September 29, 2025 • 14 mins
Indiana Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith joins Jake Query on Pacers media day to reveal how he recovered in the off-season from the long season, accesses how the team will replace the leadership of Myles Turner and Tyrese Haliburton, discusses the Turner fallout, and comments on what to expect from the team stylistically without Haliburton this season.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A lot to talk about over the course of today.
(00:02):
We'll get back into the Colts and Fever conversation in
a minute. But it is also and it is hard
to believe this. It is Pacers Media Day, meaning that
we are on the cusp of another Pacer season and
a guy that is entering his fourth year in Indiana
he just hit another three point shot against the New
York Knicks. Aaron nee Smith joins us on the program
aeron how are you.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
I'm doing good. How you guys doing?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
We are well? Thank you listen. It is and this
is a good thing, you know. It's a good thing
to have the off season be so short because it
means that your regular season went so long. But for you,
I am curious from a player's standpoint, with the way
everything went last year, did and as deep as you
guys got, did it cause for acceleration of let's get
(00:46):
going or is the body still needing more time?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
No? Actually, I feel like I took the proper amount
of time off like normally I take, like the amount
of normal time I take off on the summer. I
just added it to it just since we played so
far into the season, and then when I started hooping
again and working out again. I just ramped it up
a little bit quicker than normal. So it all worked.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Out, you know, it was it was such a magical
run and you know everything that went with it, and
then obviously the way it ended with you know, just
and that Game seven will replay that in our heads
for a long time and wondering of the what ifs.
But from a players standpoint, I'm curious what is the
(01:29):
mindset now of understanding the excitement that comes with that,
but also the reality of what the year is ahead
and then waiting of course to have kind of everything
back in the arsenal.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Uh, you got to turn the page. You know, it's
a brand new season. You know it's gonna be a
new champion crowned at the end of this year, and
you know you gotta start working from that today. It
all starts tomorrow and training camp and you know, you
can just all you could take is really the lessons
you learned from last season, you know, the trials and tribulations,
(02:01):
the ups and downs, and try and have a better
start this year and you know, get the ground.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Running, you know, with the you know, obviously with Tyre's
out for the year, and Miles Now in Milwaukee, does
your role change in terms of obviously we know what
your position is and you know the starting situation, but
in terms of what you need to bring, do you
have to diversify your game at all?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Yeah, everybody's got to take a little step up. Everyone's
gonna have to do a little bit more. But it's
going to be done by committee. You know, five people
on the court at one time, so everybody's gonna have
to take a little step up in their production and
what's asking them, But you know we're all getting done.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Who what teammate is the one that most intrigues you
in terms of what you might see from them this year?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
I believe I think Jerris Jarris Walker has a real
chance to take a leap this year. And you know,
he has all the tools, and I talked to him about,
you know, what he did this summer and how much
he worked and how much he prepared for this season.
I think he you ready for the challenge that's ahead
of them.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Aaron NEI Smith is our guest as the Pacers resume,
and we'll get underway, get everything going here before we
know it. And with that, Aaron, when you talk about
Jaris Walker. You know, your situation being a guy that
was in Boston got you know, buried a little bit there,
and then as soon as you got your chance here,
(03:22):
you really did flourish. What sort of things can you
tell young players about that and about seizing that opportunity?
And are you the type that would go to them
and say, hey, let me tell you what I went
through and what worked for me.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yeah, I mean I told him, Man, when he first
got here, I told him he was in a similar situation.
I was in Boston, just guys in front of him,
not a big opportunity to play. But always stay ready,
be ready, because you never know when your name is
going to be called. And whenever you get your opportunity.
You know, people say, look is when preparation meets opportunity.
(03:55):
And I believe he's prepared for it properly and he's
going to be ready.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
By the way, do you believe in the zone, Like
when people say that athletes get in the zone and
all of a sudden, you remember Jordan said, like the
rim becomes like a big old bucket. Right, do you
believe in the zone?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Oh? Yeah, that's real? Call it?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, like the flow state Okay, So the flow state
is what it's known as. Now, okay, Now, the reason
I ask and I think that with everything that took
place in all of the excitement of the miraculous finishes
that you guys had and getting to the finals and
all of that, historically, I worry that perhaps we're going
to forget about being in the flow state like you
(04:34):
were against New York. Were you in that zone in
that game?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Oh? Yeah, there's nothing like that. That's that's I always say.
