WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 7/3/2018 ~ Summer League Spotlight - Demetrius Jackson 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:04.680 Seventy six Ers Summer League Minicamp rolling along in Camden, 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:07.400 New Jersey, the team getting ready for the start of 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:11.240 MGM Resort Summer League Action, which begins on Friday against 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:14.680 none other than the Boston Celtics. A guy who has 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:18.720 been a member of both organizations the past two plus seasons, 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:22.960 Demetris Jackson is our guest on this episode of the podcast. 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:28.120 Arguably the veteran most member of the Sixers Minicamp invitee 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:31.160 group at just twenty three years old, Jackson has appeared 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:35.839 in twenty career NBA games between the Celtics, the seventy Sixers, 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:39.239 and the Houston Rockets, and he'll lend his perspective on 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:42.320 the importance of summer league, what players try to get 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:45.000 out of that experience, where he's at in terms of 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:48.040 his stage of his development, and also his impressions of 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:51.640 some of the youngest and newest seventy Sixers. Will also 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:55.600 talk a little bit of Fortnite. Yes, Demetris Jackson is 0:00:55.840 --> 0:01:00.480 an avid Fortnite player. First reminder before we into the 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:05.880 podcast that to subscribe you can head to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.640 and SoundCloud. Type in Sixers Podcast Network. That will take 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:13.119 you to our feed. Please do subscribe well if podcasts 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:14.920 coming away the rest of this week and also while 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:19.600 we're out at Las Vegas four Summer League. Demetris Jackson 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.880 getting set for a year number three at the professional ranks. 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:26.360 The previous two years he was involved in Summer League action, 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.520 and there will be no different this year. The Sixers 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.479 signed to Metris Jackson in January of last year after 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.399 his two way contract with the Houston Rockets came to 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:37.480 an end. When you look back over the course of 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:39.840 his time in the pros, he's really had the chance 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:44.240 to be mentored by and play under some fantastic guards, 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:48.840 whether it was Isaiah Thomas in Boston obviously, James hard 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:52.240 and Chris Paul in Houston at the start of last season. 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:56.720 So some good storylines surrounding Demetris Jackson. And right now 0:01:56.720 --> 0:02:00.000 we bring in the fifteenth overall pick in the second 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:05.040 under the two sixteen draft out of Notre Dame, Demetris Jackson. Demetris, 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.240 the other day, when you were meeting with the media, 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.880 you were talking about how excited you feel, in particular 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.519 for this year's Summer League. What is it that you're 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:15.679 most looking forward to as you and the rest of 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:17.919 the team get ready to set out to Las Vegas 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:21.639 in just a few short days. I'm just looking forward 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.520 to competing. It's always falling, a lot of people come out, 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:27.080 a lot of fans come out and support the Summer League. 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.919 So I'm looking forward to competing, looking forward to getting better, 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.519 looking forward to kind of gauging where I am in 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.280 my game and seeing what I can grow on and 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:38.440 what seeing the things I can do well. So I 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.440 think we're ready. I think our group is ready to compete, 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:43.640 and I'm looking forward to it. The Sixers know you 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:46.960 well from Summer League action, having gone up against Boston 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:49.240 in Salt Lake City and Vegas when you were with 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:52.080 the Celtics the last two years. What have you found 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.800 to be the best approach to take to this time 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.880 of year. What's the right type of mindset to have 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.680 in Summer League. I think the right type of mindset 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.720 to have is kind of finding yourself within all the chaos. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.120 Is you know, the first game, guys are running like 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.720 a hundred miles per hour, and you know you put 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.519 so much pressure on yourself. So I think the best 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:14.079 thing to focus on is just to trust your hard work, 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.359 trust the coaches playing, trust, trust what you do every 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.919 day and just rely on those things and then when 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.320 the game comes, just have fun, be relaxed, and but 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.040 be aggressive. How important in Summer League is something as 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:29.480 simple as simply being organized and having a team that's organized. Yeah, 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.360 it's really important. Like I said, I was watching some 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.440 of the games last night, and you know, you see 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.080 some of the guys, it's just like it's like one 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.440 hundred miles per hour and everybody's mind is just moving 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.320 so fast. So I think the important thing is to 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.360 you know, have a good pace to yourself and to 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.320 your game and to the group, but also you know, 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.440 being able to just like I said, kind of find 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.560 yourself within all the chaos and especially as a point guard, 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.320 keep a group organizing and under control. I want to 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.720 get into your story and your development in a little bit, 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:02.440 but let's keep the conversation going about the Sixers mini 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.120 camp so far, I would have been your impressions of 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.200 a few of the guys have been out there. Um, yeah, 