1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Welcome back to More to It, the show that takes 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: a deep dive into the biggest stories. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 2: In sports, entertainment and culture. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: Start with headline news, and then we journey into those 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: deeper conversations, always finding those life lessons that are presented 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: in every single story. 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: I'm your host for ourselves. 8 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: Why dad, dude, Oh man, We're gonna have us a 9 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: show today because we are going to touch every corner 10 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: of the sports room, man, from ownership all the way 11 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: down to the players behind bars, etc. It's gonna be 12 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: a great show because I'm feeling great right now. For 13 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: a fat boy, I'm kind of gunned up. I got 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: a layer or two to lose right here. That just 15 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: means I've been carloading, sipping on that drank and not 16 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: getting on that treadmill. But all is good, man, But 17 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: we always start to show off. What's up with that? 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 2: Dude? 19 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: Well, I am on a new medication and I still 20 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: don't know how to say it. I think it's called celebrates, 21 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: but it's an anti inflammatory that's for people who are arthritic. 22 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 2: Woo woo. I might get a sack, Coach. I might 23 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 2: get a sack because I ain't gonna lie. 24 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: I've taken two and I feel like I can run 25 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: through a wall right now. 26 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 2: Seriously. One of my boys told me about it and 27 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 2: some reason. 28 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: Because I'm not playing ball anymore, I'm just relying on 29 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: all my natural physical mental ways of healing, which is 30 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: kind of weird because when I played, I took everything 31 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: they offered. I didn't give a damn injection here toward 32 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: all there. Okay, what is that? I don't want to know, 33 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: do I? And then the peel peel peel, and I 34 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: did it all came out. It felt like unscathed to 35 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: a degree, but I did it just to get through 36 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: those riggors. Now I'm a father forty eight years old, 37 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: and I got my day to day stuff and I 38 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: still am physically active. 39 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: Why am I not taking something? So it was kind 40 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 2: of weird. 41 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: When I went to the doctor the other day, he 42 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: hooked me up and so far, well, so great. So 43 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: if y'all over there suffering through some stuff, get you 44 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: some celebrates, I guess I should look it up. 45 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: But I don't want all y'all to take it. I 46 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: need something for me, all right. 47 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: Yesterday, have some meetings about a pickleball tournament that may 48 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: be coming to a city that you're in. Yes, it's 49 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: national tour a pickleball. They want me to be the face, 50 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: the ambassador. Why me, because I'm good as hell at pickleball. 51 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: I got a pickleball court in my backyard. I'm about 52 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: that life. I will destroy y'all in pickball because it's 53 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: tennis light. It's like, you know the anemic tennis, right, 54 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: the anorexic tennis. I ain't gotta run that far so 55 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: that favors a big dog like me. I stay right 56 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: there on that line, right before the. 57 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: Kitchen or y'all know what the kitchen is. I know 58 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 2: what the kitchen is. 59 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: That's where I cook this shit up and I go 60 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: out there and destroy cats. So I can't wait to 61 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: come to your city and destroy yo hood. 62 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 2: That was fun. 63 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: We're gonna obviously link it through my foundation Project Transition. 64 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a community initiative. Great opportunity for us 65 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: to bring in big sponsors and to reach the people. 66 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: Go to you, funk. 67 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: Also, the Milking conference is going on. You got to 68 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: know about that. You guys heard about that. It's for 69 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: the big money cats VC's and you see all these 70 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: hedge fun cats and they're just walking around and I 71 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: went to a B and P event last night. 72 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: You guys know them. 73 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: They sponsored Indian Wells tournament and that huge tennis tournament 74 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: out there. So they had a private event at Avra 75 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: Dolling Ava. If you're in the Los Angeles Beverly Hills 76 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: out of you must go to Avra. Ava is known 77 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: for a seafood. You go in there, you know, and 78 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: the fishes just laying there in ice like pick me. 79 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: Even though I'm dead, I'm still talking pick me, and 80 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: the fishes just laying there and everybody, Oh, I want 81 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: that one on? 82 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: What that one? And I don't eat. 83 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: Fish because of my childhood and having to eat all 84 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: that broyal fish to make weight. So I walked right 85 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: past that. Order me a steak all the time. Great event. 