WEBVTT - S2 Episode 9: Let Me Shine 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.920 Drafted is a production of tree Fort Media, Clutch Sports Group, 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:15.960 and I Heart Radio's list. Hey, this is Draft n 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:18.640 I'm about to get drafted. All right, We're gonna see 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:25.479 NBA tonight and we're still moving Caucus. Welcome back to Drafted. 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:29.600 I'm kidding, Michael Key, and the NBA Draft is finally here. 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:34.440 Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Maxie will become professional athletes today 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:39.839 November eight, both our first round prospects, and both will 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:42.920 end up making somewhere between ten to forty million dollars 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:46.800 on their rookie contracts. So the thirty four million dollar 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:51.000 question is when and where will they be selected. In 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.720 addition to the money, the draft is all about the 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:57.520 right fit for playing time and long term development. With 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.480 all this in mind, agent Rich Paul is up early 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:04.520 calling NBA general managers to gather intel about where Tyrese 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:19.440 and Anthony may get picked. Shouts with up, Happy Draft Day, 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:24.200 what's going on? What you're hearing? Hey, Mitch, how's it going? 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:29.480 Just calling? Obviously is draft day? Just to see you 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:31.880 know if if Anthony's dare at three, do you take him? 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:40.600 Happy Draft Day, Troy, The Pistons. The Pistons first draft. 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.520 I got one question for you, and I won't I 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.600 won't take up too much of your time. But if 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:51.480 Maxi's there when you guys pick, do you take him? 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:53.520 Is he one of three? Is he won of five? 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.480 Is he not on your board at all? Gathering information 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.120 is only a part of an agent's job. Use that 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.400 info to manage your client's expectations and nerves is an 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:06.680 even more important duty. And that means Rich's next phone 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:12.720 call is to Tyrese. Happy Draft day. Rees. I've been 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:16.720 up calling and teams this morning, just checking the traps. 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:22.720 That's all. How you feeling at right now? So we 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:26.959 are you gonna be a little nervous. Everyone starts to 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.400 feel at least a little nervous once the draft begins, 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:32.920 especially when the five minute countdown clock for each pick 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.239 begins to tick away, which is part of the reason 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:39.600 why Rich wants to prepare Tyrese for whatever happens today. 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.200 The other reason he wants to prepare Tyrese is because 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:47.960 NBA Draft Day is notorious for surprises. Last year, fourteen 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.640 of the sixty players drafted were Roughly one out of 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.720 every five players taken were chosen with picks that were 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:57.000 traded that day, and those fourteen players were swapped through 0:02:57.080 --> 0:03:00.000 ten different Draft day trades. This sort of thing happened, 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.639 It's almost every year in the NBA. Even some of 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:06.239 the NBA's all time greatest players like Scottie Pippen, Ray Allen, 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:10.560 Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Kawhi Leonard, and Bill Russell all 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:14.079 got traded on Draft Day. Anything is possible, and Rich 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.400 wants his client to take a business like approach to 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:25.040 whatever happens. This evening just another day a day office man. 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.120 I told you the draft is just to beginning of 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:32.280 what's gonna be a long, successful career for you. Don't 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.000 get caught up into who go before, who go behind. 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.640 Comparisons are the thief of joy. Enjoy your time with 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.920 your family. You work hard to get to this point. 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:44.840 You dreamed about this as a little kid. This is 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.880 a dream that your father had and it didn't happen 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:53.040 for him. So to see you make it is an 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:57.680 unbelievable thing for your family and France. And like I said, 0:03:57.720 --> 0:03:59.920 there's no negative. A lot of times we get so 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.440 caught up into trying to one up the next person 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:07.320 that the joy is stolen from the actual moment, it's 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.280 only sixty picks, thirty of them in the first round. 