Obi Toppin Press Conference | Indiana Pacers

Obi Toppin Press Conference | Indiana Pacers

how did fre agency end up shaking out for you what made Indiana the right place for you to end up signing up and return yourself um I mean Indiana is amazing uh obviously like me going there like the experience that I had was amazing um I felt like the energy that I brought um everybody like team like so uh I guess they wanted me to come back I wanted to come back too um so I was super happy that we came to you guys finished that before bricy really even started was that your thinking when season in May that yes I would like to return to yeah 1,00% uh I was I was talking to a coach and telling him like I I can’t go no I got to I got to stay here so uh having an opportunity to be here what was a priority for you because you you had a career year here you get along with the guys also money is important to everybody in cre agency how did you kind of rank those things where you live as you went into all this oh like what you mean my bad what was like your top priority and as you kind of thought about what you wanted to uh I just like the year that we had was was amazing everybody was just so bonded uh Tyrese miles uh Pascal did a great job keeping the team together so everybody was just we so boo together doing doing good things um we had to keep the keep the team what it was so uh for me to come back for pascot to come back everybody else that’s going to come in this comers what do you think of the team’s path now that it is largely the same going in next year how you guys can be better uh we understand what we can do as a team and uh we understand that going into next year we have a Target on our right so we got to go in there and just do what we do best and have fun is anyone on the team recruit your heart sending your text making sure you coming back yeah I was talking to everybody everybody like I was I wasn’t going nowhere so uh yeah we was just we talk every single day uh talk to Ty talk to Miles Pascal uh yeah what’s your off season been like a lot of La I would imagine what you been working on just been in La uh been working out like three times a day six days of the week um at least one day but been been going to Chris Johnson working out over there and doing weights and then going back to get up shots and Stu that’s been my my offseason the whole the whole summer so far and been doing St with the kids with the family enjoying time with them does it mean run it back with man it means the world uh like I said I had an amazing experience my first year and I’m so happy that I’m going there uh the who was the first person you told when you actually officially agreed on terms uh who was the first person I mean I was with my family so everybody when I got that call uh my mom uh trying to see my girl my kids like everybody was in the house and uh they was there with me with that call you throw a party or anything nah not a party person I think I was at Universal uh with the family that that the day that I signed so uh yeah I’m just I’m blessed

Obi Toppin speaks to the media from Summer League after signing his contract with the Pacers.