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chat obviously not being able to play
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this season but being able to be inside
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the group inside the team just what was
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this like from your perspective oh yeah
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obviously it's it looked a lot different
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than uh you know what was expected
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um but I just you know tried to work
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with what I was given and make sure that
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I was staying within the team uh and you
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know my focus was on the team and trying
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to help them succeed
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what did you learn the most uh even
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though you were playing what you learned
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the most about the NBA and what you need
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to know going forward
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uh I don't think I could you know sum it
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up to just one thing
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there's there's a lot I learned I was
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able to watch uh I had like a front row
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seat to
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uh the class of getting buckets every
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night you know watching Shea go out
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there and all the other dudes too and
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you know other teams as well uh it was
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it was it was great for me to be able to
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watch uh how other teams play uh
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different styles uh different personnel
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and really be able to kind of pick up as
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much as I can from that and uh you know
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uh
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kind of take down all the knowledge so I
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can use it going forward so where are
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you at physically now and how much are
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you able to do on the court uh I'm
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pretty much uh past the rehab part of
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this uh
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journey I guess you could say uh now I'm
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progressing more into the five on five
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stuff and kind of uh taken away uh any
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restrictions that I have to this point
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do you feel close to where you were
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pre-injury uh in terms of
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physically athletically like feel like
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you can play like you did before you got
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hurt uh yeah you know I feel feel great
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I've had a great uh Team around me
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helping me get back to you know a great
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point and there's been a great plan in
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place and you know I feel like I
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followed that to a T and uh you know
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it's got me in a gray spot
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being being on the floor what did you
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miss most about being out
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what I miss most about being
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like not playing
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um
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uh it's a lot of things obviously like
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you said the toughest part is is just
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not playing but um I'm a pretty
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competitive guy so not having kind of
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competitive Outlet uh that you know I'm
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accustomed to it was definitely tough
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um you know just trying to find other
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ways to kind of stay competitive in
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other areas while I'm not able to play
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basketball was kind of a tough thing
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it's very too far out but do you plan on
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playing in summer league at all uh
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uh you know right now I'm focused on
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following the plan that we have in place
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and uh you know if
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when that time comes that's part of the
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plan uh you know I'll uh follow the plan
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like I have up to this point
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um but right now I'm focused on on the
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plan that I have here in the near future
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and we'll figure that out as we go you
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didn't get to play for him but I mean
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what's your thoughts on Mark this
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evening
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um
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coach of the year right finals yeah
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I think it should be kosher here but
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um yeah I think that's all I gotta say I
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think it should be coach of the year
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fellow rookies kind of go out there and
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do their thing dub and will and booze uh
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it was great
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um being able to watch the strides that
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they'd made over the course of the
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season and all the work that they put in
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it was great to watch you know that pay
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off for them
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um
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not only for you know my fellow rookies
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but all my teammates you know everybody
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worked hard this year and and made you
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know huge improvements and uh you know
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it kind of paid off in in the win column
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for us uh as well as you know just our
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ability as individuals and as a team uh
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you know we made great strides together
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does the success of the team make you
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even more like anxious to get out there
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with them knowing that you can
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contribute to like a pretty high level
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team already
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um
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uh
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I feel like
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I feel like that doesn't change it too
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much you know I just feel like uh
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pretty anxious to get out there and
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obviously play with my teammates and you
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know do whatever I can to help them win
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obviously uh you know it's great that uh
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this group of guys was able to uh you
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know exceed
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um kind of expectations going into the
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year and uh you know really put together
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a great season
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um but I don't think it changes how
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anxious I am to you know get out there
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and play with these guys
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speaking to your eagerness of trying to
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get back out there you created quite a
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stir with the free seven post what can
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you sort of explain that to us uh yeah
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that's just kind of going back to what
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he said just uh a guy who's anxious to
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play uh you know we all know uh I love
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to play basketball and kind of that's
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just me thinking uh forward to you know
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when I'm able to play again
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speaking of Instagram captions there's
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been some discussions on if Shea comes
