Jonathan Givony: Pretty good first game. Good way to start?
DaShaun Wood: Yeah, theres a lot of talented guys out here. Its just a privilege to even be here today. Im just going to try to play as hard as I can and give the team a little energy.
Jonathan Givony: From what I understand you werent even on the first invite list, you an alternate. Do you think you showed youre qualified to play here today?
DaShaun Wood: I think Ive proven that I can play. The thing is there are so many good players and its hard for those guys to pick and choose who needs to come and who needs not to come. When you do get an opportunity like this you got to play hard and show people you shouldve been here.
Jonathan Givony: What was your mindset going into this game? Did you have a game-plan, like what you wanted to show the scouts?
DaShaun Wood: I just wanted to change the tempo for my team, get out on the break, get some easy baskets in transition. Make sure we were a little organized. This is the first time a lot of these guys were together. I just wanted to try to run the team a little bit and make sure everyone was on the page. I think thats one of the reasons we got some good shots tonight.
Jonathan Givony: How many practices did you guys get in before?
DaShaun Wood: One. We went over a few things. Its such little time and theres not a lot of chemistry between the players. You just got to put things in as fast as you can.
Jonathan Givony: How m any possessions out of what you guys ran were actually set plays and how much was just you improvising?
DaShaun Wood: We ran about five plays today. Everyone can make plays, one on one plays, plays without plays. Like they say, the players make the plays, the plays dont make the players.
Jonathan Givony: How do you like having two shooters on the wing? Like Russell Carter and DeAngelo Alexander? Does that make things easy?
DaShaun Wood: It makes things very easy for me. I just try to penetrate and get them open shots. Thats what I did early and once shooters get in a rhythm like that its kind of hard for them to miss and I think that continued all throughout the night.
Jonathan Givony: Did playing in the tournament help your confidence and prove to you that you can play at this level?
DaShaun Wood: All throughout my life Ive been playing against these guys and know some of these guys. We just went to different schools and different conferences. Me playing with these guys was never a question in my mind its just getting the opportunity.
Jonathan Givony: What are you going to say to the people that are going to say well he played an amazing game, but hes still to small to play in the NBA?
DaShaun Wood: Like I told people earlier, Im just going to keep playing until there is nowhere else for me to play. Whether its Europe or the NBA, Im going to keep playing until someone says they dont want me. Im going to work as hard as I can to play at the highest level.