You know, all the work you put in the early mornings,
every left, every extra shot you take after practice, before practice,
it's for those moments, like you do all of that
so that when you do enter that state, it's just
all rhythm. You lean on the work that you put in,
and it just literally feels you're floating. You're just vibing.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Well, you were, I no question about it, right, And
you know, do you You're an interesting one to me
erin because your three point shot it almost seems like
sometimes you're more in that flow state, if you will,
when it's accelerated and that you know. Wide receivers often
say in football that the hardest pass to catch is
(05:24):
the one where they're wide open is the same thing
true as an outside shooter. It is it more a
rhythm thing. If you're wide open and you've got time
to square up, does it almost then become more of
a challenge.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
A little bit because you have more time to think
you're not you know, you're not in the rhythm of
your jump shot. And I think, you know, all my life,
I've always been such a great shooter that nobody leaves
me open and so more times and I'm more used
to having somebody sprint at meat full speed trying to
keep me from shooting the ball post just letting me
shoot it so I see it.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Or by the way, were you surprised by the Miles
Turner decision?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
I was.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Did you guys speak to him? I mean, is he
you know, how does that work in professional sports? Your teammates,
but I assume you're also friends, So how does that
work once that all goes down?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Uh? Yeah, he said, you know, the mentions to the
group chat about his decision and why he made it.
And you know, I'm I'm also I'm just the type
of guy that, uh, you know, I wish him nothing
but the best he did well he thought was right
for him. And his family, and we'll see him when
he played Milwaukee. You know, I'll give him a big
hug at half court. But you know, once the game starts,
(06:43):
you know, you gotta win the game.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Did he say what the reason was?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Ah? No, that's him. That's for him, that's for him
to speak. All.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
See, I was in the flow state there. I had
to ask, right, right, I gotta ad, hey, what did
you do in the off season? Because for fans, you know,
I think we all basked in the glory of what
the run was, but then there was also the what
could have been?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Right?
Speaker 1 (07:11):
But for you guys, as players, what did you do
to kind of get away, clear your head, reset the
table in the off season?
Speaker 2 (07:19):
You know, I think I spend proper amount of time
reflecting on, you know, what we just did and what
just happened. And I tried to turn the page as
quickly as possible. At the same time, so I tried
to have fun and you know, get my mind off
the loss, and but at the same time appreciate it
and understand what we did was special for our city,
(07:40):
you know, for each of us as an individual. We
just accomplished so many different things this year and you know,
I've had so many people come up to me and
just say You've made me an NBA fan again. And
so it's a little things like that that kind of,
you know, make me feel really good about how far
we made it.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
You know, when they had your the image of you
on the arts garden down here downtown with the huge
thing that said finals and like, you know, a four
story high photo of yourself, I would have like taken
two hundred and fifty pictures of that if it were me.
Did you do that?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
No, I'm sure my family did, though I kept I
tried to bookmark as many things as I can, just
because I know later in life I'm obviously going to
want to look back at them, but I let my
family do all the picture take it.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Have you gotten a chance to enjoy or watch the
Fever run?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
I have. I have. I haven't been able to make
it to a game yet, but I have been keeping up.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Do you guys feed off one another? You know, I
realize your seasons are different, obviously, but and your facilities
will soon be completely different. But do you get a
chance to kind of interact with one another or you know,
at different events things representing the franchise.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Times sometimes not too much, just because we said our
seams are you know, at different times, and a lot
of times during our season they're playing overseas or they're
playing in the different leagues and such, so they're not
always around. But there's always, like usually this period right here,
there's always a gap and where we'll do events together,
we'll see each other, and they always come to our games.
(09:11):
You know, we go to their games, so we do.
We do mix it up a good bit.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
And lastly, you're an interesting one because you grew up
in South Carolina. Aaron Ne Smith our guest. When you
were a kid growing up, did you have an NFL team?
