WEBVTT - Lob City Legend: DeAndre Jordan's NBA Journey

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, I'm Sloan and I know the NBA. Today we're

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<v Speaker 1>hanging out with one of the NBA's most incredible big man.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not just tall, he's a towering figure of shot

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<v Speaker 1>blocking wizardry and dunking prows. And guess what. His journey

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<v Speaker 1>from being a young, wide eyed athlete to an absolute

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<v Speaker 1>NBA sensation is a story that's all about hard work,

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<v Speaker 1>bouncing back from setbacks, and flying high above that rip.

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<v Speaker 1>This week, We're Soaked introduce you to Lob City legend

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<v Speaker 1>DeAndre Jordan. So DeAndre. As you know, Halloween is coming up,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very excited. I feel like for a teenage girl,

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<v Speaker 1>that's like the best time of year for sure. And

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<v Speaker 1>I want to know, if you could dress up as

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<v Speaker 1>one NBA player for Halloween, who would you dress up as?

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<v Speaker 2>Ooh, that's a really good question. If I could dress

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<v Speaker 2>up as one pastor.

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<v Speaker 1>Present, pastor present, I'm going to go.

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<v Speaker 2>With Portland Trailblazer's Bill Walton.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, and what would you wear?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean obviously like shorter shorts, jersey hair, beard, headband,

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<v Speaker 2>high to socks. I think that'll be kind of my

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<v Speaker 2>uniform that day.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I love that And can you take us through, like,

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<v Speaker 1>have you ever seen someone dress up as you? And

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<v Speaker 1>what did that costume entail?

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<v Speaker 2>So one year, my brothers and I as adults, dressed

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<v Speaker 2>up for a Halloween kind of party deal. I went

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<v Speaker 2>at a have you seen Cool Runnings? It's like the

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<v Speaker 2>Jamaican Bob Sled movie.

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<v Speaker 1>No. I feel like my generation like hasn't seen any

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<v Speaker 1>movies anytime anyone asked me if you've seen a movie, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, a noe. Oh yeah, I went in this, like yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I went is that? And my brother was kind of

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<v Speaker 2>like being lazy and he was like can I wear this?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm like I check and see it and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh wow, this is my full uniform. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>so sure. So he wore my Clippers jersey shorts. He

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<v Speaker 2>bought an NBA basketball with him and that was his

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<v Speaker 2>costume for the night.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, So I'm sixteen and I just turned sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>So this will be my first episode of Sloan Nos

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<v Speaker 1>as a sixteen year old, which is really exciting. I

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<v Speaker 1>think you should be very flattered that you get to

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<v Speaker 1>be on here for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, I really appreciate that, you know, sweet sixteen, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>on the show for this and now I do feel

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<v Speaker 2>humbled to be a part.

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<v Speaker 1>Of this, so thank you, well, thank you so much

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<v Speaker 1>for being here. So at sixteen, what were you like

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<v Speaker 1>as a basketball player?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow? I was just figuring out how to run and

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<v Speaker 2>chew gum at the same time, so it was very

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<v Speaker 2>It was a learning experience for me. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>that at sixteen I was trying to just take in

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<v Speaker 2>so much information but also still have fun with the

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<v Speaker 2>sport at the same time, So it was it was

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<v Speaker 2>a fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Time for sure. And then I want to know, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>also at sixteen, other than being a basket player, this

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<v Speaker 1>is the age you know when you get your license

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<v Speaker 1>in Texas? What was the vibe there? Like, did you

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<v Speaker 1>get your license just at sixteen? Did you wait?

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<v Speaker 2>What was going on?

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<v Speaker 1>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to drive as soon as possible, so we

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<v Speaker 2>would do things like my mom would get to our

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<v Speaker 2>street and then let me drive down the street and

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<v Speaker 2>like park in the driveway. So that was those were

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<v Speaker 2>like great times. And then someday though that can I

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<v Speaker 2>drive today? Can I drive today? And She's like not today,

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<v Speaker 2>And it was like the world was ending for me.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was it was great, But I did I

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<v Speaker 2>got the whole permit drivers head. I did that, and

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<v Speaker 2>I I took my driver's head test in a Toyota Corolla.

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<v Speaker 1>Love that, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Two other students, so that would and I felt bad

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<v Speaker 2>for them because I had to put my seat all

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<v Speaker 2>the way back so there was like no leg room.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just gonna say, how did you fit?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>At sixteen, how tall were you?

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<v Speaker 2>I was about six nine, six ten.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, Okay, I'm just five four, So hopefully I get

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of that grossper you know.

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<v Speaker 2>But I was got to say, girl spurts for girls

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<v Speaker 2>coming late, So you're good, don't even worry about it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fine, Okay, fingers crossed. But so you pass first time?

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, of course I had. I had a little

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<v Speaker 2>I had a little illegal practice early, like I was saying,

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<v Speaker 2>But I did pass, Yeah, because I was a big

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<v Speaker 2>ten and two I was, you know, but once you

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<v Speaker 2>get on the freeway, that's that's a different beast. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, this is shocking. In my driver's ed

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<v Speaker 1>everyone kept saying to me, it's ten and two, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not ten and two actually, I think now it's

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<v Speaker 1>like eleven and three or something. Weird like that, so

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<v Speaker 1>like I hold it like a little bit differently, which

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<v Speaker 1>is really interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, so it's like more more middle staring wheel

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<v Speaker 2>kind of huh.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, which is also funny because I don't think I

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<v Speaker 1>can tell time on a clock. I don't know the

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<v Speaker 1>last time I had to tell time on a clock.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm like eleven in two, Like, I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what that means. I'm just putting my hands where. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>but let's move on. Now that you can drive in

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<v Speaker 1>this like when we're thinking back of you being sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's big in your life. You know, now that

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<v Speaker 1>you can drive, I feel like you can grind more.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you can go to the gym more, etc.

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<v Speaker 1>So what was your high school you know I made

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<v Speaker 1>it moment or when were you like, wow, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to make it to the league.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, that's tough. Well, AAU was a big, big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>The AAU circuit was huge for my age and even

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<v Speaker 2>now coming up in basketball. But I think that I

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<v Speaker 2>had my first AAU like big, big tournament showcase in Houston.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a tournament called the Kingwood Classic and it

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<v Speaker 2>was huge. Teams from all over the nation came out

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<v Speaker 2>and played in this tournament in like the outskirts of Houston,

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<v Speaker 2>and I had a really good game. One game, I

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<v Speaker 2>had a really nice dunk, and that weekend I got

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<v Speaker 2>a ton of scholarship offers, and throughout the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>that weekend a lot of college coaches who were big

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<v Speaker 2>Hall of Fame coaches came to see me play. And

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<v Speaker 2>after that summer it was all up for me.