86 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: Got a chance to talk to a lot of the 87 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: executives there and they want to support my Project Transition 88 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: initiative as well. Love Love, Love, shout out to the 89 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: people who I saw there that I know, the homies. 90 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: Byron Allen was there. Yes, mister fist pump himself mass 91 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: Byron Allen, the billionaire. 92 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's the homie goes to our school. Love 93 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: the dude and it's funny. He doesn't shake hands. It's real. 94 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: Like cats was walking up to him getting caught slipping. 95 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: They like this, you know, you going in like this, 96 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: and you go in like this and he like, nah, 97 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: BEI we just gonna have to break that. We playing 98 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: rock paper scissors right here. I saw all these five 99 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: people coming in hot they doing this. 100 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 2: I'm like, dog, he ain't opening that thing up. It 101 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 2: is real. That was cool. 102 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: My doctor Jason Snibby was there, famous orthopedic surgeon out here. 103 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: Everybody know about him. 104 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: Fix your knees, fix your hips. And my man Harley 105 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: Pasternak was there. Y'all know Harley. Yeah, Harley got famous 106 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: for some interesting reasons in the last year or so. 107 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: But that's a great dude. That's my dog, all right, y'all. 108 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: Speaking of dog, it's time to talk about my other dog. 109 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: S send doublep do o, double jizzle. My dog's new 110 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: dog has a bid to buy a hockey team. Yes, 111 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: the Ottawa Senators. 112 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: Yes. 113 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: Snoop DOGG was on the podcast Stephen A. Smith's podcast, 114 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: and he talked about his love for the sport of hockey. 115 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: Said he's been watching it for twenty to five years 116 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: and Snoop is older than me, so. 117 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 2: Somewhere around his thirties, late twenties. I don't know what 118 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 2: he was doing. 119 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: He was just smoking with sug One day he was like, hey, hey, 120 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: change the channel though, put on the ice skates and 121 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: all that. 122 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 2: Let's see the dudes on the skin. 123 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: Like, well, I don't know when did you switch at 124 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: thirty to like hockey, but Cord to Snoop, he did, 125 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: and he said his biggest motivation. I think it's pretty obvious, 126 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: but it's still heartfelt. He says he wants to bring 127 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: hockey to his community. Oh man, that's interesting because everybody 128 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: wants to talk about DEI right, diversity, equity, inclusion, but 129 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: this may be a situation where DEI goes wrong because 130 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: everybody doesn't want everything. And I'm thinking through this like hockey. 131 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: I like when I go to a hockey game. I 132 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: think everyone does because there's a great energy in there. 133 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: First you walk into the arena, the temperature hits you. 134 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: It's cooler, you like that. 135 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 2: And then the catsage is going and they are rough, 136 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 2: like they. 137 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: Tearing that damn glass, that PEXI glass upack. You're like, oh, 138 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: this is dope. This is like fast moving football out here. 139 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: But I think the best thing about being at a 140 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: hockey a game is the fact that you can actually 141 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: follow the puck like you o TV man, that puck 142 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: is lost. They try it all kinds of things. They 143 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: try to make it neon, they try to highlight it, 144 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: they try to give it a tail, a laser tail, 145 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: and I was like, dog, it's not working. But when 146 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: you're their lives, you got a better sense of it. 147 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: You can see it all, fill it all, and be 148 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: in those elements. 149 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 2: I get that. 150 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: So Snoop wants to own this team, and then ownership 151 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: as a part of it, wants to build a Snoop 152 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: Youth Hockey league outside of Canada so kids in the 153 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: urban communities can have access to it and learn about 154 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: the sport as well. All these things obviously are very important. 155 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: He just wants people to know that they can play hockey, 156 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: even if they look like Snoop Dogg, or if they're 157 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: from a poor neighborhood or they don't have the access. 158 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: And that's what's interesting about it, because if you look 159 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: at it, the issues with hockey when you talk about 160 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: the neighborhood and be careful, guys, never make the hood 161 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: synonymous with race or color, because I think people do that. 162 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes they say black and then they say hood, and 163 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: it's not the same thing because where I grew up 164 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: it used to be all black because before that it 165 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: was all white. 166 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 2: And guess what it is now a Latino. 