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Speaker 2: Hi, I'm slow and I know basketball. Today's guest comes
Speaker 2: from Basketball Royal Today. His journey from growing up in Chicago,
Speaker 2: Florida and LA going undrafted to them playing with Lebron
Speaker 2: and ad on the Lakers is a story you won't
Speaker 2: want to miss. Today's guest is Scottie Pippin Junior. All right, so, Scotti,
Speaker 2: thank you so much for coming on the pod. I'm
Speaker 2: so excited to have you.
Speaker 1: Appreciate you having me, of course.
Speaker 2: Okay, so let's get right into it. So I'm not
Speaker 2: sure if you know, but I am seventeen years old.
Speaker 2: I'm a junior in high school, which you know is
Speaker 2: a little bit different than I'm sure most of the
Speaker 2: people who usually interview you. So I like to start
Speaker 2: off my episodes by getting to know what you were
Speaker 2: like at seventeen. So to start off, like, did you
Speaker 2: know you were going to make it to the league
Speaker 2: at seventeen? Were you good at basketball at seventeen, because
Speaker 2: not all NBA players were, I'm curious to hear a
Speaker 2: little bit about that.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh, when I was seventeen, I was like super skinny,
Speaker 1: so I didn't really think, you know, I was gonna
Speaker 1: make it to the NBA. I always had like dreams
Speaker 1: of making it. My parents always told me, like, you
Speaker 1: have to get bigger, you have to get stronger. I
Speaker 1: would say, I did think I was gonna make it,
Speaker 1: but I didn't know how serious I was about the
Speaker 1: game at that time. I was always good. But it's
Speaker 1: always the smallest kid on the course.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I feel like there's a lot of stories
Speaker 2: like that where players don't believe they're gonna make it
Speaker 2: because critics tell them, oh, you're too small. But then
Speaker 2: I mean, Steph's the perfect example of what can.
Speaker 1: Happen when you're too small, you know exactly.
Speaker 2: Anyway, So you've been around the league your whole life.
Speaker 2: What do you most remember about growing up around the
Speaker 2: league and what's like your first NBA memory that you've
Speaker 2: ever had.
Speaker 1: I would just say just like being around like All
Speaker 1: Star events. You know, my dad always like went back
Speaker 1: in All Star after he retired, So like just seeing
Speaker 1: a lot of those players like throughout the year years
Speaker 1: at All Star and then you know, some of those
Speaker 1: guys like even not being in the league, I still
Speaker 1: see them around. When I was like a kid, I
Speaker 1: would see them, so like, I feel like that was
Speaker 1: my first eyes into the NBA.
Speaker 2: Do you think it benefited you growing up having relationships
Speaker 2: with NBA players to make it to where you are now?
Speaker 1: Like? Did they help me make it to the NBA?
Speaker 1: You're saying more so just make the chain.
Speaker 2: Not in that way, But I think do you think
Speaker 2: it made you more motivated or sort of helped you
Speaker 2: understand the game better, helped you train harder, stuff like that.
Speaker 1: Yeah? I think maybe a little bit of both. I
Speaker 1: feel like, because some people in my position could be
Speaker 1: like too relaxed. Maybe I would say, like, because like
Speaker 1: I had a guy in the NBA from my family
Speaker 1: and my dad, I could be maybe a little two relaxed,
Speaker 1: just thinking it's easier to make it than what it
Speaker 1: really is. But I would say, of course, like having
Speaker 1: someone that's been through the grind, been through the journey,
Speaker 1: just having that in your back pocket of someone that
Speaker 1: can give you information always helps.
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. So you were born in Portland, right, Yeah? Okay,
Speaker 2: and then you went to high school in LA and
Speaker 2: in Florida. What was her NBA team growing up?
Speaker 1: I actually grew up in Chicago, like I was born
Speaker 1: in Portland, but like wanted to when I moved out
Speaker 1: and moved to Chicago. So I was a Bulls fan
Speaker 1: growing up pretty much in all life, you know, watching
Speaker 1: d Rose and my dad he kind of worked for
Speaker 1: the team. So that's another like that's when I started
Speaker 1: first started watching the NBA. Was like going to Bulls
Speaker 1: games and stuff like that as a kid.
Speaker 2: Gotcha Okay? And then you just mentioned Derek Rose. Was
Speaker 2: he your favorite player growing up or was it someone else?
Speaker 1: I would say him, Man with Kobe. I like Kobe
Speaker 1: a lot too. Him and my dad were super cool,
Speaker 1: Like he would always hit my dad of for information.
Speaker 1: So I was a Kobe fan and then just being
Speaker 1: a bullstand. I was always a Derek ros fan because
Speaker 1: I was going to post games all the time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, is there a certain past NBA player that you
Speaker 2: model your game off of?
Speaker 1: I don't think so. Like growing up, I was always
Speaker 1: like I was a Kobe fan. So I used to
Speaker 1: always want to be a shooting guard. But my dad
Speaker 1: knew I was going to be sure, so he was like, man,
Speaker 1: you need to play the porn guard. You need to
Speaker 1: play the porn guard. So I was I say, growing up,
Speaker 1: probably this Kobe within life now, don't I don't think
Speaker 1: anyone on the model a game after.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like that being your own person for sure.
Speaker 2: So now I want to move into sort of that
Speaker 2: high school era for you. What was your favorite all
Speaker 2: time memory of high school basketball?
Speaker 1: I would say moving to California. My first high schools
Speaker 1: I was in Florida called Pine Crest. It's kind of
Speaker 1: under the radar school, you know, the Thompsy Twins went
Speaker 1: there after I left. But going to Sierra k and
Speaker 1: playing with a lot of highly recruited guys, like guys
Speaker 1: that are known, it just a lot of fun. I
Speaker 1: feel like that kind of put me on the scene
Speaker 1: and just being able to play there, and this one
Speaker 1: Tuesday championship is probably one of my favorite moment playing
Speaker 1: basketball totally.
Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, Sierra Canyan's obviously a very different high
Speaker 2: school basketball experience compared to most, and you get to
Speaker 2: have some of the most famous people in the world
Speaker 2: come watch your games. Who was the person that came
Speaker 2: to watch one of your games at Sierra that you
Speaker 2: were maybe most starstruck about?
Speaker 1: Most starstruck? Yeah, I don't know more star stuff, but
Speaker 1: I'll say the most like odd person or not even
Speaker 1: just different, like be the Irish so I didn't know
Speaker 1: she came. That's so cool, Yeah, Kanye, A couple of
Speaker 1: black people like that, but the Irish because I didn't
Speaker 1: know she's like a basketball fan.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Did that even get to your head? Or you
Speaker 2: just played and like ignored it?
Speaker 1: I just played. I saw it after the game.
Speaker 2: After that set you up. Well, I guess for the
Speaker 2: league that you got to have that experience. So obviously,
Speaker 2: like we were saying, I mean, Sierra Canyon, everyone knows
Speaker 2: is basketball powerhouse, high school basketball powerhouse. This is maybe
Speaker 2: you know, a hard hitting question, but what is your
Speaker 2: starting five of all time Sierra Kanyon players?
Speaker 1: I'm not including myself. I'm I including myself.
Speaker 2: Whatever you want. I think you can include yourself, but
Speaker 2: you know you couldn't have you be like the sixth man.
Speaker 2: Maybe if you want to shout out other people.
Speaker 1: I'll do that. I'll pull my point guard. I'll probably
Speaker 1: put Dwayne Washington junior, Yeah, shooting guard. Uh, this is
Speaker 1: I probably got to go Brandon Boston. Three, probably Cashiers, Stanley.
Speaker 2: F.
Speaker 1: K Moreon junior kJ and more In, and then five
Speaker 1: probably got to go more In Badley Man, you're leaving
Speaker 1: out your brother. Yeah, I gotta and win nothing.
Speaker 2: Okay, that's fair, that's fair. What do you think was
Speaker 2: the biggest difference between high school basketball and A.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I feel like, going to see her kine,
Speaker 1: it was pretty similar. It's because we were so talented. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would right to say, playing with a bunch of
Speaker 1: super talented guys. I feel like in high school and
Speaker 1: you play on most teams, talent isn't the same as AU.
Speaker 1: But I feel like from my high school team it
Speaker 1: was pretty much the same. And you know, to of
Speaker 1: my teammates from high school I also played AAU with,
Speaker 1: so it was pretty like an easy transition for me.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Do you notice anything different in the actual style
Speaker 2: of play between the two leagues or not? Really?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think a little bit more like I sould
Speaker 1: a little bit more like players trying to get creative.
Speaker 1: I feel like in you know, high school basketball was
Speaker 1: more coached and more like team ran. I would say, So,
Speaker 1: you were in.
Speaker 2: The Mission League, shiriracnyans in the Mission League. I heard
Speaker 2: a rumor once that there could be a reality TV
Speaker 2: show about the Mission League if that were to happen,
Speaker 2: would you be all in? Would you agree that should
Speaker 2: happen because I personally think, like I would watch that
Speaker 2: the Mission League is so special, So.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's dope to have like behind the
Speaker 1: scenes of basketball. Like my two years there, we had
Speaker 1: like a little like reality TV series. I don't know
Speaker 1: how big it was, but like it was cool to
Speaker 1: see like, you know, players behind the scenes. I feel
Speaker 1: like even for like me being a part of it,
Speaker 1: it was cool to like look back and see like
Speaker 1: what we were doing on the road and just like
Speaker 1: the stuff we was fooling around doing. So I think
Speaker 1: that's cool to see like the Mission League and see
Speaker 1: like the players and how they prepare for games and
Speaker 1: you know, how they have fun to outside basketball totally.
Speaker 2: Yeah. So you went to Vanderbilt, which is not only
Speaker 2: an incredible basketball school, but it's an incredible school school.
Speaker 2: So together you have to have pretty good grades. I'm
Speaker 2: curious how you balance being a student and an athlete.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I always went to like pretty hard schools going up,
Speaker 1: so like academics is always super important for me. And
Speaker 1: like I said, like you know, I wasn't the highest
Speaker 1: recruited for basketball, so yeah, when Vanderbrook came out, was
Speaker 1: my biggest basketball offer, and it was a great academic school,
Speaker 1: so it was a pretty easy decision for me. But
Speaker 1: you know, like you said, it was definitely a hard school,
Speaker 1: so it definitely was hard to balance. So a lot
Speaker 1: of you know, late night trying to study and get
Speaker 1: my work done.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I get it. I have to do that
Speaker 2: right now, Like right after this, I have to study
Speaker 2: for my biotest. What was your official visit?
Speaker 1: Like my fish visual was great, you know, to see
Speaker 1: in the campus. I thought like Vanda was one of
Speaker 1: the nicest campuses out there, even though it's like it's
Speaker 1: a small school student wise, The coaches were cool, the
Speaker 1: players were all cool. I just sew ride at home.
Speaker 1: You know, it's being you know, far from California, where
Speaker 1: I was, you know, living at the time. I fell
Speaker 1: home when I was at Vanderbilt. So definitely an easy
Speaker 1: decision for me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that. So this spring break, actually I'm
Speaker 2: going on college tours and I'm going to be touring Vandy,
Speaker 2: which I'm super excited about. I want to know your recommendations,
Speaker 2: give me recommendations, where to eat, where to go all
Speaker 2: of that.
Speaker 1: What do you like to eat? You like like barbecue?
