Jamal Collier

Why do you think things did not maybe work out in Portland?

Obviously, you made the playoffs and had success.

But just kind of what is your view there?

There's been a lot of reports about sort of the financial situation they had there.

Was that a factor in this as well?

Yeah, of course.

You know, you got to take your shot.

You got to shoot or shoot, right?

So you never expect to get, you never expect what OG and I didn't expect to miss.

Thanks for having me, first off, guys.

Yeah, thank you.

just that situation that he was handed with Chauncey at the beginning of the season.

I mean, that's a team that really could be dead in the water from jump there.

And for him to rally those troops, you know, they were playing really well by the end of the season, think that they won 30 of their last 45 games.

Their defense made a whole bunch of improvements.

You saw improvements in their – the talent there.

So just a lot to be excited about.

from the job that he did in that one year sample in Portland.

Uh, but it is just so hard to tell.

I mean, I think I'll just kind of calm everybody down as, as far as we're getting ahead of ourselves.