WEBVTT - Stephen Curry Reveals The REAL Reason He Chose Azzi 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.720 Hey, everyone, welcome back to another episode of futt Around 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:09.240 and find Out. I'm here with my girl as Shanty. 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:12.799 We have a very special guess Azy. 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:18.160 Today, we have a super special guest. I'm super excited 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:19.279 about this episode. 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:20.120 Today. 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:22.400 We have someone who's been in my corner for a 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:25.280 really long time. He's been some when I look up 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:30.000 to a mentor, a champion, one of the greatest shooters, honestly, 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:32.200 just one of the greatest players to touch a basketball period, 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:34.479 the one and only Stephen Curry. 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.839 What's happening? What's happening? Thank you all for having me 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:40.960 on this is this is special for sure. 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:42.400 Thank you for being here. 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:44.880 Okay, So I want to start by taking it back 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:50.680 to twenty eighteen Curry Camp when I was invited. 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:51.879 What do you remember about that? 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:52.760 Man? 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:56.480 Oh man, it was like a very special time in 0:00:57.120 --> 0:01:01.560 you know, my journey in terms of what the you know, 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.520 the select camp actually meant. I had been with UA 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.160 for four years at that point, and we had had 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:11.759 like this really tight roster of all young men who 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:14.840 were coming in the ranks looking to work on their skills, 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.960 and we had this idea obviously of you know, how 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.959 can we make this better and more representative of what 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:22.160 basketball looks like. 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.560 And hear you and cam Brink come in. 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:33.360 Walking into Walnut Creek, California in the gym and as 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:38.520 the first two female Curry Select campers, and one I 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:42.600 noticed just your confidence walking into the room of I'm 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:45.360 supposed to be here, even if maybe I don't know 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.760 how what your experience was, but it felt like one 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:52.200 year ready to work and you were willing to do 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.120 any and everything that we asked of you. But two, 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:57.440 it was like you could tell the talent and the 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:59.840 skill and the dedication to the game immediately. And so 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:03.240 from that point it was it was the perfect kind 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.640 of transition into you know, you taking that chance on 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:09.240 coming and not knowing what you're getting into to now 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:13.440 what it looks like, what eight years later and you're 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:15.960 paving the way for so many athletes behind you now 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.200 and now as a counselor coming in and hanging out 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:23.440 with Cannon, you like you're like part counselor park babysitter, 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:29.560 because that's all he was looking for, is where it's at. 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:32.040 I prefer friend, you know, like me and Canon we're 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.440 friends now, that is true. That is true. 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:35.480 If you remembers me. 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:37.200 Oh, he definitely remembers you. 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.280 I still remember getting my invite to that first camp. 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:44.840 Cam and I were on the you seventeen USA team 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:48.040 I think or six I remember when you sixteen USA whatever. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.440 We're on the USA team. Just got to Belarus. My 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:53.200 mom called me and she was like, hey, you just 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.720 got this invite. Have you seen it? And the WiFi 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.239 was weird, so I hadn't seen it, so they sent 0:02:57.280 --> 0:02:59.680 it to me. But Cam and I were actually roommates 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:01.600 and we were talking about it and it's like this 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:03.920 whole hype video of Curry Camp. 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:05.560 What that looks like? They want to invite me? 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:09.080 And I remember like being confused as to why you 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.200 guys wanted to invite me, but also just in shock, 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.600 like no way, And it was funny that we were roommates. 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.360 We got to talk about it and then see each 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:17.079 other a week later. 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:20.239 There that's crazy, just knowing. 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.720 We broadcast a little bit of the camp, and you know, 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:28.360 you've seen some clips. I think it was like Seventh 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.919 Woods and Dennis Smith Junior, who were like our first 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.120 two campers back in the day into what it was 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:38.520 when you showed up, But now we've got was it 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:43.520 twelve to fourteen young men and young women both on 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:45.360 as part of the Curry Camp. But none of that 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:47.560 would have happened had y'all not accepted the invite and 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.240 took a chance on us. So we're forever grateful for 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.400 that because you had to walk through the door. 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.360 Well, we definitely appreciate it. I do too. 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:58.560 It's definitely a life changing moment and experience and has 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:02.880 been since. Okay, Well, you've supported me through high school, 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:09.520 my college commitment, through college, through injuries, championships, and now 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.240 my rookie year. What moment has stood out to you? 