Joining me now on the Java House Peel and Poor Guestline.

This guy really impressed me.

As a matter of fact, my buddy Michael, my buddy Michael Ware goes to the Pacer games with me,

and Michael is a huge Pacer fan, right?

And then after the games, he always sends me his observations of the game and that kind of thing.

And he sends me a message the other day that simply says, thanks again for the invite last night, nice win, and go Ethan Thompson. And because we're watching it, and he's like, man, this guy's out there hustling, making every play, and he joins us on the program now. He is a new member of the Indiana Pacers, and he was, I believe, an NBA starter, am I correct, Ethan Thompson, and saying in game number four of your NBA career,

you're starting, correct?

Yeah, yeah, that is correct.

That is correct.

It's a great transition for sure.

I mean, this whole week has been, you know, dream come true of, you know, getting this

opportunity and then, you know, being able to, you know, dream come true of, you know, getting this opportunity and then,

you know, being able to, you know, get used to the team and then, you know, just trying to find

my way to make an impact and try to win a game. So just doing what I can. Well, I want to get to this

because the way you make an impact, now, now you know i noticed in the fourth quarter of that

game against sacramento there was at one point in that game Ethan there were three straight

possessions where you either kept the ball alive on an offensive rebound or tapped out

defensive rebounds in just putting yourself

hustle plays, quite frankly, to keep possessions alive or to prohibit Sacramento from getting a

second look at things. And then I looked at it and I'm like, you were a five-star recruit. You grew up

in California. You're a five-star recruit. You go to Oregon State. You play, obviously, in a big

conference.

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