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:14.160 It's only thirty teams. There's only four fifty players in 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:18.440 the world. And I'm not just saying this because because 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:22.400 I'm your agent. I'm saying this as a brother. And 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.840 that's somebody who's just been through a lot of life. Man, 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:30.040 you know, enjoy this kick back, get your honor palmer 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:35.040 because you don't drink. Just watch the festivities. But yeah, 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:38.360 you're good, bro, And I told you think about all 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:44.840 the guys. It's fit over pick one. Thing people don't 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:48.600 understand is they look at the numbers. Everybody always look 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:52.840 at how much money somebody making. But if I made 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.880 ten million dollars today and no money for the next 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:04.120 twenty years, what good is ten million due to me? Nothing? Right, Yeah, 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.520 gotta be consistent. It's hard to stay in the NBA. 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.279 And if you put all your eggs in the basket 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.320 and getting drafted, we're in trouble because we got work 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:19.080 to do. Because guess what, it's another draft next year. 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:23.840 I got no time. I got to get on my 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:28.960 horse and gallop. And you in Texas, so they got 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.880 great horses in Texas. So that's what you need to do. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:36.000 As soon as you get drafted, go down to the 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:40.640 nearest stable and get your thoroughbred and get on it. 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:42.960 You went to Kentucky, so you know a lot about horses. 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:47.159 We got to ride the horse of life, and we 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:53.119 needed Clydesdale. You can't get no pony. The race starts 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.719 right away because most guys barely make it to a 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:59.039 second contract in the NBA. The average career is only 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.560 four and a half year, and that's skewed by Hall 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.960 of famers like Lebron, Kobe or Vince Carter who played 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:08.600 fifteen to twenty two seasons. That's why Rich wants Tyrese 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.640 to already start thinking about what happens after the draft 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.039 and after his first rookie deal. Like Rich and the 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:18.279 others keep saying, there are only four and fifty spots 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.680 in the NBA, and sixty new players get drafted every year. 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:46.080 Tonight is only the beginning. We'll be right back. Rich 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:49.040 and Tyrese continue their call about Tyrese's draft knight plans 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:58.160 and how many you are expecting over You got to 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:02.000 wrap ad COVID test. Yeah, I got the rappid COVID 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:05.760 because I think it's gonna be like eight downstairs, and 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:10.080 it's gonna be me and my family. Oh, that's a 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.880 lot of people. Mum hum, And what's COVID teest you'all 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:19.800 doing the one up the nose? All right? Forty eight 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:23.320 hours forty eight hours or or less before COVID says, 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:27.200 and they get todd rappid COVID do Okay, okay, Denise 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:31.120 ain't playing, no, and they gotta wein a mathshole time 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:35.000 except when they Denise Maxie ain't playing. I like her style. 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:38.040 You're not going on now, you know what you're talking 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:40.280 about that. I know, I know, I know Denise ain't 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.840 gonna play. I gotta call her. I gotta get to 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.000 a hundred push ups before I called her because I 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:51.280 got to be ready. Yeah. Well, I'm gonna be checking 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.720 in with you periodically, bro, I got you, all right, 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:58.200 but it's going I'll get her. Yeah, yeah, you're talking 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:03.160 to me all day, all okay. Inside the Maxi House 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:07.200 in Garland, Texas, Tyse's mom Denise continues orchestrating the family's 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.600 draft day preparations. They're not only a few hours from 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:20.040 the drafts eight pm Eastern start time on ESPN Yeah, 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.720 they got me moved couches on draft day. Get the 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:32.960 rest of the gere you get that. Please tell me 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:37.960 you got that. You've been trying to hold that in 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:42.880 all day. Yeah, he got that. Get your over here. 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:52.079 That's why you're supposed to have are your mom on 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:59.319 nice kimoodos, Mamas shoes, real quick mamas shoes right there? 