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Speaker 1: Very excited about this interview. One of the best people
Speaker 1: I've gotten the chance to be around the past couple seasons.
Speaker 1: He's also one of the best shooters in the nbaing
Speaker 1: G League. A Bluecoats fan favorite. Jared brown Ridge, my
Speaker 1: Bluecoats beat co host over on the Delaware Bluecoats YouTube
Speaker 1: channel aka r Ambassador of Basketball. Joe Richmond and I
Speaker 1: chat with Jared about his time in Delaware. His new
Speaker 1: talk show, Jab and Co, which is an awesome show.
Speaker 1: Steve Nash was the most recent guest. You can subscribe
Speaker 1: to that under Jab and Co on YouTube and follow
Speaker 1: Jared at twenty three. Jay brown also in this interview
Speaker 1: debut of our blue Coats Big Three Draft, with the
Speaker 1: best basketball movies of all time being the very first topic.
Speaker 1: Let's catch up with Jared brown Ridge. Pleased to be
Speaker 1: joined by the Blue Coats sharp shooter of the last
Speaker 1: couple of seasons. Jared brown Ridge one of the best
Speaker 1: shooters we've seen in the G League over the last
Speaker 1: couple of seas. Jared, thanks for joining us man. You
Speaker 1: always always great to chat with. You a fan favorite
Speaker 1: in the Delaware community. We're gonna talk about the media
Speaker 1: side of this shortly with your new show, but in general,
Speaker 1: how are you and what have you been up to
Speaker 1: most recently? Thanks for having me on, you know, first
Speaker 1: and foremost, it's good to see you guys after you know,
Speaker 1: a long break that we've had due to coronavirus. But yep,
Speaker 1: thank you. You know, I'm happy to be here, happy
Speaker 1: to be healthy, happy for my family to be healthy.
Speaker 1: Uh My bears are three and no, so I'm happy
Speaker 1: about that. Uh Okay, you know, my Cubs Clints the
Speaker 1: playoff spots, so everything's all good here in Chicago. But
Speaker 1: other than that, man, I'm just truly blessed to be
Speaker 1: around family during this time. That's kind of the silver
Speaker 1: lining that I found during this time of COVID nineteen,
Speaker 1: spending more time my family, getting to be around them,
Speaker 1: because I know, with basketball takes us away from months
Speaker 1: at a time, So I'm enjoying this time before things
Speaker 1: kind of get back to normal and we get back
Speaker 1: to our normal routines. The rundown of the show Today,
Speaker 1: quick rundown, we'll get into Jared's career with the Bluecoats
Speaker 1: in the G League. We'll talk about as I mentioned
Speaker 1: his show, his talk show, JB and Co. Then we'll
Speaker 1: debut a new segment. A lot of podcasts and shows
Speaker 1: do different types of drafts where you pick a topic
Speaker 1: and the hosts and the guests get to go around
Speaker 1: the horn a little bit and make their selections. So
Speaker 1: we'll debut our Big three round a little bit later on,
Speaker 1: and then we'll do some final questions to put a
Speaker 1: bowl on it. At the buzzer. But let's start with
Speaker 1: the blue Coats. Jared, I pulled this number and it's
Speaker 1: really impressive. I've got to compare it to other guys
Speaker 1: who have played in Delaware, but ninety three career games
Speaker 1: played with the Delaware Bluecoats over the last few years.
Speaker 1: Let's go to this season in particular. I know it
Speaker 1: was a shortened season, but what were you most proud
Speaker 1: of this Bluecoat season? You know, I just was proud
Speaker 1: of the chemistry that we all had together. We went
Speaker 1: on a run there. It was towards like the beginning,
Speaker 1: going into the middle of the season, we went on
Speaker 1: a run of a huge winning streak, and I think
Speaker 1: that kept our confidence throughout the whole season, and then
Speaker 1: towards the end of the season we were starting to
Speaker 1: go on another run. So that's obviously why I was,
Speaker 1: you know, sad and disappointed in the fact that the
Speaker 1: season ended, because I really thought we were going to
Speaker 1: make a push for the playoffs. But I think just
Speaker 1: the chemistry. All the guys liked each other, all the
Speaker 1: guys meshed well with the coaching staff. So that's what
Speaker 1: I'm most problem for. When you can get a group
Speaker 1: of guys that that trust each other, that like each other,
Speaker 1: that know what each other do on and off the court.
