 Well, he's he's stuffed the stat sheet Wow almost the quadruple double But I mean obviously James is a brilliant basketball player and we got to incorporate him find a way to Make this thing gel and put him in a position to do what he does and for him to make each of our guys better but he You know got to the line 15 times. He made threes 12 rebounds 14 assists for steals, you know, he's We know what he is. He's he's a world-class Basketball player, so I will continue to build and get better and try to figure this out where everyone is You know a threat and we make each other better Michael Grady with yes network And coach it in what ways did James exceed your expectations in a debut? Well, I just think you know he's had a obviously a very strange start to the season stop start here He's not in best in his best condition yet So for him to do as many things he did on the basketball floor tonight was was incredible and You know, it's great to get one under his belt and for him to kind of You know feel his teammates in the building and and we'll just keep building But he was you know incredible for for a guy who like I said is just trying to get himself in shape and The guys, you know around him and guys making plays Bruce Brown the big three late You know, there's a lot of gonna be a lot of talk about you know, Kyrie Kevin and James But you know how important are those are those other guys on the roster? Well, you know, it can't just be you know your top guy your top two your top three guys You know, you gotta play team basketball. Everyone's got to be a threat Everyone's got to play their role know their role and so those are things we have to figure out But you know, I thought I was exceptional tonight, you know, you know Joe played well Bruce played well You know Jeff gave us some Important veteran experience and he go down the line guys contributed. So it was uh, you know, I think a Game that could have gone the other way, you know, we that we were you know We it took us a while to find it and to pull away But um, you know, it wasn't clean at all. It wasn't easy But you know that's a tribute to their team and but we got a lot to to build up Brian Lewis with the New York Post It's obvious It's only one game a short sample size, but I mean when James says well, you know, I'm going to facilitate And I'm gonna pass and I'm gonna make like you make better and do all those things It's different from saying if you're actually going out and doing how encouraging was it for you to see the way He threaded passes the way he rebounded the way he did all of those things that he was saying Yeah, I mean, I can't say I'm surprised we've had a pretty big sample size of him doing that the last 6 to whatever many years he's been in the league, but um, it's still it's not easy You know, like we said, he's not in his best condition yet. He's joined a new group You know with basically no practice time and Figured it out on the fly. So, you know, I think, you know He had a bunch of turnovers tonight that are just because he's new to the team and group and you're thrown out there in an NBA game Where the other teams an excellent? Coach basketball team and they're gonna scheme and they're gonna make it difficult And so those types of things are are are normal But all the things he did accomplish on the floor were incredible for his first evening Malika Andrews with ESPN Steve I have two for you first when you were watching from the sidelines. Could you see? Oh, yes I see how Kyrie is going to fit in here. Boom. It's gonna be easy or were you looking at it saying, okay Maybe there's some things that we're gonna have to grow and adjust you to fit him in here, too I think we're gonna have to continually Find how it all works to its best level to the most effective and efficient standard But you know, it's like throwing Kyrie in the mix makes us better You know, it's it's not a it's a good problem to have trying to figure out, you know what where they can Coexist to the to their highest level and standard. So I think it takes time I think it's gonna be an adjustment for everyone But it's an incredible problem to have and something that I think will relish trying to decipher And secondly, there is a moment where you know Kevin kicks out to Bruce Brown He was James Harden all smiles Was this I mean, where did this rank in terms of fun that you've had coaching again this year because it sure looked like the players Yeah, I think everyone was excited, you know, it's obviously you bring a player of James caliber and his excitement to be here And everyone was excited and you know, it's been a it's been a fun few days. I mean as far as the performance Gosh, my head is spinning who do we play three nights ago and our three three games ago at home a very good team Denver I played Denver. That was a fun evening. We played in New York and had an excellent short staff Game where guys move the ball played together and then tonight again, you know found a way to win So we it's been a you know a fun few games for us and we needed them We need to build we need some positive energy because you know, we've had some difficult times this year as well And but tonight was really fun and happy to see the guys enjoying what they do Ian Begley with SNY It's Steve just I guess over the last couple of days and then moving forward How much do you lean on or will you lean on Mike Dantonie in terms of? Getting to know James's game and how best to implement him. I think it's you know an invaluable resource I think it'd be silly not to to really you know lean on Mike for all of his Experience with James and their familiarity and and how and what James likes and how he works best So, you know, those are conversations that I'll have with James But we'll all have as a group and a staff and Mike obviously with his insight and his relationship with James is invaluable