WEBVTT - S2 Episode 8: Bigger Than Basketball

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<v Speaker 1>Drafted as a productive tree Ford Media, Clutch Sports Group,

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<v Speaker 1>and I Heart Radio. Well we're back at the crib

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<v Speaker 1>worked out this morning. The crib looks crazy. It's boxes

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<v Speaker 1>everywhere now, sitting right here, about to start cooking. News people,

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<v Speaker 1>ESPN people. That's fixing the house up, dog barking. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot going on. Hey, how are you to nice

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<v Speaker 1>to meet you my man? Yes, sir, it's reason thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for having Thank you all for being here. We really appreciate.

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<v Speaker 1>Nice to meet you, my man. I might feel nice

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<v Speaker 1>to be shall but yeah, yeah it is man. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much. A lot of hard work. Welcome back

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<v Speaker 1>to Drafted. I'm kicking Michael Key and you just heard

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<v Speaker 1>Tyrese Maxie talking about all the commotion currently happening at

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<v Speaker 1>his house in Garland, Texas. Tyrese is only twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>hours from the NBA Draft. Crews are setting up and

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<v Speaker 1>getting ready for tomorrow's broadcast. His parents and uncle Brandon

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<v Speaker 1>are occupied to a long list of tasks, and now

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<v Speaker 1>Tyrese is just waiting. I think one of my biggest

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<v Speaker 1>hardest jobs was making sure Tyrese didn't go do some

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<v Speaker 1>crazy workout. This is Clutch Sports agent Mark Murray, a

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<v Speaker 1>member of the team representing Tyrese. He wanted to work out,

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted to get in the gym, wanted to list,

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to run, wanted to shoot. And I think part

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<v Speaker 1>of a Rich and I's job was, Hey, relaxed, enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>the day. Obviously made it this far. We don't need

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<v Speaker 1>you getting hurt, and let's just relax, tick your feet up.

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<v Speaker 1>So that was the first task of the day, was

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<v Speaker 1>keeping Tyrese out of the gym or trying to him

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<v Speaker 1>he probably still gotta work out in his room. Sitting

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<v Speaker 1>still is not one of Tyree's Maxie's strengths. He's been

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<v Speaker 1>doing three workouts a day, shooting hundreds of thousands of

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<v Speaker 1>jump shots, and pushing himself in countless drills, all leading

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<v Speaker 1>up to this moment where all he can do now

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<v Speaker 1>is wait one more day until he finds out where

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<v Speaker 1>he'll be living and what team he'll be playing on,

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<v Speaker 1>and his NBA future finally begins. I'm sure what to

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<v Speaker 1>do now. He goes to play with his dog, Zoe

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<v Speaker 1>the dog acting crazy boy, but hey, you come away,

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<v Speaker 1>so come hey, what are you acting so crazy? He's oly,

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, Oh, you can't go back here either you

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<v Speaker 1>ain't got on toys and play with get down, Get

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<v Speaker 1>down here. You've been linked in my face. Well, Tyrese

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<v Speaker 1>tries to take his mind off the draft. His agent,

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<v Speaker 1>Rich Paul, called Tyrese's dad to touch base before the

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<v Speaker 1>big day. Tyrone sounds surprisingly calm and collected given what's

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<v Speaker 1>at stake. He primarily just wants to know if Michael

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan's will draft his son. Have you talked to MJ.

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<v Speaker 1>I talked to MJ for a long time yesterday. Yeah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he had nice things to say about Tyree's. But they're

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<v Speaker 1>just in the top three. So maybe they move up

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<v Speaker 1>to one, maybe they keep three. I don't see him

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<v Speaker 1>moving back. So I've talked to a lot of teams

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<v Speaker 1>in the top fifteen. His range isn't gonna start to

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<v Speaker 1>about twelve. He's anywhere from Twitter. He's bunched up right

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<v Speaker 1>there with a with a ton of teams that like him,

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<v Speaker 1>and two of the guys that's how they kind of

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<v Speaker 1>say it, you know, he's one of three us Situational

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<v Speaker 1>is position things of that nature. You know, you just

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<v Speaker 1>never know, Like I tell all these guys that the

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<v Speaker 1>people that's that's choosing players on humans and not robots.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, sometimes they make mistakes. That's just how

