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Speaker 1: Welcome to another additional point game with Isaiah Thomas and

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Speaker 1: j Toldono. As you can see, we are doing our

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Speaker 1: first ever live episode in person.

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Speaker 2: In person, how does it feel?

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Speaker 3: Feels good? Now? This is dope and we're in Boston,

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Speaker 3: so you know.

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Speaker 1: That's what I was going to bring up. So we

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Speaker 1: are in Boston, and not just for a nice little

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Speaker 1: fun trip. We are here because the city is honoring

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Speaker 1: you with a basketball legacy Award. Why don't you tell

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Speaker 1: us a little bit about what's going on here while

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Speaker 1: we're here and what that means to you.

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Speaker 4: First off, Like, I'm super appreciative, Like I'm thankful even

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Speaker 4: my small time here in Boston, Like any type of

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Speaker 4: the organization is amazing.

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Speaker 3: So when they.

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Speaker 4: Came, you know, hit me up about the legendary award,

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Speaker 4: I believe it's called. And then I've seen all the

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Speaker 4: like the former guys who got these awards in different

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Speaker 4: sports in the city of Boston.

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Speaker 3: It's definitely a pretty cool thing.

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Speaker 4: So I'm happy to be back, Like I'm not always

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Speaker 4: back here in Boston, so.

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Speaker 3: I'm happy to be back.

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Speaker 4: I'm happy to see some familiar faces and then just

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Speaker 4: you know, just to take in all the love and

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Speaker 4: support that I do get in this city, because that's mutual.

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Speaker 4: So I'm happy to be back. I'm thankful for the award.

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Speaker 4: It's pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: I mean, anyone who watches and falls the NBA knows that,

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Speaker 1: you know, you had such an incredible a couple of years,

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Speaker 1: you know with the Celtics, and you know, tell us

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Speaker 1: what made Boston so special to playing and living.

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Speaker 3: Man, It's just a little bit of everything.

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Speaker 4: Because before I played on Boston, like you'll come to

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Speaker 4: these games, you playing and you're getting up out of here,

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Speaker 4: like I'm not really seeing the city. I'm not really

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Speaker 4: really know too much. But when I got traded here

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Speaker 4: I said, even if even though I was only here

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Speaker 4: ten years, So that feeling is mutual. Every time I

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Speaker 4: always super cool to be back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean our comments and even comments before we

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Speaker 1: started the show was like Boston needs to re sign.

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Speaker 1: But so when have you pulled up to any games

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Speaker 1: like since then, even just as like a as a

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Speaker 4: A couple of years ago, I came to a playoff game.

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Speaker 4: I was doing some NBA stuff and that was the

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Speaker 4: So when I came back for that, it was game

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Speaker 4: seven of maybe the Eastern Conference Finals that was playing

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Speaker 4: the Heat. They end up losing that game, which was

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Speaker 4: they just put a smile on my face, like just

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Speaker 4: to to get the love and support years down the line,

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Speaker 4: when a guy like myself didn't even win a championship year,

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Speaker 4: it just says a lot about the connection we had

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Speaker 4: with each other, Like me and the city.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well let's talk about that one year.

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Speaker 1: Where what was it fifteen sixteen or sixteen seventeen when

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Speaker 1: you finished fifth in NBA MVP, Yeah, MVP voting.

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Speaker 2: Like what was it about that year?

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Speaker 1: You know, I would love to just even hear more

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Speaker 1: of your favorite moments as a Celtic now that we're

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Speaker 4: That year was just like I always say, it was

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Speaker 4: I was going through a lot. Then I got traded

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Speaker 4: and things like that, and that's down the line. But

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Speaker 4: I mean that was a historical season, not just individually,

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Speaker 4: like we're the number one seed in the Eastern Conference.

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Speaker 4: We did so many things that people didn't expect of us.

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Speaker 3: I missed that.

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Speaker 4: like no matter, you know, they won a championship in

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Speaker 4: and then just the type of team we had, Like

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Speaker 4: we were just counted out from the jump. Nobody believed

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Speaker 4: that was a part of that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you gu's made a nice little playoff runt. And

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Speaker 1: I love like there are teams that I've been a

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Speaker 1: the roster doesn't say championship, but there is that like

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Speaker 3: We're gonna lead to everything, They're gonna lead to championships.

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Speaker 4: I mean you see that with Okay, see in today's game,

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Speaker 4: seem like a college, like a college team, even like

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Speaker 4: Detroit Pistons seemed like a college atmosphere, seemed like they

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Speaker 4: there's no ego or pride. Everybody kind of everybody like

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Speaker 4: I wish we could have stayed together, which health was

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean people you know when you didn't when

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Speaker 1: your hip, Like what was sort of going through your head?

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Speaker 1: Like how tough was it to leave here? And then

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Speaker 1: when did you finally feel like you know, like that's

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Speaker 3: I mean I didn't. I didn't.

