1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from Al Salvador 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: accused of murdering a Texas man of Venezuelan charged with 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: filming and selling child pornography in Michigan. These are just 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: some of the heinous migrant criminals caught because of President 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy nom the United States 7 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: Secretary of Homeland Security. Under President Trump, attempted illegal border 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded, and over 9 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand illegal aliens have been arrested. 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We are at the G League suite. Is 20 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 3: this is the G League suite. 21 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 4: We're gonna call it now the league Swee takeover. You know, 22 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 4: anytime you're in New York City in the corner office, 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 4: you important. 24 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 3: For sure, for sure. So Sharifa door Raheem basketball legend. 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 3: But now it is the president of the NBA G League. 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 3: So we actually are going to be announcing some exciting 27 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 3: things that ey L and G League will be doing together. 28 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 3: So yeah, it's fitting to have this conversation. We're gonna 29 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 3: be talking about all things business for lated when it 30 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 3: comes to sports, the G League, marketing, promotion, and of 31 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: course you know his his interesting journey from Atlanta to 32 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: third pick Canada to now running the G League. 33 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 4: The kids these days will probably not remember there was 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 4: a franchise of Vancouver. But there was a franchise of Vancouver, 35 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 4: sure and this was this was the franchise player for sure. 36 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 5: So first and Foremo, thank you for joining U appreciate, 37 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 5: thank you, thank you for having me, and thank you. 38 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 5: I said this off camera, but thank you for everything 39 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 5: you're doing, you know, educating you know, all of us, 40 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 5: exposing people. You know, I just shared I took a 41 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 5: clip you know, just recently and shared it with my 42 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 5: my younger brother who's interested in real estate. So what 43 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 5: you guys are doing is phenomenal and empowering. 44 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 4: To a lot of people. You APK, you sire it. 45 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 4: So what it's about, all. 46 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 3: Right, So let's get into it. So first I'll give 47 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 3: the backstory for anybody that doesn't know. So, yeah, you 48 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,239 Speaker 3: were you're from Atlanta. McDonald's all American, one of the 49 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 3: best players, and then you went to Georgia Tech. I 50 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 3: went to cal cal and then freshman year, and then 51 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 3: you have an illustrious career in the NBA. But a 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 3: lot of people struggle after their post playing career, right 53 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 3: they now it's like the lottery to try to become 54 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 3: a broadcaster, but only a few people can actually really 55 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 3: be successful as a broadcaster, and a lot of guys, 56 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 3: you know, they're just trying to figure it out. They 57 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 3: make money. Some people have not made great decisions with 58 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 3: their money and they fall on financial hardships. But you're 59 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 3: somebody who obviously has figured it out after his career 60 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 3: and now you're an executive, you know, in the NBA, 61 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 3: you know, running the G League. So I first want 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 3: to just you know, what was that transition like for you? 63 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 3: Was this something that you always kind of had in 64 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 3: mind that you wanted to stay in sports, but on 65 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 3: an executive level and mentally, how was it transitioning from 66 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 3: being a star basketball player your whole life to now, 67 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 3: you know, being a regular citizen. 68 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 5: You know, one, I think the transition like starts at 69 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 5: the beginning. You know, I kind of picked that up 70 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 5: from like got you know, the Magic Johnson's Isaiah Thomas, 71 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 5: the guys before me I saw do really well as 72 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 5: they transitioned from playing and just talking to them and 73 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 5: understanding things that they were doing, meeting people, learning, being 74 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,839 Speaker 5: curious while they were playing. And so I said, started there. 75 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 5: When I retired, I had the opportunity. I retired with 76 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 5: the Sacramento Kings. I retired early. My knee. You know, 77 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 5: I have some trouble with my knee, and I couldn't 78 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 5: you know, the last three years of my contract, I 79 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 5: couldn't play. And you know in the NBA, contracts are guaranteed. 80 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 5: Uh so I was still getting paid, but I couldn't play. 81 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 5: And the organization asked me to stay and help out 82 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 5: and you know, help out with you mentor some of 83 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 5: the younger players, and what but what they what? What 84 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 5: the guy who was the president then, a guy named 85 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 5: Jeff Petrie. What he allowed me to do was to 86 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 5: you know, he asked me to mentor and help younger players, 87 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 5: but you know, go do whatever else you want to do. 88 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 5: So I would go and I would meet with the CFO. 89 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 5: I go meet with the person who was over marketing. 