"No, I can't say it was shocking at all."
Why is that?
"Well, Anthony's been working on himself right now, that's what he's been doing. Look, Anthony wants to step away and he wants to get his mind and his body right and that's where he wants to go and he has every right to do that. We wish him the best."
Did you talk to him at all this offseason?
"Before practice."
What's that? Before practice? On the phone?
"No, it was texting. That's the way Anthony communicates.