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It's been really good. And I think the biggest thing
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is just the consistency of it. Every day, no matter
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what's going on, we make sure to get our work in.
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Even on long days, we try to get something in,
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whether it's 15 minutes.
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But it's been really good just working on the fundamentals,
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working on the quorum, shooting all the way up. Just confidence,
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but it's been good. It's been consistent. I see you taking, like,
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half-court shots.
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You're, like, starting to side ways.
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What's the thought process behind taking.
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The first one?
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Just to feel myself shooting on the way up and
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shooting from a lower set. I think it's the biggest
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thing with that. Instead of shooting on the top, how
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I used to before, it's just working on really shooting
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on the way up and kind of feeling that movement.
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Is that starting to become, like, secondary for you?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, for sure, and I think it's got to the
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point where I can fix it myself. If I feel
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during the workout I may be going back to old
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habits or bad habits, I've got to the point where
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I'm able to fix it myself and make corrections myself,
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so it's been good. Were you surprised at all at
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how much things translated in that first week using game?
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Like, just your first NBA action, like, were you nervous
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at all that it wouldn't feel that way?
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I wouldn't say nervous. Nervous was going a little bit
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just because, you know, it's your first time, but... Once
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you get on the court, it's basketball. You just go
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out there and hope, have fun. And then just the
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confidence that the coaches put in us, the trust we
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have as teammates all together. And you just go out
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there and play. I know what my role is. I
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know what my job is to do out there, and
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that's defend, rebound, and all those things that I've been doing.
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So just going out there and saying to do those.
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What's one of the most interesting.
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Things so far, Craig, in that small group work you've
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been doing? Is there something that you've never done before? Yeah, yeah.
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Man, I don't know.
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I think to me the biggest takeaway with it is
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just the consistency of it.
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Day in and day out, we get our work in
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no matter, like I said, if it's something quick or anything.
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We make sure to get our work in, and to
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me that's the biggest thing. To me, I want development,
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you know, and that's a big reason why I'm here
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is just to develop, to get better. And the consistency
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they bring and the energy they bring every day is
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the biggest thing.
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I'd say to me. Looks like you guys just came
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out of the zone. For you in those sessions, what
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are you seeing? How active are you in some of those?
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Are you just kind of sitting back? What's one of
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the most interesting things you've seen?
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I just sit back and try to learn as much
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as I can, just listen to some of the older guys,
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listen to Joe, and just try to learn as much
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as I can, take it all in and understand what
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they say, understand the concepts that they talk about, understand
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their perspective, how they see things on the court. So
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that's the biggest thing I can do as a younger
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player is just sit in there and learn as much
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as I can. You guys just went on a big
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long road trip. What are the best things you can
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do on a trip like that? They've been pretty chill
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on me. I don't want to jinx it, but I've
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got to bring the Catan board game. So sometimes I
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get tired of the plan and I feel a little tapped, like, yo,
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where's the board game? I've got to make sure I
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get that up, but Not too much, not too much yet.
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Making it easy on you right now?
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So far.
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I hope you're not jinxing this. Hopefully they don't see this.
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Do you have a team playing routine next to anybody,
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or are you still figuring that out?
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No, me and Chris usually sit next to each other,
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and that's about it. Me and the other rookie. I
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think just his intensity. Obviously, his length and athleticism. But
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just his intensity, how hard he practices, how hard he defends.
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Just his passion for the game. You can see it
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on the court, the emotions that he plays with and
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even practices with every day.