WEBVTT - James Harden Reaction and Talking Wemby with Trainer Tim Martin 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:18.640 Rese Maxie, he's on fire, Yo. 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:19.920 What's up? Is Tase? Here? 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:23.079 Back with Maxie on the mic Man, I've been having 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:26.560 a really good, something, really great summer. Actually it's going 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:30.360 really fast, like off season moving fast. The months are 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:32.239 going my fast, the weeks are going on fast, and 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:35.920 the days are going by even faster. But uh, you know, 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:40.080 I've just been I've just been enjoying all of the NBA. 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:43.600 You know, just why do I explain this. I don't 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:46.040 want to say drama, but all the NBA intail off 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:46.839 season intaeil. 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.879 I'll go with that. The NBA never stops. You know. 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.640 I made a tweet last year. I think I was like, Uh, 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.720 the NBA off season has to be the most entertaining 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:59.000 off season of like all the sports. I mean, just 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:01.480 because it's like it's something new every day. I mean, 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:03.160 it's something new comes out every day. And I'm not 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:04.840 just talking about with us as the sixth I'm just 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:07.480 saying the NBA in general, with everything that's going on, 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.280 so many different storylines going on in the NBA right now, 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:14.560 so many different trade scenarios, so many different narratives. 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:16.839 It's been great. It's been great. 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.200 But you know, last show we did was with Nick 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:23.039 Nurse coach Nick Nurse Out in Vegas Live show. That 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:25.000 was really cool, man. I had a really good time 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.039 doing that. I think I should do more of those. 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:28.600 I'm gonna try to do some more of those, try 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:30.000 to see if I can set up some more of those, 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.000 because I feel like that was everybody was engaged, man, 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:34.840 everybody was engaged. I got to see the people how 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:38.679 they reacted. There's a lot of smiling faces there. It 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:42.000 was really fun. You know, it was really fun. But anyways, 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.280 let's get into it. Let's let's go ahead and start 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:44.920 getting into it. 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:45.240 Man. 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.600 Let's I guess we need to go ahead and address 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.400 the elephant in the room, as people would say, my 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.000 current still current teammate and one of my one of 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:58.440 my good friends brother mentor on my team, James Harden situation. 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:04.320 You know, honestly, for myself personally, I mean, of course 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:06.600 I'm watching it because I'm not going to sit here 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:07.920 and say I didn't see any of it. I'm not 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:09.360 going to sit here and say I don't get on 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:11.040 social media. I'm not even going to sit there until 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:14.120 that lie I saw it, and it's you know, it's 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.920 it's just interesting man. I will say this about the 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:20.280 situation though, to each his own. You know, James, he's 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:23.960 a professional, you know, he has he's doing something for 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.079 a reason, and you know, you just have to sit 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.760 back and kind of understand what he's doing as a friend, 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.799 but then as a teammate and as somewhat a part 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.880 of an organization that I'm with right now, you have 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:38.079 to prepare for whether you know James is going to 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:39.400 be there or not going to be there, you know, 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.480 And that's just that's just the nature of it. That's 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:43.320 really just the nature of it. And it happens. You know, 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:45.959 it's not like it's crazy to say this, but it's 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:49.799 not our first rodeo, honestly, you know, that's funny to say, 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:53.120 but I mean it's life, and you know, James is 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:55.519 his own individual. He can you know, he's able to 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.160 do whatever, you know, whatever he pleases. And uh, you know, 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:00.639 I'm just honestly, like I said, I'm prepared right now 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.400 to play with them, but without him. And that's just 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.959 the business side of it. And there's no no love 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.400 lost because I love James. James of death. If he 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.200 decided he was going to come back and play with us. 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.720 I think there's nobody in this organization that wouldn't that 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.520 you know, would be upset about that. But uh, you know, 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:17.239 you just have to understand what he's going through and 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.160 you know, pray for him, you know, as a brother. 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:23.880 You know, people ask me, like, if James doesn't come back, 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:25.920 do y'all do you see this this season as a 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:30.040 wash or I don't think in the position that the 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.079 Sixers are, and we can't never see a season as 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:34.960 a wash. I mean, like, we have talent, you know, 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.520 we have the rain of MVP on our team. We 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:39.520 have to go out there and expect to win and 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.800 expect to you know, still try to complete our goal. 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.120 It would be definitely, you know, even more difficult now 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.200 that you know one of our one of our best 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.040 players as of right now, decide he doesn't want to 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.680 come back and play and that's how life goes. But 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.760 you know, it would be uh, even more difficult. But 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:56.840 you have to go out there and you have to 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:58.800 Everybody has to raise their game, you know. And I 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.520 say everybody, I mean not just Joelle, not just me, 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.360 not just Tobias, but that's everybody who's who's on the 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.720 Sixers rosters such as rotation. You know, Jamie Springer may 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:09.920 have to come in and give more minutes. Danthony may 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:12.800 have to come in and do more And that's just 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:14.560 the nature of it. That's the nature of the business. 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.400 And uh, and you know you have to look at 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:19.520 it at both ways as opportunity. You know, it's gonna 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:21.760 be opportunity for a lot of guys, even myself included. 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.760 Another opportunity for me to take steps and try to 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.880 better myself for our team. And then like guys like 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:31.000 James Springer, like I said, guys like Javonte Smart we 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:32.680 we just sound like these Eibit ten you know, those 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.440 guys you know, could take advantage of the situation as well. 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.159 And if James does so, so Iry doesn't want to come 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.760 back and you know play, Uh, it will change my 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.120 role significantly. And like I said, that's just part of 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.719 the business. That's one thing that I will say. You know, 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.680 my dad always taught me and another playing for coach 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:53.080 Cal taught me as well. I've been able to play 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:54.640 off the ball, I've been able to play on the ball. 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.280 I've been able to kind of be you know, adaptable 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.760 in whatever situation I've been thrown into. And it's just funny. 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.520 You know, every single year it's been something something new. 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:05.720 I keep saying it. Maybe I should stop saying it, 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.200 will stop having it, but I keep saying it, you know, 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:11.120 and interviews and podcasts and meetings and you know, on 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.159 in media, and it just keeps happening them It's funny. 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.719 But like, yeah, I mean, if that's the case, then 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:20.320 my role will be different. I'll probably play more, a 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:22.800 lot more on the ball, a lot less off the ball. 