Rafael Stone
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And so I'm firmly there already.
How different is the season with a healthy Fred?
Oh, I mean, it's enormously different.
In some ways, guys got awesome opportunities.
They're for sure silver linings.
But yeah, I mean, Fred is, I think, one of the best point guards in the NBA.
And he's won a championship.
And he's been an all-star.
And
And just look at our record, the prior two years when he didn't play, we weren't a very good team.
So one positive from last year, Fred didn't play.
We were still a very good team.
And so that required everybody from top to bottom on our roster to take more load on.
And so that's great.
But I do think, yeah, Fred's a very, very important player for us and not someone you can just replace.
That seems like it's every deal I do in my head.
I don't think that's it.
The Brooks one was like, what are they doing?
I mean, when we traded James, lots of people didn't get it.
Last year, we did kind of a pick for pick deal with Brooklyn that lots of people didn't think was a good deal.