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Speaker 1: So my name is Matt Barnes. I played fourteen years

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Speaker 4: Steven Jackson played with the San Antonio Spurs, won a

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Speaker 1: won a championship two or three years ago and he's out.

443
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Speaker 1: All these coaches changing spots, and I think it's now.

444
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Speaker 1: It's because the players make so much money. When we

445
00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,280
Speaker 1: first came to the NBA, the coaches were in control.

446
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,240
Speaker 1: The players are in control hands down now. And if

447
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Speaker 1: you don't get along with your star player, you don't produce,

448
00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,000
Speaker 1: and you have as that the organization feels like you

449
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Speaker 1: should win with no matter how good you are.

450
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Speaker 2: You know, you get you get.

451
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Speaker 1: Fired, you can they maybe great Papa Bitch is someone

452
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Speaker 1: he played for and coach Spolster over in Miami. You

453
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,960
Speaker 1: don't really get ten yards anymore. You know, those guys

454
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,199
Speaker 1: are both plassed past ten years at their team. But

455
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Speaker 1: that's a rarity not only in our sport, but across

456
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Speaker 1: the board. The easiest person to blame is always going

457
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Speaker 1: to be the coach. Now that's not saying some coaches

458
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Speaker 1: don't deserve it, because some coaches suck playing and simple,

459
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Speaker 1: you know, but sometimes it's just easier instead of picking

460
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Speaker 1: out the players who need to be better.

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Speaker 2: At times, let's just blame the coach.

462
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Speaker 1: It's a cutthroat business, but you know, they're paid well,

463
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Speaker 1: just as the players are paid well.

464
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Speaker 2: And I guess it just kind of comes with the territory.

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Speaker 2: Another question.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, so, first of all, You've been in the NBA

467
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Speaker 8: for a long time, You've been part of championship teams,

468
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Speaker 8: You've played for with a lot of real big stars

469
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Speaker 8: and other role players and teammates.

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Speaker 2: You've had a lot of experience.

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Speaker 9: So from your experience, from your point of view, whether

472
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Speaker 9: you think it's the biggest misconception, I think something that

473
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Speaker 9: people don't know about being an NBA play a part

474
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Speaker 9: of your life that maybe people don't know about. It

475
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Speaker 9: seems very different to them, because I think people very.

476
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Speaker 2: Often approach it very like I have a simplistic view

477
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Speaker 2: of it.

478
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Speaker 9: It's just training, You go through games, and that's you

479
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Speaker 9: have a few interviews.

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Speaker 2: So what's the biggest probably misconception.

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Speaker 9: The second part is about the podcast to do a

482
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Speaker 9: brilliant job. I think, if you speak for everybody in crature,

483
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Speaker 9: we're very proud right be here, and we're very proud

484
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Speaker 9: and thankful to Damian who is somewhere here. I think

485
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Speaker 9: they're for bringing you guys over here. Your process of

486
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Speaker 9: preparing the podcast, how much did it change from the beginning.

487
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Speaker 9: In the beginning, I think that was more relaxed and

488
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Speaker 9: more medication wise oriented. Now I think maybe you have

489
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Speaker 9: a more professional approach. I don't know if that's the

490
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Speaker 9: right showays work out. What's the difference there, We'll get it.

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Speaker 2: The first part. What was the first part? What was

492
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Speaker 2: the first part of your question?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, what's the biggest misconception was something athletes?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I mean it's just light period, Like, if

495
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Speaker 4: your life's not right at home, you're not gonna have

496
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Speaker 4: good games. You're not gonna be able to perform. That's

497
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Speaker 4: what people don't understand. But athletes are human beings. So

498
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Speaker 4: if they come to a game and have an off night,

499
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Speaker 4: don't think it's just because they haven't been practicing on

500
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Speaker 4: their game. They can be spending weeks in the gym

501
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Speaker 4: practicing to make that one shot to make that one

502
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Speaker 4: fan happy, but they can have something go wrong at

503
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Speaker 4: home or on their way to the game that can

504
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Speaker 4: throw off their whole day.

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Speaker 2: So athletes are humans.

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Speaker 4: You're we're expected to be able to take more and

507
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Speaker 4: much and more is expected from us because of how

508
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Speaker 4: much we get paid and stuff like that.

509
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Speaker 2: But athletes are human.

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Speaker 4: So when you see them have bad games, don't think

511
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Speaker 4: it's as an athlete that doesn't care about the game

512
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Speaker 4: but doesn't care about winning.

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Speaker 2: They're human, just like everybody else. Yeah, I think that's

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Speaker 2: probably right.

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Speaker 1: There is the biggest misconception because we go through the

516
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Speaker 1: same thing everyone else goes through. We lose parents, we

517
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Speaker 1: lose family members, we go through divorces, we get in

518
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Speaker 1: trouble and it's blown up. So there's so much that

519
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Speaker 1: goes into being able to focus on our job, you

520
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Speaker 1: know what I mean. Because we are paid good money,

521
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Speaker 1: people sometimes think that we're superhuman nothing affects us, when

522
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,320
Speaker 1: it's quite the opposite. You know, it's really hard to

523
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Speaker 1: have the world always talking about you, whether it's good

524
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Speaker 1: or bad. So that part is tough. And I think

525
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Speaker 1: another misconception is I think sometimes fans think because guys

526
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Speaker 1: may play on the bench or don't play that much,

527
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Speaker 1: they can't play. Like that's the furthest thing from the truth.

