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February 7, 2010 - At Air Canada Centre, Chris Bosh scored 12 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth quarter, lifting the Raptors to a 115-104 win over the Kings, sending Sacramento to its sixth straight loss. Kevin Martin scored 24 points for the Kings who fought back from an early 10-point second quarter deficit and led by seven, 91-84, with 11:11 left in the fourth quarter. The Raptors went on an 8-0 run to take a 92-91 lead. With the score tied, 96-96, Toronto used an 11-1 spurt to take control of the game and lead, 107-97, with 3:28 remaining. A Martin pulled the Kings within seven, but the Raptors answered with a Bosh alley oop dunk and a three-pointer by Andrea Bargnani. Spencer Hawes recorded a double-double with 14 points and a game-high-tying 11 rebounds. Donte Greene added 13 points. Tyreke Evans accounted for 11 points, four rebounds, and nine assists. Jason Thompson returned to the Kings’ lineup after a two-game absence to tally 10 points and six rebounds off the bench. Bosh also recorded a double-double, grabbing a game-high-tying 11 boards. Bargnani finished with 22 points. Hedo Turkoglu and Antoine Wright each contributed 16 points. The Kings outrebounded the Raptors, 46-39, but could not connect on their free throws, missing nine of their 36 attempts.

On today’s game…
Well, we had a lead in the fourth quarter and couldn’t hold it. We missed a lot of free throws, we couldn’t control Bosh and Antoine Wright made some big plays for them. In general, we couldn’t stop them. We shot 56 per cent, we did a good job on the boards, we did a lot better job with our turnovers but we couldn’t finish the deal and it was primarily because we couldn’t get the stops we needed. The 42-44 minutes of really good basketball for us and the four-six minutes that wasn’t, gives us a loss to take down to New York with us.

Thoughts on the play of Chris Bosh…
We were trying to make it tough for him to catch it, we were trying to double him, in certain situations, sometimes on the dribble, sometimes early. They do a good job of spacing the floor and slotting him in places where it’s hard to double. He had a terrific game. A terrific game by a terrific player.

What happened down the stretch in the fourth quarter?
Well, we missed a bunch of free throws, we missed some open shots and it seemed like it was going back and forth. Neither team was very successful at keeping the other team from getting good shots. We blinked, we missed, they didn’t. And then we’re playing from behind in desperation. The other team gets a cushion and they capitalized very well on that too.

DONTE GREENE (13 points, five rebounds)

Thoughts on Chris Bosh today…
An All-Star in the league, a good player when he gets going like that you just try and stay in front of him. Keep contact with him and try and make it as uncomfortable as possible, but it is tough when he gets going like that for anyone to stop him.

When Toronto started making shots and the crowd got going, did you guys start to tense up?
I wouldn’t say tensing up, we just didn’t make shots, normal shots that we make. Missing free throws often hurts you and giving up 56 per cent from the field makes it tough to win a game.

Did the early start have an effect today?
I don’t like to make excuses. It is 9:00 am our time and we woke up at 6:00 some of us 5:00. It is our job so we can’t really make excuses on it.

TYREKE EVANS (11 points, nine assists)

What happened late in the fourth quarter?
I thought we just didn’t play it out. We had good looks, I was trying to find my teammates too and doing a good job of attacking the paint. I was just trying to win and create for others. They have an All-Star on their team Chris Bosh and he played a great game.

You guys are on the cusp a lot, right there but not quite enough…
That is one of our problems. Coach says that we are almost there, but that is not going to get us where we want be. We just have to find a way to close out games down the stretch but we had good looks. We didn’t turn the ball over, it’s just that we didn’t make shots at the end of the game.

How have you transitioned from one year of college to the NBA?
I just go out there and play the game. When I go out there and play it is just natural to me. I just try and go out there and play with my teammates, try and find open guys and get it done.

JAY TRIANO (Head Coach)

Thoughts on the play defensively in the second half…
We didn’t want to show too soon. We stayed with our traditional stuff and then midway through the fourth or whenever we think we need it, we make the adjustment that we have been making. We were able to get guys on the floor that we wanted on the floor because we had foul trouble early, but we wanted Antoine (Wright) on the floor and we wanted him guarding Tyreke (Evans) as much as we could at the end of the game.