167 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: So never go to that extent of trying to link 168 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: it to a certain group, even though there may be 169 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: a majority rule there. But the issues with hockey culturally 170 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: is frankly, the access, the cost as much as they 171 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: say twenty five hundred dollars a year to get your 172 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: little kid into hockey, or also of the numbers, think 173 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: about this. So the first thing is the access. Where's 174 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: the hockey rink by us out here in Los Angeles? 175 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 2: In proper LA? There's one? In Cuver City. 176 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: There's one, and Downtown LA only for Christmas time as 177 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: they do ice skating around there. And then I think 178 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: there's one in Manhattan Beach, but the point is so 179 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: spread out, so the access is difficult. The cost twenty 180 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: five hundred dollars versus signing your son up for the 181 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: football league or the basketball league, what's that sixty bucks, 182 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: one hundred bucks. Hockey's gonna have to figure out a 183 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: way to either invoke some scholarships or bring those costs down. 184 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: And then the numbers. So I like hockey, right our sellers, 185 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: I like hockey. Does Tim like hockey? Does Tim like hockey? 186 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 2: Okay? Does Jonathan like hockey? Okay? 187 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: We got two and a half guys right now, because 188 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: Tim is on the fence. You got to get the 189 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: numbers to even get the team together, to get the 190 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: league going with the access that may be distant, but 191 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: props to Snoop Dogg. Props to him to trying to 192 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: close that gap, close that divide between where he thinks 193 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: his people are in the community with hockey and where 194 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: hockey really is. Hopefully this ownership big goes through and 195 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: you imagine Smoop Snoop over there, puffet one as he's 196 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: owning a hockey team that'll be fresh. We about to 197 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: chop up some wood, and right now, let's talk about 198 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: this story that I think there are a lot of 199 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 1: life lessons we can learn from someone else's despair. Unfortunately, 200 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: former Raiders first round pick y'all remember hearing wide receiver 201 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs third played guilty in the fatal DUI case. 202 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,479 Speaker 2: Let's get the facts out there, so the former. 203 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: Raiders receiver unconditionally waives his right to a preliminary hearing 204 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: on Tuesday and will plead guilty to one count of 205 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: dui resulting in death count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. According 206 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: to the plea agreement, Ruggs will serve three to ten 207 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: years in Nevada State prison. 208 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: Charges dropped. 209 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: As part of the plea, weord one count of dui 210 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: causing substantial harmor guarding his passenger and two counts a 211 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: reckless driving. Now, if he would have played this all 212 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: the way through, try to go to trial, play it 213 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: not guilty. If convicted, Ruggs faced a minimum of two 214 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 1: years up to fifty years in prison. So obviously he 215 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: couldn't take that gamble. And speaking of that gamble, would 216 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: a three to ten year sentence even if he gets 217 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: out early for good behavior the short end of that sentence, 218 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: will his football career be over? And will another team 219 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: roll the dice and take that gamble of Ruggs coming 220 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: out of prison. Sad story all around, obviously for the 221 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: victim lost their life as well start there, but also 222 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: for Henry Ruggs and this entire family anyone connected to him, 223 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,599 Speaker 1: because he's not the only one that's going to go 224 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: up for three years, up to ten years. 225 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 2: That affects all in his surroundings. 226 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: So the craziest thing about all of this is it 227 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: could have been prevented. And that's where I think we 228 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: should have this conversation. 229 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 2: You talk about. 230 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs in the moment before this fatal accident, and 231 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: it takes me back to a couple scenarios that I 232 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: was prepared for, and the California Highway Patrol was one 233 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: of them that prepared me. And another one was the 234 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Let's talk about it. They talk 235 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: about and they used to come to our teams and 236 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: hold these panels and just try to educate us, because look, 237 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: you got a bunch of guys fifty some young guys 238 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: in their twenties and thirties, right, and you know they 239 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: have access, they got money, they like to party, they 240 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: like to play play hard and party harder. 241 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 2: Right. 242 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 1: So we had the LA Sheriff come in one time, 243 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 1: and of all the things they said, the one thing 244 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: that stuck out was the fact that he was like, 245 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: I want everybody to run this scenario through your head. Basically, 246 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: the Uber scenario. You're about to go out tonight. You 247 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: know you're going out tonight. Where you're going doesn't matter. 