WEBVTT - TOM's Talks | An Interview With Seth Curry

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<v Speaker 1>This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network

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<v Speaker 1>search seventy Sixers podcast Wherever You get your Pots. The

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<v Speaker 1>NBA has reached the midway point of this most unusual season,

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<v Speaker 1>and what a welcome respite it is for the seventy Sixers.

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<v Speaker 1>The Sixers close out the first half of the season

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<v Speaker 1>with an exciting, hard fought overtime victory over Utah with

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<v Speaker 1>a battle involving the number one seeds in the East

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<v Speaker 1>and the West. One player who's been a tremendous new

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<v Speaker 1>addition for the Sixers is Seth Curry. The thirty year

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<v Speaker 1>old veteran has been through quite a few of ups

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<v Speaker 1>and downs in his professional career, but he comes to

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<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia in the prime of that career. He's our guest

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<v Speaker 1>on this edition of Tom's Talks. Here's Seth Curry. First

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<v Speaker 1>of all, thank you so much for being a part

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<v Speaker 1>of this as we speak tonight, Sixers, And first and

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<v Speaker 1>you take on the Utah Jazz as players, do you

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<v Speaker 1>guys get a little more amp and it's that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of battle or is it just an every night thing

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<v Speaker 1>where you know you get up and you know you

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<v Speaker 1>have to be professional and get ready for any single team.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean for us, this has got to approach it

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<v Speaker 1>the same way. For me, trying to take the same

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<v Speaker 1>routeam in every game, have the same mindset, And I said,

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<v Speaker 1>approach it the same way. I think maybe if it's

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<v Speaker 1>like an Eastern Conference team or something like that, a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more built up, it might might be a

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<v Speaker 1>little different mindset the way we get jack that pregame

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<v Speaker 1>per se. But I mean for tonight's it's another other

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<v Speaker 1>step in the process of the regular season, trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get a win and position ourselves as good as possible

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<v Speaker 1>for the for the postseason. When you reflect back on

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<v Speaker 1>that game in Salt Lake City, which was just over

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<v Speaker 1>a little a couple of weeks ago, how does that

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<v Speaker 1>help you prepare for tonight. Let me, it's a different

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<v Speaker 1>game because we didn't have Joel, So I mean we

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<v Speaker 1>played a totally different style of basketball with Joel's now

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor. We had a more open, open offense,

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<v Speaker 1>and Ben was making a lot of plays, um with

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<v Speaker 1>four guys out in the perimeter. So tonight it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be more. Um, I was playing a lot through Joe well,

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<v Speaker 1>but um, it's another good test for us to gets

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<v Speaker 1>one of the good teams in the in the league,

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<v Speaker 1>and we did a lot of good things in that

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<v Speaker 1>game offensively and defensively, it was just we couldn't sustain

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<v Speaker 1>um forty eight minutes first in the East. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>surprised at how well you guys have done so far

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<v Speaker 1>this year? Um? Not surprised. We got a talented team,

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<v Speaker 1>we got a lot of a lot of pieces that

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<v Speaker 1>fit together, and a good a good bitch that that's

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<v Speaker 1>been good throughout most of the season. So not really

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<v Speaker 1>surprised that the way we started. I think we could

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<v Speaker 1>be even better position if we didn't have some of

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<v Speaker 1>the setbacks with those a couple of weeks of missing

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<v Speaker 1>a game for COVID and and playing with seven eight

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<v Speaker 1>guys on the floor. But I think we're getting better

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<v Speaker 1>as a team. But like I said, we've got a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of talent, and it's just it's just a weird

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<v Speaker 1>year that everybody's dealing with. So UM, you gotta just

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<v Speaker 1>approach it every day the same and try to get better.

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<v Speaker 1>The season goes as long as even when you have

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<v Speaker 1>stretches with we win we win games, or have stretches

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<v Speaker 1>when we lose games. You gotta approach the same way.

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<v Speaker 1>You're this phase your career. To me, it seems like

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers got you right in the prime of your

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<v Speaker 1>career and you certainly had your you know, your struggles

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<v Speaker 1>in terms you're going down to the G League, the

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<v Speaker 1>D League and not. But do you feel like you're

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<v Speaker 1>playing the best basketball of your career right now? I

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm the best, Yeah, the best player I've ever been.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I'm right now. I'm not playing as good.

