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Did it in Phoenix.
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Did it while this dude was an assistant.
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Now, all of a sudden, I got to come in and answer questions as to why I'm in a family room talking to my wife at halftime of the game, to which I explained really naive and innocently, like, hey, yo, not a big deal.
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Like, that's what I do all the time.
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Oh, well, you know, you got to understand how that would be perceived if it looks like you're in there.
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I mean, just going out of your way to make my life miserable.
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Do you understand what I'm saying, Logan?
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So, like, I am a professional in this.
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And so I'll just say again, I can't guarantee you John Morant will go somewhere and be a better version of himself.
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But there's a chance that his life is so miserable there in Memphis that he just can't get right.
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Yeah, I mean, obviously, you're not going to treat your role guys like you treat your stars, right?
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I mean, that's not real world.
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I do think that most NBA teams...
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if you've been a member of their franchise and their brotherhood, have an open-door type of policy as long as it didn't end terribly with them.
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Where, you know, if you want to come back, come to a game, be around and stuff like that, I think that most of them are amenable to that.
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I told you guys, like, the Sixers, the 0-1 team, I'm getting texts right now about
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whether or not I'm going to be in Philly to kind of celebrate that and stuff like that.
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Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones
And that's, and that's fun.
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Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones
And I meant nothing, you know, like I was the low man on the totem pole at that time.
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So teams typically will look out for you as far as their stars go.