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<v Speaker 1>it goes. In fact, sometimes NBA executives make mistakes that

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<v Speaker 1>haunt them for decades. In Michael Jordan was taken third

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<v Speaker 1>overall after Hachem Eli Jahwan and Sam Bowie. Elijah Wan

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<v Speaker 1>turned into an all time grade and although Sam Bowie

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<v Speaker 1>had a solid tenure career, choosing him over Michael Jordan

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<v Speaker 1>is often regarded as the worst draft decision of all time,

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<v Speaker 1>and this kind of mistake happens somewhat frequently. Kobe Bryant

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<v Speaker 1>was selected overall. MVP Steph Curry was picked seven. M

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<v Speaker 1>v P. Janice Enterton Compo went, Unless you're drafting Lebron James,

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<v Speaker 1>making a top pick could be an extremely inexact science.

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<v Speaker 1>Here are Rich and Tyrone again, I tells you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be one of four fifty. Okay, So in the great spot, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just shouldn't should a man trying to take a nap,

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<v Speaker 1>But you don't said it's gonna be tough to take

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<v Speaker 1>a nap. Instead of feeling stressed about preparations for the

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<v Speaker 1>draft party and all the pressure of the moment, Tyrone

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<v Speaker 1>seems completely in control. Maybe that's because, like his son,

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<v Speaker 1>he's also spent most of his life preparing for this moment,

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<v Speaker 1>and just like Tyrese, he's not really sure what to

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<v Speaker 1>do now that it's finally here. We'll be right back. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>in the Edwards Camp in Atlanta, Anthony works out one

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<v Speaker 1>last time as an amateur at the gym on god

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<v Speaker 1>Be Rode. He's with his trainer Justin Holland, coach Rob Allen,

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<v Speaker 1>and Uncle Drew. After all the years together on this court,

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<v Speaker 1>the four of them may not be back here as

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<v Speaker 1>a group for a long time. Once Anthony gets trapped

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<v Speaker 1>to the vibe is a little more nostalgic than normal.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I just thought about you got doom hord

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<v Speaker 1>than one that you all we're working out of here.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a pre pair of covid y. I ain't no,

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<v Speaker 1>you ain't no more cob don't you're not hard? You

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<v Speaker 1>know what funny? I had one pair of Jordan my

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<v Speaker 1>whole life. I would like it to feel great. I

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<v Speaker 1>had one pair of Joined my whole life. Yeah, I've

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<v Speaker 1>literally only wore one pair of Jordan my whole life.

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<v Speaker 1>You will do it, I got Yeah, they can't like

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<v Speaker 1>some weeks ago. That memory of Anthony asking his mom

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<v Speaker 1>for a pair of Jordan's as a kid and the

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<v Speaker 1>family not being able to afford MJ shoes holds extra

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<v Speaker 1>significance today because now companies send boxes and boxes of

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<v Speaker 1>free unsolicited shoes, hoping he'll sign an endorsement deal with

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<v Speaker 1>them as one of the top picks. Tomorrow. He'll go

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<v Speaker 1>from a kid who couldn't afford to buy the latest

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<v Speaker 1>shoes to getting paid to wear them. Well, my first hospitals,

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<v Speaker 1>my mom. Yeah, I just thought about that what my

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<v Speaker 1>dad and everybody was not saying. I say, prob my dad,

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<v Speaker 1>my dad, my dad. He weren't he weren't he weren't.

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<v Speaker 1>Sue warn't his shoes because of first it was sewer

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<v Speaker 1>and then shoeshow balled him out to work in the

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<v Speaker 1>showerl and greenbra right across stree from mom, and any

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<v Speaker 1>word in the shoe show about about your being it

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<v Speaker 1>was no, I ain't I want a friend, don't my dad?

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<v Speaker 1>That's a I like the I'm just stayed with shoes show.

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<v Speaker 1>Shoe That's all that's all I had with shoes show.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't just Jordan's that were too expensive. Everyone reflects

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<v Speaker 1>on how they could only afford to shop at Shoe Show,

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<v Speaker 1>a discount shoe store on the south side of Atlanta

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<v Speaker 1>where Justin's dad worked, Niket and Stow. Don't don't win

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<v Speaker 1>the Niket that everybody wolf Man crying. I've been crying,

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<v Speaker 1>crying my weather keeping going. Coach Rob asks if Justin's

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<v Speaker 1>been crying because a few days ago they got some

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<v Speaker 1>tragic news. A young player who was a member of

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<v Speaker 1>the gym and they're small, tight the community lost his life.