90 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 5: You know, all the areas of the organization I had 91 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 5: never had exposure to. And you know what that did 92 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 5: for me was just opened up, like the idea that 93 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 5: this is a business and like wow, all these you know, 94 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 5: this media deal going on and this marketing deal, and okay, 95 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 5: so when you guys asked us to come to this 96 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 5: you know mixer, you know, to this you know, social engagement. 97 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 5: This is really what it was about. So I spent 98 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 5: two years doing that. I went, I was, you know, 99 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 5: kind of the one and done era. I was at 100 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 5: the front of that myself and stuff on Marlbury. So 101 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 5: I but in this time that I'm you know, playing 102 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 5: in the NBA and uh, you know now transitioning. I 103 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 5: was trying to finish school. So I and you know, 104 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 5: I'm in Sacramento. You know, if you know the northern California, 105 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 5: Berkeley was about an hour away. So during this time, 106 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 5: I went and I finished my undergrad at Berkeley. 107 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 4: You know. 108 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 5: From there, you know, I kind of worked in some 109 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 5: different areas in sports, and you know, before long I 110 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 5: kind of transitioned. I went back and got my masters, 111 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 5: and when I finished, that led me, you know, back 112 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 5: here to the NBA. Had done an internship here, internship 113 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 5: here at the NBA once so longster your debt led me. 114 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 5: But it all just it came just from being curious, 115 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 5: you know, not wanting you know, just my planning career 116 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 5: to be the end of you know, what I could 117 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 5: contribute and what I could do. I wasn't sure exactly 118 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 5: you know, where it would leave me and what I 119 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 5: would do. But it's been you know again, I think 120 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 5: I've been able to take my experience plan you know, 121 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 5: my experience around the business and you know, now cultivate 122 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 5: Daddy into you know, leading the G League. 123 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 4: So I mean that's interesting, right because most people when 124 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,559 Speaker 4: they think intern, they think, all right, that's the person 125 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 4: that's going to do the job for free, that's going 126 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 4: to learn on the fly, being a star, being an 127 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 4: all star, Right, going from that part of life to 128 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 4: now being an intern and having to start over again 129 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 4: in a different realm. Was there any anxiety, any angst 130 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 4: or did you have that year of that you were 131 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 4: going around meeting CFOs. It really prompted you to say, 132 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 4: I'm comfortable in these settings. I'm gonna attack this thing 133 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 4: head on. I'm gonna start from the beginning. I'm gonna 134 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 4: work my way out. 135 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 5: Well, you know one, you know, I was like, I 136 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 5: did it. I was in I So, you know, after 137 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 5: a number of years with the King's Organization, I left 138 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 5: and you know, I went and I went to went 139 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 5: to grad school with the Business School, and and in 140 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 5: between my first year and my second year, I was like, 141 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 5: I want to experience. I want to you know, go 142 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 5: learn being a you know, just be in a regular 143 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 5: setting is hard to do that. So I, you know, 144 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 5: made some calls and email some people, and Mark Tatum, 145 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 5: who's the Deputy Commissioner, I got in touch with him 146 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 5: and I was telling them what I was doing. 147 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 4: You know. 148 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 5: The story I tell is like I was like all 149 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 5: over the place, and he was like, look, you know, okay, 150 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 5: we'll figure it out. But I ended up you know 151 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 5: interning here at the at the NBA, and you know, 152 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 5: like you know, what I did you know, honestly, you 153 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 5: I borrow from my background, like you know, you got 154 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 5: to start somewhere, you know, like even then you know 155 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 5: nobody Lebron and show up being Lebron, you know, like 156 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 5: you know Jordan and show up being Jordan's you know, nobody. 157 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 5: You have to you know, you kind of have to 158 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 5: start where you are. You know, we all need people 159 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 5: to help us and educate us, and then you have 160 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 5: to be willing to do the work and and kind 161 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 5: of you know, be open enough to learn it. So 162 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 5: in that part of it, you know, like I was, 163 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 5: I was fine, and you know, and yeah there's some 164 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 5: anxiety you don't know what you don't know, but you know, 165 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 5: you you're willing to learn and kind of you know 166 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 5: ingratiate yourself to people in a way that you know 167 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 5: people are willing to help and and and show you 168 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 5: the way. So for me, I never, you know again 169 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 5: like I never, you know, got so tied to the 170 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 5: idea of you know, like all like that was nice. 171 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 5: But when I was young, I read a thing that 172 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 5: said that you know, if if all I did in 173 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 5: life was you know, like this thing, and that's all 174 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 5: people knew me for that I did a poor job 175 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 5: of living. So I never wanted that to just be 176 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 5: you know, you know what I was known for the 177 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 5: only thing that I could do. So I never you know, 178 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 5: I try not to, you know, just be labeled as, 179 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 5: you know, a basketball player. 