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.200 I mean, how much time do you have? How long's 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.960 this pot? It's like so many moments, so many moments 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:17.160 with you. 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.520 I think my favorite moment though, is you trying to 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.039 go out here and think that you could win the 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:23.680 three point contest in a boot. 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:28.640 That's still my favorite. You remember that you were hurt, 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:29.520 You were hurt. 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.440 She's hurt, like can't really do all the other drills, 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.000 but she's still around. I think this is the second year. 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.520 We came back the next year and we had like 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:41.800 an all star game at this high school in Oakland, 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:45.680 and we have like a halftime three point contests and 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:47.840 We're like, I think ag might shoot, but she's got 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:50.120 Lily a walking boot on. We're like, all right, we'll 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.039 see what happens. And she's the one out here having fun, 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:53.000 but that look. 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:54.920 Of I do this. 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.680 And so she got out There was cash from all 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.360 around the court, every rack in a boot. I don't 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:02.760 know how she calibrated the balance and all of that stuff, 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:04.640 but that was just to me, like my favorite moment 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:09.400 of you're your confidence, your competitiveness too, Like no matter 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.720 what the situation was, you just wanted to compete, get 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.400 out there going against the guys, and so I feel 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.520 like that was my favorite moment just knowing that you're 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:20.360 a killer, it doesn't matter what the situation is. Toughness 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.360 like you had to show that and there was no 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.760 stakes of all, Like what a summertime select. 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:26.520 Can three points shootout? 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:28.360 I just wanted to win. 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:30.120 I tell you to sit down. 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:33.640 Yeah, Brandon was so mad at me. He did not 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:35.920 want me to shoot or for everyone listening. Brandon is 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.000 one of Stephan's basketball trainers that I work out with 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:39.400 as well. 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:42.839 He yeah, he's serious about we have to protect the 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.159 asset like she's not supposed to be and you couldn't 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.200 tell you anything. So he's been through that a lot 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.240 with me too. He was he was well conditioned for that. 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:51.040 That no answer. 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:56.000 I'm good, Okay, this is something that I've always wanted 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:56.440 to ask. 0:05:57.920 --> 0:05:58.440 But why me? 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:03.360 Why did you decide once you invited me to kind 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:05.680 of just take me under your wing. It's something you 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:06.920 did not at all need to do. 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:10.040 Whenever people ask me this question, like I think they 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.480 answer changes just depend on what moment pops up in 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:16.000 my head first, But I think generally it's just when 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:19.120 you're around the game long enough, you understand somebody that 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.240 has a spirit of gratitude and appreciation for every moment 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.200 that they get to hoop. You get the seriousness they 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:27.440 take it when it comes to watching you work, and 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.760 you can't fake that. And no matter how talented you were, 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.280 highlights us all if you're in high school or this 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.719 and that, like when you you know, understand your parents 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:40.600 and when you got to you know, talk to them 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.000 and hear the story of you know, how you grew 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.320 up and how much the game means to you, how 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.440 you treated people when you came into the building like 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:54.080 the most not polite, but like just professional even as 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:57.120 a high schooler of understanding why you're here and not 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:58.440 wasting anybody's time. 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.960 That goes a long way. So yeah, we loved like. 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.440 The fact that you were like one of the most talented, 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:07.599 uh you know, hoopers that we had seen, But just 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.720 the idea of just how you handle things on and 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.040 off the court that matters more than anything, because then 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.640 there's this idea that no matter what comes your way, 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.360 you're gonna be able to figure it out. Like not 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.800 everybody's path is and you would know and everybody's path 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:23.040 is straight in terms of just this uh you know, 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.000 easy breezy coast to the w n b A, but 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:28.360 just the idea that no matter if it was an injury, 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.440 no matter if it was you know, a tough loss 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.600 or bad game or a hard workout or whatever the 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.040 case was, like, you were going to show up. And 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.280 so I think we felt that from the jump, and 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:43.440 it's pretty much gone exactly as expected in terms of 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.280 your ability to be able to figure out whatever challenge 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:48.440 is in front of you. So, uh, the fact that 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.920 you're wearing that sweatshirt right now is still crazy to me. 