Thoughts on the defensive play against Tyreke Evans…
I think it is a little bit of everything. Everybody is involved in it, but he still makes plays for other people. We didn’t want to get too sucked into the paint trying to help on him and have them kick for threes. We knew this team could score coming in. We knew they had no problem scoring. With Kevin Martin back in the lineup and Tyreke (Evans) playing the way he is they can put points up quick. They get a ball that bounces in off our guy on a rebound, bank in a 15-footer and then they make three threes in a row and all of a sudden it is a ball game. Our guys had to bear down in the fourth and we did defensively.

Thoughts on the decision making of Chris Bosh in the fourth quarter…
Chris (Bosh) is a smart basketball player. He knew after scoring going to the basket and going to the basket that they had to come; they had to trap him. I give out guys credit because for a change we didn’t just stand on the perimeter. We had guys cutting and diving and Chris found them and then when we didn’t find those guys we swung it and found somebody else moving. Teams are in a hole when they have to send two guys at him. Our guys did a pretty good job sharing the basketball and moving it and everybody gets credit when the ball goes in.

ANTOINE WRIGHT (16 points, five rebounds)

Thoughts on the similarities between Chris Bosh and Dirk Nowitzki…
A lot of the plays we ran in Dallas were isolations for Dirk (Nowitzki) at the elbow. Aside from Chris (Bosh) being left- handed, a lot of his game is face-up to the basket, jab steps, shooting jump shots and pretty much everyone else having to respect that and staying home. If you leave Andrea (Bargnani), he is a shooter, Jose (Calderon) is shooting the ball well, (Jarrett) Jack is shooting the ball well, so it’s all about having those surrounding shooters around a great player.

Thoughts on the level of intensity….
We have to play with that type of an attitude at home because that is what all the winning teams have. They have a type of swagger about them and in order for teams to understand how hard it’s going to be to play against us; we have to play with that type of intensity.

CHRIS BOSH (36 points, 11 rebounds, five assists)

What was the key for your performance today…
I just wanted to be patient. I am feeling really confident right now, especially in my teammates. A few times they had their guy on the island, so in that situation I am going to attack them as much as possible.

Thoughts on the energy in the fourth quarter tonight…
Most of the time when I am sitting down in the post, guys are going to double. I think we have a lot of weapons and we are really starting to get our chemistry right. They double team, the ball gets them moved and we have three-point shooters. When we have our shooters with defenders closing out on them usually it is to our advantage.

HEDO TURKOGLU (16 points, five assists)

Thoughts on wearing the mask…
They wanted me to wear it, but I didn’t. I wanted to look at the big picture for my career, for my life and from the team’s perspective. If I get hit it could keep me out longer than expected. I don’t need to be stupid or be a hero about it. I just have to put it on and try and do the best I can. Tonight I tried to focus on the game. I wanted to play aggressive and play my game.

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February 5, 2010 - At ARCO Arena, Amar’e Stoudemire tallied 30 points and Steve Nash narrowly missed his fourth career triple-double with 23 points, eight rebounds, and 10 assists as the Suns defeated the Kings, 114-102. Phoenix jumped out to a 18-8 lead and never let up, pushing the lead to as many as 29 points late in the third quarter. When the Suns faltered for a moment, the Kings managed to trim the Suns’ lead down to 10 midway through the third quarter before Nash buried a three-pointer way beyond the arc to ignite a 22-3 run to all but end the Kings’ comeback thoughts. Donte Greene led all players with a career-high 31 points. Omri Casspi added 17 points and Tyreke Evans scored 13. Casspi led the Kings with eight rebounds. Stoudemire led the Suns with nine rebounds. The two teams combined for 58 personal fouls (Phoenix 30, Sacramento 28) and 79 trips to the free throw line (Sacramento 40, Phoenix 39).

“Well that first quarter barrage just put us back on our heels for the whole game. I thought that they came out and really took care of business, especially (Robin) Lopez and (Steve) Nash. They dominated us inside and Nash was hitting those buzzer-beating threes that are improbable for most but routine for him. So we were just back on our heels and we could never really get back in the game. We made a little run at the start of the third quarter and cut it to 10 and then we had Nash hit one of those from about 10 feet behind to put it up 13. Then we didn’t execute two plays in a row and they went down and got dunks because of it. Then it was pretty much (playing) catch-up the rest of the way. It’s a great team loaded with all-stars and they played very, very well. We couldn’t dig ourselves out of the hole.”