248 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: You're leaving your home. Okay, So let's not get caught 249 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: up in what I'm gonna do, because a lot of 250 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: times people start running through what their night looks like 251 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: and then try to associate how many drinks I'm gonna 252 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: have there. Oh, I'm just going to my auntie's house. 253 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna drink over there all. Then i was 254 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: supposed to go to dinner with the executive, so I'm 255 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: not gonna drink there, or maybe one or two. Then 256 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go hang with my boys, and then I'm 257 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: gonna go drink. Point being, don't make those associations you're 258 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: leaving your house. Here's the simple question to ask yourself. 259 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 1: Are you going to have a drink? That's what La 260 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,839 Speaker 1: Sheriff said to us as we were looking us in 261 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: the eyes. Are you going to have a drink? And 262 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,959 Speaker 1: then if the answer is yes, called the uber Now 263 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: simple is that that's the. 264 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 2: Most full proof way for. 265 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: You not to get caught up in the situation like 266 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs did. Okay, Now, the California High Rate patrol 267 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 1: took that and took it a step further, so they 268 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: say the same things. If you're leaving your house, you 269 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: know you gotta get an uber duh, dud dud. But 270 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: then they took it a step further and said, I 271 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: want everyone to put on this set of glasses, right, 272 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 1: and they passed these glasses around to our entire football team. 273 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: So you can hear a guy after God, you're waiting 274 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: your turn, like, man, pass the damn glasses, and everybody 275 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: putting them on, like oh okay, okay, m all right, whatever, 276 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: Like you're not knowing what to do with this, just 277 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 1: shit passing around. They're just sitting there watching us, watching us. 278 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: And then when we're done, he's like, Okay, what we 279 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: just passed around were intoxication glasses. Basically, if you've ever 280 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: had that level of vision, raise your hand. Everybody hand 281 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: went up, like, who hasn't been intoxicated to this level? 282 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: And he says, oh, that is legally drunk, and legally 283 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 1: drunk in California point zero eight. 284 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 2: He said. 285 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,959 Speaker 1: And it's easier to be over the limit than you 286 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: guys think. So you guys are all big two hundred, 287 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: three hundred pounders in here one four hundred pounder, and 288 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 1: everybody's like looking around, like that's drunk. That's getting me 289 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: pulled over and putting handcuffs and taking the jail. 290 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: And we were like, oh, And it was a sobering 291 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 2: moment pun intended because. 292 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: Literally I have been behind the wheel before, like you 293 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: can still see the song, Oh yeah, I can still 294 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: see this all that. And he was like, it's not 295 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: as difficult as you think. And sometimes when you hear 296 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: these cases, and you hear these reports guys be two 297 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: three times over the limit, you were like, damn, how 298 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: much did they drink? It turns out sometimes four drinks, 299 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: six drinks over the course of a night and including dinner. 300 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 2: Right now, Obviously, the. 301 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: Smaller you are and the slower metabolism, et cetera, and 302 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: the more you drink, obviously it affects you differently. But 303 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: a lot of times it's this willful ignorance, like you 304 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: just don't even want to think about what your night's 305 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: gonna look like. And then on top of that, you 306 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: don't know how it's affecting you. And then this situation, 307 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: not just you, but someone was killed because you were 308 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: being reckless. So this is an interesting case. Where obviously 309 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: we saw a life loss and we saw someone who 310 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: could have prevented this. But when you get caught up 311 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: in that zone, you live in that life or you're 312 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: living too fast and you just don't stop and think 313 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: situations like this can happen. Crazy as it is, it's 314 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: such a disappointment and a waste of potential and. 315 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 2: The cost of a human life. 316 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: Forshr Boy Marshall's whilely thanking you for your viewership on 317 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: Brinks TV and your membership on YouTube. Wiley's World. Ah, 318 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: speaking of YouTube, you dealing Brooks. Oh Man, we're gonna 319 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: be chilling Brooks right now. Manlan Brooks was cut from 320 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies figuratives speaking and literally speaking because of 321 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: what happened and the reports that are coming from Memphis. 322 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: Let's talk through this. Let's get the beats out there. 