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Speaker 4: It wasn't in the past until like I got healthy again.

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Speaker 4: Like I always say, if I got traded to Cleveland

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Speaker 3: I'm one hundred percent healthy.

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Speaker 4: But at that time when I got traded, I didn't

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Speaker 4: It was somewhat difficult to move on seeing watching the

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Speaker 4: I wasn't really tripping on what happened, Like obviously it

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Speaker 4: was tough top of being hurt, but like out of

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Speaker 4: like the media was bringing it up.

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Speaker 3: I wasn't. I wasn't. Yeah, like I wasn't talking about it.

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Speaker 4: I just had to answer those questions. So like, and

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Speaker 4: then at the end of the day, I'm human, so yeah,

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Speaker 4: But like I said, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 4: I understand the business one hundred percent, and I understand

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Speaker 4: some things happened that you know, both sides don't really

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Speaker 4: it makes sense. So you find ways to continue to grow,

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Speaker 3: But as a basketball.

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Speaker 4: Player, as a human, yeah, you always look back and

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Speaker 4: But as you get older, you understand you can't control

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Speaker 1: I mean, and just you know, because there's so many

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Speaker 1: that's actually happening to me in my life. It's me

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Speaker 1: like four years to get over You're in the NBA,

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Speaker 1: you find a perfect fit.

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Speaker 2: The city is.

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Speaker 1: Behind you, you know, some of the most legendary games,

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Speaker 1: and I mean the fact is like, yeah, maybe it

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Speaker 1: like Boston still hasn't gotten over it because they're giving

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Speaker 4: Yeah, no, they I mean they haven't like anybody on

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Speaker 4: like even even though they hated, they got a championship

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Speaker 3: So you know, it's tough, but you live and you learn,

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Speaker 4: You you you enjoy those experiences even if you know

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Speaker 4: My favorite Celtic Evan Turner. No, no, I don't even

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Speaker 1: of the craziest news I've gotten in a while happened

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Speaker 3: Surprising?

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Speaker 4: shoe fanetic, like I'm I'm a I'm a fan of

440
00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,640
Speaker 4: all types of basketball shoes, shoes you wear off the court.

441
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,879
Speaker 4: So it was crazy for that to happen, like early

442
00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,720
Speaker 4: on in my career and me be able to pick

443
00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,200
Speaker 4: out the color waves of certain shoes. That'st forward a

444
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,080
Speaker 4: couple of years after that. Nico Harrison, who was head

445
00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,639
Speaker 4: of basketball at Nike, I had a relationship with him

446
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,160
Speaker 4: for a while and once my deal got up with Reebok,

447
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,080
Speaker 4: He's like, man, it's time to come to the family.

448
00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:24,320
Speaker 4: And then when I was in high school, I was

449
00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:29,520
Speaker 4: a Nike athlete as well. So I signed with Nike

450
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:34,199
Speaker 4: in twenty fourteen, I think fifteen, and then I got

451
00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,639
Speaker 4: to meet Kobe. I met Kobe a little bit before that.

452
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:37,919
Speaker 4: I got to talk to him on the phone a

453
00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:43,280
Speaker 4: couple of times, and he mentioned to Nico about, you know,

454
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:47,040
Speaker 4: getting the team Kobe together of guys he thought would

455
00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,720
Speaker 4: represent you know, his his shoe the best way. DeMar

456
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,080
Speaker 4: Derozen obviously number one MVP, Like he's the MVP in

457
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,879
Speaker 4: terms of rocking Kobe's. He got in the league before me.

458
00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,480
Speaker 4: He was rocking Kobe's in college when I was watching,

459
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,359
Speaker 4: when I was rocking Kobe's as well. But I would

460
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,400
Speaker 4: say he's the number one Kobe guy for sure. I'll

461
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,480
Speaker 4: put myself one B or two or number two right

462
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:09,280
Speaker 4: right behind him.

463
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,200
Speaker 3: But fast forward that as well, when I.

464
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,639
Speaker 4: Start getting pees, when I start meeting with Nike and

465
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,400
Speaker 4: they're coming to my house in the summertime, they got

466
00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 4: booklets of all the p's they want me to wear,

467
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,480
Speaker 4: the colorways, so like, to be in those meetings was crazy,

468
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,399
Speaker 4: Like I never, like I dreamed of being an NBA player,

469
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,960
Speaker 4: having my own shoe and all that, but not even

470
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000
Speaker 4: thinking I'm gonna be in meetings like this in terms

471
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:38,760
Speaker 4: of certain colorways, I'm wearing certain dates, all star colorways,

472
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 4: all of that. So to sit down and be in

473
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,639
Speaker 4: those meetings with Nike and pick out certain shoes that

474
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,200
Speaker 4: I'm gonna were at certain times, it was like those

475
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,119
Speaker 4: were that I made it. Moments like Dang Kobe really

476
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 4: picked me DeMar de Rosen, He picked Devin Booker to

477
00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,280
Speaker 4: really represent his brand and Kobe's my favorite player of

478
00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,560
Speaker 4: all time. So when that news came to me from

479
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,120
Speaker 4: Niko and the team, it was like, it's a no brainer.