Speaker 1: I think that's how you build a great team. So
Speaker 1: I truly enjoyed it and that it's just great to
Speaker 1: see all my teammates that are getting these contracts to
Speaker 1: go play overseas if they sold choose, It's just great
Speaker 1: to see that and I'll always be rooting for those guys. Wow, hey, man,
Speaker 1: can I throw something to here real quick? Yes, sir, Hey,
Speaker 1: Jane as man As said, you know one of your
Speaker 1: fair favorite man, you just got that nice you know
Speaker 1: you always laughing at joking and messing. I just got
Speaker 1: to ask this question and you go ahead to think
Speaker 1: on this one. I know it's kind of early, but
Speaker 1: what was one of your favorite this one of your
Speaker 1: favorite moments this past season, man, or just one of you.
Speaker 1: That's something that just stock. I say, Man, this is
Speaker 1: what I missed about Delaware. This is what I miss
Speaker 1: about the game. What are up at the fans? What's way?
Speaker 1: What are your favorite moments if you get through it
Speaker 1: at us? Wow, that's tough. Um. You know, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of moments that happened both on and off the floor.
Speaker 1: But I mean, if you know, you got me with this,
Speaker 1: but if if I had to choose off the top
Speaker 1: of my head, I just think every player individually brought
Speaker 1: something different to the game. Every player was funny in
Speaker 1: their own way. So often I think back to Chris Kumaji.
Speaker 1: He was kind of like the guy who who who
Speaker 1: was hilarious on the floor. I think back to all
Speaker 1: the blocks that he gets and his signature called it
Speaker 1: where he where he puts the thumbs down anytime he
Speaker 1: blocks somebody. I think that has to be um, something
Speaker 1: that I've always truly enjoyed and something that I always
Speaker 1: laughed at when I was on the bench spectating at
Speaker 1: the time, So that that's probably always been a great
Speaker 1: moment for me. But to call out one specific moment
Speaker 1: off the quarter, you know, that's pretty hard, just because
Speaker 1: we've all had uh. Like I said, we all had
Speaker 1: great chemistry. So we all had a good time together
Speaker 1: spending spending time with each other, whether it be on
Speaker 1: the road, whether it be there in Delaware or whether
Speaker 1: it be at the events that we go to, we
Speaker 1: all mesh well. Um and even when you guys are there,
Speaker 1: we all have great chemistry. So that's that's that's that's
Speaker 1: the biggest component. We're gonna keep it with a moment,
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be off the court or on the
Speaker 1: court rather and it's gonna be over the course of
Speaker 1: your entire professional career. What was your A lot of
Speaker 1: people talk about they're welcome to the league type of
Speaker 1: moment where they play against a certain player or a
Speaker 1: certain event happens on the court. What were what was
Speaker 1: your welcome to professional basketball moment on the floor? Wow? Wow?
Speaker 1: Wow wow. Um, that's tough. I think I don't really
Speaker 1: have a specific one to say, but I think last
Speaker 1: year having a mere Richardson h joined us U Amir Johnson, right, Johnson, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think last year having Amir Johnson joined our our
Speaker 1: our team towards the end of the season was a
Speaker 1: great opportunity. Um. I'm sure it was a great opportunity
Speaker 1: for all the guys, but it was a great opportunity
Speaker 1: for me because we got to I got to see
Speaker 1: a true professional work, see how he prepares, see how
Speaker 1: he plays in the game, and for him to want
Speaker 1: to come down and play with us during the G
Speaker 1: League to make sure he kept his minutes up, gearing
Speaker 1: up for the playoffs. I thought that spoke valumes, so
Speaker 1: you can see how a guy who was a veteran
Speaker 1: in the league, how he operates on and off the floor.
