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it all kind of clicked with our team that year in regular season.

And we had a decent playoff run.

I mean, we really nice, uh, uh, lessons, you know, I mean, we're learning how to win together, learning how to play as a group going into some playoff runs three years in a row down there.

And, uh,

Yeah, I knew what it meant, and I'm happy I was able to take advantage of it.

No, he was gone.

Like, back then, too, like, you know, being in college and committed to college, you couldn't just come to camp.

Like, it's like, I think there was a way you could, like, pay your own way.

But it's also, like, for me, it was like, well, I'm not signed.

And there was not a lot of development back then.

I never really remember talking to them about anything about my game, even, like...

even like right here's your jersey it's pretty much like two years it's like the definitely the jungle back then it's like okay you survived congrats here's a contract and it's like if you don't survive like see you later like it's now i think we recognize the investment you make and it's like draft picks are worth x amount of dollars right like they have a whole algorithm what every single draft picks worth and

how it values in a trade and all that stuff.

So it's like, there's value there.

You have to like protect your, your investment.

So we do a lot more now, but back then it was just kind of like, Oh good.

Looks like you're doing pretty well, bud.

All right.

We'll give you a shot now.

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