Rafael Stone

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.