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.320 I think we got a pretty good group. Um, guys 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.560 are working hard every day and guys are like invested 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.680 in getting better, invested in and learning. You know, I 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:17.719 got guys coming over to me, asking me questions on 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.719 the sideline and things like that. So guys care like 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:22.599 they care and they want to get better. So I 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:25.159 think that's the first thing. That's the first step. But 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.080 the group, we got some some talented players, some talented 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:31.640 draft picks that can really play. So I'm looking forward 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.080 to playing with those guys. For sure. With Zaire Smith, 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:39.279 before we even address some of his physical attributes, natural 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.159 skills and ability, he seems like someone who's for a 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:45.240 young guy who just turned ninety, he's pretty engaged. It 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:49.120 looks like, yeah, definitely really engaged. Um yeah, I mean 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.200 he's done a great job so far at this camp. Um. 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.000 I know he'd do a great job in Summer League. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:54.920 And he has a good poise to himself, a good 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:56.760 poise to his game, and I think that would be 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:58.680 good when you know, you get the big crowds and 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:01.120 you get all the fans and things like that. I 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:02.640 think it'll be able to He'll be able to keep 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.080 himself level. Um, you know, never too high, never too low. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.520 So um, he has a great poise about himself for sure. 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.000 Skill set wives what stands out about him, Uh, definitely 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:13.839 as athleticism, stands out on the way. He can drive 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.280 and and fly. You know, he really gets up and 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:18.480 h I think that'd be good for him, especially if 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.000 we can get defensive stops and then push the brake. 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:23.480 I think him catching on the wing and just ripping 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.560 through on guys and going and playing off clothes out. So, um, 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:28.440 that's something I recognize, and that's something I'm gonna try 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.160 to help him with, maybe driving my guy kicking it 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:32.880 back out to him so he's playing off a close 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:34.799 out so he can get a good look. You guys 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.599 at times have worn the same colored jerseys and practices 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.200 different colored jerseys, but both of you seem like you're 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.080 the types of players that defensively like to get into people. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:44.880 I would think that lends to a pretty good tone 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.880 in these sessions. Yeah, definitely, Uh, definitely, guys, I'll practice 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.839 all camp long. Guys have been competing. Um, guys have 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.560 been challenging each other, which I think is really good 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.000 because then when you go out in the game, you're 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:58.120 ready to be challenging, you're ready to compete. Um, So 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.560 it's been great. He's uh, it's all. He's fine going 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.800 against talented players, and he's definitely that. Um, we got 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.320 some other talented guys as well, So everybody's competing, everybody's 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.000 having fun with it, um, and everybody's just staying engaged 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:10.599 and ready to go. I wanted to ask you about 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.200 the other first round pick, Landry Shambat. What is he 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:16.599 done to date? Uh, he's really good. He's also really 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.080 good too. And he um, he's a taller guard and 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.720 taller point guard, and he's long, got long athletic arms, 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:25.720 and he's really crafty. He's got a craft to his game. UM, 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:28.440 that's very unique. UM. You know, he has seems to 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.559 have a great understanding um about the game as well. 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.359 He's picking up on things really quickly so UM. And 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.520 he did a great job today, especially defensively. He seemed to, 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:39.920 you know, be like more locked in and and and 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.920 challenge other people a little more today. So I'm looking 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:44.520 forward to seeing him go as well. And I'm glad, 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:45.960 you know, I'm glad we're all on the same team. 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:50.000 So now now we'll get to talking about you a 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.640 little bit more. Two years into this in the pros, 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.480 where do you feel the best about where your game's 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.200 at and what are the biggest areas of developmental focus? 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.360 That you continue to look at it you go into 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.600 your number three. I think the biggest things I try 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.839 to focus on is being that league guard, being a 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.440 point guard, being able to run the team. Also, uh, 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.400 you know, defending pick and roll in the NBA in 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.880 the game is just so crucial. Um, a guy's teams 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.640 are running pick and roll every possession, So being able 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.760 to defend the pick and roll, being able to help 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.280 the team and things like that. And then offensively, just 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:23.800 being able to knock down to three as you know, 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.000 as well offensively the three pointers, so I'm portant now, 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.520 so being able to shoot it off a dribble, handoff 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:32.080 off spot, up off off the dribble, um, whatever that is. 