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Uh Santi just,

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you,

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you started today but kinda in a different position.

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But I mean,

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you played everywhere.

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3450 kind of two questions and 11,

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what's different if anything when you're at those different positions?

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And then two what was it like joining that starting lineup,

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you know,

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playing at the small forward position alongside of Jaren and uh Biz Mac Biana.

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Yeah,

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I mean,

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it's,

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I mean,

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it's very different,

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obviously playing 345.

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Uh obviously with the three probably,

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well,

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especially today,

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you were just guarding smaller uh guys and faster guys.

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So it was obviously a challenge.

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Uh But I just think the spacing factor is,

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is pretty big.

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I think obviously having B out there,

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it gives us a lot of uh size,

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but also having me and Jaren,

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they can shoot.

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Well,

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it's,

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I think it opens the floor and obviously being so tall,

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it's just really hard to guard and,

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and yeah,

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I,

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I like obviously joining the starting group,

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I think uh we got off to a slow start with that six year run.

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But then after that,

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we,

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we kind of like figured it out and,

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uh,

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you know,

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I think we just gotta get used to,

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uh,

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having these like three,

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almost seven footers,

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uh,

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on the floor.

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But I think in the long run,

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especially if we're able to switch one through five.

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I think it's gonna be good for us sane.

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Uh,

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obviously you guys were going against Marcus's old team.

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You know,

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he's in the huddle talking to you guys.

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Was he able to give you kind of any tips insight into,

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you know,

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you guarding Jason or,

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you know,

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whatever it might be,

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uh you know,

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given how well he knows them.

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Yeah,

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I mean,

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I think in the pregame talk,

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he,

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he talks for like 10 minutes straight.

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Uh he knows these guys,

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uh like,

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obviously he's a guy that studies a lot of film,

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but he's played there for like,

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like 9,

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10 years and he,

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he knows them better than anybody,

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probably better than themselves.

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He gives,

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uh gives,

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uh give us a lot of insight and especially guarding,

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you know,

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Jason who's a great player backs down smaller defenders into the post and then has 

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all these tricks.

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So really trying to,

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trying to see how to guard them without fouling.

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And just obviously having Marcus in itself is,

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is a privilege,

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but having him playing against Boston just I think that gave us like a better chance of winning the 

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game.

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Uh You played 39 minutes ties a career high,

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six assists,

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a career high,

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only one turnover,

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but the one turnover was that pass in the last minute,

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I think it seemed a little forced.

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What were you trying to do with that?

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Yeah.

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Yeah,

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that was,

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that was a bad read.

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Um,

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I mean,

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I was driving,

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I saw,

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uh,

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somebody come over so I was really trying to find the open man.

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I know I told me he was cutting,

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uh,

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and I think I was just,

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I,

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I should have probably stopped and I was,

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I jumped off of 1 ft.

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So I was uh I put myself in a bad position and I knew John was 

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open,

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but obviously Jalen was was going back to him.

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So I just tried to find him but like if I would have stopped with 2 ft,

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I would probably find,

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found Zaire and,

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and got on the dunk.

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So just,

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just gotta be better at reading that obviously,

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yeah,

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one turnover but pretty important one.

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So just,

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just try and learn from that.

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Um Santi just,

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you know,

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you've talked about the,

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the position thing but also too just the responsibilities that you're having to play with,

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you know,

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you're initiating offense,

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doing stuff off the dribble,

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you're spotting up,

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you're defending all these different guys.

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How do you see that all that ultimately helping your,

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your growth as a player,

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especially as guys start to get healthier and return to the lineup.

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Yeah,

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I think uh the more positions you can play,

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the more situations you can be in is,

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is great.

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Uh,

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obviously I'm lucky to have teammates and a coaching staff that trust me.

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Uh,

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obviously coach told me before the game,

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you know,

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like stay being aggressive,

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but obviously knowing that I was gonna guard smaller guys,

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like crawl up into them and trying to be more aggressive.

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Normally,

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I use my length,

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but if I'm trying to use my feet now and guard smaller guys,

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if I wanna play the three,

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I think that's key.

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And I mean,

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like I said,

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the,

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the,

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the more situations you're in the,

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the more you're gonna learn the,

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the better overall player you're gonna be.

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And also I think I'm in a,

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in a position with my teammates where they trust me.

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I think I missed like two threes early on and,

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and literally,

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like right after that des found me wide open,

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uh,

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and,

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and trusted me for a shot.

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I told him like,

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thank you for trusting me because obviously I,

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I believe in my shot,

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but every everybody does and that way we can just get the ball moving,

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trust everybody and,

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and really play a good overall game,

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obviously didn't come up with a win,

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but I think we should be proud of how we played.

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So in the back two questions first,

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um,

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what do you think about the responsibility they asked you to have tonight being more of a aggressive score.

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A and also having to play multiple positions with Bismack and Jaren getting into 

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foul trouble.

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And then can you take us through that,

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that last sequence with the three?

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Yeah.

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Uh I mean,

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just having more responsibility is good,

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not necessarily scoring,

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which obviously II I took more shots today but just trying to make the right read,

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trying to uh find the open team.

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And I think for the most part,

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II,

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I do that,

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but I think today there was probably like certain shots that maybe were a bit forced and 

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uh you know,

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I,

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I pride myself in trying to make the right read and I think I could probably be better than that in 

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some,

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some areas.

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Uh but yeah,

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playing with,

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with Biz and Jaren,

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like I said before,

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it just,

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it's good.

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I think there's some like adjusting we gotta do and obviously,

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I mean,

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we,

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we've rarely played together with Biz Iii,

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I mean,

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we've played like what,

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six games together with Jaren.

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Uh we've played together more but same,

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we haven't played 34 and five where you have three guys that can play the,

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the four and five.

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So it's some adjusting but,

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but it,

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it's fun.

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Alright,

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thank you.