Speaker 2: I love barbecue.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like my best favorite version was like
Speaker 1: with a halbachi spot. They head down that actually it's
Speaker 1: called like n Ninky or something. Okay, that was my
Speaker 1: main spot. They got a couple like local spots, little
Speaker 1: stuff around campus, but the food is pretty good. I
Speaker 1: feel like in the SOULI you're always gonna find good
Speaker 1: food spots. Yeah, honestly, I definitely check out the hbachi spot.
Speaker 2: Okay, do you still ever go back there now that
Speaker 2: you're in Tennessee or no?
Speaker 1: It's actually like a three and a half hour drive
Speaker 1: or three hour drive. This last this past summer was
Speaker 1: the first time I went back there. I didn't get
Speaker 1: to go back to campus, but I just went back
Speaker 1: to that. I tried to do like a little basketball camp,
Speaker 1: and then our team had training camp out there, so
Speaker 1: I was able to go back into the city. But
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully there's something I'm gonna try to do
Speaker 1: like a basketball camp out there, and then like made
Speaker 1: my way around there, but my coaching staff's not out there,
Speaker 1: so I got it a little different now. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: got to reconnect the new coaching staff and stuff like that,
Speaker 1: So hopefully there's someone able to do that.
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts about all the crazy changes going
Speaker 2: on with the SEC because it's a completely different, you know,
Speaker 2: conference than it was when you played not that long ago.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's pretty crazy. Is like seeing how
Speaker 1: like college basketball has changed with NIL, Like I kind
Speaker 1: of missed that whole way, you know, I kind of
Speaker 1: call like the back end of it. But yeah, I
Speaker 1: think it's crazy to see all the coaches changes, the
Speaker 1: players change in schools and like jump into different conferences.
Speaker 1: But I think it's definitely just great for the game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting because, like you just said, with NIL,
Speaker 2: your younger brother, Justin, who now goes to Michigan. He
Speaker 2: you guys were only, you know, not that many years apart,
Speaker 2: yet you had completely different high school experiences because he
Speaker 2: could get paid. What do you think your high school experience,
Speaker 2: Like how different do you think it would have been
Speaker 2: would have been if you were able to receive NIL money?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I think would have been much different. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of I don't know, I'm glad I didn't
Speaker 1: get paid, but I think it definitely made it easier
Speaker 1: because I feel like when you throw the money in,
Speaker 1: it definitely adds like another variable, like where you want
Speaker 1: to go to school and it kind of changes, like,
Speaker 1: you know, your trajectory. So I feel like for him,
Speaker 1: you know, I kind of helped him through the process
Speaker 1: of picking schools and stuff like that, and it was
Speaker 1: definitely challenging for him just because you know, he might
Speaker 1: like a school, but another schools throwing the money at him,
Speaker 1: or you know, the playing time, and there's a bunch
Speaker 1: of different stuff that goes into it. So I'll say
Speaker 1: it definitely complicated for these players.
Speaker 2: No, totally. Yeah, I wouldn't want to go through that.
Speaker 2: It seems very stressful. Yeah, all right, So we heard
Speaker 2: a little bit about you when you were seventeen, you know,
Speaker 2: at Sierra Canyon in Florida, in Chicago, all that. But
Speaker 2: now I want to move on to you. Now, so
Speaker 2: you sort of had an untraditional path to the league,
Speaker 2: you know, going undrafted. What advice would you give to
Speaker 2: younger guys that go undrafted on how to succeed in
Speaker 2: the league.
Speaker 1: I would just say, this is a marathon, it's not
Speaker 1: a race. I feel like a lot of guys are
Speaker 1: in college right now they might just be like, oh,
Speaker 1: I got to get to the NBA. I got to
Speaker 1: get to the NBA and they don't know how long,
Speaker 1: Like this path is during years, Like there's a lot
Speaker 1: of players that you know, I left after three years
Speaker 1: of college, and there was guys that left after one
Speaker 1: year or two years, and I was like, damn, they're
Speaker 1: going to the NBA. But you look back and are
Speaker 1: out the NBA already after one or two years. So
Speaker 1: I would have said this, this is a marathon. Go
Speaker 1: when you feel ready to, you know, leave college, and
Speaker 1: then you know, just once you get here, you know,
Speaker 1: everyone's pretty much equal. It's not it doesn't matter what
Speaker 1: you were drafted. It doesn't matter. You know, we'll pick
Speaker 1: you up what you did in college. So I just
Speaker 1: know it's a marathon. It's going to be a long
Speaker 1: So just the word going show just continue to put
Speaker 1: into work and you know, just continue to grow as
Speaker 1: a player and you know, find your value in that.
Speaker 2: I love that. So it's not necessarily your hometown team,
Speaker 2: but one of your hometown teams was the first team
Speaker 2: that you got to play for. What was that Like,
Speaker 2: I'm sure that was exciting to be able to play
Speaker 2: not that far from your high school.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a great feeling. You know, that night
Speaker 1: I went undrafted, But like going back to your home.
Speaker 1: It was, you know, even better feeling to be being
Speaker 1: drafted is because I was able to go play home,
Speaker 1: playing in front of my family, my friends, you know,
Speaker 1: and you know, bea up the street from you know
Speaker 1: where I'll play high school at. But it was definitely
Speaker 1: a dream come true. I never even thought it was
Speaker 1: possible to go there because I didn't think feel like
Speaker 1: I had a good workout with the Lakers. But going
Speaker 1: back there definitely was fun. Playing with God like Lebron
Speaker 1: and Ad Like. I was around those guys when I
Speaker 1: was a kid in Westbrook. You know Russ, I was
Speaker 1: around him when I was a kid, just being around
Speaker 1: you know, the game with my dad. So just going
Speaker 1: and playing with those guys after watching them as a kid,
Speaker 1: would just have a dream come true.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you would have told your you know, ten
Speaker 2: year old self that the first NBA team you're going
Speaker 2: to be on, your on the Lakers and playing with Lebron,
Speaker 2: ad Rust all those guys, Like, what would he have thought?