528
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Speaker 1: Like the glass guy on the bench is better than

529
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Speaker 1: ninety five percent of the world.

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Speaker 2: You know, you just happen to.

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Speaker 1: Be either in a situation where you're not getting the

532
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Speaker 1: opportunity to play or just the guys in front of

533
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Speaker 1: you or that much better. But it doesn't make them,

534
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Speaker 1: he said, other coaches a hater. It doesn't make them

535
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Speaker 1: any less. And then to your second question. Yeah, we've

536
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Speaker 1: just grown. You know, we've grown from the beginning. Like

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Speaker 1: I said, when Brian said, hey, let's do it, we

538
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Speaker 1: didn't know what we were doing, to be honest with you, Like,

539
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Speaker 1: we didn't know what a podcast was, what was going on.

540
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Speaker 1: We just tried to come out and talk and have

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Speaker 1: a good time. And obviously, you know, just like when

542
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Speaker 1: we played, we can watch film and kind of see

543
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Speaker 1: how shows win and where we can improve on and may, hey,

544
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Speaker 1: maybe we should we shouldn't smoke that much this time

545
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Speaker 1: because hey, you know, we both were forgetting questions or

546
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Speaker 1: falling asleep.

547
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Speaker 2: And now I'm going to sleep. Yeah.

548
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Speaker 1: Yeah, So you know, obviously we've grown and and and

549
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Speaker 1: I think it's been great because we started seeing our

550
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Speaker 1: work everywhere, like ESPN would be taking clips of our shows,

551
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Speaker 1: and other shows would be taking clips of our shows

552
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Speaker 1: and our and our edits with we had a great

553
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Speaker 1: we have a great edit team over at Malcolm. Our

554
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Speaker 1: edits would go viral, you know what I mean. And

555
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Speaker 1: I think that's maybe when we started taking it a

556
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Speaker 1: little bit more seriously because we're just like, oh, they're

557
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Speaker 1: really listening, like they're Because we didn't know if it

558
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Speaker 1: was gonna people were gonna listen where people gonna like us,

559
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Speaker 1: Like Jack said, weren't stars, we were role players.

560
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Speaker 2: So we didn't know how we were going to be received.

561
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Speaker 1: We just knew we had to be real and and

562
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Speaker 1: once we kind of started realizing that, man, our voice

563
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Speaker 1: is literally traveling around the world, that's when we started

564
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Speaker 1: realizing like, Okay, hey, you know we can do something

565
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Speaker 1: specialist space and make good money while we're doing it.

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Speaker 1: So it's definitely been a learning and we continue to

567
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Speaker 1: learn in this space.

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Speaker 2: Good question question over here. Yes, so you're in the

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Speaker 2: whole land?

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Speaker 10: Yes, yes, like in the one Bogdanovic more a little

571
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Speaker 10: bit here, you've got Dragic down south to the east,

572
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Speaker 10: a little bit, you got Mooti pitch east, you got

573
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Speaker 10: your pitch back in the day of a lot of

574
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Speaker 10: debats the progression of players from Europe and this area

575
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Speaker 10: from when you started playing ball, he sort of the

576
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Speaker 10: impression that NBA players had was there a stigma on

577
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Speaker 10: foreign players?

578
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Speaker 2: And has that changed?

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Speaker 10: Obviously now we have to put your tea time WBD

580
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Speaker 10: when you first started playing to now, have you seen

581
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Speaker 10: a difference in sort of the image with the impression

582
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Speaker 10: that NBA players have towards European players.

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Speaker 2: Is it more respect now than when you guys started?

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Speaker 2: Way more?

585
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Speaker 4: It's not even close from when I was in the

586
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Speaker 4: league to now. You know, you had a few guys

587
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Speaker 4: come over that could play that that would gain your respect.

588
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Speaker 4: Now you got nbig teams starting their organizations with guys

589
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Speaker 4: from over here. So it's not it's not it's night

590
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Speaker 4: and day. But it's great for the game of basketball

591
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Speaker 4: because the game is growing, you know, do they want

592
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Speaker 4: the game to be global. It's putting a lot of

593
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Speaker 4: pressure on guys in the state. They need to work

594
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Speaker 4: on their game. Now kids from other countries are growing

595
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Speaker 4: up and being just as talented as them.

596
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Speaker 2: So, but it also shows how hard you guys are working.

597
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Speaker 4: You know, it shows how basketball is growing here, and

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Speaker 4: I say it's you guys taking it. A lot of

599
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Speaker 4: guys in the United States are getting opportunities and really

600
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Speaker 4: not even working hard to get them. You know a

601
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Speaker 4: lot of guys know people, I just got that one

602
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Speaker 4: Instagram post, but I know it's ten times harder to

603
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Speaker 4: get from over here to over there and to be

604
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Speaker 4: MVP like Yoki. So it's harder for you guys and

605
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,760
Speaker 4: you get way more credit than they got. You know,

606
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Speaker 4: when we first came in the league, it's night and day.

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Speaker 1: They got a chance to meet someone who played against

608
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Speaker 1: the Dream Team in ninety two, and I think that

609
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Speaker 1: was kind of obviously showing what we had. But I

610
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Speaker 1: think after that that was a wake of call to

611
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Speaker 1: the rest of the world because after that, it seems

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Speaker 1: like every time after that, European players and international players.

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Speaker 2: Were getting better and better and better.

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Speaker 1: And to keep it real with you, the NBA is

615
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Speaker 1: ran by European players now or international players. You look

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Speaker 1: at the last three or four MVPs or all international players,

617
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Speaker 1: all young players that are all.

