 two nights ago we heard part one of Michael's interview with Sean Marks. We now present part two featuring a heavy emphasis on Harden and the way the move to get him went down. Let's go back a little bit. What will you remember most about the final 48 hours before the Harden trade? Well, like with everything there's a little bit of a suspense there's you know you're going through a checklist of you know how we cross the T's, dot the I's is everything in place and to be honest, will it happen? I don't know like that particular trade moved very quickly to get us to put James and Brooklyn as uniform so that won't happen quick. Was there jubilation? How would you describe the energy with your staff once it was finally efficient? Yeah, it was definitely exciting without a doubt. You know we're thrilled to have James to have James part of this room to be around us and I think we're seeing what he brings to the table which is which is really incredible. You know extremely high basketball IQ, his voice, his voice in the locker room, his leadership characteristics so you know we're thrilled with that and you know there's two sides to every trade right? The first is obviously we're stacked to have James part of this and then the side where we're having to move some pieces in order to get him. So there's a little bit of like well let's make sure that off-boarding is taken care of in the right manner and without a doubt there was yeah there's always sad to see some people leave and to see those three guys you know have to leave and look out the door for a living through that's never easy. It's a small sample size but what has impressed you most about Kyrie, Kevin and James playing together? You know I've really enjoyed watching their interactions on the court watching the three of them come together trying to figure out a lot of problem-solving to be honest. You know they haven't played together. They still haven't played together a whole lot but I think what we're seeing out there is they're introducing you know new concepts. They are evolving their teammates. There's a lot of teaching going on. They're learning how to play with one another. So I think it's just it's part of the journey. I think we've always tried to embrace whatever season it is whatever week month of the season and embrace it. It's all part of it and to see those guys continuing to grow in their relationships not necessarily always deferring. I think at first they're trying to sort of feel each other out. Like where should we be? What should we do? And now I think they're getting down to just playing basketball. Guys are enjoying playing with them. They're enjoying playing with one another as I mentioned earlier. They're having fun out there and that's that is absolutely important as you go through this season which is unlike any other. In the aftermath of the deal did you feel like you had the depth to fill in the gaps with you know Jeff Green, Bruce Brown, Landry Shaman, TLC, Tyler Johnson. You know how impressed have you been with the way the role players have performed? Very impressed with them. You know this was part of the plan is to have a deep bench and you know obviously we we got rid of a lot of that depth you know during this hard and trade. I'm thrilled that certain guys have stepped up. You know Bruce Brown really relishing his role. Jeff Green taking more steps up and leadership role. I'm just playing so well the vital part of this team and the list goes on. I think we knew that we're going to have to continue to tinker and and look to fill some gaps and fill some holes but you know it is about being patient. It's not about being rushed into something quickly. You know we can it's easy to get caught up and thinking oh my god we need this. Let's go do it right now and could we make moves or you know do some other things earlier on potentially. I think we've got to figure out how this group plays to get it first and then just take our time to be patient be strategic and how we continue to build.