Enrique: Man that was a long off-season. But we're back now and ready to put in work for the another season of Grizzly basketball. First to kinda recap on last year. We jumped out to a great record, mostly at home, before falling back down to Earth and ending up with the Sixth seed in the playoffs. We were able to surprise a much better Sacramento team and dispatch them in five games, before unceremoniously booted out in the 2nd round in a sweep to the Golden State Kemps...er Warriors. We were glad to get Vince and Shawn their first taste of what we hope will be many playoff appearances for the young duo.
Speaking of the duo formerly known as the trio with Baron Davis, this offseason we were looking to build around our three young guy and get pieces around them to get them back in the playoffs. However, as usual with this league, things don't always go according to plan. We got the unique opportunity to get the number one draft pick this season. We jumped on the chance and eventually decided to use the pick on the foreign 4/5 from Spain, Pau Gasol. Pau brings another young, flexible player to our core that we believe will help us push through after getting the chance to grow.
Into RFA and FA, we didn't really feel there was an opportunity for us in RFA, so while we threw out some half-hearted bids, we didnt expect much from them. After moving Theo Ratliff, we wanted to bring in another young defensive minded big in the build of Theo and Olowokandi who we had before. With that in mind, we made the decision to go after former Maverick Kelvin Cato. We finished out Free Agency by bringing in various talents to try to start in our Point Guard slot. While we're admittedly unsure where we are going with the position in the future, for now, we were pleasantly surprised with what Earl Boykins showed in Pre-season and he is among the finalists for the starting job.
I think that about covers it for now, we will now open the floor to any questions the media may have.
