The honor of having on the show, right?

This guy might as well be the Freddy Krueger of the N B A.

Because he's so scary.

Terry Rozier out here putting in work this year for the Charlotte Hornets as they sit in playoff position.

Welcome to the show family.

I appreciate you appreciate it.

Appreciate your having me.

Of course.

Now, you and your Charlotte Hornets had a huge win last night against one of the hottest teams in the NBA.

What did it feel like as a team on the road after the game?

During that big win?

Uh, just staying together, man.

We know it.

We know it ain't easy going to play the number four team in the West.

Uh, you know, it's just a lot of guys that they got that special.

Uh, you know, I had two all stars, so, you know, we just turn ourselves We just got to stay together, stay in it and be be the hardest plan team.

And, you know, we came out with the wind last night, so we're just trying to keep it going and build off that Terry I played in the league a long time.

I've been traded a couple of times and we're not throwing no shade at your former team.

The Celtics.

I know you've got love for those guys over there.

We ain't throwing no shade at how Kimble's playing right now, so I'm gonna just set the table.

But also you get paid to play professional basketball.

And now you're in Charlotte and you're replacing Kimball Walker's not only productivity, but you're also in position to reset the market and a name for yourself.

You're averaging 20 points this year.

What is it like playing in Charlotte under those circumstances knowing that you got to put in work?

Because, frankly, you have to leave Boston to go get your bread.

Uh, the situation is great for me because, you know, I can just be myself.

I could just I could just play my teammates, my coaches.

Like I say it all the time.

They allow me to be me, uh, night in and night out.

You know, we're just having a lot of fun.

We got a lot of young guys and you know this team.

You know, we didn't know what to expect coming in, but You know, we try to build some stuff over the summer, and like I said, I'm just having a lot of fun.

Uh, you know, I got to be special this year because, you know, just my teammates and my coaches, and, you know, I just wanted to keep it going.

I'm just excited.

But if we win, that's the most important thing.

We got to keep winning and you know, and it's looking good for it.

So that's the most important thing for me.

One of the young guys you have on that team is Lamelo ball, and he's shown some really impressive skills early in his career.

What have you seen from him in practice and off the court that you think about that makes them special?

Is this his confidence, his confidence, him coming into the league, just knowing that, you know he belonged and, you know, he's a special player, you know, he's not really worried about the outside.

No, he's not worried about people around, you know, He just, you know, having fun to play hard.

You know, we just we just having fun out there.

You always gotta be alert.

You know?

It's his passes, you need to be alert.

You're gonna hit you in the head.

But, you know, we were just excited to have him.

And, you know, he's a special player.

A special, real special.

So I know you guys got young vets like yourself and Gordon Hayward.

But one of the things I appreciate when I'm watching league pass You got fun to watch.

You got, like, one of y'all gonna get hot every night.

Monk, come in getting buckets, bridges, Duncan on people.

What is it like to be a young upstart team in the league To get a chance to go to a place like Phoenix and get that kind of win in order to, like, give this young group some confidence that you could do some special things this season?

I tell people all the time We got a great locker room, man.

That's that's where we start with Our locker room is great.

Before we go out, you know, everybody can trust one another.

You can look down to your right, your left and you know, you you got your brother.

That's that's riding for you.

So we just go out there and just play, man.

we go out there and you know, we try to be the harder playing team, and it's a lot of fun.

You come here and you come in the West and you get some wins like this, especially on the number four team on the West.

So, uh, well, like I said, we just want to keep it going, And we, you know, we're just trying to We're trying to We're trying to keep it going, man, It's a lot of fun playing with these guys.

A lot of fun, Terry, you're not the tallest player in the NBA.

But that doesn't mean you won't bang on somebody from time and again.

So I just want you to watch this highlight of you dunking on Kevin Durant.

Just tell me what's going through your mind.

Uh, I just try to try to power up.

I knew he was right there, but I might have closed my eyes.

I ain't No, This is going to happen.

Yeah.

No, I just try to pile up.

I knew he was right during, uh And you know what is happening?

I can I can talk about this forever.

Posters is there.

So what is it like when you show up at work and the goat.

Michael Jordan is your boss.

You have Michael Jordan's number in your phone.

What kind of mentor has he been for you and or the team and just getting a chance to get the norm?

It's been great.

It's been great.

I just remember my first time sitting down with him in Vegas.

Uh, you know, just at lunch, you know, he's just he's just telling me how you believe in me when you're hearing that from M.

J.

That's just like that's different.

It's different than anybody else, you know?

He he gave me that confidence right away when I when I first stepped on to Charlotte, so I'm just excited.

He's great for us as a great mentor.

You know, I'm pretty sure you keep in touch with all of his books, but me, I can I can hit him at any time, and he's going to challenge me, and, you know, I'm just glad to have him.

I'm glad to have you as a contact and just to talk to because you know, he's a guy that's going to always challenge me and, you know, and have me on edge.

Does he ever put on gym shoes and shoot around with the team or do some shooting drills with you or anything like that?

We do that yet.

We don't have to do that, but I think we just need to talk a little stuff to him.

I think he would come out.

I think he did come out a little retirement for a little bit, as you might need to have it.

Terry, who's one of the toughest guys in the league to guard.

I had to say Curry Roaches because he can score on the ball and he moved a lot off the ball.

Uh, but it's a lot of guys that get that that that that that that's just special, that can score.

There's a lot of guys that ain't that ain't really that's not really good.

That's not really.