Speaker 1: So I took a lot from that, learned a lot
Speaker 1: from him when he said his gems in the locker
Speaker 1: room throughout those two games. But I think that was
Speaker 1: kind of like my welcome to the league because it
Speaker 1: allowed me a chance to be around a vet who's
Speaker 1: been in the league for ten plus years and to
Speaker 1: learn from him and to see him play. Joe, I
Speaker 1: think that was a little harsh. Well, we just did
Speaker 1: a Jared. We put him on the spot kind of
Speaker 1: two times in a row. He's been a staple of
Speaker 1: this Delaware program and fans of guys to know him
Speaker 1: and just his time with the Bluecoats like there's been
Speaker 1: so many moments, So I think that was kind of
Speaker 1: why it might have been more difficult to think back
Speaker 1: ninety three games play that's crazy. He's been the heart,
Speaker 1: one of the hearts and souls of this team over
Speaker 1: the last couple of seasons, was he. But but we
Speaker 1: put him in no position that Coach Johnson to put
Speaker 1: him in many of times, just like that. He came
Speaker 1: through when his number was called, he came through, Yo,
Speaker 1: piggy back in on a mere Johnson coming down. I
Speaker 1: gotta ask, do you play poker, Jared? I don't play
Speaker 1: poker bad because you got a poker face. Man, Like
Speaker 1: you ever know whether Jared made a game winning three
Speaker 1: or miss or mister mister a shout or mister pass,
Speaker 1: he got the same look. You never looked like you
Speaker 1: ever shook. That's what always impressed me about you on
Speaker 1: the court, Like no moment was too big or nothing
Speaker 1: was that devastating, Like you was like, Okay, what's next,
Speaker 1: what's next? What's next? And when you get guys like
Speaker 1: a Mare that come down, and like you said, he's
Speaker 1: working on getting itself ready for getting those minutes. He
Speaker 1: takes away some minutes sometimes when those guys come down,
Speaker 1: But you seem like you're always prepared. Whoever might have
Speaker 1: some reduced minutes or played, you guys seem like you're
Speaker 1: always prepared. Talk about that and how uh that that
Speaker 1: mindset is is so relevant and you guys are still
Speaker 1: always having a karaterie about those situations. Well, you know
Speaker 1: you're so right, Joe. You know with the G league, Uh,
Speaker 1: it's a league where players are in and out, players
Speaker 1: are moving up and down, so so minutes can fluctuate,
Speaker 1: so that that's a huge things with the G League.
Speaker 1: H And at first a player who's just now joining
Speaker 1: he may not be accustomed to that. Before a player
Speaker 1: who's maybe played for a few years or has been
Speaker 1: in the G League for a few years, they kind
Speaker 1: of know how it goes. So for me, I just
Speaker 1: always kind of kind of had that that that wisdom
Speaker 1: about me, knowing that that things aren't always going to
Speaker 1: go your way, or guys may come up and down
Speaker 1: into make h dictate how many minutes you play. So
Speaker 1: I've I've never wavered. I've just always been stabled. I
Speaker 1: just know that whenever my name is called, I want
Speaker 1: to be able to come in and perform to the
Speaker 1: best of my ability. That's all I can do to
Speaker 1: help the team, and that's that's what I can do
Speaker 1: to ultimately help myself. So I don't I don't really
Speaker 1: worry about guys coming in and out, minutes going up
Speaker 1: and down. I just do my job when I when
Speaker 1: my name's called, I do my job, and I don't
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Speaker 1: The show, This one might be a little bit easier
Speaker 1: for you because you had the AAU seen in Chicago.
Speaker 1: You played college ball out in California, and you had
Speaker 1: summers out there and offseasons there and all that. So
Speaker 1: at any level, whether it was a game or a
Speaker 1: pickup game, whatever it might be, who are some of
Speaker 1: the best guys that you've ever played with or against
Speaker 1: in any on any stage. Yeah, I know. My team
Speaker 1: was called the Illinois Wolves, and we had a really
Speaker 1: solid team. The way I think of my AU team
Speaker 1: is kind of like, um, the the underdogs of basketball
Speaker 1: in Chicago. We were all um, we were all talented,
Speaker 1: we were all skilled, and we ultimately be ended up
Speaker 1: being either the first or second best team in the state. Um,
Speaker 1: but we were all a bunch of low key guys,
Speaker 1: uh and what I like to call underdogs. But then
Speaker 1: you had your superstars who I like to call them.
