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Uh, talk about some just some, some upsides, some positives so far we've seen in the preseason in terms of our schedules, rotations.

Also, there's been a key injury, um, with one of our competitors that, you know, could, uh...

Well, you never wanna root for injuries, but let's just say that it, it's an injury that probably plays more towards our strength later in the season.

Um, I read an article about this, and it was interesting.

Someone pointed out that we have a pretty diverse preseason schedule.

Um, that's not always the case.

Sometimes you look at, you know, what your schedule looks like, and you got a bunch of teams like, who cares? Um, you know.

And not that preseason matters much other than getting a good look at new guys, um, you know, getting some guys some, some minutes and some, I guess, more serious playing time, but no one's really out there.

Um, you know, like every preseason, no one's out there trying, no one, no one established is trying to do anything other than just get a little exercise, get up and down the floor a little bit, kinda get into the rhythm that will be the next, you know, seven months of their life, uh, on the team and kinda get, get some good chemistry going.

But if you look at kind of the opponents we have, I mean, Memphis, it's always good to get a look at someone, uh, you know, the Grizzlies, a new-look Grizzlies.

Get a look at Cam Boozer, some of the players that they got.

But if you look at, like, who else we have on the schedule, I'm ac- it's actually pretty good for us.

We've got the Spurs, the Thunder, and the Pacers.

I love that.

The Mavericks is how we close out the preseason.

Um, okay.

The Mavericks are not a team that's gonna be any sort of contender this year, but, I mean, they're growing and they're, um...

I think we'll see some good opportunities for us to put some of our defensive players, uh, to the test with Cooper Rush, 'cause we know that guy can fill it up.

But let's, uh, look at the S- Spurs, Pacers, and Thunder.

Two Western Conference teams that clearly are gonna be in it towards the end of the playoffs, deep runs in the playoffs.

They've got MVPs, All-NBA players, um, you know, Defensive Player of the Year, I believe.

Well, I don't, I don't, can't remember if Wemby actually won that or not.

Um, but it's a good look.

And also, by the way, I, I saw, uh, Adey Mara for the Thunder looked pretty unstoppable in his first, uh [laughs] first preseason game, and I argued against that draft pick for us.

I know we were in a position, I believe, to take him.