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:26.120 I'll probably become like the primary playmaker, primary ball handler. 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:28.120 But I think we can do it by committee as well. 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:29.920 You know, we got guys like Tobias who can who 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.080 can make plays. We got guys like the MVP who 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:35.960 his ability to make plays is really good as well. 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.400 And then I think, like I said, I just been working, man, 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:40.440 I've been working on it. I mean, you have to 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.760 prepare for both. I've been prepared whether Jage comes back 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:45.360 or whether he doesn't come back. So I have to 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.680 be prepared for both. I can't let that stop the progress. 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:50.440 I can't let that stop what we're doing. I can't 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:54.919 let that affect myself. And if anybody who's taught me that, 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:58.839 it's him you know, that's the funny part about it. Like, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.000 I know he's probably gonna if you're not playing, he's 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:03.839 gonna be rooting for me to be the best version 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.359 of myself because that's just the type of brother. He 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:08.400 is a great person, and you know we love him 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:13.200 for that. So the team you would say is about 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.280 to play in the World Cup, you know, I wish 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:16.599 up the best of love. I mean, you can't go 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:18.640 against your country. I would never go against my country. 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:18.919 You know that. 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.680 That's the first and foremost. But that team has a 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.440 lot of a lot of good people on that team, man, 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.039 a lot of guys that I wouldn't say I'm closer 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.719 but me, And there was probably the closest person I 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.200 am too on that team, you know, and Triple J 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.400 and then probably Tyree and some other guys on that 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.479 team as well that I'm close to. But you know, 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:38.320 I definitely wish them well. You know, I think they 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:40.960 look good, man, they look nice, think they're jeling. 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:41.280 Well. 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.760 You know, we don't only see an exhibition so far, 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.040 but I hope you win. I mean, I wouldn't say, 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.720 you know, it doesn't it's not hurtful not being on 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.120 the team, but I mean I understand, you know, the 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.880 voting committee of they or whoever, however it is, the 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:58.159 selection goes. They picked who they want to pick, and 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:00.919 I mean you have to be able to be professional. 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:02.160 At the end of the day, you have to accept 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:04.120 it and it is what it is. You move on, 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:05.440 You wish them the best of luck, and then you 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.320 try to go out there and you try to, you know, 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:10.680 make the next team. And hey, it's a part of it. 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:12.720 It's pretty black and white. You know, you either make it. 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:14.080 They invite you, or they don't. 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:15.120 You know. 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:17.840 I think, you know, Richmond, he pitched it to me 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.080 maybe like January, but I had just came back from 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.400 being injured, so and I wasn't so sure about it. 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:25.200 But you know, I'm always up to doing it. 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:25.400 Man. 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.600 Playing for USA is a great opportunity. I did it 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.320 you you eighteen, I think when we won gold over 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.000 in Canada. So I mean, I would love to do 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.320 it again. I mean, you know, just the opportunity to 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.880 present itself. I have to go out there and put 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.240 myself out there and try to compete at a high 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:44.000 level during my day job and try to show them that, 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.520 you know, I'm someone who they want their team. So 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.280 you know, hey, but like I said, I do wish 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:50.760 that team the best of luck because at the end 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.920 of the day, when I sit there and watch, I. 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:56.040 Want us to beat the other countries. But hey, it's whatever. 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.240 If they want me to play in the Olympics, there's 0:07:58.280 --> 0:07:59.960 no doubt in my mind that I would love to 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:00.840 playing the Olympics. 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.000 I mean, that's that's a dream come true. 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.960 It's it's almost like its extremely hard to turn down 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:10.400 playing the Olympics. Man, like you to put that USA 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:14.360 on your chest with whatever number you have on whatever 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.320 you know, your name across the back. I mean, man, 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:20.080 that's all the greats have done it, you know, all 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:23.000 the way from from Mike, from Lebron to d Wade 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:28.680 uh mellow KD. Like everybody's done it. So pipping, I 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.440 mean the Magic's I mean, the list go on and 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.000 on and on and on and on. So I mean, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:37.320 if you're if you're honored, and you're blessed to receive invitation. 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.200 I don't think there's anybody in the league that will 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.679 turn the Olympics down unless you know, they're heard or 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.760 something like that, they have something that they really significantly 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.240 need to do. So you know, yeah, I'm definitely I 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:49.839 definitely would love to do it, and I'll definitely try. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.000 You know, I want to say I'll be thinking about 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.440 it while I'm playing, but I'll definitely be out there, 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:56.840 end up going out there going as hard as I can, 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.880 you know, in my day job. Like I said, trying 0:08:59.880 --> 0:09:02.160 to show them that, you know, I'm somebody who they 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:07.040 could keep their eye on Basketball Hall of Fame and 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:09.640 Duckie sher money just happened to shout out to all 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.080 those guys and shoutut to all those those people. Man, 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:16.760 that's that's amazing. You know, that's amazing accolade. That not 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.360 everybody's part of that club. And to be a part 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.800 of that exclusive club, you have to, you know, you 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.800 have to do some special things on the basketball court 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:29.240 and then and I just be special players with special 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:32.360 people as well. All those people from the likes of 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:37.480 Dwayne Wade, Dirt, Tony Parker, Palagassow, Coach Pot all those 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:42.600 people they are they're not they're not just great basketball minds, 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:44.600 but they're great people as well. And you know, the 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.040 great people that you want to have around. But I'll 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:50.559 just give a major shout out to d Wade He's 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.880 the reason why I wore number three, not just in 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.800 high school but in college AAU. I tried to always 0:09:55.840 --> 0:10:00.440 get another three. And that's because of Dwayne Wade. It's 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.400 funny now, like, you know, knowing, actually knowing him, and 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:05.199 actually being able to talk to him and actually being 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.360 like him, being like somebody that I could look up 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.959 to and actually connect with. It's a great feeling, man, 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.760 It's a great feeling. And it's funny. I tell people 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:15.760 all the time how crazy it is and how how 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.360 crazy God works is. You know, I posted my commitment 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:22.679 video of going to Kentucky and Dwayne Wade quote tweted it. 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:24.480 You know, he quote it. But this is before I 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:26.400 even knew him, before I ever talked to him, quote 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.520 to it. It was like, that's how you make an announcement. 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.720 And I'm just running around how I'm so happy about 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.640 d Wade, like noticing like, oh my god, dwayn Wade 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.520 knows who I am. Like this is ridiculous, And it 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.520 just so happened that I've seen him the next the 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.960 following weekend and Atlanta at the ey Bil Tournament, and 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.319 you know, he has a security and I'm like, I run. 