Would it have been the Atlanta Falcons or Carolina?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Unfortunately, as of right now it's the Carolina Mansers. I'll
never switched up, but yeah, it's real dark for us
right now.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
I would say yes, in fact, that would be the case.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Statty, Aaron You guys obviously we've talked about have lost
Miles Turner. No, Tyre's Halliburton for you guys this year,
who has to step up in the leadership role because
those are those were two big voices for you guys
throughout the course the last season.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Yeah, I mean we're gonna have to do it by committee,
and I think everybody in here understands what's going to
be asked to them. Everybody in here understands that we're
everybody's got to do a little bit more. And I
think everybody as much as like we as far as
we made it and we came up short. I think
the culmination of ty risks being out in miles leaving
everybody have proper motivation this summer, eat to work and
(10:13):
to get better. And I think we have a pretty
special group of guys to where we use different things.
It's fuel and motivation, and I think those those the
combination of both of those happening so close to each other,
like we're able to turn the page on the loss
really quickly and get to work.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Will it be an adjustment in terms of stylistically, because
I think, you know, it's been stated obviously that you
guys will not be playing as fast now at least
for this season, and maybe you do go a little
bit more half court set or ISO set. Will that
be an adjustment?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I think, I mean, we're gonna play the same way
we've been playing. We're gonna have to continue to do
that as a team, and you know, one man are
our main guys out, but we've been doing it for
so long that we can't. We don't know any other
way to play for fast, picking up full court and
you know, being a pest. So we're gonna do it again.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
It is kind of weird though, Like for me, it
just aaron like I was. It was so much fun
And I'm not saying it's not gonna be this year,
and I think that the Pacers are going to be
probably better than people are giving credit, right But but
at the same time, I have to keep reminding myself
that the roster will look different for the interim than
it did a year ago. You are one of those
(11:26):
players on that roster, do you have to also remind
yourself of that.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I've kind of, I mean, I've had to remind myself
it's going to look a little differently, you know, to
start the season. And I think we, like especially in
training camp, like we're gonna have to relearn a couple
of things and recommit to a couple of things. And
I think once we get past that hurdle, it'll be
easy flowing again, but there will be a learning curve obviously,
(11:54):
and there's gonna be ups and downs because you know,
we're so used to playing a certain way and with
Tyree's being down, like, we're going to have to learn
different things. So you know, all that will come with
time and repetition.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Okay, lastly, so i'd lied when I said lastly last time,
but we talked to you. The last time I talked
to you, you had mentioned that the most recent book
you had finished was Unbroken, which is a fabulous, fabulous
book about Louise Yamperini. I'm curious the last book now
that you read.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I've actually read.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
I actually read a couple of books, and I read
oh man, it's like a it's like an overthinking book.
But it was called something like the Keito Overthing. I
can't remember it's called.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
I read that last year. And then I read a
fancy book called uh probably, I don't know why I'm
blinking on it. It's like a three I read three books.
I read four books. I read this overthinking book, I
read one hundred Laws of Power, and then I read
this series.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
For what it's worth. By the way, I'm guilty of
a hundred ways to overthink, right, Yeah, yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
That's that sounds like that sounds like my biography, you
know that, right?
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Yeah, Aaron Jake ridicules me from time to time on
this show. And one of the reasons why I'm not
a big traveler. I've never traveled outside of the United States.
And I know you like to go to Japan. Did
you go to Japan during the off season? And if
you didn't, you go somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
I went to Costa Rica. The book was called fourth Wing, Fourth.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Wing, Fourth Wing.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Okay, hang on, yeah, but no, I went to Costa
Rica this summer. I went golfing out there. Nice. Nice.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
I've asked you this, perhaps before you grew up in
South Carolina, Carolina or Clemson neither, Well, I guess Vanderbilt Vanderbilt. Listen,
I'm a Clemson football fan, so I can I can
relate to your Carolina panther misery.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yep, yeah, yeah, I was watching. Uh. I was watching
the Syracuse game with my guy the other week, and
he was he was down bed.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
It was not trust me. They were guilty of overthinking,
is exactly what happened. Yea, yeah, right right. They were
not in the flow state. I can tell you right,
that's right, right, Aaron Listen. I appreciate the time. As always,
we look forward to the season. I think it's going
to be a lot of fun, and it's always fun
to watch you man. We would love to have you
(14:19):
back on the program anytime, but we certainly wish you
the best in getting things underway.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Hey, I appreciate it. How are you talking to?
