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Speaker 1: Matt and Ross with you here at eleven o four.

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Let's spend ten minutes right now with the head coach

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of your Houston Rockets. Rockets that I hear in Toronto,

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the takeow the Raptors. I may a dooko with this

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year on the program. Coach, thanks with Tommy's always congratulations

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on the win. Was it just a simple case of

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the ball went through the hoop a little bit more

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to your satisfaction than perhaps the previous two games.

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Speaker 2: Well, we obviously shot it well much better, you know,

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from three and eighty eight from the free throw line,

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But I think it was more than that.

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Speaker 3: It was a unselfishness.

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Speaker 2: Thirty three assist that we were moving the ball a

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little stronger in their traps than the previous few games,

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and that results in open looks. So the guys is

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going to be free if out he can make those plays.

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Attention Kevin Draws. They're making the right reads and guys

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were knocking them down.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 1: It was funny when Katie was asked about the game

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and tari I obviously had that great game with five

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three pointers in the game, which is occur high for him.

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It's like, man, if we get that kind of production

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from Tari Easton, and it doesn't to me from him

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every single night, but it almost tell you that you've

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got to get that one or two guys off the bench.

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It's got to be that quote unquote instant offense. Do

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you kind of feel that Tari can fill that mode

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if not him, somebody else on a given night.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean, obviously it's been one of our strong suits

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is the depth that we have, and I think it

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can be different guys different nights. And so with us

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kind of mixing up the starting lineup, guys are putting

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different positions at times. And you know it was Tarry

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that night, but it's been others throughout the seasons. Throughout

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the first few seasons I've been here, and you know,

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you got a wild card guy that you know teams

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have to prepare for, you know what they're going to

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bring every night.

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Speaker 3: That's just to added benefit.

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Speaker 1: You started Josha Kogie in the game against the Nets there.

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You know, you used Reed Shepherd during the preseason and

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the starting lineup thought or two about what you thought

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like from Josh in the starting lineup, and is that

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something that's going to be in the rotation now for you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we've I've been pretty open about, you know,

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the lineup being uh, the switch ability with the lineup,

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and you know, we like the big lineup. We tinker

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with that a little been preseason, but Reid will get

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opportunities of times if they have two really good scores

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like Cam Thomas and Michael Porter, we may go with

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the defensive lineup with Josh in there to guard one,

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I'm in to guard another, and so we can go

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all all sorts of ways, honestly, and then very comfortable

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with that, and I think the guys are prepared for that.

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Speaker 3: So that was a look we gave there.

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Speaker 2: And at some point when when we're fully whole, we'll

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kind of zone in on one thing and it could

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be Dorian at the time, it could be going big

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like we did, or read and read for instance, and so,

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like I said, our versatility gives us options to do that,

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and I think all of our guys are comfortable in

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every role.

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Speaker 4: How would you assess Reid's play so far both ends

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of the floor, but also the shots selection specifically, it's

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been eleven shots every single game for him. How do

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you feel about this selection there?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we want to be aggressive and confident, you know,

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not passing up. And he looks that he gets he's

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one of our best shooters, and we understand how teams

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are defending him and the attention that he commands himself

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and so, but when you're playing with the guy like

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Opera and Katie Men, who's gonna get downhill and attract

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that crowd as well, those looks are going to be there.

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and he's done that so far, you know, getting the

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getting the training on ball off ball. You know with

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some teams that really are up pressuring. Started with Okac

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and then Detroit does more of the same and even

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even Toronto Brooklyn are heavy load up teams.

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Speaker 3: And so just giving him different looks, he's gonna learn

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Speaker 2: And I think, like I said, with Fred being out him,

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a man got to learn to be the PG, play

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some off ball, and I think he's doing.

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Speaker 3: A good job.

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Speaker 4: Rocket Tech coach Iman Adoka was here on a Sports

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the PG. I imagine you're pretty satisfied with eight assists

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and no turnovers in the last game.

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Speaker 3: What what is.

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Speaker 4: That like, Because it's obviously it's basketball, one on one,

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don't turn the ball over, get assists. But I mean,

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how do you kind of communicate that or drill that

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into players and see improvement as the season goes along.

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Speaker 2: In in that facet, Yeah, this overall recognition of what

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teams are doing out there. Like I said, we're playing

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against teams that have really packed the pain and want

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to protect the rim with their with their full team defense,

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and so the kickouts will be there.

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Speaker 3: Get to our spacing properly and know where your outlets

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Speaker 2: And so for our men, it's gonna be different every

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night depending on who's on him and how they are

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guarding him. You know, he can be aggressive getting downhill,

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but teams know what he's all about and know the

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threat that he is, so they're going to load up

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and it's up to him to make those reads. And

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so I think he did obviously a great job with

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those numbers you just pointed out, But throughout the season

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it's going to be a game by game thing where

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he has to have a full understanding of how teams

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are guarding him and where to get his shot another

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guy's shots, And I think that's where he's improved so

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far throughout this season already.

