00:00right now we bring to you from the Dallas Mavericks it is Santi Aldama good morning sir
00:08good morning now can you walk us through something Dusty May said after the game yesterday he was
00:15asked if this is one that you just flush as soon as you can he said flush it emotionally but
00:20no
00:21how do you because you play long enough you'll go through things like this how do you just kind of
00:26bounce back after a really tough night for the team yeah I think it's tough to flush you try to
00:34flush it emotionally like coach said but even that is tough because you know when when you lose like
00:40this it's not about losing or about how much you lose but more the way you lose I think we
00:45lost
00:45without being true to our identity and the way we play we don't recognize ourselves so I think that's
00:52what's tough about it uh but we just got to use it to learn I mean you can't have a
00:57loss like this
00:57and not learn uh so for us it's how do we avoid this and how do we compete in days
01:02where you know
01:03shots are not falling or things are not going our way or whatever the case may be and that's what
01:08we're focused on right now yeah I probably I would move on by just having a really nice sandwich but
01:12uh
01:13but you guys obviously have a lot of a lot of the other pressures on you I I'm you said
01:17something
01:17though about the being true to your identity and I'm this early in the season uh this kind of a
01:23group still trying to figure out what it is maybe Dusty has an idea of what the do you know
01:28what the
01:28identity of this team is right now yeah we're we're gritty we're we're together we we all go as one
01:35we
01:35we play hard we communicate and you know I think as as the game you know went on and we
01:41we struggled we
01:42we're kind of you know just letting the game affect us and we just got to do what we agree
01:48on doing we
01:48got to do what we practice and and I feel like we we got emotional you know we just yeah
01:53we we
01:54struggled and and we didn't come back together as a unit like we've done in the past or in other
01:58games
01:59where you know we've bounced back so like I said it's learning we're getting to know each other we're
02:03we're learning how to play together but again unacceptable and we just gotta you know go to Cleveland now and
02:09and take care of business is is this kind of the kind of a game not this last night specifically
02:14but
02:14basketball in general where like one dude can just be like I'm going rogue and I'm doing it all my
02:20own
02:20or does it have to be kind of played with that same energy amongst the group yeah I think group
02:27uh you
02:28know I think we're a team and anything we do on the court off the court and and you know
02:33we we just
02:34got to find ways to do it all as a unit like it's it's one of those rare days where
02:38everybody has it
02:40going for themselves and as a group we're not connected uh or as much as we normally are uh but
02:46we just got to find ways to do it you know we're a great team great great group of guys
02:49obviously great
02:50basketball players great coaching staff and we just got to regroup you know when adversity hits
02:54we got to regroup and you know it's easy to do it after the game when you know you watch
02:58the film
02:58and understand but we got to be able to do it on the go and again we've done in the
03:03past but you
03:03know uh what Minnesota did yesterday it was it was more than that and we we weren't able to do
03:08it but
03:08like like I said what we got to gain from this game is it's learning how to do it so
03:13it doesn't
03:13happen again what did you think about the way the Mavs played specifically in the first half because I
03:18know like he fell into a deficit but I guess I just I didn't think outside of a handful of
03:24possessions
03:24that the team played particularly bad in the first half how would you break down specifically
03:29the first half for the Mavs last night yeah I think we you came out playing well uh you know
03:37it's a game
03:37of runs I think they had a pretty pretty big run we kind of you know regrouped and and did
03:44a little
03:44pushback and then uh again they had another run and then I think we let that affect us I think
03:51basketball wise we did a good job maybe you know we we let them shoot a couple easy ones that
03:57got
03:57them going we we missed them some open shots and you know you don't get in the rhythm they're in
04:03maybe
04:03so we just got to find ways in which we don't allow the other team to get in a rhythm
04:07or when they make
04:08tough shots you don't let them get in a rhythm and and like I said keep regrouping like it's a
04:13game
04:13of runs but you know whatever the reason was behind it we we just got to come come together as
04:19a team
04:19and we are we're a very close group but you know it's tough to do it in game but that's
04:23what winning
04:24teams do and that's what we want to do but seriously Santi if there was a sandwich that was going
04:29to
04:29change your life do you have a thought like this is the sandwich that's going to make my day better
04:36uh ham and cheese sandwich that's my go-to that's very typical in Spain so yeah if there was a
04:43sandwich
04:43I mean I don't think there's a sandwich that can change what happened yesterday or make me feel any
04:47better about it but that would be one for sure you know what now that Corey's got me into this
04:51trend
04:51when you talk about that ham and cheese sandwich is it just ham and cheese do you trick it up
04:56with
04:56a bunch of condiments or do you keep it simple no keep it simple I I'm a very you know
05:04simple like
