WEBVTT - Coat Check | A One-On-One Interview With Jameer Nelson 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast Network. 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:32.480 Search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your podshot. Welcome 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:36.720 into coote Check, the official podcast of the Delaware Bluecoats, 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:40.360 the NBA G League affiliate of the Philadelphia seventy Sixers. 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:45.040 Coat Check is presented by land Rover Wilmington. Stop by 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:49.599 their location at forty three ten Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington, Delaware, 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:53.680 or visit land Rover Wilmington dot com for more information. 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:56.639 I'm Matt Murphy and I am pumped for you all 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.840 to hear this interview. It is a very special guest, 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:04.520 new Delaware Blue Coats Assistant general manager and Philadelphia seventy 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:09.640 six Ers scout Jamir Nelson. He joins myself and Bluecoats 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:13.640 Ambassador of Basketball Joe Richmond, and you'll hear the rundown 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.120 of topics that we cover with Jamir in just a 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:20.440 moment when the conversation begins. Thanks as always for tuning in, 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:24.520 and don't forget to subscribe to the seventy Sixers Podcast Network. 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:29.280 Here's our interview with Jamir Nelson and we are pleased 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.360 to be joined by Jamir Nelson. You don't need to 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.640 know the bio, but we'll give you some brief stuff anyway, 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.720 you probably already know it at Saint Joe's University, legend 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.840 Saint Joseph's University, then a fourteen year NBA veteran and 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:45.920 now Philadelphia seventy six Ers scout and of course the 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:50.160 assistant general manager announced recently of the Delaware Blue Coats. 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.480 As we record this in the middle of November, coming 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:57.400 fresh off the announcement, Jamir, welcome and thanks for coming on. 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.920 How does that new job title? How's that been sync 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.680 in for you? Um? Every time I hear it, it it 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:06.640 sounds weird, um, but it's cool. I mean, I'm fortunate 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:11.000 to be able to uh work work under some guys 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.720 who have a lot of knowledge and a lot of 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:19.280 success uh in the office Elton, Daryl doc Um. You know, 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:21.560 it's a lot of other guys, um, that are on 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:23.840 a team that that you know, have been helping me 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:27.679 through the process that you know, I really appreciate. And Joe, 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:31.160 I know, we're really excited to bring Jamir on board. 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.760 It's huge news for the Sixers organization as a whole. 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:39.160 It's it's huge news for the whole Tristate area. What's up, Jamir, Yes, 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:42.240 Sir oh Man, I never correct you, Matt, but I 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:45.680 had you left one thing off. He is chester Chester 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:54.120 Chester legend, Clippers baby all day long. Yeah, I skipped 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.960 right ahead to college. But of course chester Chester native 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.840 Jamir Nelson quick rundown for our listeners of the podcast 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:05.040 and anybody that might be watching on YouTube Delaware Bluecoats 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.079 on YouTube if you're listening right now on the seventy 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:10.720 Sixers podcast Network, We're gonna talk about Jamir's new role 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.120 with the Sixers and the Blue Coats. We'll get into 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.040 some of his story playing career, and then we'll hit 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:20.080 some final questions random things in our at the Buzzer segment. 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:23.280 But we're really excited for this episode. So Jamir, first, 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:26.680 before we dive too deep, explain a little bit more 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.119 about your new role and what the day to day 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.200 is going to be like for you. Well, it's it's 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:33.960 still a little up in the air. I mean, trying 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.400 to figure out all the rules and regulations that's gonna 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:40.760 go on, you know so far. I mean, just especially 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.720 with the G League. I mean the NBA you know, 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.400 historically goes first and then the G League normally goes 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:52.320 a month or so later, so hopefully we get everything 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:56.280 rolling with the upcoming draft and free agency and then 0:03:56.320 --> 0:04:00.800 we start focusing a little more on the G League Bluecoats. Um. 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:02.680 But yeah, man, I'm gonna being involved in the UM. 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:04.720 You know, looks like I'm gonna be heavily involved in 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:08.040 in the day to day and administrative and you know, 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:11.040 making some decisions with the roster and certain things with 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.320 the blue clothing as well with the Sixers. I mean, um, 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.680 every everything I do is gonna be a learning experience. UM. 