 Nick you've mentioned before just about the scribe with the season just has been like up and down But just in the last 24 hours just which are the thoughts that kind of gone through your head And how have you just kind of just processed it since last night? Yeah, like you said just trying to process everything and you know Obviously this season didn't go the way we wanted to the way we had it planned so just just trying to just process everything and Settling in and just getting ready to go back home and see the family How did this year impact you and just how did you grow individually as a person and a basketball player? You always you always grow during during tough times, you know Tough times and work a lot of times that's when your true colors are showed and like I said It wasn't an easy year, but the guys in the locker room We we were still locked in no matter what was happening wins and losses We we went out and tried to win every single game Nick for you just obviously this is gonna be a pivotal summer for you Just what what's gonna what's going on to your decision processes you interfere into just kind of you know being here and everything What's what's that process gonna be like for you now that it's not it's here You know, I still got a lot of I got a lot of what my options my first time being an unrestricted free agent It's definitely a blessing the situation that I'm in this year. It was I had a lot of different feelings A lot of different emotions just knowing the whole contract situation, you know at the end of the day I just I trusted in my body. I trusted in I Trusted in all the work that I put in in the offseason and and now that time is here So we'll see what happens and this year you obviously took steps on offense You haven't you know initiated a few more plays you got close to that double double I know you wanted that but just do you feel like with the way you played this year It helps your mindset more that you've improved in ways that you feel like you're ready for this next step Whatever it may be. I think yeah, this year has definitely helped me But it's also just showed me the areas in my game that I really I really want to grow in Like I'm just I feel like I'm far from being a finished product And I have a lot of a lot more work to put in and it'll happen this offseason Obviously you have you don't know yet What the summer will hold and what kind of offers you'll get but The organization obviously values you you've said in the past you'd like to be here How confident are you that there's a happy medium that you guys can reach and that you'll be back here I mean we'll see you know at any today businesses business and I'll have to weigh my options like I said I'm a unrestricted free agent. So it'll be my decision at the end of the day So I'll just have to talk with my family my agents pray about it And you know see if that's the best fit Would you consider an NFL offer? My frame my frame a little a little too Wierry, but if I had a different frame for sure now that in all seriousness Do you view free agency as an exciting or a stressful endeavor? I think it's exciting For me at least I know everybody's situation is different, but for me personally, I mean it's fun It's exciting the unknown of everything The position that I put myself in over these past couple years is really amazing You know, I just got to thank God and just be grateful because you know a lot of things could have happened I'm I'm appreciative of Brooklyn for even just giving me the opportunity to be here and Supporting me and you know and like I said, we'll see what happens You know at the start of the year you're coming into your first contract year Unrestricted really and you're playing a lot of drop coverage and an offense You know you're running a double big lineup for really the first time in your career Did that kind of way on you may be in a way where the things that you're known for Weren't being showcased as much at the start of your contract year And you know, if so how did you deal with that because we really didn't hear anything about that as far as the beginning of The year it was tough with with the ankle injury that I had sprained in my ankle early on and then like you said The lineups were different. We were figuring stuff out with the defenses JV was implementing his system so it was a filling out process for everybody and it wasn't easy, but at the end of the day, I feel like I'm able to adapt to any type of situation if if it's drop if it's switching if it's Any type of lineups at any day? I need to just be able to adapt and I feel like you know I was resilient throughout the whole year especially when I came back from the injury and And now we're here Aside from just the basketball end of you know, what it's been like playing for the Natch just from a lifestyle perspective How have you felt about you know living in Brooklyn? Oh Man Brooklyn has really it's really grown on me as a city that I've grown to love since I've been here He's best going on five years Just everything about it the fashion the culture the pride that people have here You know obviously we have good fans, but this year we didn't deliver the way that we wanted to but Brooklyn the support the support here and everything it definitely means a lot Nicky you mentioned about just how you resilient resilient How did you see that resiliency throughout you and your teammates and just kind of where you most proud of as a group that you guys were able to Be able to manage just the ups and downs of this year Yeah, like I said, it wasn't easy for anybody having a coaching change in the middle of the year It's never easy. I Think it's not my tail was my fourth coach and also, you know, KO you gotta give him a lot of credit He did a phenomenal job. He came in every day all the whole coaching staff, but especially KO He was put in a pretty tough situation and he got a lot out of us So definitely appreciate him pushing us as a coach I think he did a great job Being being in the road that he was given and as far as the players we like I said, we really grind it we grind it Throughout throughout the coaching changes the different offenses the different defenses and it wasn't easy It's never easy, but we did we did the best we could and you talked about just the free agency part Just how excited you are as you hold a football you played football when you're a kid and just through your journey What do you think? High school in it Clarkson would say right now if you knew that this process would take you all the way from College to the NBA to now in a situation where you're Looking at offers and seeing what people and people wanting you Man, I mean Yeah, as far as my journey, you know, I wasn't one of those kids that Everybody was always like he's gonna be that guy like I was a late bloomer in middle school high school College even now in the league. I feel like the best is yet to come But I would just tell myself to just keep working and just to not get complacent and keep that same chip on my shoulder that I've had Since I was drafted like a few years ago Nick when you look at your tenure in Brooklyn overall, obviously you touch a little bit on like, you know KOB and like your fourth coach had the big three-hour like how would you summarize in in total everything? That's kind of gone on for you in in Brooklyn during your years here because it seems like a lot like happened in that span Yeah, it's been it's been wild. It's been chaotic. It's been a whirlwind. I'm not gonna sit here and lie but I'm as far as me personally. I feel like I really grown a lot from from everything I've I was able to play with some few some future Hall of Famers here I've Created some really good relationships with with teammates. I've learned a lot from from every single year I've taken something and I've grown from that and at the end of the day. That's all you can do as a human being and You know, hopefully the best is yet to come wherever that is for me And I just know that I gave it I gave them all these past five years Obviously part of your decision, you know, when you look in total of everything Brooklyn's gonna hire a coach You don't know who it's gonna be at obviously But what would you look for in a coach when you've got to make your own kind of decision? For yourself and free agency. Yeah, I think that'll happen here soon rather than later And I just want transparency somebody that's gonna keep you real with me just look at me as a man and just tell me whatever the plan would be and Go from there Nick you mentioned being here obviously this is the first year I believe that you haven't made the playoffs just how do you I guess, you know, we have some guys How do you try to To deal with that because obviously it's a new feeling for a lot of the vets before you just how does that kind of motivate you? This offseason and also do you look at this year as maybe now what you guys wanted it to be? Yeah, it's definitely not what we wanted to be you always want to be in that that playoff situation and even going back to the Past couple years being swept It's just it's very unsettling like it's like eight losses in a row and then this year not making the playoffs It's extremely unsettling it at the end of the day. You want to be you want to compete You want to have an opportunity to win every single night? So Especially here, you know, well, we'll see what happens, but everybody everybody just has to be better I have to be better. We are everybody has to look themselves in the mirror and And just just keep getting better