In terms of the balance of power in the NBA, it certainly feels like things have shifted toward the East. Have you felt something similar? Paolo Banchero: I mean it's a lot of big names coming to the East. I've always felt like the East is the better conference, even though I think in the past we've been more slept on. I think you saw that this year with the Knicks and their run. Guys see it around the league. The East is wide open in my opinion — a lot of guys feel that, that's why a lot of free agents are coming. But I'm excited and the team's excited. Like I said earlier, last year wasn't what we wanted. It didn't go how we wanted. But a lot of people are going to forget about us and count us out, so it's on us to go and show that we're an elite team in this league.
We got a chance to win the East.
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