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:35.080 Just being able to knock into threes consistently. Last season 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:36.960 was the first year that the NBA and the G 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.240 League experimented with the two way contract, and you were 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.400 one of those guys, first with the Houston Rockets, then 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.640 he linked up with the seventy six ers. What you 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:48.200 think of it, Um, It's definitely unique. It was it 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.120 was you know, it's kind of similar to my first year, UM, 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.480 where I was in Boston, but I spent most of 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.760 the year in the G League. So very similar to that. 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.520 I think it's good. I think it's good for guys 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.320 to be able to go compete and play high many games, 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:04.800 but also be around here and see what the NBA 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.280 is like, UM and see um kind of what it 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.480 takes to succeed, um, and be around great organizations. So 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.200 I think it's it's definitely unique. I think it's important 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.040 for guys to be able to do that, and uh, 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:16.960 I think it's I think it'd be good for the future. 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:20.240 It's interesting because when you look at how things ended 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:23.000 up for you last season, you played under thirty games 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.480 combined between the Rockets in the seventy six ers, had 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.920 a handful of games, uh, down to the G League 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.120 as well. But then, as you mentioned, you do get 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.439 that opportunity to be exposed to what's happening at the 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.800 NBA level. Did you find that that accelerated your game 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.439 or your development in ways you might not have thought 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:41.959 just simply being around things at the highest level of 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:45.120 the sport. Yeah, definitely, um, and definitely, especially if you're 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.160 you know, you're a student of the game, you get 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:48.800 to you get to observe a lot um. You get 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:50.760 to sit and watch and learn and and take in 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.400 so much information and and just be observant. So UM, 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:57.080 I definitely feel like I've grown, UM just from watching 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:58.920 some of the great guards. I've been been able to 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.800 be a part Like I'm the same team with so UM, 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.199 a lot of great guards, a lot of guys that 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.280 learned from UM, and then everybody's been like a great 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.560 person as well. So UM, just asking those guys questions 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.880 and seeing how I can develop my own game as well, 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.280 and then also compete against them in practice and low 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.440 mini games and and things like that, and one on 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.320 one challenging each other, UM best way to get better. 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.120 So I was gonna say, I gotta think that practice 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.240 and pregame warm ups and off days when maybe not 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:28.760 everyone is required to come in, those opportunities have got 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.280 to become that much more significant, I would think for 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.040 someone who might be around the NBA team on a 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.640 regular basis occasionally down the GI League, but Knight might 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:39.640 not get actual live game reps. Yeah, those are those 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.240 that is really important. UM. And the three teams I've 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.400 been able to be on, UM, they all kind of 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.200 have a setup where you were able to get work 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.560 against great players. You know you're able to compete against 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:51.320 the great players. You're able to play in one on 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:53.880 one games and three on three and low minted games, 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.400 and especially here, um we had a low minted game 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.040 like every other every other day. Um, so it was 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.400 good and I was to play against Marco t J 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:03.920 play against great guards, and so it was a lot 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.920 of fun and I definitely enjoyed. I think it's important, 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.000 you know, to play. I think that's one of the 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.000 best ways to get better. You were saying the other 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.679 day that in the brief time relatively speaking, that you've 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.560 been at the pro level, you've been around some terrific 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:19.840 talented backcourt players. So I'm probably gonna leave some people up. 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:21.720 But I'm thinking you're talking in refraining to guys like 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:25.200 Isaiah Thomas, Avery Bradley obviously when you were with the 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.680 Celtics organization. Then of course some guys by the name 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:31.360 of James Harden, Chris Paul, Eric Gordon with Houston Rockets 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.000 and young talent that's here. Can you maybe if we 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.680 went through some of those guys, rattle off an example 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:38.679 of things that you know, if I throw a name 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:40.760 out there, you give an example of something that you 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:42.840 might have taken from either watching a few of those 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.440 guys play or maybe some wisdom they imparted. If we 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.360 start with why don't we begin with it first? I 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.559 I definitely he definitely had that competitive edge, and that's 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:54.640 something I was able to just watch and learn. His 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.800 competitive edge and his fire was so great it allowed 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:00.480 him to do great things. And so watch him play, 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:02.640 watching how a smaller guy can maneuver in the lane, 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.840 watching how you have to have a craftiness to your 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:06.560 game to be able to make certain passes, to make 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.880 certain plays. Um. I think that definitely helped me. UM, 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.200 and then also just just having fun with it too. 