480
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 4: So around I think twenty fifteen sixteen is when I

481
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:11,919
Speaker 4: start getting my Kobe pes, and it was just it

482
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,119
Speaker 4: was everything, Like to be able to rock my favorite

483
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,280
Speaker 4: player shoot, but to be able to rock it with

484
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,400
Speaker 4: my own player exclusive that I had a little bit.

485
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,400
Speaker 3: Of touch on. It was like it was everything.

486
00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:22,640
Speaker 2: Man.

487
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,480
Speaker 4: Like I still smile to this day because I gave

488
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 4: away so many Kobe pes that I'm so mad at myself.

489
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 4: But giving away obviously that was before you know, my

490
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,200
Speaker 4: guy passed away.

491
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 3: Rest in peace, Kobe.

492
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 4: But I just thought they would be coming forever, you know,

493
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 4: like obviously you think Kobe gonna be here forever as well,

494
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,879
Speaker 4: But like I thought they were just gonna be coming forever.

495
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,160
Speaker 4: That's why when somebody would asks during the game, like man,

496
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,240
Speaker 4: can I get those? Can I somebody back at the crib,

497
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 4: can I get that colorway, it was like, hell, yeah,

498
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,200
Speaker 4: I'm gonna be getting unlimited of these, So it's good.

499
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,679
Speaker 4: So there's a few pair that I don't have anymore,

500
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 4: and I wish I had, just because I was being

501
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 4: so nice and generous and giving them away. But like,

502
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 4: I'm always be team Kobe. I'm always represent the brand

503
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,680
Speaker 4: Kobe to the death. And like you said, like everybody's

504
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,920
Speaker 4: wearing Kobe's now, all the colleges got them, which is

505
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,960
Speaker 4: super cool, but it ain't nothing about It ain't nothing

506
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 4: like having.

507
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,680
Speaker 3: Your own player exclusive when it comes to Kobe.

508
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: Well, and the fact that because I remember the Cavs

509
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 1: colorway they released, I remember people trying to get those,

510
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,400
Speaker 1: and then obviously it's like that's something that I feel

511
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 1: like a lot of players don't don't get to experience.

512
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,400
Speaker 1: Not only are they you know, you get your own shoot,

513
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,280
Speaker 1: but then you see other kids out there walking your

514
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,720
Speaker 1: pees amazing, that's really crazy, and.

515
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 3: They're like, I mean, shout out to Nike, shout out

516
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 3: to Kobe, shout.

517
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,560
Speaker 4: Out to everybody behind the scenes who like made that

518
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,400
Speaker 4: dream come true. Because I didn't even think that was possible.

519
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 4: I was just wearing the ones that came out in stores.

520
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 4: And then Kobe wants to put some little flair on mine.

521
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 4: And then even like the Cleveland ones where on the

522
00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,119
Speaker 4: tongue you had the chip on the tongue, because my

523
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,919
Speaker 4: chip tooth and the play like it had the space

524
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 4: needle in the insoul because I'm from that area of

525
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 4: the Seattle, Ta Coma area.

526
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,160
Speaker 3: They just I told you that PU was a surprise.

527
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,200
Speaker 3: I didn't know that was coming.

528
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 4: And then if you check the Nike sign, it's a

529
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 4: little Nike sign for for how.

530
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 3: Little I am and the Mighty I T.

531
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 4: Like Kobe named me Mighty I T so like it's

532
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 4: crazy and those those Kobe's was the Mighty I T Edition,

533
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 4: So he gave.

534
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 3: Me that nickname.

535
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 4: I'm forever like I'm forever got to give Kobe and

536
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 4: you know, the brand the love and support it it

537
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 4: deserves because a kid growing up being able to wear

538
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,200
Speaker 4: his favorite player shoes, be able to put my own

539
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 4: flare in it, that's you don't You don't even dream

540
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:45,880
Speaker 4: of the stuff like that.

541
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,239
Speaker 1: Well, so tell me specifically even just to pull back

542
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 1: the curtain even more for fans like so we're like

543
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,239
Speaker 1: general releases showing up at your house and then the

544
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: pees like or were you did you ever have to

545
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 1: buy a pair of Kobe's back then?

546
00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,399
Speaker 4: Now I'm only really buying a Kobe if I just

547
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 4: really wanted and I haven't got it yet so like, yeah,

548
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,440
Speaker 4: they're coming, they're coming. Any team of mine, the ones

549
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 4: I'm wearing are coming to the facility boxes. And then

550
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 4: and then like the regular joints, Yeah they're they're they're

551
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 4: sending those to me. So to this day, I'm still

552
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,680
Speaker 4: getting all the regular joints for sure. I just don't

553
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 4: got no pes.

