Mark Shapiro

So it's not something we've worked on.

Mike?

Yeah, I haven't spent much time kind of considering that.

I do think that certain...

events throughout a group's development together kind of become the catalyst that create their identity.

And this group, whether it was maturation of young players into kind of understanding what their roles are, whether it was veteran players being solely focused on winning and just passing on the wisdom and experience that they've got, it was the right recipe and combination of kind of

Every segment of the player population, young, you know, coming in like Trey and just out of nowhere and, you know, just giving you the upside.

You know, players in the prime of their career like Vladdy and Bo and Ernie and, you know, Hemi to some extent.

He's still kind of young.

He's actually still young, but kind of giving you stability of strong performances.

And then veteran players like Bass and Schurz and so many others that, you know, and Hoff.

that just kind of give you the wisdom and the understanding of how you win.

So it's hard to put your finger on kind of what that, you know, what he was referring to or what that means.

But I do think that there's a growth of a group together and, you know, and there's an organic process that occurs that establishes their identity.

And these guys, for whatever reason, you know, again, I point to that toughness and togetherness.

Like they had a toughness that...

They accomplished things that were improbable.

They, you know, they excelled with their backs against the wall within games and within a season and within a postseason.

And they did that with just a high level of caring about each other, too.

And with the selfless, you know, no no focus on ego or credit or any individual star player kind of being at the center of it.