It's
crazy to think you've been in the league eight years now.
How would you describe
your time in the NBA has been a rollercoaster,
you know some good times and bad times.
I really started playing well for 56 years.
Start to really feel like I was really excelling and then had a couple of tough circumstances injury wise which which kind of?
Hindered my my get my gain and it's part of pro sports.
Have riddled by injuries. Last two or three years and just trying to stay stay on the courts being the goal last two or three years.
Which is unfortunate but hopefully that's behind me and I can keep going the
Milwaukee Bucks select Andrew Bogut from Australia and the University of Utah.
Have you felt pressure during your career to live up to the expectations that come with being a number one pick?
You know? Obviously the start
of my career year but.
Once you, once you find your place in the league,
you know you gotta live with it.
Obviously haven't been, you know,
ecstatic number one pick, but I haven't.
You haven't done the other side of things of being a flop.
I think I've been middle the road be consistent,
but you know, I think I still have a lot more work to do to try and fill that.
With this team, very young new coach,
have you felt the need to come in even though you haven't played a lot of games or to assert yourself as a
leader, you know it's hot.
It's hard to do that when you don't quote.
I tried to be vocal and be that leader early on in the season.
Drink when I was on the court,
but I didn't want to be barking and yelling guys when they look at you and you're in a suit.
It's kind of my thing and I can.
I can relate to that they can't questioning you know what are you doing right now?
You're going to shoot, you know?
So don't talk too much at me,
but slowly I'll fill that role as a season goes on court.
Been eight years now since you left the universe.
University of Utah. Have you had a chance to reflect on your time there?
The impact it had on your life and
on your basketball career? You know I was lucky enough to play for coach measures like Coach Majerus.
And you know he was a part of my Boss Bowl upbringing.
Obviously in good times and bad times with him,
but he was a big part of why I came to Utah and then obviously my second year with personality and and taking a team that wasn't even expected to
win conference to Sweet 16 and having a successful year was.
An unbelievable feeling and I felt like you came over here as a very young man.
Probably, you know teenager still going through puberty and all those fun things and and you know kind of grew into a man and then drop
me
back. You still follow this closely.
I
try to I try to probably not a great time to follow right now,
but it's tough going to accomplish like the PAC 12 and having that expectation to keep winning when it's just not reality is very hard to win,
not just the College Sports Pro sports,
it's a small margin of error and I think the PAC 12 is,
you know, sort 5 conference.
In the
states
you know Larry Krystkowiak very well.
You see the right guy to get that thing
turned around. Yeah, I think so.
I think he's done a decent job as you can.
You gotta look, look at what he's working with as well.
Sometimes when he first came in,
there was no similar situation towards lower deadweight that he had some kind of weed out and I know he will work hard towards that.
Whether it happens or not.
Who knows, but I know he comes every day with it with a work ethic,
he will demand the best players who file for him if he has to and.
So you can ask right now,
you were with me pretty well as an assistant head coach in Milwaukee.
Always thought he'd be better suited to the college game,
so hopefully improving
right had to ask about Twitter.
You're back on it now.
Yeah, I went
off just to focus on my injury.
I came back the first four games and realizing ankle wasn't right,
I wanted to kind of focus on the rehab and not have the distractions of 100,000 people following me and wanted to know what I'm doing.
So I deleted the account and I'm back on it now and probably not eating as much as I as I was in a data will be pretty laid back,
but you also like to share your opinions and put it as an outlet for that,
but you never seem to be afraid to tell people how you feel or what you think about it.
Never will be. I mean,
I'm always going to say what I feel.
So this controversial there's not.
But I think there's enough.
Enough people out there that sugar sugarcoat things and there's enough politicians in the world,
so I don't want to be one of those
people.