what is that but that speaks to you know the relationships you've kind of cultivated over the past few years you've taken on kind of a leadership role you know in this team and you know welcome a guy like trip who's a veteran but you've been around Utah before he got here and obviously he's now doing the pen hookup for you but you know talk about leadership and what that looks like for you as you move forward

yeah I think leadership kind of looks different for everybody.

I think for me, I try to, you know, my bread and butter is, you know, work ethic.

So I'm always in the gym, making sure I'm working on my game before practice, after practice.

Ryan said it up there, I try to come back at night, making sure I'm sharp.

So yeah, that's kind of my way of leading.

Tripp, you know, he He came in, you know, mid-year and, you know, we were going through some things as a team.

But a guy like Darren Peterson coming in, you know, how excited are you to work with him, to play in the backcourt together? And what's it been like, you know, being back here with him over the past few weeks?

What should we expect this year from you guys?

Oh, yeah, I think the main thing to expect is just, you know, to see, like, a real collective group, you know, that loves each other, that are going to fight for each other.

And that's what you want in the NBA, I feel, you know, with a team.

You know, we've been fighting for the camaraderie piece this whole summer.

And now we can play against somebody else soon.

So I think that's what you usually expect.

We're going to compete every single night.

How does this contract help you and your family solidify some of that?