It was only honest.

Not really.

You know, you guys have played the Pistons a few times.

You know, this season.

I just wanna actually your thoughts on seeing Jeremy Grant kind of develop into this role.

You know, you had a path as well, where you kind of have to work hard toe, reach a certain level.

What if you feel about seeing him kind of get on this level of becoming like Detroit's go to God?

Um, man, he's, uh he's playing very well.

You can see he opened his game.

Um, he's always teams win games.

Is doing that with the first team.

No, score the ball river, pass the ball.

Um, you know, car defensively.

Uh, he's been having an incredible season and he's just a credible hard work.

And when you see guys like that, you got a magic.

You know, I remember from his 50 days and when he came into the league and hardly want to be in this position.

And you gotta keep going.

Uh, yeah, he's his way.

But way better.

George Stephenson.

The activity on the defensive end specifically tonight was clear.

You had a couple of steals.

Drew had three, I think.

How do you balance?

Like wanting to create turnovers, but also playing sound kind of seif defense, if you will.

How do you balance kind of taking risks and then not drinking?

Uh, you know, you just know as they defend you just like to stay, so it's kind of hard to stay.

So when you see the bone, you you believe that you could get it s Sometimes you come.

That's what basketball's about.

Relax about, uh, you know, there's gonna be days that, you know, we're gonna get quick following a number.

We're not gonna get it on way, can break down different, get open three or raise the layup.

But there's gonna be days.

That boy's right.

There you go.

You know that getting more get it than e have guys in this thing that we're doing that dance a Jew myself and a lot of guys, anything that you can do that.

But we try to stay started as much as possible.

We try to keep guys in front much spots.

Eric Name eso.

I noticed you hit the Tony Snell play withdrew holiday earlier tonight, and I'm curious for you.

Just what has it been like to kind of get the trust withdrew and to try to get him to be aggressive and and shoot more?

I know he just said You guys are always telling him like you got to shoot.

Stop asking so much when you shoot more.

What has that been like to try to encourage them to pass and be more aggressive or the to shoot and be more aggressive?

Um, it's easy.

You just talked to him.

Tell him to be more aggressive, his play, that he could recognize the game and he knows what he could do.

Onda he's always ready.

It's always a new soul.

Um, country fourth down the stretch, like he was able to get two shots, uh, created zone created on min Raise our create more for others is always that example.

Always gonna be aggressive, but there are obviously you gotta understand, Like, this is a new team for him, and I think everybody is gonna do a job encouraging him.

Shoot the bomb or go down here More thio.

Be loose to be to be free on.

That's what we wanted to do.

But as a player like you can see, You can tell he's always ready and he's ready to take shots ready to get himself.

He might go to quarters without taking a shot, and all of a sudden he can, you know, come down and make four shots.

Five shots for themselves and for others, it waas you know, after earlier I was asking Bud and but it said, You know, you only see him two times a year, so you don't really get to know him all that well.

Have you been kind of surprised?

Toe?

See, you know just how tight his handle is.

Just how good of a pastor is, how much you can create, like has getting Thio play withdrew.

Now kind of been a surprise to see just how much you can do offensively.

I knew he was good.

I mean, it was really good, but like everything with him, you know, I realized how much good of a person is good of the team makes his and how much better he is.

Now what I thought, you know, You know?

I mean, it was a good friend.

That was a solid started.

No offense, but no He's, uh he could be a go to guy any any any night of the week.

Uh, wonderful.

Him, you know, And just to play great.

Good last one to Jim Ozersky.

Be honest.

Well, you mentioned how good a person drew is.

What is that?

What does that mean to you?

I guess when a new guy comes in like that is expected to be such a good player.

But as you learn about him and as a man, as a husband felt like, What does what does that do for you?

What does that mean in the bigger context of things?

Do you think he's just He's just fun, you know, it's fun.

Thio back to work every day and you have a guy that those has positive energy.

You know, um, it is good to get to know somebody like that.

It's good to have guys like that and, um, but as I said, the most important thing is that when you get to work and they will come to practice games so that on this, uh, he's a part of it and he's a good person more than he's a good player, is it's It's fun you enjoy.

Enjoy playing with the guy more than you.

You want to do the extra, um, extra plate to the hostel.

It's the screen next door.

Whatever for him.

Um, And just finally there was some big MBA news in the Eastern Conference before you guys took the court with the trade in Brooklyn, in Indiana.

Your reactions to that, and clearly Brooklyn is trying to do something here toe to really make a push to win the east.

I'm not extensive media.

So you gotta tell me what the news are.

Uh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn acquired James Harden from Houston and Indiana traded Victor Oladipo to Houston, and, uh, you know, some other little pieces moved around in that way.

But James Harden, Brooklyn, was the big kind of news, you know?

You know, it's a it's amazing move or Brooklyn obviously, uh, got better.

Way better.

Um, you know, and they really powerhouse, right?

Nine days, having K j heart failure, uh, together in one scene.

You know, that's that stuff, But I didn't think we gotta focus on ourselves, and we gotta keep pulling, keep playing basketball and more formula is going up.

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