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<v Speaker 1>It was great, I'm sure. And you know, in that

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<v Speaker 1>AU tournament or just an AU tournaments in general, for you,

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<v Speaker 1>can you tell us a story about maybe playing against

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<v Speaker 1>another future NBA star?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Yeah, there. The summer circuits are insane. You play

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<v Speaker 2>against guys, and especially in my class, against guys like

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Beasley, Kevin Love, Derrick Rose, Oj Mayo, Eric Gordon,

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<v Speaker 2>who was we got drafted together to the Clipper. So

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<v Speaker 2>I played against all those guys in high school. But

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<v Speaker 2>I will probably say, uh, I was most excited to

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<v Speaker 2>play against a guy like Kevin Love because we played

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<v Speaker 2>the same position. We were in the same high school

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<v Speaker 2>graduating class, so playing against him in the summertime at

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<v Speaker 2>these different camps and tournaments was was really really cool.

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<v Speaker 2>And to say that we're still in the NBA now

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<v Speaker 2>was a great experience.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's so special, And what are your thoughts? I know, like,

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<v Speaker 1>to me, Cooper, flag reclassing and just geting a year

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<v Speaker 1>of high school is so interesting, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>it's not I mean, it's something we've seen before, right,

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<v Speaker 1>but for someone to be that dominant that he's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even need that year of development. Was that

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<v Speaker 1>ever something that you would have considered or what are

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<v Speaker 1>your thoughts on that happening now?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? I think, I mean, if you're talented enough and

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<v Speaker 2>you're physically and mentally ready to take that next step,

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<v Speaker 2>I think why not. However, I think for me coming up,

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<v Speaker 2>I obviously wanted to get to the NBA, but I've

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<v Speaker 2>definitely needed that development, those four years of high school,

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<v Speaker 2>that one year of college. I look back and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>very appreciative and grateful that I got to go to

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<v Speaker 2>college for a year and had that college experience with teammates,

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<v Speaker 2>with friends who I still talk to this day, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just overall I've needed that development to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to get to the next level and be somewhere ready

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<v Speaker 2>to play against these adults.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and speaking you know of those adults at sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>did you have any relationships with guys already in the

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<v Speaker 1>league or were they foreign to you? Like, were they

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<v Speaker 1>really just gods?

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<v Speaker 2>They were foreign to me? They were definitely foreign to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember at a certain time it switched for me

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<v Speaker 2>having a favorite team and I just went to having

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<v Speaker 2>favorite players because I didn't want to pick a favorite

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<v Speaker 2>team and not be drafted to that team or just

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, like a connection and it'd be disappointment

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<v Speaker 2>later in the draft. But I think that like seeing

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<v Speaker 2>the guys that I looked up to and they're finally

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<v Speaker 2>being able to play against them did something for my

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<v Speaker 2>confidence and for me as a player.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you know now that we're I want to

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<v Speaker 1>move on a little bit to your NBA career not

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<v Speaker 1>being sixteen anymore. What was it like seeing those guys

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<v Speaker 1>that you thought of as gods now as like your equals.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a shock, I will say that to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to you know, aize guys like Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O'Neill,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to think who else like Shack, Guys like that,

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<v Speaker 2>and then actually be like Lebron seeing him in high school,

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<v Speaker 2>Carmelo Anthony, Guys like that and then to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to play against them and be like, wow, this is

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<v Speaker 2>not just I'm looking at this person's highlights, like this

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<v Speaker 2>is happening in real life, game time situation. So it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was shocking at first, but then after a while

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<v Speaker 2>you kind of have to go into a okay, like

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<v Speaker 2>I can't look at it that way. I have to

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<v Speaker 2>focus on competing against this person, you know, to lock in. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to lock in. And it was an adjustment,

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<v Speaker 2>but a good one. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, of course I'm not like a six '

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<v Speaker 1>ten basketball I can relate that a little bit because well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we never know, maybe something crazy will happen.

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<v Speaker 1>But I can definitely relate to that because what I

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<v Speaker 1>always say is that I think, like, I've been so

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<v Speaker 1>lucky to make relationships, you know, with people like you

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<v Speaker 1>and be able to talk to these amazing athletes, and

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<v Speaker 1>whenever I see an NBA player on the court, my

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<v Speaker 1>whole perception change. Yeah, Like, you know, I interviewed I

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<v Speaker 1>interviewed Chris Paul in a in a classroom at UCLA,

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<v Speaker 1>and in that moment I felt so comfortable. I was

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<v Speaker 1>like I got this whatever, And then I saw him

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<v Speaker 1>on the court and I was like, who is that? God?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, like there's such like a thing about seeing

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<v Speaker 1>you guys suited up on the court that's so special.

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<v Speaker 1>But having that perception and then being like, oh wait,

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<v Speaker 1>that's also me. It's probably I don't even know how

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<v Speaker 1>how you could deal with that, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, Yeah, it's insane. There's definitely a like an on

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<v Speaker 2>and off switch or like it's almost like two different worlds,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to be able to have that separation of

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<v Speaker 2>this is me off the court, chill, no, kind of

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, like intensity, I'm just relaxed. But then

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<v Speaker 2>on the court it's a totally different thing because the

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<v Speaker 2>competition aspect kicks in and you know, sports they take

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<v Speaker 2>you through so many different emotions and you see guys

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<v Speaker 2>the physicality of the game, the intensity of the game,

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<v Speaker 2>the seriousness of the game at times, and people have

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<v Speaker 2>it's almost like doctor Jaco, mister High, like people have

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<v Speaker 2>multiple personalities on and off the floor, which I think

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<v Speaker 2>is good for us to have.

