 Nick with left ankle sprain you're about to miss your fifth game. How would you say you are in the recovery process? It's been good. It's been frustrating especially getting hurt the first game of the season and even the way that the way I did it But it's coming along. I'm dead a day now and Just trying to keep keep myself in a good space keep support my keep support my teammates Have they given you an update on kind of what these next few games will look like and if we could see you back here soon On the court. Honestly, it's just how it progresses. I've been doing more in the court Just being able to just trying to get my confidence put put more pressure on it And we'll see how these next days go. Are you still in a walking boot or are you kind of off and on with the boot? No, I'm finished with the boot. I've been out of the boot for a few days now I'm back working out So we'll see Benchmarks that you have to set or is it just a matter of pain tolerance or are there things that you have to show that you can do? Step-by-step to get on it. I mean, it's a high ankle sprain. I don't know if anybody If any y'all ever dealt with high ankle sprain. It's my first time. It's not fun. It's It's a it's pain tolerance. It's It's being good just mentally, you know, you don't want to go out there and put yourself in the back Position especially so early in the season. So I'm just taking it day by day Was what you heard Yeah, I just landed like I just came down. I didn't let on anybody's foot. I just kind of landed kind of funny and Just tweaked it. It was pretty painful. I ended up playing the rest of the game, but I was pretty hobble Haven't been able to really practice and jock So you had him participate in a shoot around since the team was on the road How important are these next few days with being back at home and having your own training facility here and being comfortable? I'm so happy to be back home. That was a crazy road trip to start the season It's just good. Like you said, just having everything in house Not trapped being in hotel rooms going to different gyms having everything here Being able to just go home sleeping your own bed. It's good for the men so the physical So I'm hoping to be back out there real soon I know it was a long time ago, but the game you guys overcame the 28 point deficit back in March against the Celtics What do you remember about that night and jock just kind of stressing the win the three-point battle and all the kind of Analytic things he stresses. Yeah, everything was just fresh then. I mean the trade had just happened probably a few few days ago or something That was a that was a huge win. But this year, you know, I'm just excited to see the way we've been playing Shooting a lot of threes the ball is moving rebounding. Well, everything's clicking. You know, it's still early So we look we look real good Articulate the importance of the analytics and just kind of the you know marginal battles to you guys kind of the numbers game I mean 2023 analytics a huge I try to get into too much into the analytics, but you know, we definitely pay attention to that here and it's important So we definitely put some focus on that Ice the other night. What other kind of stuff have they had you're doing for trying to just ice just the physical therapy trying to you know loosen up all the muscles around keeping keeping everything loose and then it's just The process of day by day just not rushing it and while also pushing it getting out there on court doing a little bit more every day Feeling more comfortable. What's been maybe the most impressive thing you liked about this group? Obviously getting the three wins on the road trip, but what's what's maybe been the most impressive thing you ever see? Really both sides of the ball. Just just the way the ball is moving We getting clean looks Guys are knocking down shots. Everybody's playing free and on the defensive side of the ball We're playing small, but we're rebounding really well We're playing extremely hard and I like the way that we're making it tougher the opposing teams You mentioned you finished the first game. Obviously you went on the trip At what point did you maybe kind of realize this is something that could keep you out for a little while? After a couple days when I saw that it was taking a little bit longer than I expected and everybody expected We can say it's frustrating, but it's a 82 game season. So what can you do? I'm not gonna put myself in harm's way. I'm just like I said, just taking the day by day With this time, I know you want you wish you were out there on the court with the guys But how has like just the off the court been and how have you kind of like helped out also on the bench? Talking to the guys and kind of just still saying saying acclimate it with a group Yeah, sometimes it's good being able to kind of take that step back obviously, you know, you want to play all 82 plus games out of the season, but You know, it is what it is. So just really just watching seeing how everybody Is playing and seeing the ways that I can that I can help and just keeping that dialogue open between me and the coaches What have you liked about Dory and Phineas Smith stepping in there and what you've seen from him on the court? He's been great, man. He's been holding it down for sure Stretching the floor shooting the three ball really well Defending in the paint rebounding. He's definitely been a catalyst. I think I'm pretty that past road trip And you know, hopefully you can keep building