554
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 3: Ye.

555
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: Well that's what I remember. Seeing a tweet from you

556
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 1: and I feel your pain here. You tweet it and

557
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 1: it's a joke, but you're like, man, the sneakers app

558
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 1: sucks because I think you were trying to get those

559
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:28,480
Speaker 1: kitling clerk Yeah.

560
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:33,160
Speaker 3: Man, because I'm like, the sneaker app is bad.

561
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 2: I know, I'm trying to fix it. I haven't hit.

562
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,879
Speaker 4: One time, and I don't do it all the time,

563
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:40,639
Speaker 4: but like if I'm up at that time and I

564
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,000
Speaker 4: see it, I got a notification, I'm definitely tapping into it.

565
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 4: I haven't hit one time and the sneaker app being

566
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 4: for a minute. So that's Jay's, that's Kobe's, so whoever's

567
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 4: part of that sneaker app.

568
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,640
Speaker 3: But just give me one. I just want one.

569
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 2: Give them a special link or something.

570
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,280
Speaker 4: I actually I do got one story. They had a

571
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 4: special link for me once and that shout out to

572
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 4: my Nike connect. I don't know how I pressed it,

573
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 4: it was there, but he said press it now and

574
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 4: you're good. I don't know if I'm supposed to say

575
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 4: any of that, but what you who did that?

576
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 3: I don't even know what shoe? Who did that? Can

577
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 3: I get that once a month every.

578
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,120
Speaker 2: Now and then? That's yeah, just give them the link.

579
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 4: Whatever you did that time where I got, I got it.

580
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,360
Speaker 4: So I'm not gonna lie. I got sneaker app whoever

581
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,919
Speaker 4: made that happen I got. I don't even remember what

582
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,919
Speaker 4: shoe it was, but I got. I got one in

583
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 4: my whole time, So I'm like one for thirty five

584
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 4: probably all right.

585
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,280
Speaker 1: So how many sneakers you think you've got in your

586
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: collection right now?

587
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:44,159
Speaker 2: Total?

588
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 3: I mean, and this is not basketball shoes.

589
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 2: Let's say basketball shoes.

590
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 4: I mean, I would say a few hundred, three hundred,

591
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 4: and I give away a lot, especially like people in

592
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 4: from where I'm from, Like I'm giving them. Every body

593
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 4: got my shoes I'm giving away. It's just obviously it's

594
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 4: a nice thing to do. But like I've always been

595
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 4: like that. There was one summer I gave your probably

596
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 4: a hundred pair of shoes, and I was like, there

597
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,160
Speaker 4: was a reason for it, but dang, it was.

598
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 3: Right before the it was right before.

599
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,679
Speaker 4: The shoe the shoe the shoe culture start booming, Like

600
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,879
Speaker 4: there was some exclusive I gave away that I'm upset about.

601
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,000
Speaker 3: But you know, hopefully somebody's rocking them.

602
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 2: If you got one of It's pes send us a

603
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 2: picture in the Don't sitd on Pictures, send it back.

604
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 4: I give you another little gift. Send me back my peas, Man,

605
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 4: I need them.

606
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 2: That's hilarious.

607
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: Okay, before we get off this story, So Steph he

608
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,239
Speaker 1: rocked He rocked the Mamasitas the other night, which was

609
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,400
Speaker 1: again it just it made me feel like I was

610
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: in another dimension, another reality. But he talked about the

611
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 1: importance of that shoe, you know, and which was incredible.

612
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: But you know, what do you think Steph is gonna

613
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 1: do now?

614
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 2: You know?

615
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: Is it enough for him to have his own brand?

616
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 1: Does he joined another brand like we saw this with Kobe.

617
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 2: You know, he went to the Secret Free Agency.

618
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see what he does.

619
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 2: But what do you think?

620
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 4: I don't know, Like he's big enough to have his

621
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 4: own right like and to be successful. So I don't

622
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 4: know if he wants to go in that direction. Obviously

623
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 4: people will probably that wrong. He just do his own

624
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 4: but like maybe he wants to try Nike again, maybe

625
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 4: he wants to go Jordan Brand and do it different.

626
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 4: You never know, So I don't know. I don't know

627
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,479
Speaker 4: where his head is at. It was definitely a surprise

628
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 4: to me. It was super dope to see him in

629
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 4: some Kobe's for the first, you know, shoe that's.

630
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 3: Not under armour.

631
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 4: I knew he wasn't gonna play no, no, nothing under

632
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 4: the under armour though, just because but it was super

633
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 4: dope to see him playing those particular Kobees too, because

634
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 4: those mean a lot to the to the world for sure.

635
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was dope.

636
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: Okay, So you actually had brought up Nico Harrison, head

637
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: of Nike Basketball for anyone didn't know that, so he

638
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: was obviously already playing huge roles in the basketball world.

