Rafael Stone

And that's what I'm doing.

And I've got certain amounts of information and I'm betting this and I'm betting that, and I'm not always going to be right.

And there's all these interviewing events, whether it's like...

Personal stuff that no one saw coming, injuries, like, you know, we're in the human being business.

It's a hard business and there's no such thing as perfect knowledge.

But that's my approach to it.

And so, you know, because we are kind of putting the puzzle together, not every deal looks the same and not every player has the same desires.

And so-

So, yeah, so every deal is going to look a little bit different.

But, you know, we're going to negotiate every deal.

We're not just doing what the other team did.

That's very much not my approach.

And, yeah, and to date it's worked out so far.

And, you know, and we have a really good group and a group of guys that likes each other and wants to be there and wants to win together and everything.

it's, it's, it's, I've, I've, I feel like I've been on a really lucky run.

I really enjoy my job because I really enjoy the people I work with.

And like, and that is not just this past year, although it was great, but like, honestly, it's been for like that, that way for four or five years is like, since we kind of made this flip, it's been, it's been a really, really good run in terms of being able to work with really quality young people.

Yeah.

So I come from a basketball family.

Right.