Speaker 1: Now? I wouldn't have believed that. It's like something you
Speaker 1: dream us like. It was such a crazy feeling is
Speaker 1: to be there to see those guys every day.
Speaker 2: What was the best story, best experience you had playing
Speaker 2: with bron Adi and Russ.
Speaker 1: I have so many I can't even pinpoint one. I
Speaker 1: can't even I said, it's being on the road, just
Speaker 1: being with those guys and just you know, seeing how
Speaker 1: they approach the game, just because you know, you see
Speaker 1: them on TV and it's like, okay, this and that.
Speaker 1: But then when you get to like be on the
Speaker 1: plane with them and to see how they are as people,
Speaker 1: and it's how cool they are in genuine I feel
Speaker 1: like it was differently definitely cool, totally.
Speaker 2: I couldn't. I would be like shaking every time I
Speaker 2: was talking about there are my teammates. So how do
Speaker 2: you deal with the pressure of being your dad Scottie
Speaker 2: Pippen's son on the court?
Speaker 1: I feel like I just you know, embrace it, you know.
Speaker 1: I feel like the pressure has gone down since I,
Speaker 1: you know, like the further I've win in my career. Yeah,
Speaker 1: just because I just don't even care about it anymore.
Speaker 1: You know, it is what it is. You can't even
Speaker 1: embrace it. You just let it, you know, eat you alive. Yeah,
Speaker 1: But you know, I think it's been great to have,
Speaker 1: you know, dad that playing the be that you know,
Speaker 1: giving back so much information to me and so much
Speaker 1: time and help me that it always motivated me just
Speaker 1: to you know, make him proud of make it to
Speaker 1: the NBA, you know, succeeded in that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. So this next question is the question that
Speaker 2: I am most excited to ask. So, your dad spells
Speaker 2: his name s c O T t I E. And
Speaker 2: you've spelled your name s c O T T why,
Speaker 2: but you're Scottie Pippen Jr. I'm very confused. Please explain
Speaker 2: what's going on with the different spellings.
Speaker 1: To be honest, I'm still kind of confused on it too.
Speaker 1: It makes no sense while my parents did While my
Speaker 1: parents did that. But basically, my dad's name is with
Speaker 1: a why, but for some reason he writes it with
Speaker 1: an ie on everything, but like his actual like documentary stuffy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so like, but like he switches it up, like sometimes
Speaker 1: he'll go somewhere he'll like right a why, you know,
Speaker 1: or someone to write abound ie. So I feel like
Speaker 1: I should have probably been with ie since he wants
Speaker 1: to change his Yeah, I'm with a wise look confusing.
Speaker 2: People get it wrong all the time.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they definitely get around. I'm like I'm so used
Speaker 1: to it now it doesn't even matter. But even some
Speaker 1: of my coaches, I feel like last year when I
Speaker 1: got here, they would like put like if I like
Speaker 1: film sessions, like my name would be with an Ie
Speaker 1: and I was like, that's not my name.
Speaker 2: That's so funny. I love that, all right, So what
Speaker 2: was your I made it moment?
Speaker 1: Mm hmm, I made it. I would just say, get
Speaker 1: on my contract this summer, you know, last year, you know,
Speaker 1: with my second year, with my first year, getting like
Speaker 1: full NBA minutes and stuff like that, and you know,
Speaker 1: I felt good. But I feel like once you put like,
Speaker 1: you know, your pens to the paper and get you know,
Speaker 1: the first contract for that time, you know, not felt
Speaker 1: completely satisfied. But I just felt good and it felt
Speaker 1: like I finally just like made it, made it in
Speaker 1: the NBA.
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. You're the second Grizzly I've now interviewed. I
Speaker 2: interviewed Santiel Dama and it's really special to me because
Speaker 2: my family's from Memphis, but I've never been there, so
Speaker 2: I love talking to Grizzlies. It's always awesome. But I
Speaker 2: want to know your best Jah Morant story because I
Speaker 2: feel like Jaw's a player that we see him. The
Speaker 2: media portrays him very differently than he actually is. So
Speaker 2: as his teammates, someone who gets to experience him every day,
Speaker 2: what is that like?
Speaker 1: Just crazy? I feel like the energy just like he's
Speaker 1: always joking. Me and him have you know, a great relationship.
Speaker 1: You know, I have so many stories with him, I
Speaker 1: can't even you know, tell, so.
Speaker 2: They're not are they not? Are they not good for
Speaker 2: seventeen year old ears? Maybe?
Speaker 1: Probably not? We have some funny stories, you know, He's
Speaker 1: I feel like the media portrays him in a serial
Speaker 1: way that's you know, not fair to him and not
Speaker 1: you know, truly who he is. But he's definitely a
Speaker 1: great dude. My favorite moment in him, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I had so many funny moment so every day I
Speaker 1: have a plenty more.
Speaker 2: Every day is the new one?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, every day. I can't even pick one.
Speaker 2: I'm curious because, like, as a fan, my reaction to
Speaker 2: the ad Luca trade was obviously my mind was blown.
Speaker 2: But as a player, what was your reaction when you
Speaker 2: saw that? I thought it was a.
Speaker 1: Joke to be honest, yeah, I thought it was a
Speaker 1: joe to you know, all my friends are back in LA.
Speaker 1: So they were like it was like a night before again.
Speaker 1: They were like spamming our group chet like this isn't really,
Speaker 1: this isn't real. I thought it was crazy, to be honest,
Speaker 1: I didn't think it was real. I thought, you know,
Speaker 1: Sham's got hacked or something first, but no, I think
Speaker 1: it's you know, definitely crazy. I feel like both teams
Speaker 1: got better, you know, I think Dallas got better because
Speaker 1: they got more size now. But you know, the Lakers
Speaker 1: got better too because they got you know, Lucas. So
Speaker 1: I don't know who got actually, I don't know who
Speaker 1: got better, but I feel like both teams. Both teams
Speaker 1: are good, you know, Lakers moving to the playoffs, so
Speaker 1: it's like there's still a thread and now they got
Speaker 1: a you know, younger player that's going to be a
Speaker 1: threat for years to come. So you know, I feel
Speaker 1: like we'll see you know, on yours to come.