05:05like traditional guy so if you add more stuff I don't like it are we talking sourdough bread or what
05:12kind of bread are we rocking here no just yes sourdough anything goes honestly as long as it's
05:18plain ham and cheese we're good okay I look and I know I promise we'll have more basketball questions
05:24I don't know I like sandwich talk this is a rarity because people always say that I have the palate
05:30of
05:30a five-year-old because I like things like meat and cheese only no sauces or anything like that
05:35do you feel like we are misunderstood people uh 100 uh I feel like I've been misunderstood my whole
05:43life in that sense I get it I'm told I have the palate of a five-year-old probably every
05:49week uh but
05:50it's not something I'm I'm embarrassed of you know I'm just a very traditional guy when I pick a
05:56restaurant and I go back to the same restaurant I'm ordering the same stuff if it was good so that's
06:02just the way I am though you know just you know old habits okay now aside from the fact that
06:08I'm
06:08not important I get it I understand aside from the fact that you're almost a foot taller than I am
06:13and
06:13I'm not particularly athletic I feel like we've really found a lot of things in common now you just
06:18said when you go back to a restaurant you order the same thing are you ever with somebody and they
06:23decide to order something new and they're like oh I didn't like my food and you're like well you
06:27probably should have ordered something you already knew you liked you know yeah I 100% feel that way
06:33and I respect you know people want to try new stuff and I love it when we're sharing but if
06:38there's a
06:39moment where everybody has their own plate I'm sticking to myself and some people are bothered by
06:43that they're like hey you've been here five times why do you keep ordering the same stuff don't you want
06:48to try anything else I'm like yes I want to if we share but if I have to make that
06:53decision for
06:54myself yeah I know I'm going home happy if I get the steak and fries so I'm not going to
06:58get
06:59something else because there's a chance I don't go home as happy or I'm just thinking about what I
07:04should have done that's important what I always do people people will be irritated at me because
07:08I'm like oh I love that restaurant they're like oh yeah what all do they have and I'm like oh
07:12I know
07:12this one thing that I have one true yeah that's really good so I can't really tell you anything
07:18beyond that so that gets you there for sure all right you talked about y'all are making the trip
07:24to Cleveland are you because we were going to talk with the GM are y'all about to hop on
07:28the plane like
07:29in the next hour and a half or so yeah yeah we're about to leave the hotel right now now
07:34whenever
07:34whenever you're on the plane do you just lock in on basketball study and that's what that time is for
07:41you is that a time for further team bonding do you just need something outside of basketball to take
07:46your mind off of it all what is your process for that uh depends depends what we're flying like
07:54you know today if we're watching film at the hotel then I'll probably just use it to disconnect and and
08:00do my own thing or or maybe sleep uh post-game sometimes if we fly after the game and you
08:07know
08:07you're not going to fall asleep then you'll re-watch the game try to you know see what you did
08:11well
08:11where you did wrong uh so it really depends on the moment uh but right now I'm probably going to
08:18take a nap I'm not gonna lie it's probably pretty smart uh ham and cheese expert Santi Aldama joining
08:23us here on the KC Masterpiece on 105.3 The Fan you're home of the Dallas Mavericks I'm kind of
08:28curious in the in the conversations who are the guys uh in that locker room I feel like Kyrie is
08:34probably definitely one of the guys that has some conversations but who are the guys that are
08:37going to speak up and and and have have some uh talks about what we can do better as a
08:43team
08:43rather than just Dusty May having to tell guys yeah we we have a good group in that sense guys
08:49that
08:49have been around the league been with the Mavs for a while and you know Ky is obviously I mean
08:56the the
08:56best example he's been in the league for 16 years something like that uh been with Mavs for a while
09:01he
09:01knows a lot of basketball knows you know basketball how an NBA season goes so having him talking to
09:07us he's very vocal it's great for us because uh it expedites you know uh all the learning process
09:14for younger guys and then new guys and guys that haven't been 16 years in the league we're just
09:19everybody but then we also have a group of guys like PJ or Caleb that have been around the league
09:24for a while and we're just honest you know we have a group that we understand when we talk it's
09:29what's
09:30going to make the Mavs better and there's no personal stuff it's all about uh how do we get better
09:35as team how do we get better as individuals and whatever we do is thinking how can we make the
09:40Mavs better and that's that's special that's something you know I've not always seen and
09:45obviously just having that that's that's a recipe for long-term success we're still building still
09:50learning but we're holding ourselves to a to a standard that that's really high and that's that's
09:56where you know success will come you you can't cheat success and and cheat the journey doing all that
10:02together and maybe sharing some sandwiches every once in a while I like this idea
10:06Santi Aldama I'm the KNC Masterpiece thank you so much for your time today man
10:10get back after it uh good luck against Cleveland
10:13yep thank you very much