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Aaron Ne Smith? Getting set for year number four with
the Pacers. We'll come back more on what took place
yesterday at Sofi Stadium. It's querying company here rolling along
on a Monday on the fan.
A lot to talk about over the course of today.
(00:02):
We'll get back into the Colts and Fever conversation in
a minute. But it is also and it is hard
to believe this. It is Pacers Media Day, meaning that
we are on the cusp of another Pacer season and
a guy that is entering his fourth year in Indiana
he just hit another three point shot against the New
York Knicks. Aaron nee Smith joins us on the program
aeron how are you.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
I'm doing good. How you guys doing?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
We are well? Thank you listen. It is and this
is a good thing, you know. It's a good thing
to have the off season be so short because it
means that your regular season went so long. But for you,
I am curious from a player's standpoint, with the way
everything went last year, did and as deep as you
guys got, did it cause for acceleration of let's get
(00:46):
going or is the body still needing more time?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
No? Actually, I feel like I took the proper amount
of time off like normally I take, like the amount
of normal time I take off on the summer. I
just added it to it just since we played so
far into the season, and then when I started hooping
again and working out again. I just ramped it up
a little bit quicker than normal. So it all worked.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Out, you know, it was it was such a magical
run and you know everything that went with it, and
then obviously the way it ended with you know, just
and that Game seven will replay that in our heads
for a long time and wondering of the what ifs.
But from a players standpoint, I'm curious what is the
(01:29):
mindset now of understanding the excitement that comes with that,
but also the reality of what the year is ahead
and then waiting of course to have kind of everything
back in the arsenal.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Uh, you got to turn the page. You know, it's
a brand new season. You know it's gonna be a
new champion crowned at the end of this year, and
you know you gotta start working from that today. It
all starts tomorrow and training camp and you know, you
can just all you could take is really the lessons
you learned from last season, you know, the trials and tribulations,
(02:01):
the ups and downs, and try and have a better
start this year and you know, get the ground.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Running, you know, with the you know, obviously with Tyre's
out for the year, and Miles Now in Milwaukee, does
your role change in terms of obviously we know what
your position is and you know the starting situation, but
in terms of what you need to bring, do you
have to diversify your game at all?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Yeah, everybody's got to take a little step up. Everyone's
gonna have to do a little bit more. But it's
going to be done by committee. You know, five people
on the court at one time, so everybody's gonna have
to take a little step up in their production and
what's asking them, But you know we're all getting done.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Who what teammate is the one that most intrigues you
in terms of what you might see from them this year?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
I believe I think Jerris Jarris Walker has a real
chance to take a leap this year. And you know,
he has all the tools, and I talked to him about,
you know, what he did this summer and how much
he worked and how much he prepared for this season.
I think he you ready for the challenge that's ahead
of them.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Aaron NEI Smith is our guest as the Pacers resume,
and we'll get underway, get everything going here before we
know it. And with that, Aaron, when you talk about
Jaris Walker. You know, your situation being a guy that
was in Boston got you know, buried a little bit there,
and then as soon as you got your chance here,
(03:22):
you really did flourish. What sort of things can you
tell young players about that and about seizing that opportunity?
And are you the type that would go to them
and say, hey, let me tell you what I went
through and what worked for me.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yeah, I mean I told him, Man, when he first
got here, I told him he was in a similar situation.
I was in Boston, just guys in front of him,
not a big opportunity to play. But always stay ready,
be ready, because you never know when your name is
going to be called. And whenever you get your opportunity.
You know, people say, look is when preparation meets opportunity.
(03:55):
And I believe he's prepared for it properly and he's
going to be ready.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
By the way, do you believe in the zone, Like
when people say that athletes get in the zone and
all of a sudden, you remember Jordan said, like the
rim becomes like a big old bucket. Right, do you
believe in the zone?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Oh? Yeah, that's real? Call it?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, like the flow state Okay, So the flow state
is what it's known as. Now, okay, Now, the reason
I ask and I think that with everything that took
place in all of the excitement of the miraculous finishes
that you guys had and getting to the finals and
all of that, historically, I worry that perhaps we're going
to forget about being in the flow state like you
(04:34):
were against New York. Were you in that zone in
that game?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Oh? Yeah, there's nothing like that. That's that's I always say.