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<v Speaker 1>Some balance for sure. So speaking of you know, your

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<v Speaker 1>time in the league, what was your welcome to the

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<v Speaker 1>league moment?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Wow, I think that I was in the weight

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<v Speaker 2>room as a rookie. This is one of I've had

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<v Speaker 2>plenty of these because I came into the league at nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>But like I was saying earlier, like Dirk was one

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<v Speaker 2>of my favorite players coming up also, and we were

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<v Speaker 2>playing against the Mavericks and I was a young player.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't really playing a lot and we were in

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<v Speaker 2>the weight room. I was doing like some lyfts little

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<v Speaker 2>Cardio before the game, as all rookies do, and I

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<v Speaker 2>saw dirt into our weight room and I was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like freaking out. I was like, oh my god, Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>it's dirt. It's it's him and our our weight uh

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<v Speaker 2>cardio and strength guy. At times, like I don't care

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<v Speaker 2>who it is. You got to finish your weights, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was kind of like, oh sorry, I forgot, And

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<v Speaker 2>it was it was just that moment made me realize, like,

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<v Speaker 2>this is this is my job, and you got to

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<v Speaker 2>be focused on your task at hand. Even though that

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<v Speaker 2>this person is somebody who you may have looked up

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<v Speaker 2>to for a long time, You're still competing against this guy.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was definitely welcomed me for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>For sure. And do you think you've ever had an

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<v Speaker 1>experience sort of the opposite of that where someone came

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<v Speaker 1>up to you and asked for your autograph, and you

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<v Speaker 1>were like, you're asking me for my autograph? Like, look

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<v Speaker 1>at you?

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<v Speaker 2>You know? Uh, Yeah, I've had I've had a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of those moments. Just being able to play against your

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<v Speaker 2>peers and people who respect what you bring to the game.

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<v Speaker 2>I think is it's huge, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh or any celebrities maybe, Oh man.

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<v Speaker 2>That is hmm, that's tough. I've had people tell me

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<v Speaker 2>that they're big fans of mine and I was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like, what, I didn't even know that you. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's yeah, that's a really good feeling to have. I

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<v Speaker 2>just I can't think of one person who I was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like, wow, But I always tell this story.

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<v Speaker 2>I do believe that we played against the Lakers one

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<v Speaker 2>time as when I was a rookie and Kobe had

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<v Speaker 2>some really great words to say to me after the game,

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<v Speaker 2>which really really stuck with me throughout my career.

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<v Speaker 1>Though. Yeah, I'm sure, I mean, hearing that as a

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<v Speaker 1>rookie is just something you'll never forget. Okay, So now

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<v Speaker 1>we've talked about you when you were sixteen in the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA all that, and I want to go into this

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<v Speaker 1>next segment so I'm not sure if you're familiar with

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<v Speaker 1>a beautiful man newly to the Philadelphia seventy six ers,

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly Ubray Junior.

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<v Speaker 2>A beautiful man.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, a beautiful man. This segment is called takes Harder

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<v Speaker 1>than Kelly Ubrad Junior and DeAndre I. You know, when

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<v Speaker 1>I think of Kelly Junior, I'm like, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>many takes could be hotter than him. But then I

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<v Speaker 1>also think about you, and I think about me, and

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like we're both like the best people ever.

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<v Speaker 1>So I feel like we could make takes hotter than him.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think that's cool?

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<v Speaker 2>I agree?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so let's start off with this. Who in the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA do you think is the best shoe game?

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<v Speaker 2>The best shoegame? Are we talking on court? Off court?

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<v Speaker 2>What are we saying?

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<v Speaker 1>I think I think on court, but I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>if you have a good shoe game on court, it's

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<v Speaker 1>like you're also gonna have a good shoe game off court.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>That's a fact. I'm going to say best shoe game

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<v Speaker 2>on court? Ooh, I'm gonna have to go with Kelly

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<v Speaker 2>Ubray Junior's teammate PJ. Tucker.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course classic. I mean, is there any other option?

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<v Speaker 1>I think that that's like the number one, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to go with him? You know, yeah, he has a

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<v Speaker 1>house for his shoes, so I feel like it would

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<v Speaker 1>be almost offensive to choose anyone else. But anyways, let's

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<v Speaker 1>let's keep our takes getting hot. And I want to

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<v Speaker 1>know if you can give me a top five most

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<v Speaker 1>underrated players to guard. I interview Drew Holliday a few

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<v Speaker 1>months ago, and he told me Bobby Portois and people

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<v Speaker 1>love that. So I want to hear people that no

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<v Speaker 1>one expects.

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<v Speaker 2>M Okay, this is this is a really good question. Slow, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go with hmmm, gosh, this is tough. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go Io from the Chicago Bulls. Okay, I think he's

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's a tough guard. I'm gonna go with.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a This is really really tough.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why there takes harder than Kelly brid Junior because

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<v Speaker 1>I really have to stump you.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, this is tough because it's like you can't

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<v Speaker 2>name the obvious players, so you want to be players

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, Yeah, this is tough. Okay, let's go.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go one of my team it is Christian Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, okay, three, let's.

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<v Speaker 2>Go mm hmm you are yeah, Jeremy Grant from Portland.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, of course he's huge. He's a big guy. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess no one is like huge to.

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<v Speaker 2>You though, right, And yeah, I'm kind of like.

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<v Speaker 1>Like do you look at a guy that big and

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, oh, he's so little, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, he's irige. Yeah, I'm gonna go, oh Man.

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<v Speaker 1>M Lakers Legends.

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<v Speaker 2>And then one more, let's go with only because we

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<v Speaker 2>played him tomorrow and I think he's a really good player,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's not like he's one of their best players.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go Shay. I think it's of course, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>like he's tough.

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<v Speaker 1>SHA's the type of guy that this this segment could

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<v Speaker 1>also be called takes hotter than Alexander. It's true. My

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<v Speaker 1>fantasy backstall team is called Sloan gilligas Alexander, and you

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<v Speaker 1>have to make an abbreviation, so it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Just s g A.

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<v Speaker 1>Because like, what specifically about Shay would you say you

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<v Speaker 1>think makes him really that good? Because he went from

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<v Speaker 1>being I mean, you know, he he's always been good,

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<v Speaker 1>but last year he really took off what do you

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<v Speaker 1>think it was about him that that allowed him to

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<v Speaker 1>have that jump.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, one, I think for sure, like maturity, being able

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, go from when he was with the Clippers.

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<v Speaker 2>He was kind of you know coming into his own

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to figure out what kind of player he

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be to come into OKC and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>learning with Chris quite a bit and then coming into

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<v Speaker 2>his own as a player and like you know taking

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<v Speaker 2>over this team. And I think that that was that

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<v Speaker 2>was pretty cool to see. But for one, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's a big guard. You know, he's not short, he's tall,

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<v Speaker 2>He gets spot, his mid range is crazy. He shoots

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<v Speaker 2>over people. He's one of the best like reject guys

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<v Speaker 2>in the league. So he he gets to the foul

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<v Speaker 2>on So he he's a very very tough guard. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think that he will continue to develop and you

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<v Speaker 2>know be tougher for a lot of teams for for

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<v Speaker 2>years to come.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean this definitely connects to you and to Shay.