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:44.680 Up to him. 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:46.520 I really just run up to not really run, but 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:49.240 like I kind of speed walked to him to tell him, 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.000 like thank you, and it's security, hey, back up, back up, 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.800 and I'm like, whoa wait, I just I just want 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:55.520 to tell him thank you. 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:55.880 That's it. 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:58.000 I don't even want to I don't want to smoke. 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:00.640 I just want to tell him thank you. But uh, 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.320 I mean, yeah, this is it's it's a great accomplishment 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:06.760 for them, you know, shout out to them, and you know, 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:09.360 one day, maybe one day I could work towards getting there. 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.600 You know, I always say I work to be one 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:13.800 percent better. Every single day I worked to my My 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:16.080 ultimate goal is to be the best possible version of 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.920 Tyrech MAXI that I possibly can be. And that's because 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:21.600 that's just who I am. 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:21.720 Man. 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.800 I'm not gonna sit here and put a limit on 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.480 you know, how high I could go or or you know, 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.600 I feel like the sky. Everybody says the sky's limit, 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:31.640 but I feel like, you know, I can go even further, 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:33.920 and I go as far as I possibly can take me. 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.320 And you know, like I always say it when it's 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:37.800 all sitting down, when the boss I bounce. So I 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:39.240 want to be able to say, I put them all 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:41.160 into the game, and I got out of my maxwell 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.440 maximum potential, you know, with it. And that's just the 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.679 goal always. All right, let's take a quick break. When 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.800 we come back, we'll get into a conversation with one 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:57.160 of my trainers, someone who is probably the second person 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.920 other than Rod Clark who's at Tennessee now, but he's 0:11:59.960 --> 0:12:04.320 like really like the first person who full time train 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:06.720 me other than my dad in high school. 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:07.560 Uh. 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:10.520 His name is Tim Martin, and we'll learn a little 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:13.080 bit more about, you know, some off season workouts. I 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:14.760 want to talk to him about some of the workouts 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.160 that we've done, some of the workouts that he's dealt 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.160 with other guys across the league, some of the things 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.719 that he sees, you know, and I want to get 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.080 ready for this show, you know, let him talk about 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:26.440 what we've done and how we get ready for the season, 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:27.960 and just some of the stories that I want him 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.400 to tell about because he's been connected with guys as 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:34.720 far as the likes of Dwayne Wade, Trey Young and 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.840 a number one overall pick Win Biana. So it's like 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.120 I really want, I really want him to talk. And 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.120 then you'll hear some things from him, and it'll be 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:43.000 pretty interested to y'all. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:43.520 Stay tuned. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.600 All right, y'all, we're back with Maxwell and the Mic. 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:00.880 I told y'all I had a special guest for y'all today. 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.720 You know, to give this this good man of mine, 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.400 this good brother of mine, a good. 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:11.640 Rundown or a good synopsis, I'll say I start with this. 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.400 The first time I worked out with with Tim, We're 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.679 working out in the back gym my dad. So my 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:19.600 dad never really let me work out with anybody else, 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.480 but he tells me like, look, I want you to 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.079 work out with this dude. You know he's I think 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:25.719 he's gonna be really good for you. Works on pick 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:27.920 and roll pass and stuff like that. So I really 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:29.160 want you to work out. And I'm like, all right, 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:30.800 if cool Breeze want me to work out with him, 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.559 and then hey, I ain't got no choice but to 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.920 work out with him. So we get there and I 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.400 promise y'all. Like when I when I tell y'all this Tim, 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.360 we didn't we didn't shoot a shot the entire day, 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.319 I'm like, I go home, I tell my day, like 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:47.440 what I worked well, I was like, we didn't shoot 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:49.480 at all, we just passed the ball the entire time, 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:51.920 and like my dad was so intrigued by that. 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.240 I think that's where our relationship really started building. 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.480 And that's that's that that really helped me, man, That 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.320 really helped me as far as at the time, you know, 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:00.960 I was I think I feel like I was a 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.760 natural born scorer, honestly, but you know, he was on 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.520 me about getting those assists or lacing the balls up 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:11.160 and getting guys open and getting guys shots at making 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.960 gods confident. And I feel like that took our team 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.160 to another level at the time in high school, you know, 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.560 getting guys like Chris more confident, getting guys like Kean 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.560 and j Bully and all my friends back in high 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:23.880 school they're more confidence and was able to kind of 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.640 elevate us to State. But that's just a rundown on Tim. 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:28.360 I just want him to, you know, say a few 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:29.760 worried before we get started to go ahead. 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.280 Tim, I can't thank you enough just to be here. 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.160 You know, I've been able to just see your growth 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:36.320 since you was little man, and it's cool to be 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:39.400 able to like reminisce and talk about these old stories. 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:44.160 And I'll never forget that moment because for me, you know, 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:46.480 when we first met, you already had game. You know, 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:48.440 It's not like you was, you know, trying to figure 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.000 out how to dribble and stuff like that. But I'm 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.880 just always been big on perspective, you know what I mean, 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.520 and how you saw the game at that point in time. 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:00.320 For you to really elevate yourself and elevate others, I 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.040 think it was important to not just be a great 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.520 score but be a great playmaker, you know what I mean, 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.240 because you know, I mean, you've been playing the game 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.280 your whole life. I mean, if you're not scoring the ball, 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.520 what else are you doing? And that's always been something 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:14.480 that I take pride in in my teachings, is just 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:18.360 expanding the way players look at the game three dimensionally 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.080 and just being able to play, you know, both sides 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.000 of the floor. So you've always done a great job 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.840 of that. But it was pretty wild that passing segment. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.640 Yeah, it was, man, I'm like, you know what's funny 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:30.080 about that? 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.040 I'm just thinking about it, but it was like it 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:34.840 was one of the kids that was on JV was 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:35.560 just in the gym. 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:37.480 He just happened to be in the gym. 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.600 And he was like, hey, you want to help, and 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:41.440 he was just read like, now we're coming off Boston, 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.320 I'm passing to him, lacing the ball up to him. 