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Speaker 2: Probably gonna win it again.

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Speaker 1: So to Jack's point, I think it's great because I

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Speaker 1: think you guys are making us get better, Like we

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Speaker 1: have to step our games up now because we know

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Speaker 1: that there's thousands of kids that are growing up here,

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Speaker 1: if not many of the kids that are growing up

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Speaker 1: you know internationally, they want to want to get in

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Speaker 1: that spot.

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Speaker 2: And for people who.

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Speaker 1: Don't know, in the history of the NBA, there's been

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Speaker 1: less than five thousand players, less than five thousand players,

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Speaker 1: So everybody in the world wants to play in the

630
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Speaker 1: NBA and each season there's only about four hundred to

631
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Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty players in that league and a

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Speaker 1: lot of it is European influx. Now, European players are

633
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Speaker 1: coming over and they're taking jobs because like Jack said,

634
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Speaker 1: American players aren't taking it seriously. So that's why just random,

635
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Speaker 1: but that's why the people are making such a big

636
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Speaker 1: deal about what John Moran is doing because he's a

637
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Speaker 1: young American player that's supposed to kind of carry the

638
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 1: torch once Lebron and Steph and KD leave. He's supposed

639
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Speaker 1: to be one of those American players that American can

640
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Speaker 1: hang their hat on. So that's why it's such a

641
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Speaker 1: big deal back where we're at of what he's doing

642
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: because again, like I just said, European players are running

643
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Speaker 1: the league, you know what I mean. Mean, so you know,

644
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Speaker 1: America does have pride and they want to do uh,

645
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Speaker 1: they do want to be represented. But to answer your

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Speaker 1: original question, the yeah, the respect has gone way up

647
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Speaker 1: because it's it's it's definitely been earned and it's just

648
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Speaker 1: and again I credit you guys for making the guys

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Speaker 1: back at home better.

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Speaker 2: Question Q Hi Jack, I love the show. Thank you.

651
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Speaker 2: What the COVID episode like eight times. So yeah, every

652
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Speaker 2: time I get a goosebumps, So nice jump. My question

653
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Speaker 2: is pretty silly. Want to look, what did you guys

654
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Speaker 2: last of one on one? And who won?

655
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Speaker 1: Have we ever played one on one? I've ever played? Yeah, No,

656
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Speaker 1: I think we've had one on one. Who can smoke

657
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Speaker 1: the most? But I don't think we've ever played one

658
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Speaker 1: on one?

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Speaker 2: Maybe it depends.

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Speaker 1: I don't really smoke that much anymore, so I'd say

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Speaker 1: he would probably win now. But back when we were

662
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Speaker 1: both in our heyday, we were pretty impressive. We just

663
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Speaker 1: smoke until we passed out.

664
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Speaker 2: It was even back in the day. Yeah, when we

665
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 2: first started hanging out. You know. The one thing about Jack.

666
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Speaker 1: Jack and I became really close all the shirt the story.

667
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: I lost my mom to cancer in two thousand and seven,

668
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Speaker 1: So she was diagnosed November first and died November twenty six,

669
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Speaker 1: twenty seventh, So within twenty six days she died.

670
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Speaker 2: And this is right after we've had that.

671
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Speaker 1: We believe Run with the Beaten Dallas is the very

672
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Speaker 1: next season, and Jack and I became super close because

673
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 1: he was the one that always came to check on me,

674
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Speaker 1: whether he'd bring me food or he would just come

675
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Speaker 1: over and talk to me and smoke, and we just

676
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: kind of smoked our pains away, you know. But before

677
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 1: even before that, like we had a unique team where

678
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 1: and I'm sorry for talking about smoking if there's any

679
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: kids here, but this is just really how we moved.

680
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: We would go from practice and go to jack Spot

681
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: and watch game film and just smoke and talk about

682
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: the game like we wanted it that bad. And you know,

683
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Speaker 1: I think you can kind of tell what that team

684
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Speaker 1: we made a historical run. But cannabis has always kind

685
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Speaker 1: of been a part of our journey together. And I'm

686
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: just happy now that the NBA and leagues across I

687
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: can't say the world, but you know, leagues across the

688
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 1: United States have kind of woken up and under standing,

689
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 1: you know, the importance of cannabis and how it can

690
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: be beneficial from everyone from children to our grandparents. So

691
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: no one on one, but we've we've had a smoke off,

692
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: and I'd probably say back on our heyday it was tied,

693
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 1: but now he would win, and if we played.

694
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Speaker 4: One on one, the game would never end because we

695
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 4: both knew using all our files and probably like the file, yeah,

696
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 4: we probably end up fighting, so the game.

697
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Speaker 1: Yeah, now we want to welcome to the stage.

698
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Speaker 2: Welcome to the stage.

699
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: Man, one of the most gracious hosts I've ever met.

700
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: So when I got a chance to play against uh

701
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: in the NBA, and then through Steven Espinoza ran into

702
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 1: him in Las Vegas and got a chance to reconnect

703
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 1: and hang out a little bit, and and next thing

704
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 1: I know, we're coming to Croatia. I'm like to do

705
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: what to talk about basketball? They're like, yeah, bring your wives.

706
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: I'm like, sign me up. So welcome to the show. Damian,

707
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: I don't I don't want to mispronounce your last name, Rudish.

708
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: Thank you very much for obviously having us out here

709
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: and you know, the Sunset Media Festival. You know, when

710
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: you started explaining to me, I thought it was incredible.