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<v Speaker 1>The Clippers draft some really talented guys, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of them don't get their opportunities to thrive

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<v Speaker 1>on the Clippers, especially right now, because of how you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Star heavy the Clippers are and a guy that I've

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<v Speaker 1>always thought that if he got the right opportunity, could

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<v Speaker 1>be similar to Shae is Brandon Boston Junior. I really

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<v Speaker 1>think that he's extremely talented, and we've seen that with

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<v Speaker 1>the Ontario Clippers. He's really proven that he's a really,

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<v Speaker 1>really talented guy. And I think it's interesting to see

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<v Speaker 1>what would happen to someone like him who was in

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<v Speaker 1>a similar position to Shay if he was traded to

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<v Speaker 1>his team like the Spurs or the Rockets.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I see that because Brandon is you know, he's

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<v Speaker 2>he's tall, he's skilled, he's athletic, he can score the

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<v Speaker 2>basket really well. But I also think that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with that comes you know a time where you can

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<v Speaker 2>learn from guys like PG Kawhi to where when it's

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<v Speaker 2>when it is your time to either you know, step

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<v Speaker 2>up and take a bigger role with the team that's're on,

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<v Speaker 2>or if you get moved or you decide to move

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<v Speaker 2>on to a different team, that you're ready to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to take on those responsibilities. So I do think

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<v Speaker 2>that he is getting everything that he needs to get

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<v Speaker 2>at this time and then when when the time is

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<v Speaker 2>right for him to excel. I think that that will happen, Like, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's hard for guys who are extremely talented to not

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<v Speaker 2>be talented in this league. Like you'll get that opportunity,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you know, right now, I'm in tenth grade, sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm starting to think about college, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit stressful. I'm going to be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wanted to know. I feel like you're sort

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<v Speaker 1>of a master of this college spectrum because, as we

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<v Speaker 1>all know, you went to Texas A and M for

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<v Speaker 1>one year. But then I also heard a little rumor

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<v Speaker 1>that right now you're studying at Brown, two very different places.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm curious to know which school would you suggest,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like, what do you think the juxtaposition is

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<v Speaker 1>between those two places?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? That is that is tough. You know, I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>really seen a lot of Brown's sports programs up close,

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<v Speaker 2>so I will say that, you know, my time at

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<v Speaker 2>Texas and then was awesome. And I think for that

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<v Speaker 2>period of time that I was in as a as

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<v Speaker 2>a person, as a player trying to get to the

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<v Speaker 2>goal that I was trying to get to, it was

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<v Speaker 2>perfect for me at that time. But now that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>older and I've matured quite a bit. I think that

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<v Speaker 2>being at Brown is something that is amazing for me,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm very grateful to be at this university with

0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:56.400
<v Speaker 2>these fantastic and amazing professors and my peers that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>able to learn and discuss and debate things with on

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<v Speaker 2>a daily basis, and classmates that I consider friends at

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<v Speaker 2>this point in time, and I think that it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>great to be able to have those relationships and and

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<v Speaker 2>do it at a time where I didn't think I

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<v Speaker 2>was going to ever go back to school.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, before we move on, I just want to

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<v Speaker 1>clarify you'll get me that letter of reck right to Brown,

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<v Speaker 1>right question for me?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to make sure, like before we move on,

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<v Speaker 1>I got that down. Okay, cool, thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever you need.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to move on to this. So Wemby, let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Wenby. Right. It's been a few games for

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<v Speaker 1>Wemby so far, and he's he's he has been special.

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<v Speaker 1>I I it's been a pleasure for me to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never seen a more dominant person in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really so cool. And I want to know as

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<v Speaker 1>someone who's also pretty tall and big. Are you going

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<v Speaker 1>to try to dunk on Wemby? And if so, how

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<v Speaker 1>would you approach that?

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<v Speaker 2>I think at this part of my career, like I've

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<v Speaker 2>I've had a lot of dunks, and like why not.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he's gonna try to block everything that comes

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<v Speaker 2>into the pain. He's gonna try to dunk on everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think when you as a competitor, like you're

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<v Speaker 2>definitely gonna try to do these things because he's gonna

0:22:13.680 --> 0:22:16.800
<v Speaker 2>try to do these things too. So it's it's something

0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:20.000
<v Speaker 2>that you can't go up against a guy that big,

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<v Speaker 2>who is you know, playing some great basketball this time

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<v Speaker 2>he has a great I feel like, you know, knack

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<v Speaker 2>for the ball. His timing is really good. So with him,

0:22:29.800 --> 0:22:33.160
<v Speaker 2>you got to go to the basket aggressively. If not, like.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll get Yeah. The other day I was watching Rocket

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<v Speaker 1>Spurs and Javari Smith Junior went up for the poster.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets denied by Wemby and tries to do it again,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, what are you doing? You are getting

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<v Speaker 1>yourself done something you do not want to be in.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you're gonna be on House of Highlights not once,

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<v Speaker 1>but twice and you know, that's his way of being like,

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<v Speaker 1>look at me, I want to get on House of Highlights.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fine, but I feel like he should try to

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<v Speaker 1>get on House of Highlights for another reason than getting

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<v Speaker 1>destroyed by Wemby multiplely.

0:23:02.520 --> 0:23:04.720
<v Speaker 2>I did like the way he puts to the basket aggressively.

0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:07.120
<v Speaker 2>So I did like the first attempt that he had though,

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<v Speaker 2>because at that point.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, yeah, I mean he has balls. He tried it.

0:23:10.359 --> 0:23:11.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you gotta try it, you gotta try it, and

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<v Speaker 2>you do. Wendy did what he was supposed to do,

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<v Speaker 2>what he's supposed to do.