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.360 And it was like, man, I was just that was 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.640 a funny moment. But no, I got I got a 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:51.040 few things I want to talk about for sure. Like firstly, 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:52.920 I want to talk about it is like you know, 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:55.200 and not just me. I just want to talk about 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:59.960 like training in general, because it's become such a crazy business. 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.080 It's bad, Like we have so many different trainers. We 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:05.000 have you know, internet trainers, we have TikTok training, we 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.720 have all that stuff now. And I'm not saying that's 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:09.680 a bad thing. I'm just saying like it's a good thing. 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:11.960 I feel like y'all are evolving, and I just want 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:13.800 to talk about, like I want you to talk about 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:14.480 what do you see it? 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:15.800 What are your goal is when. 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.840 Like you know, NBA client comes to you and because 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:20.560 you do, I see what I watch you and you 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.080 trade everybody different what you have to I feel like 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:24.760 and I just want you to talk about what you 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:26.040 see and what you try to do and what you 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:27.960 try how you try to help guys with their games. 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:32.440 Yeah, well the biggest thing is I need you know, 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.000 I want you to to not just listen to what 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:36.600 I'm telling you to do, but I want you to 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:38.800 feel what I'm saying, you know what I mean, because 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.360 it's my job not to just work you out, but 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.840 to develop you. And I feel like there's a big 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.320 difference between a lot of workout guys and then you 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:48.800 have your teachers, you know what I mean. And I 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:50.800 used to always actually want to be a history teacher 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.520 growing up, and I've always loved to see that. Yeah, 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:56.560 just being able to figure out the subject matter and 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.880 be able to find different ways to articulate the me 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:02.680 message to the players is something that I enjoy doing 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.879 and to be able to see players grow over time. 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.320 You know, it takes a lot of patience, especially for 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:10.080 somebody like me. 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:11.240 I mean, when we. 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.280 Started, I was I was a young coach, so there 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.080 was some wild stuff I had you doing that I 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:18.119 had no clue what the hell I was doing. Well, eventually, 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.439 you know, you see what works what doesn't work with 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.840 some of the players that you have in your repertoire. 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:26.879 But I think training today it's a great thing because 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.840 everybody has access to information, you know what I mean. 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:33.639 And I pride myself particularly on just making sure that 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.960 we're working on only one or two things at a time, 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:40.840 you know, because I feel like throughout a week, if Monday, 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:41.600 we're just working on. 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:42.800 Your touch and your floaters. 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:46.520 By Friday or by at least next week, I shouldn't 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.240 even have to keep correcting you. I should be able 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:51.160 to at least look at you or ask you a question, 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:52.800 be like Reese, you know, how does that feel? 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:53.359 Or what have you? 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.320 When you be able to automatically correct yourself because in 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:57.640 the game, I'm not going to be there. 0:17:58.359 --> 0:17:59.480 You know, you got to be able to have. 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:01.919 That relationship with yourself and be able to auto correct 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.520 yourself on what feels right and what doesn't feel right. 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:08.400 So that's kind of been my approach to my teachings 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:09.600 over the last few years. 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.080 Yeah, and when you it's funny that you say that, 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:15.159 because I now I started reminiscing about not even just 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.520 high school and me not even just right now, but 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:19.800 like all the way back to high school, like working 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:21.679 out with love, I like working out with you. You 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:24.280 taught me, well, Rod kind of taught me like getting 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.160 up early or whatever, but you taught me like before 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.240 the school you know what I'm saying. We was getting 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:30.200 in there, you remember that, like my junior and senior 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:35.800 like six am before school, and it was like, I'm like, man, like, 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:37.399 you know, I like this stuff. You know, I like 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:39.720 the guard and now I start bringing in like Chris 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:41.600 and then little Jordan would come with me some days 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:43.919 when we work out early in the morning, and you 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.040 was big on me from the jump about like the 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:49.880 voice and the leadership. And that's one thing that's really 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:52.440 helped me as far as like now, you know, I'm 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:55.040 twenty two years old, which I'm young, but I feel 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.000 old like my mind like I feel that old. But 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:01.520 I'll say season, you know what I'm saying, And you know, 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:04.800 I'm able to have those conversations in locker room, have 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:08.679 those conversations on the court and being able because I 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:10.760 think I feel like the work ethic that we've put 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.840 in and working I put in. And then just like 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.800 me being able to communicate. You was always on me 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.960 about that communicator and especially when I came like junior 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:23.000 senior year, He's like, look, you know everybody's gonna listen 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.679 to you, especially right now you know you're all these 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:28.800 act leads blah, blah blah, but use your voice tell 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:29.720 people where they need to go. 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:31.600 That is going to help you when you get to 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:32.040 the league. 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.040 And I'm like, man, I didn't think about it then, 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:36.680 but now, like playing with a guy like Joelle, like 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:39.480 who's so dominant, you have to still be like I'm 0:19:39.600 --> 0:19:41.080 I have the ball, So I still have to be 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:44.200 able to be dominant. Tell Joel all right, set the 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:46.840 screen here or set that screen there. If I was quiet, 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.560 you know, that wouldn't work. That dynamic just wouldn't work. 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:51.359 Or when Paul Reid, I'm playing with Paul Reid, I 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:52.960 need part read to flip the screen. I need part 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.359 re do this. I kind of want to talk about that. 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.680 Where'd you get that from? Where did that come in at? 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:00.480 Like that's because that's a key component to the game. 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:01.480 Yeah. 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:04.719 Well shoot, when I played, I'm what you call slow fast, right, 0:20:04.920 --> 0:20:09.119 So I ain't had no athletic ability, and so I 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:11.959 had to really like dive into the details as a player, 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:14.119 you know, in high school and in college. And so 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:16.440 one of the things I learned is that, like, especially 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:19.360 if I'm playing week side defense or help side defense, 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.040 I have to learn how to over communicate just to 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:25.800 put myself in good situations and then offensively. You know, 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:28.480 I wasn't able to just isole a player. So if 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:31.200 I'm calling for screens, I need my bigs to understand 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:34.159 exactly how I need the angles to be and setting 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:37.240 the screens and so forth. So I think, you know, young, 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:39.600 younger version of me in my career, I had to 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:42.920 learn how to over communicate and in just any. 