 You know everybody wants to talk about why to Kyrie choose the next we know it was really about getting to play on yes every night You know growing up watching the yes network, right? Like that was the number one reason And I would say that it's just been a long time affinity that I've had for yes network I mean, I mean it's just I it was in my household I was taking the three game packages that yes network was offering and you know, I could see the schedule I knew what games I was going to at being a Nets fan as a kid So it was incredible for that to come to fruition now and being a player And actually taking this and that's kind of dream that I've had since the kid and really making it a reality So yeah, I and Eagle and in Richard Jefferson are remiss. They can't be here with you You know Kyrie and Sarah and I were listening to you and you gave such beautiful long You know really detailed insightful answers talking about your process to get here listening to at the podium You know, I'm wondering since you've gotten here now, you know over these last couple weeks What what has been your early impressions of working with Kenny in this coaching staff, man? It's been incredible I just think that the receptivity also just the compassion in the culture of family, you know That was the most important thing. I know you heard me echo it on the stage But that was what they approached me as it's just a family environment. We want to protect you We want to protect your family. We want to make this feel like home for you I know it is home for you But we want to make it even feel like more home for you in eight years in the league You know, you see a bunch of things your expansion bunch of things and then you know You have this dream that starts as a fourth grader and now it's coming to your professional job And you're like how could I not take this opportunity to get to know the nets on a different level now? They're elevated. They've had the players. They have Kenny, you know, a very special leader in here And he's very honest, which I appreciate. He's just straightforward about everything he does He never minimizes what he does, but he's like, you know, this is just what it is I'm telling you the truth and I'm like I respect any coach that wants that type of relationship Keep it open and he trusts me So I'm like he wants my experience to really be the leading factor in all of this and really use my voice Yeah, you bring up leading and everyone we've talked to have talked about you as a leader in the last couple weeks We've talked to Sean and Kenny and they keep pointing to how you've elevated the level of play the compete level With these guys what approach do you take with that? And is that something that you're actively thinking about how you can lead these guys or more of it? Just the way in which you're approaching? Yeah, I think that the biggest thing is just having fun with competing at a very very high level Understanding that the years it takes to put in the amount of experience that myself K DJ Failing on national stages Failing in practice with teammates in terms of like how do you get the best out of your teammates? You want to come in you want to be the voice of reason for everyone you want to help integrate everyone It's a gather group and for me it was just figuring out I just gotta be myself I just got to come in have fun playing the game I love and the rest of the guys will follow me competing at a high level picking up I picked up Spencer You know about two weeks ago full court and it really raised the level to play in practice And everyone follows suit after that and you want to be that type of example where it's not always your voice But just your presence and those guys are just hungry. They're hungry. My teammates are hungry for What this? Opportunity presents so it was one of those things where I just had to learn more about myself And then now it's just being myself and these guys love it. So I love it, you know It's interesting too because you've talked about this Kyrie. This is a place you chose, right? I mean and it's the first time in your career. You've had a choice You know and for an NBA player you have to wait a while until you get to that place Yeah, what does that fact the fact that you chose this place Kevin chose this place the Andre chose this place What does that mean for kind of the way the chemistry will develop and grow? How significant is it that you guys all chose to be here? Well, that's our biggest connection is we've we've chosen a place that we all can grow together and We also have the experiences of the past that we connect with as well of watching each other from afar that hey Maybe the way we did some of the things that we did in our careers could have gone differently in the way we handled it and How do we protect each other going forward so it doesn't happen again? You know when we don't want to leave our brothers out there to dry We play USA together were best friends off the court. We talk every day like but we're not playing together So as kids we still have that same youthful exuberance like I want to play with my friends I want to I want to choose to play with my friends I you know and you feel you don't want to feel compartmentalizing your job So you want to have fun and getting K DJ on board was like first things first I got to get my big dogs with me They have a lot more experience in the league than I do Let me get them with me so they can understand what it's really like to be on a first-class Organizations such as Brooklyn where hey the first thing they said out of their minds my mouths We want to protect you guys We want to protect the players. We want to protect you guys. We want to make sure you're comfortable We want in the first time in our careers We're like, oh, this is this is very nice This is fair. We're not asking for too much. Yeah, like it just was it made sense And we were all very honest about what we wanted now and going forward and it made sense. Well, Kyrie We appreciate the time. We're so excited to have you here. I'm gonna be expecting more book recommendations throughout the year Good to be here man. Good to have you. Thank you, Kyrie