" Great playing career great broadcasting career during the offseason and he decided to come coach take us do that thought process. Some did you decide to make -- you know was always in the back my mind as I thought about coaching always wondered if I did good -- if I wanted to do us open I would enjoy. The third set -- broadcasting -- really like that it was great for my schedules. Tom and then I had an opportunity I've played with Terry quarter when you're in Miami got to be great friends about. We kept in touch pretty regularly after that he contacted me and we started talking justified ever thought about coaching. -- that I had and now. You know -- just kept on going what golf one days of like who are talking about maybe you know coming on to have my staff. -- about it sensitive. There's ever are ever an opportunity for me do this is the time. Well yeah all. No and I'm all. So far the rewards what do you do not -- an assistant coach. It's it's fun being back in the NBA I mean I've never really left because effort plays they got the broadcast but it's not the same me he missed that competitive edge. -- be in the locker room every day to be in the coaches room. Positive part of a planning practices. It's a whole different kind of feeling so that's very rewarding got a wide open shot here he started out well -- And you turn a slow down then you do best. He's right on obvious downside might be -- time demands were you surprised that this is a player you knew what assistant coaches did -- now the seriousness. Pretty surprising how much it takes of your time. Yes and no I knew was there take a lot of time and could be traveling again. Spending a lot of time in the gym yeah -- have a lot of other interest. In the valley that I do our business and other things and I knew that that would take a backseat let it realise how little time that I would have slightly got surprised me a little bit because this is pretty much in every day thing. Takes up. An awful lot of time so -- I knew that but maybe not to the extent that there was. AJD who played for some great coaches Pat Riley -- continue through the influences that you take. Did your job now as assistant coach trying to greatest thing about that is. Do your continuity. Pat Riley from two great coaches like he says but. So what's different and I think that's great because I can pull a lot from cotton and I pull up from. Riley as a player of how they went about things and what they did and I think ultimately as a coach. Going up and get yourself from you can hold different things from different coaches but -- your own personality got it just. They're real gut feelings and you just gotta be who you are -- that's. Every posting name is desperate to identify them."