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:06.880 You know, like we had a cleaning crew, we had 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:10.839 a moving crew, and we had an actual crew. We 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.760 had a family. Going to the NBA doesn't excuse Tyrese 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.559 from Denise's orders or chores, not even on the day 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.720 of his draft. But Clutch agent Mark Murray arrives early 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:25.160 to help Tyrese with some of the set up. Let up. Yeah, 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.240 so this is where when you get picked and you 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:31.280 start doing the NBA media, like you'll be in front 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.800 of this. This will be like the background. They just 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.320 set that up. You did it? Yeah, bro, I told 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.440 him that you can't send They sent it to you 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.640 like I can't even blew your mind. Uh yeah, I 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:46.200 mean yeah, we brought it up there, like who wouldn't 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:49.320 know how to It wasn't that it wasn't that bad. 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.000 But I told the crew to set up and they 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.920 said okay, and I walked in. I saw that. I 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:55.440 was like, okay, they set it up. I was like, wait, 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.600 that's not it sitting there in the box. So there's 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:00.800 a lot of confusion over the audio your video set up. 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.160 Since this is the first and hopefully only virtual NBA draft, 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.320 no one has done any of this before. Here's Mark 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:14.280 on some of the challenges. As the draft got closer 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.640 and closer. There was a lot of little things that 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:19.880 we had to do, you know, making sure the ESPN 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:24.520 audio set up, the other technical equipment, making sure our 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.280 our stream and our visual is good, to the TV truck, 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.240 and they had a few hiccups that, you know, we 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:32.240 were able to get through. While Mark helps Tyras and 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:35.280 Brandon set up in Garland, Rich continues working the phones 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.920 from l A. His next call is one of the 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.800 most important of the day, so he used his face 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:47.200 time to talk with this V I p oh, there 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:51.559 it is. Uh huh, I knew it. I got to 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:57.560 call Granny because I know her hair pop today. That's 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:01.440 Tyrese's grandma. I'd oh the niece because I thought you 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.800 got it done yesterday. I said, Grain has slept standing 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.400 up last night because she dashed. Ain't about to lay 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.680 on that hair. I know it's not about to happen. 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:16.800 You got to get it together. Yeah, did you see 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:22.320 did you see ty Teresa's suit? That boy, That boy's 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:27.160 gonna be cleaning the Board of Health. O. I said 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.160 it's gonna be cleans the board of health tonight. Granny 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:37.640 know what's happening. Yeah, I listen. I'm I'm waiting on 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.199 him to wear it because I told him I'm going 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.440 back to get it myself. It looks so good on him. 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:45.520 We're gonna be danger bet on sports and Nigger Twins. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.880 Where the twins at? Where the twins at the draft? 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:51.440 Don't have nothing in this story for the twins. They 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:58.360 don't know what's going on. Rich keeps things light because 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:00.560 he knows the emotional toll draft it can take on 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:03.240 a family, and that's under normal conditions. On top of 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.120 the usual stress, the Maxis have the work of hosting 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:09.160 a virtual event at their home during a pandemic, and 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:10.839 that makes it easy to see why they would be 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.600 stressed out. To help with the nerves, Rich makes one 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:16.400 last call to the president and CEO of the Maxi 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:21.480 Draft party. Tyrese's mom Denise. Have the draft day, Denise, 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:29.800 how you feeling. I don't know. I've been crying all day, 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:35.240 have you? Yeah? I thought he will be ready anymore? 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:42.400 You know, yes he will. Yeah, it's hard to let go. 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:46.839 You'll see You've got you know, three owners. You know, yes, 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.600 he will be a man and that in many ways, 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:53.160 tonight's draft is like Tiras's graduation. He had his college 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:55.240 experience and now he'll be moving to a new city 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.880 to become a full time working professional with a lot 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:01.880 of responsibility. His new life is an adult, starts tomorrow. 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.439 I had a good conversation with him this morning and 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.679 I told him, I said, Tyreese, I want you to 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.839 enjoy this day. Man. Your mom and dad work hard, 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.880 your family gonna be there, your friends kicked back having 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:22.480 on a palmer, and when your name get called, you 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.120 will be an NBA. And now in the real work start. 