Speaking to Mark Medina of EssentiallySports, Sarr opened up about guarding Trae Young:
“It was a tough cover. You have to change your defensive rules a little bit. He had his own rules because he can shoot from so far. It’s stuff like that. Mostly, Bilal [Coulibaly] would be guarding him. But he would have to pick him up at halfcourt pretty much and follow him around everywhere.”
On Sarr and Wemby being the only players this season to average at least 17 points, seven rebounds and two blocks a game: “I feel like that’s pretty good. Obviously, he is a very versatile defender, too. I feel like it’s pretty good to be able to impact the basketball on both ends. It’s about having the energy level. Especially for blocks, it’s about timing. I’m trying to be aggressive with that. Offensively, I’m mixing with playing inside-out and going with what the defense gives me.”
Sarr also believes an All-Star game is out of his control: “Honestly, I feel like that takes care of itself when you start winning. I feel like it’s one of those things where, obviously, I would love to make an All-Star game as soon as I can. But that’s kind of out of my control. I just try to work in order for us to win games. I try to get better that way. But it’ll come when it comes.”