Sam Amick

You were talking to Giannis and turning this story, but it was worth it.

I always enjoy our conversations.

We've always gotten along pretty well.

And quick backstory, you know, I saw him in Sacramento the other night when they came through and I didn't want to catch him off guard.

And I said, hey, you know, you think any chance we can connect?

in San Francisco and chop it up a little bit.

And I kind of joked that, you know, I know it's a little loud around you.

Maybe you don't feel like talking right now.

Was pleasantly surprised that he was open to it.

So we connect a couple nights later in San Francisco.

And yeah, I, the, the helpful part is that I had a couple of days where,

to be around the bucks a bit and to talk to, you know, doc rivers, to talk to guys on the coaching staff, to talk to players and get a sense of what they think of what's going to happen here.

Uh, because we gotta be honest about how our jobs are tricky.

Sometimes we evaluate situations from afar, but we're not always kind of, you know, in the trenches, so to speak with those teams.

And after a couple of days, I really did feel like, man, I don't think this guy's going anywhere.

Um,

Doc is raving about his level of engagement and his commitment and his coachability.

His teammates are saying that he's invested and, and he's not somebody who was just kind of an empty suit.

So by the time Giannis and I talk, and it was a classic kind of loading doc,

post-game conversation after he spent time with his family, after he was signing jerseys from his Greek national team.