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:16.160 What about Avery Bradley Avery Bradley, Uh, definitely defensively. I 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:18.800 learned a lot from him defensively, just watching them, having 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.199 him guard me in practices and not me not being 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:23.800 able to cross like half court. UM, definitely learned a 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:25.680 lot from him. Um learned a few tricks here and 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.000 there that I hope to be able to utilize in 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:31.160 the summer League. So UM, Avie Bradley definitely defensively, how 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.360 to guard guys on the ball screen, pinned downs and 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.160 things like that. I'm assuming you probably had to go 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:39.520 up against both James Harden and Chris Paul depending on 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.440 who is available when in practice setting. Yeah, definitely UM 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.720 aught for the for the season training camp. UM, going 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.240 against those guys, compete and guarding those guys full court 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.959 m and then trying to score them on the other end. UM. 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.880 And then when Chris Paul was rehabbing back from an injury, UM, 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.040 when he was able to play right before getting clear 0:11:58.080 --> 0:11:59.800 to play in the actual game, playing one on one 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.960 with him every day, full core, half core, different angles 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.880 and things like that, post ups on the elbow, which 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.760 is one of his specialties. So UM, competing against those 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.079 guys definitely really fun at the start of what ended 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.280 up being an MVP season for James Harden. There's clearly 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:19.520 fantastic ability and skill that he has. But what else 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:21.760 do you think separates him that puts him at such 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.320 an elite level. I think, to be honest, I think 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.760 his his looseness. He's so loose and they you know, 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.679 he's he's so relaxed. He just trusts his hard work. Um. 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.400 He puts the work in like after practice, you know, 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.560 you'll see him working on different things and and he 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.520 works on it. Like his craftiness as well. You know, 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:42.800 he's he's doing different moves, unorthodox things to get three 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:44.960 partners up, and those things you know, you never know 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.120 when you'll need those things, and so you'll see him 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.079 pull him out in the game and you see him 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:51.480 those are the things he worked on. So um, like 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:53.400 they having fun part of it. You know, he always 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.440 talks about swag and stuff like that. So um, seeing 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.600 how relaxed he was, how much he trusted and his 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.560 hard work trusted, and his process, all the things he 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:04.679 did before, it was a good testament to see. Does 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:07.280 it amaze you that some people can have that type 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.400 of dimension to their personality. That's like to me, where 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:14.160 if you know there was someone in school or in college, 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.560 maybe I only got two hours asleep the night before 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:18.559 a final exam, you could show up for an eight 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.160 am test and totally knock it out of the park. 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.760 I was always like, where where does that come from? Yeah, 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.200 that's that's the thing I would always think too, is 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.800 like you see the guys and you see them go 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:30.959 out and be able to play so well, but then 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:32.400 a lot of times you don't see the work they 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.880 put in prior um. Sometimes you're lucky enough to see 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.000 the work they put in, but not always. You see 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:38.920 the work and it may be the work they did 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:40.559 in the summer, may be the work they did a 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.840 year ago, but they definitely put that work in and 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.040 then it pays off at some point in time. What 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.360 was it like in the playoffs being on the seventy 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.200 six ers bench, You got to travel with the team, 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:52.640 and then of course you had Boston on the other side, 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.959 and the playoffs, it was really fun to see to 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.920 see how guys competed, To see how guys went from 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:02.520 UM not being a playoff team to a playoff team, 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.959 To see the atmosphere, to see the charisma of the team, 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.120 on the energy of the team in the locker room, 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:10.600 and see how much fun guys were having UM It 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.280 was definitely really special. And I watched Ben really closely 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:16.400 in the playoffs, and you know, especially in the Miami series, 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.160 the guys tried to rat on on guys who are 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.400 like really physical with him, but he stayed poised. He 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:23.120 stays so level, and that's something you can learn as 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:24.480 a guard because guys are gonna try to pick you 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.040 a full court summer league. They'll try to, you know, 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:28.840 turn you over, speed you up, get your rat up. 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:30.560 But Ben was so poised and he moved at his 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.080 own speed and played at his own pace, and that's 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.680 why the team was winning. He was rolling. It surprised 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:37.160 you at all that any of the guys on the 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.480 Celtic side were able to do what they could do. 