successful, want to, you know, want to win, want to do the right things.

I think the biggest thing for us is just being more, more consistent, you know, throughout the season

and figuring out, you know, what works and what doesn't.

And I think that's the biggest thing for us.

How much did not having Andre at the end of the season hurt?

Well, I mean, I've always, you know, been very, very big on Andre.

It's one of my favorite players just because of the things he brings to the game.

I know a lot of people across the world, a lot of you guys, even doubted Dre, many, many

times about, you know, his shooting and all that stuff.

But to me, man, the type of guy he is, the things he brings to the game is a huge, huge

impact on our team and what he brings to the table.

And I never take anything he does for granted because of the way he lays it out on the line.

How about playing with Mello and PG and just the course of the season

and what you learn from them or learn from each other?

I mean, you know, we obviously had previous relationships before the season,

but to get through a season and figure out, you know, real brotherhood is like those guys are,

you know, somebody I can always look up to different things they brought to the game,

not just on the court, but off the court I think us bonding as as brothers was the

biggest thing for me that's always the most important thing for me is making sure that you know basketball

is a short stint of your life but friendships and and different things like that go go longer than that

and that was always the most important thing for me to making sure that we be bonded and understood

you know our upbringing you know where we come, know a little bit about, you know,

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