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.320 You know, UM, you know some things, I know, some 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:22.560 things I don't. I'm going into it as if I 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:24.560 don't know anything, so I can learn as much as 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.320 I can, you know, UM, coming into a very humble 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:32.320 and and very appreciative of the opportunity. So UM, I'm 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.000 looking forward to it. Man. It's gonna be fun, and 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.480 it's gonna be a great challenge and a great opportunity 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.960 and Joe and an exciting offseason for the Sixers and 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:45.320 big things ahead, uh for this franchise. And I'm excited 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.359 because it kind of flows right in. You're looking at 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.839 him scouting for the Sixers with and he's right with 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.960 there with Elton, which is a laid back guy, because 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:58.200 Jamie is like a real laid back guy, unassuming like 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.000 if then he's right there with Matt Lily as a 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:05.400 sistant general made another laid bad guy look like like 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.080 like yo, this guy, and so you can see that 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.440 their personalities is going to hit it off right from 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:14.240 the back. And Jamir speaking of seventy six years, GM 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:18.279 Elton Brand, what has your relationship been like with him, 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.920 not only over the years, but then kind of as 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.800 this has all come about as well. Yeah, it's it's 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:28.159 interesting how things transpired. Um, you know, Elina myself, we've 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.320 we've been we were cording, you know, when we played 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:34.640 against each other. UM, probably put him in you know 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.039 a couple of picking rolls and blew by him a 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.560 couple of times. Probably black my shadow coach or whatever. 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.359 But you know, over the last couple of years, you know, 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:46.000 the last few years of his career, we worked out together. Um, 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:49.920 you know, we we we um developed a bond, a 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:53.960 relationship and the friendship and over and just continue to 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.159 to to to grow that over the last few years 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.720 after he got done playing, Um, you know, bounce questions 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:02.840 off him about the front office he would, you know, 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:04.600 try to help me and put point me in the 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.960 direction I wanted to be in. Um. You know, we 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.200 had a couple of different UM, couple cups of coffee, 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:15.880 you know, a couple couple you know, bites to eat. UM. 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.600 You know, you know, basketball is a brotherhood, man, It's 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:24.040 it's it's like a big fraternity where you know, you 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:27.880 you develop their relationship with guys and that trust and 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.120 you know they want to help each other. So he's 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:31.719 a guy that wanted to help me and put me 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.640 in the right direction. And you know, logistically, it just 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:38.320 made sense for me to um, you know, take him 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.680 up on his offer this year rather than somebody else. 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:46.600 I had other offers, but opportunities. But who who like 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.640 Like what organization is better than the Sixers to start with? 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:54.240 For me? Um? Great and the Blue Coats. You know, 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:57.240 the six is great. Rids are great young talent pieces 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:00.760 and you can you can see everything's fall into place 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.039 piece by piece like a puzzle of force. And Joe, 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:05.880 I want you to jump in on Elton and maybe 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.960 even touch on when he was the Blue Coats GM, 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.920 because you've been around the Blue Coats for a while yourself. 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:15.400 But before we go back to Joe Jamir, what what 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.240 promise do you see with the organization as a whole, 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:21.480 the Sixers in particular, like what promise around this franchise? 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:25.480 Obviously Joel and b Ben Simmons and the list goes on. Well, 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.360 you you see the moves that that has been made 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.960 in the front office. So let it tell you right there, 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:38.320 they're focused on winning, um and and it's not it's 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.760 not saying like, oh, we're gonna win thirty forty games, 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:46.400 you know, trying to build a championship caliber team. You know, um, 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.440 you have two really good or great pieces in Joel 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:53.200 and then and some other good ones around. So you know, 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:57.600 like I'm new to it. Um. You know, I would 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.360 be foolish to say, you know, we're gonna do this, 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:01.680 or we're gonna do that, or we need to do 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.200 this and need to do that. But my job is 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.280 to get or gather as much intel as possible as 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.280 needed as a scout, um given to the guys that 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:13.440 are higher up that's above my prip thay grade, and 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:15.760 you know, allowing them to make the decisions and support that. 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.640 And you know, I think we're in a good spot 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.440 in terms of the roster in terms of the talent. 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.960 Like I said, some things may may need to be tweaked, um, 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.560 whether it's the style of play, whether it's it's you know, 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.319 personnel or anything like that. But for the most part, 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:37.120 I think we're in a good spot. Wow, I'm listen. 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.440 I'm a Man Nelson fan. I'm sorry. I'm like you know, 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:41.840 I'm gonna be the hype one up in the here, 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:44.320 y'all gonna be all professional, y'all. What in fact, like 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.360 you ain't sitting here, But this is this is amazing 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:50.439 because you know, you talk Matt talks about the young 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.680 and and and the piece that we need. But I'm 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.120 just going back to who you are as a person, 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:58.360 jahmyor who you are as that leader. You know you've 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.960 done it at so many levels at high Saint Joe's 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:06.800 in the NBA. Is amazing that we picked the right guy, 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:10.480 or you chose us, whatever the case may be, to 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.240 do these dual things that you're about to do scout 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.440 and assistant GM because that's who you were on the 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:20.360 floor seeing things, seeing things developed. And this is amazing 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.640 how the G League is all about development. So talk 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.320 to that piece about the young pieces that the things 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:28.319 that you can bring to those young because you know, 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:30.800 it's a different generation of guard, you know what I mean, 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:34.320 And there's a different generation of how they play. But 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.600 you've seen it on so many levels, in so many 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.679 different aspects. Touch on that part, JA man, about what 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.360 you can see in that player that was like you 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.240 when you know you had all these naysayers of this. 