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<v Speaker 1>I just think my body's not in the right shape

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<v Speaker 1>that Um it was earlier in the season. Um coming

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<v Speaker 1>back and missing those ten days COVID and trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get back in rhythm. But early in the season, I

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<v Speaker 1>think I was in the best playing the best basketball

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<v Speaker 1>our career. I'm trying to get back to that sense.

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<v Speaker 1>And um, like, that's a long season and I've got

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<v Speaker 1>better over my career, and I'm trying to get my

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<v Speaker 1>body in my mind and everything in shape to be

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<v Speaker 1>the best I could possibly become postseason and try to

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<v Speaker 1>make a long run. And having said that, here we go,

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<v Speaker 1>with a big break coming up. In years past, you

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<v Speaker 1>might be thinking about a big Karen ber vacation. What

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<v Speaker 1>is the plan? I'm sure rest and recuperation are tops

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<v Speaker 1>of your list right there. Yeah, trying to get away

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<v Speaker 1>with the family and relax and try to get my

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<v Speaker 1>mind away from the game a little bit, have a

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<v Speaker 1>few nagging injuries, try to use this time to rehab

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<v Speaker 1>and get over those injuries. But I think the main

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<v Speaker 1>part is just getting you mentally, just getting recharged and refocused,

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<v Speaker 1>because the second half of the season is gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a grind. I mean just looking at that schedule, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of back to backs, a lot of long world trips,

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<v Speaker 1>So you got to take advantage of these these ten

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<v Speaker 1>however many days, seven ten days whatever. So, And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how comfortably you feel about this, but like

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<v Speaker 1>would you say, there certainly are some lingering after effects

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<v Speaker 1>physically from having COVID nineteen. Yeah, I've had something for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I've talked about it to me in the past few weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>But um, I didn't get really sick throughout the had

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<v Speaker 1>like a la hole and felt like when I actually

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<v Speaker 1>had COVID, But um, coming out of it to dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with some just some lack of energy and trying everybody

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<v Speaker 1>as much as possible and trying to to be patient

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<v Speaker 1>with myself and know it's not going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>one month just get over the process, just gradually working

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<v Speaker 1>on my body, working on my mind, and getting back

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<v Speaker 1>in shape. So, like I said, towards hopefully towards the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the season, I'm I'm at my best. What

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<v Speaker 1>did that feel like when you were in there, Brooklyn?

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<v Speaker 1>You're you're not playing the game, You're sitting there with

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<v Speaker 1>your teammates and street clothes and you get that tap

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<v Speaker 1>on the shoulder after everything you've been through and the

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<v Speaker 1>precautions and the testing and you know, everything that you

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<v Speaker 1>guys have put into this to find out, Hey, it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like you tested positive. You have the coronavirus. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I didn't really believe it at first. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was like maybe a false positive or something

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<v Speaker 1>because I was doing everything they asked us to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't out per se, just around a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>el So I still don't know how I was able

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<v Speaker 1>to get the virus. But from then I just then

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<v Speaker 1>my ten days quarantine and try to listen to the

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<v Speaker 1>doctors and our trainers and get back integrate what the

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<v Speaker 1>team is as easy as possible. Let's go back a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. As I said that your time in the

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<v Speaker 1>at the time, the D League, the Developmental League now

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<v Speaker 1>the G League. Because you were with Erie and Santa Cruz,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd get the call up and then they wouldn't pick

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<v Speaker 1>up the second day. I mean that you the perseverance

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<v Speaker 1>that you showed and just to keep on trucking through

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<v Speaker 1>all that. Wow, that must have been incredible. Tell us

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more about that from your perspective, It

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<v Speaker 1>was just the main thing was the process of believing

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<v Speaker 1>in yourself, knowing that I mean, if you get the

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity at the NBA level, I feel like I was

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<v Speaker 1>good enough to make it, to make our career out

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<v Speaker 1>of it, and it's just about matter being patient and

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<v Speaker 1>getting better. But I was in Gue. I was enjoying

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<v Speaker 1>it because I was getting played forty forty five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>a game, work on my game instead of being one

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<v Speaker 1>of the younger guys on an NBA bench not getting

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of minutes. So um, I embraced it. I

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed um getting those NBA reps in the NBA system