711
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: I've been in your ear since I've been here that

712
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Speaker 1: we got to bring to the United States and I

713
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Speaker 1: want to help you do that. Can you tell the

714
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Speaker 1: people how that got started in your mission behind it.

715
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Speaker 3: Appreciate you guys having me, really hoping you enjoyed this

716
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 3: week in Croatia, and I'm very proud that we have

717
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 3: you here, and you know, very happy that you guys

718
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 3: are taking your game internationally as well. So the whole

719
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 3: idea behind the Sunset Sports Media Festival came from Petradovich,

720
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 3: you know, the VP of CBS Sports, and he said,

721
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Speaker 3: I want us to do a sports business festival in

722
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Speaker 3: Croatia that everyone wants to come to. You know, like

723
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 3: a lot of these are just boring. They bore you

724
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 3: with pds, with powerpoints. You know, it's a corporate event.

725
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Speaker 3: We want to do something funky, something all, something that's

726
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 3: very you know, people are going to have fomo if

727
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 3: they don't come here. You know, we want to have

728
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Speaker 3: all the biggest stars, all the biggest experts in the

729
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 3: sports media industry and sports business. Have them come here,

730
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Speaker 3: enjoy you know, the beautiful sea, the beautiful coast, you know,

731
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Speaker 3: enjoy the networking opportunities we can provide and just you know,

732
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Speaker 3: keep the festival growing.

733
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been great, from the food to the people

734
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Speaker 1: to the views.

735
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Speaker 2: We've definitely enjoyed it.

736
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Speaker 1: Born in Croustia, when did you find basketball And was

737
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: there anyone as you were growing up who you kind

738
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Speaker 1: of look to in the space as you know, admiration

739
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Speaker 1: or someone you looked up to or wanted to be like, yeah, well.

740
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Speaker 3: I started playing because my older brother, you know, younger

741
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 3: brother does, but the older brother, you know, he follows

742
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Speaker 3: what the older brother does.

743
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 2: Right.

744
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 3: So my brother is even is seven years older than me,

745
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 3: and he had Jordan posters all over the wall.

746
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:45,719
Speaker 2: So it was done pretty much after that.

747
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Speaker 3: You know, obviously be in the Croatian Tony kok Cutch

748
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 3: and Drashen Petro, which are.

749
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Speaker 2: The first guys that come to mind.

750
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 3: My first idols and guys that are already watching, especially

751
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 3: Tony Kook Clutch try to you know, follow their footsteps

752
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 3: and dream big. And that's how it started. I picked

753
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,479
Speaker 3: up the game in basketballhen I was seven and never

754
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 3: looked back.

755
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: I got a crazy story. I literally DM Tony Kuk

756
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 1: coach last night. Never had the opportunity to meet him.

757
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: A huge fan of him, and he responded and I

758
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: asked if he was here because I was like, hey,

759
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 1: you know, we'll try to fly you out here and talk.

760
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 1: It's like no, Unfortunately I just left for Chicago. But

761
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: my son is a huge fan of your show. I'm like, well,

762
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: it's only right you got to come on the show.

763
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Speaker 1: So hopefully we'll get Tony.

764
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Speaker 3: So yeah, I hope so he would be an incredible

765
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,800
Speaker 3: guests and definitely one of the greatest creation basketball players

766
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Speaker 3: in history for sure.

767
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Speaker 2: Agreed.

768
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: Agreed, you recalled, you know, one of the greatest wing

769
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Speaker 1: players to ever come out here.

770
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Speaker 2: You out of here.

771
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: You played internationally from two thousand and two to twenty fourteen.

772
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 2: When you finally made the jump to the NBA. What

773
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 2: was that like?

774
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 1: You played, You've been playing professionally here for you know,

775
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: ten plus years, you finally make the jump to I

776
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: think what every boy that puts the ball in his

777
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: hand is the dream of being in the NBA.

778
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Speaker 2: What was that like for you?

779
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 3: It was very weird, to be honest, because I didn't

780
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 3: make the NBA till very late.

781
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 1: You know.

782
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:50,799
Speaker 3: I got to the NBA when I was twenty eight,

783
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 3: so I was undrafted. I went and applied for the

784
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 3: draft when I was twenty two, and no one picked me.

785
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:57,839
Speaker 3: So I was just kind of crushed and went back

786
00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 3: overseas and I was like, all right, I'll just build

787
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 3: my career and see.

788
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 2: What I can do.

789
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 3: And then when I was twenty eight, you know, I

790
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 3: played well obviously in the ACB and a team called

791
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 3: the kais that I Spanish league is really fantastic.

792
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 2: So I was fortunate enough to.

793
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 3: Do well over there, and all of a sudden, my

794
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 3: agent said there was interest from MBA. So I was like,

795
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,840
Speaker 3: that's fantastic, but I really won't believe it until it happens.

796
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 3: But it was good. He kept, you know, saying there's interest.

797
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 3: I said, I don't want to go there and try out,

798
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,439
Speaker 3: you know, I don't want to get dream crushed again.

799
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 3: I'm having a good career here in Europe, made a

800
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 3: good name for myself. And then in the end I

801
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 3: really showed, you know, fantastic interest, and Larry Bird started

802
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 3: asking around, and I was like, Okay, if Larry Bird

803
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 3: is asking around, this might be something serious there. And

804
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,479
Speaker 3: we set up one workout and actually a crazy story

805
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 3: I got to share with you guys. You know, how

806
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 3: you work out for a team. It was normally like

807
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 3: three or four guys. It's like three on three or

808
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,719
Speaker 3: two and two. So I'm expecting like other people to

809
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 3: be there, right, So I'm getting ready for the workout

810
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,280
Speaker 3: and I'm walking in the gym and the practice cility

811
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 3: and there's no one there, believe, and there's thirty execs

812
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:54,800
Speaker 3: on the bleachers.

