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From the article OKB helped us out with on the last page:
Hmm.
Pelton: What have you been working on this summer?
LaVine: Pretty much everything. I've been getting stronger. Shot consistency. Working off the ball a little bit more than point guard, but still knowing that you have to play the point guard position as well. Mental game a little bit as well.
2. Played 79 percent of his minutes as a rookie at point guard, via NBA.com/Stats lineup data.
Pelton: What do you think about playing more shooting guard this season?
LaVine: It's cool. It makes me feel a little more comfortable, more leaning on what I can do. But I like having the ball in my hands as well at the point guard position. It's good to have the best of both worlds. I'm doing the best I can with it.
Pelton: What's the difference between the two positions for you?
LaVine: Off the ball, that's Zach LaVine time. That's embedded in me. You just go react -- score, create. It was my first time playing point guard since high school, pretty much. I can handle the ball and everything, but the different reads -- the NBA pick-and-roll is different -- mean you've got to think more. That's the main thing I was working on.
Pelton: The transition to the NBA is always difficult as a rookie. Did playing point guard add to that challenge?
LaVine: Yeah, but you just get it with experience. Learning on the fly and game experience helps you more than anything. I felt like the more I did it, the better I got at it. Toward the end of the year I felt a lot more comfortable.
3. Averaged 21.1 points, 6.6 assists and 5.8 rebounds per game in eight April games while posting a .567 true shooting percentage, all his best marks in any month.
Pelton: Was that why you were so effective late in the season?
LaVine: Definitely. The more you play, the better you get.Anybody that's in the NBA, you get on a hot streak and you just go from there. I'll look to carry that into the next year. The year is over and now you start from new. You try to repeat the same thing.
Hmm.