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<v Speaker 1>and I think get it paid off, just getting getting

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<v Speaker 1>to understand my game at this level. And and like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, not not sitting away on the bench, but

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<v Speaker 1>actually getting game reps, and then after you know if

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<v Speaker 1>you will graduating to the NBA, you come up with

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<v Speaker 1>this broken leg. That must have been a crush it blow.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk about that a little bit in terms of fighting

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<v Speaker 1>through that. Yeah, I was frustrating. I had to plug

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<v Speaker 1>out a great season and Dallas the year before, and um,

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<v Speaker 1>I was hoping, hoping to build on that going to

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<v Speaker 1>the next season. But like I said, I had a

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<v Speaker 1>stress fraction of my leg missed the entire season. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little set back. But I'm saying I had

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<v Speaker 1>a similar injury in college, so I knew I would

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<v Speaker 1>be able to come back from it, just it's a

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<v Speaker 1>long process if it doesn't heal right away. So um,

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<v Speaker 1>there's another instance of having a setback, having to persevere

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<v Speaker 1>and and just embrace the rehab process, keep my skills

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<v Speaker 1>sharp and s wait for the next chance to get

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<v Speaker 1>back out there on the court. And part of that

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<v Speaker 1>next opportunity was in Portland where you guys make the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 1>you go to the Western Conference Finals and right across

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<v Speaker 1>from you as your brother and you guys play the Warriors.

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<v Speaker 1>That must have been an incredible kind of a full

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<v Speaker 1>circle moment. I would think in terms of playing against

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<v Speaker 1>death in Golden State. Yeah, that was a lot of fun,

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<v Speaker 1>means a lot of memories that will remember for a

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<v Speaker 1>long time as a family's being able to watch this

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<v Speaker 1>at the biggest stage in the Western Conference Finals, like

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<v Speaker 1>you said, but throughout that year, I learned them most

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<v Speaker 1>about myself, just like I said, playing at the highest

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<v Speaker 1>level of having some good moments in the in the

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<v Speaker 1>playoffs and helping the team get to the Western Conference finals.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was a great year, I say, just getting

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<v Speaker 1>better as a player and um and integrate to that

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<v Speaker 1>team and making a splash. Speaking of your family and

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<v Speaker 1>the conference finals, let me take you back into the

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<v Speaker 1>way back machine for you twenty years ago. You're a

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<v Speaker 1>ten year old boy. You're living in Toronto, your father's

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<v Speaker 1>on the Raptors, and you play the seventy sixers in

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<v Speaker 1>the Eastern Conference semifinals. Your dad was actually the inbound

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<v Speaker 1>pastor on that famous play where Vince Carter caught it

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<v Speaker 1>and shot it. What do you remember about those playoffs

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<v Speaker 1>as a fan and you know, rooting for the Raptors. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I was young. I mean I remember I remember some

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<v Speaker 1>of it. I remember just watching events and a I

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<v Speaker 1>go at it fifty point games. I remember they were

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<v Speaker 1>doing some some crazy things, don't that series. But I

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<v Speaker 1>remember actually one the good wanting to travel to affiliate

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<v Speaker 1>it to watch that last game, but my parents wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>let us go. And I think my dad hits in

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of Big three late in that game to

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<v Speaker 1>actually bring the Raptors back close before, like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>being an inbound passive events on that game, on that

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<v Speaker 1>last shot of the game. But I mean that those

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<v Speaker 1>are you know, that was my dad's last actual NBA games,

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<v Speaker 1>So um, that was some last lasting memories that that

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<v Speaker 1>was some good childhood thanks to remember. And then one

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<v Speaker 1>of my other recollections from that series with at the

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<v Speaker 1>then Eric Canada Center, you and your brother Stephan would

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<v Speaker 1>shoot around at the forty five and for our listeners,

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<v Speaker 1>that's like the players go in the locker room and

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<v Speaker 1>most of the times the court is empty and the

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<v Speaker 1>two young Curry guys are out there and you were

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<v Speaker 1>literally wallowing the crowd. First of all, the crowd in

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<v Speaker 1>Toronto was just exceptional and nineteen thousand and eight hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and on every little shot, this hierarch not little shot,

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<v Speaker 1>hiarching shot, the literally ooh and ah, that had to