Speaker 2: Yeah. So, speaking of all these very competitive teams in
Speaker 2: the West, the Grizzlies are currently fourth, so it seems
Speaker 2: like you guys have a pretty comfortable playoff spot. If
Speaker 2: you got to choose the team that you match up
Speaker 2: with first in the playoffs, what team would you choose.
Speaker 1: I feel like that's a danger.
Speaker 2: It's a little thing, just because Scotti. I want to know,
Speaker 2: do you think you guys are fine in the West.
Speaker 2: Do you think you're fine in the West.
Speaker 1: I can't I can't say that. I can't say that,
Speaker 1: you know, if we feel that we're good in the West,
Speaker 1: but we want to know, we want to I want
Speaker 1: to make sure I don't pick the wrong team. But yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. I can't pinpoint a team
Speaker 1: I want to play. You. I feel like that the
Speaker 1: West is so tough. Yeah, all the teams you know,
Speaker 1: you know, we were just sick and that were for Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's so competitive that I don't even know if you
Speaker 1: could pick a team you want to play this because
Speaker 1: how good everyone is and how you know, close to
Speaker 1: competitive everyone is totally.
Speaker 2: I know the West, I don't think. I mean, you know,
Speaker 2: obviously we all know them mean, but I don't think
Speaker 2: anyone's good in the West. I mean, the Warriors were
Speaker 2: tenth in the West three days ago, and then the
Speaker 2: next day they were six in the West, and then seventh.
Speaker 2: It's just all moving around so much. It's crazy time
Speaker 2: to be I mean, I'm sure a player but also
Speaker 2: a fan. It's so fun to see. So, you know,
Speaker 2: you and Brownie are obviously both sons of NBA legends.
Speaker 2: You both went to see her canyon. You both made
Speaker 2: it the NBA, right, So you're similar in those ways.
Speaker 2: And you guys were both in the G League, and
Speaker 2: I feel like people get unnecessary hate for being in
Speaker 2: the G League. People don't understand that the G League
Speaker 2: is there to help you and it's very much. I mean,
Speaker 2: I feel like your path has been amazing. I don't
Speaker 2: want to take words out of your mouth, but I
Speaker 2: feel like since having played in the G League, you've
Speaker 2: clearly blossomed into such a great NBA player. What do
Speaker 2: you want? What would you tell the average person who
Speaker 2: doesn't understand the talent level in the G League?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I usually love the G League. I feel there's
Speaker 1: so much talent in there, and it's like so many
Speaker 1: guys that get you know, underlooked or and just undervalued.
Speaker 1: I feel that the league was huge for me just
Speaker 1: to go down there and just play and just show
Speaker 1: what I could do against you know, like super talented guys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was one of my most you know, fun times
Speaker 1: playing basketballs because it's kind of like AAU. You know,
Speaker 1: it's like AAU because you're traveling and you're staying in
Speaker 1: hotels that you know, it's different in the NBA. It's nice,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a way different you know, lifestyle. But
Speaker 1: I just said, the g LE is super competitive and
Speaker 1: super talented. You know. You know a lot of our
Speaker 1: guys on our team now with the Grids, that played
Speaker 1: in the G League. So I feel like, you know,
Speaker 1: I think that's going to continue to happen. You can
Speaker 1: see a lot more guys than the GV come to
Speaker 1: the NBA, you know, do special things. So for someone
Speaker 1: like Bronie, I feel like it's good that he's able
Speaker 1: to go down there and just you know, just play.
Speaker 1: You know, at first he started a little shaky, but
Speaker 1: you know he's putting the numbers now and people really
Speaker 1: aren't saying too much now, but even Tho, he's putting
Speaker 1: up numbers and doing well. So you know, I feel
Speaker 1: like you're going to see a lot more people coming
Speaker 1: out the G League.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Is there anyone else that you want to shout
Speaker 2: out that you think deserves some NBA minutes that's currently
Speaker 2: in the g.
Speaker 1: I'll say Cole Swider. I play with him my first
Speaker 1: year with the Lakers on the two way, and then
Speaker 1: you know, he bouced around a little bit. But you know,
Speaker 1: he's probably the best shoot I've ever played with. Really. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So he in the g lea now, right, He just
Speaker 1: you know, made his way back there. He's with the
Speaker 1: you know, Lakers g League. So I thank him for sure.
Speaker 2: I love that all right. So there's about twenty ish
Speaker 2: games left in the season. What are your regular season
Speaker 2: goals for these last twenty games.
Speaker 1: I always say that A main healthy, you know, our
Speaker 1: team's battle the injuries, you know, you know, knock on wood.
Speaker 1: I've been pretty healthy this year. I haven't missed any games.
Speaker 1: But for main healthy, just finish off the West in
Speaker 1: the West, pretty high in standings, and just prepare ourselves
Speaker 1: in playoffs. You know, we have highest protections for this team.
Speaker 1: You know, our team hasn't really you know, no one
Speaker 1: than these teams really accomplished anything in their careers. So
Speaker 1: we're all super hungry, super you know, willing to do
Speaker 1: whatever it takes to win. So I feel like, you know,
Speaker 1: this year could be our year to make a push,
Speaker 1: and if we don't, it's definitely a letdown. So I
Speaker 1: feel like that's the goal for sure.
Speaker 2: Memphis are hustling.
Speaker 1: See what I did there with exactly exactly.
Speaker 2: What is the best advice you've been given by one
Speaker 2: of your veteran teammates.