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:56.040 Wanted means getting it means I'm getting old, But it's 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.920 also dope. It's also dope that you're you know, you're 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:01.800 right where you're supposed to be because of what you 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:03.160 you know, the work that you put into it. 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.400 Thank you, I really really appreciate that. 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:07.440 That's so beautiful. 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.600 And yeah, girl super resilient and you heard it from 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:11.840 one of the goat's mouths. 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.080 So I'm gonna keep giving the flowers. Don't worry out 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:16.880 what I said, how many questions you got. We're gonna 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:18.400 hype her up because she deserves it for. 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:22.400 Sure, Literally me all the time. Okay, that's my family 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:27.080 to so steph Azy. You guys are you know, two 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:28.360 of the best shooters in the game. 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:29.360 Step. 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:33.160 What makes a great shooter first is confidence. I think 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:34.200 that's the biggest. 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:37.840 It's kind of undefinable trait in terms of like if 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:39.760 I walk into gym, I don't know how to say 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.320 who's the most confident of the group. If you got 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.680 a bunch of shooters but being able to mentally turn off, 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:49.840 you know, a miss and have amnesia almost when it 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.280 comes to what's supposed to happen next. I think there's 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:56.240 like mechanics that you could direct somebody to if they're 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:59.880 starting from scratch, on like what's quote unquote the perfect 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.160 shot in terms of you know, your balance, how your 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.760 feet are, position, shoulder square to the basket, what you're 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:10.040 supposed to be looking at on the rim ball, position 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:13.520 in the hand, like all that stuff. But I will 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:16.120 say everybody, all I know, you know so many great 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.040 shooters that everybody shoots differently. Me and As have totally 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:24.840 distinct forms, Az and Klay, Thompson closer, but still different 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:28.280 and unique to each of them. So I think it's 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.479 a it's a mental part of the like the confidence 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:36.360 and you're sometimes called it irrational confidence of no matter 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.840 what shot I'm taking, I think I'm going to make, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:43.640 and it's built on you know, the reps helu. 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.640 Yeah, for sure, the reps that you put into it. 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:49.400 But then there's there's a repeatability that you know, great 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.720 shooters have no matter what their shot looks like. 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:54.720 That's what Asy has almost mastered. 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.439 If you took, you know, a thousand pictures of a 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.320 thousand shots, they probably it would all look exactly the 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:04.280 same at the top of her her jump shot, and 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.120 that's why she's such a consistent great shooter. I have 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.840 a little bit like looser kind of mechanics to me, 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:13.640 But I think when I get to the top, it all. 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:14.760 Kind of looks the same as well. 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.520 So you got to have a little bit of mental 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.440 and the physical connector, but it's all built on work. 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:21.440 You can't shoat the game. 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.000 M Well said, what. 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:26.480 Do you think I'd say, I'm not the host of 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:28.760 this podcast. I'll ask you what is a great shooter 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:30.400 to you? Because I want to know from another great 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.080 shooter what that means. 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:33.920 I agree with what you said. 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.320 I feel like, if anything, when you watch basketball, you 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:40.160 see not like no shots look the same, no form 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:44.120 looks the same. You can have the ugliest looking build 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:46.400 up wind up, but if it works for you, then 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.640 it works for you. If it's consistent, like you make 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.199 it work then but I agree you have to be 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:51.720 able to repeat. 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:52.600 That has to be consistent. 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:56.680 I like the delusional confidence where it's like everything I 0:10:56.760 --> 0:11:00.440 put up is going in period period. 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.520 If you if you if you could have a microphone 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.480 on in your in your brain, like at that moment 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:08.480 when you're about to shoot, it's like there's no other option. 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.080 You almost surprised if you miss. 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.240 But also I will say, you know you get to 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.200 a point where you know right away, as soon as 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.319 that ball leaves your fingertips, that which was about to happen, 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:23.319 we could we could pretty much predict the outcome. You 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:25.760 might get a couple of surprises or lucky bounce, but 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.360 for the most part, we know as soon as we 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:28.800 let it go. 