What's up to everyone in the Yard? I'm very excited about joining the Yardbarker community to connect with all the basketball fans out there. This will be the 1st time in my professional career that I will be opening the doors to my world to let u in with things like blogs and videos, so stay tuned. As I'm a little new to this whole thing, suggestions about what you guys want me to write about and discuss with you all are more than welcome.

This will be my 7th season coming up and I really feel that this will be the year for me to shine bright. I feel like I took enough time off to let my mind, body, and soul heal now its time to get back to business. I'm going to be working out this summer at the University of Texas with guys like LaMarcus Aldridge, Dj Augustin, and Kevin Durant to help keep my game sharp. I want to be in top form when I get back to Indy, so I'll be getting after it hard this summer. Last season wasn't what we had hoped for, but 2009 is a new year, and we'll give it all we got. What do you guys think we have in store for us this year?

Thanks for checking me out on the Yard. I'll be a regular poster here moving forward, so drop me a line. Nothing but luv..PEACE

TJ