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:45.120 Relationship, especially in business, you know what I mean. 0:20:46.000 --> 0:20:49.199 I value relationships obviously, and I know for me and you, 0:20:50.080 --> 0:20:52.639 for me, like I always felt like I can't lecture. 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:56.120 I need to have a conversation with you because I'm 0:20:56.160 --> 0:20:58.800 asking you questions and so forth. Then I'm able to 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:00.800 extract feedback and then and now I know how to 0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:05.520 like articulate the approach to our workouts. And so I 0:21:05.520 --> 0:21:09.639 think communication is really important to anything, not just basketball related. 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:11.880 But you know, I think for you too, You've always 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:14.800 had that presence right and because you always walking in 0:21:14.880 --> 0:21:17.560 gyms and you smiling, and your energy is always been 0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:20.840 contagious for others. And the one thing that I use 0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:24.160 you as a reference point to all these other players 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:27.760 that I work with, especially like if I'm doing speaking engagements, 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:30.560 is I always say, Tyrese MAXI is one of the 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:33.919 most curious people that I've ever met, right, and you 0:21:34.119 --> 0:21:36.640 always learning something new every time you work out. 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:37.439 So think about it. 0:21:38.000 --> 0:21:41.159 If there's thirty days in a month, I guarantee you 0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:43.520 you learning something new every single day. That's thirty new 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:46.440 things you learn about basketball. You're going to definitely. 0:21:46.080 --> 0:21:47.800 Separate yourself from everybody else. 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:51.800 And so it's it's a no brainer that your career 0:21:51.880 --> 0:21:53.520 is gone on the up and up because of your 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:54.240 curious mind. 0:21:54.680 --> 0:21:55.959 No, yeah, I appreciate. 0:21:56.040 --> 0:21:59.240 I agree that, like it's and I think that's testimony 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:02.000 to my post to Man because you know, he was 0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:04.320 only big time you know, cool Bree is crazy, so 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:06.720 he was only big time about like he was a coach, 0:22:06.760 --> 0:22:08.800 so like I was always trying to pick his brain, 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:11.360 and he was always teaching me something new after every 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:14.480 single game, as far as even when I was you know, 0:22:14.520 --> 0:22:16.320 a little bitty you know what I'm saying, We coming 0:22:16.359 --> 0:22:18.479 back watching film doing all types of crazy stuff at 0:22:18.560 --> 0:22:21.520 age I don't know, ten eleven, I'm not gonna go 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:23.640 play video games. You got me here watching film from 0:22:23.640 --> 0:22:25.760 a guy. I'm like why One time I asked him, said, man, 0:22:25.760 --> 0:22:27.440 why we got to watch the game. Already happened. We 0:22:27.480 --> 0:22:29.720 know what happened in the game, and we're watching it 0:22:29.880 --> 0:22:31.639 to make sure you don't do it again. I'm like, 0:22:33.119 --> 0:22:36.639 but but anyway, it's nice. But I agree though, I 0:22:36.680 --> 0:22:38.919 agree to it. And you know, another thing that we 0:22:38.960 --> 0:22:41.280 talked about a lot is that I want you to 0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:46.440 talk about is is goal setting and mindset. It was 0:22:46.480 --> 0:22:48.760 only a big time about what's your goals this year? 0:22:49.000 --> 0:22:51.600 And I'll give you something, but you're like, no, what's 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:53.960 your what's your real goals this year? And I would 0:22:54.000 --> 0:22:55.960 go in and that and I had to really give 0:22:56.000 --> 0:22:58.679 you something that was you know that that was a 0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:01.119 real goal, you know what I'm saying, goals of mining. So, 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:04.280 like I put this as an example, you know, I 0:23:04.320 --> 0:23:06.600 said after my rookie year, I was like, look, I'm 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:08.960 gonna be most improved, you know what I'm saying. 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:10.720 And I feel like I didn't. 0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:13.280 I didn't win the award, but like the way my 0:23:13.400 --> 0:23:16.000 numbers were, I went from like I don't know, seventeen 0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:18.119 minutes to like thirty six minutes a game, and that 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:21.040 was like on eight points to like eighteen. You know 0:23:21.080 --> 0:23:23.879 what I'm saying that the margin of the what I 0:23:23.920 --> 0:23:27.119 did the growth, We talked about it and you all 0:23:27.160 --> 0:23:28.840 went out there and just played it. And then the 0:23:28.880 --> 0:23:30.760 next year you said, look what you're gonna do this year, 0:23:31.080 --> 0:23:33.560 and I wrote down my goals. I wrote down the stuff, 0:23:33.680 --> 0:23:35.680 and for the most part, I completed almost every single 0:23:35.680 --> 0:23:38.480 one of those goals, especially individual goals. So I kind 0:23:38.480 --> 0:23:40.639 of want you to talk about how you kind of 0:23:40.720 --> 0:23:43.080 relay that message to players, because that's that's a part 0:23:43.080 --> 0:23:46.040 of training too, in my opinion, because that's that's a 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:47.600 different side of it, but that's the same thing. 0:23:48.400 --> 0:23:51.520 Yeah, nah man, And I'm glad that you took key 0:23:51.560 --> 0:23:54.520 to that because one of my biggest things is like 0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:56.840 a lot of a lot of players especially do not 0:23:57.000 --> 0:23:59.520 know what they want. Everybody's kind of vague in their 0:23:59.520 --> 0:24:01.240 approach in terms of like, yo, I want to go 0:24:01.280 --> 0:24:03.840 to the NBA or I want to be an All Star. 0:24:04.160 --> 0:24:05.679 But the one thing I don't think a lot of 0:24:05.680 --> 0:24:09.119 people really like focus on is whatever it is that 0:24:09.160 --> 0:24:10.640 you're trying to get to, you're going to struggle. 0:24:10.840 --> 0:24:12.760 It's going to be up and down roller coaster. And 0:24:12.760 --> 0:24:13.760 I remember there was. 0:24:13.760 --> 0:24:16.920 Times not just high school but college and obviously when 0:24:16.920 --> 0:24:19.359 you first got into the League where you know you 0:24:19.880 --> 0:24:21.840 had to figure things out. You know, we were just 0:24:21.880 --> 0:24:23.960 talking about it the other day. There's never been a 0:24:23.960 --> 0:24:26.159 player that I've ever met where their career is just 0:24:26.240 --> 0:24:28.520 going on to up and up without some kind of 0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:31.160 hardships where you coming off the bench, lack of playing time, 0:24:31.600 --> 0:24:33.520 shooting slump or whatever, injury. 0:24:34.160 --> 0:24:34.960 Yeah. 0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:37.280 But I think once you get to that space of 0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:41.840 exactly knowing what you want specifically, then as you go 0:24:41.880 --> 0:24:44.480 through your struggles as a player, you're always able to 0:24:44.480 --> 0:24:46.840 make those adjustments. So it's kind of like being down 0:24:46.880 --> 0:24:50.080 ten in the game, coach calls a time out, and 0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:52.200 you're able to go back to your original game plan, 0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:55.439 make a few tweaks, you know, make an adjustment in 0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:57.320 the game plan, but then get right back out there 0:24:57.320 --> 0:24:59.680 and compete. And so I think when it comes to 0:24:59.720 --> 0:25:02.840 your mind, I said, and you pursuing your goals, you 0:25:02.880 --> 0:25:05.080 can't be vague, like, you got to be as detailed 0:25:05.119 --> 0:25:08.199 as possible, and eventually you'll be able to know what 0:25:08.240 --> 0:25:09.359 you need to adjust to get there. 0:25:09.920 --> 0:25:13.240 Yeah, And it's like when you talk about those details, 0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:16.000 the first thing that pops into my mind is, you 0:25:16.040 --> 0:25:17.920 know that everybody was talking about my floater float to 0:25:17.960 --> 0:25:20.320 floor to float to flow to floater, and uh, it 0:25:20.400 --> 0:25:22.360 was like, man, how you you know? One flip floater, 0:25:22.480 --> 0:25:25.520 two foot floaters off the glass, floater straight and floaters. 0:25:25.560 --> 0:25:28.800 I'm like, man, listen, me and Tim we sat in 0:25:28.840 --> 0:25:31.840 that gym at South Garland in the in the in 0:25:31.840 --> 0:25:34.440 the big gym on this one and we shot floater 0:25:34.680 --> 0:25:37.480 after the floater, after the floater. You told me it's like, look, 0:25:38.160 --> 0:25:40.440 you're getting all the way to the rim. Cool, you're 0:25:40.440 --> 0:25:41.240 shooting threes. 0:25:41.400 --> 0:25:41.680 Cool? 0:25:42.080 --> 0:25:44.280 Where what what type of midrange game are we going 0:25:44.320 --> 0:25:45.840 to get it? You don't have to shoot all like 0:25:45.960 --> 0:25:48.600 pull up middies. But I think the floater is gonna 0:25:48.640 --> 0:25:49.480 be good for you. 0:25:49.480 --> 0:25:49.639 You know. 0:25:49.720 --> 0:25:51.919 I kind of took the floater away, and like when 0:25:51.960 --> 0:25:53.280 I was a little key, I did the photo when 0:25:53.280 --> 0:25:55.320 I was lotokle key, like almost every single play. So 0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:56.720 I kind of took it away once I got to 0:25:56.760 --> 0:25:58.560 like the beginning of high school. Once I got back 0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:00.760 to my junior year, we talked about that. Man, it's 0:26:00.760 --> 0:26:02.600 gonna be seven footers in there. It's gonna be you 0:26:02.640 --> 0:26:04.600 know what I'm saying, athletic guys in there. You're not 0:26:04.600 --> 0:26:07.359 gonna be able to just rise up and dunk and layer. 0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:09.520 You know what I'm saying. You're not six ' eight. 0:26:09.560 --> 0:26:11.840 You know you don't have you know, that type of bounce. 0:26:12.200 --> 0:26:14.960 So it's like we did. I just want to give 0:26:15.000 --> 0:26:17.280 like people a perspective. I want you to talk about too. 0:26:17.520 --> 0:26:21.640 But we did every floaterter variation possible. 0:26:22.080 --> 0:26:22.400 I think. 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:24.760 Man, I'm talking about like and then we when when 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:26.960 we talk about that craft and being a you know, 0:26:27.080 --> 0:26:29.359 someone who wants to be perfect. You know what I'm saying, 0:26:30.160 --> 0:26:33.119 backboard on it, all it three in a row, you 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:35.080 know what I'm saying. Like, it doesn't count if it's 0:26:35.080 --> 0:26:36.119 not all in it, you know what I'm saying. So 0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:38.159 I want you to talk about that too, because you 0:26:38.240 --> 0:26:39.879 came up with that stuff for me and I I 0:26:39.960 --> 0:26:41.959 kind of just walked right into it when I got 0:26:42.000 --> 0:26:43.439 to college and I kind of added to all my 0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:44.400 workouts there as well. 0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:45.280 Yeah. 0:26:45.440 --> 0:26:48.639 Now, well, the one thing for me is I'm very observant. 