You got a text from Kyle Lowry.

And I was asking him about you know, what the players are deciding to do offer?

Fred Band leads comments the other day, and he said, We're exploring anything and everything.

What?

Do your comments to that?

Yes.

Well, Jay, first of all, good morning.

Thanks for having me on.

But, you know, we're listening to him, J I think, um, our president I'm sorry you, Jerry and myself of during during a lot of this have open the floor to these guys and had several meetings.

Um, just doesn't maybe an open forum J thio let them get their thoughts and feelings and ideas.

Um, out there on the table and, you know, it's it's, uh, threatened.

Those guys had the complete Norm Powell.

Kyle Lowry.

Um, I mentioned yesterday in our meeting that this was something they want to do, explore and talk about.

And, you know, we're gonna meet here shortly, J So we'll have a little more info on a bit, but it's we're gonna listen to him, you know?

And how is this to deal?

I mean, look, I've been on TV multiple times saying that you are the coach of the year.

What you guys have been able to accomplish this year has been incredible watching a chemistry that you guys have.

But now dealing with this What's the sentiment in the locker room about how you navigate a decision like this?

Well, um, yeah, I think I think it's all about priorities, right?

I mean, as you know, I think that, you know, this game means a lot to us, and then we get a chance to play.

We're blessed to do it, you know?

We try to do it at our at our best, right?

But you know, there's there's issues and a particular issue again that Z, you know, risen in front of this possibly right, or we we do both.

We figure out a way Thio to deal with this issue and and still do.

Um, you know, still do our jobs as well.

So that's kind of where we're at right now.

Just just juggling the priorities of what's going on in our country.

Coach, how tough has it been for you and your staff to be able to navigate everything that's going on and still prepare for games?

Um, I mean, it's It's heavy, right?

It's heavy and it's not.

It's not easy to sometimes talk about.

Obviously, we've all heard about these difficult conversations.

I've learned a lot about our players.

I've learned a lot about their own personal experiences.

Um, I think we've all learned a lot.

Um, hopefully, hopefully we're all learning a lot here during during this time.

I think that's communication and education is a big part of this.

Um, but, you know, I think is, well, we waken do both, you know, it's it's not its, um it's, um, focus our attention.

And sometimes when the ball goes up, you get lost and in your instincts and doing what you love to do and all that kind of stuff.

And then when the 48 minutes has done, you could go back.

Thio, you know, working on working on this does the massage situation that happened in Oakland a year ago?

Factor into what we're thinking about, Like where we're at as a team?

I think so.

I think I think it definitely does.

I think I think it puts our team, you know, right in the center of it.

No, I think, um I think that footage was self explanatory.

It was disheartening.

Um, and, uh, yeah, I think it puts it.

Makes it makes it close up close and personal.

For for for me and for our our players.

Yeah, we're talking to Ah, Coach Nick, Nurse of the Toronto Raptors here on the morning show.

Coach, let's get back to basketball for a second.

It's been incredible to watch you ascend and also watch your team.

You guys lose the finals.

M v p.

Last year with CO I obviously, that's challenging to navigate, and you dealt with so many injuries this year.

I don't know how you you kept this game plan together.

What has it been like to see your team continue to grow throughout the course of this journey?

Well, it's it's fun, you know, I think it's fun to see um, especially, you know, you know, you know, these guys spread and Pascal Norman Powell.

I think they all came back after that Finals run.

Just kind of almost like different guys, you know, I always say they came back to campus different people, you know, just a little bit more.

A little bit more matured a little bit more swag and a little bit more or whatever.

Then you throw in, you're throwing.

Ogi, who's finally had a you know, a healthy season as a young player who's really, really, uh, hungry defender and skills are improving all the time.

Serge Ghetto zillion reps this year.

Serge Ibaka get zillion reps because marched out so much in place, you know, has his best season.

You know, offensively and he's had ever and, you know, and Kyle keeps keeps getting older and keeps getting better, right?

I don't know how he does it.

Everybody.

Every thought he was, he was on the decline, but he certainly is not.

He's, uh, he's tougher than ever, and scoring and shooting it better than ever.

And it za special group of guys.

When you look at the defensive end of your team facing two best backcourt mates in the N B.

A in Brown and Tatum, what E.

Don't want you to give it away, but what are you going into it saying that you have to do to slow those guys down?

You forgot Kemba e o.

But he's been in and out of lineup, so I did forget about him, but I'm going into it.

I'm going into a meeting here.

Certainly.

I hope I don't forget about him.

I better I better e uh, It's not gonna be easy, man.

Those guys come at you, you know, they come at you off the bounce and they they make plays and there's, you know, obviously extremely well organized.

And their listen, they're they're hungry and they're playing well, too.

They played great in the bubble, So E hope it's a great Siri's man.

It's lining up like I think to to really even teams.

And it should be it should be once everybody to watch and should go should go along.