Speaker 1: You had your Jabari Parkers, you had your jalil Oka Force. Um.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of who else, But were you
Speaker 1: on the team with those guys? No, those are the
Speaker 1: guys who we played against a lot of them. The
Speaker 1: Kendrick Nunn, who you know, was on the All Rookie
Speaker 1: team with Miami. We played against those guys. So that's
Speaker 1: kind of my class class of twenty and thirteen who
Speaker 1: I came up with. Um. So it was great to
Speaker 1: go against those guys. And of course, you know before
Speaker 1: that you had guys to watch like Derreck Rose, Evan Turner,
Speaker 1: Patrick really, so you had all those guys to look after,
Speaker 1: and I think that's what truly created you know that
Speaker 1: that that rich Chicago history and uh, you know um
Speaker 1: Patrick Beverley Actually, you know, it's funny because he actually
Speaker 1: went to my middle school and he went to my
Speaker 1: high school for two years before transferring. So I had
Speaker 1: learned a lot about Patrick um in the beginning of
Speaker 1: my career, just who he was. Uh. So, so now
Speaker 1: to see him in the in the NBA is crazy,
Speaker 1: Uh to see how far he's come, because it gives
Speaker 1: me A guy gives a guy like me, Hope. It's like, Okay,
Speaker 1: you know I come from the same place. You know,
Speaker 1: I work hard. It's like I see a path in
Speaker 1: me trying to make it. So just to see that
Speaker 1: inspiration and get that motivation from all the guys you've
Speaker 1: played with and all the guys that have come before
Speaker 1: you is great. That's the great thing about Chicago. And
Speaker 1: and then your guy, your teammate and Delaware Shake Milton
Speaker 1: kind of dunked on Patrick Beverley's head on national television
Speaker 1: this season. Hey hey, look, I'm always rooting for Shake man.
Speaker 1: That that was crazy. Uh, you know, Shakes, my guy
Speaker 1: had a chance to get him on the episode of
Speaker 1: JB and Co. I'm always rooting for him, always in
Speaker 1: constant communication with him, and I wish nothing but the
Speaker 1: best for Shake. But that's my guy for sure. What
Speaker 1: a transition. You're already a pro at this transitioning into
Speaker 1: JB and Co. Like that, Joe, This guy branches out
Speaker 1: into media now we've seen him on the court during
Speaker 1: the pandemic. He started the show JB and Co. How
Speaker 1: great of an idea was this for him to branch
Speaker 1: out in this way? But he's made for it. That's
Speaker 1: and that's what I'm saying. You know, it's like his
Speaker 1: game even though we say he is sniper, a three
Speaker 1: point shooter, but you need a two pointer, he go
Speaker 1: get it. You need to stop. He gonna make it happen.
Speaker 1: You need that timely assist. He gonna make it happen.
Speaker 1: So he has so many fastests to his game. It's
Speaker 1: only natural that he has so many fastest to his
Speaker 1: own personal life. And he has he has that skill
Speaker 1: set to go wherever he wants. And I'm excited for you.
Speaker 1: I know you have podcasts and all these different things,
Speaker 1: so I'm excited. It's so happy for you. Brought nothing
Speaker 1: but success to you every area right the new YouTube
Speaker 1: channel you interviewed Shake Milton, as you said, had Brandy
Speaker 1: chat Stain. The finale of season one was Steve Nash unbelievable.
Speaker 1: Why did you decide to start JB and Co. Well, one,
Speaker 1: you know, I appreciate you guys for watching and all
Speaker 1: the great words that you just said. I really appreciate it. Um.
Speaker 1: But but JB and Co. Started because you know, I
Speaker 1: was a communications major at Santa Clair University, so I've
Speaker 1: always had a passion and broadcasting UM. I had my
Speaker 1: own show to start off at Santa Clara called Long
Speaker 1: Walks with Jared, in which I would um walk with
Speaker 1: teammates of mine and you know, the commissioner of my conference,
Speaker 1: the president of my school. So I had the opportunity
Speaker 1: to start that um while I was in college, and
Speaker 1: I was kind of like the beginning phase. But then,
Speaker 1: you know, basketball obviously got hectic, and it got more
Speaker 1: and more busy as I left college, so I kind
Speaker 1: of got away from it. But due to COVID nineteen,
Speaker 1: I knew that I wanted to capitalize on this time
Speaker 1: in some type of fashion. So as soon as we
Speaker 1: had to pack our bags and leave Delaware, you know,
Speaker 1: I kind of started plotting and figuring out what's going
Speaker 1: to be next during this time span. So that's where
Speaker 1: I came up with the idea for the show. In
Speaker 1: a new show at that called JB and Co. In
Speaker 1: which I interviewed distinguished individuals and talk about their success journey,
Speaker 1: talk about the lessons they've learned along the way. And
Speaker 1: I hope it was a way for people who are
Speaker 1: listening from my audience to take things from those episodes,
Speaker 1: to take gyms from those episode and apply them to
Speaker 1: their own life, and during that time, I also wanted
Speaker 1: to shed light on things happening in America, such as
Speaker 1: police brutality and systemic inequality, just because you know, it's
Speaker 1: it's it's it's something that's a problem in our country,
Speaker 1: and me as a black man, I want to be
Speaker 1: able to use my platform in some type of way
Speaker 1: to shed light on that. So so you were able
Speaker 1: to hear a lot from from my guests, both white
Speaker 1: and black, who joined the show. But that's JB and
Speaker 1: Co basically, and I hope to keep it going and
Speaker 1: I'm glad that I've gotten great feedback so far. Well,
Speaker 1: he used the word distinguished, So Matt, you must be
Speaker 1: up next. We're gonna say you're next. Joe liked it.