639
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: He was recently let go by the MAVs, to put

640
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 1: it lightly, like people were upset about the Luca trade.

641
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: So not even you know, I would love to hear

642
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: just what you think about that, that move, that firing

643
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: and the Luca the Luca trade like, how much longer

644
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: now that Nico has gone, how much longer do you

645
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: think the MAVs are going to be sitting in that

646
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: sort of dark shadow of Luca leaving and what have

647
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 1: they got to do to move forward?

648
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 3: I'm not sure. I think it's a tough situation.

649
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,560
Speaker 4: I think Nico was gonna lose lose ever since he

650
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 4: made the trade, unless he made the trade last year

651
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 4: and they won a championship last year.

652
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 3: But I feel like he was even in the lose

653
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 3: lose then say you.

654
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 4: Win a championship next year, A year, six months later,

655
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 4: they're still going to be thinking about Luca just because

656
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 4: how much of a superstar he is, how good he is,

657
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 4: how young he is, and then he's in the Western

658
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 4: Conference over there and the Lakers doing his thing. So

659
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 4: I think you're just always going to be reminded of

660
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 4: Luca because how special he is and how special he's

661
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 4: going to continue to be. So I think you were

662
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 4: were they were always going to have that little great

663
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 4: cloud over their head, no matter how successful they were,

664
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 4: just because like that's a once in a lifetime talent

665
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 4: that you really, you know, traded in the prime of

666
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 4: his career. I don't even know if he's in his

667
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 4: prime yet, that's what's crazy. So exactly. So it's like.

668
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 3: It was a tough situation and night Nico's my guy.

669
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 4: I got real love for him. I think he knows

670
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 4: the game of basketball at a high level. Obviously, he

671
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 4: was Kobe's right hand man for ten fifteen years, so

672
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 4: like he knows the game. But in that sense, I

673
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 4: just think there was a there was going to be

674
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 4: a great cloud over his head, in the organization's head

675
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 4: until he was out of there. But I think that's

676
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 4: not really going nowhere either, Like unless they go on

677
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 4: to thirty game winning streak and they have the best

678
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 4: season ever, it's still always going to be like, dang,

679
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 4: we had Luca, Dang, we like.

680
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 3: Why did we do that?

681
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 4: So I think it's a tough situation all the way around.

682
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 3: But again, one of them business decisions where.

683
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 4: He felt he felt that was the best decision for

684
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 4: the organization he's running. And yeah, I think the world's

685
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 4: gonna fault him, But everybody's not in that locker room

686
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 4: each and every day.

687
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 3: Everybody's not around that organization to where.

688
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 4: Maybe something that came up to where he had that

689
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 4: that red light to where he wanted to make a

690
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 4: move like that, but.

691
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 3: It's just a tough situation because.

692
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 4: So many people are on the outside looking in and

693
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 4: you just don't make a move like that.

694
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 3: It seems like it just.

695
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: It seems like a common theme here is the business.

696
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: Guys got to kind of play doctor a little bit

697
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: and they're predicting, you know, how much you know, are

698
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: they injured? Is this a long lasting thing? Let's make

699
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: some moves now. That saw a window and he went

700
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: for it, and you know, sometimes that stuff pays off.

701
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 4: And then for just like eighties heard Kyrie's heard like,

702
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 4: so that's that's what I'm saying, Like in terms of

703
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 4: the lose lose, Yeah, you get the number one pick.

704
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 4: Guys aren't healthy. That's on you to the outside the

705
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 4: world looking in like that. And it sucks because I

706
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 4: don't think he got a fair shake just to start

707
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 4: the year, like you don't have ad AD's out, Kyrie.

708
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 4: Obviously we know it's coming back later in the year.

709
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 4: You're experimenting with Cooper putting them at the point. So

710
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 4: it's a lot of things that is outside of his control,

711
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 4: but one thing that was in his control was he

712
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 4: did make the decision to trade Luca, but not even that,

713
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 4: like the owner got a okay that too, So like

714
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 4: there needs to be some heat on others as well,

715
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 4: So like just to keep it a one hundred percent realists.

716
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 4: He Nico's not the one that approves it. He brings

717
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,479
Speaker 4: it to whoever the ownership and says, this is what

718
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 4: I believe will be best for organization. He might have

719
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 4: made it seem amazing and the owner rolled off on it.

720
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 4: So but I did see the owner did take responsibility

721
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 4: for what's happened. And hopefully at some point that city

722
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 4: and organization that can move on. But they won't move

723
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 4: on into Luca's done with the NBA because he's just

724
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 4: he's going to be so good for so long that

725
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 4: they're just going to be reminded of it each and

726
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 4: every day.