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:30.520 I really think his rain starts right around twelve twelve. 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:36.800 Right now, we're like twelve to twenty four, So just relax. 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:39.719 Let the people get their chicken and biscuits and their 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:46.120 bellies spaghetti fish. You and Tyron I want you all 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:49.920 to put on a song to night Frankie, Beverly and 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:55.079 Mays and kick it. I want you all to kick 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:59.679 it tonight. And I don't know it's gonna be all good. 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:04.800 And I'm trying to relax because not relaxed, dense, relaxed. 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:08.440 You're gonna cry. Listen, You're gonna cry. Did did? Did? 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:12.760 Did Felicia call you? Oh? Yeah? All theb A moms, 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:19.920 I'm say yeah. Chris Paul's mom called twice. You got 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:23.240 his morning? Hey, how are you robbing? How argued? What 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:29.600 are you doing? That was about cleaning? Right, Yeah, you know, 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:36.560 I'm good. I feel fine, Just nervous thing. He's leaving, 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:41.760 you know, Okay, he's leaving. It's excitement. Today is about 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.320 proud mom. I told Tyreees you were the one I 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.560 was worried about. Well, in most cases, I would be 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.840 a little bit more. I get pulled together, but at 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.640 this point I'm just like, Okay, it's here. I have 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:56.600 no control, but I know that I have had to. 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:59.640 But just in God, man and letting God do you woman, 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:04.120 and You're going to do it. As the hours wind 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:07.280 down and the draft approaches, the Maxi's arranged everything in 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:12.320 it's perfect place. Couches audio video equipment, food and drinks. 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.080 Every detail is addressed, every question is answered, and for 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:19.800 possibly the first time in Tyrese's basketball career, there's nothing 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:23.440 else he and his family can do to prepare. Denise 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:27.120 had truly the full draft. You felt like you were 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:29.640 almost in New York. She had a red carpet, she 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:34.920 had the big stage, catered chefs, COVID testing to get 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.960 through the door. They had a bunch of family over. 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:42.440 You know, maybe you know people safely spaced out. I mean, 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.360 they did a really good job and making it a 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.800 special night, and they did it the right way, which 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.200 is no shocker. If he knows Denise, she does everything 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.680 above and beyond and goes all out. Then as the 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.920 draft comes around, it's a unique situation because we've put 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.360 in all this work, and Tyrese has put in all 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.880 this work, and you're at a point where there's no 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.200 and left you can do. You have to sit back 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.320 and truly watch and just see what happens. You can't 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:09.200 do another workout, you can't do another interview, another conversation, 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:12.080 another zoom. You've already done it all. All the work 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:16.040 has been put in. So Tyrese is someone not maybe 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:19.040 necessarily being able to control your own destiny is hard 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:22.760 for someone like him, who normally does. Tyrese's approach has 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:25.840 been three workouts before noon, writing down his goals every 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:29.520 morning since middle school, and a lifetime of practicing before practice. 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:33.400 The prospect of sitting still and watching his fate unfold 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.760 in someone else's hands goes against who he is, but 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:40.160 that's exactly what's going to happen tonight as Tyrese waits 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:55.120 to find out his NBA future. Well, Tyrese worked out 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.880 in Garland this morning. Draft Day was also getting started 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:01.600 bright and early in Atlanta. Here's Auton Holland, Anthony's friend Trey, 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.840 and Uncle Drew as they arrived at Anthony's apartment. Hello, 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:14.720 what he's drafting? Mean he's drafty? You see that smoke? 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:23.960 Abas may What Anthony is still starting this morning and 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:31.520 isn't quite as fired up as just in this early Babies? Hello, babies, 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:36.040 dram date dram nates when it's like, damn, I don't drive? 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:45.200 Do got working a third? And probably are you on it? Jee? 