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:34.040 Could you break down some of your shooting drills or workouts. 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:36.720 It depends on the time of year, in season, out 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:37.200 of season. 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:42.640 You know, if it's a shoot around, a bigger practice 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.960 where I have some more time and a little bit 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:46.880 more rest on the back end to really go hard. 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:48.200 But I think we have. 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:53.640 There's there's a different categories, I guess, so like conditioning 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:57.040 shooting drills where you try to simulate kind of games. 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:01.680 Look at our face, look at those are the ones. 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:03.520 Those are the ones we love. 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.040 We have a love hate relationship with those because you 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:07.760 know you're getting some out of it, but you don't 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.760 look forward to You don't look forward to those days 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.840 at all. Like the full court star drill, but you 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:16.760 have to also put a goal on top of the drill, 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.319 and then if you don't hit that, then it could 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.440 be a long workout, a longer than a longer workout 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:26.080 than necessary. But like those conditioning drills, whether it's the 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.040 full court star drill that people have seen or this 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.760 drill that we do call perfection where you have to 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:35.520 make four in a row five different spots, than three 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:37.040 in a row, than two in a row. 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:38.400 Than one in a row, but you can't miss. 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.760 You can't miss two in a row, you can't miss 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:42.520 two shots in a row, or else you have to 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.200 start all over. So it's more of a test of 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.240 mental resilience. At the end of a workout, we've got 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:50.760 warm up drills where you're dribbling one basketball at the 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.640 same time you're shooting with the other hand to kind 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:59.080 of training like the mental dexterity being able to lock 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.840 in on the shooting motion while you have something else 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:04.280 kind of distracting you while you're drivening the other basketball. 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:06.520 That's a fun one because it kind of just gets 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:07.880 the mind and the body going. 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.480 We do that at the beginning of workouts. 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:12.720 But yeah, there's like a lot of different categories that 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.120 and I'm still trying to figure out and kind of 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.680 design new ones because you got to, you know, keep 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.640 your got to keep challenging yourself in new ways. You 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.280 don't want to kind of settle into a groove of 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.920 knowing exactly know how you're going to experience a drill. 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.959 So seventeen years into the league, I'm still trying to 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.840 figure out new routines and stuff. 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.080 And that was a very vague explanation of what his 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:40.239 workouts looked. Like what I love about what his work 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.680 he very lightly mentioned it. But everything you have to 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.640 think like you have to there'll be addition, subtraction, multiplication, 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.400 like number of letters in some of those drills, doing 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.480 ball handling while having like multiply plus three with different 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:57.079 colors and tennis balls and juggling, and also with the 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:58.880 shooting drills, Like my favorite part is that it's not 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.040 just okay, make ten, make three in a row and 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:03.160 then do this like it's okay, Well if you don't 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:04.680 do this, then you have to go back if you 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:06.960 don't do that right thing. So like you're constantly being 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:08.079 challenged in different ways. 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:08.719 And I love that. 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.360 I mean, and explains why he's the best. But yeah, 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:17.560 I love watching him. 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:19.280 Doing math with colors while dribbling issues. I don't even 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.040 know how to describe some of these drills. 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:25.680 I mean, by itself, maybe that's awesome. 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:27.600 Be pays holding. 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:34.680 In front of you and you're like, all right, answer, 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:37.360 oh man, it's fun, it's fun. 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:38.880 It is fun. 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.600 Okay, I want to take it back to your draft night. 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.720 What what's one of your favorite memories from your draft night? 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:59.520 Ooh uh, well fun fact, not fun fact, horrible fact. 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:06.360 That was the day Michael Jackson passed away June twenty fifth, 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:09.560 two thousand and nine. So I heard Jeff t tell 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.800 the story on his party the other day because we 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:13.800 were in the same draft class. But it was my 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:18.320 dad's birthday. It was the day Michael Jackson passed. In 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:22.400 New York, it was just the idea of being in 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.680 the you know, in the city, getting dressed like I 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.880 did the old get It was like the premature get 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:33.760 ready with me situations when. 