813
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,479
Speaker 2: Larry Bird is sitting in the chair and like.

814
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 3: Fifteen members of the coaching staff and Frank on the court,

815
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 3: and I'm by myself and I'm thinking, like.

816
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 11: All right, just do or die. So let's see what

817
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 11: we can do. That's dope, that's dope. It worked out well.

818
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 11: What was your welcome to the NBA moment?

819
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 3: I remember like it was yesterday, to be honest, man,

820
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 3: we all had one, and mine was in practice, I

821
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 3: would say like five days in and Donald Sloan dunked

822
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 3: at me so hard. It was on fast break, and

823
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 3: I couldn't believe it. I was like, there's no way

824
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 3: he's dunking on me like that, and he just smashed it.

825
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 3: The whole team started laughing and we stopped practice. I

826
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 3: was I didn't know what to do with myself. I

827
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 3: was like, all right, I just got to take it.

828
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 3: And that was it. That was my five days in.

829
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 3: That was my welcome to the NBA moment. And then

830
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 3: after that, actually one of the first games we played.

831
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, like to add on to the story.

832
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 3: Like there's no bumps in the NBA like that, you know,

833
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 3: like the fifteen guy and the roster is really gonna,

834
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 3: you know, kick your ass if it happens. So you know,

835
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 3: there was a lot of guys there that I wasn't

836
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 3: familiar with when I got there. You know, so we're

837
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 3: playing the Bulls and Doug McDermott drops thirteen on me

838
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,919
Speaker 3: in like four minutes and TODJ. Gibson Jokim Norse said

839
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 3: in the screams, I'm fighting for my life and they did.

840
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 3: They said, so he's just shooting the balls going in.

841
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 3: I'm like, this can't be happening like a lot like this, So,

842
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 3: you know, coach pulled me out the game.

843
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 2: I was like, all right, you know, that's welcome to

844
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 2: d NA. You gotta wake up.

845
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 4: Unfortunately, Paul George suffered a brotal leg Andrew when you

846
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 4: was there, what was the vibe of the team and

847
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,879
Speaker 4: what could have been if he wouldn't have got hurt.

848
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 3: That was very unfortunate, man. I mean, in some way

849
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,280
Speaker 3: it worked out for me because I got the minutes.

850
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 3: You know, it was my rookie year and I had

851
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 3: a chance of playing, which is something that rarely happens. So,

852
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 3: you know, thanks to coach Vogel, he found me in

853
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 3: a roster spot, I mean a rotation spot actually, so

854
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 3: I played, you know, as part of the second unit,

855
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 3: and I had my role. I had my shots at

856
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 3: you know, the set players that we ran for me,

857
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 3: but obviously not having Paul George there, you know, really

858
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 3: on all their chances for anything. And you got to

859
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 3: think they're coming off of you know, Eastern Conference Finals, they're,

860
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 3: you know, one of the hottest teams in the league.

861
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 3: And he suffers a leg injury and I'm like, I mean,

862
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 3: you know, God knows what's going to happen.

863
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:00,839
Speaker 2: With us now.

864
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,320
Speaker 3: And we actually had a chance of making the playoffs

865
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 3: in the last game of the season, the last game

866
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 3: of the regular season, were playing Memphis away and if

867
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 3: we beat him, we go to the playoffs. And Marcasol

868
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 3: has like forty twenty ten and eight. Ooh, I mean

869
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 3: it felt like it, you know, it was really so

870
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 3: it just went home. And that was, you know, a

871
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 3: disastrous season. I wouldn't call it disasters, it was you know,

872
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 3: I wish we would have made the playoffs. And then

873
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:24,760
Speaker 3: after that I got traded.

874
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 4: What was your favorite moment playing in the NBA, Like

875
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 4: you have a moment where you scored, you know on Somebody,

876
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 4: I done Somebody was one of your favorite moments?

877
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,879
Speaker 3: And I actually had two. One was hitting the game

878
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 3: winner against Orlando. When to play for the Pacers, and

879
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 3: I scored sixteen points in the last quarter and we

880
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 3: were down and we kind of lost seven games in

881
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 3: a row and the team was doing really bad, and

882
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 3: I missed my first couple of shots, and Coach Fogel

883
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 3: just you know, kept me in a game. He kept

884
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 3: me in the game, and I really, honestly, I couldn't

885
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:52,399
Speaker 3: believe it. I was like, all right, I mean there

886
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,399
Speaker 3: must be something there, like obviously, you know, I can't

887
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 3: get any worse than this, And shots started dropping.

888
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 2: Hand got hot. You already know what that feels like.

889
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 3: So you know, it was the last quarter, and ended

890
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,479
Speaker 3: up hitting a game winner off of George Hill pass,

891
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,399
Speaker 3: and then the whole team greet him in the locker room.

892
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 3: You know, everyone's sharing and so happy for me. It

893
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 3: was a real celebration. It felt like we won the

894
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 3: title because it was, you know, a terminal season. And

895
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 3: then the second moment was guarding Kobe. You know, it

896
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 3: was surreal, just sure right, He's like a spider, you know,

897
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 3: making his net around you, and it was it was surreal,

898
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,439
Speaker 3: you know, just had him on the switch a couple

899
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 3: of times and it was like, all right, let's go.