Speaker 1: I would say, want to scannell you know, Afscona Anderson
Speaker 1: my first year kind of told me, you know, there's
Speaker 1: NBA changes every day. You know, don't get too high,
Speaker 1: don't get too low. And you know, being around him,
Speaker 1: he kind of I seen him, you know, go starting
Speaker 1: and the kind of out the rotation and then just
Speaker 1: like by sitting back and just watching him say out
Speaker 1: of that kind of just I've kind of seen it
Speaker 1: to him throughout my career, like you know this year,
Speaker 1: you know, once I'm starting to a couple of games
Speaker 1: and then he didn't play, and then yes they're starting again,
Speaker 1: So like every day is changing. So just you know,
Speaker 1: stay ready to work on your body, work on your mind,
Speaker 1: and just every day is going to change. So just
Speaker 1: stay raised day, lock down.
Speaker 2: Like I'm glad you shouted out Jta. He's a slow
Speaker 2: nose alone one of my favorite players.
Speaker 1: That's oh my god, yeah, so cool.
Speaker 2: All right, So next we're going to move into the
Speaker 2: rapid fire section. So you know we were just chatting before,
Speaker 2: but now we've got to get like a lot quicker
Speaker 2: and just like very quick simple answers to get it going. Okay, Okay,
Speaker 2: are you ready?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm okay.
Speaker 2: So what is one aspect of your game that you
Speaker 2: are most proud of?
Speaker 1: My defense?
Speaker 2: What is one aspect of your game that you want
Speaker 2: to improve? Shooter in the next five years? Who is
Speaker 2: going to be the face of the league? And why.
Speaker 1: Hopefully Wemby if you say it's healthy h just because
Speaker 1: you just such a knock on what crazy knock on
Speaker 1: Wes crazy hoping that it could you just such a
Speaker 1: different talent like you just don't see two a new
Speaker 1: player with back totally?
Speaker 2: Uh, who is your dream NBA player to share the
Speaker 2: court with?
Speaker 1: My teammate Jammer?
Speaker 2: It's a good one, I think. I mean, for having
Speaker 2: only played three years in the league, you've literally played
Speaker 2: with like every person. What answer?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've definitely played like my dream player, like Lebron
Speaker 1: Westbrook and like d Rose. Yeah, and then just like
Speaker 1: those like the guys I would want to play with.
Speaker 2: Totally, who is your dream NBA player to play against?
Speaker 2: Someone not currently in the league. Maybe a guy who
Speaker 2: played a while ago that you've always wanted to play against.
Speaker 1: My dad.
Speaker 2: Okay, if you and your dad one B one first
Speaker 2: to eleven.
Speaker 1: What would the score be in his prime or.
Speaker 2: In his prime? In his prime, Scottie in your prime?
Speaker 2: In his prime?
Speaker 1: I feel like his height gets him an advantage. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm a little quicker, though offensively I'm better than him.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think you gotta put that on
Speaker 1: two K and see what they do.
Speaker 2: Okay, let's do it. Let's do it. After we're gonna.
Speaker 1: Play, I'll say probably like eleven nine. Okay, eleven nine.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be it's gonna be cool, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a hard fall game. But I'll say eleven nine.
Speaker 2: But as your dad, I feel like dad's always let
Speaker 2: their sons win. Or you don't think so, like he's
Speaker 2: for that.
Speaker 1: My dad's to competitive, he never Okay, Okay.
Speaker 2: What is your favorite clothing brand?
Speaker 1: Don't have one?
Speaker 2: Who is the best trash talker in the NBA.
Speaker 1: Could be thrown out of the NBA too, Yeah?
Speaker 2: Classic? Okay, what is your post game cheat meal?
Speaker 1: I would to say probably cheeseburger.
Speaker 2: From yeah, yeah, shake, Yeah, what flavor?
Speaker 1: What if shake? Yeah? Cookies and crane.
Speaker 2: I am not that big of a cookies and cream fan.
Speaker 2: Like I actually feel like when you are If you're
Speaker 2: having that by itself, that's one thing, but if you're
Speaker 2: also getting the burger in the fries, I just need
Speaker 2: like a classic like vanilla or chocolate. Too much is
Speaker 2: going on when it's a cookie?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 2: I guess if it's your cheat meal, you might as
Speaker 2: well just do it all. What is your favorite restaurant
Speaker 2: in La.
Speaker 1: Oh? Probably nice Guy?
Speaker 2: Nice Guy. Yeah, my mom's birthday party was there once.
Speaker 2: The food is good, all right, So what is your
Speaker 2: favorite food?
Speaker 1: My favorite food changes. I feel like something that like sushi,
Speaker 1: something like Italian and then like American like steak, mashed potatoes.
Speaker 1: So mat me switching up?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree, I like all foods. I could never
Speaker 2: answer one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I get memaphis it's kind of hard to get
Speaker 1: like sushi, so like someone's like Craven when I'm here,
Speaker 1: so like like that.
Speaker 2: What's your go to sushi restaurant in La Oh? There's
Speaker 2: so many to choose from.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like I don't know. I like Noble Catch is
Speaker 1: good too. Oh, God, sue you.
Speaker 2: I don't know classic. I know, can't see a spicy
Speaker 2: tun of Chrispy Rice for me?
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you could go to dinner with anyone dead
Speaker 2: or alive, who would it be?
Speaker 1: Michael Jackson?
Speaker 2: What would you say to him?
Speaker 1: I don't know, probably just more so to be listening.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you'd want to hear what he said.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought he this so iconic, just to say
Speaker 1: you want to do on him? It was kind of crazy, totally.
Speaker 2: What is your favorite movie?
Speaker 1: I don't know. I feel like I always get this question.
Speaker 1: I never know what to answer it.
Speaker 2: Really because you have too many or you just don't
Speaker 2: have a favorite.
Speaker 1: I just don't have a favorite, like, like I'll said,
Speaker 1: maybe Dark Knight, like ba Man, Dark Knight.
