 And there is a Royce O'Neill sitting down with us right now. Welcome to Brooklyn Royce, how are you? I'm good, how you doing? Good, good, yeah. Patty says welcome as well. Royce, we first have to ask you, how many times did you watch the Brian Windhorst, what's happening in Utah video? I watched it a lot. And then I was getting tagged in it every day. And actually, I actually did like the pose for it. And it was funny. Me and Donovan have it like inside joke, so. It's great, man. Well, that trade sparked one of the great rants by one of our peers we've ever seen. I wouldn't even call it a rant, more of like an inquisitive monologue. But it also brought you here to Brooklyn Royce. So when you finally have the dust settled after what was a very interesting offseason, and we can get more to that. And you just see this team now, though. That is going to be here. And we know that. What kind of things stand out to you and excite you about this group? I think just how we're all versatile and how like guys communicate and want to play with each other. I mean, since we've been playing like open gyms and stuff like that, talking to guys, seeing how they like playing, where they like having a ball, and just making the game easier for each other. Royce, what's it been like for you? Because you look at your story, and I know Nets fans will get to know it even better. But an incredible journey to get to the point where you were at, and playing overseas, playing the G League, what you did with Utah. Being in the jazz organization and coming to Brooklyn, have an expectation of who you may be playing with, what it would look like. What was it like for you watching some of that uncertainty occurring through the summer, not exactly knowing what the team may look like? Yeah, I mean, every day I was getting questions like, who is going to have on Katie and Kyrie, or the team? I'm just like, I'm just worried about myself. I think all that is going to figure out. But I mean, I think just once everything's settled and got the group he's going to have, it felt good. And then I think the way the guy's coming in, how everybody feels, and I think just what happened last year, just like for myself personally. And then whoever is here, and then wherever everybody came from, I think we all got a chip and want to play. Royce has, what has been kind of the feeling been like of the group? And what are you sensing thus far from the team collectively just in these practice runs, in these early gatherings, as far as that feeling of turning the page and what cohesion this group can get to this season? I think just everybody being on the same page, being really competitive and helping each other out. I think just the way as time goes on, I feel like we're just going to get better at that, seeing how guys interact on the court and play hard. And then I think just us being collective and being on the same page, we're going to go far. What have you enjoyed most about Brooklyn? I know you're originally from Texas, right? And then you were at Baylor, you were at Denver, you were in Utah. Overseas a couple of years as well before Utah. Yeah, everywhere, we're spreading you out. But so you're in New York, you're in Brooklyn. What's the feel been like for you just initially? Yeah, it's been a great feeling. I mean, like every day I just be like, well, I never spent time like in New York like that. And then I think just, you know. Ruko's got all the restaurant recommendations for you. Joe Harris, he's a go-to in that. Yeah, I've given Joe some. So you might be getting me by proxy. Yeah, but I think just, you know, the restaurants, different places to go shopping. I mean, New York is like the mega for it. So I mean, I think just, you know, interacting with the community and seeing what's out there. You also bring something that this team really needed last year and that's, you know, a wing defender who could shoot as well. We saw when Joe Harris went down, that was a void. Then that's really never we're able to fill. You guys obviously have different games, but when you just look at yourself and your fit on this roster, what stands out to you? Yeah, I mean, you know, being at 3&D, it didn't just, I probably just say the leadership skills that I had, being versatile, trying to like play different positions, you know, not living in myself, but just, you know, sticking to my game and just getting better every day. What about, you know, that's interesting, Royce, because you were on a team with a couple prominent stars, some other really good players as well, but with Rudy and with Donovan, right? And here you're going to have a few big stars. You know, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, these are big stars, Ben Simmons, this is a big star. But use the word leadership. As someone who's now a veteran in this league, who's been around stars, winning teams and knows, okay, this might ultimately be, you know, these guys might be the face of the franchise, but I can still have a role vocally. How do you do that? How do you find those spots and lead, even when you're not the Kevin Durant of a team? I think just being that guy that brings, does a little bit of everything. Try to be relatable to everybody, you know, talk to everybody in a way, you know, that helps them and benefits them and still listening. I think just my situation, being in Utah playing with those guys, I was able to like do the little things and be like the glue guy to like keep everybody together. So I think just bringing that and being myself. With that being said, what stood out to you, the consistency of, with the jazz organization, you guys get into the post season, what you did throughout the course of the regular season, what stood out most that you would like to see transfer over here? And Kevin and Kyrie were very honest in what they talked about and talked about last season, some of the habits and how they were showing up. What do you take from your time with the jazz that you think about as you approach this year? I think just everybody, you know, being bought in. I mean, we don't have our days where, you know, it's gonna be up and down. But I think, you know, just thinking of the long term goal and, you know, just putting like personal accolades and personal agendas like to the side and, you know, bringing the team. I mean, I feel like we got everything and more, you know, to do everything. And I think it's just gonna be us that stops ourselves. Well, Royce, welcome to Brooklyn. We're all excited to have you. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the restaurant scene this fall here. Appreciate you. All right, that's Royce O'Neill joining us live. Brooklyn Nets Media Day.