and they are the last social virus that actually say hey, yes, we ll go. i ve had a lot of guys pull out i ve had a lot of guys pull out on me that said, hey let me let me add to this. people have asked why we ve come here. we ve been doing this these games for 3 and a half years. dennis we ve gotten to know each other over the last 3 and a half years. outside of what you know of dennis, you don t know dennis. he s got a great heart. his passion is about children and families. that s why we re here. we re experienced at this. we ve been to taiwan to the village where we ve met and talked to the aborigine group
limb january and playing on the world stage for our country. we did not know that it was going to take this type of negative spin on what we were going because we re not politicians, we re not ambassadors. charles, i get it, by it s about where you do it as well. and again, this is coming from somebody who is a fan and a supporter of a lot of the work that you ve done. dennis, you do have a relationship with this man, you ve said it many times, we ve seen it demonstrated for any reason. yes. are you going to take an opportunity if you get it to speak up for the family of kenneth bae and say, let us know why this man is being held? if you can help dennis, will you take the opportunity? kenneth bae did one thing, if you understand i got it. if you understand what kenneth
dennis met the gentleman. it s not scheduled on our eye stenosis rare to do that itinerary to do that. we re here to play a game. you re taking it obviously to a lot further stage when is you use the term friends. charles, i hope you re right. he came back charlt, i hope you re right. i am right. it s not it s not whether you can t meet someone once or twice and just take that daring step. the man to your left, charles, says he s your friend, says they have affection. says he s a good guy. let s be honest about this. watch this. i m going to tell you one thing around the world. around the world. you saying you saying ten great individuals sitting right
was going to take this type of negative spin on what we were doing because we re not applications we re not politicians, we re not ambassadors. charlts, i get it, but it s about where you do it as well. it s coming from somebody that is a fan and a supporter of a lot of the work that you ve done. dennis, when you call this ruler your friend, he is not a friend to the bae family, he is not a friend to your country and you have to understand that, dennis. you can t pretend that you don t get why people are upset about your friend, kim jong-un. do you get why they re upset? it s amazing that you re saying this right now. you re saying ten guys here, gien guys here, they believe
korean players today through the trans lay tors, they asked us questions about professional basketball, they asked us questions about how we live, they asked is questions about the game. we interacted with them. we represented our country in basketball. and we are very professional about it. the fans afterwards said things like, we had no idea, you guys are retired, you guys are older, but your skill is superior and you taught us a lot. they thanked dennis for putting this together. that s the joy that we get out of this. and i wish you good luck and effectiveness. i wish you good luck and effectiveness in influencing the people there. dennis, let me end on this. you do have a relationship with this man. you ve said it many times. yes. are you going to take an