727
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, yeah, we saw Luca. He got he

728
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,879
Speaker 1: got in better shape. You know, this season he's putting

729
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: up forty to fifty, Like it's wild, I mean, and

730
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 1: who knows if he would have done that, you know,

731
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: being not complacent, but like you know, his old ways

732
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 1: were sort of working in Dallas already, but they just

733
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 1: they lit a fire under it, and the Lakers are

734
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:37,879
Speaker 1: off to a hot start, it'll be.

735
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,880
Speaker 4: So it hurts every win the Lakers have every forty

736
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 4: point triple double he has, They're just going to be upset,

737
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 4: and like rightfully so as a fan, because you it's

738
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 4: hard to trace somebody like that away.

739
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 3: But we've lived and we learned through those type of

740
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:53,879
Speaker 3: things as well.

741
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: I have some Maps fan friends that became Lakers fan,

742
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 1: and that's how much like Luca for sure transcended the city,

743
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 1: transcendent basketball, like they like to rooting for that guy.

744
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 3: I mean, the world loves it.

745
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's like Luca Magic, Like he's he's hard not

746
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 4: to love. And then he's done his job of getting

747
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 4: into shape making the game look even easier.

748
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,760
Speaker 3: So it's a hard little situation.

749
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: All Right, we're gonna talk about more what's going on

750
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:23,759
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753
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: and assists on Tuesday night, and if you get it right,

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755
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 1: you got on Tuesday Night.

756
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with Luca going against the Jazz. I

757
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 3: think that might be a career night type of night.

758
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna go with Luca.

759
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: He's going on I think so we Steph has been

760
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,399
Speaker 1: going off, but he had like nine points the last game,

761
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: so I think he's not doing that two nights. Yeah,

762
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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go Steph against the Magic in Orlando

763
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Speaker 1: We are now going to play another game. We introduced

784
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: it last week called restricted Area. I'm going to try

785
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 1: to bring up an NBA storyline and it can have

786
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: the option to say that's restricted area. I'm not talking

787
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: about it, but so far we've been unsuccessful and our

788
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: dude over here is just open book all the time.

789
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: So the first one, I don't know if you saw this,

790
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 1: it was a highlight. James Harden had a crazy crossover

791
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 1: ankle breaker on Peyton Pritchard of the Celtics.

792
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 2: He got me good. He got me Good's first time

793
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 2: I've gotten got like that, and I don't know when.

794
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 2: So it was a heck of a move.

795
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 4: I'll be fine, my ankle be fine, but he did

796
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 4: so he made me touch earth for a second.

797
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 2: So what did you think about that?

798
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: Were you surprised that James still has it, and then

799
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 1: I want to know, also, what was your best ankle

800
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,720
Speaker 1: breaking moment in your career.

801
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 4: I did see the James Harden on on My Guy.

802
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 4: Those are both of my guys too, so it's tough.

803
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 4: James Harden. First off, to answer your question, James Harden

804
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 4: does still have It's still got it you, so he's

805
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 4: still difficult to guard. One thing about James Harden is

806
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 4: super cool. When he does these moves. He makes the

807
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 4: shot for the most part. Like I remember the movie

808
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 4: did I think years ago against Wesley Johnson when he

809
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 4: was on the rockets same area too, and when he

810
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 4: dropped him, but he didn't go in for the floater.

811
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 3: He just looked at him and did the shot.

812
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 4: So James Harden is successful and making guys fall and

813
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 4: making the shot because that's hard to do, make the

814
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 4: shot because.

815
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 2: All the pressure builds. I gotta finish the man.

816
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, tough, So shout out to James my guy, Pete Pritchard.

817
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 4: That's tough, but at least it was by one of

818
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 4: the best players to ever play. To answer your question

819
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 4: of ankle breakers, I'm not an ankle breaking guy, but

820
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:34,760
Speaker 4: I've had a few good moves. I would, I would

821
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,399
Speaker 4: if we could bring up. I was on the Kings.

822
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 4: I think it was my second or third year. We

823
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 4: was playing the Warriors.

824
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 3: I did a little move.

825
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 4: I'm not even gonna say I made Steph fall like

826
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,920
Speaker 4: the move. He just happened to fall. And then I

827
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 4: did a one leg It was in a shot like

828
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,440
Speaker 4: I did a one legged three pointer off the glass.

829
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 4: I think it was at Sacramento. And I'm gonna take

830
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 4: that one. Yeah, just from my kids, I'm gonna take that.

831
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 4: I'm Hooper to Hooper.

832
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 3: I don't think the cross made them fall, but it

833
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 3: was timely. It looked like it.

834
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: Still people count, some people will count some trips or whatever,

835
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 1: but you made the floater three.

836
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 3: Look, step I'm gonna say I dropped you.

837
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 4: I'm gonna say I dropped you just because all love

838
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 4: and respect. But i'm gonna say I dropped you and

839
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 4: I hit the shot just because I.

840
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 3: Haven't dropped nobody. So I'm gonna take that one. Today.