323 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: Oh what a postseason for my man Dylan Brooks. They wrote, 324 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: he entered as the longest tenured member of the number 325 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: two seed in. 326 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 2: The Western Conference, Memphis Grizzlies. 327 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: But he exits it and he leaves as the butt 328 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: of a lot of jokes because of his unfortunate trash talk. 329 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: Interesting writing here, it got worse when they informed Brooks, 330 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: an unrestricted free agenties offseason that quote, he will not 331 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: be brought back under any circumstances, according to Shams sources. 332 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 2: Godly. 333 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: Now, despite all the backlast, we know who he is 334 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: as a player. He's a good defender, average fourteen points 335 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: this year and when he hits his threes, okay, he's 336 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: valuable in this league. But boy did he get exposed 337 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: in that Lakers series. 338 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 2: And that's what we're gonna talk about. 339 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: It's gonna be interesting to see if he lands in 340 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: the NBA and where he lands in the NBA. I 341 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: think cooler heads will prevail. Once he gets through this 342 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: little phase of everybody over there meming him out and 343 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: over there trying to just troll him up, he'll get 344 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: a landing spot somewhere. 345 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 2: In the NBA. 346 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: But boy, let's start here how he was cut for 347 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: show for example. This is how this went down. Because 348 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: you don't let these type of reports out. You don't 349 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: say these things to anyone unless you're trying to send 350 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: a message, not to just Dylan Brooks, but to this 351 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: young Memphis Grizzlies team of hey, we need to lock 352 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: in because Dylan Brooks talking trash locked in the Los 353 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: Angeles Lakers. Yeah, that actually happened. Let me tell you 354 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 1: how it goes in practice, because in practice, the preparation 355 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: is the separation. So bulletin board material. We've all heard 356 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: about it. I'm not a big believer in it, but 357 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: I do know it has an effect. Here's the effect. 358 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: You talking trash about Lebron James. You know that Lebron 359 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: James doesn't like to punch. 360 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 2: Down in the moment, at least now. 361 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: He's passive aggressive, and he'll wait till it's all done, 362 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: as he did in this situation. But in the moment, oh, 363 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 1: he's gonna keep it all classed as much as possible. 364 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean everybody else on the team wheel. 365 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: So in practice, once they hear Dealer Brooks is coming 366 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: at the king trying to poke the bear. Oh, all 367 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: them cubs, Oh, they gonna rally for big dog. They 368 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: gonna rally for the big bear. 369 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: So everyone gets locked in. 370 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: Now, in a normal practice session, no matter what it is, 371 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: it's impossible for adults and certainly for the kids I coach, 372 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: to stay locked in the entire two hours whatever it is. 373 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 1: That's why every time you watch God practice. You see 374 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: him just in slow mod they laughing, they jogging, some 375 00:18:58,600 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: of them got their phone on them. 376 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 2: Ben Simmons like. 377 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,479 Speaker 1: That's it, just it's impossible to lock in, but you 378 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: get locked in in intensity per drill, right. But when 379 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 1: you got somebody poking the bear, your leader, all of 380 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: sudden everything gets amplified, intensified, and guys focus more, not perfectly, 381 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: but more than they normally would. 382 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 2: So what happens. 383 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 1: You get this collective effort that is greater than it 384 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: would have been if you in say nothing, for whatever reason, 385 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: the seventh guy, the eighth guy on the team, who 386 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: normally goes at this pace, which is a damn good pace, 387 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: all of a sudden tastes it up a notch because 388 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: he heard somebody's coming for him. That's how it goes. 389 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 2: Now. 390 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks was sold out also by his teammates. Let 391 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: me tell you why, because in this situation, if you're 392 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies, you're reading the room, you're taking the 393 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: post of your team. You maybe even directly go to 394 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: John Morant or another leader on the team and say, hey, so, 395 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: but Dylan, how's it going with Dylan? 396 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 2: And some guys may have. 397 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: Said, you know what, I ain't gonna lie to you, coach, 398 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 1: what he's given us and what he's taken away from us. 399 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: I think there's more being lost than gained that could 400 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: have happened. Or more importantly, the coaches is reading it, 401 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: and guys will talk through their actions. Most of the 402 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: communication is nonverbal. You just start to watch guys and 403 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 1: see the chemistry and see I's off and all of 404 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: a sudden, there's no more appreciation for the guy. Because 405 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: what Dylan Brooks got called out for trash talking and 406 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: trying to come at Lebron, that's his gift and that's 407 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: his curse. 