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  • what?

  • We're kind of the mentality difference for you today versus the last three games.

  • Um, I just got it to a different place.

  • Can't really I just walked into a different place.

  • I won't go into details, but I just got to a different place, a different mentality.

  • My set.

  • And I found myself came out without myself.

  • That's his own.

  • Hey, Paul, you were incredibly candid in the postgame interview with TNT, and one of the things you said was that you were in a dark place and you really kind of struggled with that in the bubble.

  • And also the environment of having no fans, no Staples Center to really energize you.

  • Can you Can you talk about what you meant by being in a dark place and how how difficult these last three games will for you?

  • Um, it was just a little bit of everything, you know, underestimated mental health.

  • Honestly, I had anxiety, little bit of depression just being locked in here, you know, just I just wasn't there.

  • I checked out.

  • It was, you know, games 234 I wasn't there.

  • I felt like I wasn't there.

  • But, you know, shout out to the people that was in my corner And people that gave me the words Shout out, Laura, They help Big time Help Can be right.

  • Put me back in great spirits.

  • I can't think.

  • Hold on.

  • All right.

  • Next, we're going to engineer area they make.

  • That's a great game.

  • Um, about the same guys were, like, knocking on the door that you talk.

  • You just talk about the support that came from from within.

  • Yeah.

  • I mean, everybody.

  • Everybody reached out whether it's in person through a text.

  • All of my guys showed up for me.

  • They help me.

  • They were there when I need, you know, I'm indebted to his team.

  • Energy, this energy, um, the camaraderie, the brotherhood.

  • I can't think that's quite enough next time there.

  • Well, I'm just curious you guys listen to the game, but there's obviously other things going on.

  • Jacob Blake shooting all that.

  • Um, just I guess your reaction to the video.

  • Doc got pretty emotional postgame talking about it.

  • Have you guys talked about as a team?

  • Because I know a lot of players.

  • They sort of feel helpless right now in terms of what they dio.

  • Uh, I actually just saw the video.

  • Maybe a couple seconds ago.

  • I haven't been on social media or aware of what was going on.

  • I just saw the video.

  • Now it's sad, you know, it's sad.

  • I'm again another one.

  • This is America unless you know people decide to do the right thing.

  • I hate to say it, man, this is America.

  • We gotta stand bar all we need our allies to stand with us.

  • Thing is, what's going on?

  • It's happening.

  • It's still happen even after what happened with George Floyd.

  • Yeah.

  • No, it's in the It's within them.

  • There's some coward cops out there.

  • That's assistant.

  • We got to change it.

  • I asked all of my brothers sisters out there to continue this fight while we're in here and we'll continue to fight while we're in here.

  • But everybody got to join together in this.

  • That's we're gonna go to Barbara Technology.

  • You know, Mark Trans.

  • Harrell mentioned he was playing video games as you to help get your mind off things Doc and mentioned all the guys kind of talk to you after game, for how much did all that meat Do you know what was going on?

  • uh, meant a lot.

  • It meant a lot.

  • This is tough.

  • This is really hard being in here, you know, it's it's not easy.

  • When all day is just basketball, it's hard to get away from it.

  • You see guys on other teams like it is, it's shout out the MBA for creating this environment, but at the same time it z rough.

  • But I just gotta find what's gonna get me able to check out of the game and check out just constantly being in that mode.

  • Um, so, you know, again, all my guys help been around them.

  • We've been out playing the game.

  • Great talk with God again.

  • All my family were there.

  • My girl, Gracie and my kids.

  • There's just so many people that I could name I've talked to in the past 24 hours that had a helping hand, just getting me into a better spirit again.

  • We're going to go to the bubble first Cassidy.

  • Then you said you said you found it.

  • When did you?

  • When did you find it?

  • When did you feel like all right?

  • I'm basketball, Georgia.

  • I mean, I felt that, you know, just to start today, you know talks with psychiatrist, our team psychiatrist.

  • I mean, I just felt that my energy and the spirit just change Just a great place.

  • That's all I needed.

  • Adrenal.

  • Always.

  • I came out here my job.

  • Waas left it all on that, but I got off.

  • Check out.

  • No.

  • Ready to move forward, Mark Paul regarding everything with state of the world in races.

  • What?

  • What do you think it will take for their finally accountable?

  • I mean, it's this.

  • You know what it is?

  • It starts with our president, you know.

  • Thank you.

  • It goes from there.

  • That's where it starts.

  • It starts with people that are in position, the higher positions, it starts with them.

  • And to be truthful, I can't even say that it starts with us as Americans, as voters, it starts with us as voters to put those people in position to do the right.

  • We can't blame them because that's they are We're empowering as voters is on us.

  • We gotta put people in positions that are going to do the right and no rightful So way all play apartment that we're going.

  • Okay.

  • Okay.

  • Right, right.

  • Thank you both.

  • I didn't mention about 40 mixed about yourself for.

  • But you see, Blake, so many others I don't feel it.

  • High hopes for that.

  • Oh, I mean, that's all we got.

  • Right way Got his hope.

  • Oh, you can't ask for much more.

  • That's all we got is hope, Hope Sure, that guy now And those moments hope that he would have made it to see another day George Floyd hope that the police officers would have listened.

  • That's all we got is hope what we're asking for hope, you know, for a lot of black Americans were hoping to see the next day.

  • It is what it is.

  • Hope is the biggest part of all of this.

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