 And Blake is kind enough to join us now. Hello Blake. Hello. So you're in the chair. You got Sean out of there. I'm in the chair Yeah, I'm gone You guys are welcome Blake laughs with you. Yeah, exactly Blake. What was the you know, you talked about And we even talked about us a little bit at Adam Harrington's charity event the other night but you talked a little bit about how It was it was an obvious decision for you to want to come back here feeling like there was unfinished business and Up and down really appreciating the organization. What is it about the experience that made it clear? No, this is where I want to be I think as a player you look like top-to-bottom of an organization, you know, and You know, you've been in situations, especially if you've played for, you know, 12 years now where You know top-to-bottom it's not a completely put-together organization and and that's that's fine It happens all the time, but when I got here the one thing I did notice was, you know from it felt like from a to z They've thought of everything. Yeah, and like I said, that's that's rare So when you have all of this combined together, it was sort of a no-brainer for me like it was We obviously were able to see it talk about it so often But how quickly you acclimated here yourself to this team to the roster to the needs exactly how you were able to fit in Do you start to think now about the concept of a full-off season or true preseason? Just how much of a difference that will make for you and Someone's really enjoying their promo video, but go ahead Sarah Just just what that will be like to have that much more of a runway of time with this group Yeah, I think you know just continuity And and like you said a healthy offseason. There's sort of the first time I've really Even though it was like a two-month offseason or whatever it was. It felt like two months you know just being able to come in and Have that continuity be able to build upon the things I built last year during the season It's important for me So, you know, it's been great just because I was able to work on different parts of my game and sort of focus Focus in more on my game now specifically with this team because it always kind of changes and coming here I had this sort of Play a little bit different role Normal, so I'm excited for all of that to sort of come together What was the thing if there's something Blake that stood out most to you about playing with? Kevin and playing with James. What would be the things that that stood out most about that experience? And what it's like being on the floor with those guys I think I mean everybody sees sort of the obvious right like how well they score the ball the way they score the ball James's handle Katie being able to shoot over anybody But I think the thing that goes a little bit on note I think it goes unnoticed is their their basketball IQ and how much you're talking the game with them How much they're they're thinking through so a lot of it for me was sort of getting on the same page as to how they think You know me because there's just different ways to play basketball There's different ways to accomplish something But if you're on the same page with somebody and somebody who's that the guys that are that dynamic and that good at scoring I think you just sort of you just try to watch them You try to see what they're doing and you try to fill in those gaps like I said How much does that make a difference? I think we saw that even with your group last year and then you think about the way this roster has been filled out But does that get overlooked basketball IQ is a collective of a group because in many ways You know you look a lot of the individuals on this team and just the feel for the game the feel you all had for each other There was a chemistry It seemed like with the group with the rotation especially with players in and out and injury and dealing with that How you're able to overcome that based on your smarts or feel for the game? Yeah, I think I think for the most part most of the guys on the team last year and I feel like it's probably gonna be this way again, too I Think everybody sort of thinks the same way. I mean we're all sort of like in a certain age range You know some guys a little older But you know, I've known these guys for so long and I think that that that shouldn't go unnoticed That that you know when you get sort of some like-minded players together. It's a little bit easier Guys that are familiar with being around each other, you know, play pick up with him in the summer Workouts in the summer you team USA whatever whatever it's been We've sort of been around each other a little bit and obviously some guys more than others But I think I think it does help Blake. We appreciate the time man We appreciate you kicking Sean out of the chair as well getting that done for us. You're welcome any time you need that And we good luck with the season. We look forward to watching. Thank you guys