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up with his Instagram captions or if
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maybe Drake or an outside force does was
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uh he does do him on his own
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he kind of like uh sometimes he'll just
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like
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uh be around the team and kind of joke
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around and then come up with one and
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sometimes you know uh he'll just come up
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with on completely on his own um
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but yeah maybe when he's retired he'll
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be like a poet or something I don't know
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I don't remember them all word for word
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um but he's had a few good ones so it's
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probably hard to pick one
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what did you learn about the thunder
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through this year you know you kind of
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got to be inside the walls what did you
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learn about just the team the
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organization
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uh I knew coming in uh that this was a
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great organization with great people and
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it was really well run but that was kind
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of just uh reaffirmed uh after going
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through this whole season and uh not
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only the way they took care of me and
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helped me but you know the way they
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handle everybody who comes through the
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building
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um and the way they do business it's all
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around uh you know just no issues and uh
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you know they do it the right way as
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you're watching the team are there like
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specific things that you're watching
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like oh I could help in this area or I
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could really feel like this Gap that's
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kind of being left you know by the team
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on the court yeah yeah that's part of
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analyzing the game as I'm watching
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um just
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trying to understand like I said before
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how other teams are playing how we're
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playing and uh kind of visualize and and
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think about how you know I could be in
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there uh in certain situations and and
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uh you know how I would you know play
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that situation or affect that situation
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um that's definitely a big part of it
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besides mentally what do you think that
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you improved on like is there anything
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like any aspect like on the court that
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you feel like you were able to improve
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on over the course of this year oh yeah
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yeah um obviously like you said mentally
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watching a lot of the game uh you're
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able to pick up on a lot of things but
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um
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I never really had the time to just kind
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of rework uh my shot and uh really have
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the time and the the focus to put into
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it
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um you know I've taken pride in my
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ability to shoot the basketball and
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um I feel like I've done it pretty well
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up to this point in my career but
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um you know I'm kind of on the Journey
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of trying to be a an elite shooter so I
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was able to really put in a lot of work
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with my shot and uh and you know make it
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even uh more effective Chad coming off
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this injury how do you find the balance
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between ramping up and kind of like I
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don't know staying safe throughout this
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injury process because obviously you're
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not going to Bubble Wrap yourself over
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the summer you're gonna work and try to
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get better but at the same time you
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can't be I guess out there Reckless
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doing whatever that makes sense yeah
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that comes down to uh
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a conversation between not only myself
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but also the the team of people here
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from the coaches to the medical staff
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and putting together a good plan of of
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what's going to be effective and what's
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going to be uh smart so it's going to be
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a conversation that we'll have and and
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we'll figure out what's best where do
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you plan to spend most of this off
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season
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uh like you're gonna be in here or are
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you going to stay here and work and
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follow that Planner yeah I'll be working
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out I'll be working out here uh I'll
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probably also be working out uh in La as
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well your teammate did with teammates
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are all excited about you know you
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joining the team next season uh what do
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you think you can bring to the team uh
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next season oh you know or I could
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change your dynamics of a team based on
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what you saw this season yeah that's
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that's something that's
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um hard to go into detail on six months
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out from uh
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our first game and that's something
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that's going to be evolving throughout
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the season uh as we play more games and
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figure things out
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um things are going to change uh game to
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game uh based on Personnel another team
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and and game plan how they play how we
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play uh so that's gonna be something
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that we kind of figure out uh as we go
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you may not have been able to be on the
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floor but you got to spend a lot of time
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with your teammates on and off the floor
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just what's that camaraderie like with
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this group and how much did that help
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you in your your journey in your
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recovery uh it's definitely it was
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definitely helpful uh you know uh being
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around a group of guys that's uh like
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the group guys we have
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um we're obviously a very young team uh
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so it almost feels more like a college
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team sometimes than like a team of you
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know grown men which we all are uh you
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know I have uh two teammates now with a
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kid uh for the first time in my life
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which is pretty crazy but
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um being around a group of young guys
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you know it's always jokes it's always
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laughing so it definitely picks up the
