Jalen Johnson

um but really i think for me it was just really going back in and i don't even say checking on him but just telling him like way to push through way to battle back and come back from what he's what what he um injured and all that and of course just competitive i mean he's still fast and still runs still blazing i think it's just a just a blessing to just see him out there so i mean of course after the second game and we don't or second and third game we don't have to see each other no more definitely wanted to take that time and tell him like nah like i'm proud of you and how you bounce back and i felt like that was something my

I don't want to say old him, but I feel like it's something I had in my heart to do.

Yeah.

I mean, honestly, it's one of those things where it's like it's good to see that competitor.

I feel like people pick and choose when they want people to be competitive and they want the coach to be aggressive and competitive.

And then when he shows it, it's all he's he's this, he's that.

It's like either you want the competitiveness or you don't.

I mean, at the end of the day, too, it's a rivalry.

Coaches have hidden rivalries.

I mean, they've been competing for a long time against each other.

I mean, at the end of the day, it is what it is.

He's embracing that Chicago nature, too, at the end of the day.

I think guys like me got to strap up.

I think it's kind of just as simple as that.

Because, I mean, it's not so much too high you can play.

They're going to run the ball.

So, I mean, it's not like you can just,

hide and try to just do all these things.

I mean, at the end of the day, guys who get paid to cover, go out there and cover.

And shoot, the rush got to hit home as well.