Joining us now on the program, by the way, switching gears just a little bit to what took place

last night. 22.8 rebounds, a very, very strong performance for Thomas Bryant, the former Indiana

Hoosier, who of course is a new Indiana Pacer, and he joins us on the Express Pro Tire and Auto

Guest Line. Thomas, let me say on behalf of everybody in Central Indiana, welcome back to the Hoosier State.

Thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

Hey, let's begin with this.

I was watching last night, right?

And, you know, obviously Miles Turner is under the weather, and so you get the start.

And if somebody were just walking into that game that didn't follow the Pacers, and you said,

who's the guy that just joined the roster?

Nobody would have been able to pick that out, right?

And I was curious of this.

Is basketball just basketball?

Or did you have to like do, you know, how do you know the plays, the sets, the things like

that, and able to be able to come in and seamlessly,

immediately fit in with understanding the sets and the half court and the other players on

the floor. Take me through that process.

Well, it's a big process, but I have to give it all to my teammates and the coaching staff.

You know, they helped me a lot as soon as I got here, were just giving me the film to watch the plays. And for me, and, you know,

me as a player, I have to study them and, you know, throughout the days, throughout the nights and, you know,

whenever I can. And, you know, those guys helping me get through them and also we'repping them in practices when we have

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