0:23:14.960 --> 0:23:16.919
<v Speaker 1>Man, he did, and he's good at doing what he's

0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:19.680
<v Speaker 1>supposed to do. So I like. I like how we've

0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:22.040
<v Speaker 1>I think we've been talking pretty positively so far, which

0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:24.200
<v Speaker 1>I think is good. You know, we've given some shout

0:23:24.240 --> 0:23:27.280
<v Speaker 1>outs to SGA, to Wemby, the Brandon Boston Junior, and

0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:29.760
<v Speaker 1>I want to continue doing that. So my next segment

0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:32.440
<v Speaker 1>doesn't really have a name, but the idea of it

0:23:32.480 --> 0:23:34.960
<v Speaker 1>is all positivity. I'm a teenage girl and I'm trying

0:23:35.000 --> 0:23:38.160
<v Speaker 1>to bring a fresh perspective to the NBA world, which

0:23:38.320 --> 0:23:41.880
<v Speaker 1>unfortunately so much of media of the media is so negative.

0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:45.800
<v Speaker 1>You know, So I would like to highlight five special

0:23:45.840 --> 0:23:48.200
<v Speaker 1>players that you have played with before, and I would

0:23:48.240 --> 0:23:50.119
<v Speaker 1>like you to, like, you know, give a little compliment

0:23:50.400 --> 0:23:53.280
<v Speaker 1>to your guys. Okay, so let's start off with Blake Griffin.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only a great teammate, but one of the best

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<v Speaker 2>uh in game dunkers and athletes that I've ever been

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<v Speaker 2>around in my entire life.

0:24:04.600 --> 0:24:07.520
<v Speaker 1>That is the truth. And a guest on slow notes.

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<v Speaker 1>So like it, wod yes crazy? Right next up CP three,

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<v Speaker 1>and before you give him his compliment, do you know

0:24:15.960 --> 0:24:18.480
<v Speaker 1>that I have now had the whole Lob City trio

0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:20.840
<v Speaker 1>on slow nose. I don't think many teenage girls can

0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:22.880
<v Speaker 1>say that. I'm just gonna be real. I don't think

0:24:22.920 --> 0:24:23.880
<v Speaker 1>many t dage girls sin.

0:24:24.320 --> 0:24:27.280
<v Speaker 2>That is that is true. I'm glad I was able

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<v Speaker 2>to like finish that off.

0:24:28.560 --> 0:24:32.400
<v Speaker 1>So that's for appreciation. Okay, let's give CP three his compliment.

0:24:32.800 --> 0:24:37.840
<v Speaker 2>Uh CP, the probably the smartest player that I've ever

0:24:37.920 --> 0:24:44.960
<v Speaker 2>played with, the point god and the guy who is

0:24:45.000 --> 0:24:48.920
<v Speaker 2>one of the big big reasons that I turned into

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<v Speaker 2>the player that that I am today.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazing. Now you gotta go the joker mm hmm, speechless.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I mean, like Nicola is great. Yeah. Yo,

0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:10.240
<v Speaker 2>he like one of the most selfless guys I've ever

0:25:10.280 --> 0:25:14.880
<v Speaker 2>been around, on and off the floor. He truly, truly loves,

0:25:15.520 --> 0:25:20.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, making his teammates better and winning basketball games.

0:25:20.040 --> 0:25:22.800
<v Speaker 2>And I think that when you are, you know, the

0:25:22.840 --> 0:25:26.600
<v Speaker 2>best player on the team and you have that selfless attitude,

0:25:26.640 --> 0:25:31.000
<v Speaker 2>that it's truly contagious. And he's he's a joy to

0:25:31.040 --> 0:25:31.439
<v Speaker 2>be around.

0:25:31.760 --> 0:25:36.360
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And does he like basketball? Like, I'm confused. Does

0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:38.680
<v Speaker 1>he like basketball? Does he not? I'm confused with what's

0:25:38.680 --> 0:25:39.080
<v Speaker 1>going on.

0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:43.760
<v Speaker 2>Listen, I hear this quite a bit. And I uh,

0:25:44.760 --> 0:25:46.600
<v Speaker 2>I think that it's okay to be able to have

0:25:47.960 --> 0:25:51.680
<v Speaker 2>an off button from basketball at times. You know, basketball

0:25:51.800 --> 0:25:53.199
<v Speaker 2>is what we do, is not who we are. And

0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:56.960
<v Speaker 2>I think that having other hobbies can help you stay

0:25:57.200 --> 0:26:02.199
<v Speaker 2>sae throughout your career in the NBA. So, you know,

0:26:02.280 --> 0:26:06.119
<v Speaker 2>if he likes to not pick up a basketball for

0:26:06.200 --> 0:26:09.120
<v Speaker 2>a month or two, if he wants to ride horses,

0:26:09.400 --> 0:26:11.600
<v Speaker 2>if he you know, if like, that's fine as long

0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:14.560
<v Speaker 2>as you know. But I mean, I think that you know,

0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:16.720
<v Speaker 2>even when he does take a break from basketball, he

0:26:16.760 --> 0:26:18.560
<v Speaker 2>comes back and it's like he hasn't taken a break

0:26:18.560 --> 0:26:22.879
<v Speaker 2>from basketball. So I think that he's he's just fine.

0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:25.600
<v Speaker 1>By the way, I know why you're going to Brown.

0:26:25.640 --> 0:26:28.040
<v Speaker 1>Your comments are so deep. I'm like, wow, I'm like

0:26:28.080 --> 0:26:29.800
<v Speaker 1>getting overwhelmed by the intelligence.

0:26:29.880 --> 0:26:34.080
<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm getting you ready for the curriculum

0:26:34.119 --> 0:26:36.199
<v Speaker 2>that you're gonna be you know, take in in.

0:26:36.240 --> 0:26:39.359
<v Speaker 1>Like two years. Okay, well, prayers fingers crossed again. Okay,

0:26:39.640 --> 0:26:41.720
<v Speaker 1>next compliment is to Jamal Murray.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, Jamal is you know, first of all, Jamal's Canadian,

0:26:46.440 --> 0:26:48.720
<v Speaker 2>so he's a very nice guy to with.

0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:51.879
<v Speaker 1>Of course, of course, does he say sorry like in

0:26:51.920 --> 0:26:55.959
<v Speaker 1>the Canadian way? Yeah, exactly.

0:26:56.480 --> 0:26:59.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, No, Jamal I think is one of the most

0:26:59.560 --> 0:27:02.600
<v Speaker 2>relentless guys I've been around. Obviously, he went through a

0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:06.480
<v Speaker 2>very very tough injury during a tough time, and he

0:27:06.600 --> 0:27:09.239
<v Speaker 2>fought his butt off to get back and you know,

0:27:10.040 --> 0:27:14.000
<v Speaker 2>led us to win a championship last summer. And just

0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:17.760
<v Speaker 2>his fight alone and the type of mindset he had

0:27:17.800 --> 0:27:20.920
<v Speaker 2>to get back, like that's that was awesome.

