J.J. Redick

I don't look at it as a victim.

I look at it as a special opportunity to go say something in private that the world watching our TV will hear somehow.

And coffee cake.

You can make mistakes.

The guys played hard.

We just got to do a better job with execution.

We feel really good about it.

Obviously, much respect for Micah and what he stands for and how he plays and the caliber of player he is, but at the same time, we feel good about what we've added via that trade.

The decision we made was that one player is not worth four or five good ones, and we feel like that's where we're going to end up here, and

in a good spot.

And, you know, we had that opportunity there and didn't feel like we were one player away last year, but I certainly feel like we're putting the pieces together.

People have talked about a mandate.

Like, I'm coaching to win.

So, it doesn't matter what others say.

Yeah.

I'm disappointed if we're not in the finals and having a chance to win it.

That's all I looked at it as.

But the mandate and all that other stuff, like, that's what I expect.

That's what I want to do.

And hopefully it can happen.