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.440 That the third because that's what that G league is about, 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:49.800 the guy that's still hungry trying to get there. Just 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.040 talk about that and what you bring to those players 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:53.679 when you're go in that room and you can talk 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.560 to them on that on that level. Well, I'm you know, 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.040 I'm fairly young. I'm still not I'm not too far 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.960 removed from the game. So and it helps for me 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:06.000 to have a son that's a sophomore in college, So 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:10.200 I'm able to adapt to different things in the environment 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:13.239 that some of these younger players are going through. Um. 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.800 They probably won't go through a situation that I haven't 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.800 been through. UM, so I can help in terms of that. 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.800 I can also, um, you know, when when it comes 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.480 to working out, you know my work ethic it kind 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.640 of speaks for self, so I can kind of push 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.800 them in that direction. It's just so many different directions. 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:33.200 I think I can help um with with the development 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:37.679 of a G League player and in the roster um. 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:40.520 You know, my main my main focus is, like I said, 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:44.440 to be myself. Uh be who I've been leading, and 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:48.440 bring my knowledge to the organization. Uh and and and 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:52.480 let those guys use me, use me in a productive 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.600 way and the way they they meet me. More to come, 0:10:55.840 --> 0:11:00.880 but first, Christiana Care as doctors, nurses and caregivers and 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.440 as neighbors and friends. Christiana Care is a partner in 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:08.120 everyone's journey to greater health and well being. Why do 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:12.000 they do it for the love of health? Visit Christianacare 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.559 dot org. Jamir, We do want to go down memory 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.120 lane a little bit from your playing career. I know 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.360 we don't need to touch on each one of your 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:24.600 fourteen NBA seasons or anything like that, or the college 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.840 career too in too much detail. But before we transition 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.480 to your playing career, my last thing is just about 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:36.040 the homecoming and the reaction. So it's it's Philadelphia, it's 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.920 the seventy six ers. What has the response to your 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:42.200 new position and the announcement been like? And who are 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:46.160 the messages and calls coming from I mean, I you know, 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.520 when when it kind of like, I guess it broke 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.280 when you know, on social media Instagram and Twitter or 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:56.959 whatever else it says sources said, you know, jamir Nels 0:11:57.000 --> 0:12:00.640 is going to be and I got a bunch of 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.400 texts and if it's true, congratulations, blah blah blah. I 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:04.920 shouldn't say a couple. I got about three or four 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.480 hundred texts. My wife was like. My wife was like, 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.400 I don't even know that many people. And I guess 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:10.839 I didn't realize they had to many people on my 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:15.160 phone that had my number. Um, but it's you know, 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:18.160 it was you know, it was hard warming man, just 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.160 to get the support or no, you still have that 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.000 support even though you're not a player. Um. A lot 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.960 of people say when when when you're done playing, the 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:30.120 phone stop ringing. My phone has never stopped ringing. So, UM, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:34.120 it's been. It's been. It's been a fun uh a 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.800 few weeks and and and just knowing, like I said, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.920 to have that love and uh, to have the support 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:44.120 and and uh, you know, it's it's it's it's different. 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:46.160 It's a differ. It's in a different way because now 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:47.520 I got people call and say, can you get me 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:52.079 a job? Um, but but it's it's to be expected. 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.360 And and and um, I'm ready for the challenge, man, 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.520 And and I'm ready to do good things and and uh, 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:00.719 you know, basically make the people that are proud of me, 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:02.880 I'll make them proud of even more proud of me. 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.600 That's awesome. And and a quick one on Saint Joe's 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.959 I mean, you you talk about it, your story career 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.719 there all the time, and it's that two thousand and 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:18.080 four season, the perfect regular season twenty seven and oh yeah, 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.040 just a quick one. What sticks out in your mind 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.760 from that tournament run. I'm always intrigued by players that 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:27.880 have gone on an NCAA tournament run, um that experience, Like, 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.320 what what are the top things that stand out to 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.960 you on or off the court from that time period. Well? 