0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:51.320 So as I put you through a series of drills, 0:26:51.320 --> 0:26:55.440 I'm always looking at your movements from your body movements, 0:26:55.520 --> 0:26:57.400 and the one thing that you've always had is great 0:26:57.480 --> 0:26:59.639 touch from the outset, you know what I mean. And 0:26:59.680 --> 0:27:01.479 you can always get to the rim. I mean, I've 0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:04.160 seen you dunk on plenty of cats, you know, since 0:27:04.160 --> 0:27:07.000 you was young, but back in the day, yeah, when 0:27:07.040 --> 0:27:11.720 you at them young kneeds. I think just knowing what 0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:15.560 to expect in the NBA side with dealing with that 0:27:15.600 --> 0:27:17.600 sort of link. And it's not even about getting your 0:27:17.640 --> 0:27:20.800 shot blocked. It's just the bigs altering your shots. So 0:27:20.840 --> 0:27:23.399 you have to have a different level of finesse in touch. 0:27:24.040 --> 0:27:26.680 And so I think at that particular time when we 0:27:26.680 --> 0:27:30.040 was working on your floaters or whatnot, it was just like, look, 0:27:30.080 --> 0:27:31.840 this has got to be a standard. I don't expect 0:27:31.880 --> 0:27:33.480 you to do these things, but this got to be 0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:35.960 a standard anytime you walk into a gym to where 0:27:36.440 --> 0:27:39.960 it has to be immaculate because you got a quick 0:27:40.000 --> 0:27:42.160 first step. You one of the fastest players in the NBA. 0:27:42.480 --> 0:27:44.320 I mean even in high school, he was one of 0:27:44.320 --> 0:27:47.520 the fastest players in the country. And I think sometimes 0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:50.400 when you're that fast, you know you're adding a little 0:27:50.440 --> 0:27:52.359 bit more force on the ball going off the glass 0:27:52.440 --> 0:27:52.880 or whatnot. 0:27:53.160 --> 0:27:57.280 And so I think just being mindful of not slowing down. 0:27:57.119 --> 0:27:58.920 When you're picking up that ball and just being able 0:27:58.920 --> 0:28:00.800 to have a soft touch of the glass or just 0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:02.880 being able to be perfect. 0:28:02.600 --> 0:28:04.560 You know with that ball going through the neck. That 0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:08.480 was key. So yeah, you definitely got a lot better 0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:09.600 at it, a lot. 0:28:09.480 --> 0:28:10.679 But I ain't gonna a lot. 0:28:10.720 --> 0:28:13.400 I remember the first time we were shooting like one 0:28:13.480 --> 0:28:16.600 legged floaters. I'm like, man, listen here, I do floaters, 0:28:16.600 --> 0:28:19.680 but this is ridiculous. And now backboard all that we 0:28:19.720 --> 0:28:22.960 was there. You know, sometimes I forgot about this. We 0:28:23.040 --> 0:28:26.199 used to work out at the Lifetime Where was that 0:28:26.240 --> 0:28:26.960 Lifetime at? 0:28:27.320 --> 0:28:28.720 It was in North Dallas. 0:28:28.760 --> 0:28:30.439 Oh my god, So I used to I used to 0:28:30.560 --> 0:28:33.360 leave school. I used to leave school and drive all 0:28:33.359 --> 0:28:35.080 the way out there just to work out. And I'm 0:28:35.080 --> 0:28:37.120 like we get there, You're like all right, let's get 0:28:37.119 --> 0:28:39.840 to the floaters, and were like, all right, backboard on that. Well, 0:28:39.920 --> 0:28:42.320 I will sit there until I had three backboard, like 0:28:42.360 --> 0:28:44.120 three in the row. Backboard on that. Like we wouldn't 0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:46.280 move on drills, and it was like that stuff is 0:28:46.280 --> 0:28:47.840 like it's good for you, man. I just feel like 0:28:47.880 --> 0:28:51.240 that repetition and then someone who's gonna push you, you know, 0:28:51.440 --> 0:28:53.840 never let you slack off. And that's you know still 0:28:53.880 --> 0:28:55.120 to this day. You know what I'm saying when we 0:28:55.160 --> 0:28:56.960 work out now and I feel like you know now, 0:28:57.160 --> 0:28:59.400 like you said, it's a lot different now. Like we 0:28:59.480 --> 0:29:02.080 work out, I come to you sometimes say look can 0:29:02.120 --> 0:29:03.640 we do this, this, that, and the third. And that's 0:29:03.680 --> 0:29:06.040 just a part of that communication that you talk about, 0:29:06.080 --> 0:29:08.280 like you have to be able to do that. Like 0:29:08.360 --> 0:29:10.320 I'm the one that's playing in the game. You know 0:29:10.360 --> 0:29:11.960 what I'm saying. I got to tell you what I see. 0:29:12.160 --> 0:29:13.479 You know, we look at the film. You know, we 0:29:13.520 --> 0:29:15.800 looked at films sometimes, but like I tell you what 0:29:15.880 --> 0:29:17.520 I see, I tell you someding what I need to 0:29:17.520 --> 0:29:19.400 work on, and then I can tell you like, look, 0:29:19.480 --> 0:29:19.920 let's do this. 0:29:20.280 --> 0:29:20.920 You know what I'm saying. 0:29:21.120 --> 0:29:24.480 Like recently this week, I say, look, tell I know, 0:29:24.520 --> 0:29:26.720 were working out, but you don't I need those reps 0:29:26.760 --> 0:29:28.360 I need. I don't want to play like real pick 0:29:28.440 --> 0:29:29.920 up because you know, a lot of stuff going on, 0:29:29.960 --> 0:29:33.920 but like I need to find a way to work 0:29:33.960 --> 0:29:36.719 on my pocket path, work on my overhead pass, and 0:29:36.760 --> 0:29:39.239 then play a live session of one on one. So 0:29:39.280 --> 0:29:41.840 now we're working on Okay, pick a roll with Joe 0:29:41.840 --> 0:29:44.160 will I'm coming off the defendive steps in front of me, 0:29:44.400 --> 0:29:46.960 dropping a pocket past, coming off Now all right, now, 0:29:47.000 --> 0:29:47.360 I got it. 0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:48.440 Butter situation. 0:29:48.720 --> 0:29:51.520 Working on my isold situation one on one, and I 0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:53.960 just want you to talk about like, how do you 0:29:54.040 --> 0:29:55.920 I know you probably have you know, may not have 0:29:56.160 --> 0:29:57.600 all your guys, but I know you probably have the 0:29:57.600 --> 0:30:00.560 same type of respect level with the Light except, like 0:30:00.600 --> 0:30:03.000 I said, the Tray and then the d Wades. 0:30:03.040 --> 0:30:03.600 You know what I'm saying. 0:30:03.640 --> 0:30:05.280 We didn't even talk about him as this Hall of 0:30:05.280 --> 0:30:08.240 Famer grass the d Wade, but like you know him 0:30:08.280 --> 0:30:10.360 and then I won't get into a little bit of 0:30:10.400 --> 0:30:11.400 Winby before we get. 0:30:11.240 --> 0:30:13.320 Off here, because I know everybody wants to hear about Wimby. 0:30:13.360 --> 0:30:16.680 So now, man, I think at this stage in your career, 0:30:17.120 --> 0:30:20.640 you know, to really elevate, it's not so much just 0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:23.640 about the basketball skill set, like we always talk about 0:30:23.680 --> 0:30:26.840 the de mindset, right, and I think for you, especially 0:30:26.880 --> 0:30:28.640 this summer, is how can. 0:30:28.520 --> 0:30:30.920 You develop in areas of leadership? You know what I mean? 0:30:30.920 --> 0:30:34.200 How can you get comfortable of coaching your teammates or 0:30:34.200 --> 0:30:36.840 coaching other players in the gym, or even just talking 0:30:36.840 --> 0:30:38.760 to people that you may not know, you know what 0:30:38.800 --> 0:30:41.600 I mean and building their confidence level up because a 0:30:41.680 --> 0:30:43.920 part of that, you know, going back to the passion, 0:30:45.080 --> 0:30:47.000 My thing is this are you a great passor or 0:30:47.040 --> 0:30:48.080 you a great assistant? 0:30:48.760 --> 0:30:49.360 You know what I'm saying. 0:30:49.360 --> 0:30:51.880 And then now you ship that over to the leadership side. 0:30:52.680 --> 0:30:55.400 Just because you talk or communicate, that doesn't mean that 0:30:55.440 --> 0:30:57.720 it's registering with your teammates. You know what I mean, 0:30:57.800 --> 0:31:00.840 Because you know you've been in the playoffs. You have 0:31:00.920 --> 0:31:04.440 to be great at leadership in certain situations. Whether it 0:31:04.480 --> 0:31:07.240 gets tough, it gets tough, and so I think it's 0:31:07.280 --> 0:31:10.600 tough at that during the summertime. It's only going to 0:31:10.720 --> 0:31:13.320 allow you to be more confident in those areas, being 0:31:13.360 --> 0:31:16.520 able to talk to Joel Embiid or James Harden or whoever. 0:31:17.040 --> 0:31:19.000 You know, you're gonna be able to feel more confident 0:31:19.000 --> 0:31:21.600 in that because you're doing it, you know, in the gym. 0:31:21.840 --> 0:31:25.000 And it's a respect thing too, like we always talk about. 0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:27.280 You said it, like when you walk into gym one. 0:31:27.320 --> 0:31:29.600 You know, I'm always happy, smiling of course, but like 0:31:30.000 --> 0:31:31.680 I always feel like, you know what I'm saying, like 0:31:32.080 --> 0:31:33.640 I could be the best player on this court today. 0:31:33.680 --> 0:31:34.280 You know what I'm saying. 0:31:34.440 --> 0:31:36.560 And that's just and that's not just that's not like 0:31:36.840 --> 0:31:39.600 cocky or arrogant thing. That's more of just like I 0:31:39.680 --> 0:31:41.840 put the work in. I'm confident in myself. You know 0:31:41.840 --> 0:31:43.720 what I'm saying. Yeah, we got the MVP on our team, 0:31:43.760 --> 0:31:45.800 but if I have to step up and make big 0:31:45.840 --> 0:31:48.320 time plays and big time situations, I'm not afraid of 0:31:48.320 --> 0:31:50.440 the moment because I put the work in it, because 0:31:50.480 --> 0:31:53.400 I carry myself a certain way. And that's how you 0:31:53.440 --> 0:31:56.720 get the respect from the Jewel embiads and the James 0:31:56.800 --> 0:31:59.280 Harden and then other people around the league. You know 0:31:59.320 --> 0:32:01.960 what I'm saying, because now they understand, like, look, you 0:32:02.040 --> 0:32:04.760 know Tarre's may you know Joe it is Joel's team, 0:32:04.880 --> 0:32:06.240 is Joel's franchise. 0:32:06.000 --> 0:32:06.640 Joe the m v P. 0:32:06.840 --> 0:32:08.960 But Toss you know, he know slack. You know what 0:32:08.960 --> 0:32:10.760 I'm saying. He gonna go out there and he's gonna 0:32:10.800 --> 0:32:12.840 you know, he's not scared of the moment. And I 0:32:12.880 --> 0:32:14.680 think that's another thing that we talked about, man, just 0:32:14.760 --> 0:32:18.400 like being confident in yourself, being prepared, being mentally prepared, 0:32:18.800 --> 0:32:22.440 and like that's like the meditation, the prayer that we've done. 0:32:22.440 --> 0:32:23.400 You know, we was. 0:32:23.600 --> 0:32:25.040 I was you know, I tell people all the time, 0:32:25.080 --> 0:32:26.760 it's funny, I'm jumping all the place, but I tell 0:32:26.760 --> 0:32:31.240 people like we were like safely doing this, but like COVID, 0:32:31.720 --> 0:32:36.680 like during the pre drive, well every single day we're 0:32:36.880 --> 0:32:39.840 in there multiple times a day. I'm like, and it's 0:32:39.960 --> 0:32:43.520 like there's no we don't got no cameras. We just working, 0:32:43.560 --> 0:32:46.240 you know what I'm saying. And I tell people like man, Tim, 0:32:46.440 --> 0:32:48.080 Tim don't post everything, you know, he don't post a 0:32:48.120 --> 0:32:50.080 lot of his workouts, but like he won the best 0:32:50.160 --> 0:32:52.239 at the game, man, like he don't. We just when 0:32:52.280 --> 0:32:54.000 he gets in there and we work it, we don't 0:32:54.040 --> 0:32:55.400 even like you know what I'm saying, we don't have time. 0:32:55.480 --> 0:32:57.720 And it's and it's not that we don't have time, 0:32:57.880 --> 0:33:00.480 just like we just get we attacked at the time 0:33:00.560 --> 0:33:02.320 that we're in there and we work. 0:33:02.400 --> 0:33:04.080 Man. That's why I want you to talk about a 0:33:04.080 --> 0:33:04.560 little bit more. 0:33:05.120 --> 0:33:06.480 No, Yeah, nah, I appreciate that. 0:33:06.600 --> 0:33:06.760 Man. 0:33:06.960 --> 0:33:10.280 It's you know, I always pride myself. 0:33:10.000 --> 0:33:12.320 Too on like it's got to be some sense of togetherness, 0:33:12.560 --> 0:33:15.320 like you know, making sure that you're a part of 0:33:15.680 --> 0:33:16.320 this process. 