You know, all the work you put in the early mornings,
every left, every extra shot you take after practice, before practice,
it's for those moments, like you do all of that
so that when you do enter that state, it's just
all rhythm. You lean on the work that you put in,
and it just literally feels you're floating. You're just vibing.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Well, you were, I no question about it, right, And
you know, do you You're an interesting one to me
erin because your three point shot it almost seems like
sometimes you're more in that flow state, if you will,
when it's accelerated and that you know. Wide receivers often
say in football that the hardest pass to catch is
(05:24):
the one where they're wide open is the same thing
true as an outside shooter. It is it more a
rhythm thing. If you're wide open and you've got time
to square up, does it almost then become more of
a challenge.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
A little bit because you have more time to think
you're not you know, you're not in the rhythm of
your jump shot. And I think, you know, all my life,
I've always been such a great shooter that nobody leaves
me open and so more times and I'm more used
to having somebody sprint at meat full speed trying to
keep me from shooting the ball post just letting me
shoot it so I see it.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Or by the way, were you surprised by the Miles
Turner decision?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
I was.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Did you guys speak to him? I mean, is he
you know, how does that work in professional sports? Your teammates,
but I assume you're also friends, So how does that
work once that all goes down?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Uh? Yeah, he said, you know, the mentions to the
group chat about his decision and why he made it.
And you know, I'm I'm also I'm just the type
of guy that, uh, you know, I wish him nothing
but the best he did well he thought was right
for him. And his family, and we'll see him when
he played Milwaukee. You know, I'll give him a big
hug at half court. But you know, once the game starts,
(06:43):
you know, you gotta win the game.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Did he say what the reason was?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Ah? No, that's him. That's for him, that's for him
to speak. All.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
See, I was in the flow state there. I had
to ask, right, right, I gotta ad, hey, what did
you do in the off season? Because for fans, you know,
I think we all basked in the glory of what
the run was, but then there was also the what
could have been?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Right?
Speaker 1 (07:11):
But for you guys, as players, what did you do
to kind of get away, clear your head, reset the
table in the off season?
Speaker 2 (07:19):
You know, I think I spend proper amount of time
reflecting on, you know, what we just did and what
just happened. And I tried to turn the page as
quickly as possible. At the same time, so I tried
to have fun and you know, get my mind off
the loss, and but at the same time appreciate it
and understand what we did was special for our city,
(07:40):
you know, for each of us as an individual. We
just accomplished so many different things this year and you know,
I've had so many people come up to me and
just say You've made me an NBA fan again. And
so it's a little things like that that kind of,
you know, make me feel really good about how far
we made it.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
You know, when they had your the image of you
on the arts garden down here downtown with the huge
thing that said finals and like, you know, a four
story high photo of yourself, I would have like taken
two hundred and fifty pictures of that if it were me.
Did you do that?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
No, I'm sure my family did, though I kept I
tried to bookmark as many things as I can, just
because I know later in life I'm obviously going to
want to look back at them, but I let my
family do all the picture take it.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Have you gotten a chance to enjoy or watch the
Fever run?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
I have. I have. I haven't been able to make
it to a game yet, but I have been keeping up.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Do you guys feed off one another? You know, I
realize your seasons are different, obviously, but and your facilities
will soon be completely different. But do you get a
chance to kind of interact with one another or you know,
at different events things representing the franchise.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Times sometimes not too much, just because we said our
seams are you know, at different times, and a lot
of times during our season they're playing overseas or they're
playing in the different leagues and such, so they're not
always around. But there's always, like usually this period right here,
there's always a gap and where we'll do events together,
we'll see each other, and they always come to our games.
(09:11):
You know, we go to their games, so we do.
We do mix it up a good bit.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
And lastly, you're an interesting one because you grew up
in South Carolina. Aaron Ne Smith our guest. When you
were a kid growing up, did you have an NFL team?