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Speaker 1: Emy. I know you don't like turnovers, nobody does, but

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there are gonna be some that are gonna be I say,

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guys dissect those turnovers like I think you do.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's really specific to the game plan. Like

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going to either blitz the pick and roll or pack

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the paint and make you prove it and beat you

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from outside. And so it's just as simple play as

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we talked about, you know, hitting singles against Oka see

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in game one, and we didn't do that. Obviously, twenty

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five turnovers for twenty eight points in a one possession

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game is way too high, and so understanding and learning

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from game to game that these teams are going to

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be there, keep it simple and when you see the crowd,

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get off the ball and have a two on one

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or some numbers on the backside. If you blitzed and

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pick and roll, get off the ball and let Outprin

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and other guys make plays. And so when we try

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to overdo it and you know, split or beat the crowd,

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beat the double team, and sometimes we get in trouble,

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but we just want to keep it simple. Trust your

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teammates and make the easy pass.

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Speaker 1: One of the turnovers was a Kevin Durant offensive foul

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against the nets where the ball hit the player in

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the face. Did you get a satisfactory clarification on what

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happened there? Because it looked like to me the defenders

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right in his face. Where was Katie supposed to go? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I think we all thought it would be overturned when

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I challenged it due to the fact that the ball

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grazed them. You know, we didn't hit him in his hand,

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didn't hit him with the elbow or anything like that.

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And like you said, they're crowd in your space. You

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have illegally, you have a legal right to obviously make

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your move and try to impede that progress. And so

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and we keep it moving from there. Didn't really agree

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with it, but it is what it is.

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Speaker 1: Katie. To you, you've seen him so many times game

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playing against him, You've been with him on the bench

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now for a short time here in obviously other places.

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as he's gotten a little bit longer in the tooth.

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and looked at Katie video of ten years ago, is

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it about the same kind of player or how has

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he transitioned as he's played a little bit later in life.

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Speaker 2: I think he's just continuing to be as efficient as

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he always been. As he's always been. I think you

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the forty fifty ninety, and you know that's high efficiency shooting.

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Speaker 3: He doesn't force it.

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Speaker 2: He understands understands defenses and what teams are trying to

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do the scheme against him, and he's basically seen it.

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or letting guys either crowd him and make plays for

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others or get it to out and let him make

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the play. And so he understands that and if it

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frees everybody else up and we get the win, he's

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all about that. And so he's not a guy that's

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trying to force it and prove anything. He's seen it

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all done at all and understands what he does to

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impact our team offensively.

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Speaker 4: And how have you felt about his fit Obviously culturally

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he'd worked with some guys in the offseason as well,

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but a lot of players talking about his work ethic

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and how they are really impressed. Have you seen kind

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of effect of that rubbing off on other guys or

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 2: I think he brought in veterans like I always talk

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about Dylan, Fred Jeff and those guys that came a

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few years ago, and Kevin takes that to another level

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with the work ethic is one on one professionalism every

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day and that's.

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Speaker 3: Why he is as great as he is. It's not

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just by chance or talent.

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Speaker 2: He puts in the work and is trying to improve

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and add to his game, you know, every year and

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throughout the season. So you see young guys tagging along

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and it's great to see that work every day and

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actually trying to get better, and so it's it's rubbing off,

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Speaker 3: I think everybody takes note of it.

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Speaker 2: And then they start to incorporate it themselves and it's

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a great thing for them, for our young guys to

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implement their career at a young age.

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Speaker 1: Last question, who is in charge of free throw shooting?

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because Steven Adams is nine of ten Alpius twenty two

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or twenty six. If you're big manter shooting free throws

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like that, that's going to be a huge asset for

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been great.

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Speaker 2: I think I did point out at the start of

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training camp that we were twenty ninth and free throw

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shooting last year. It might have been thirtieth honestly, but yeah,

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that was a challenge to our guys. Obviously, we finished

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every practice and every individual workout with a good amount

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of free throws and try to put them in some

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pressure situations throughout practice and training camp.

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Speaker 3: But guys have to own up to it and take

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that on, take that challenge on.

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Speaker 2: And so obviously twenty three for twenty six the other

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night is great for us. But I think it might

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be Garrett Jackson or one of our assistants. I think

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actually Cam Hodges signed contracts with I Blank will shoot

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this many free toes and shoot this percentage. So they

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all had to sign it, and it's a direct challenge

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to meet this number and meet the number you're gonna

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shoot the percentage wise, but also meet the attempts that

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you need to get up every day in order to

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Speaker 3: And so guys all signed.

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Speaker 2: It, and I think it's just a way of holding

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guys accountable and kind of pointing back on what they

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Speaker 2: Not sure what Cam came up with, but so far

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as working, you know, we'll take it.

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Speaker 3: You got that right.

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Speaker 1: Thank you Gmy for the tam will seat the building

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leader on this evening, Good luck tonight.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate it.