NBA ALL-STAR RISING STARS

February 18, 2022

Jalen Suggs

Team Worthy

Press Conference

Team Isiah 50, Team Worthy 49

Q. Questionable foul call for your team. Just talk about the overall experience and how great it was to be a participant.

JALEN SUGGS: First of all, heartbroken. We were supposed to win that. That's what I mean. That was super fun. Great experience. Great environment. Crowd was energetic. We all had fun out there on the court, and everybody got to make some plays. That was very fun. Looking forward to getting back here next year and years to come.

Q. This is your kind of game, up and down, fast-paced, free flowing, right? It seemed like it fit your style.

JALEN SUGGS: You just have to have fun with it, me and myself. Getting up there by the rim, shooting the ball. Just kind of doing what I do and playing relaxed. Tonight was a great night. Real fun.

Q. Aside from the hot three-point shooting, you had two other really cool plays. One was the lob on the breakaway, and one was the alley-oop off the glass. Talk about those two plays and what was on your mind?

JALEN SUGGS: I knew I was doing a 360 from the get-go. If I get any type of break, if I'm on the left side I'm throwing it off the glass to myself, on the right I'm doing a 360, and it happened to be that one.

The one to Cole [Anthony], I thought that was going way too high, but he is a Dunk Contest participant, athletic. Like I said, fun hanging out with the guys. I'm going to go watch the rest of these guys play.

Q. Does James Worthy give you any advice? Obviously, he was your honorary coach.

JALEN SUGGS: Play fast, play free. That's it. Have fun with it. That's all he said.

Q. We talked about how it's great for you to learn from some of the legendary guys, veterans. Have you been able to soak in any knowledge from these guys?

JALEN SUGGS: I think most of it has just been having a good time and enjoying it. Getting to talk to them casually, things like that. Definitely have had conversations. I think overall this experience has been great, for sure. Grateful for it. Have to take advantage of it. Definitely motivation to get back here.