“The things that we worked on – probably the worst team in the world to play against is the Suns after you do that. We’re trying to do a better job of controlling penetration and when you do that Nash can pick you apart. They have the best three-point shooting team in the league. For the most part, the things that hurt us the most in the first quarter were second shots. That hasn’t been that bad of a problem all year but it was a horrible problem in the first half. Nash wasn’t missing shots himself and when they did happen to miss, Lopez got the second shot and he was dominant in that first quarter. That really gave them some separation. So it wasn’t the things we worked on as much as the things that they did too well for us to overcome.”

“Well we had a great defensive stop, only to have Nash take a buzzer-beater from about 10 feet behind the line and he made that, and that put us down 13. Then we had a play we called and we didn’t go down and run it. We diagramed it out of a time out and we had two guys running it and three guys where they weren’t supposed to be. So we were so confused on the way back and they got a dunk. I guess we lost focus. Then we went down and were supposed to run the next play, then they ran something we’d never seen before, they got another dunk, so then it was 17. So that’s what happened.”

“Well we came out very well at the start of the third quarter. We came out, we cut it down to 10 and then I just explained twice what happened after that – we were playing catch-up the rest of the game.”

“We’ve had stretches in various games, I think I can point to a few that were pretty good. So I don’t necessarily say it always happens at the same time. But we do have the air go out of our balloon way too often, and I will agree with you on that.”

“Well this road trip is kind of tough. I don’t want to give us an excuse in advance but it’s probably the worst scheduling I’ve ever. To fly east and play a noon game – I don’t think that was very good scheduling. Having said that, we have played an incredible string of great teams and they’ve been playing really well. So we got hit with a two by four and we’ll see if we’re still standing. I think we will be.”

“I thought Donte (Greene) was outstanding for us tonight, obviously. The numbers are excellent and he took a major step forward again as he has been lately. Donte has probably come further than anybody else we have this year improvement-wise and I don’t see him slowing down at all.”

Donte Greene

On if it is hard to keep the passion going
“No, because we are a young team. We have to go out there and play the game and to do what we do every night is a blessing for us young guys. I think it would be harder (to keep the passion) if we were a veteran team. When guys have been in the league longer and they lose and start worrying about getting their contacts. We are a young team though, so we are going to keep going out there and fight every night and play hard.”

“The season is starting to pick up and teams are playing more aggressive especially with the veteran teams that are coming in, and that is why we need to keep fighting. It isn’t about coming out and giving up, we are coming out and still playing hard. We were down 30 and we were still fighting and playing hard. That is a good sign for a young team. All you can do is keep playing, that is all you can do and keep fighting.”

On the Phoenix Suns’ play tonight
“They have been together for a while and they have one of the best point guards in the league in Steve Nash. They have veteran leadership in Grant Hill and Jason Richardson. They are just a veteran team. For us, we are just not hitting shots and they were hitting everything. It was just one of those nights.”

“To see how far I have come from the summer time and feeling like coach hated me. To now, I am playing hard. He is giving me praises and it is definitely big for me. I am just trying to keep going.”

Spencer Hawes

“I think that we improved tonight. There were a lot of times tonight where we made the right rotations. It wasn’t like we made them too late or when we were foul trouble. I am not sure how many free throws they ended up shooting, but with a team like that you can do everything right and they can still beat you. They just play basketball the right way.”

On the team this year
“I think that this group that we have here is resilient. We look at every game as a new opportunity and a new chance to get back on track. That is how is has to be or else it will start to feel like last year.”

On Kevin Martin’s play lately
“It is just a matter of time before he gets back into his rhythm and adjusts to a bit of a new system. He wasn’t a 20-plus scorer in the league for the last few years for no reason. He is more than capable. He is just having some tough bounces.”

Kevin Martin
“It just wasn’t me out there. I have been here for five years and I just don’t feel the same out there. I just can’t put a finger on it. I have never been in a situation like this before.”

“I feel fine physically, mentally? No.”

