00:00And maybe, you know, take a look at Jalen Brown after the first quarter,
00:02going to have to go back in the locker room and smoke a pack of cigarettes
00:05because how frustrated it is.
00:06Like, man, stop shooting the basketball, Tatum at this point.
00:09But here's Derek White talking about the return of Tatum here.
00:13Derek, what's the balance of making sure Jason feels comfortable
00:17and at the same time him being able to acclimate to how this team has changed,
00:21especially from individual development standpoints since last season?
00:25Yeah, I mean, obviously we play a little bit differently,
00:27but, like, JT's been around all year,
00:30so he's been in those film sessions and, like, in the locker room with us.
00:35I mean, obviously he's been away from basketball for a while,
00:38so it's going to be a kind of a little grace period for him.
00:42But at the end of the day, we all just want to win,
00:45and so that's really what we're focusing on,
00:48and we're all going to do whatever it takes to win games.
00:52Uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:54Joe, has he won it back in the locker room?
00:56Is that what I'm hearing out of that?
00:57It didn't seem too exciting.
00:58Like, hell yeah, team leader's back.
01:00MVP style should be ready to go.
01:02I'm hearing a lot of, yeah, he's going to be rusty,
01:04and we'll just see if we can go win.
01:06Uh-oh.
01:07Of course he's going to be rusty.
01:09I mean, they say, Donnie, the average time to return is about 10 months.
01:14But let's not forget, Durant didn't play for 18 months
01:18after tearing his Achilles, right?
01:20So, and they kind of right around the same age when that happened.
01:24So, you know, this is, I wish him nothing but the best luck.
01:28And he is one of the best players in the NBA.
01:31You need him back out there.
01:32I would want him back out there, but I only want him back out there, Donnie.
01:37You know, we don't have 30 games to get the rust off for him.
01:41He's, they're going to have to use him correctly.
01:43And I think Missoula and company, I think they'll handle it the right way.
01:47But knock on wood, let's make sure he doesn't have any setbacks here
01:51for playing some sort of stupid Wednesday night game, you know,
01:55with 15 games left in a regular season.
01:57That mean nothing.
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