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:54.280 Oh yeah, okay, I don't basics. That's Uncle Drew complaining 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.159 about Anthony not being ready to go and about not 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:00.240 having jelly or ketchup for his biscuit. They have an 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.119 eight thirty a m workout plan, and he doesn't care 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:04.600 if it's draft day or not. There's still work to 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.160 do even today. As they head to the gym, Justin 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:10.440 calls coach Rob Allen, who was texting him earlier in 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:15.000 the morning. Hey Man, Hey Man, don't don't text me. Man, 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:24.320 it don't be texting me man like anybody else. Oh Man, 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:26.719 don't don't don't take me like like we got one 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:28.840 of them, one of them SURFINGCE level relationships. Man, don't 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:34.760 do that. Okay. I'm Justin plays around with coach Rob 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:36.639 because if anyone has free rein to interrupt him on 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:40.040 draft day, it's Robbed. He's been an integral part of 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.919 Anthony's journey and their family at the god be Rod 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:48.399 Gym for years. No bro, no bro. Like, Hey man, 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:50.400 I'm proud. I'm proud of us. Man, we find look 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:52.600 this this to day we've been working for man, like 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:58.159 for real, for real. I know the mann't care like 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:02.760 the out on one. Man, I'm happy for that, and 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:05.200 no matter what we go, I don't even care. I'm 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:08.080 just I'm that proud that that we here man that 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:14.720 we've made it before, so you know we're bled. Hey, man, bless, 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:16.639 bless more than we know, brother, more than we know. 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:19.160 I would say, it's a wind regardless. Man. The kids 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:22.080 get to change their life. You know, they look they 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:25.040 stayed true to who they are, even even just keeping 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:28.119 keeping us around halfway. Shoot, you know that boy, we 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:31.280 can say for up for a lot of people. So yeah, 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.880 there's a testament, testament to the work. Man. I want 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:39.280 you know, I'm say, definitely gone, y'all. Definitely gonna see 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:42.000 ya all later to night. Justin heads into the gym 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:45.520 for Anthony's morning workout. Meanwhile, at the house in Atlanta, 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:48.480 where they'll be hosting Anthony's virtual draft, Clutch head of 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:52.560 basketball Omar Wilkes worries about a much bigger issue and 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:56.720 setting up cameras and microphones. I don't know if you 0:19:56.720 --> 0:19:59.520 guys have been paying attention to the news today about 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.480 his quote basically saying that he didn't uh, he wasn't 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:04.880 in the basketball. It's been on ESPN and everything all today. 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:07.280 That's what they've been talking about all day on the shows. 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:13.960 Have you been seeing it? Yeah, here's Omar. We had 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:17.600 that curveball of the ESPN article saying that he didn't 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:21.440 love basketball. The actual clickbait or SoundBite that everyone used 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:24.520 came out the day of the draft, so people start 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:27.280 coming out of the woodworks with their conspiracy theories and thoughts, 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:31.119 which you know how that goes. A breaking article on 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:35.880 ESPN quotes Anthony Is saying he's not really that into basketball. 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:39.920 This is understandably concerning because NBA teams are considering paying 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:43.119 him tens of millions of dollars to play that exact sport, 0:20:43.720 --> 0:20:46.600 and in about two hours they have to decide whether 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:50.080 or not to draft him. So if team executives consider 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:52.679 this a red flag, or if it raises new doubts, 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:56.200 especially for the team's picking in the top five, then 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:59.800 this quote might have just turned the entire draft upside down. 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:28.480 We'll be right back. Omar calls Rich Paul to talk 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:35.160 about the potential fallout from the ESPN article. Up RP 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:38.400 heads up that you're being recorded, so don't say anything. Fine, 0:21:38.560 --> 0:21:43.440 foul um, there's been a quote that said doesn't love basketball, 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:47.200 doesn't care about basketball. Don't stress. None of the teams 0:21:47.240 --> 0:21:49.240 are tripping on it. And I look, you wanted to 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:51.199 call Alex Scarborough and big, what do you come on, bro? 0:21:51.440 --> 0:21:54.480 Like you took that out of contract the headline though 0:21:55.000 --> 0:21:57.359 we know what he was saying. He was saying, it 0:21:57.440 --> 0:22:01.000 doesn't define him. Yeah, you know, it's not like I'm 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:05.120 spending every day of my day watching basketball, right right. 0:22:05.720 --> 0:22:08.240 But he was like, I love once I've seen the 0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:11.840 ball book, that's all I needed. I think you hit 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:14.960 it on the head. So uh yeah, but that's my approach. 