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:42.440 In particular, I mean, al Horford is a guy who's 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.080 been around a while, but whether we're talking about Terry Rosier, 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.160 Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum, obviously that surprised you that they 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:49.640 were able to take their games to the level that 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:54.080 they did. To be honest, it didn't. Um, those guys 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.400 are really talented. I was able to play and be 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.120 around all those guys and and like with Terry, um 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.720 sometimes all it takes his opportunity. Um, he worked really hard, 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:04.520 and like I said, because the work he was doing 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.400 a year ago, the work he was doing two years ago, 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:09.040 the work he was doing last summer, and it paid off. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.080 And then with Jason, I was able to watch or 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:13.280 play with him in the summer league, and I saw 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.480 right away he was gonna be really good. And our 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.320 Horford has always been so steady. Um. So it wasn't 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.200 fun to lose against those guys, but it was it 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:23.200 was it was cool to see those guys in their 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.960 development and see how they competed on both sides. So 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.080 before we finish, I was told, I have to ask 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:33.440 you about the video game phenomenon that is taking the 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.640 world by storm Fortnite. Fortnite. Yep, tell me about it because, 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.760 like it may surprise you. But I am not the 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:43.200 most key to into the whole Fortnite scene. Uh. So 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:46.640 I played Fortnite. I play on PS four. I recently 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:50.000 just started streaming Fortnite. Um, so I got some streams 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.040 and things like that. But no, Fortnite is really fun. 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.040 It's uh, it's just a game taking over the world. 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.040 I think it's you know, I see a lot of 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:58.880 young kids on the game. I think kids should definitely 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:01.040 get outside a little more. Um it's still playing the 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.960 game all day. But um, you know, I like the game. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:05.320 I think it's fun. I think it's it's like a 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.640 fun I use it to kind of connect with my friends. 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:09.560 It's like two birds with one stone, Like I'm able 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.720 to be on the be on the microphone with my 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.200 friends and being a party with my friends. Um, talk 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:16.320 to them, we talk about random stuff, have fun, you 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:18.200 know what I mean. So, but also we're able to 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.520 play together and work together and things like that. So, um, 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.720 I think the game is cool, but I definitely think, 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:25.120 you know, if you're a young kid, you need to 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.320 definitely get outside, enjoy the weather, summertime, have some fun. 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.560 So this might be a really novice ignorant question. Are 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:34.320 you also playing in streams that are available and open 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:36.760 to the public. Are you in a private group with 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.440 just people that you know so in the party? Um, 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:41.680 the party is private, and you know, I'll just invite 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:45.000 my friends, or sometimes I may play publicly and invite 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:49.120 just random people. Sometimes I may post my my my PSM, 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:52.280 my gamer tax so people can can play with me. Um. 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.440 And I also had had the opportunity to play with 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:58.200 some some professional streamers, so um that's been fun as well. 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.840 And then other times I'm just just with my friends. 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:03.360 So do people know that they're going up against you're 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:07.399 playing with an NBA player professional athlete? Uh, sometimes I do. 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:10.040 It's funny. I I gotta I got a friend he's 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.800 he's fourteen, and I play with him sometimes. And I 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:14.560 met him he was sitting in front row one of 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:17.520 the games, and uh, I gave him my shoes. The 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:19.040 shoes I had on my feet in the game. I 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:20.920 just got a brand new pair of shoes and it 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.520 was my first day wearing them and he asked for him, 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:25.720 so I had to give them to him. And every 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:27.920 since we became friends and he, you know, he asked 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:30.280 me for basketball advice and things like that, and whenever 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.120 he sees me on he tries to invite me to play, 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:34.600 and then he'll bring his friends too, and his friends like, oh, 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:36.639 is this is this He's playing on the team offense, Samess, 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.960 Joel and V So like, uh, it's it's fun, and 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.800 uh it's it's good. So it's like you can whatever 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:45.200 you whatever it is, you can always use it, um 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:47.000 in a go in a good way. I gotta think 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.040 about a week and a half long stay in Las Vegas. 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:52.200 That could make for some quality Fortnite time to put 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:55.359 it in between games. Yeah, definitely, it's it's a good 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:57.680 tool to just just hang out in your room, um, 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:01.000 just relax. Um. A lot of times I'm doing other things, 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:03.280 like I'll use the normal tech. I'll be doing recovery 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:06.399 stuff and playing the game so and talking with my friends. 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.120 So it's you know, it's all on one And yes, 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:13.159 definitely I'm definitely gonna play some Fortnite and Vegas. Tremendous, Metris, 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:19.760