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<v Speaker 1>be neat to go out there. Do you remember that? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember, like yesterday. It was a lot of fun

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<v Speaker 1>times with me and Steph. Um. They used to let

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<v Speaker 1>us run around the entire arena do whatever. We weren't

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<v Speaker 1>really in like you said, before the game started, they

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<v Speaker 1>used to let us on the court in front of

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<v Speaker 1>half the crowd will probably be filled by them. And

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<v Speaker 1>like you said, they were we were running around throwing

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<v Speaker 1>up threes on the court away for the team to

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<v Speaker 1>come out and warm up. But um, I was just

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<v Speaker 1>cool memories of us running around and having a small,

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<v Speaker 1>a nice little audience. And I'm just getting used to

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<v Speaker 1>NBA arena and just have a fine scaest case. That

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<v Speaker 1>was awesome. And lo and behold, you guys are both

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA. You know, I've gotten to know your

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<v Speaker 1>dad a little bit over the years, but just as

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<v Speaker 1>primarily fellow broadcasters and just an exceptional mom. And i'd

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<v Speaker 1>not met your mom's son you but you know, in fact,

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<v Speaker 1>one time I borrowed your dad to try to help them,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, put or pars out a little bit discipline

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<v Speaker 1>to my son. They were strict with you. You went

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<v Speaker 1>to Charlotte Christian and you were you know an academics

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<v Speaker 1>were so emphasized, and that was that came first. Both

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<v Speaker 1>your parents were college athletes and you had to get

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<v Speaker 1>your school work done before there was extracurriculars like basketball. Correct. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>my mom was. Mom was a let me many school principal,

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<v Speaker 1>so she was definitely our priorities were or school, family

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<v Speaker 1>and basketball after that. So um, like said, she had

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<v Speaker 1>us in line in order. And if we mean, take

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<v Speaker 1>care of our our housework and our academics first, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna be able to be on the floor doing

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<v Speaker 1>we'd love to do the most something. Um means my

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<v Speaker 1>mom uh is the one who really raised us and

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<v Speaker 1>taught us our morels and ideas and and it's greatly

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<v Speaker 1>responsible for the for the man we are today. That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>So your mother was a volleyball player for Junior Tech.

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<v Speaker 1>Your sister played volleyball at Elon, Your wife was a

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<v Speaker 1>volleyball player. That women's volleyball is a big part of

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<v Speaker 1>you guys' life, right, Yeah, it is, it is. Um

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<v Speaker 1>My mom is is a huge athlete, very competitive and

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<v Speaker 1>like to my my wife is the same way. So

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully my daughter can get instance sports and she grows

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<v Speaker 1>older and Doc wanted to play, actually wanted to play

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<v Speaker 1>golf and tennis. So let's see what happens. Well, those

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<v Speaker 1>are sports for a lifetime, that's for sure, in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of golf and tennis. And speaking of coach rivers and

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<v Speaker 1>call of your wife, did you have to ask Doc

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<v Speaker 1>for for your wife's hand in marriage? I did, I did.

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<v Speaker 1>I went through the whole the old nine yard, asking

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<v Speaker 1>him make sure everything was good. And um, he's been

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<v Speaker 1>very welcome from from day one and welcome into the family,

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<v Speaker 1>um pretty smoothly. So it's been a great, great times

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<v Speaker 1>getting to know them as a family in and being

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<v Speaker 1>able to work with him and ship and been good. So.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's got to be a little unusual to look

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<v Speaker 1>across the huddle and see your father in law. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little a little way the first, a little

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<v Speaker 1>way at first, but I mean after the first couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days, Um, it's like any other coach player relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets on me, coaching me the right way, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're trying to come in and get the job done.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're having fun while we're doing it. But I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think it's any any out of usual. I think

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<v Speaker 1>he had it as hard as he had as he

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<v Speaker 1>could as he could coaching his son in Austin in

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<v Speaker 1>LA for a few years. So this is probably a

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<v Speaker 1>walking apartform circle back to six Ers basketball. Then we'll

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<v Speaker 1>let you go, and again I appreciate it, but you've

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of two man game action Withinbad obviously

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<v Speaker 1>on those dhos and the perimeter, and I would imagine

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<v Speaker 1>there's still quite a ceiling there for you guys. That

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<v Speaker 1>must be a pretty neat thing to be in an

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<v Speaker 1>action Withinbad and all of the possibilities that root off

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<v Speaker 1>of that. It's a lot of fun. I think we're

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<v Speaker 1>growing as the year goes along, getting better at figuring

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<v Speaker 1>out different reads and doing handoffs, picking rolls, pops rolls,

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<v Speaker 1>me trying to lose Max and where I can actually

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<v Speaker 1>screen for him White's handling the ball. So working a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of different things, and that's just another element of

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<v Speaker 1>office that we have to have in a half court.