408 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 2: Right, So, I. 409 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: Think Dylan Brooks in this situation because obviously they underwhelmed. 410 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: Obviously they didn't live up to expectations. And you can 411 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: blame a little of this on the focus or the 412 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: trash talk. All of that said, Dylan Brooks to me, 413 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: was sent a message and his team was sent a 414 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: message that we are not going to allow this anymore. 415 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: It's time to grow up, it's time to mature, and 416 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: for you, Dylan, it's time for you to do both 417 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: of those things. 418 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 2: Somewhere else the world right now is bound down and saying. 419 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: We got love for you, MVP and Joel embid the 420 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: dude finally did it. 421 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 2: Right. 422 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: We know who Joel Embiid is. He just won that 423 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: MVP over Jokic and over Yannis. We'll discuss did he 424 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: deserve that as well, But first, this is his first 425 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 1: MVP award after finishing as a runner up the last 426 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: two years, jumping at the bit, coming, I'm coming, give 427 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 1: it to me, and finally he gets it. What's interesting 428 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: about Joel Embiid is because he's been so public with 429 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: who he is, so public with his persona. I remember 430 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: you go back to the early days when he was 431 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: taking his shots at Rihanna despite him being on IR, 432 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: or when he predicted that he would win an MVP 433 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: one day long time ago when he was on Twitter. Right, 434 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: So this is a really good story in terms of 435 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: a guy who just put it all out there and 436 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: ends up climbing to the top of the mountain. In 437 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: terms of individual accomplishments, he won the award by landslide. 438 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 1: Remember everybody was talking about how close it was going 439 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: to be. Jokis deserves his third in the row. And 440 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: then obviously Jannis was balling out of control and you're 441 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: not supposed to look at what's happening in the playoffs, 442 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: So what Jannison and the Bucks did in the playoffs 443 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: wasn't supposed to matter, but looking at the voting, it 444 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: looked like something matter because Embiid had nine hundred and 445 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: fifteen points seventy three first place votes. Jokis was second, 446 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: six hundred and seventy four and fifteen first place votes. 447 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: Giannis was third six oh six in points twelve first 448 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: play votes. All right, so INB one because of this 449 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: he plays defense and this is second straight year of 450 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: leading the NBA in scoring. It's kind of hard to 451 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: say no to that guy, especially when the other two guys, 452 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: let's just be real about it, they already won MVP before. 453 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 2: So it's like, this guy is. 454 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: Leading the league in scoring again and playing defense like that, 455 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: and it's one of the hardest covers in basketball in 456 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 1: terms of what he can do from the three point 457 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: line all the way down, in terms of just boxing 458 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: you out defensively, getting the ball, block steals. He just 459 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: does it all. He checks every box. Shot a career 460 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: high from the field fifty four point eight percent. And 461 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 1: it's crazy that this is the fifth straight year y'all already, y'allready, 462 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: America that an international player has won the award. Five 463 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: straight MVP awards have gone to international players, and it's 464 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: the third straight center. Y'all want to keep talking about 465 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: how this game is globalized. 466 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, you donna exported the game and then we done. 467 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: Imported all that talent and they are balling out of control. 468 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: The third straight center to win the award interesting. 469 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 2: Because we know that is a position that is dated. 470 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: They say, you can go right now to the youth 471 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: league and see the little kids that are not so little, 472 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 1: the big ones, and they trying to bring those dudes 473 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: away from the basket, shoot the three pointer, not traditional 474 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: back to the basket centers, etc. But whatever you want 475 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: to call the position and how it's morphed in terms 476 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: of its dynamics. Third straight center of that old, dusty, 477 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: dated position now in VP. Okay, let's talk about his 478 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: story because this is interesting. Let's just go through the beats. 