0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:23.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, for sure. And I want to move on to

0:27:23.359 --> 0:27:27.000
<v Speaker 1>another guy on the Nuggets that I every time I

0:27:27.040 --> 0:27:30.000
<v Speaker 1>watched either the Nuggets play or the Clippers play, I

0:27:30.000 --> 0:27:31.960
<v Speaker 1>always saw this guy and I was like, I feel

0:27:31.960 --> 0:27:34.280
<v Speaker 1>like no one talks about how good he really is.

0:27:34.520 --> 0:27:37.280
<v Speaker 1>And that guy is Reggie Jackson. And I'm curious if

0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:38.960
<v Speaker 1>you have a compliment for reg.

0:27:39.080 --> 0:27:42.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Reggie's good man. Reggie has been doing great things

0:27:42.240 --> 0:27:44.440
<v Speaker 2>in this league for a long time. Back when he

0:27:44.560 --> 0:27:48.199
<v Speaker 2>was with OKCE and Detroit. He he you know, with

0:27:48.200 --> 0:27:50.560
<v Speaker 2>the Clippers, he did a really really good job. And

0:27:50.600 --> 0:27:53.879
<v Speaker 2>I think that you know, to be able to play

0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:56.959
<v Speaker 2>in different spots in this league, whether it's coming off

0:27:57.000 --> 0:27:58.800
<v Speaker 2>the bench, being a starter, and being one of the

0:27:58.800 --> 0:28:01.800
<v Speaker 2>main guys to coming off the be again, his value

0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:07.360
<v Speaker 2>is so big for what he does for multiple units,

0:28:08.640 --> 0:28:11.080
<v Speaker 2>and it's really great to have him back this year

0:28:11.080 --> 0:28:11.400
<v Speaker 2>with us.

0:28:11.520 --> 0:28:14.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and speaking of a veteran like Reggie, as a

0:28:14.359 --> 0:28:18.040
<v Speaker 1>veteran yourself, you've seen so many players grow and improve

0:28:18.119 --> 0:28:19.520
<v Speaker 1>over the years. You know, I know, this is your

0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:22.359
<v Speaker 1>fifteenth season, which is like basically the span of my life,

0:28:22.440 --> 0:28:24.720
<v Speaker 1>which is just a funny thing to consider.

0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:26.200
<v Speaker 2>You know, ste sixteenth, this is.

0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:29.639
<v Speaker 1>Your sixteenth Oh so literally, your NBA career and me

0:28:29.840 --> 0:28:34.520
<v Speaker 1>are the same age sixteen. Yes, happy. Now your career

0:28:34.560 --> 0:28:37.560
<v Speaker 1>can get your license. That's crazy. Your career can literally

0:28:37.600 --> 0:28:39.800
<v Speaker 1>get its license. But will it pass Driver's ed.

0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:41.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't know about it.

0:28:42.200 --> 0:28:46.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Anyways, as a veteran, is there a certain players

0:28:46.320 --> 0:28:49.960
<v Speaker 1>development and growth that you've seen that's really impressed you

0:28:50.040 --> 0:28:52.760
<v Speaker 1>the most? And how do you think that they were

0:28:52.800 --> 0:28:54.280
<v Speaker 1>able to evolve their game?

0:28:55.000 --> 0:28:58.080
<v Speaker 2>M wow. I think I have to go to one

0:28:58.080 --> 0:29:02.520
<v Speaker 2>of my teammates now who is in our rotation and

0:29:02.720 --> 0:29:05.880
<v Speaker 2>he learned a lot last year through ups and downs,

0:29:05.920 --> 0:29:09.920
<v Speaker 2>through mistakes great times. Is Peyton Watson. Yes, I think

0:29:09.960 --> 0:29:14.560
<v Speaker 2>that he his ceiling is really really high. He is

0:29:14.600 --> 0:29:19.360
<v Speaker 2>extremely athletic, He has a knack for blcking shots, getting steals,

0:29:19.400 --> 0:29:22.920
<v Speaker 2>and he can also score the basketball too. But I

0:29:22.960 --> 0:29:28.000
<v Speaker 2>think right now his focus is energy and defending and

0:29:28.080 --> 0:29:29.800
<v Speaker 2>doing anything he can to be on the floor, And

0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:33.680
<v Speaker 2>just his growth within the past year has been amazing.

0:29:33.920 --> 0:29:36.880
<v Speaker 2>And he has guys like you know KCP, who is

0:29:36.920 --> 0:29:38.840
<v Speaker 2>a great defender and a great shooter to kind of

0:29:40.960 --> 0:29:44.200
<v Speaker 2>learn from and like pick his brain about different things.

0:29:44.240 --> 0:29:47.400
<v Speaker 2>And him and Michael Porter Junior have Michael Porter Junior

0:29:47.520 --> 0:29:49.840
<v Speaker 2>is one of the best shooters we have in this league.

0:29:50.000 --> 0:29:53.320
<v Speaker 2>They have shooting competitions after practice, so just you know,

0:29:53.400 --> 0:29:56.200
<v Speaker 2>guys like that, he's able to kind of feed off

0:29:56.240 --> 0:30:00.000
<v Speaker 2>of and and learn from Uh, it's gonna it's gonna

0:30:00.080 --> 0:30:00.680
<v Speaker 2>take him high.

0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:03.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I feel like, you know, correct me if

0:30:03.280 --> 0:30:05.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm wrong, But it seems almost that that sort of

0:30:05.920 --> 0:30:08.640
<v Speaker 1>family connection that all those guys have is the key

0:30:08.720 --> 0:30:10.720
<v Speaker 1>to winning the chip, you know, is like all you

0:30:10.800 --> 0:30:13.680
<v Speaker 1>guys seem so close, and the fact that those players

0:30:13.680 --> 0:30:17.959
<v Speaker 1>are wanting to enable to really mentor younger guys like

0:30:18.040 --> 0:30:22.000
<v Speaker 1>Peyton shows, at least to me from the outside, why

0:30:22.080 --> 0:30:23.080
<v Speaker 1>you guys are so special.

0:30:23.240 --> 0:30:25.200
<v Speaker 2>That's true. Yeah, you're right, You're right.

