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And I give credit to our GM, Kobe, and to the ownership for granting that for him
So other than that, I don't really have much I don't really have much more to say
Like I said, many different emotions
I just hope that I was the, you know, I tried to do whatever I could, just try to help the kid be as great as he could be or as great as he wanted to be
And, you know, that's it
No, I don't have any advice for him now
I got no advice for him or any other people that's on any other team
No, we, listen, man, we trying to win a championship here, I don't have time to give advice to other guys
You're either with us or you're against us
So, you know, I'm truly humbled and excited, and it was a gratifying three years that we played together
But, you know, even if my, like, if my son went to another team and we was playing against each other, I'm not giving him shit
Nah, he'd come home and eat dinner or something, but he'd get no advice from me
That's just the way it go
Well, I mean, emotions will come up anytime you've hosted a trophy with a teammate, and there's different levels of emotion, obviously, depending on the player or different, you know, what you went through with that guy
But it was emotions
When I came back to Cleveland and I saw, you know, you know, D Wade and Udonis and Chris and Mario and those guys when the first time I seen those guys, a lot of emotions, tons of emotions, because, you know, what you went through
There was emotions last year when, you know, when we seen, when deli came back for the first time, you know, after hosting the trophy, you know, so there will be emotions that go through your head because, you know, you know, the grind and everything that you went through with that particular player being Kyrie, you know, but hopefully, you know, and I've been in this position before, so I know once the game gets going, then I'll be able to just focus on us, just trying to get better and be the best team that we can be that night, and that's the only thing that matters
Oh, I'm sorry
No, I haven't
Since he got traded, I had a little dialogue with him when I heard that he wanted to be traded, but since then, I haven't, you know, you guys know Kyrie, so
Next question
No, I don't think anybody in the organization seems to come in
I mean, you guys don't see him all the time, but Jason, you around enough
I mean, if it's something that we see, you guys would have saw as well
So it was definitely a shock
But, you know, we did a great job of, I think, like I said, kobe and, you know, and the guys in the front office did a great job of putting together a great package for our team to be as complete as we've been in a long time
So that's what I'm truly excited about
I mean, I reached out to him because I just wanted to get a little insight on, you know, why he felt like he wanted to move on
And, you know, and it was, you know, it was, like I said, I had a lot of emotions in my head, but I'm one to always kind of reach out to someone and just see, you know, from their advantage point of, you know, because I didn't
When I heard it, I heard it from a third or fourth party, and I don't, you know, so many things can be fabricated when you hear from different sources and different people
And, you know, obviously, the word source in this world is the worst thing in the world, especially in the sports world
So I'm not a source guy
So I went straight to the guy, and he basically just let me know that that was the direction he wanted to go in, and I was okay with that
I mean, it's a business
I understand that
And it doesn't stop me from leading this franchise and leading his team and going on about it, but I definitely wanted to just go right to him and ask him, and he clarified it for me, so I was at ease
I don't know when you guys found out about it, to be honest
You know, I spent a lot of time this summer with my son and their basketball tournaments and things of that nature
So when
When I hear about things, it's kind of shocking to me because I'm not even really on my phone that much as far as the, you know, the media's perspective, because I kind of try to give it a break, but I don't know when you guys heard about it, but when I heard about it, I just went to the source
To be quite honest with you, everybody wanted to see me fail
When I got to the league, everybody was just like, it's not
It's no way he's going to be able to exceed, you know, the expectations that's put upon him
There's no way
I seen, for the first time in a long time, I seen a commercial that was played before my first game
And when I rewatched it today for the first time, I was like, I think they was mentioning, like, all the greats that ever played the game of basketball
I think it was like Big O and Michael and Kareem and Kobe, and I forgot who all else was in that commercial
Whatever the case may be, could be wrong about some of the names that I mentioned, but it was
And then it was like, in the next one, LeBron James
And I didn't even see that commercial, but I was, like, watching the tay
I was like, what the hell? Like, that expectation on an 18 year old kid
Like, that was
That was insane to just think about it
And I was watching it today
I was like, I wish that on no kid and no sport to have, to have this type of pressure put on them, and everybody wanted to see you fail
So I wouldn't tell that 18 year old kid nothing
I would tell them just to do exactly what you're thinking
No matter what, just stay true to yourself, believe in yourself, and don't ever get too high
Get too high
They're going to try to knock you off, but at the same time, if you fall, just like the great lady Leah said, just pick yourself up and try again
And I've done that in my career
Appreciate it
Well, definitely disappointed
I can't sit here and say I'm not disappointed on not being able to land such a talent, but someone that I had great chemistry with and know I got great chemistry with on the floor that can help you win, you know, championships in my mind, in my eyes
But my focus has shifted now
My focus has shifted back to where it should be
And that's, that's this club now and what we have in the locker room
It's a quick pivot
Quick pivot
It don't take me long
It don't take me long
I don't get too excited about the possibilities of things that can be
I kind of envision myself on what it can, but I don't invest it all the way into until I know what's happening
And when it does not happen, I'm back locked in on the job at hand
So we had an opportunity
Our names was out there, the Lakers name was out there
We had an opportunity, didn't happen
We move on and we finished the season strong, try to get a bid into the postseason where I feel if we go in healthy and we compete
Second row
Brown looked like you sought out Michael after the ceremony
You had a moment with him
What was that like for you? And can you share anything about what you guys said? Let me switch about t
Let me switch you out
Um, yeah, because out of the
It was so much chaos going on after we all kind of split
Um, I did not want to lose the opportunity to, uh, to shake the man's hand that inspired me throughout my childhood
Haven't had much dialogue with him in my 20 years or 19 years in this
In this business
But part of me wouldn't be here without MJ's inspiration
Always wanted to be like him growing up, you know, it's crazy that the game winning shot tonight was a fade away, and it was inspired by MJ, you know, the way he wore his shoes, the way he wore his uniform
I mean, all the way down to some of the cars that he drove, how much he inspired me, and I didn't want to waste that opportunity, because we're not in the same building a lot and haven't been in the same building a lot throughout my career, and it meant something to me
No, I don't think it's about the win, the loss of this thing together
We don't have a lot of time to continue to not take step forward
We have to continue to take step four
A lot of these teams that we're playing have been practicing either one month or months in advance of
We're like maybe two weeks into together
So every game, every film session, we get an opportunity
We have to try to make the most of it, not take any steps back, and it doesn't matter, you know, when it comes to how close the game is or not
Did we get better? I feel like in the first half we allowed them to get comfortable
You know, it's our eight and threes