479 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: He's from Cameroon with West Central Africa, and he didn't 480 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: pick up a basketball till he was seventeen. All y'all 481 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: screaming as parents at these seven year olds, these nine 482 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: year olds, these eleven year olds. Joel MB did not 483 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: pick up a basketball till he was seventeen. Now I 484 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: can hear y'all push back to justify y'all screaming for 485 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 1: little Johnny out there. Well, well he's seven foot ninety 486 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: so obviously he didn't have to just pick up a basketball. 487 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 2: Team was seventeen. Look how big he is. That's part 488 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 2: of it. Can't lie about that. 489 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: But also it just lets you know if you commit 490 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: to something, no matter when you start, oh, you can 491 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: get some results. Seventeen, that's when he picked up the sport. 492 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: His family wanted him to focus on school. They had 493 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,719 Speaker 1: to be convinced that basketball was a good idea and 494 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: it could even help him get into school, give him 495 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: that balance in that. So he attended a basketball camp 496 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: that was ran by a former NBA player, Luke bab Mute. 497 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: Y'all remember him, I remember him, and the French player 498 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: Francois Niam. 499 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 2: I don't know him, okay. 500 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: So they said from day one he had no skills, 501 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: like the big ass. No skills. Okay, you can expect that. 502 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: He's seventeen learning a new game. So with his big 503 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: no skill having, but he went out there and he would. 504 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 2: Try and learn. He said three things. 505 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: Every single time, he would try to just learn three things, 506 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: mastering them different, but try to learn those three things. 507 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: The one thing he did have is some sick feet. 508 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: They said, yo, the footwork was natural, was nice. 509 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 2: All right. 510 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: So now you got a guy who's trying to build 511 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: himself as an athlete, which started with him just not 512 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,199 Speaker 1: picking up the sport till he was seventeen. Okay, So 513 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 1: then they got him to one of the top high 514 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: school programs in the country. Wasn't hard. You imagine that 515 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: admission's meeting. Okay, bring him in. What's his name, Joel 516 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: Embi Okay, Oh, okay, yeah, he get he's admitted. Whatever 517 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: the hell he want to do on that court, he 518 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: can do it. We'll help him in the classroom as well. 519 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: So he barely spoke English, got on the plane to 520 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 1: attend the school and didn't know seriously when he see 521 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: his family again. I guess our version of that is 522 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: when you send your kid to IMG Academy in Florida, 523 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: tennis players, sometimes a football player, but usually those tennis 524 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: players go out there. Imagine getting on a plane that 525 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: young seventeen in his time for you to say hello 526 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 1: to your dreams now and maybe goodbye for a while 527 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: to your family. 528 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:11,360 Speaker 2: That's crazy, Okay. 529 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: So then he got into Cansas, got drafted third overall 530 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: by the six Ers twenty fourteen. 531 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 2: Beasting right. 532 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: Picking up those three things a day with those six 533 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 1: feet has added up to something already. 534 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 2: Now. 535 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 1: He considered retiring after his brother's death and missing his 536 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: first two NBA seasons because of his broken foot. When 537 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: he was taking those shots at Rihanna, like, Yo, whatuld 538 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 1: it do? I know one day you're gonna be a 539 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: billionaire and I'm gonna do my part. 540 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 2: To try and keep up. What's up? 541 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: I was laughing at that the whole time, even though 542 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: it was kind of weird. Dog play first before you 543 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: start playing on social media. 544 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 2: But he took his backlash. 545 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: Obviously, he didn't retire, even though he had that hurt 546 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: and heavy heart because of his brother's death, and then 547 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: he said he wanted to quit basketball after he had 548 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: another surgery. 549 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 2: He had the second surgery, he was like. 550 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: Dog, so a lot of thoughts about something he picked 551 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: up late, and there was now being something that was 552 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 1: very difficult for him to go out there and do. 553 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: It was difficult because of his injury. 554 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,159 Speaker 1: So he's contemplating not even doing it at all. What 555 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: a story of perseverance and a guy who started it 556 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: late but was able to chase his dream all the 557 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: way to this level of success against incredibly long odds. 558 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 2: I love it. Now. Did he deserve it? Absolutely? 559 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: We talked about his stats, we talked about his impact 560 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 1: on the team. And this doesn't mean Jokish didn't deserve it, 561 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that Giannics didn't deserve it. But you gotta 562 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: pick one, and who deserved it more? I would say 563 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: Joe mb on top of all those other things that 564 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: we already consider, the fact that he never wanted is 565 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: a part of this is of interest to those voters. 