Tyronn Lue

I've always wanted to ask you this.

Why do you like, I look at you, you give John Wallace an opportunity, you give Russ an opportunity, you give Ben Simmons an opportunity.

What is it about that?

Why do you do that?

Give guys an opportunity.

Because, you know, Ben, for whatever reason, seemed like he lost his confidence.

And we'll touch on this a little later.

John Wall had a situation.

He went through some stuff with his mom and had some tough injuries.

Russ, why do you do that, T. Lou?

Because I played and I understand.

And so, you know, a lot of times you just need, you know, a coach that can give you confidence and get you back to, you know, where you want to get to, you know.

And so I've been a player when, you know, the time's almost up, you know, like the clock is running out.

And, you know, you never want to see guys go out like that and have a relationship with those guys and giving them opportunity.

I will always do that.

And so, you know, a lot of guys have career years playing under me because, like I said, I give them confidence.

But guys that didn't want to play the game no more, like Reggie Jackson and Nick Batum, and then they're playing six, seven, eight more years, you know, when they was ready to retire, you know.

And so it's important to be able to give back, you know, to our guys in any way I can.

And so I really enjoy that.

What happened with Ben Simmons?