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It is. I know it's hard, you know, the
amount of loss that you guys have taken

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this year. But last time you were in
this room, you talked about the team

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needing to find its edge. It felt like
on the second night at the back of a

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bit of the back to back, given who you
were missing, given the quality of the

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opponent, it felt like the edge and the
togetherness was pretty strong. It's,

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it's, it's coming along, you know, it's
a, it's a work in progress. Um You know,

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I, I think that we're continuing to
learn and, and understand um what it

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takes, you know, especially with this
group that we have, you know, currently,

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um, you know, we're gonna have to find
a, an extra gear, um, you know, on both

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ends of the floor. Um, you know, in
order to win the NBA, it's hard to win

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the NBA with a, with a healthy roster
and, um, you know, we're down bodies

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and, you know, I love the way guys were
competing tonight and, um playing on

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both ends of the floor unselfishly. It
was, it was good, you know, I wish we

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could have came up with a win. But um
you know, if you play like that and

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compete like that, you're gonna give
yourself a chance to win more times

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than not.

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Um does so um without, without John now
smart, you know, you're having to

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handle more playmaking responsibilities
and just what is that dialogue with the

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coaching staff and the team been like
to not only maximize what you're doing

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as a playmaker, but also to generate
cleaner looks for you so that you can

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still attack as a score, uh with a
little, just while a little bit more

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freed up. Yeah, I mean, that's, that's
also a work in progress. You know, it's

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something that's new for me, new for
our team. Um You know, and it's

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something that I feel like I'm
continuing to get more comfortable at,

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um, you know, finding my spots, whether
that's on the three point line or

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downhill. Um, you know, and creating
for myself and for my teammates, it's a,

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it's a good balance, a good
responsibility to have. I mean, as long

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as you're playing out there with, with
the right intentions of, of making the

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right play and, um, you know, playing
playing the right way, I think that,

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you know, things usually go in your
favor,

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hey, there with your high usage rate
and you, with your will to win so much,

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how do you try to balance doing too
much and overexerting yourself over the

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short period of time, even though it's
one of 82 because it can stack, stack,

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stack so you don't burn yourself out.
Yeah, I mean, you know, I, I got my son

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and my and my old lady at the house,
you know, I really dive into that, you

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know, and chill and relax on my off
days and um, you know, really take

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advantage of, of the days that I can,
you know, just to, to be at home and

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enjoy home. And, um it's been a good
balance for me

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de in the back. Uh Obviously you've
been here for a few years, you've had

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games where you're going scoring and
then y'all will score or you and Jaren

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will score. But tonight, your, your uh
buddy was fancy all San Aldama, what do

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you think of the game he had tonight?
And uh his progression this year?

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Spectacular. I mean, he's, he's
continuing to get better. Um, you know,

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I tell him all the time, you know, how
happy I am for him and the things that

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he's doing on the court now. But, um,
you see, he's dynamic. I mean, he can

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do a bunch of different things on the
floor, stretch the floor from the three

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point line attack, the basket playmate.
Um, you know, there's a lot of things

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you can do on the court and you see, I
think he had 12, he had 12 rebounds a

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night for him offensive I mean, that's,
that's winning basketball and, um, you

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know, him being in the starting lineup
just gives us more side and, um, you

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know, really helps us on the defensive
end of the floor.

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That's kind of where I was going to
with the defensive end of the floor

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with Santi kind of in there. What
changes in particular that, I mean,

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that was, you know, Boston is one of
the best offenses in the league and

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y'all helped them to 102, what changes
in particular when you got Santi? Y'all,

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both Jaren and then, you know, yourself
and, uh, you guys in the back court as

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well. Yeah, I mean, that's, that's
three defensive minded players out

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there with Jared Biz and, and JD, you
know, already and, um, Santi, like I

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said, has size and, and I'm gonna
compete as well. So, um, you know, we

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got the ability to, to do a bunch of
different things on the, on the floor

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and switch up coverages, um just
because everybody has size and, um, you

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know, smart guys that are willing to,
you know, be in the right spots and put

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their body on the line. So I, I like it.
Um, you know, especially on that, on

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the floor and that allows us to get out
and run. Um, you know, which is our

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best offense

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just on that, that last Santi Note,
obviously, he didn't get that three to

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put you guys in the lead at the end of
the game, I'm sure you've been in a

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situation like that yourself being the
last guy to take the big shot. What do

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you tell Santi in a moment like that?
Yeah, I mean, there's, there's a bunch

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of different possessions, um, you know,
that lead up to that, you know, I had

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one previous and, um, you know, I made
a bonehead play and, you know, II I got

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to get better on the offensive end and
in a situation like that and, um, you

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know, we live and die with, with Santi
taking that shot. Of course, I mean,

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it's a, it's a great look, um, for, for
one of the better shooters on our team.

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And, um, like you said, I've been in
that position before we all have, you

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know, it's a, it's a privilege to be on
the floor and to be trusted by your

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teammates, you know, at the end of the
game. And, you know, we, we all live

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with the result.

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I think you had the isolation against
Porzingis and one of your teammates was

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trying to come up there, you know, you
called him off. Um, what in particular

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you were trying to get to, uh, in that
situation. Yeah, I mean, I was, I was

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about to shoot the shot, um, right when
I first got the ball, um, you know, his

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hands were down and, um, I looked up at
the shot clock and I think there was

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like 44 seconds on the clock or
something. So I decided to back it out,

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um, and try to use a little more clock
and, um, you know, I, I lost the handle

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and, you know, ended up settling for,
for a bad shot. But, um, you know, in

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that situation probably, you know, get
downhill and, and draw somebody and

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that way, you know, either it's a, you
know, finish for myself or, or an open

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look for, for one of my teammates.

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Cool.