great teammates around me that are going to teach me the game, that are going to help grow my Q. Is winning Rookie of the Year a goal for you, or are game, I'm ready for that. I'm just prepared, fully prepared. you focused on the team's success?

103027-3-1001 2020-11-19 03:01:00 GMT Page 1 of 3 Q. I wanted to know what your thoughts are on how becoming like a downfall. Man, I would just have to bust you've been able to sort of adapt during this pandemic out in tears because I've been through a lot of adversity in where training and preparing for the draft has kind of my life. been thrown askew and how you feel that bodes for your preparation heading into the season. But I'm ready to go into Golden State with a great mindset, with a different mindset. Ready to go in there and learn as JAMES WISEMAN: It was very hard. It was a lot of much as possible, grow my game and adapt and work my adversity, but I just managed to focus on myself and keep tail off. working every day, keep working on my game. Staying humble. And watching tons of film -- even on the Golden Q. I've also heard names like and State Warriors, watching a lot of film, watching film on Chris Bosh and . You're getting pretty teams, period, watching concepts. high praise when you hear those comparisons. How do you feel about that? Just being in college, having a coach like Penny Hardaway and Mike Miller, I was already in an NBA system, so I know JAMES WISEMAN: Great comparisons because those are a lot of details and concepts within the game. great players, potential Hall of Famers or Hall of Famers. I mean, it's high praise, but I just want to create my own This year has been hard, but I managed to focus on myself thing, be my own player. I'm James Wiseman, I'm myself, and keep working every day, staying humble. I'm authentic. So I'm just going to go in there again, grow and adapt and stay humble and work my tail off every day. Q. I'm curious if there's one thing about your game that fans don't know. We only saw you play three Q. How have you been processing the unfortunate times in college, and everyone knows your size and news with Klay's injury, and where do you think you wing span and ability to run the court. Is there and the team go from here if there is a worst-case anything not known about your game that you think scenario with that next season? will make an impact in the NBA? JAMES WISEMAN: As soon as I saw it, it was kind of JAMES WISEMAN: I'd say my versatility. Just being able down for me emotionally. But as a team we've got his back to space the floor out and being able to knock down shots. no matter what, and he's going to be in great recovery. Go in there and just being a high-character guy and uplifting my teammates every day, even in practice and in And in terms of my perspective, I just can't wait to go in the game as well. there and give my great contribution toward the team. Go in there and learn as much as possible, grow and adapt Being a high-character guy and a guy that loves to work within that environment and play my position. hard. But I'm also a guy that can space out the floor and be able to shoot the ball, which I've been working on this All praise be to Klay, my teammate. He's going to be just past summer, and just my whole life been working on my fine. jump shot. So it's gotten way better. Q. Can you tell me if you have a relationship with any Q. How exactly did you get the news that you got of your new teammates already? I know you selected by the Warriors and your emotions when you participated in the Steph Curry elite camp when you got that call? And when you think about what comes were a high school prospect. Do you know any of with joining and helps your career to join a group of them personally, and what do you think of the team veterans and not have to walk in and solve all the that you saw last year and then obviously the five-year problems, what kind of a great thing is that? run that they had where they made the NBA Finals every year? JAMES WISEMAN: I mean, it's great in terms of my concept because I can be able to learn, be able to grow my JAMES WISEMAN: Yeah, so I have a great relationship game. Being able to adapt in that type of environment, with Steph. Obviously, I went to his camp, so he taught me which I can. And just going in there and learning, helping a lot. When I was in high school, he taught me a lot about grow my game. the game of basketball, gave me a lot of information. I just took a picture with him. So that's my guy. Why I busted out in tears is because I've been through a lot. I text my teammates every day in Memphis. I wanted But really going into this team, it's a great team to be on, that moment with my teammates. Just seeing all that, especially coming from my position. I'm ready to go in and

103027-3-1001 2020-11-19 03:01:00 GMT Page 2 of 3 grow and adapt and learn as much as possible under great vets. Work my tail off every day and stay humble and win and compete and give my full effort.

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