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Tony Jones from The Athletic. My question is, what's this summer been like for you to just kind of handle mentally, emotionally, in terms of just dealing with upheaval for the first time in your career? What's it like now that you kind of have some finality with your situation and that you can move forward? Thank you, what's your name again? Tony. First and foremost, thank you for having me, everybody. Thank you to Francis J. Community is very important to me, so I'm excited to be able to do here my first intro to Philadelphia. Thank you to the organization, and I appreciate everybody that's in the room. I'm excited to be here, and I'm looking forward to the journey. To answer your question, it's been a lot of emotions, you know what I mean? It's been a process. To be honest, I'm still processing to some degree just one, the excitement of coming to a new city, new place, new expectations, new energy, and also leaving somewhere that you've been for a very, very long time. I've been in Boston for 10 years. I'm 29 years old, so I was there a third of my life. You know, I met some people, some lifelong friends, people I'll still be connected to, but, you know, in anything that you start something new, it's the end of something else, so it's just a process, just like everybody else has to deal with certain things. It's no different, but it's just been public, so that's the only difference. Hey, Jalen, back here in the middle. Hi, Gina Mizel from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Great to see you. You're obviously coming off a career season, and now you're joining a roster with a lot of expectations now going into this year. As you've gotten to know some of your new teammates and sort of gone through that sort of processing thing, just what do you feel like this team most needs from you, both on the court and off the court, especially with the championship experience that you bring? I'm not sure completely yet. I think we'll figure out as time goes on, as we start to spend time with each other, get on the court, and have conversations, et cetera, but I'm excited to just be myself. I think that's one thing that I can promise the city and the organization and the coaching staff that I'm gonna come in every single day and be myself, put my best foot forward, lead with my integrity, lead with my mentality, and lead with my capacity and my will to win, so we'll figure out the X's and O's and the N's and L's, but winning is the agenda, so that's the first thing that's on my mind. Hi, Jalen, over here, over here. Adam Aronson from Philly Voice. You've played against this team more than any other in your career. I'm curious, you sort of alluded to it, the process of not just turning the page on your 10 years in Boston, but sort of processing that this team that has been a rival of yours for so long is now where you're gonna be. Just what has that sort of been like, and how have you sort of processed that aspect of it as someone who's competed against this team for so long? Yeah, as someone who's competed against Philadelphia for a large amount of time, one thing I can say is the fan base here is incredible. Like, they really get behind the guys. It's one of the harder playing arenas to be in, you know, with the intensity level, with the engagement, so the fan, they just, you know, you can tell that they love the city and the team here, so that's the first thing that you notice, and then other than that, the talent level. There's always been talented players that have come through Philadelphia since I've been in the league, and this team now is no different, so being able to watch some of these guys from afar, Maxi and B, et cetera, and then developing their careers and even having a relationship with them even before I got here, you know, it's nothing but respect. You know, some of the best players in the league have been in Philadelphia, and now we're just all coming together, so I'm looking forward to the journey. Jaylen, right here. To your right, Pat Gallin from CBS. What has your communication been so far with members of the organization, Joel, Tyrese, have they, I'm sure they've reached out to you, but, you know, what has that level of communication been, and who reached out first? Who was the first one to get in touch with you after the trade? Man, who was the first one? I'm not even sure. When I first got traded, I just threw my phone across the room. But who was first? It might have been Max. I think Max, he reached out to me first. You know, he reached out and was like, I know it's a lot of stuff going on right now, but, you know, we're excited to have you, and stuff like that. Maxi and BJ was probably around the same time, but I would say that. What was the other question you asked? Oh, yeah, yeah. We talk with them there every day, almost. We got like group chats, multiple now, and we like, you know, we all trying to figure this thing out. LeBron, he's active in the group chat, so we just trying to all get on the same page. I think everybody, you know, knows how incredible the opportunity that we have, but we also gotta put in the work. So, you know, my focus is on that, putting in the