0:33:16.400 --> 0:33:19.040 Obviously you the player. This ain't about me, you know 0:33:19.080 --> 0:33:19.400 what I mean. 0:33:19.440 --> 0:33:21.680 It's always been about you and then making sure that 0:33:21.720 --> 0:33:23.840 you're fulfilling your dreams because that's the reward for me 0:33:24.040 --> 0:33:26.880 is hearing your name called on draft night, you know, 0:33:27.080 --> 0:33:29.640 and knowing your family and just how great of a 0:33:29.720 --> 0:33:31.200 family you come from, you know what I mean. 0:33:31.320 --> 0:33:33.400 And to see you have success on. 0:33:33.680 --> 0:33:36.760 The highest level, you know, and your relationship with my son, 0:33:36.880 --> 0:33:38.720 that means a lot to me. And so I think 0:33:38.760 --> 0:33:43.200 it's just it's a family effort. But I'll say this too, man, 0:33:43.320 --> 0:33:46.280 Like one of the greatest things about you is just 0:33:46.440 --> 0:33:49.160 how much of an impact you have on others. 0:33:49.760 --> 0:33:51.560 Like you take basketball away. 0:33:52.080 --> 0:33:54.400 From you, you're still a successful person, you know what 0:33:54.440 --> 0:33:58.600 I mean. Likewise, that's just a testament though to your 0:33:58.640 --> 0:34:00.960 approach and everything that you do. You you one hundred 0:34:00.960 --> 0:34:03.760 percent and the things that you taught me, like about 0:34:03.760 --> 0:34:06.680 the one percent, bro, There's there's plenty of days where 0:34:06.680 --> 0:34:08.320 I'm like, yo, I ain't got it in me today, 0:34:08.440 --> 0:34:10.239 But I'm like, I just got to try at least 0:34:10.360 --> 0:34:11.719 you try to get one percent better. 0:34:12.080 --> 0:34:13.480 That's it. That's it, man. 0:34:13.520 --> 0:34:16.839 It's like, I don't know, man, and it's it's it's 0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:19.480 a combination of you know, myself just trying to shoot, 0:34:19.560 --> 0:34:21.120 just trying to be the best version of myself that 0:34:21.200 --> 0:34:23.800 my dad and my family. You know, you like everybody 0:34:23.800 --> 0:34:27.000 who's pushed me, and now it's like, I don't like 0:34:27.239 --> 0:34:29.080 I never hit that in a problem of getting in 0:34:29.120 --> 0:34:31.239 the gym, you know what I'm saying. But now it's like, 0:34:31.520 --> 0:34:34.080 you know, being in the NBA, you could take time off. 0:34:34.160 --> 0:34:36.360 It's like my thing is like, man, I want to 0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:39.319 maximize my potential so much, and I've gotten better at, 0:34:39.680 --> 0:34:41.920 you know, scaling back when I got to scale back, 0:34:42.040 --> 0:34:43.960 or taking you know, taking off things and getting treatment 0:34:44.040 --> 0:34:44.640 doing things like that. 0:34:44.800 --> 0:34:48.400 But like you, I'm just so happy. I'm so happy 0:34:48.840 --> 0:34:52.279 that that, uh, you know, I'm able. 0:34:52.360 --> 0:34:54.120 I'm in this position that I'm able to go out 0:34:54.160 --> 0:34:56.400 there and be the best version of myself every single day. 0:34:56.440 --> 0:34:58.800 And I'm so glad that I placed the people around me, 0:34:59.280 --> 0:35:02.319 like you, with Chris Johnson's shoot, my family, my mom, 0:35:02.360 --> 0:35:03.680 my dad, you know what I'm saying, all those people 0:35:03.719 --> 0:35:06.080 around me who have helped me, help me stay on 0:35:06.160 --> 0:35:08.920 the course, help me be successful, and just be by 0:35:09.000 --> 0:35:11.800 my side. Okay, let's take one more break. When we 0:35:11.920 --> 0:35:14.279 come back, I will tell y'all what I'm thankful for. 0:35:15.200 --> 0:35:17.319 I'll tell y'all what what I'm planning to get one 0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:20.160 percent better at next week. And also we'll talk a 0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:22.560 little bit more about Tim's story really fast, talk about 0:35:22.600 --> 0:35:25.239 how my dad met him, and just shout out to Tim. 0:35:25.280 --> 0:35:25.400 Man. 0:35:25.440 --> 0:35:27.759 We really appreciate him coming on and shedding light on 0:35:27.840 --> 0:35:29.879 his story. And we'll talk a little bit more about 0:35:29.920 --> 0:35:44.399 that after this break. You know, you've been working out 0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:48.360 wind Beef since. Man, Lord, I mean, you told me 0:35:48.400 --> 0:35:50.960 about him, I don't know, years ago. And that's the 0:35:51.000 --> 0:35:53.239 crazy part about it. And I'm like, when you tell 0:35:53.280 --> 0:35:55.279 me about it, you tell me how tall he's Like, Man, hey, 0:35:55.360 --> 0:35:57.439 that's crazy. You don't really think about it. It's snuck 0:35:57.520 --> 0:35:59.200 up on us. Think about it. It snuck up on us. 0:35:59.719 --> 0:36:02.080 Now goes number one. I mean, like y'all been working. 0:36:02.440 --> 0:36:03.920 I just want you to kind of talk about what 0:36:04.000 --> 0:36:05.759 y'all some things y'all worked on, some of the things 0:36:05.840 --> 0:36:08.160 like because I tell people, man, he's a great player, 0:36:08.760 --> 0:36:11.200 but like the person that he is, he's just a 0:36:11.239 --> 0:36:12.280 good person to be around. 0:36:12.360 --> 0:36:12.480 Man. 0:36:12.520 --> 0:36:14.359 You know, just being around his little brother these last 0:36:14.600 --> 0:36:16.880 last week, that's just who they are. Man, They just 0:36:16.960 --> 0:36:17.600 really good people. 0:36:17.640 --> 0:36:17.759 You know. 0:36:17.800 --> 0:36:20.000 You brought him into the gym last year after I 0:36:20.080 --> 0:36:22.879 had worked out, and before he even touched the ball, 0:36:23.239 --> 0:36:25.040 he asked you, like, look, can I work on some 0:36:25.160 --> 0:36:26.280 defense stuff with Tyres. 0:36:26.640 --> 0:36:28.520 He wants to play me one on one just defense. 0:36:28.800 --> 0:36:30.520 I'm like, I'm like, you want to get a ball 0:36:30.640 --> 0:36:32.160 like nah, it's like come on, let's just come out 0:36:32.200 --> 0:36:34.200 the ball screen one on one. And it's like, man, 0:36:34.360 --> 0:36:36.120 like the first player, you know, I don't get my 0:36:36.200 --> 0:36:38.360 shot back off, but the first player, I drive and 0:36:38.400 --> 0:36:40.040 I don't get into his body. I try to choose 0:36:40.080 --> 0:36:42.839 like a little running right right, and he just blocks out, 0:36:42.960 --> 0:36:45.320 like oh, what the heck. It was like, that's just 0:36:45.400 --> 0:36:47.319 like the potential that he has. I kind of want 0:36:47.360 --> 0:36:49.359 you to talk about it, like, man, you know, we play, 0:36:49.520 --> 0:36:51.880 we played, We had a good time playing. He's so competitive. 0:36:52.280 --> 0:36:53.680 I kind of want you talking about him a little 0:36:53.680 --> 0:36:54.560 bit before we get off here. 0:36:55.080 --> 0:36:55.279 Yeah. 0:36:55.400 --> 0:36:58.160 Now, shoot, we've actually been working out since he was 0:36:58.200 --> 0:37:00.959 like fifteen years old, so you know, I was going 0:37:01.000 --> 0:37:04.160 back and forth to France and working through the zoom 0:37:04.200 --> 0:37:07.200 calls during COVID and stuff like that. And you know 0:37:07.280 --> 0:37:10.600 it's funny, you know, as I'm getting older in this business, 0:37:10.800 --> 0:37:13.000 I go back to using you as a reference point 0:37:13.120 --> 0:37:16.920 on your level of curiosity because when I'm sitting there 0:37:17.000 --> 0:37:20.520 having the same similar conversations with Wenby about like, hey, man, like, 0:37:20.560 --> 0:37:22.080 if you're gonna make it in this league, you got 0:37:22.200 --> 0:37:23.200 to learn something new every day. 0:37:23.360 --> 0:37:25.040 This is what Tyre's max you do every. 0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:25.880 Day, you know what I mean. 0:37:25.960 --> 0:37:29.360 He's coming in at six am, He's calling coaches to 0:37:29.400 --> 0:37:31.800 come rebound for him. And so you know, it was 0:37:31.880 --> 0:37:34.040 able to kind of give him a blueprint on your 0:37:34.080 --> 0:37:36.440 work ethic and he had to resemble that. But then 0:37:36.560 --> 0:37:40.720 also I think just who he is, like his mind 0:37:41.080 --> 0:37:43.359 is just very exceptional. I mean, he knows a lot 0:37:43.440 --> 0:37:47.480 of things about a lot of things. It ainteen basketball. 0:37:47.520 --> 0:37:51.480 He's extremely intelligent, and to be so young, he's he's 0:37:51.520 --> 0:37:53.439 got an old spirit, he's got an old soul. 0:37:53.640 --> 0:37:57.760 And you know, I think I've already told him this league. 0:37:58.680 --> 0:38:01.960 Nobody comes in this league and just dominate from day one, right, 0:38:02.239 --> 0:38:04.080 I mean, and it goes back to the gold setting, 0:38:04.080 --> 0:38:07.120 and it's like, look, yere one, we got to carve 0:38:07.200 --> 0:38:09.600 this this whole season out and just focus on one 0:38:09.680 --> 0:38:11.680 thing at a time and focus on what you can 0:38:11.800 --> 0:38:13.879 control and just those kinds of things. 0:38:13.960 --> 0:38:15.719 But you know, he went to a great organization in 0:38:15.760 --> 0:38:18.440 San Antonio. Pops down there. 0:38:18.480 --> 0:38:20.680 You got Tim Duncan, all the Hall of Famers, so 0:38:21.920 --> 0:38:24.560 I think you know, he's got a great circle, great family, 0:38:24.880 --> 0:38:27.520 so you know there is there is no limit for him, for. 0:38:27.560 --> 0:38:28.120 All you guys. 0:38:28.680 --> 0:38:29.640 Yep, yep. 0:38:29.760 --> 0:38:31.759 And then I want you to talk about a little 0:38:31.760 --> 0:38:34.680 bit if you're okay with just like your background, you 0:38:34.719 --> 0:38:36.120 know what I'm saying, Like I didn't, I didn't even 0:38:36.120 --> 0:38:39.319 talk about that, man, Like how special your background is. Man, 0:38:39.400 --> 0:38:41.399 it's like you know, last year we did the little 0:38:41.880 --> 0:38:44.120 you know, we did the interviews, and like I knew 0:38:44.280 --> 0:38:46.399 some of it. I didn't know everything, but I knew 0:38:46.480 --> 0:38:47.600 some of it. I kind of want you to just 0:38:47.640 --> 0:38:52.880 talk about that because man, you you are so like 0:38:53.040 --> 0:38:54.840 self baid. I know you had people help you, but 0:38:54.960 --> 0:38:56.719 like you did that. You know what I'm saying, You 0:38:57.160 --> 0:38:59.759 are entrepreneur. Man, You you did this. Man like this 0:39:00.080 --> 0:39:01.880 like it's a story that I want people to hear 0:39:01.880 --> 0:39:05.799 it because it's it's not You could have gave up, 0:39:05.920 --> 0:39:06.560 you know what I'm saying. 0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:07.040 You could have. 0:39:07.200 --> 0:39:09.319 You could have laid down and you know, just gave 0:39:09.440 --> 0:39:10.920 up all your dreams, but you did. I want you 0:39:10.920 --> 0:39:13.520 to talk about how you fought through diversity, how you 0:39:13.640 --> 0:39:14.440 are where you are today. 0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:18.399 Yeah, nah, man, it's really just god like I mean 0:39:18.480 --> 0:39:21.800 when when my mom's always instilled that holy spirit in 0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:24.640 me in terms of just like you just have to 0:39:24.680 --> 0:39:26.560 give yourself a chance sometimes. And you know, when I 0:39:26.680 --> 0:39:29.520 was homeless with my son Christian, this is probably when 0:39:29.520 --> 0:39:32.200 you was like seventh or eighth grade. Nobody really knew 0:39:32.760 --> 0:39:34.319 what I was going through because I was still shown 0:39:34.400 --> 0:39:36.720 up at the gym because that was really my safe having. 0:39:36.760 --> 0:39:39.600 Going to the gym was my sanctuary, being able to 0:39:39.640 --> 0:39:42.080 work with all kinds of different players. And then when 0:39:42.120 --> 0:39:44.840 I knew that guys was getting better because of us 0:39:44.920 --> 0:39:46.960 getting into the gym, that gave me a sense of purpose. 0:39:47.680 --> 0:39:49.960 And so without that, without me being able to work 0:39:50.000 --> 0:39:51.920 out with guys like you and some of the other 0:39:52.000 --> 0:39:54.600 guys out here in Dallas, I don't know where I 0:39:54.600 --> 0:39:58.600 would be. But I think the power of optimism is 0:39:59.000 --> 0:40:02.120 extremely important to everybody to understand. Like at that particular 0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:04.000 time when I ain't had nothing and I was sleeping 0:40:04.040 --> 0:40:06.480 in my car and then the car got repossessed and 0:40:06.520 --> 0:40:09.560 I just had two trash bags, I hit rock bottom. 