You've got to build your way up and earn that. I think …

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Rick Carlisle has been known to be a coach who’s tougher on his rookies. Are you kind of scared of that, or are you embracing that? Braden Smith: No, you've got to embrace it. I mean, at the end of the day, you've got to come in and earn it. You've got to come in, and you start back on ground zero, really. You've got to build your way up and earn that. I think that’s where I will succeed and be good at because I’ve had to do that at every level I’ve been a part of. So for me, it’s just a simple game of doing the right things. And what helps is like playing in a system and a good system, like I was at Purdue. The Pacers have a good system, I can adjust and fit well in that. So I think for me, it’s very easy to just go out there and play free and whatever happens, happens.

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