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:37.360 The two things is how close we were as a 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.360 as a group. I Mean, it wasn't like we were up. 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:42.240 You know, you don't have any money, huse, so you 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.360 can't hang out and do things you can do like 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:48.480 in an NBA. UM, but we were close. You know, 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.120 we did a lot of things together. We did, you know, 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.920 things that we can afford together. We we hung in there. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:57.120 We fed off each other energy on and off the 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:02.520 floor and on the court. Um, I you know, maybe 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.720 maybe one other team that I can say this about. 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:10.040 Everybody knew their role and that's what made it so Uh, 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:13.440 that's what made it so successful and and so fun. 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:15.360 And when people say that it was a fun team 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:19.240 to watch, and that's that's that's why. Because they knew myself, Delonte, 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.480 we're gonna shoot all the balls. Um, you know, Dwayne 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:27.200 Jones who who's in the organization, uh, you know, and 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.360 John Bryan who was an organization that they were gonna 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.720 get all the rebounds and do all the dirty work defensively. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.640 And everybody accepted it. Were like so it wasn't like 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.800 you know, I can just give you one story. Delonte 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:42.280 didn't play and we were playing Xavier. This was my 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:47.680 junior year and Delonte didn't play. He had a bad ankle. 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.560 And what happened was I was tired. Dwayne Jones came 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:51.960 to me and said, you have to shoot the ball 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.880 every time, and I was cramping. They were picking me. 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.240 It was almost like the flu game for Michael Jordan. 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.240 They were carrying me back and forth. I ended up 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.800 taking thirty fourth shots, you know what I'm saying, And 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.400 that was the most I've ever taken. And I you know, 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.760 in college, I probably wanted to take fifteen and seventeen shots, 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.840 and I doubled it and they were fine with the results. 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.960 Offen the rebound, they were like, come getting the ball, 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:19.800 Come get I'm like, Joe, I'm tramping um. But they knew. Um. 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.400 You know, I felt like we all had like I 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:27.160 played a role, but in that particular situation, they felt 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.080 like I was the only guy that can help win 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:31.680 win us the game. We can't close. We end up losing. 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.480 But that just that's just the testament of who we 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.640 were as a team and who those guys were um 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:42.320 as teammates, Joe. I mean, we talked about players making 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:45.680 the transition from playing too, in this case the front office, 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:48.400 and a career like Jamir is to draw off of 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.680 not only those college experiences, but fourteen years in the 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.760 NBA as well. He's got quite the well to to 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:57.880 pull from in this new role. I mean, well, for 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:00.480 those that really know Jamir, I mean, and you knew 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.440 that Chester, that's that, that's that DNA and him. You 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.000 talk about the Zane Shawls of the world, the Solos 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.080 of the world, the Rad Carlson world, the poo evans 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.040 Is of the world, Guys that came and guys that 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:12.720 you were weird, guys that you looked up to, Guys 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.120 that looked up to you, and for you to carry 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.800 that tradition on. But all that he's talking about, it's 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:22.840 really I want to say, outside or you're probably your parents, 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.160 was probably one man that shaped a lot in your life. 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.760 And if you can't touch on a coach Pikett, can 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:30.840 you talk about that a little bit? So coach you 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:33.520 know he was. He was a father figure to me 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:38.000 on and off the court. You know, Betimes, Um, you know, 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.400 I have to stay over his house for days at 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.240 a time, and uh and it wasn't even like something 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:44.800 was going on in my house where I couldn't stay 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:47.000 or anything like that. I was really comfortable. That's just 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.360 who he was. He accepted me as a as as 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:51.680 you know, as as a person and as a as 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.680 a young man. You know, he helped Roomy, he helped 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:58.840 Um I do a lot of different situations. Um, you know, 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:01.160 I I honestly say it wasn't a coach Pikett man, 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:04.520 I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be where I'm at now. 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:08.359 You know, he's a guy who, um you're talking about 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.840 helping the community. He was a guy who who saw 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.560 me as at a young age. I probably was like, 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.280 man if I had to guess ten, eleven, twelve years old, 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.919 and he recognized me then and was like followed me 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:25.320 and wanted me to do well, um and put me 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.359 in as in a situation in high school as a 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.000 player to be successful. I could have played varcity as 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:35.440 a freshman, but he, you know, he was like, look, 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:39.080 you know, play play JV you know if you want 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.479 suit up for some varsity games. We wanted to develop. 