And I give credit to our GM, Kobe, and to the ownership for granting that for him

So other than that, I don't really have much I don't really have much more to say

Like I said, many different emotions

I just hope that I was the, you know, I tried to do whatever I could, just try to help the kid be as great as he could be or as great as he wanted to be

And, you know, that's it

No, I don't have any advice for him now

I got no advice for him or any other people that's on any other team

No, we, listen, man, we trying to win a championship here, I don't have time to give advice to other guys

You're either with us or you're against us

So, you know, I'm truly humbled and excited, and it was a gratifying three years that we played together

But, you know, even if my, like, if my son went to another team and we was playing against each other, I'm not giving him shit

Nah, he'd come home and eat dinner or something, but he'd get no advice from me

That's just the way it go

Well, I mean, emotions will come up anytime you've hosted a trophy with a teammate, and there's different levels of emotion, obviously, depending on the player or different, you know, what you went through with that guy

But it was emotions

When I came back to Cleveland and I saw, you know, you know, D Wade and Udonis and Chris and Mario and those guys when the first time I seen those guys, a lot of emotions, tons of emotions, because, you know, what you went through

There was emotions last year when, you know, when we seen, when deli came back for the first time, you know, after hosting the trophy, you know, so there will be emotions that go through your head because, you know, you know, the grind and everything that you went through with that particular player being Kyrie, you know, but hopefully, you know, and I've been in this position before, so I know once the game gets going, then I'll be able to just focus on us, just trying to get better and be the best team that we can be that night, and that's the only thing that matters

Oh, I'm sorry

No, I haven't

Since he got traded, I had a little dialogue with him when I heard that he wanted to be traded, but since then, I haven't, you know, you guys know Kyrie, so

Next question

No, I don't think anybody in the organization seems to come in

I mean, you guys don't see him all the time, but Jason, you around enough

I mean, if it's something that we see, you guys would have saw as well

So it was definitely a shock

But, you know, we did a great job of, I think, like I said, kobe and, you know, and the guys in the front office did a great job of putting together a great package for our team to be as complete as we've been in a long time

So that's what I'm truly excited about

I mean, I reached out to him because I just wanted to get a little insight on, you know, why he felt like he wanted to move on