Speaker 1: What do you guys think should we get into the
Speaker 1: debut of our Big Three draft a new segment here?
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna do it, and I hope you
Speaker 1: guys prepared because the topic is best basketball films. We're
Speaker 1: each gonna take three picks and we pick that because
Speaker 1: of the last dance, all the fanfare around that and
Speaker 1: Jared being from the Chicago area, and I like I
Speaker 1: said a lot of shows do this. Some do five
Speaker 1: picks each. We'll keep it short and sweet. We'll go
Speaker 1: around the horn. We'll do it draft style, though. We're
Speaker 1: always gonna let the guest pick first, So Jared's gonna
Speaker 1: have the first pick, and then Joe and I on
Speaker 1: each episode will probably alternate second and third. Joe, I'll
Speaker 1: let you have the second pick on this one because
Speaker 1: I'm such a nice guy. But let's start with Jared
Speaker 1: and he can get us started with his first pick
Speaker 1: in our best basketball movie Draft. Wow, I think for
Speaker 1: my first pick, Um, considering that um Denzel Washington is
Speaker 1: such a great actor, I'd have to go with he
Speaker 1: Got Game. That has to be my first pick us.
Speaker 1: He's an amazing actor. I think a lot of people
Speaker 1: respect what he does um on film and also to
Speaker 1: add Ray Allan and there is Jesus shuttles Worth. I
Speaker 1: think both of them combined made for a great movie.
Speaker 1: So I have to say he Got Game for for
Speaker 1: my first pick. Oh wow, I can't lose it that one. Um. Well,
Speaker 1: my my my first pick would have to be Glory Road. Um.
Speaker 1: It was about a school that my big brother Mike
Speaker 1: went to was at times Texas West there but at
Speaker 1: that time. Now is uh Texas del Passo. Uh Mike
Speaker 1: played for the legendary Don Haskins, while who was portrayed
Speaker 1: in the movie and Big Daddy Land and Son is
Speaker 1: from Sugarland, Texas. Cliff Land and some people say Latin,
Speaker 1: some people say Latine. Um, I say Cliff Latine and
Speaker 1: um so we're like brothers and um so that wouldn't
Speaker 1: have to be my movie Glory Road. I had a
Speaker 1: feeling Joe was gonna snag Glory Road from me because
Speaker 1: of his personal connection to it. That's fine, though it's
Speaker 1: more fitting for you. I get two picks in a row. Now, rules,
Speaker 1: they make the rule. What's up with these rules? Man,
Speaker 1: It's like a fantasy draft. I'm in the third position.
Speaker 1: It goes back around the other way. I like it.
Speaker 1: So Jared really had to make because he got game
Speaker 1: pick count because he doesn't pick again for a couple
Speaker 1: of picks. Now, I'll snag Hoosiers first, and then I
Speaker 1: didn't think I was gonna have a chance at the
Speaker 1: last dance, But because documentaries are included, I guess I
Speaker 1: gotta take the last dance from you guys. So I'll
Speaker 1: go with Hoosiers and the Last Dance and then Joe
Speaker 1: and Jared in that order coming up next. Wow. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's that's that's that's pretty good. Um, I'm gonna get
Speaker 1: a little fun here and I'm gonna go with uh
Speaker 1: Space here. I like it. I like it. You're gonna
Speaker 1: go with Uh, You're gonna go with Last Dance. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna keep it with Mike. You can't lose when you
Speaker 1: got money in anything, So you know, as a fun
Speaker 1: movie has some great characters in it, and I was
Speaker 1: alluding to this guy, So I'm gonna go with spaces Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was hoping that Glory role will get a chance
Speaker 1: to come back to me. I also love Space Jam,
Speaker 1: so I'm upset that guy taken it. And right here
Speaker 1: I have two okay. And then of course the Last
Speaker 1: Dance documentary that that was an amazing documentary about a
Speaker 1: great time in Chicago. So that's that's a good choice. Matt. Um,
Speaker 1: I'll have to take for my second pick. Well, as
Speaker 1: you guys can see, I don't know if you guys
Speaker 1: can see this, you guys know a movie that is
Speaker 1: oh yeah, white Man Can Jump. I gotta take that
Speaker 1: as my second pick ultimately, because one I just enjoyed
Speaker 1: it as a movie as a whole, and two like,
Speaker 1: I think it shows great qualities working in pairs, um um,
Speaker 1: you know, being able to trust, being able to believe
Speaker 1: in your teammates. So so I really respect that movie.
