Why you shaking your head? Go ahead, finish.

No, I like your reaction, though.

It just hit me, man, because that's one of the first dudes you come in with and you was around every day to finally step out of this shit.

You know what I'm saying? A lot of the guys that have been younger than me or drafted after me have retired, I wasn't as close to them as I was to Russell Sharon.

And then there's somebody I feel like can still play.

It surprised me.

It was one of those things that you can appreciate all the time spent and somebody like Russell who's doing a lot off the court too.

You got to think why that

What are you doing?

Like, what you doing? Then he turned it over.

I'm like, I'm just so confused at that point 'cause he never ever did nothing like that before.

And everybody on the bench was confused too.

And then we came back, then I just heard him screaming.

And I was like, "Hold up.

He usually screaming when he come back to the bench, but what is he saying?" Then he started going off and I'm just like, maybe it's because I was like fucking pissed that he ain't get me the rock, 'cause I didn't say nothing, it was just in my body language.

Great dude.

When you think back to our time in Brooklyn, what do you think of?

Mm.

(instrumental music plays) It's just crazy how fast the game has changed since I came into the league.

There usually is like, a slow uptick.

But it's like, clearly different from-

... for whatever the next war is, right?

We going p- putting our boots back on the next year.

Like, that's always been the mentality, but, you know...

Cheers.

To us.

Absolutely.

Appreciate you.

And then it's like, as the best player or the most efficient scorer or the, you know, who got the best matchup, whoever you calling the play for, it's just like when coach says, "Oh, he can't...

We can't do this because he not strong going left." Or-

... you know.

Again, I under...

What was it like once you went down, knowing you're down and then seeing Klay go down and then the Raptors winning a championship knowing that should've been your guys' third in a row?

Yeah.

It was rough.

It was rough because I feel like throughout the season we could've definitely, we could've locked in a little bit earlier for the playoffs and I feel, and I feel like, and I feel like when we getting down to that moment it was just like, damn i- i- you know, having me and Klay out and not, not winning the championship after planning for it so long, it's just like, that's just the, that's just how the gods work.

That's just how the games work sometimes and then just like throughout the regular season, I really wish that we'd have locked in a little bit more.

You know what I mean? It's, it, had a little bit more game plan, a little bit more focus going into the season so that like (clears throat) it didn't have to end that way.

You know what I'm saying? It's like we waited so long-

(clears throat)