Speaker 2: Do you have a favorite TV show?
Speaker 1: I'm watching a walk in there right now, so I'll
Speaker 1: say I've been enjoying that.
Speaker 2: So I'm too scared to watch that. I think I'd
Speaker 2: freak out.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's that scared of like I'm kind
Speaker 1: of just like used to that kind of like build
Speaker 1: one toilet, so first I see, I see.
Speaker 2: What is your favorite video game?
Speaker 1: Call of Duty or Madden Okay, what.
Speaker 2: Is your favorite podcast? There's a pretty obvious answer. You're Scotty.
Speaker 1: Let's see if you can get it right.
Speaker 2: Do you listen to podcasts though in your free time?
Speaker 1: Or no? More so just like clips of them if
Speaker 1: I won't TikTok or something, or like social media Instagram
Speaker 1: stuff like that. I wouldn't say that I'm a big
Speaker 1: like I just sit around and watch podcast.
Speaker 2: Me neither really, but I do. But you know, someone's hard.
Speaker 2: I feel like I'm doing this so much and then
Speaker 2: I forget to actually sit down and listen.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: Do you have a hidden talent?
Speaker 1: I could play a piano?
Speaker 2: Really once you learn that when you were a kid.
Speaker 1: Yeah, my mom like forcemen like piano lessons and stuff
Speaker 1: like that.
Speaker 2: So yeah, that's very fitting for Vanderbilt. Now I understand
Speaker 2: why E went there. Okay, if you had to describe
Speaker 2: your game in one word, what would it be?
Speaker 1: Competitor?
Speaker 2: I like it. What is your favorite song?
Speaker 1: Don't have one?
Speaker 2: Don't have one? I can tell you're very we're very
Speaker 2: well media trained, Scottie. You don't have any favorites.
Speaker 1: You just like everything.
Speaker 2: That's how you know that you're an NBA player's son.
Speaker 2: You don't have, Yeah, what is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Speaker 2: You can answer that that's not political in any sense
Speaker 2: an ice cream flavor.
Speaker 1: I also like cake batter cake.
Speaker 2: I don't I don't think I've ever had that. I like, oh,
Speaker 2: oh my god, I've never tried it.
Speaker 1: I need you got to take that out. You got
Speaker 1: to take that.
Speaker 2: I always get really good food recommendations on slow Noes.
Speaker 2: I'm very excited about that one because I love ice
Speaker 2: cream and I love cakes, so like cake batter ice cream.
Speaker 2: That sounds fire. What is your go to emoji?
Speaker 1: Also? Like the laugh film more? You like the tears
Speaker 1: coming up?
Speaker 2: Have you used the new like genmoji filter? You can
Speaker 2: like make your own AI emoji?
Speaker 1: Na? Is that better than better than? Well?
Speaker 2: It's like, think about if you have like a really
Speaker 2: niche thing you want to send an emoji to, like
Speaker 2: you know, I don't know, I can't even like think
Speaker 2: of one, but like if you want to do like
Speaker 2: a grizzly bear dunking right, then it's like very like niche.
Speaker 2: She can do the actual emoji, it's not as like classic.
Speaker 2: I think you should try. You can send that to
Speaker 2: the Grizzlies group chat you know if you okay, good?
Speaker 2: What is your favorite candy?
Speaker 1: Our favorite candy? I like the you know, like the
Speaker 1: little pez things, like the little head.
Speaker 2: Yes, but I've never heard someone say that was their favorite.
Speaker 1: I like the I used to have it, like a
Speaker 1: whole big box.
Speaker 2: They're fun to play with, but they don't I don't
Speaker 2: think they taste good.
Speaker 1: And then it tastes good nose after why after while,
Speaker 1: they get like, yeah, it's like Chalky.
Speaker 2: I don't. I don't really vibe with that.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Who is the most famous person in your car on tacks?
Speaker 1: Lebron?
Speaker 2: Of course. I mean, if you have Lebron in your contacts,
Speaker 2: no one can get cooler than that. Who is your
Speaker 2: celebrity lookalike?
Speaker 1: I don't do I have one?
Speaker 2: Well, your dad that would be.
Speaker 1: One I can say. Yeah, I don't know. Besides that,
Speaker 1: I'm mostly like other basketball players.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I do think your brother Justin looks a
Speaker 2: lot like you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he cut his hair.
Speaker 2: Oh oh oh, he's trying to be your twin now,
Speaker 2: I see.
Speaker 1: I think.
Speaker 2: So. You know, you were just recently in high school
Speaker 2: and you know what superlatives are. Right in the yearbook,
Speaker 2: It's like, who's the most likely to succeed. Who's the
Speaker 2: most likely to be president? You know that. So we're
Speaker 2: gonna play superlatives. But with the Grizzlies. So who is
Speaker 2: the best cook on the team?
Speaker 1: Best cook? I feel like Jay Huff?
Speaker 2: What is? What? Does he cook?
Speaker 1: Or he not? He's never cooked it?
Speaker 2: You're just assuming.
Speaker 1: I see.
Speaker 2: If one player on the team could be your stylist,
Speaker 2: who would it be?
Speaker 1: I'll say, jah, Okay, if you.
Speaker 2: Had to make one phone call to save your life
Speaker 2: and you had to call a member of the Grizzlies,
Speaker 2: who would you call? And why.
Speaker 1: For them to answer?
Speaker 2: You're saying yeah, like they had to answer else?
Speaker 1: Oh how far? I say, Yuki? I I feel like
Speaker 1: he would answer the phone.
Speaker 2: It was so funny at All Star game. I walked
Speaker 2: out of the hotel where all the players were saying
Speaker 2: and all these fans are looking to get photos with people,
Speaker 2: and I go, oh, look, there's Yuki and no one
Speaker 2: in the whole place. Notice like they're freaking out all
Speaker 2: the players, and it just looked like he was one
Speaker 2: of the fans, like very chill answering the.
