 before we say goodbye. Here's James Hardin. Yeah, that's right. Freeze. OK, go ahead. All right, we'll get started with Michael Grady from Yes Network. Hey, James, what's the message communication like between players in terms of the mental and the physical adjustments you guys want to make and even verbal adjustments you want to make defensively? It's a little bit of everything. Our communication, our positioning. We have really had a lot of practice time, so we're kind of learning on the fly. But I think communication is going to help a lot of that out. Just constant effort. We got to be more active on those basketballs, do a really better job of rebounding the basketball, and then do a better job of just keeping our man in front of us. Those are some aspects that we can get better on. And if we do those things and the skeins and all of the plays, we get free of that a little bit later. But the principles are those small things. Four games, one sort of practice for you. What has this feel-out process been like for you in terms of on the floor facilitating for your new teammates versus looking for your own shot? What has that been like? A little bit of a mixture of both. I've got to be aggressive, a little bit more aggressive. But I feel like we're getting open shots. Honestly, our problem is an offense. Like we scored 100 and something, 113 points tonight. And even last game was more than enough to win the game. I think defensively, we have to be more engaged and we have to round up some more stops consecutively. And that'll make our offense a lot better. So offensively, we're not worried at all. It's our defense. Malika Andrews with ESPN. James, Steve was talking about defense as an effort issue, as a pride issue. Is it an on-off switch for you guys, or do you think it's something we're game by game? There are little tweaks that you can make then to add up to something bigger. Little tweaks, little tweaks. I think just individual though, just guarding our man. Small things like that. Putting the body on, as a shot goes up, putting the body on a man to gain rebound. Things like that that we can control. And then the tweaks will go along with that. And then as you add on games, then we put five guys in great defensive possession. So like I said, it'll take time, but I think those small things individually we can correct. Starting tomorrow. Christian Winfield with the New York Daily News. Hey, James, obviously you went those first couple of games playing with just Kevin. What's it like learning to play with Kairi and figuring that backcourt dynamic out? That's a process. Obviously we all know how great Kairi is. But like I said, for all of us, not just me, Katie and Kai, it's all of us have to find a way to lock in and be engaged on the same page. Whatever five guys are out there defensively, like as much as you can talk about scoring, we're very good at scoring. We got to round up some stops. And once we get that going, then we'll be elite on both ends of the ball. But right now our problem is defense. Back to Malika with ESPN. James, was there any difference for you in starting in the front court? No. Nope. Okay. Steve Lichtenstein with WFAN. Hi, James. You talked about guarding your man. But is there anything that you can do scheme-wise to keep ball handlers out of the paint about a little better? We can, we can. But I think individually, we watched home four games. So, you know, we have to take up on the challenge and know who we're guarding, their tendencies and what they like to do, you know. And tonight we're killed as they had, maybe what, point paints. They had 70 points in the paint. That's a lot of points in the paint. So we just didn't do a good job of guarding the ball. And they got into the paint and, you know, offensive rounds happen, layups happen. And, you know, just not, not good things doesn't happen when they're balling in the paint. And tonight we allowed that too much. Brian Lewis with the New York Post. Hey, James, I mean, with the schedule being what it is, I mean, whatever schematic tweaks you guys would make, I mean, there's not a lot of time, not a practice time to do that. So is that just a matter of playing through that and having to come to an epiphany on the court? Tomorrow we got another chance to get better. So I'm sure Culture House has been filmed for us pre-game. Miami is another great team, especially on the Eastern Conference. And, you know, we're gonna have to figure it out. But I think if we're engaged and, you know, we have each other's back defensively, game rebound, you know, we'll have a chance in any game. And last question, Matt Brooks with Nets Daily. Hey, James, we talked quite a bit about on-ball defense. Do you feel like there's anything with help? Is it rotating over a little bit late as well? Is there anything you've been able to diagnose from where you're at on the floor? I think, yeah, that's a good question. I think just individually, I think our communication, you know, from the other four guys, the guys that isn't guarding them, the four guys that aren't guarding the ball has to communicate and where the help is, where to send the dribbler. And to just communicate, have each other's back, you know? And I think once our communication from all five guys are in sync, our defense will be that much better. But it seems like we're on an island out there and we have to all do a better job, including myself, of communicating and helping each other out defensively, which, you know, will happen.