work, earning the respect from the city, from the coaching staff, everything, like it take time, you know, so I understand how that process of when it works, you know, you gotta build from the foundation, and build up. You can't skip steps, so we're not skipping those steps, we start early. John, in the back here too. Adam Himmelsbach with Boston Globe. You mentioned on your live stream that there was kind of communication from the Celtics during the process, but then something changed, and you felt like there was kind of a lack of respect shown. What bothered you about how this all transpired? The whole process, but to be honest, I don't even, my mind is so focused on what's in front of me, I'm all, to be honest, I'm moving on. You know, maybe one day be sure the details of kind of how everything transpired, and all the moving parts that took place in this. Obviously, it's a lot of speculation. I feel no need to chime in on it, because I'm focused on what's in front of me. Just aside from that aspect of it, how do you look back on your time as a Celtic? I look back at the city of Boston, and I'm grateful. I've been able to develop as a man, as a human being there, spend a lot of time in the community, a lot of time at university, studying and learning, figuring out how to approach how I wanted to go about my philanthropy, figure out how I wanted to approach how to carry myself. A lot of my most important years, my most developmental years as a young man, I spent in Boston. I got there at 19. You know, so I didn't do a four-year degree, because I left early. So I spent time, you know, I got my degree in Boston, in a sense. I spent time there. So the relationships are still there. The connection is still there. You know, I'm looking forward to continuing my foundation work, and as well as expanding it to here, to Philadelphia. But, you know, I'm very grateful for my experience, my tenure in Boston. 10 years is a perfect cycle, perfect number for, you know, completion. So, you know, we won a championship, and I have nothing but respect for the city of Boston. But now, it's time to move forward a little bit. Jalen, Amy Fadool, NBC Sports Philadelphia, right here. A lot was made at the time of you being left off that Olympic roster, and you even spoke to how that kind of fueled you. Do you feel a similar sentiment after the trade, especially maybe when you're gonna face the Celtics this year? Say that one more time? You're gonna face them a couple times. Yeah. I'm just, hey, this is one day at a time. That's all I got. Jalen, to your left, in the back. David Murphy with the Philadelphia Inquirer. You're coming into a situation where, obviously, Joel's been here for a long time. Tyrese is pretty well-established. Then you've got kind of the king coming over. The dynamics, in terms of leadership, teammates, is that something that will need to be figured out? You know, the question of kind of whose team is it? Yeah, I mean, to be honest, it doesn't have to be anybody's team. It just needs to be based in respect and work, and that's kind of like my approach. I wanna earn everybody respect and trust, which takes time, you know what I mean? Obviously, it's a lot of guys with talent. It's egos, but to win, you gotta be able to sacrifice. You gotta be able to have trust and communication, so I wanna come in transparent. I wanna come in with my agenda on the table. Look, this is what I'm here to do. This is what I wanna do. I wanna win, and we kind of can figure out how to respectfully move around each other, but it takes a level of time to develop and earn respect from each other, but my approach has always been my work ethic, so like being the first to the gym, being in a film room, you know, I'm looking forward to learning from LeBron. I'm looking forward to learning from all those guys, but, you know, even LeBron, just everything that he's endured during his career on and off the floor, like one of my favorite things to do is learn. You know, I can't wait to just soak up as much information as I can and apply it to myself. And how would you characterize your relationship with Joel up until now, and what's the communication been like with you? Joel, it's been good, you know. Me and Joel have been friends throughout the years, have mutual respect, you know. I know he loves soccer. I love soccer, so we talk about that a lot and stuff like that. He reached out too when I got traded. He reached out the same day, and I talked to him on the phone, so I'm looking forward. I'm looking forward to earning everybody's trust and respect and grinding and impacting winning. And that's what I've done my whole career. I plan on doing the same thing here. Jalen, right here. Right over here. Paul Hendrick, Liberty Ballers, welcome to Philly. Just, you were a guy who was a high draft pick, but you came into a contending team in a very competitive situation. Vijay Edgecombe is dealing with kind of the same thing. I guess, what allows you to kind of have success in that environment, and what can you maybe pass along to him to help him as he kind of navigates that? Yeah, I think Vijay's in a similar situation than maybe that I was a couple years ago when we had some of those rosters.