180 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 3: So all right, so let's let's get into this G 181 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 3: League conversation. So everybody knows about the NBA, right and 182 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: they know kind of heard about the G League Development League. 183 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 3: Can you explain exactly what the G League is, how 184 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 3: it works, the teams, all that to kind of get 185 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 3: people a greater you know, idea of the G League. 186 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 5: So so the G League and you know, in this 187 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 5: you know, first iteration, the NBA Development League, you know, 188 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 5: now G League, Gatoray League, and we're in our twenty 189 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 5: second year of you know existence. We are the official 190 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 5: development league, affiliate league of the NBA. So if you 191 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 5: you know, if somebody's a baseball fan, you think of 192 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 5: minor league based, minor league baseball, Triple A baseball, and 193 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 5: we are you know, if you are a player and 194 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 5: and you know, maybe it didn't you know, it didn't 195 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 5: happen for you out of college, you know, in the 196 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 5: year in years past, you know, the G League, D 197 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 5: League then is where you would come to hone. Your 198 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 5: skills continue to grow, just continue to you know, in 199 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 5: some cases you're there, you ready, you know, just wait 200 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 5: for for for opportunities. So you know Seth Curry, you know, 201 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 5: Steph's younger brother spent you know, four or five years 202 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 5: with us. Jordan Poole before he really you know, took off. 203 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 5: He you know, spent some time with us. Jeremy Lynn, 204 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 5: you know countless you know players, I think now the status. 205 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 5: You know, somewhere over fifty percent of current NBA players 206 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,599 Speaker 5: have G League experience, so you know, everything from you know, 207 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 5: players that were passed up in the NBA draft, young 208 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 5: NBA players last year, half of the lottery picks spend 209 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 5: time in the G League. Half of the first round 210 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 5: spent time in the G League. So you know, you know, 211 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 5: players that were passed up in the draft, young NBA 212 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 5: players trying to you know, the way developed their game. 213 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 5: They's so, you know, eighteen nineteen, twenty years old, still 214 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 5: trying to find a role for themselves with NBA team 215 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 5: uh And now we have our team mc knight, which 216 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 5: is primarily made up of younger guys that are draft 217 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 5: that will be draft eligible. So the Jalen Greens, you 218 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 5: know in the past, Jonathan cominga school Henderson. 219 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 3: This past draft, I wasn't the team m knight. Can't 220 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 3: explain that. 221 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 5: So Team mckknight is is a league NBA G League 222 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 5: owned and operated team. They're based in Henderson, the bottom 223 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 5: right outside of Las Vegas, and that team plays in 224 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 5: the G League. They play the same you know, schedule, 225 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 5: the same teams as everyone else. But it's primarily made 226 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 5: up of young players that come from high school. You know, 227 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 5: some come from a broad come international and that will 228 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 5: you know, one two years enter the NBA draft. So 229 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 5: you know again you know Jalen Green now you know 230 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 5: everyone knows him. He was started with us with Team 231 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 5: m knight school school school Henderson, this past draft started 232 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 5: with us. So that that's our league made up. We're 233 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 5: thirty you know, it's thirty NBA teams with thirty one 234 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 5: G League teams will have will be thirty two. Phoenix 235 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 5: is the only NBA team that doesn't have a connection 236 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 5: to the G League. They'll be they'll be in I 237 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 5: feel really good in the real near future. And then 238 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 5: we have a team in Mexico City, independent team not 239 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 5: connected to an NBA team and then again team McKnight. 240 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 5: So that that's our league. That's that's our purpose, that's 241 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 5: what we do. We also a place where young coaches 242 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 5: grow up. You know, if you follow Nick Nurse seventy 243 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 5: six ers chair coach started started with. 244 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 4: US Champion leagues. Yeah, yes, yes. 245 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 5: You for all of our officials, if your NBA officials, 246 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 5: you started in the in the G League, you developed 247 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 5: and grew through the G League. We test rules. So 248 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 5: if you watch coaches challenge a new rule in the NBA, 249 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 5: we did Coaches Challenge in the GLE four or five 250 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 5: years before it reached the NBA. We tested, we analyze it. 251 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 5: We can kind of show success rates going back, you know, 252 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 5: four or five years. You know, so all of this, 253 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 5: we did the shot clock. If you see the shot clock, 254 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 5: you know it used to be always that like there 255 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 5: was a file in between the play. It go from 256 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 5: you know, the reset at twenty four. You know, we 257 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 5: started the fourteen. Yeah, you know, we so that you know, 258 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 5: we're a league of innovation as well. 259 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, so ignite. It's interesting because not only does it 260 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 4: give an alternative for the kid who wants to come 261 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 4: out of high school and may not be eligible, right, 262 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 4: I think that you have to be one year postgrad. 