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<v Speaker 1>Here are Justin and Rob again talking about what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, people didn't go back to their regular lives.

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<v Speaker 1>You go back to a life of person. It was

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<v Speaker 1>like that my mother broke up and they're like, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>that was a dream right then. Like I saw at

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<v Speaker 1>that time, my dad, he was myself like he just

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even. I couldn't like I'm just talking about bad.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just thinking about bad. I'm hurting with the kid.

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<v Speaker 1>I could have imagine if I'm hurting it bad mad

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<v Speaker 1>at the moment, you know what I mean. Justin describes

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<v Speaker 1>the events from a few nights earlier, like the weekend

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<v Speaker 1>before the draft. I woke up to maybe like twenty

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<v Speaker 1>or thirty misscalls, and uh I finally answered the phone.

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<v Speaker 1>I called. I woke up that morning about six o'clock

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<v Speaker 1>and I called my cousin back and he told he

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<v Speaker 1>asked me how I heard, and I was I asked him,

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<v Speaker 1>I hadn't heard. What he was like, jay Sean got

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<v Speaker 1>killed last night. And my first question was Jayson who

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<v Speaker 1>because Jayon, the only jay Sean I know is the

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<v Speaker 1>twelve year old, twelve year old kid from my gym,

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Sean. And he says, jay Sean from the gym,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just I just kind of lost it because

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<v Speaker 1>I've probably been knowing the kids since he was about

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<v Speaker 1>six or seven years old, and he grew up in

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<v Speaker 1>the gym. He was he was a gym baby, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I means. And when I say gym baby,

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<v Speaker 1>he's one of the kids that's literally always in the gym.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a great athlete, one of the best athletes

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<v Speaker 1>that we had, UH in an organization. You know, he

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<v Speaker 1>was really good at football, really good at basketball. If

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<v Speaker 1>anyone comes in the gym and he's in the gym,

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<v Speaker 1>you would know him because he you know, he kind

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<v Speaker 1>of had like a cocky type attitude and he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>play you one on one. He's gonna say, you wanna

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<v Speaker 1>play one on one because I can beat you. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>He's played multiple games with it, like and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he was one of the ants biggest fans, and he

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<v Speaker 1>would always tell it like coach Justin, I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to train me once you get fish within man. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>So even when I was told and and it it

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<v Speaker 1>was just it was, you know, they were like, hold on,

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<v Speaker 1>not this Jay Sean, because you know, she was like

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<v Speaker 1>that He's always d M and me and he's always

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<v Speaker 1>in the gym. And even them like they haven't registered

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<v Speaker 1>that a kid this young got killed. That was that

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<v Speaker 1>was That was just hard. That was hard everybody because

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<v Speaker 1>because kids aren't supposed to die and it came out

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<v Speaker 1>of nowhere, and uh, that was just something that really

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<v Speaker 1>that really hurt me. And so everything for me leading

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<v Speaker 1>up the draft was better sweep and and really it's

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<v Speaker 1>still it still kind of is. Justin's wife, Jeanine Holland

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<v Speaker 1>explains why her husband's commitment and relationship to kids like

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony and Jay Shawn runs so deep and why this

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<v Speaker 1>gym that God be roaded is such an important place,

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<v Speaker 1>the gym that he worked at, it's it's not in

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<v Speaker 1>the best part of town at all, um. It's actually

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<v Speaker 1>in a really really rough area. And some of the

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<v Speaker 1>kids don't have maybe a mom in their life, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have a dad, maybe they don't have either. Sometimes,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they weren't they weren't taken care of. And

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<v Speaker 1>so a lot of nights there would be kids left

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<v Speaker 1>at the gym past nine o'clock, which is their closing time,

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<v Speaker 1>and Justin would have to take them home. And they

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<v Speaker 1>might be six, or they might be you know, ten, um,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever the age is. And I don't even you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't doesn't even think twice about that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he just he just does it. Sometimes he does it

