 man it's gonna be a lot of emotions a lot of reflecting a lot of excitement you know being away from the game for so long and then entering this new phase in my career with fresh new set of teammates and coaches I'm excited about the journey ahead is there's something you're looking forward to the most in that first game whether it's the contact the first dunk that first swish crossover is there something as you're looking forward to the most yeah I mean everything the whole experience man I'm looking forward to you know missing my first few shots or feeling tired and feeling winded and waiting for my second win and making shots and playing I mean I'm just excited about the whole experience and it's been a long time and hopefully you know camp goes well and we continue to keep progressing as a unit and you know we go into a season with a great mindset and see what happens was the rehab process smoother or rougher than what you anticipated well it had his peaks and valleys for sure and mentally is the biggest battle just you know being at a level where you're playing in finals and playing at the highest level of it in the NBA and then you know sitting out a whole season and watching your teammates you know I had so many mixed emotions about what I was doing and now I feel like a player again I'm back into my routine and I'm back on the court with the coaches and my teammates I am feels good what was motivating you the most during that time um just seeing the rest of the NBA just you know continuing with the season and it felt like it was passing me by you know so I wanted to you know work as hard as I can to get back to where I was as a player and just to just to be in the NBA game just to play a game and be healthy again I was just looking forward to that and you know I felt like I was anything was motivation for me I just wanted to be back at work it was a lot of chatter about these great pickup games and workouts in Los Angeles you know they say iron sharpens iron and I know the guys that you may have been playing with said a lot about what they got from competing with you but what did you get out of those pickup games in that experience man I learned to I got I got better as a physically mentally just getting used to the game again you know being around NBA players and seeing how they operate and you know playing against different body types again and being physical you know so you know those pickup games were key for me and in my you know rehab process and developing my strength back and you know I still feel like I could I can get better in that area as well but those games and you know having that that long summer along offseason definitely help guys are talking about how good you looked on the court but how would you personally summarize how you just talked about the physicality there for a moment but how else would you summarize how you look and feel on the court personally right now I feel like you know I think I think you know I try to I try to just focus on each my each you know milestone you know first it was learning how to walk again didn't run and then jump and so now I was just planning you know going through training camp again and planning a real NBA game so I'm looking forward to that and you know I said I'm always gonna think about you know progressing and and getting better every single day and I think you know coming off of injury that's the that's the best mindset I have is taking the day at a time