566 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: So now game two, conversations of him coming back, James 567 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: Harden balled out of control forty five and six in 568 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: game James Harden knows, Hey, that's still in my bag. 569 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: If you need it, if you're gonna play, you don't 570 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: even gotta be one hundred percent. 571 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 2: Give me a lot of you. I'll do the rest. 572 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: And the confidence of this team believing now they got 573 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: that two headed scoring monster in terms of James Harden 574 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: and Embiid, it's gonna do wonders for their confidence. So 575 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: it's gonna be interesting to see how this series goes 576 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: because Boston does not want to go down Ohero and 577 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: two then have to travel to Philadelphia. To me, it 578 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: sounds like that series will be a rap and that'll 579 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 1: be the team probably representing the East. Because the Knicks 580 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: in the heat and the heat without their two best players, 581 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: and the Knicks still struggling to beat them and losing 582 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: to them, I don't think it will be enough against 583 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 1: the Sixers and the Celtics winner. Well, Celtics better win 584 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: this next game or else I'm gonna stop saying the 585 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,239 Speaker 1: Celtics and it's just gonna be the Sixers. Congrats to you, 586 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: Joe embiid Man. I remember day one when you were 587 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: talking all that stuff on Twitter. I was like, this 588 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: dude doing too much. He too damn silly to be real. Well, 589 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: he wore it with a smile and he still climbed 590 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: his mountain. Props to you, big dog. 591 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 2: All right. 592 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: Now, you know how we in every show with a 593 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: wiy is them. Yeah, it does not matter how slowly 594 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: you go as long as you do not stop dash right, 595 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: doesn't matter how slow you go, y'all remember. 596 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 2: That cartoons y'all used to watch was it on Bugs 597 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 2: Bunny Looney Tunes? The tortoise and the hair. I used 598 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 2: to wash that, and I said, love it because the 599 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 2: hair used to floss. The hair was me. The hair 600 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 2: was like, man, I ain't. 601 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: Tripping at the starting line. He doing all this, he 602 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: hitting up with the Dave Chappelle. And then the tortoise 603 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: just waking up from a nap. 604 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 2: Or what were we doing over racing? Cool? Shed go okay? 605 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 2: And the tortoise will literally go cool, dude, god do 606 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 2: and the hair gone like a road runner. Damn there. 607 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 2: And every time I watched it the same result. The 608 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 2: tortoise would beat. 609 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: The hair and I didn't know how, and I didn't 610 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: know why because I was too damn you. I was 611 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: just like, this is fake. Then I found out wrestling 612 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: was fake too, not fake. 613 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 2: Choreographed, and then I was like, ah. 614 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: That was my whole life changed right then. Then I 615 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: started watching dukes, the hazard and different strokes. 616 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 2: I was off. But the point is you used to 617 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 2: see that. You're like, how was that working? They were 618 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:17,479 Speaker 2: teaching us lessons, y'all. 619 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: They were basically saying the same thing doesn't matter how 620 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 1: slowly you go as long as you do not stop. 621 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: And that tortoise, because of his process, he was in 622 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: his skin and his shell and doing it at his pace, 623 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: but also taking notice of all those things around him, 624 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: while the rabbit the hair just gone not even thinking, Darrol, 625 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: I'm going fast as I can to get there? 626 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:46,479 Speaker 2: Right? Go where? Get? Where have you thought about that? 627 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 2: What are your calculations? 628 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: So it taught you that no matter what you do physically, 629 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: you still got to train your brain right. 630 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 2: You gotta be into it up here. It ain't just 631 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 2: heart and it ain't just legs. 632 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 1: It's how you are right, apply yourself to your situation, 633 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: know your circumstances, map out your course of action, and 634 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: then go on that journey. So there was some deep 635 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: lessons in that, even though I still didn't understand as 636 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: deep as it was how the hell tortoise could be 637 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: the hair. Still would never figure that out, But I 638 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: love the fact that they injected that in us. So 639 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: doesn't matter how slowly you go, as long as you 640 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 1: do not stop. 641 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 2: All right, y'all, that's gonna do it. 642 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 1: For more to it, check the show notes for all 643 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: the information on our topics today. 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