Phoenix Suns Head Coach Alvin Gentry

On being happy to get the win against the Kings

“It was a good win for us. Anytime you get a win on the road is a good win. They have been playing good basketball. The only problem they have had is they haven’t been able to win close games. They have probably lost more close games than anyone this season.”

On how they won
“It helped with Tyreke (Evans) getting in foul trouble early. He couldn’t play as aggressive as he usually does. I thought we were really efficient offensively in what we were doing. I thought we got the ball to the right people. Steve (Nash) got off to a great start and seems to be real aggressive against these guys. I wish he would be that way even more so sometimes. His shot was there and he got us off to a great start.”

On his team’s defensive play
“I thought we did a good job defensively. We had some breakdowns later on from a dribble penetration standpoint, but I thought, for the most part, that we did a very good job against them.”

On what stood out to him
“I just thought we did a really good job of staying aggressive. More so than anything, I thought we did a great job of defending. We had them under 40 percent most of the first half and we limited their second shots. Then I thought we came down and executed and got some big hoops. Even when they made their little run back at us, I thought we always came up with a basket that kind of stopped their run and kept a substantial lead. Other than the Denver game the other night, it is probably the most complete game we have played.”

Phoenix Suns Guard Steve Nash

On building some momentum as a team
“Yeah we are getting some momentum, but I think we are consistent. We are playing a little harder and a little sharper mentally, and our focus is better. It has given us confidence to stay with it. Before, I think we overanalyzed and thought too much. Sometimes, you make up for your mistakes by playing hard and being competitive. I think we have seen a better streak of that.”

On the Kings’ rally efforts
“They got it down to 10, and then I think we went on a 22-3 run. It was a solid performance, but there were stretches we let them back and we did job of turning it on against them. Overall I think we did a great job.”

On having fun during times like this
“It is fun. It is hard work. It is difficult to win games, but it pays off, you know, and is a lot of fun. Especially on nights like tonight when you get up and go on a 22-3 run on the road at the end of a trip. It is rewarding.”

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A day after his 32-point, eight-assist, seven-rebound effort against the San Antonio Spurs, including 10 points in the final 37 seconds, Kings rookie sensation Tyreke Evans was named to Sacramento’s Haier Shooting Stars team at All-Star Weekend.

Already headlining the Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam with rookie teammate Omri Casspi, Evans is excited to join Kings legend Chris Webber and NY Liberty forward Nicole Powell in the competition against teams from Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta.

“Hopefully we can get a win,” Evans said smiling after Thursday’s practice.

As for the final-minute surge, which his teammate Spencer Hawes likened to a Reggie Miller-esque finish, it meant little to the Kings point guard.

“I didn’t really know until after the game,” Evans said. “A couple teammates told me that. It wasn’t good enough. We didn’t get the win when we should (have), so it didn’t really mean much to me.”

Although he’s missed time caused by a bruised left hip and a sprained right ankle, Evans said he felt well the morning after his first game back. As tough as his teammate Casspi has been all season, the Kings forward missed Thursday’s practice due to a stomach virus.

Watch - Kings Practice: Tyreke Evans.

After the setback to another veteran, current playoff-bound team, Coach Paul Westphal said he’s staying true to his preseason message, being honest. Lately, his truthfulness has been most evident in film sessions where the Kings head coach points out specific areas where players and the team need to improve. Despite the stretch of tough outcomes the team has endured, Westphal remains positive and committed to teaching the young players.

“I’m loving it,” Westphal said of the season overall. “We started down the road to respectability and I can see it up ahead. I just don’t know how far it is in the future. But I told the team today, as long as we get better every day (it’s) all we can ask and the least we can ask, as well.”

With the Phoenix Suns coming to town for their final regular season appearance in Sacramento, Westphal says what the team needs to do to be successful is apparent to players and fans alike.

“It sticks out, and everybody can see it,” he said. “Our defense is too soft in the middle. We don’t do a good job controlling the dribbler. We don’t do a good job of helping at the point of the screen. We don’t do a good job of rotating and covering the basket. A lot of those things are experience-type things, team defense that’s being learned by the young players. Also, some of it is effort, and we have to sort out which is which as we go forward.”

Watch - Kings Practice: Coach Westphal.