841
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:26,800
Speaker 2: We're gonna look that up. We'll cut that together. Okay.

842
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: The All Star Game, so they announced officially. There was

843
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: a rumor for a minute that they're gonna change the

844
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 1: format because they've been having some difficulty in making the

845
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 1: most entertaining product it can be. So they're gonna do

846
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,280
Speaker 1: a USA versus the World because the game is pretty

847
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,800
Speaker 1: international these days. So what do you think about that format?

848
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 1: Do you think it's enough to save the All Star weekend?

849
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 4: I think it's interesting enough to do that. I think

850
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 4: it's gonna be hard to save the All Star weekend.

851
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 4: Guys want rest, Guys don't really go as hard. But

852
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 4: I think this would be a bragging rights type of

853
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 4: situ situation, like, Okay, now we're playing for some we're

854
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 4: playing for pride at least like USA versus the world.

855
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,880
Speaker 4: Obviously we see those talks. All the world's caught up

856
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 4: to the US in terms of basketball. So I think

857
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,919
Speaker 4: if you have a little hype to it, you add

858
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 4: a little hype to it, maybe add a little more money.

859
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 4: I think guys would take take heed and going a

860
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 4: little harder in terms of representing your country, representing the world,

861
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 4: represent the US. So I think the NBA is doing

862
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 4: a good job of trying to implement more things to

863
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 4: make it interesting not only for the player but for

864
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:33,760
Speaker 4: the fans.

865
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 3: I'm excited for this.

866
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 4: This might be the first year where we get some competitiveness,

867
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 4: We get them old All Star Games where you know

868
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,399
Speaker 4: Kobe was there. Just that's what it is, though, That's

869
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 4: what it is. The best player has to play the

870
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,839
Speaker 4: hardest and everybody will fall in line. So whoever the

871
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:54,320
Speaker 4: top dog is, if he goes all out, I promise

872
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,240
Speaker 4: you That's what it was with Kobe, Jordan, all those guys,

873
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 4: even early on with Lebron, Like the best player go

874
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,439
Speaker 4: all out, everybody follows suit.

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00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 1: Well, And I also think too, there's you know, we

876
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 1: watched the last Olympics USA, Frank, like there's some resentment

877
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 1: in some revenge that's gonna happen more immediately than having

878
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: to wait for the next Olympics. Like we all remember

879
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: that iconic Steph you know, jump over Wenby.

880
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 2: He got him again the other night.

881
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,360
Speaker 1: But like this is like all those guys were like USA,

882
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: every every Olympics they beat us, there were always a

883
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 1: default gold medal.

884
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:26,840
Speaker 2: Like now they get a chance every year.

885
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 4: Exactly, and it's just gonna spice it up a little more.

886
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 4: So then when then we when we when we when

887
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 4: we beat that behind in the All Star Game, comes summertime,

888
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 4: we're gonna do it again to the world. You know,

889
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 4: So if I'm if I'm a part of it anyway

890
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 4: the All Star weekend, I'm making sure I'm talking stuff.

891
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 4: I'm making sure the game is going to be exciting

892
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:49,760
Speaker 4: because the guy's gotta talk mess.

893
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,240
Speaker 3: You gotta we gotta get it. We gotta talk mess

894
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 3: on our pod.

895
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 4: We everybody around the basketball world got to talk a

896
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 4: little bit of a little bit of junk to get

897
00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 4: it going.

898
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 1: When we were talking about before this, like they need

899
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 1: to implement a one on one the king of the courts.

900
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 2: And you never know, you never know.

901
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 4: I think if they do and you get a top

902
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 4: dog to be in it, the other top dogs will

903
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 4: fall a suit.

904
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: And yeah, what do you think it takes to get

905
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: a big guy to play like that? Because I feel

906
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: like some guys, you know, they have so many endorsements

907
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: or like they're trying to rest and recover.

908
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:22,239
Speaker 3: Man, the biggest thing is they don't want to get embarrassed.

909
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 4: So the top dog NBA guys, guys that are getting

910
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 4: paid do not want to get embarrassed and not be

911
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 4: able to blame someone else. One on one is a

912
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 4: tough situation because you can't blame nobody else, And I

913
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 4: think that's the biggest thing. But you know, money talks.

914
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,760
Speaker 4: You put you put a nice little cash prize on it.

915
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 4: You might get some stars out there to show the

916
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,799
Speaker 4: world that they they shouldn't be messed with.

917
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,280
Speaker 1: Well, who would you pick in King of the Court

918
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 1: NBA right now, yourself included.

919
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:55,320
Speaker 3: Nobody's beat me one one.

920
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 2: Okay, what's your what's your strategy?

921
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 4: If you two guys, the NBA guys, this is a

922
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 4: call out to any and everybody. Nobody's beating me one

923
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 4: on one in basketball. Give me a nice ref like

924
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 4: we're not just gonna be following each other. Nobody's beating

925
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,800
Speaker 4: me one on one. I don't think you could be

926
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:15,319
Speaker 4: six to eleven winby might.