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mood
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um you know wherever you're at and it's
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a lot of fun I said that you were bad at
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cards you have a response to that
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uh
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I'm bad at cards
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they got the player but you haven't
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gotten to be in this community and see
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this fan base for a year what's it been
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like kind of living here and getting to
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know what it's like to be in Oklahoma
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City uh it's great it's great
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um I had never been here uh before
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showing up the day after the draft
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um but since being here uh you know it's
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been a great experience uh you know
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Southern Hospitality is definitely
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definitely a real thing here
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um Everybody I've run into has you know
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been nothing but uh nice and uh you know
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it's a great Community around here and
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I'm glad to be a part of it do you have
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any favorite restaurants
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uh
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uh I don't know if I should give out the
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free advertisement here but but uh I
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gotta I got a few there's a few good uh
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good places that uh are some go-to's
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um
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that's probably a tougher question
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honestly uh
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you know I'm I'm uh
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pretty uh
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um exploratory eater like um
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wide palette uh you know I kind of eat
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whatever really
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stuff and then
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um I'm not really a silver lining type
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of guy but I do believe that there's
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a positive and every negative as far as
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your injury goes um what's a positive
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that's come out all of us yeah uh I mean
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when I got hurt I could either let this
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be you know a blessing or curse and uh
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you know kind of from day one I decided
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uh you know it's
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in my best interest to turn it into a
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blessing so I kind of just woke up every
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day uh with with the same goal in mind
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and like I said before
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tried to execute the plan to a T and I
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feel like because of that you know I've
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been able to uh get really good quality
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work in
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um
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and really follow that plan uh on the
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court in the weight room with my
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nutrition uh with film uh with working
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with the coaches uh you know I feel like
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I've been able to work on a lot and then
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last question how well
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um I showed you earlier
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I feel like it's hard for the average
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person to block out
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outside noise
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um you being a top draft pick a lot of
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people talking about you when you went
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down that all Amplified how hard is it
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for you well how hard
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was it for you to block out that noise
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and what kind of is your coping
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mechanism there uh
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I just uh put my phone in my pocket
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um
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and uh
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kind of just if there's something that's
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not going to be productive to what I'm
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trying to accomplish you know I try not
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to pay attention to it uh you know I got
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24 hours in the day and uh
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you know I don't
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see uh
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I don't see why it'd be effective for me
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to you know put time into uh you know
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worrying about what one I can't control
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into uh you know people who you know I
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probably won't ever even meet in real
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life so I just try to focus on on what I
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can do to be a better me at the end of
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each day
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were there any specific teammates that
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kind of you know helped you throughout
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the season
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um
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it's kind of been a collective effort uh
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you know all the guys have been great
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and great to me
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um you know Mike's not here but uh early
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on you know I was working out with him
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last summer back in Minnesota and uh you
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know he was helpful uh even before I got
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hurt
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um with uh you know just kind of kind of
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teaching me the ropes
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um and uh
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just kind of telling me what to expect
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same thing with uh K rich and and Rio
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and all these other vets uh like Shay
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and I mean he's 24 but he's a vet to us
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and
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um you know all the other guys too like
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all the way down to you know my rookie
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class as well everybody's been helpful
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and uh you know they've really helped me
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uh in kind of any way they could
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where's your confidence level in this
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team moving forward
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uh I mean I have extreme confidence in
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this team uh because of uh the way uh
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when things are running around here uh
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into uh the quality of the characters
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that we have in this building uh you
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know not only from on our roster but on
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a coaching staff all the way to you know
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our analytical Department uh you know if
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you're a bad person you don't really end
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up in this building so
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um you know things are done the right
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way and you know I believe that pays off
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in the end
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you said in the preseason that you
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talked with drilling bead and Blake
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Griffin and guys like that to kind of
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learn how to cope with you know losing
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your first rookie season have you talked
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with them anymore or any other players
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who've been through this to kind of
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learn you know how to handle this uh not
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recently no
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