Speaker 1: Phone, Yeah for sure.
Speaker 2: Does the team have a group chat? And if so,
Speaker 2: who texts the most, and what is the group chat called.
Speaker 1: I can't give you the name. Chair. I'll say that
Speaker 1: people text the most will probably be like Jaron and
Speaker 1: jah mm hmmm, because they're being like everyone's kind of
Speaker 1: active in their dead in there too. Yeah, it's pretty
Speaker 1: much active like if won the row, if someone needs something,
Speaker 1: I find G's in there too, like if he loses,
Speaker 1: loses a lot of stuff. So he's always like, there's
Speaker 1: anyone seen this like that?
Speaker 2: On the team bus, who gets the ox?
Speaker 1: Jaren Jaren?
Speaker 2: What does he play?
Speaker 1: Unfortunately, he plays a little everything. He plays like playboard
Speaker 1: CARDI name Ken Carson. He had like a super like
Speaker 1: like a huge variety, Like it's like one thing.
Speaker 2: If you got the ox, what would you play?
Speaker 1: A little Dirk? That's probably my main artist out Uh.
Speaker 2: Who on the team could play another sport.
Speaker 1: Professionally, any sport.
Speaker 2: Any sport, but they had to be pro.
Speaker 1: I'll say Lukenard pretty good.
Speaker 2: That's a little stereotypical, but yeah, I think so it's funny. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I think so. I can see that all right. So lastly,
Speaker 2: we're gonna play a segment called Sloan Knows Your Game Trivia, Right,
Speaker 2: So it's in the name, right, Like, I need your game.
Speaker 2: I think that I may know a little bit more
Speaker 2: about your game than you do. So I'm gonna ask
Speaker 2: you trivia questions about yourself. Let's see how well you do,
Speaker 2: all right, Scotty, how many regular season NBA games have
Speaker 2: you played?
Speaker 1: Eighty seven?
Speaker 2: Oh my god?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was a guest. I just guess how many
Speaker 1: games are this year? And I just guess last year. Wow?
Speaker 2: Oh my god. Again, you're now I really get why
Speaker 2: you went to Vannerbilt thinking math I could not have
Speaker 2: counted that fast. That's insane. Okay, so one point, but
Speaker 2: I feel like you need to get like extra points
Speaker 2: for that. That was insane? All right? So, uh, in
Speaker 2: your thirty point career high game, who did you play against?
Speaker 2: Who on that team had the most points? And how
Speaker 2: many points did the Grizzlies win by? This is a
Speaker 2: three parter.
Speaker 1: It was against the Bulls. Correct, zach Lyov had the
Speaker 1: most points?
Speaker 2: Correct? How many points?
Speaker 1: I want to say he had? Thirty? High twenties.
Speaker 2: You were about to say it I a nine, yes, okay?
Speaker 2: And then how many points did the Grizzlies win by?
Speaker 1: Seven? Oh?
Speaker 2: You're almost so close to being the best slow nose
Speaker 2: trivia player of all time. And then you got that
Speaker 2: wrong eleven but close enough. Okay, all right, what is
Speaker 2: the Grizzlies as a team's three point percentage this season?
Speaker 2: And what do they rank amongst teams in the league?
Speaker 1: Mm hmm, I want to say thirty five, very.
Speaker 2: Close, thirty six point eight but okay, around around that.
Speaker 2: And what do you guys rank amongst.
Speaker 1: Teams in the league to the top fifteen, Yes, in
Speaker 1: the top fifteen, I'll set eleven.
Speaker 2: Wow, Scottie, you're really good at this. It is eleven.
Speaker 2: It is eleven. You may be Wow, you're I think
Speaker 2: you may be in the Hall of Fame of Slow
Speaker 2: nose Trivia players. This is impressive. What day did you
Speaker 2: make your MBA debut?
Speaker 1: It was the first game of the season, so was
Speaker 1: a I don't know, is it October or something?
Speaker 2: Yes, it's in October. Do you know the year?
Speaker 1: Well, twenty twenty two?
Speaker 2: Yes, okay, now guess the date.
Speaker 1: I want to slight the eighteen Yeah, oh my god, yes,
Speaker 1: actually wow.
Speaker 2: October eighteenth, twenty twenty two. Holy, do you have like
Speaker 2: a photographic memory or something?
Speaker 1: Low key? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Low key? Because that was insane. Let's see if you
Speaker 2: can do these two, because these two are challenging. All right,
Speaker 2: what was your exact stat line when you had your
Speaker 2: first career triple double.
Speaker 1: On ten point eleven assists and rebounds?
Speaker 2: Okay, sort of you confuse it up a little eleven
Speaker 2: points eleven assists, ten boards, but close enough. You still
Speaker 2: got the numbers right.
Speaker 1: Just not the cat.
Speaker 2: And then lastly, how many Instagram followers do you have?
Speaker 1: Like four hundred and ninety thousand, four hundred.
Speaker 2: Nine thousand, but I'll give you I guess I'll give
Speaker 2: you that point Okay, well round up exactly. We don't
Speaker 2: know if it's point five, but okay, Scotty. My last
Speaker 2: question for you, who do you want to nominate to
Speaker 2: be the next guest on Slow Nos. But there's a catch.
Speaker 2: You actually have to help get them on.
Speaker 1: Oh I feel like it has one team.
Speaker 2: I feel like it has to be too.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm trying to think of who is it might
Speaker 1: be a man Yuki. I feel like he's super entertaining,
Speaker 1: easy to get it down. It's like, yeah, huge fan
Speaker 1: base that can help you help there.
Speaker 2: After that, we're definitely making a group chat me even
Speaker 2: Yuki getting Yuki on. Well, Scotty, thank you, thank you
Speaker 2: so much for being on. This is so much fun.
Speaker 1: Definitely I appreciate you having me.
Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to this episode of Sloane Notes. You
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