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your local retailer or locate now@celsius.com Jalen was introduced last in this, in the, in his starting lineups all the first 62 games and now he's fourth again. And it's Jason, you know, things like that. I mean, they're just little things that he's gonna have to adjust to. And I'm not saying anything that he's like, doesn't like. I think their relationship is good. I think that they've always been good. They've always, they've been, they've pushed each other, they've been competitive. Of course they're too, you know, cut from the same cloth in terms of their, their desire to win and desire to be Great. But I do think Jalen wants Jason around, and I think he sees an opportunity. I saw two plays last night, and I asked Jason Jalen about this after the game against Memphis, where he knew Jace Jason was struggling. Jason misses our first eight shots. Jason just didn't have it. He missed a lot of threes, and he gave Jason a nice little pass at the rim. Easy layup. And Jason fumbled out of bounds. Same half, first half, Jalen dribbles, has an elbow, and his three was dropping last night. Has an elbow three, looks at Jason on his right, sees him wide open in front of the Celtics bench at the corner, hits him, hits this first shot of the game. Like, Jalen does not have to do that. Jalen could just. Just be like, okay, dude, you're not where you're at. I am where I'm at. I am the a guy on this team right now. I'm going to score all the points. I'm gonna take over. He's not doing that. And so I'm not sure how. What people expect Jalen to say, like, of course you would love, man. I just missed that guy so much, you know? But I do think Jalen enjoyed the freedom of just kind of. I mean, who wouldn't? He's worked hard, too, you know, but of course, I think he understands and knows we have to have Jason to win a championship, you know, but damn, we was. We were doing pretty well before when he was out, so let's give some respect to that. So I think it puts Jalen in a very interesting and difficult position, you know, because we want guys to be honest, and then we want them to say what we want them to say. Like, which one is it? You know, Jalen's been an open book to us. He. He keeps it real. He's been honest. He does not lie to us. And, oh, man, Jalen, you should have said this. But then we want these guys to be honest. We want the. We don't want these guys not to have any ego. We want these guys to be rah, rah, rah for the team. And it's. I don't care. What about my numbers? I don't care about my respect. It's just as long as we win. There's certain guys who are like that, and there are certain guys on the socks who want to hit a bunch of homers on the ruins who want to score a bunch of goals, and the Patriots who want to score touchdowns or get sacks. Like. And I'm not saying Jalen is, like, all about his Numbers. But I do think he wants to fulfill his personal potential, just as Jason does. You know, he wants his respect, that he feels like his. He has not gotten rightfully around the league. And I think he feels like he's soaking that in. When people say, man, that, damn, I didn't know Jason Jalen was capable of this. I think he likes that. So for me, I don't know what people really want him to say, and I don't think he said anything to where I'm like, you know, he's been honest. It's been an adjustment. You know, it's for the team. But I do think, visibly he's trying to help get Jason going. He doesn't want Jason to struggle. He doesn't want Jason to sit there in the corner and, like, be unsure of himself. What would benefit that. The team? What would benefit Jalen to do that? So he wants Jason to get going. I mean, and I've seen them, they passing each other the ball. They're giving each other the. The, like, got you. Like, I see it, and I don't know what other fans or, you know, people are looking at me, don't watch the whole Celtic game, but I just don't see a problem. I just don't see. I just think Jalen has been a team guy, a leader. Like he said, he's learned all. There's the new numerology, answers. He's learned all their numbers and. And. And. And he has been a complete leader. So I'm not sure what people expect out of Jalen. Like, I'm just, you know, like, could he save him from himself? Do I want him to be honest? Of course. I want every athlete I deal with to be honest. That's, you know, that's what we. That's what we're asking for, right? And then when they're honest, and then you get people and. And. And this is my problem. You get people who don't go to games, who've never talked, had a conversation with either. These guys giving their Jason Jalen, Dr. Joyce Brothers. It's probably for you guys, time. Damn synopsis of their damn relationship. And they've never even been to a Celtic game. They're just, like, harping on radio shows from what they see. And they. And then that becomes Boston media. And then I get. I get the fire from that because they look at me like, damn, what y' all talk? Why y' all ripping us? Like, it's not y'. All. It's some dude who doesn't do his homework, who's trying to make a name for himself, who's trying to go viral with his opinions. That's what we're doing here. So I think we had to be careful with this, Jake, because it's like they've never been to a game. They've never. They don't go to. They don't go to Media Day. You don't have a conversation with Jalen or Jason. They don't even get to know him. And it's okay for guys, everybody to have their own opinions, but when they're doing psycho dam analysis on the relationship between Jason and Jalen, like, and you've never had a conversation with one of them, that gets frustrating for the people who do have conversations with them and know their dynamic and have been around this for nine years and see their dynamic and how, like, you know, they dap each other. They call, you know, Jason calls them old man. Like. Like, people don't know that unless you're there. So I don't mind people having opinions, but it gets shaped as Adam and you know, this Boston media because one dude had a damn opinion because he's trying to go viral with the opinion. He's trying to make your Twitter page. He's trying to make the, you know, not the Twitter, the X page. That is the people you follow, but the ones that says for you.