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:16.960 You're not gonna do no statement or anything before hands. 0:22:16.960 --> 0:22:18.200 It just makes it bigger than it needs to be. 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:22.959 But nothing to worry about. Okay, al right, everything else, 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:26.560 good your way, any new news, no nothing? Know you 0:22:26.680 --> 0:22:29.920 know Ti Rees, you know he's one of three and 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:36.040 like fourteen fifteen sixteen, good good, okay, all good, man, 0:22:36.080 --> 0:22:41.400 appreciate you. Here's Omar on his attempt at damage control. 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:47.119 So basically a few calls ESPN just picking their brains 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:50.960 on how to best handle this, how this came out, 0:22:51.359 --> 0:22:53.440 when it did, how it did, and how was misinterpreted. 0:22:54.000 --> 0:22:57.200 I was just on the phone with you know, the Warriors, 0:22:57.400 --> 0:23:00.320 the Wolves, and the Hornets all day. I know thatly 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:02.960 the people that mattered in that situation, with the teams 0:23:03.000 --> 0:23:05.240 drafting him and they had been around him and know 0:23:05.480 --> 0:23:07.720 him and know his fervor for the game and his 0:23:08.359 --> 0:23:10.480 kind of appetite to get better. You know, I also 0:23:10.520 --> 0:23:12.919 kind of want to manage perception, but sometimes study of control. 0:23:14.200 --> 0:23:16.880 Anthony seems to be taking the surprise headline and stride, 0:23:17.560 --> 0:23:20.359 and after talking with team executives, Omar believes everyone in 0:23:20.400 --> 0:23:23.320 the league knows the truth. But do the timber Wolves 0:23:23.359 --> 0:23:27.640 truly know and the Warriors and the Hornets. There's obviously 0:23:27.720 --> 0:23:30.400 at least some small concern that this could cost Anthony 0:23:30.760 --> 0:23:32.399 and move him out of the top of the draft, 0:23:33.520 --> 0:23:37.240 especially when ESPN confirms Minnesota is considering trading the top pick. 0:23:37.680 --> 0:23:45.959 Even as the draft is about to begin, What are 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:48.680 you hearing about the timber Wolves, who shortly will be 0:23:48.800 --> 0:23:51.879 on the clock at number one race. The timber Wolves 0:23:51.960 --> 0:23:55.679 are still on the phones fielding calls, talking to teams 0:23:56.160 --> 0:24:00.320 about potential trades out of that number one spot. This 0:24:00.400 --> 0:24:03.240 wouldn't be unprecedented. The team with the number one pick 0:24:03.320 --> 0:24:06.159 has traded it seven times in draft history, often on 0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:09.360 the day of the draft. Fortunately, there isn't much time 0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:12.399 left to stress about the situation because after all the 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:15.080 build up and late breaking headlines and all the phone 0:24:15.119 --> 0:24:18.840 calls and preparation. The draft is only thirty minutes away. 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:27.240 Tyrese takes his seat on the couch in Garland, Texas. Well, 0:24:27.240 --> 0:24:30.920 Anthony settles onto his couch in Atlanta, surrounded by his 0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:36.720 family Justin Omar, Uncle Drew, coach Rob Trey, and others. 0:24:37.520 --> 0:25:00.639 Anthony tries to stay calmy baby in the first thing 0:25:01.320 --> 0:25:05.200 in the two D draft belongs to the Minnesota Temperwolf, 0:25:05.520 --> 0:25:10.160 where five minutes to make their selection. Now the nerves 0:25:10.280 --> 0:25:38.560 kick into high gear. Were working at a little sweet Yeah. 0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:43.399 As someone said in the room, five minutes is a 0:25:43.480 --> 0:25:47.440 long time under these circumstances. Here's justin talking about the 0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:53.160 excruciating final moments. I wasn't nervous the entire draft process. 0:25:53.280 --> 0:25:55.840 I wasn't nervous the week leading up to the draft. 0:25:55.920 --> 0:25:58.680 I wasn't nervous the day of the draft. But I 0:25:58.840 --> 0:26:02.800 was nervous five minutes when the broadcast came on. I 0:26:02.840 --> 0:26:05.960 think Adam Silver came on and and I'm thinking he's 0:26:05.960 --> 0:26:08.080 about to call the number one pick, and I am nervous. 0:26:08.240 --> 0:26:10.520 So I kind of looked over and Anthony and he's 0:26:10.560 --> 0:26:14.359 like his leg is bouncing, and he's like I might cry. 0:26:14.600 --> 0:26:16.119 And the whole time he's like, I don't think I'm 0:26:16.119 --> 0:26:18.119 gonna cry, but he's like, I might cry, you know, 0:26:18.160 --> 0:26:19.800 And I'm looking over and his eyes are kind of 0:26:19.840 --> 0:26:22.240 welling up with tears, and I'm sure he just had 0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:25.119 so many emotions going into that day, the pictures of 0:26:25.200 --> 0:26:27.320 his mom and his grandma and everything, and these worked 0:26:27.359 --> 0:26:29.440 so hard for and and at that moment, I think 0:26:29.480 --> 0:26:31.280 everything is hitting you at one time, and you got 0:26:31.359 --> 0:26:33.879 your nervousness, Am I gonna be number one? Then you 0:26:34.080 --> 0:26:36.080 you have the other piece of I've just worked so 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:38.240 hard for this moment to be right here, and then 0:26:38.480 --> 0:26:40.080 it's just one of those things. But he yeah, he 0:26:40.240 --> 0:26:42.080 definitely was nervous. I think we both were, Like my 0:26:42.400 --> 0:26:44.600 stomach was in a not And then he says, we'll 0:26:44.640 --> 0:26:46.760 be back in five minutes for the number one draft. 0:26:46.920 --> 0:26:50.240 So everybody in the room like, oh uh, you know, 0:26:50.400 --> 0:26:52.840 so that was like the longest five minutes of my life. 0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:55.639 In addition to his friends and family who have joined him, 0:26:55.840 --> 0:27:00.040 Anthony is also surrounded by two massive paintings portraits of 0:27:00.200 --> 0:27:02.920 his mom and his grandmother he had made just for 0:27:03.000 --> 0:27:05.760 this moment. He sits on the couch in between both 0:27:06.040 --> 0:27:08.680 wearing a custom designed shirt with their names printed on it. 0:27:09.200 --> 0:27:12.280 They're physically and figuratively with him now, and they all 0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:15.440 wait in this room together, agonizing for the pick to 0:27:15.560 --> 0:27:23.199 be announced. All right, we had a little thing in control. 0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:25.600 We handled everything in control. We gotta live with it, 0:27:26.400 --> 0:27:29.879