And, you know, and it was, you know, it was, like I said, I had a lot of emotions in my head, but I'm one to always kind of reach out to someone and just see, you know, from their advantage point of, you know, because I didn't

When I heard it, I heard it from a third or fourth party, and I don't, you know, so many things can be fabricated when you hear from different sources and different people

And, you know, obviously, the word source in this world is the worst thing in the world, especially in the sports world

So I'm not a source guy

So I went straight to the guy, and he basically just let me know that that was the direction he wanted to go in, and I was okay with that

I mean, it's a business

I understand that

And it doesn't stop me from leading this franchise and leading his team and going on about it, but I definitely wanted to just go right to him and ask him, and he clarified it for me, so I was at ease

I don't know when you guys found out about it, to be honest

You know, I spent a lot of time this summer with my son and their basketball tournaments and things of that nature

So when

When I hear about things, it's kind of shocking to me because I'm not even really on my phone that much as far as the, you know, the media's perspective, because I kind of try to give it a break, but I don't know when you guys heard about it, but when I heard about it, I just went to the source

To be quite honest with you, everybody wanted to see me fail

When I got to the league, everybody was just like, it's not

It's no way he's going to be able to exceed, you know, the expectations that's put upon him

There's no way

I seen, for the first time in a long time, I seen a commercial that was played before my first game

And when I rewatched it today for the first time, I was like, I think they was mentioning, like, all the greats that ever played the game of basketball

I think it was like Big O and Michael and Kareem and Kobe, and I forgot who all else was in that commercial

Whatever the case may be, could be wrong about some of the names that I mentioned, but it was

And then it was like, in the next one, LeBron James

And I didn't even see that commercial, but I was, like, watching the tay

I was like, what the hell? Like, that expectation on an 18 year old kid

Like, that was

That was insane to just think about it

And I was watching it today

I was like, I wish that on no kid and no sport to have, to have this type of pressure put on them, and everybody wanted to see you fail

So I wouldn't tell that 18 year old kid nothing

I would tell them just to do exactly what you're thinking

No matter what, just stay true to yourself, believe in yourself, and don't ever get too high

Get too high

They're going to try to knock you off, but at the same time, if you fall, just like the great lady Leah said, just pick yourself up and try again

And I've done that in my career

Appreciate it

Well, definitely disappointed

I can't sit here and say I'm not disappointed on not being able to land such a talent, but someone that I had great chemistry with and know I got great chemistry with on the floor that can help you win, you know, championships in my mind, in my eyes

But my focus has shifted now

My focus has shifted back to where it should be

And that's, that's this club now and what we have in the locker room

It's a quick pivot

Quick pivot

It don't take me long

I don't get too excited about the possibilities of things that can be

I kind of envision myself on what it can, but I don't invest it all the way into until I know what's happening

And when it does not happen, I'm back locked in on the job at hand

So we had an opportunity

Our names was out there, the Lakers name was out there

We had an opportunity, didn't happen

We move on and we finished the season strong, try to get a bid into the postseason where I feel if we go in healthy and we compete

Second row

Brown looked like you sought out Michael after the ceremony

You had a moment with him

What was that like for you? And can you share anything about what you guys said? Let me switch about t

Let me switch you out

Um, yeah, because out of the

It was so much chaos going on after we all kind of split

Um, I did not want to lose the opportunity to, uh, to shake the man's hand that inspired me throughout my childhood

Haven't had much dialogue with him in my 20 years or 19 years in this

In this business

But part of me wouldn't be here without MJ's inspiration

Always wanted to be like him growing up, you know, it's crazy that the game winning shot tonight was a fade away, and it was inspired by MJ, you know, the way he wore his shoes, the way he wore his uniform

I mean, all the way down to some of the cars that he drove, how much he inspired me, and I didn't want to waste that opportunity, because we're not in the same building a lot and haven't been in the same building a lot throughout my career, and it meant something to me

No, I don't think it's about the win, the loss of this thing together

We don't have a lot of time to continue to not take step forward

We have to continue to take step four

A lot of these teams that we're playing have been practicing either one month or months in advance of

We're like maybe two weeks into together

So every game, every film session, we get an opportunity

We have to try to make the most of it, not take any steps back, and it doesn't matter, you know, when it comes to how close the game is or not

Did we get better? I feel like in the first half we allowed them to get comfortable

You know, it's our eight and threes