927
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 3: Beat me.

928
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 2: If you're just pulling up on threes winb might.

929
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,240
Speaker 3: That's that's the only one. Anybody else.

930
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 4: It's gonna be a tough It's gonna be a little

931
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 4: tough situation for anybody, but anybody besides myself. You gotta

932
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:36,240
Speaker 4: go with KDS. You gotta go with Kyrie healthy Kyrie.

933
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 4: Nobody's probably messing with that. You gotta go with guys

934
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:41,839
Speaker 4: that are really one on one guys like they can

935
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,399
Speaker 4: go not only play one on one.

936
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:46,399
Speaker 3: Inside, you can go.

937
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 4: To a cement court and play one on one. Those

938
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 4: are gonna be the guys that are gonna be the

939
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 4: best guys.

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00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 2: That's what it's built.

941
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 1: When we're growing up and you only got another friend there,

942
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 1: or you pup on the court and one.

943
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 3: On one, are you gonna NBA need to do two

944
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 3: on two to two on two, that'd be okay, Tatty.

945
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 2: Let us fix the All Star.

946
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, just let us do it. Well, we'll come up

947
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:09,919
Speaker 3: with all the ideas.

948
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 4: At first, we might not get the stars to play

949
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 4: because they'll just be chilling, but we'll get the you know,

950
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 4: the role guys to get get to it.

951
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, final story, Uh, interesting enough, lebron he's

952
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: getting healthy, the Lakers assigned him the G League, and

953
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,799
Speaker 1: in that same couple of days, Bronny got to start

954
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: for the Lakers. Again, what alternate reality we're living in?

955
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 2: Can you talk on that?

956
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:35,319
Speaker 1: Like, I guess you know, it was a that's just

957
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: kind of how it goes. Maybe you can explain that,

958
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 1: like getting a sign of G League and getting ready

959
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 1: to go up to the back to the league.

960
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:44,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, but for for bron it was just probably getting

961
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 4: a scrimmage in being able to get up and down

962
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 4: with that team.

963
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:49,120
Speaker 3: I think it's super dope.

964
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 4: Then a guy like Lebron James goes to the G

965
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 4: League to play against and with those guys in practice.

966
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 3: Those are some guys that look up to Lebron.

967
00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 4: They's never really been able to be on the same

968
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 4: court as him, So for him to interact with those guys,

969
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 4: high five with those guys, that's probably.

970
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 3: A surreal moment for those G League guys.

971
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,319
Speaker 4: And for it to happen in the same week to

972
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 4: where Briani gets to start in the NBA and his

973
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:15,719
Speaker 4: dad be suiting up for a G League practice is

974
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 4: the timing is crazy.

975
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,360
Speaker 3: But that's how basketball is, man, So it's it.

976
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 4: I think it was a super cool feeling for those

977
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,759
Speaker 4: guys in that G League organization to be a brown

978
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 4: Lebron and see them and play against them. And then

979
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 4: obviously it's super cool that Briani got the start.

980
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 3: Man.

981
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: Well, I mean, so you've played in G league before, Like,

982
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 1: what is that like with the younger guys who watched

983
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: you and were fans of you, Like, what's that moment

984
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: like when you can impart.

985
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 4: Some of that It's amazing because you see it on

986
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:45,359
Speaker 4: their face like they they they're fans first and then

987
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 4: teammate second. Like they want to ask questions you go

988
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 4: to eat or you got lunch after practice. They're asking

989
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:53,759
Speaker 4: so many questions they would ask if we weren't on

990
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:54,439
Speaker 4: the same team.

991
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 3: So it's a surreal moment.

992
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 4: Obviously in the G League is a little different, but

993
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 4: like it's super dope to chop it up about my experiences,

994
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,359
Speaker 4: about the things that they're about to see in their

995
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 4: in their journey, and just to be able to interact

996
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 4: with those guys and not only do that but compete

997
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:11,640
Speaker 4: as well and show them that.

998
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:14,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, there is levels to this. There's levels to it

999
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:15,279
Speaker 3: for sure.

1000
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 2: That's dope.

1001
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 1: All right, Well that's another episode of Point Game. Look

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Speaker 1: at all these nuggets were constantly Next week, tune in,

1003
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Speaker 1: make sure you tune in. We got a special guest.

1004
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Speaker 1: As we teased earlier, Evan Turner. I can't even imagine

1005
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:30,799
Speaker 1: what stories are going to be doing.

1006
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 3: We're not even gonna be able to talk.

1007
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna I'm just gonna say hello, and I'm

1008
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Speaker 2: gonna go.

1009
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Speaker 3: He's gonna do it all.

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Speaker 4: That's my guy man shout out to et National Player

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Speaker 4: of the Year in college Jersey retired all of that,

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