900
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 2: So that was really fantastic. You mentioned Dov camera.

901
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 4: You had a story about KG when you played with

902
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 4: Minnesota in twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen.

903
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 3: There's a lot of kids. Which ones we can say

904
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 3: and which ones we can but you know, playing with

905
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 3: him was definitely one of the highlights of my career.

906
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:44,359
Speaker 2: Man.

907
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,240
Speaker 3: You know, Kevin Garnett is one of the most special

908
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,399
Speaker 3: people I've ever been around. You guys are fortunate enough

909
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 3: to be around him often, and you know, what I

910
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 3: can say about him is just what I remember is

911
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 3: the passion and the energy and the storytelling, Like he

912
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 3: was really big on sharing his experience and you know,

913
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 3: passing along to the future generations. So you got to think, like,

914
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,439
Speaker 3: we're finishing practice at two pm, right and I'm thinking I'm.

915
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 2: Gonna be home for lunch at three and four point thirty.

916
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 3: I'm in the locker room listening to the stories and

917
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 3: there's fourteen of us. Ricky Rubio is there, Tayshaun Frantz

918
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 3: is there, Andre Miller is there. People are not going

919
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 3: home because KG is out there, bullhead, all sweaty, all

920
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 3: upset because someone said that I don't know someone is

921
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 3: better than Jordan and no, you know people say it

922
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,800
Speaker 3: just to provoke him, because you know he says it

923
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 3: when you know anybody says anybody's better than that. Experience

924
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 3: was surreal, man. So it's very fortunate to be able

925
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 3: to live.

926
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: That's tell me your thoughts on the growth that we

927
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 1: touched on and we had our Q and A, but

928
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,720
Speaker 1: just of international players in the league. You know, obviously

929
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 1: Giannis an MVP and a champion, Luca's rain, Luca's on

930
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,360
Speaker 1: the way, we have Victor the first pick in the draft,

931
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,239
Speaker 1: just so much great talent. What are your thoughts in

932
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 1: how proud of you are the growth of the international

933
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: players in the mark they've been able to make in

934
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:53,439
Speaker 1: the league.

935
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,439
Speaker 3: I couldn't be more proud, to be honest, especially coming

936
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,799
Speaker 3: from Croatian, from this region that you know, yielded so

937
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 3: many NBA players that made a big impact history and

938
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 3: now even more with Luka and Jokichen. You know, some

939
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,919
Speaker 3: of my best friends that I and friendships I made

940
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 3: along the way in the NBA Nicolauch obviously you know

941
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 3: who was an All Star and them and Abiellies that

942
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 3: won the championship with the Golden State Warriors, Riky Rubio,

943
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 3: a lot of you know, great people and you know,

944
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 3: fantastic players. But the league has changed so much, right,

945
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 3: I mean now, even when I was there, it was

946
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 3: almost one thirty international and now you have the first

947
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 3: pick in the draft and it's crazy. I couldn't be

948
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 3: more proud. Like I said, I feel like it's really

949
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 3: good for the league, especially, you know, taking.

950
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 2: The NBA brand all around the world.

951
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 3: The game, it grows, the game you already know, so

952
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 3: looking forward to seeing how it's going to develop in

953
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:36,839
Speaker 3: the future.

954
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:42,480
Speaker 1: Even more so the transition from professional sports, not just basketball,

955
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 1: but when it's over for an athlete, sometimes there's slip ups, habits,

956
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 1: people go broke. How are you able to successfully transition

957
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: from your playing career to business?

958
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,320
Speaker 3: It wasn't easy, man, I'm not gonna lie. You already

959
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 3: know you've all been through it. So those first couple

960
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,399
Speaker 3: of months when the phone stops ringing and you know,

961
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 3: you got to find a reason we get out of

962
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 3: the house. It's like, all right, am I.

963
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:04,439
Speaker 2: Going to work out?

964
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 3: Am I going to go get some coffee or this

965
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 3: and that. But to be honest, I try to use

966
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 3: the most of my time and just relax and do

967
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:13,359
Speaker 3: the things I never did, win skiing, when you know,

968
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 3: had all the lunches, all the night life enjoyed. And

969
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 3: then after a while, after like nine months, it was

970
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 3: like all right, now what so, you know, I enrolled

971
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 3: into business school and through that had a great fortune

972
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,240
Speaker 3: of meeting you know, Pete Radovich and my incredible partners,

973
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 3: who said, you know, helped set this festival up, and

974
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 3: you know, through that we just kind of kept the

975
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 3: ball rolling and kick started this project and it's been

976
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 3: going fantastic. And I have to say this a real

977
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 3: moment because Pete and I spoke about this, you know,

978
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 3: leading up to the show one year ago, when we

979
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 3: were wrapping up the first edition of the conference, we said,

980
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 3: you know what if we bring Stephen Jackson Ben Barnes here,

981
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 3: and you know, thanks to Stephen Espinoza and Janina, two

982
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 3: of the most beautiful people, you know, some of the

983
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,319
Speaker 3: most beautiful people I know and dear friends, we've been

984
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,399
Speaker 3: able to make it happen. And we had a vision like, hey,

985
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 3: you know, we're we have guys set up and his

986
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 3: sunset and the backdrop, and one year later, here we

987
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 3: are and I couldn't be more happier. So, you know,

988
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 3: thank you guys for thinking of us. We appreciate that.

