Meleek Thomas Postgame After Debut Win vs Timberwolves: “[0:00, First Thoughts] I’ll just say it was an amazing feeling. A blessing, a dream come true…I knew my time was gonna come eventually and I knew that when it did, I was gonna be ready—[0:25, If Kenny Told Him He Would Play] No advanced knowledge, just going on the fly, staying ready—[0:52, Debut] I would summarize my rookie debut like I gave it my all, I played very hard for myself and my teammates, I wanted to be there for my teammates defensively. That was my main goal. Go in there and help my teammates defensively because we needed stops—[1:25] We never really got rattled. We just kept saying to get more stops, stay together. How we stuck together as a team and nobody put their head down. Everybody kept motivating each other—[2:09] I wouldn’t really saying anything surprised me. It was kinda everything I expected. What surprised me a little bit was everything that I see off the media or that I haven’t seen about being on the court, it’s real…they got really good players on the other side but we do as well. The players that put that work in is real—[2:54, Stepping Up] I’m strong in my faith. My motto and method is whatever God put you through, if you feel it’s bad as a person, then it’s for you. I was just telling myself, me not playing, that’s for me. He wants me to persevere and overcome whatever…stay ready and your moment will come because you can’t really keep a star in the closet for too long.”