Raja Bell

So if you make his life a living hell and he starts to act like an asshole, that becomes a lot more palatable for a fan base to be like, hey man, get him up out of here.

And I can't guarantee that that's what happened.

But to answer your question, it's not always as simple as when should it be done.

They knew it and probably should have done it as soon as you had those conversations about, yo, I don't like this.

I don't like this coach.

You clearly see he don't like me.

Our styles don't mix.

You've chosen to bring him in here.

Once you do that,

and you've got a month sample size denoted, those two don't mix.

I mean, you know, but how you execute that is sometimes a bigger, you know, more difficult question and how palatable it becomes for like your fans and how you can, you know, control the narrative of what's going on to some degree.

Yeah.

I mean, look, I was a little different story because I was older, but you're absolutely right.

Because, you know, I had people at the end of that.

And I knew from people on staff, like, hey, they're gonna bring you in here.

And I'd be in shape, ready to go.

And then it would get back to my agent.

They're like, well, we're not sure that he's really going to accept the role that we have for him.

And I'm like, what?

What?