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<v Speaker 1>As the defenses getting better, as the playoffs come along,

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<v Speaker 1>we have to get better at a half court execut

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm having a big who can draw a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of attention and give me shots, but also uh finished

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<v Speaker 1>when he when he pops short rolls, rolls all into

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<v Speaker 1>the round. Um, it's endless options, like you said, so

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<v Speaker 1>that's something we really have to mask us. We had

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<v Speaker 1>to head along in the season and you've got the

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<v Speaker 1>float game. You're a way more than some people might think.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just to catch a shoot guy three point specialists.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know you've worked on your game. But because

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<v Speaker 1>I used to say to Kyle Korver, you possess you're

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<v Speaker 1>one of the best three point shooters in the NBA

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<v Speaker 1>and for that matter, in the world. That's a world

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<v Speaker 1>class skill. It's like a superpower. And again you've worked

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<v Speaker 1>a lot at it over the years. But you know

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA they say you gotta have one thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and if that's your one thing, that's a pretty special trick.

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<v Speaker 1>You must be proud of that. Yeah, I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's the basis of my tire game. As you said, Man,

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta be able to knock the out shots when

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<v Speaker 1>I open, when I'm open, and can get my shot

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<v Speaker 1>off at the three. That's that's why I pride myself

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<v Speaker 1>on its shooting an eye except at a big point line.

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<v Speaker 1>But um, at my side of being six two, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not six seven six say like Corver, guys like that

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<v Speaker 1>who can just shoot over most people, So I gotta,

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<v Speaker 1>um let get people all balance or fly me at

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<v Speaker 1>the deep one line. I gotta ask some different elements

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<v Speaker 1>in my game as far as um side steps, pull ups, floaters,

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<v Speaker 1>and making plays off the dribble to be a dynamic

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<v Speaker 1>guard and do more than just spot up. So um,

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<v Speaker 1>that's That's something I've really worked on throughout my career

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<v Speaker 1>and it's been paying off for me. And last thing,

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<v Speaker 1>but to be in the NBA with your brother who's

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<v Speaker 1>become one of the most famous basketball players in the

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<v Speaker 1>world unparallel, I want to say, unparalleled success, but certainly

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<v Speaker 1>with his his skill sets and to have each other

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<v Speaker 1>and to have those dreams as kids and now to

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<v Speaker 1>have them materialized, that must be very special. What's that?

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<v Speaker 1>What's that been like? I's been great. I've been great

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<v Speaker 1>to not only just uh learn from him and and

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<v Speaker 1>be around him, but just watch his career grows as

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<v Speaker 1>he's going on from high school to college and now

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<v Speaker 1>seeing where he's at and how how better, how much

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<v Speaker 1>hard hard work he's put in to improve his game

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<v Speaker 1>and seeing that payoff has been great. But um, he

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<v Speaker 1>said to be able to pick his brain, to watch

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<v Speaker 1>his his his struggles and his experiences and learn from

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<v Speaker 1>him and applying to my actual game has helped me

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<v Speaker 1>a lot throughout my career. So, um, trying to take

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<v Speaker 1>advantage of that relationship and as much as I can

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<v Speaker 1>for me personally, but also just be a fan and

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<v Speaker 1>a brother in and I'm proud of everything he's accomplished

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<v Speaker 1>as well, without a doubt when you think back to

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<v Speaker 1>that slight young player from Davidson into what he's grown into,

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<v Speaker 1>be like an international star. That's an amazing journey, isn't it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>for sure, it's hard to believe in time's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>gotten used to it. But um, I mean it's a

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<v Speaker 1>special journey, special story, and I mean he's he's earned it,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. Except well, thank you so much. We appreciate it,

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<v Speaker 1>Good luck, enjoy your break, stay well, which has a

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