As the team’s starting center, Hawes, who has combined for 41 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and four blocks in his last two games, says, although the interior may be giving up too many points, it’s a responsibility of the team to slow down inside scoring, not just the Kings frontline.

“It’s a collective effort to turn that around,” he said. “We all kind of have to be on a string. The first thing is keeping your man between you and the hoop, and once that breaks down everyone has to (react accordingly with help defense).”

Watch - Kings Practice: Spencer Hawes.

Leading up to the Kings-Spurs tilt, shooting guard Kevin Martin had averaged 28.7 points per contest over the past three outings, while he only notched 15 points against the Spurs, he said the team and him just need to put together one strong game to regain the early season swagger.

“We just need one to get it going,” he said. “We just learn from our mistakes last game and hopefully correct them and win and get over this hump.”

Asked if he thinks the team is making steps in the right direction, Martin said, “Yes, we just need to do it over a 48-minute period and finish off some of these games.”

Watch - Kings Practice: Kevin Martin.

See Martin, Hawes and the Kings take on Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire and the Suns on Friday at ARCO Arena at 7 p.m. Buy tickets now.

February 3, 2010 - At ARCO Arena, filling in for the injured Tony Parker, George Hill scored a career-high-tying 23 points and dished out a career-best nine assists and made four free throws in the final 6.5 seconds to help the Spurs hold off the Kings, 115-113. The Spurs extended their winning streak over the Kings to eight games and sent the Kings to their fourth straight setback. The Kings fell behind by as many as 13 points in the fourth quarter, but staged a rally as Tyreke Evans was involved on each of the Kings’ final eight baskets. Evans’ three-pointer with 6.9 seconds left brought the Kings within four, 111-107. Hill made two free throws for a 113-107 Spurs lead, but Andres Nocioni drilled a trey to bring the Kings to within three, 113-110, with 4.1 seconds remaining. Hill again was fouled and went to the free throw line, sinking both attempts to seal the win. An Evans’ three-pointer at the buzzer gave the rookie a game-high 32 points, 17 coming in the final quarter. Evans also led the Kings in rebounds (7) and assists (8) while recording two steals and a block. Spencer Hawes tallied 18 points and Kevin Martin added 15. Four Spurs scored 20 or more points: Hill (23), Tim Duncan (22), Manu Ginobili (20), and DeJuan Blair (20). Duncan finished with a double-double, grabbing a game-high 13 rebounds.

“I thought the Spurs were really tough-minded for 48 minutes. We didn’t have one of those quarters (where we had a long scoring drought) but we had stretches for two or three minutes here and there. It’s a smart veteran team that knows how to close quarters, that knows how to get to the penalty first in the key quarters, and a lot of times for us that’s the difference between winning and losing a game. We don’t have the knack for that and I think we’ll get it, but the Spurs have it. They played 48 minutes of tough, smart basketball, they knocked down shots and they exploited us. They really are great at getting to the basket and we are very poor at protecting the basket. So as well as we played in so many areas, they ground us down in the areas that win and lose games. I take my hat off to them. As somebody who loves basketball, it’s a great team to watch. As somebody who’s coaching against them, we’re 0 and 3 against them because of the things that make them so special.”

On DeJuan Blair:
“That guy is unbelievable. He was a legendary rebounder in college and there’s no reason to think that he won’t probably lead the league in rebounding if he ever gets enough minutes. But it’s a pretty good one-two punch, him and (Tim) Duncan.”

On Tyreke Evans:
“Well you can’t really say enough about Tyreke. He’s 20 years old and he’s got respect throughout the league for the kind of competitor he is, plus the kind of talent and poise that he has. He’s an unbelievable player and as this team grows around him, he’s going to get a lot of national attention because he’s the kind of player that can make the team legitimate.”

On Beno Udrih:
“Well Beno has had that plantar fasciitis and really has looked a little slower than he ordinarily is. Sergio (Rodriguez) has been playing so well that it was just a decision to go with Sergio instead of Beno tonight. I told him that I’d probably use him (at some point) – that I was going to use Sergio as the backup point and that I’d probably use him behind Kevin (Martin). But I really didn’t want him to go out there and guard Ginobili when they subbed Ginobili at the two. When it was time for Kevin to take a rest I put Ime (Udoka) in. During the second half we used Donte (Greene) to guard Ginobili because of the way the matchups were. I didn’t see playing Beno two or three minutes in each half, so we went a different direction.”