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<v Speaker 1>because no one else will, and sometimes because there is

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<v Speaker 1>no one else, Justin steps in to help the way

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<v Speaker 1>he did with Anthony and with Jay Sean and the

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<v Speaker 1>dozens of other kids like those two kids who, as

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<v Speaker 1>he puts it, need guidance, structure, and somebody just to

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<v Speaker 1>be there for them, even if it's just for some advice,

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<v Speaker 1>even if it's just a hug. When we got the

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<v Speaker 1>call about Jay Shawn, you know, Justin immediately started bawling,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, he told me that he had gotten shot,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just I could not understand a thirteen year

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<v Speaker 1>old kid dying to you know, dying the gun violence.

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<v Speaker 1>It just didn't make any sense to me. And he

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<v Speaker 1>was so torn up about it. What do I do? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>Where do I go from here? I've I've been with

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<v Speaker 1>this kid since he was itty Betty and and now

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<v Speaker 1>they're just not here anymore. We'll be right back. With

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<v Speaker 1>all the excitement leading up to draft day and the

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<v Speaker 1>pride everyone felt with Anthony going to the NBA, this

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<v Speaker 1>is an especially devastating for the group. If the God

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<v Speaker 1>be roady gym. Here are justin coach Robe, Uncle Drew

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<v Speaker 1>and Anthony in the gym again talking about what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Right man, that was like six years old. I'm saying, bro,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even like every time I'm walk into the

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<v Speaker 1>coach Chester Coachester. You can't beat me one on one

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<v Speaker 1>like you want them kids like walking j You don't

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<v Speaker 1>need him like that. You can't beat me one on

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<v Speaker 1>one hand checked up like that kind of heat, that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of kid that I shown was like, remember him?

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<v Speaker 1>You want to be in the gym, Yeah, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want like he gonna walk up to you and you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be looking no more kid like that's hand. Now

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna walk up let me one on one. That's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of kid. You will if I really can't shake

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<v Speaker 1>it like I thought I was good. Yes, sir, I

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<v Speaker 1>can't shake you, understand like I don't even try to

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<v Speaker 1>definitely going wrong. I don't try trying to shake you.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't do them to make it work, like you

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<v Speaker 1>got to hear, bro, he just ain't pulled it. That

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<v Speaker 1>man is so tough man like finals like he like

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<v Speaker 1>like if we'll be down, and we'll be down, if

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<v Speaker 1>one kid I know be out there still fight like man,

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<v Speaker 1>we can win the game. You're gonna be ill like

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta keep you well. Justin is doing his best

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<v Speaker 1>to keep it together. His voice gives away just how

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<v Speaker 1>shaken he is by this loss, because about it's about

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<v Speaker 1>like what you leave on like you know, try to

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<v Speaker 1>gotta say next ye about what I say that Like

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of like then when you realize but basketball

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<v Speaker 1>just small punt is way more than basketball. I think, well,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of these kids, not just Anthony in particular,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of basketball players I don't think you know,

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<v Speaker 1>people understand that they come from struggles outside of basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>This is coach Rob Allen again, who spent his entire

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<v Speaker 1>life entrenched in the basketball community. And that's part of

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<v Speaker 1>the country. You know, people they only look at these

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<v Speaker 1>kids as entertainers athletes and not looking at where they're

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<v Speaker 1>coming from. And all the kids want to do is

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<v Speaker 1>play basketball, but you know they have to go back

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<v Speaker 1>home to a bad environment or a bad situation. Coach

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<v Speaker 1>Rob has seen it up close his whole life. His

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<v Speaker 1>dad was a streetball legend in Selma, Alabama. His cousin

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<v Speaker 1>was an All American at Auburn. He was the top

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<v Speaker 1>point guard growing up playing at Temple University for legendary

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<v Speaker 1>coach John Cheney, and he has been coaching ever since.

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<v Speaker 1>As much as anyone, he knows kids like Anthony and

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Sewn at every level and where they come from

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<v Speaker 1>and how they end up at places. Like god Be wrote,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's hard just to see what these kids have

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with on a day to day basis. Somebody

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<v Speaker 1>like Anthony situation anybody other else's. That's why you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>have a strong circle. And it was a blessing that

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<v Speaker 1>he was able to meet the people that admit to

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<v Speaker 1>help him get out of this situation. Because every day

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<v Speaker 1>is something new. Some our kid is dying, a personally dying,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody's getting robbed or things of that nature. Is baffing me.