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.760 Then the next year came, you know, he had actual 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.720 playing for me and and and you know at worked, 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:49.640 you know got you know, I wish he was still 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:54.320 here to see, uh what's going right now? But not 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:57.919 necessarily just me. Just so many different things going on 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.840 in Cheston on a positive that you know, he probably 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.080 had his hands in it and probably helped out with 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.919 that that people don't even realize or no. And I 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.639 think that's that part of you, is what you're going 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.760 to see as you start working way around these players, Um, 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.520 coming to the blue coach, that youngness and those things 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.800 that you can tell that place, like be patient. It's 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:22.080 okay like you said, you could have went to play varsity, 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:24.240 but he said, and you can be that person. You've 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.800 lived it. It's not something that you heard. And I 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:28.520 think that's what you're going to bring to the table 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.960 more than anything. Yeah, and you know, the world we 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:35.240 live in right now is fast, noisiest all over the place, 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.359 social media and a lot of young a lot of 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:42.080 young players or young people in general. Um, they want 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.920 instant gratification because I can post the picture and get 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:51.080 instant lights or people to uh validate how you know, 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:53.119 how how my work ethic is and stuff like that 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:56.679 right away. Where when I was growing up it was 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.159 it was more about just relaxed with your time. Like 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:03.200 you said, I come from a city where we're guard heavy. 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:06.440 You just you name a bunch of guards that came out. 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:09.160 I mean you didn't even name like a core of them, 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:11.480 like you know what I'm saying, Like you just I 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:13.359 had guys in front of me. So you have to 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:14.960 be patient. You have to be patient, you have to 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:18.160 be uh and you also also have to be confident. 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:21.880 And that's the one thing that grown up a Chester 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:25.119 is known for me is helped me with my confidence. 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:29.120 So before we get to our final few questions at 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:31.119 the buzzer and squeeze a couple more in, I just 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.359 want to talk about the transition and when you started 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:36.600 thinking about it, because I've I've heard and read that 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:38.639 you said towards the end of your playing career that 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:41.080 you kind of acknowledge that you might have to bounce 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:44.040 around a little bit to a few different teams. When 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:46.800 did you start thinking about your post playing career and 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:49.960 what you wanted to do. Probably around my tenth year. 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:53.080 You make it, You make it to ten years, You're 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:55.560 very fortunate. I mean, you make it to seven five, 0:19:55.680 --> 0:19:58.040 you're very fortunate. So make when I got to ten, 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:01.480 I'm like, okay, was my goal honestly to get to 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:05.040 ten and then you know, figure it out from there. 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:06.440 And then I got to ten, I was like, all right, 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:09.000 my body feels good. My body felt better at ten 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:15.119 did it did at five? So I'm like, all right, 0:20:15.119 --> 0:20:16.920 I can get the fifteen. And then I started bouncing 0:20:16.960 --> 0:20:18.760 around a little bit. I'm like, all right, I don't 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:21.440 want to deal with this. My family, you know, putt 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:24.640 my family through the Ringer Um. You know, my last 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:27.800 few years they lived back in the Pennsylvania area without me, 0:20:27.840 --> 0:20:29.480 and I was in Denver. So that took a toll 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:33.440 on me and took a toll on us. So yeah, 0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:35.640 it just it just was you know, I've always thought 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:37.879 about that, just didn't know. Like I told somebody the 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:40.960 other day, you played fourteen years in the NBA, then 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:42.359 you say, all right, now, what do I want to 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:44.400 do when I grow up? You know what I'm saying. 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.600 So it's like, all right, now, what's next? Um, Whether 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:50.800 whether you set financially or not, you still have to 0:20:50.840 --> 0:20:53.240 do something. I'm a competitor. I love to compete. That 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:55.919 that's the one thing that people don't realize about athletes, Like, 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:59.159 we're gonna do something that's competitive, whether it's another sport, 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:02.960 whether it's a business world, We're gonna do something where 0:21:03.000 --> 0:21:08.680 we continue to uphold and and to quench that thirst 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:11.920 of the competitive drive. So for me, I went back 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:16.880 and forth with coaching. Opportunities presented themselves right away, front 0:21:16.920 --> 0:21:19.159 office right away, and I just didn't know what was 0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:22.639 right for me. And I've always I've always been a 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:26.680 guy when I had to make a decision about college, um, contracts, 0:21:26.960 --> 0:21:30.400 you know, different things. I go with my gut um 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:32.600 And again here we go Elton, Hey, man, what's going 0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:36.159 on here? Doing blah blah blah. And you know, he's like, 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:38.200 look what you're thinking. And I'm like, well, what you're thinking? 0:21:40.080 --> 0:21:42.800 So make a long story. Sure, I know it's getting 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:45.400 a long, but I was like, look, you know I heard, 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:47.760