989
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,479
Speaker 2: Quick hitters. Now, just first thing to come to mind.

990
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 1: Let us know what you think top five most impactful

991
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 1: international players of all time in your opinion?

992
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 2: Oh, impactful, impactful best? Yeah, you know.

993
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 3: Obviously you know Drajan Petrovich one of the guys that

994
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 3: comes to mind first. Him and Vladi Divas probably were

995
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 3: the trailblazer that set the pace for the you know,

996
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 3: europe players in the nineties. The bonus bonus people forget about,

997
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:38,920
Speaker 3: especially now with Jokis throwing all these crazy passes. You know,

998
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 3: the bonus was was doing that first Tony Kukos incredible

999
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 3: and then you had that generation you know, Parker, Yousoul

1000
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 3: and Vitski.

1001
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 2: So Dirk, you got to.

1002
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 3: Put the Dirk there, right, international guys Obviously, if you

1003
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 3: got to pick one guy the greatest international player ever,

1004
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 3: I was still picked Dirk still, you know, but right.

1005
00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 2: Now, does anyone have a chance in your opinion to

1006
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:02,959
Speaker 2: surpass I think so, you know, we've seen crazier things happen.

1007
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 3: Obviously, that title was so tough, and that's what makes

1008
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 3: his position there, you know, even even more established. But

1009
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 3: I think we're going to see some stuff in the future. Man,

1010
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 3: these young guys coming up, they're ready to do some

1011
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,320
Speaker 3: crazy stuff. And obviously, you know, things that Luka, Doncics

1012
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 3: and Yolks have been doing have been surreal, so you

1013
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 3: know they're up there. It's just a matter of if

1014
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 3: they're going to win the title. You know, it increases

1015
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:23,959
Speaker 3: their eyes obviously, you know how that goes.

1016
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 2: Got to win. We locked Dirk up.

1017
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,359
Speaker 4: I don't think we can lock yok at y'all lukaup No, Yeah,

1018
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 4: we locked Yrk Cup twice.

1019
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:35,319
Speaker 2: It was a team ever, m J Lebron Kobe rank them?

1020
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 2: MJ Kobe Lebron? Just how I got now? Tell us why?

1021
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 1: Because I think often Kobe is one, and obviously he's

1022
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:48,839
Speaker 1: gone and rest in peace, but I think for some

1023
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: reason people always want to jump him and automatically compare

1024
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 1: Lebron and MJ.

1025
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 2: Why is Kobe number two? To you?

1026
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,839
Speaker 3: Honestly, it goes back to the titles, right they're I mean,

1027
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 3: you know you're gonna put Jordan first, obviously, but I

1028
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 3: really have a problem with Kobe being overlooked. I mean,

1029
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 3: Lebron James is, you know, probably going to be the

1030
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 3: greatest score in history of basketball for many years to come.

1031
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 3: So no doubt that the numbers are going to be

1032
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 3: on their side. You can talk about the fear factor

1033
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 3: all you want. You know, there's a lot of narrative

1034
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,160
Speaker 3: now with guys saying like, oh, guys feared Kobe, Guys

1035
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 3: fear Jordan. They don't feel Lebron. I don't really necessarily

1036
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 3: think that's true. You know, I've seen him first handed. Yes,

1037
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 3: it makes me definitely scar so I can only yeah,

1038
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 3: I can only speak for my experience.

1039
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 2: But we had this discussion. You know, we might as

1040
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 2: well put it out there.

1041
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 3: You know, I'm ready to argue with Kobe, even more

1042
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,839
Speaker 3: talented player than Jordan, you know, so if they're ready

1043
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 3: for that. I don't know if they're ready for that discussion.

1044
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 3: But it always goes back to MJ. It always goes

1045
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,040
Speaker 3: back to the rings. And definitely fine with that obviously,

1046
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 3: you know guy I idolized growing up.

1047
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 2: So a good discussion to have, though, right, Absolutely great discussion.

1048
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 1: If you can rewatch any player in their prime and

1049
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: you can sit courtside for that game, which game would

1050
00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:57,880
Speaker 1: it be?

1051
00:45:58,080 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 2: Oh, in their Prime.

1052
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:02,120
Speaker 3: It would have to be one the Kobe games, one

1053
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 3: of the Kobe Games, or maybe one of the MJ games.

1054
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 2: Huh maybe like MJ Final.

1055
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:09,399
Speaker 3: Games Game six is some of those those are crazy man,

1056
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 3: Kobe getting eighty one, Kobe getting eighty one.

1057
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 2: I mean there's so many it's picking truth, right, A

1058
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 2: lot of buckets.

1059
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:19,839
Speaker 4: So yeah, if you stuck on the island, what three

1060
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 4: shows or movies?

1061
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:27,600
Speaker 3: It would be in rotation wire number one? Nice I

1062
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:31,799
Speaker 3: put wire number one. I'm gonna go with Seinfeld number two. Nice,

1063
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:37,560
Speaker 3: I love Seinfeld. Number three would be let me think

1064
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,239
Speaker 3: you got me there? I mean I love breaking bad

1065
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 3: sopranos like you one is good. Yeah if you agree

1066
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:46,319
Speaker 3: with that, Yeah, I love one of them.

1067
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1068
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:51,160
Speaker 1: If you can post one message on a billboard for

1069
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 1: not only your country to see, but the world to see,

1070
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: what would your message?

1071
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 2: It could be a word, or it could be a slogan.

1072
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 2: What would one message you'd want to send to the world.

