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Trajan, Asar signing the five-year deal, just how important was it to get him under contract ahead of time
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And obviously we all know how important he is to this group as well. Yeah, Asar had a tremendous season last year, and obviously everybody knows what he's gone through from a health perspective
0:18
And coming back from that two years ago and becoming the player that was impactful on both ends of the floor for us last year
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and we have huge, you know, he's kind of a young man and player that you want
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in terms of he's going to bring it every day, he's going to compete every day
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he's going to work his butt off, you know, he's going to reach his potential. And so, you know, we're very happy and excited to get an extension done
0:43
and we know he's going to, you know, become the best basketball player he can
0:48
and continue to impact Detroit Pistons basketball for the foreseeable future. And was there any intent at a potentially having a co-star or how much did identify that core three of Kade, Assar and JD impact that
1:04
I think obviously it's always going to impact it from a financial standpoint
1:10
I knew both players were going to be expensive in terms of Katelyn and Assar
1:18
So with that, you do have to forward plan and understand what you can and cannot bring in
1:24
Did we look at some things? Did we talk about some things internally? Yes
1:28
Did anything come to fruition? No. But we'll always look at different ways to get better, whether it's through free agency or trade, and we'll continue to do that
