what's going on Jo just um with the roster you've been working out with some of these guys you already talked about Zack Ed what you expect out of him you've been this year six for you now uh when you look at this entire roster the makeup of it the guys that they put around as kimman said the core players you Dez jiren how do you feel this Grizzlies Rock roster this year Stacks up with some of the previous rosters that you've had uh I honestly feel like this is you know uh one of the best
r you know we had you know on paper death wise and you know now being able to you know see the guys um you know go out and you know when we plan and stuff uh you know gives me you know even more confidence um I feel like we you know we're pretty much uh loaded in every position and um it's going to be interesting to see you know how how it all pans out what's up J what's up what's up I know you a Jim R I know you missed been on the court what
are you going to take about about getting back out there on a regular basis competing back at the highest level you said what I'm going uh get out most but getting back out there and playing on a regular basis u i mean it's you know what what I love to do obviously you know um it's my job um obviously I want to be out there every game so um now my main focus is to you know be able to do that so um you know recovery is pretty much been the the biggest thing for me
you know obviously this offseason because of my shoulder and then ramping back up and you know having them recover the other parts of my body um so um that's pretty much what I'm taking for obviously excited to be back out there on the floor and fight with the guys but um I'd rather play every game than you know just half so Taylor talked about kind of your joy being taken from you from not been playing basketball for so long when you is there a way you want to look back at the last year maybe a
year from now is is there something you you'll want to remember uh sort of about maybe the good or the bad that might might have come from that um pretty much everything um the last two years you know everything that I've experienced everything that you know I've been through I want to you know remember you know that feeling I felt you know each time um no matter you know what situation it was um I felt like it helped me a lot helped me grow more and to a a better job um right now you know
I'm probably the happiest I feel like I've been in a while um and you know just having my family my a team and you know the little things I was doing to you know keep me going and that makes me happy um being able to do it you know this offseason catching up with a lot of you know my family uh it's been good J I know you had to learn uh to see the game in a different way from the sidelines last year because you couldn't play I'm just curious what did you learn about
that process and even scouting some of your teammates to know how to better fit with them coming into this season uh I mean obviously it was a a unique situation for us because it's not only you know was out we had you know a lot of guys out which you know we had to you know put guys in you know different roles and you know just to see how well they played um OB VI L showed me that you know they got a lot more in their bags as we would say um so it's only
right for me to continue to you know um make them play with you know that confidence that they play like you know each and every day no matter you know what it is so um being able to you know sit out obviously you said it was basically like a film study session for me uh to watch my teammates uh I would say gave me you know uh a lot of confidence going into to this year on you know how I can put them in you know better places J you talk about um wanting to remember
everything over the last couple years how much do that maybe motivation uh the Nike commercial talked about you know bouncing back and how you always do that is there a motivation and maybe remind the folks around the NBA that you know you're still that guy and still able to to be the player that you were before the last couple years uh honestly I'm not even worried about you know proving them wrong like I said right now I'm happy and that's my main focus I feel like a happy job is a scary job for a lot
of people so as long as I you know stay happy and healthy uh it'll be a a great season hey John how are you doing mentally I'm good the ask because talked about your mental health uh yeah um I'm doing well you know I woke up this morning um as we all did you know we're blessed to be here um blessed to be in the position that I'm in do what I'm do what I love at you know the highest level um being able to take care of my family and also you know putting them
in positions to you know and Excel and whatever you know they want to do in life um is my main goal so um all that's going well right now so I have no complaints Hey Jo when you were uh out there with the shoulder injury what what was your rehab like and what was going through your mind as far as you know how much you have to push it and will it affect your play uh going forward this year uh mentally it was pretty much just how how can I come back faster than you know
the the time timeable they you know gave me um which I try to do you know every time but um with this injury I had to actually be patient and I feel like that allowed me to you know sit back and actually look at you know a lot of things in life that I feel that's important to me so I had the opportunity to do that so um obviously I don't want to be in that position to you know have to go through rehab and recovery but you know I feel like that helped me you
know this offseason with my mindset obviously you only got to play nine games last season Marcus only got to play 20 but your time on the court did coincide with him being available too so you got to play with him some what did you get out of that period on the floor playing with Marcus and integrating with him with Dez and jiren and what do you think about that sort of chemistry and how that'll work going into this season uh I look I look at Marcus as uh you know important piece to you know this
team as well as the core guys that you know coach and Zack keep mentioning um obviously he was Defensive Player of the Year um the games we played in he he showed you know what he can do for us offensively whether it's you know shooting the ball or you know making plays for other but um I feel like he's our tone Setter um him and jiren and um you know being able to you know come into this season having both of those guys on the floor um is our goal and you know something we looking
forward to Y have a good day
