You could very, very easily from a professional standpoint, say, you know, what are we playing for? What does this all mean? But I still think that the games are incredibly important. I think they're important to Modis and Josh and Trey and these guys that are going to be back next year. You know, I think you want to basically be true to what you said the first day of training camp. In my opinion, what's changed? Nothing's changed.

We got a job to do and we're going to go out there and compete to the very, very best of our

ability with the understanding that, yes, it's coming to an end on the last game against Dallas.

It's coming to an end. But I don't think that that gives you the right or the justification

to say, you know what, so what?

There are people coming in this building to watch us pay.

There's people paying tickets to watch these guys play.

We have a responsibility to the organization to do a very, very best in quite honestly a tough

situation in terms of bringing a new group together.

Less than two weeks for Billy and the Bulls.

The last game will be April 12th against the Dallas Mavericks.

So look, you hear Billy and you hear the frustration.

Speaks, you've been thinking a lot about this.

And now having heard Billy discussed this before

the game yesterday, what do you walk away thinking? I walk away thinking he is bothered and

understandably so by the fact that all those trades of the deadline were as rushed as they were.

The fact that they decided to pivot this laid into the game and did so this quickly

without his input, without his partnership.

And he told you there that he has been a partner many times before.

He has done background on people. He didn't do background on Jaden Ivy, which is the conversation, but he didn't do background on anybody. None of those guys that they picked up. All of a sudden, he's there and he's got to do the heavy lifting of like, oh, my God, here come all these new players. Who's this French guy who just got here on a bus, right?

He's coaching the team. Sure.

So he, like, it's honestly, like, not his job to do the background during the season.

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