Would it have been the Atlanta Falcons or Carolina?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Unfortunately, as of right now it's the Carolina Mansers. I'll
never switched up, but yeah, it's real dark for us
right now.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
I would say yes, in fact, that would be the case.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Statty, Aaron You guys obviously we've talked about have lost
Miles Turner. No, Tyre's Halliburton for you guys this year,
who has to step up in the leadership role because
those are those were two big voices for you guys
throughout the course the last season.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Yeah, I mean we're gonna have to do it by committee,
and I think everybody in here understands what's going to
be asked to them. Everybody in here understands that we're
everybody's got to do a little bit more. And I
think everybody as much as like we as far as
we made it and we came up short. I think
the culmination of ty risks being out in miles leaving
everybody have proper motivation this summer, eat to work and
(10:13):
to get better. And I think we have a pretty
special group of guys to where we use different things.
It's fuel and motivation, and I think those those the
combination of both of those happening so close to each other,
like we're able to turn the page on the loss
really quickly and get to work.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Will it be an adjustment in terms of stylistically, because
I think, you know, it's been stated obviously that you
guys will not be playing as fast now at least
for this season, and maybe you do go a little
bit more half court set or ISO set. Will that
be an adjustment?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I think, I mean, we're gonna play the same way
we've been playing. We're gonna have to continue to do
that as a team, and you know, one man are
our main guys out, but we've been doing it for
so long that we can't. We don't know any other
way to play for fast, picking up full court and
you know, being a pest. So we're gonna do it again.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
It is kind of weird though, Like for me, it
just aaron like I was. It was so much fun
And I'm not saying it's not gonna be this year,
and I think that the Pacers are going to be
probably better than people are giving credit, right But but
at the same time, I have to keep reminding myself
that the roster will look different for the interim than
it did a year ago. You are one of those
(11:26):
players on that roster, do you have to also remind
yourself of that.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I've kind of, I mean, I've had to remind myself
it's going to look a little differently, you know, to
start the season. And I think we, like especially in
training camp, like we're gonna have to relearn a couple
of things and recommit to a couple of things. And
I think once we get past that hurdle, it'll be
easy flowing again, but there will be a learning curve obviously,
(11:54):
and there's gonna be ups and downs because you know,
we're so used to playing a certain way and with
Tyree's being down, like, we're going to have to learn
different things. So you know, all that will come with
time and repetition.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Okay, lastly, so i'd lied when I said lastly last time,
but we talked to you. The last time I talked
to you, you had mentioned that the most recent book
you had finished was Unbroken, which is a fabulous, fabulous
book about Louise Yamperini. I'm curious the last book now
that you read.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I've actually read.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
I actually read a couple of books, and I read
oh man, it's like a it's like an overthinking book.
But it was called something like the Keito Overthing. I
can't remember it's called.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
I read that last year. And then I read a
fancy book called uh probably, I don't know why I'm
blinking on it. It's like a three I read three books.
I read four books. I read this overthinking book, I
read one hundred Laws of Power, and then I read
this series.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
For what it's worth. By the way, I'm guilty of
a hundred ways to overthink, right, Yeah, yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
That's that sounds like that sounds like my biography, you
know that, right?
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Yeah, Aaron Jake ridicules me from time to time on
this show. And one of the reasons why I'm not
a big traveler. I've never traveled outside of the United States.
And I know you like to go to Japan. Did
you go to Japan during the off season? And if
you didn't, you go somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
I went to Costa Rica. The book was called fourth Wing, Fourth.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Wing, Fourth Wing.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Okay, hang on, yeah, but no, I went to Costa
Rica this summer. I went golfing out there. Nice. Nice.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
I've asked you this, perhaps before you grew up in
South Carolina, Carolina or Clemson neither, Well, I guess Vanderbilt Vanderbilt. Listen,
I'm a Clemson football fan, so I can I can
relate to your Carolina panther misery.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yep, yeah, yeah, I was watching. Uh. I was watching
the Syracuse game with my guy the other week, and
he was he was down bed.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
It was not trust me. They were guilty of overthinking,
is exactly what happened. Yea, yeah, right right. They were
not in the flow state. I can tell you right,
that's right, right, Aaron Listen. I appreciate the time. As always,
we look forward to the season. I think it's going
to be a lot of fun, and it's always fun
to watch you man. We would love to have you
(14:19):
back on the program anytime, but we certainly wish you
the best in getting things underway.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Hey, I appreciate it. How are you talking to?
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Aaron Ne Smith? Getting set for year number four with
the Pacers. We'll come back more on what took place
yesterday at Sofi Stadium. It's querying company here rolling along
on a Monday on the fan.
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