Speaker 1: And I got one more and then it goes back
Speaker 1: to us to finish it out. Wow, Jar all right.
Speaker 1: I don't know if any of you guys have this
Speaker 1: on your mind, but I have to probably take Coach Carter. Uh.
Speaker 1: Samuel Jackson is another another great actor of mine, favorite
Speaker 1: of mine, and I think, uh, the qualities that he
Speaker 1: teaches those young men in high school how not to
Speaker 1: just play basketball, but how to grow up as they
Speaker 1: get ready to venture out and be adults. I think
Speaker 1: that was a great movie in itself. Yeah he he.
Speaker 1: I love when they always and did some of his
Speaker 1: push ups and some of his running. I love that
Speaker 1: part of the Coach Carter. But you know this here,
Speaker 1: Matt was too easy easy, I mean too easy. That
Speaker 1: was from uh, from my one of my you know
Speaker 1: your movie white White Hit Job. But my pick is
Speaker 1: above the Room. Oh I I loved. I love that
Speaker 1: movie and also a good friend of mine, uh saying
Speaker 1: worth in Who's a globe trying to coach. He had
Speaker 1: a part in there when on played it on Tupacs
Speaker 1: on a team that Tupocs put together. My man saying
Speaker 1: Worth and played on that team who could really play
Speaker 1: original New Yorker. So it was a great movie. Now,
Speaker 1: and that's that's that's my other pick, all right, So
Speaker 1: I have the last pick. I'm just gonna have a
Speaker 1: little fun with it. I don't care what anybody says.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick like Mike because I really liked that
Speaker 1: movie growing up. It's just a fun movie. A lot
Speaker 1: of NBA players featured in it. So that's just kind
Speaker 1: of my throwaway pick. It probably doesn't belong in this group,
Speaker 1: but I feel like maybe the biggest snub might have
Speaker 1: been Hoop Dreams since documentaries and everything were included. But
Speaker 1: I think all around we all had the biggest know
Speaker 1: would have been Blue Chips. All right, Well, we all
Speaker 1: had a chance to pick it. So did anybody say whosers?
Speaker 1: I did? Sais Right said, yeah, but I'm talking about
Speaker 1: a movie with Penny Hardaway and Shack Larry Bird and
Speaker 1: how we didn't pick Blue Chips. That's true, that's true. Hey,
Speaker 1: I respect it. I respect all you guys as choices.
Speaker 1: I respect it. Oh yeah, you had some great ones.
Speaker 1: Jared had the most educated reasoning for most of his picks.
Speaker 1: Me and Joe are just out here nit balling. But
Speaker 1: you know it was the debut. We'll get that out there,
Speaker 1: see what everybody else thinks of our picks. But I
Speaker 1: think that was a great way to start it. Quick
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Speaker 1: a couple of random questions we usually say at the buzzer,
Speaker 1: anything we can squeeze in between Joe and I with
Speaker 1: our guests. I'll start with one that I like to
Speaker 1: ask everybody. Obviously, there's a lot of travel in sports.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of travel in basketball and in the
Speaker 1: G League. The travel can get interesting. Jared, outside of
Speaker 1: your your home city, which would be a trip to
Speaker 1: the Windy City Bulls, what is your favorite road city
Speaker 1: to visit outside of your home city and why? That's
Speaker 1: a great question. I don't know if I'm allowed to
Speaker 1: give this answer because for the time that I've been there,
Speaker 1: we've never traveled here. But it would be California if
Speaker 1: we could just get them on the schedule, just once,
Speaker 1: That's all that I'm asking for. Just once, can we
Speaker 1: get California's schedule, because you know, California's kind of like
Speaker 1: my second home. You know, my girlfriend, my friends, some
Speaker 1: family are out there, so it'd be great to go
Speaker 1: out there and play, and also to get out of
Speaker 1: the East Coast in the Midwest to go enjoy some nice,
Speaker 1: beautiful weather. That's I've always looked for to that. So
Speaker 1: that would probably be my first if we went there.