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.560 I had on my fit with a little purple tie. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:38.040 Nervous as all get out, but one I didn't know 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.640 how long the night was going to be. So you're 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:46.000 there for two hours before the David Stern at the time, 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:50.320 the commissioner, before he even walked out. And so yeah, 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:51.960 there are a lot of fans in there, and you 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:53.960 know a lot of New York fans, which are pretty awesome. 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:55.640 My favorite moment is how loud. 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.920 They booed when Golden State selected me at number seven. 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:06.760 We're passionate, yes, one hundred percent, so they they bowed 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:10.080 like crazy, and I'm trying to, you know, have that moment. 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.560 I couldn't get that distraction out of my head, like 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.080 they booing. I was like, oh, no, they really wanted me. 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.240 I got it that It took me a second. Is 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.400 in that moment, there's just so many thoughts going on, 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:24.200 but you're getting that call was from Larry Riley, the 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.480 GM at the time. Don Nelson, who was the coach 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:28.360 at the time, getting that call and being like, hey, 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:32.000 we're looking forward to having you excited, and then me 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.120 quickly looking at my phone trying to figure out exactly 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:40.480 where Golden State was. 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:43.560 All I was thinking about was New York. But careful 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:45.720 what you wish for. But I'm glad. I'm glad I went. 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:46.520 My wife for sure. 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:54.080 Everything works out that part, that part, I guess step 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.520 if you were drafted today, what would you wear? 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.920 I like the like purple tie. Look, I saw the drop. 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.000 It wasn't I've seen crazier. 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:03.520 It wasn't bad. 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:05.720 It was kind of chill with a pop on the time. 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:09.280 What would I wear it this year. Oh, that's a 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:13.920 good question. It would probably be like something like real fitted, 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.320 double breasted, like kind of pin stripey, but like dark 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:21.640 navy suit. Just something classic, but something that fit actually 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:23.520 fit me more than my suit did back in on 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:26.200 nine because we had a whole different definition of what 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:26.920 what fit. 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.080 Yeah, something something classic like that. 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.680 I like that vision you gotta You're gonna. 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:34.120 Hear me say that and you go see what I'm 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:35.720 wearing at the met gall of the night like that? 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:36.679 Ain't the same person? 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:41.800 Is it like a crazy look? Or you could tell 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.160 us this drops off like on a Friday. 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.080 I don't have it with me, but it's it's like, uh, 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.200 I'm like the black Assassin's creed. Let's put it that way. 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:58.480 I like, I gotta uh yeah, and it involves gloves. 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:03.320 Let's put add that to big, big, big hood and 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:04.879 leather gloves that. 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:13.000 I'm excited to see. I am excited? Is it just you? 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:13.879 Ors I usual with you? 0:18:15.000 --> 0:18:17.479 With me too? So she is? Uh? I think the 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:18.720 theme is costume mark. 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:24.000 She's got it fall less like silhouette dress with a 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:26.040 little little legs showing it's gonna be nice. 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:29.800 I'm the arm candy this time around. 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:36.240 You guys are gonna look amazing. But listen, we all 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.440 still like make macaroni and cheese on the side. 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:41.000 You know this is true. It's just true. 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:43.880 Well, I had some more questions from his rookie year, 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:46.600 but we're gonna We're gonna bring it back. Sorry, that's exciting. 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:52.080 The process for going to the NBA is way different 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:57.359 than the wu of months prepare, get ready, combine train. 0:18:57.720 --> 0:18:59.800 What was the hardest part about transitioning for you? 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.240 I think just getting comfortable with the physical demands because 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:05.359 we have a certain in college. You know, like there's 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:10.080 it's just different in terms of the college practices are. 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:11.160 Insane and hard. 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.959 I know you play for one of the hardest coaches 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:17.919 in terms of the expectations on a daily basis, But 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:22.439 everybody had that experience of you know, six am workouts 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:26.080 and weight room and study hall and then back practice 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:29.840 and then like two games a week, So practices were 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:34.160 even crazier just because they had the time to run 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:36.760 you into the ground. The league is different because it's 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:39.360 more self motivated, like you have to figure it out 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:43.120 for yourself how to meet that level of work because 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:46.159 there's nobody really like you got team camaraderie. I know 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:50.159 there's you know, organized team activities and stuff, but for 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:53.640