On Spencer Hawes:
“I think Spencer really played well tonight. It’s a tall order to battle Tim Duncan – I don’t care if you call him a power forward, he’s probably the best center in the league. So he worked (hard tonight). Duncan got the best of him because Duncan is Duncan, but I thought Spencer played an excellent game. He’s taking steps in the right direction consistently.”

Spencer Hawes
“That is like our theme. We get too far down and then we go and try to make a comeback. We just fall too short. They were running the pick-and-roll and getting set up pretty nicely in the key. According to the stats sheet they did dominate.”

On Tim Duncan
“If he gets the ball in the right spots and you don’t play him the right way those are the results you have.”

On Tyreke Evans
“He came back tonight with authority. We needed a little bit extra out of him and out of everyone tonight. With Jason Thompson missing, he (Tyreke) really brought it.”

“We almost got back and I kept telling them we need Reggie Miller (against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden) or someone needs to play that role. I think we had a game like that last year and we forced it into overtime. You have to have as many learning experiences as you can.”

Tyreke Evans
“They did a good job on the pick-and-roll. They ran away, that is what closed the game.”

On what San Antonio did differently then Sacramento
“I thought that we were getting good looks, we just weren’t hitting anything. They did a good job of getting into the penalty. Their offense was getting good shots at the end of the shot clock and we weren’t doing a good job of that.”

On what went wrong tonight
“I don’t know. We went out there and played hard. At the end of the game we just can’t find a way to pull it out. It seemed like everyone was playing their hardest and trying to get the win. I think our execution is terrible.”

On his ankle and bruised hip
“I was ok. I was playing at probably 90 percent. My ankle didn’t stiffen up, but it was just a little sore. I was just thinking that I have to play through it and I went out there and gave it a run. It wasn’t as bad as it was last game. I am going to keep going at this and keep trying to play hard.”

Jon Brockman

On the team’s current frustrations
“The frustration builds, but we are taking it out in different ways. We are not spreading apart. Of course we are mad that we are losing, no one wants to lose, and everyone wants to win. We are not taking it out on each other. We are staying together. I think the only way that you can take it out is to work harder, stay focused and stay on the right path.”

San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich

George Hill’s performance…
“George is probably the most improved player in the whole league. From his rookie year, last year to this year he’s starting to get confident and played well at both ends of the floor. He’s going to be a really fine player for us.”

Team’s defense…
“We played pretty good defense for about four or five minutes and we got the lead. Other than that we stunk defensively. They did a good job. They hung in, stayed aggressive, stayed active, and stayed in the game.”

DeJuan Blair’s performance …
“DeJuan is having a really good rookie year. He’s like a stat machine. Points and rebounds, he just gets them. I don’t know what the hell he’s doing. He has no moves. I’ve taught him nothing and he scores and rebounds. So I just leave him alone and not screw up a good thing. It’s wonderful.”

Manu Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs Guard

George Hill’s contribution…
“It’s been very important. Defensively he’s been very solid, most of the time guarding the best opponent. He’s developed a great mid-range shot, very reliable on the corner three and attacking the rim because of his length and athleticism. He’s been huge for us. Today he was just magnificent. He played all over the court very well and made big free throws down the stretch. He’s a big contributor.”

Taking over the game defensively in an offensive game…
“It was a small stretch. When you come to Sacramento and let the home team score 60 points in the first half. That’s not a great thing especially for us. In the third quarter we improved. In the fourth we did better. The last two minutes were kind of crazy. They made big threes and scored a lot of points but in the second half we really stepped up.”

Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs Center

George Hill’s contribution…
“He’s been great for us. His development especially this year has come so quick. He’s turned into a real threat for us and the best perimeter defender. He’s kind of an all-around player for us and playing big minutes. He’s stepped up to bat and he’s done a great job for us.”

Sacramento Kings’ improvement…
“They’ve improved. Tyreke (Evans) has turned into a heck of a player and leader. Kevin (Martin)’s starting to get healthy and get back on the floor. They have a great young core and have a promising future.”