When might Ante Tomic and Raul Neto come over?

It’s very unusual that you have a set of bigs that we’ve had — some bigs that, frankly, predated me. And so, we could never really activate that asset and have serious conversations, just ’cause we had several centers, and Ante is a stone-cold “five.” But he’s someone that I really appreciated over the year — over the years, I should say.

He’s really improved, and Quin’s experience in the Euroleague, when he was in Moscow one year with Ettore Messina, he got to see a lot of these players which is a huge advantage for us, because he knew Joe Ingles. You know, as soon as Joe got waived, you know, he had corporate knowledge — they had coffee together in a lobby in Europe, and he knew that [Ingles] could fit the culture that we’re trying to build.

And the same thing with Ante. You know, immediately, he, Quin knew we had his rights before he ever took the job, and he was very excited about Ante, his size at 7-2, and his unique passing skills. And so, there are some things that are very intriguing, and we hope to have some serious dialogue going forward, and you never know.

But certainly with how we’ve positioned the team, we’d have a chance to activate that asset that we’ve never had before.
Raul is Raul. He’s, plays with great energy. Even though he’s a little undersized, he’s an excellent defender already. Very good lateral movement. He plays with great imagination. He’s a pass-first guy.

He didn’t shoot the ball so far this year with his club team as well as he shot the ball this summer with Brazil, but he’s someone that we’re very excited about moving forward. And we don’t know what that means relative to this year or future seasons, but again, we think he’s, you know, he’s a good player that could fit our group.