0:40:09.760 --> 0:40:13.040 But I looked at it subjectively to where it's like, well, 0:40:13.120 --> 0:40:16.200 it can't get any worse, you know, So yeah, just 0:40:16.280 --> 0:40:18.040 grind this thing. Out and see where it goes. And 0:40:18.120 --> 0:40:21.760 then you know, just put one player after another started 0:40:21.800 --> 0:40:24.080 making it to the league, from Juwan Evans to to 0:40:24.960 --> 0:40:27.400 Trey Young and then you know, Andrew Jones and Marcquise 0:40:27.480 --> 0:40:29.839 Bolden made the whole American game, and then you came 0:40:29.960 --> 0:40:31.960 up and Nick Claxton and all these guys. 0:40:32.040 --> 0:40:34.480 So that kind of put my name on the map 0:40:34.560 --> 0:40:37.960 and the rest of history. So it's been a great journey. 0:40:38.000 --> 0:40:40.080 I've learned a lot, but now it's about me sharing 0:40:40.160 --> 0:40:43.640 that that message to to other guys. 0:40:44.040 --> 0:40:45.279 Yeah, and that's the day. 0:40:45.520 --> 0:40:47.879 And you know, even going to the gym like now 0:40:48.560 --> 0:40:50.560 and like seeing you work at other people like Drew, 0:40:50.640 --> 0:40:53.319 Timmy and gods like that guys that's coming into the draft. 0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:55.200 You know, it's just fun to We always talk about 0:40:55.280 --> 0:40:59.600 like you know, you are somebody that you push them. 0:41:01.160 --> 0:41:02.680 It's not like you're just coming in there. 0:41:02.760 --> 0:41:03.239 You don't. 0:41:03.320 --> 0:41:05.600 You don't seem like you said the Tray Young the 0:41:05.640 --> 0:41:08.960 way Wade's the Tray youngs now Winby. You know what 0:41:09.000 --> 0:41:11.560 I'm saying. Andrew Jones, like you've seen the guys make 0:41:11.640 --> 0:41:15.040 it to certain heights. You push these guys, you know 0:41:15.040 --> 0:41:16.960 what I'm saying. You're not just going in there and rebounding. 0:41:17.080 --> 0:41:17.879 Oh man, good shot. 0:41:17.880 --> 0:41:18.359 You know what I'm saying. 0:41:18.360 --> 0:41:20.879 You actually try to challenge them and help them get 0:41:21.160 --> 0:41:23.520 better on I think that's one thing that you know 0:41:23.680 --> 0:41:25.879 that's that we really appreciate you for. But I would 0:41:25.920 --> 0:41:27.960 say this, I'll ask you these last two questions. I'll 0:41:28.000 --> 0:41:29.800 let you get out of here, though. One thing that 0:41:29.960 --> 0:41:32.239 I do on my podcast is whoever comes on here 0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:35.560 whenever I meet, every single every single time I do it, 0:41:35.960 --> 0:41:38.640 I want you to tell us one thing that you're 0:41:38.680 --> 0:41:42.239 thankful for and one way that you plan to get 0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:44.520 one percent better for the following week. 0:41:46.320 --> 0:41:48.560 That's a great question, I would say. 0:41:49.360 --> 0:41:51.840 Man, I'm thirty six years old, and I can honestly 0:41:51.920 --> 0:41:54.919 say that I'm grateful for my health. But I'm also 0:41:55.000 --> 0:42:00.360 grateful for this guy behind me who justshed right on 0:42:00.480 --> 0:42:04.480 cue rod Q. I tell him go left, he going right. 0:42:05.000 --> 0:42:07.880 But I'm really just grateful just to be in this position. 0:42:07.960 --> 0:42:08.120 Man. 0:42:08.239 --> 0:42:10.920 You know, back in the day, I remember like my 0:42:11.120 --> 0:42:13.480 greatest fear was to just work in a job that 0:42:13.560 --> 0:42:15.640 I didn't want to work at, you know, And so 0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:18.080 I get to wake up every single day to be 0:42:18.200 --> 0:42:20.040 around somebody like you, be around my. 0:42:20.080 --> 0:42:22.520 Son kind of make my own schedule. But I'm healthy 0:42:22.680 --> 0:42:23.759 enough to be able to do that. 0:42:24.520 --> 0:42:26.879 Yeah, But the one percent thing, man, I think it's 0:42:27.000 --> 0:42:30.359 just more so about going into the gym every single 0:42:30.440 --> 0:42:32.800 day and just bringing the best version of me and 0:42:33.080 --> 0:42:37.360 that's easier said than done. But actually having to have 0:42:37.480 --> 0:42:39.759 a morning routine myself. I got to get my cup 0:42:39.840 --> 0:42:41.560 of coffee, I gotta go for a walk. I got 0:42:41.680 --> 0:42:43.200 to figure out what it is that I'm trying to 0:42:43.280 --> 0:42:45.600 make sure that when I come in, I gotta be 0:42:45.719 --> 0:42:46.120 on point. 0:42:46.560 --> 0:42:46.680 You know. 0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:48.440 I can't have you coming in there just kind of 0:42:48.480 --> 0:42:50.640 going through the motions either. So that's kind of the 0:42:50.680 --> 0:42:51.840 standard I said for myself. 0:42:51.920 --> 0:42:56.439 But yeah, yeah, no, I get it. I get it, man. 0:42:56.520 --> 0:42:59.160 Yeah, And now I appreciate you, man, I really do. 0:42:59.320 --> 0:43:04.280 I appreciate you having, you know, sitting down and uh honestly, 0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:05.880 it's just like this is this is. 0:43:05.880 --> 0:43:06.320 Big for me. 0:43:06.480 --> 0:43:08.239 And I was like, man, what I wanted to try 0:43:08.239 --> 0:43:10.000 to figure out who I wanted to bring on before 0:43:10.000 --> 0:43:12.560 I went back to training Kevin Stell and I was like, man, 0:43:12.600 --> 0:43:14.200 you know, I gotta get on. I gotta get Tim 0:43:14.239 --> 0:43:16.640 on there, got to get Chris on that because one 0:43:16.719 --> 0:43:18.600 I want people to see, like what I've been working 0:43:18.680 --> 0:43:21.080 on this summer, because I've been I've been pretty quiet, 0:43:21.080 --> 0:43:22.840 I've been pretty off the radar thisst summer. I've been 0:43:22.880 --> 0:43:24.719 out the way. I've been out the way, just really 0:43:25.200 --> 0:43:27.360 headlo working. You know, it's a lot of stuff going on, 0:43:27.680 --> 0:43:29.200 and it is what it is with our with our 0:43:29.320 --> 0:43:32.759 organization and with the lead as a whole, honestly. But uh, 0:43:33.080 --> 0:43:34.480 I just wanted you to come on and kind of 0:43:34.520 --> 0:43:36.640 talk about that. I wanted you to come on and 0:43:37.520 --> 0:43:40.399 and just tell your story, tell you about the people 0:43:40.440 --> 0:43:42.120 that you've worked with, and just tell about your mindset. 0:43:42.160 --> 0:43:44.480 And I appreciate you, man, and uh man, thank you 0:43:44.560 --> 0:43:45.000 for coming on. 0:43:45.680 --> 0:43:48.560 No, I thank you for having me man Like words 0:43:48.600 --> 0:43:51.160 don't even describe how proud I am with you. 0:43:51.480 --> 0:43:53.320 You know you family and anything I could ever do 0:43:53.440 --> 0:43:55.400 to help you for your career. That's what I'm here for. 0:43:55.640 --> 0:43:58.319 So it's all love, No, for sure, thanks for sure 0:43:58.400 --> 0:44:01.440 much love. Appreciate it, appreciate it all right. Yeah, man, 0:44:01.520 --> 0:44:04.400 that was Tim Marten. Thankful for him coming on here today, 0:44:04.520 --> 0:44:06.960 and uh and really just shed light on on you know, 0:44:07.040 --> 0:44:10.080 the trainers and what our journey has been. But I 0:44:10.160 --> 0:44:11.360 just want to kind of talk about give him a 0:44:11.400 --> 0:44:14.520 quick shout out for just being resilient man, and I 0:44:14.600 --> 0:44:17.040 talk about mental health on here. He could have gave up, 0:44:17.200 --> 0:44:20.160 he could have gave ben, but you know, he dug deep. 0:44:20.680 --> 0:44:23.120 And like he said, man, his mom she built the 0:44:23.160 --> 0:44:26.480 foundation of the Lord into him and instilled in to 0:44:26.560 --> 0:44:28.759 him at a young age. And because she did that, 0:44:28.920 --> 0:44:31.759 he believed. And he went from he said, he went 0:44:31.800 --> 0:44:34.200 from sleeping in his car, getting his cars taken away 0:44:34.520 --> 0:44:37.760 to just having bags to sleep in, you know, probably 0:44:37.800 --> 0:44:39.480 trying to find a hotels, doing different things like that, 0:44:40.080 --> 0:44:42.600 sleeping on somebody's couch, to trading the best players in 0:44:42.640 --> 0:44:44.760 the world in the span of four. 0:44:44.680 --> 0:44:45.480 To five years. 0:44:45.920 --> 0:44:48.520 And now he's he's like, you know, a big time 0:44:48.600 --> 0:44:51.560 training there. He trains Winby, he traded the Wade, trading me, 0:44:51.760 --> 0:44:54.560 trained trade young, trained so many different guys and uh, 0:44:55.000 --> 0:44:57.799 you know, kudos to him, honestly, kudos to him, man, 0:44:57.840 --> 0:45:00.640 shout out to him. Much love for that guy. Man. 0:45:00.719 --> 0:45:03.400 He you know, my dad found him like my sophomore 0:45:03.480 --> 0:45:07.080 year and he brought him to me. And it's it's 0:45:07.080 --> 0:45:08.880 just funny, man. My dad doesn't let anybody train me 0:45:09.000 --> 0:45:10.719 at that time. He didn't let anybody train me, and 0:45:10.880 --> 0:45:13.440 he put his trust to Tim and he really liked him, 0:45:14.000 --> 0:45:16.080 and you know, our relationships kind of took off from there. 0:45:16.080 --> 0:45:17.799 And I really do appreciate Tim for all the things 0:45:17.840 --> 0:45:20.160 that he'd done for me. Honestly, you know, we'll go 0:45:20.280 --> 0:45:24.839 down to day one anyways, Let's talk about what I'm 0:45:24.880 --> 0:45:27.680 most thankful for this summer and what i want to 0:45:27.719 --> 0:45:29.880 get one percent better. I think I'm going to start 0:45:29.960 --> 0:45:33.759 with what I'm most thankful for honestly this summer. I'm 0:45:33.800 --> 0:45:38.320 just I'm just thankful for a nice, peaceful summer. It 0:45:38.440 --> 0:45:40.520 doesn't feel like he was peaceful, you know what I'm saying, 0:45:40.600 --> 0:45:43.000 Like you want everything that's going on with us and 0:45:43.080 --> 0:45:45.560 everything that's going on in the NBA, but like it's 0:45:45.680 --> 0:45:47.799 just been so much Like I've done so many things 0:45:47.840 --> 0:45:50.200 with my family. I got to spend a lot of 0:45:50.280 --> 0:45:53.200 time with my best friends the first summer. Like a 0:45:53.280 --> 0:45:55.160 lot of my best friends didn't have to go back 0:45:55.160 --> 0:45:57.960 to school because they graduated college. I got to, like, 0:45:58.080 --> 0:45:59.640 you know, play a little one to one with them, 0:46:00.080 --> 0:46:02.360 beat them a little bit, hang out with them. They 0:46:02.440 --> 0:46:04.239 got to come, like spend night in my house for 0:46:04.280 --> 0:46:06.480 a little bit, and spend weeks, you know, just eat 0:46:06.560 --> 0:46:09.279 and have fun. So I'm really thankful for spending time 0:46:09.320 --> 0:46:11.680 with them. Man, it's been great. Thankful for it. 0:46:11.920 --> 0:46:12.080 You know. 0:46:12.160 --> 0:46:14.239 We just had this little back to school giveaway and 0:46:14.360 --> 0:46:17.320 even talk about that. I'm thankful for the foundation to 0:46:17.440 --> 0:46:19.680 be able to do things like that, and for all 0:46:19.719 --> 0:46:23.600 the sponsors to shout out the new Balance, watch, box Man, 0:46:23.800 --> 0:46:27.239 body armor story everybody. Man, just the list goes on 0:46:27.480 --> 0:46:28.759 and on and on and on and on and on, 0:46:29.400 --> 0:46:31.239 and I really do appreciate you all for the thing. 0:46:31.360 --> 0:46:33.200 And then what I want to get one percent better 0:46:33.239 --> 0:46:35.120 at this week coming up, you know, we have like 0:46:35.160 --> 0:46:36.480 a little team camp coming up. 0:46:36.680 --> 0:46:37.279 Everyone to do. 0:46:38.280 --> 0:46:40.959 I want to go out there and you know, talk 0:46:41.120 --> 0:46:43.880 and keep the vibes high. You know, it's a lot 0:46:44.000 --> 0:46:45.720 going on, but you still have to be a professional 0:46:45.719 --> 0:46:47.160 at the end of the day. And I want us 0:46:47.160 --> 0:46:49.759 to go out there and know, bond a little bit 0:46:50.239 --> 0:46:51.920 and have a good time. Man, have a good time 0:46:51.960 --> 0:46:56.120 while we do it. But thanks for listening to Maxie 0:46:56.200 --> 0:47:01.680 on the mic. Please rate reviewers. You know, the summer 0:47:01.800 --> 0:47:03.719 is coming to an end, so y'all will hear a 0:47:03.800 --> 0:47:07.120 lot more of you know, a lot more episodes a 0:47:07.200 --> 0:47:10.320 lot more more frequently. I'm gonna try to get somebody 0:47:10.400 --> 0:47:13.319 else on here next week, some other guys. I'm trying 0:47:13.320 --> 0:47:15.200 to do this little series of the Traders that I've 0:47:15.200 --> 0:47:18.600 been working now with this summer. Started with Tim because 0:47:18.600 --> 0:47:22.480 he's you know, day one basically after my dad ended. Ever, 0:47:22.600 --> 0:47:25.239 try to get Chris Johnson on here, Chris Johnson and Corey, 0:47:25.320 --> 0:47:28.719 and then we'll get new guy, mister Drew Hanlen on here. 0:47:28.840 --> 0:47:29.839 So thank y'all. 0:47:30.160 --> 0:47:32.920 I appreciate y'all. Y'all be safe out there and keep 0:47:32.960 --> 0:47:34.600 getting one percent better. Maxy out