0:30:25.400 --> 0:30:28.960
<v Speaker 1>Okay, So now we're gonna move on to the ending,

0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:32.640
<v Speaker 1>the last hurrah. As you know, this show is called

0:30:32.720 --> 0:30:36.040
<v Speaker 1>Sloane Knows. It's actually called Slow Nose because of a

0:30:36.080 --> 0:30:39.520
<v Speaker 1>commercial about bo Jackson, but that's a whole nother story.

0:30:40.160 --> 0:30:42.880
<v Speaker 1>So this segment is called Sloan Knows Your Game? But

0:30:43.000 --> 0:30:43.360
<v Speaker 1>do you?

0:30:43.680 --> 0:30:43.800
<v Speaker 2>So?

0:30:43.840 --> 0:30:47.320
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna ask you trivia about yourself, DeAndre, and you're

0:30:47.320 --> 0:30:49.640
<v Speaker 1>gonna have to answer, And I'm very curious to see

0:30:49.640 --> 0:30:52.400
<v Speaker 1>how well you're gonna do. You you may be shocked

0:30:52.480 --> 0:30:55.920
<v Speaker 1>to see that. You will be stumped. Really, So let's

0:30:55.920 --> 0:30:57.360
<v Speaker 1>give it a go. Okay, are you ready?

0:30:57.520 --> 0:30:58.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm ready?

0:30:58.200 --> 0:31:01.400
<v Speaker 1>How many blocks was your heist school career high.

0:31:01.560 --> 0:31:03.520
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I know it's twenty twenty.

0:31:03.600 --> 0:31:06.080
<v Speaker 1>Yes, that is true. Wow, okay, good start, good start?

0:31:06.760 --> 0:31:10.360
<v Speaker 1>Who Okay, So, DeAndre, shockingly, you were drafted in the

0:31:10.360 --> 0:31:13.720
<v Speaker 1>second round thirty fifth pick. Who was drafted the thirty

0:31:13.760 --> 0:31:16.400
<v Speaker 1>fourth pick, and who was drafted the thirty sixth pick?

0:31:17.400 --> 0:31:19.000
<v Speaker 2>Can I know the team names?

0:31:19.280 --> 0:31:21.200
<v Speaker 1>I think that that's cheating. I think, I mean, I

0:31:21.240 --> 0:31:26.360
<v Speaker 1>can tell you the guy drafted above you had a

0:31:26.360 --> 0:31:29.800
<v Speaker 1>good career. The guy below you is Turkish. I believe

0:31:29.800 --> 0:31:32.360
<v Speaker 1>those are my two like hints for you, because I'm

0:31:32.400 --> 0:31:34.200
<v Speaker 1>not like I can't you know what I mean, Like

0:31:34.240 --> 0:31:35.800
<v Speaker 1>I need you to, I need you to like grind

0:31:35.840 --> 0:31:36.120
<v Speaker 1>on this.

0:31:36.240 --> 0:31:38.560
<v Speaker 2>Well, I think the guy before me was Mario Thomers.

0:31:38.840 --> 0:31:41.680
<v Speaker 1>Yes that is correct. Okay, Yeah, Now the one after you,

0:31:43.120 --> 0:31:45.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm sure he had a great career. I'm gonna be honest.

0:31:45.840 --> 0:31:47.760
<v Speaker 1>At my ripe age of sixteen, I have no idea

0:31:47.760 --> 0:31:49.920
<v Speaker 1>who he is. So I want to know if you.

0:31:49.880 --> 0:31:52.920
<v Speaker 2>Do Turkish guy after me in the draft?

0:31:53.920 --> 0:31:57.640
<v Speaker 1>Gosh, well, I think he's Turkish. His name just sounds Turkish,

0:31:57.680 --> 0:31:59.040
<v Speaker 1>So I guess maybe that's a guess.

0:31:59.040 --> 0:32:01.600
<v Speaker 2>But like I feel like, oh, that's tough. I know

0:32:01.680 --> 0:32:02.680
<v Speaker 2>Mario is before me.

0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:05.720
<v Speaker 1>Do you want me to reveal in his last name?

0:32:05.760 --> 0:32:07.760
<v Speaker 1>There's like a letter I've never seen before, but I

0:32:07.800 --> 0:32:11.640
<v Speaker 1>think you pronounced his name Omar ashik Oh.

0:32:11.760 --> 0:32:15.600
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, yeah, he played for the Rockets. Yeah yeah, yeah,

0:32:16.360 --> 0:32:18.200
<v Speaker 2>yes yeah yeah.

0:32:18.320 --> 0:32:21.920
<v Speaker 1>Okay, great, well we got there, We got there, no offense, Omar.

0:32:21.960 --> 0:32:23.560
<v Speaker 1>We love you out here. If you'd ever like to

0:32:23.560 --> 0:32:26.040
<v Speaker 1>be on, come on and you can just pretend like

0:32:26.080 --> 0:32:29.880
<v Speaker 1>you don't know who the guy drafted above you was. Yes, yes, okay. Next,

0:32:29.920 --> 0:32:32.720
<v Speaker 1>this is a fun one. How many three pointers have

0:32:32.760 --> 0:32:38.080
<v Speaker 1>you made in your career? DeAndre? Two those? Can you

0:32:38.080 --> 0:32:39.880
<v Speaker 1>do me a favorite this year? I'd like you to

0:32:39.880 --> 0:32:42.240
<v Speaker 1>make your third? Okay, do it for Sloan please?

0:32:43.440 --> 0:32:47.400
<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, I will consider doing that for you.

0:32:47.440 --> 0:32:50.160
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, and maybe just to like make it perfect.

0:32:50.240 --> 0:32:52.560
<v Speaker 2>You can do like a little heart after Okay, so

0:32:52.640 --> 0:32:54.280
<v Speaker 2>you'll know that for you when I make it, I'll

0:32:54.320 --> 0:32:54.720
<v Speaker 2>go like.

0:32:54.720 --> 0:32:59.480
<v Speaker 1>This exactly all right. When I was in like eighth

0:32:59.480 --> 0:33:01.800
<v Speaker 1>grade or no, eighth grade was like two years ago.