1073
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:00,799
Speaker 2: Be nice to each other, nice to one another.

1074
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:04,359
Speaker 3: Man, just spread joy, spread positive energy, being pathic, and

1075
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 3: you know, I think the world needs it now more

1076
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:09,279
Speaker 3: than ever. I feel like positive energy and love it

1077
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 3: just transmits and it always comes back. So I mean,

1078
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,280
Speaker 3: that's the first thing that comes to mind. If you could.

1079
00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 4: See one person on our show, who would it be?

1080
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:19,400
Speaker 4: But you have to help us get your answer on

1081
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 4: the show.

1082
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:21,719
Speaker 2: And you know a lot of people too, So I'm

1083
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 2: ready for this answer.

1084
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:31,240
Speaker 3: Man, Dirk, Dirk, Dirk, Jordan.

1085
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:33,160
Speaker 2: You got Jordan's Now are you gonna call Jordan? We

1086
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:37,879
Speaker 2: know people that know people, Steve, and we already got work.

1087
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 3: So you know, we got you guys here, So I

1088
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 3: don't you know, we dream big, We dream big, and

1089
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 3: I'll dream big with you guys. So what were you

1090
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 3: guys want? I'm a big fan of the show anyway,

1091
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 3: so you know, really hoping.

1092
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 11: For all the best best dumb man we wanted to

1093
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:54,120
Speaker 11: think we're early. He has to say somebody, Okay, who

1094
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:57,000
Speaker 11: is the person person to get on the show? Yes,

1095
00:47:58,320 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 11: you know who you got to get on the show,

1096
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 11: Bill Burr.

1097
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:04,680
Speaker 2: Bill Bird is a comedian. Bill Burr is hilarious. It's hilarious, dude.

1098
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 3: So I feel like you too, I mean two of

1099
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:09,480
Speaker 3: you and Bill Bird, Like, let me know if that's

1100
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 3: a good idea.

1101
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 4: Knows Bill Burr, no one would expect him on our show,

1102
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:15,680
Speaker 4: but it would be classic, say.

1103
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:18,759
Speaker 1: That yes, Domo again, we wanted to thank you and

1104
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:20,440
Speaker 1: and really thank your country.

1105
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 2: You guys have woken us with open arms.

1106
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: People have been great, the food has been great, It's

1107
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:25,240
Speaker 1: been beautiful.

1108
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:27,359
Speaker 2: Some of the most beautiful sunsets in the world.

1109
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 1: Someone told me that Alfred Hitchcock stayed in a hotel

1110
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 1: down there and wrote a handwritten letter and left it

1111
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,200
Speaker 1: on the nightstand and said Croatias have the most beautiful

1112
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 1: sunsets in the world.

1113
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:38,919
Speaker 3: Absolutely, And as you can see, I mean he wasn't lying.

1114
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 3: It was every day, hundreds and hundreds of people they

1115
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,399
Speaker 3: gathered here and they just stare at this beautiful sun.

1116
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,240
Speaker 3: And we're so happy to be living in this beautiful country.

1117
00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:48,880
Speaker 3: And I couldn't be more proud that we showed it

1118
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:49,040
Speaker 3: to you.

1119
00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:50,160
Speaker 2: Guys. I'm moving to.

1120
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,880
Speaker 1: We want to thank you Pete Stephen, everyone behind the

1121
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 1: scenes that we didn't get a chance to meet to

1122
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:00,200
Speaker 1: say thank you for having us. Thank you guys thus

1123
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:02,840
Speaker 1: for showing up tonight, and we look forward to the

1124
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:03,640
Speaker 1: rest of the conference.

1125
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 2: Man, We appreciate you. Thank you guys for being here

1126
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:08,080
Speaker 2: as much love, Thank you, thanks so appreciate it. Thank

1127
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:09,000
Speaker 2: you guys, appreciate it.

1128
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,920
Speaker 1: Man, we just wrapped our panel at the Sunset Sports

1129
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,840
Speaker 1: Media Festival. Man, We've had a great time in Croatia.

1130
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 2: Jack, what's your thought? Beautiful place? Man? I enjoyed the

1131
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:33,240
Speaker 2: great food.

1132
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:34,960
Speaker 4: It's the place that I definitely want to come back

1133
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:35,360
Speaker 4: and visit.

1134
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 2: Might even buy a house here.

1135
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:38,920
Speaker 1: Can you tell the fans while you chose to take

1136
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: a minivan instead of hopping in this private plane with

1137
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 1: us in the island hop Yeah one.

1138
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 4: As y'all know, I work hard to live good and

1139
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,600
Speaker 4: to ride good. The plane was entirely too small for five.

1140
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:54,319
Speaker 4: I got claustrophovic, so I'd rather drive. And then the

1141
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,240
Speaker 4: good thing about the drive, the scenery was a beautiful

1142
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:58,080
Speaker 4: scenery and I blew it down the whole way.

1143
00:49:58,239 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: So you would rather take five hours on the dri

1144
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 1: I've been twenty minutes on the flight.

1145
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:03,640
Speaker 2: Just to smoke and be comfortable. I sure will.

1146
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:06,000
Speaker 1: And you heard it first year Man, We've got a

1147
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 1: great time to create. Your shout out to our man,

1148
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: Domo and everybody who made this trip, pot the showtime bosses.

1149
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 2: You guys know who you are. Malca.

1150
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:16,359
Speaker 1: Man, we're in a fucking Croatia for a podcast, Man,

1151
00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:17,960
Speaker 1: Level up,