Fred Katz

Yes, it's going to be crazy. Those playoff games get wild. Thanks for having me, Zach. I appreciate it.

That's a good one.

That's a good one.

That's a good one.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, nothing. It's not like I've had features that I've been working on forever coming out all week. It's not like I'm working on, you know, post-mortem stuff for 17 teams whose seasons are over and preparing for the playoffs coming up and everything else. None of that is happening. So I'm doing great.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, nothing. It's not like I've had features that I've been working on forever coming out all week. It's not like I'm working on, you know, post-mortem stuff for 17 teams whose seasons are over and preparing for the playoffs coming up and everything else. None of that is happening. So I'm doing great.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, nothing. It's not like I've had features that I've been working on forever coming out all week. It's not like I'm working on, you know, post-mortem stuff for 17 teams whose seasons are over and preparing for the playoffs coming up and everything else. None of that is happening. So I'm doing great.

yeah to me so i wrote i wrote this story and it kind of started i i don't like going into a story with an idea of this is exactly what i'm writing about no matter what because i find if if you if you have specific goals going into a story before you know everything then you end up getting tunnel vision and ironically like you end up not being you should treat a story like nicola jokic treats a basketball game

yeah to me so i wrote i wrote this story and it kind of started i i don't like going into a story with an idea of this is exactly what i'm writing about no matter what because i find if if you if you have specific goals going into a story before you know everything then you end up getting tunnel vision and ironically like you end up not being you should treat a story like nicola jokic treats a basketball game

yeah to me so i wrote i wrote this story and it kind of started i i don't like going into a story with an idea of this is exactly what i'm writing about no matter what because i find if if you if you have specific goals going into a story before you know everything then you end up getting tunnel vision and ironically like you end up not being you should treat a story like nicola jokic treats a basketball game

No tunnel vision. Don't lock in on one spot. Just know you got the whole court to work with. So I go in and I'm like, I'm just going to talk to people about things I think are interesting and people are going to explain things to me and I'm going to learn things. And then a story is going to start to form. And you go in with an idea of kind of what you're thinking.

No tunnel vision. Don't lock in on one spot. Just know you got the whole court to work with. So I go in and I'm like, I'm just going to talk to people about things I think are interesting and people are going to explain things to me and I'm going to learn things. And then a story is going to start to form. And you go in with an idea of kind of what you're thinking.

No tunnel vision. Don't lock in on one spot. Just know you got the whole court to work with. So I go in and I'm like, I'm just going to talk to people about things I think are interesting and people are going to explain things to me and I'm going to learn things. And then a story is going to start to form. And you go in with an idea of kind of what you're thinking.

And originally what I was thinking was, hey, Christian Brown is way better this year. I would like to write something about how Christian Brown has been way better this year and how this happened. Christian Brown was nice enough to talk to me for a very long time. I mean, he gave me a ton of time and was extremely open in our interview.

And originally what I was thinking was, hey, Christian Brown is way better this year. I would like to write something about how Christian Brown has been way better this year and how this happened. Christian Brown was nice enough to talk to me for a very long time. I mean, he gave me a ton of time and was extremely open in our interview.

And originally what I was thinking was, hey, Christian Brown is way better this year. I would like to write something about how Christian Brown has been way better this year and how this happened. Christian Brown was nice enough to talk to me for a very long time. I mean, he gave me a ton of time and was extremely open in our interview.

I always appreciate it when guys who I cover can be so honest and available and it's like, that's why you do the job. It was really cool. We had a great conversation. And props to him for being kind enough to do that. And he just kept saying to me, like, I'm not that improved, man. Like, I'm not that improved. And I think he's a very modest guy.

I always appreciate it when guys who I cover can be so honest and available and it's like, that's why you do the job. It was really cool. We had a great conversation. And props to him for being kind enough to do that. And he just kept saying to me, like, I'm not that improved, man. Like, I'm not that improved. And I think he's a very modest guy.

I always appreciate it when guys who I cover can be so honest and available and it's like, that's why you do the job. It was really cool. We had a great conversation. And props to him for being kind enough to do that. And he just kept saying to me, like, I'm not that improved, man. Like, I'm not that improved. And I think he's a very modest guy.

And so I think the number one place where that comes from was him being a very humble person. I also think he wasn't lying. Like, I don't think he thought he was lying at least because what he kept saying was he was like, you know, the coaching staff has done an amazing job with me. And then he was like, this is Nicola. Look at what Nicola does with everybody.