0:33:01.840 --> 0:33:04.840
<v Speaker 1>I meant like fifth grade. Wayne Ellington was in the

0:33:04.880 --> 0:33:07.200
<v Speaker 1>three point contest and I told him if he won

0:33:07.360 --> 0:33:10.600
<v Speaker 1>to do this celebration for me and he didn't win,

0:33:10.920 --> 0:33:13.080
<v Speaker 1>But my thought is is that if he won, he

0:33:13.080 --> 0:33:14.920
<v Speaker 1>would have done it, like okay, or maybe he just

0:33:14.960 --> 0:33:16.680
<v Speaker 1>didn't win because he didn't want to do this seally

0:33:16.760 --> 0:33:19.640
<v Speaker 1>for me, you know, like I think like people are like, oh, no,

0:33:19.680 --> 0:33:21.080
<v Speaker 1>he would have never done that. I'm like, no, it's

0:33:21.160 --> 0:33:23.120
<v Speaker 1>just because he lost. Like I'm telling you, if he won,

0:33:23.240 --> 0:33:26.040
<v Speaker 1>he definitely would have done that for me. But please

0:33:26.080 --> 0:33:29.440
<v Speaker 1>make my dreams happen better than Wayne Ellington and do

0:33:29.560 --> 0:33:31.440
<v Speaker 1>the heart and hit that three dandre.

0:33:31.200 --> 0:33:33.640
<v Speaker 2>If I had a three D year, I will do it. Ready.

0:33:33.720 --> 0:33:35.360
<v Speaker 1>I can't wait. I can't wait. This is gonna that

0:33:35.560 --> 0:33:39.640
<v Speaker 1>will be good viral content. So good. Now, okay, So

0:33:40.000 --> 0:33:42.280
<v Speaker 1>what was the lowest free throw percentage you've ever shot?

0:33:42.320 --> 0:33:44.000
<v Speaker 1>And what was the highest?

0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:48.520
<v Speaker 2>The highest was I believe when I was in Dallas,

0:33:48.880 --> 0:33:53.200
<v Speaker 2>it's like seventy two point four, seventy one point.

0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:54.720
<v Speaker 1>A little generous seventy point five.

0:33:54.600 --> 0:33:58.320
<v Speaker 2>Seventy point five I was, I was rounding up you were, yeah, sorry,

0:33:59.600 --> 0:34:08.960
<v Speaker 2>and the lowest, oh my gosh, ummm, forty eight.

0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:12.640
<v Speaker 1>Thirty six, also being a little generous, thirty seven point five.

0:34:13.000 --> 0:34:14.880
<v Speaker 1>But it's okay. It was in your second year. I

0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:16.080
<v Speaker 1>feel like you've learned from that.

0:34:16.440 --> 0:34:18.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Wow, Yeah, I've gotten a lot better since then.

0:34:19.080 --> 0:34:21.799
<v Speaker 2>So that was yeah wow, that was when you were

0:34:21.840 --> 0:34:22.400
<v Speaker 2>too slow.

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<v Speaker 1>That was when I was too that So I have

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<v Speaker 1>to be honest, DeAndre, I didn't. I wasn't locked in

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<v Speaker 1>when you were shooting your free throws in your second year.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not see them. I'm just gonna be real,

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<v Speaker 1>but I see them now. So I actually, what's funny

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<v Speaker 1>is I I only know you as like a seventy

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<v Speaker 1>point five percent free throw shooter because I wasn't like

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<v Speaker 1>mentally here when you Yeah, so you shouldn't. Actually you

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't have even told me that, because then I just

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<v Speaker 1>would have been like, oh my god, DeAndre Jordan. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's like a better free throw shooter than Steph Curry,

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<v Speaker 1>and it would be like whatever. Also, this is deep knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>You know who actually had a better free throw percentage

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<v Speaker 1>than Steph Curry one year, Brad Wannamaker. So I'll just

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<v Speaker 1>think of you as like the next Brad Wanta Maker

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<v Speaker 1>or something.

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<v Speaker 2>I really appreciate that. Thank you for that. I needed

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<v Speaker 2>that for my confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure Brad will too.

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<v Speaker 2>WILLO.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, now, what was your field goal? Percentage in the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two twenty twenty three season. This is crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a very good stat It is.

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<v Speaker 2>A very good stat. I will say eighty percent.

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<v Speaker 1>You really. I love the generosity. It's still amazing, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's not eighty seventy six point five.

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<v Speaker 2>Seventy six point five. See, I'm round, I'm selling, I'm rounding.

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<v Speaker 1>This year. The goal is eighty, goal is eighty. This

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<v Speaker 1>year you are rounding, which is fine because if well, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>not to be like that, right, but just like in

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<v Speaker 1>algebra two, which I'm in right now, if you were rounding,

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<v Speaker 1>you would round to seventy seven because you're a seventy

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<v Speaker 1>six point five, you know what I mean. Okay, eighty

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<v Speaker 1>eighty is like actually just I think a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a stretch, but I get where you're at.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I just want to be better.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's okay, and I know you will be. This year.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going for eighty and then you don't have to round, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So next time you're on here when I'm seventeen, it'll

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<v Speaker 1>all work out. Okay, DeAndre, this is your last question,

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<v Speaker 1>and you've actually been doing pretty well. Like people usually

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<v Speaker 1>do not get this, so The last question is how

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<v Speaker 1>many regular season games have you played over your career,

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<v Speaker 1>excluding like the two games this season.

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<v Speaker 2>One thousand, one hundred thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>Two one thousand, nineteen. So close, it's close. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you're you're in like the area. You know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you're in the area. I need to get like a

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<v Speaker 1>statistic of who has done the best on this, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I want to I need to start getting like I

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<v Speaker 1>need to start grading you guys, you know, because like

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<v Speaker 1>if you're a whole brainiac at Brown, like I need

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<v Speaker 1>to start grading you. I think i'd be yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well hopefully I think you're I think you're up there.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna grade you like a C. I'm sorry, s awkward.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna take a hit to your GPA. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I mean, like I think I could give

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<v Speaker 1>you some half credit maybe like for the free throw percentages.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you half credit, so like maybe like be

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<v Speaker 1>plus range.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and then and then like the draft one, I

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<v Speaker 2>got one of those, right, so I should have credit

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<v Speaker 2>for that as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So like I'll consider I'll let you know. Okay, thanks, okay, Greg, Well, anyways, DeAndre,

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<v Speaker 1>it has truly been my pleasure having you on here.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're like low key now best friends, and

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<v Speaker 1>I also think that I'm maybe like making you a

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<v Speaker 1>better player, Like you're going to hit a three and

0:37:21.360 --> 0:37:23.359
<v Speaker 1>hit me with that heart celebration and we're all gonna

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<v Speaker 1>know where it comes from. So thank you so much

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<v Speaker 1>for doing this. I really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Thank you so much, and good luck get

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<v Speaker 2>your license.

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