Speaker 1: But since we didn't, I'll give you one more. UM.
Speaker 1: Probably probably um Coronta. I like Toronto. I do like
Speaker 1: the popular pick. Toronto is probably a popular pick. So
Speaker 1: I would say between Toronto or I would say between
Speaker 1: um um Arizona. So I know, you know, when we're
Speaker 1: in Arizona, we played far away, but for the time
Speaker 1: that we did go there, um, you know, most of
Speaker 1: the teammates and I we went back to Arizona after
Speaker 1: we got that win, uh and had a good night
Speaker 1: out there and Arizona is a great state. So we
Speaker 1: had a good time. So I think I put that
Speaker 1: on my list for sure. All right, Joe, anything you
Speaker 1: want to squeeze in, Yeah, I just I know, Um,
Speaker 1: hopefully I'll do get to talk to you between now
Speaker 1: and then. But I know you had a birthday coming
Speaker 1: up in November. Um you know, and uh, you know
Speaker 1: you've done some basketball and you've alluded me and man
Speaker 1: it's talked about. You got some good friends that are
Speaker 1: going to be play in the NBA finals, guys that
Speaker 1: you don't play it against, and as some some battles
Speaker 1: with um and you've seen guys like Shake and Shay
Speaker 1: I go up. What is your mental as far as
Speaker 1: you know with COVID and some of the things, as
Speaker 1: far as your your next level for your next move
Speaker 1: for basketball in your career, Yeah, you know it my
Speaker 1: my my metal. My mentality stays to say, I know
Speaker 1: with COVID nineteen, Uh, it caused distractions called causing certainty
Speaker 1: for a lot of people, um, you know even for
Speaker 1: US basketball players and choosing where we're gonna play and
Speaker 1: things of that nature. But my mentality stays the same,
Speaker 1: which is which is continue to work hard, continue to
Speaker 1: find something new on my game to work on, so
Speaker 1: that way, I'm always improving every single year. So I've
Speaker 1: been in the gymnion stop continuing to work and prepare
Speaker 1: for whatever my next opportunity is, UM, and I just
Speaker 1: want to continue to see myself move forward wherever that
Speaker 1: may be. I don't know, UM, I don't really keep
Speaker 1: that in mind. As long as I know that I'm
Speaker 1: making the right improvements to elevate my game and the
Speaker 1: way that I want to see it, that's all that
Speaker 1: really matters to me. So just really going at it
Speaker 1: full force and not worrying about all the outside factors
Speaker 1: and distractions that can come my way. So just keeping
Speaker 1: laser focus. Well, I'm opening that one day, man. You
Speaker 1: get to put on the jersey one day, one day
Speaker 1: up there, Man, I just want to see it, I say,
Speaker 1: I do. It was my guys. I really do appreciate that,
Speaker 1: and I hope I get the opportunity as well too.
Speaker 1: I continue pushing for it. But like I said, man,
Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys, and I appreciate the support that
Speaker 1: you give me throughout the season and even outside of
Speaker 1: the season. So thank you guys for having me. I
Speaker 1: really do appreciate it. Yeah, Jared, you just got Joe
Speaker 1: all fired up towards the end, So now I got
Speaker 1: to go in and check the audio levels on that
Speaker 1: when he gets when he gets excited. We're gonna have
Speaker 1: to do that in the editing process now. But this
Speaker 1: this was a lot of fun. I feel like you've
Speaker 1: been on every Bluecoats platform we possibly have over the years,
Speaker 1: and you're always great with your time and we always
Speaker 1: enjoy talking to you. So thanks again for coming on.
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Man. Looking forward to the best for
Speaker 1: the blue Coat success and wishing nothing but the best
Speaker 1: to the Blue Coats fans. Sorry that the season had
Speaker 1: to end early, but I hope something is good in
Speaker 1: store for you guys in the future. There you have it.
Speaker 1: A lot of fun with that one. Thanks again to
Speaker 1: Jared brown Ridge and for my partner Joe Richmond. I'm
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy. Until next time, take it or leave it
Speaker 1: at the coach check