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<v Speaker 1>But we have to as a community and try to

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<v Speaker 1>take in and keep it because guess what, it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be another Aunt come around in that community. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's why you know, seeing somebody like Aunt being able

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<v Speaker 1>to make it out as a as a as a

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<v Speaker 1>success story for kids coming up. This is why the

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<v Speaker 1>story of Anthony Edwards is a story about this gym,

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<v Speaker 1>and why it's a story about Justin coach robbed, Uncle

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<v Speaker 1>Drew and all the other people helping in their community.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just about Anthony's achievement or his personal journey.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also about the next Anthony Edwards and the next

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Shaun and all the kids will come after them.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about how sports can play a major role in

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<v Speaker 1>changing people's lives, and not only for the star athletes

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<v Speaker 1>to make it to the pros. I think too many

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<v Speaker 1>times we look at success as guys making it out

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<v Speaker 1>going to the NBA or going to the NFL, or

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<v Speaker 1>being rappers or things of that nature. At the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the day, it's good that you make it to

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA, but not everybody's gonna play in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>If Anthony made it or if he didn't, it's still

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<v Speaker 1>that relationship. And when at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>all we care about is a kid just making it out,

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<v Speaker 1>being able to have a family of their own, being

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<v Speaker 1>able to be an important person to society, being able

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<v Speaker 1>to get a job. I think that's the main thing

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<v Speaker 1>even for us, Like we love the guys that are

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<v Speaker 1>going to the NBA, but I mean, to be honest

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<v Speaker 1>with your thing. That kind of makes me the most

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<v Speaker 1>happy as guys that train with you, and they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>even come basketball players. There's something else and them to

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<v Speaker 1>come to you and say, hey man, which I appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you helping me understand what hard work was throughout playing basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I didn't make it as a player, but

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<v Speaker 1>I made it as something else. In twenty four hours,

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony will define near impossible odds and become a top

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<v Speaker 1>pick in the NBA draft. And throughout his whole journey,

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<v Speaker 1>even up to this very last afternoon, he and Justin

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<v Speaker 1>and Coach Rob and uncle Drew continue working out in

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<v Speaker 1>the gym on god Be Road, the same gym they

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<v Speaker 1>brought Michael Jordan's to the gym. They met Jay Sewn

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<v Speaker 1>in the gym where they put up shots late into

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<v Speaker 1>the night, working towards their dreams and the promises to

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<v Speaker 1>their loved ones, where they keep the doors open in

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<v Speaker 1>case that next hurt or confused twelve year old wanders

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<v Speaker 1>in looking for some guidance or just a safe place

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<v Speaker 1>to be a kid. Hopefully this will be a wake

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<v Speaker 1>up call for the community to come together and try

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<v Speaker 1>to help these kids as much we can. Man because

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<v Speaker 1>in in it to day, this is way bigger than basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>This is about life. Of course, you love you love

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<v Speaker 1>the CEOs, you know, holding the number one jurors and things,

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<v Speaker 1>But the end of the day, it is bigger than basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just trying to help society. At the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the day. Next undrafted, it's draft night. I'm about to

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<v Speaker 1>get drafted, tollright, We're going to the NBA to night

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<v Speaker 1>and we're still moving couches. I mean, look, if we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking pure talent, it's Anthony Atwards all day long. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is where when you get picked and you start

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<v Speaker 1>doing the NBA media, like you'll be in front of this.

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<v Speaker 1>We had that curveball of the ESPN article saying that

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't love basketball. The actual clickbait or SoundBite that

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<v Speaker 1>everyone used came out that day of the draft, like

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I'm gonna cry, but he's like I

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<v Speaker 1>might cry, you know, And I'm looking over in but

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<v Speaker 1>his eyes are kind of welding up with tears. People

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<v Speaker 1>start coming out of woodworks with their conspiracy theories and thoughts.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna be a little nervous. Aston cried, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think beck ed Drew and Drew just is bling number one.

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