Episode 44 - Pope. Stein & Batt

happy to be joined by mark pope mark great to see you

i'm happy to be here man i like that blue sweatsuit you got going there thank you yeah

thank you uk gear i think has improved in the last year or two i don't know if you have anything to do with it or not but i like it

Man, when I was here 30 years ago, we had all of it going on, too.

It was controversial at the time with the denim and then with the, like...

Hey, look at this right here.

Look at these.

Yeah.

I got the denim Converse on for you.

Got the metal hands.

Yeah.

I mean, I think we've been setting the standard for a long time.

Well, let's talk.

We only have you for a little while, so I actually want to get substantive basketball questions, if you're good with that, because I know people would like to hear it.

Let's talk about the team coming up this year.

You've got 14 players, a lot of whom we don't know.

How are workouts going, and what do you think of the group you've seen so far? I know a couple are injured.

I like our gym.

Our gym feels good.

We set out with some very clear intentions as we worked through the portal, trying to put this particular team together and and I think I like where we are I think we have a ton of creator vibe and we're seeing that on the practice floor we got a ton of length a ton of shooting at some in some really fun different levels and I think I think we have some you know when we get healthy this center spot is going to be a real strength for us so It's a good group.

There's unbelievable juice on the practice floor, as there always should be in the summer.

But this group is going to be special, and it's been fun, man.

Every day is a joy to walk into that gym.

Was there anything you saw that maybe didn't work last year with the team that when you put this roster together, you said, I want to make sure I get that?

Well, yes.