Killian Hayes: ‘You can’t take everything off the Internet’

Killian Hayes: Definitely my personality. Being able to play both sides of the floor, especially defensively and just doing what I do. Just playing confident and being aggressive.

KH: Definitely aggressively on both sides of the floor. Offensively, my playmaking ability and getting into the lane, and defensively just picking up full court, and just being aggressive on their best player.

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KH: Any team to be honest. I just wanna be out there. I wanna be able to show that I can prove myself and play hard for any team.

KH: Shooting. I’d say it’s up and down, up and down, but I feel like I’m becoming very comfortable with my shot, especially catch and shoot.

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KH: I’d say definitely get more lift on it. I think most of my misses were short and that comes with footwork. I feel like this summer I was working on my footwork a lot with Adam Harrington, and just getting the ball up. That was my biggest thing.

KH: I mean same people that have always been there for me. My pops, my cousin, my close friends. Like the people that have been there from the beginning.

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KH: No, I feel like that’s something that can really cloud your vision. It’s not people that really know what’s really going on. I feel like you got to stay focused on your team and focus on the people that really are around you.

KH: I mean obviously I’m on Instagram, I’m on Twitter, like you come across things but how you process it. How you don’t take things to heart too much, but there’s constructive criticism out there with the people that know you that are around. You can’t take everything off the Internet.

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KH: I mean yeah. I’m just focused on the Showcase. We got one more game on Sunday. Try to lock in and get a good one.

KH: Yeah, kind of like you said, thinking of the now. Thinking of where I am right now which is we have a game on Sunday, which is a big game, last game of the Showcase, so that’s kind of where my head is at right now.

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KH: Very tactical, especially for Monty. I feel like his offensive arsenal was really deep coming in. Just being able to watch that and just seeing how deep his bag is offensively for sure. And Coach Casey, because I started with and just had a great relationship with Coach Casey.

KH: There have been offers, the Euroleague, Eurocup, but like I said I’m here today and I have a game on Sunday, that’s what I’m focused on.