Welcome in pelicans guard Josh Hart.

Josh, it's great to have you.

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But let's talk basketball first because, Josh, your pelicans came into the All Star break in 11th place, which, with the plan scenario, actually still puts you in the thick of potentially earning a playoff spot.

So what are your expectations for your squad in the second half of this season?

Yeah, I mean, obviously we want to get to the playoffs.

That's the biggest thing for us, you know.

We want to get to that, you know, 67 ft.

So we don't have you know, that playing tournament playing games and all that.

So, um, you know we're gonna go in focus a lot on the defensive end, make sure we're committed on that side of the ball, and then, you know, offensively, you know, were you know, top five ranked offense in the in the league.

So, you know, we know we're going to score the ball.

We've got to make sure we stop other people from scoring.

Mhm.

Hey, look, Josh, listen, I'm a big fan.

Let's not talk about, you know, a little wager we had on the Super Bowl because I don't want to put you on blast about what you owed me.

Okay, so I believe that out of it.

But listen, I want to talk about your one of my favorite players.

First of all, I love how you been attacking the glass lately?

Getting those double digit rebounds.

But listen, how does it feel to play with Zion?

And I just think he's a superstar in the making.

But I want to I want you to tell me about his maturity level, how he's able to handle things on and off the court because he's very mature for his age.

So I just want to like, how does it feel playing with, Um, I mean, you know, guys like him and be I like those two are amazing to play with because there's so unselfish.

Um, it's not, you know, for them, it's not about points, number of stats, anything like that.

It's about winning.

So he's going to do whatever it takes to win.

Um, if that means you got to go out there and score 35 he's going to do that.

If that means he's going to, um, get other guys involved, he might only have, you know, 20 but has 89 assists and everyone's in the rhythm, knocking down shots around him.

Um, he's going to do that.

So it is amazing.

And obviously, he has so much hype around them for the last year or two.

And for a 20 year old, you know, I don't know how he hasn't got a big head yet, but I just, you know, speaks to you know, like you said, his maturity, his character level, you know, the family that he has, um so he just humble He's level headed and I mean, it's it's great I get to play with someone like this.

This young, absolutely Yeah, you get to see him become what we all know he's gonna become, which is going to be among the league's best for a long time.

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