263 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 4: They don't have to go overseas. I know that was 264 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 4: a route that Mellow took and then prior to him, 265 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 4: Brandon Jennings took. But they can get compensated differently, right, So, 266 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 4: Like I know, the average salary for the G League 267 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 4: might be I don't know, anywhere between fifty hundred. But 268 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 4: the guys who are looking like they're going to be 269 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 4: a first round pick or lottery plic really top five, 270 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 4: they can take on the largest salary. The guys like 271 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 4: Scoot Henderson and we were talking about Tea talk about 272 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 4: that process of them knowing that their lottery picks and 273 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 4: being able to take on salaries that are different from 274 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 4: the average player. 275 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,599 Speaker 5: So it came from, you know, like the impetus of 276 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 5: it came from just this idea of young like guys 277 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 5: like looking for like different paths. You know, my in 278 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 5: my day, like it was no question. You know, it's 279 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 5: high school college. You know, I was up the era 280 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 5: of like Kevin Garnett and when he told us he 281 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 5: was going to them out, may you crazy like to 282 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 5: kill your right? So, but you saw more and more 283 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 5: young guys looking for different opportunities. We think we're a 284 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 5: perfect place for gods to grow and develop. And with that, 285 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 5: obviously you want to be able to pay them their 286 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 5: like market rate, and so I think we've we've been 287 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,119 Speaker 5: able to do that with the schools and and Kamenas 288 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 5: and Jalen's. But in addition to that, like we've also 289 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 5: opened up it's no restrictions on them what they can 290 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 5: go and do beyond just you know, the salary they 291 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 5: make playing in the G League. So like School for example, 292 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 5: you know, while he was with us, he you know, 293 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 5: he signed you know, we're a Nike league. He went 294 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 5: and you know, signed a deal with with Puma. You know, 295 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 5: Jalen had his suite of marketing partnerships and things. So 296 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 5: it we even you know, this is you know pre 297 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 5: n I L. You know, they were able to go 298 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 5: and you know kind of be professionals, truly be professionals 299 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 5: with no restrictions. So it's worked well in that regard. 300 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 5: I think they, you know, are more than talented enough 301 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 5: to play in our league, and then just the opportunities 302 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 5: for them to kind of start their professional careers beyond 303 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 5: and then beyond the SATURD we still pay you know, 304 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 5: their tuitions, you know, whether they want to start you know, 305 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 5: college now they wanted to start in the future. We 306 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 5: pay for them to go to school. You know, we 307 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 5: have you know what I kind of think of as 308 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 5: a whole suite of you know, like practical education, financial literacy. 309 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 5: You know, we start teaching them about the c b A. 310 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 5: You know, now we start they have other you know interests. 311 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 5: You know, we try to explore it and help them 312 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 5: you know, kind of start exploring those interests. So we 313 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 5: try to you know, just comprehensive help them, you know, 314 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 5: on the court and off the court, develop and grow 315 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 5: and prepare for the NBA. 316 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 4: So okay, so what's. 317 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 3: The revenue model for the G League because obviously the NBA, 318 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 3: you know, television deals and a lot of money is generated, 319 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 3: but people don't really see the G League on television 320 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 3: and they're playing in much smaller arenas. Corporate sponsorships, I'm 321 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 3: assuming it's a lot lower than what it is in NBA. 322 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 5: So the model, the model is the same model. So 323 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 5: you know, still it's still saying you know, media sponsorship, tickets, 324 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 5: you know, same model is just you know smaller, you know, 325 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 5: you know, obviously and then you know as a league too, 326 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 5: you know, as we want to grow like all of 327 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 5: those areas of what we have to grow and so 328 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 5: we and and we have the benefit of being connected 329 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 5: and including a lot of what the NBA does. So 330 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 5: we we have a you know, we have national. 331 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 3: So it's the idea to be I think the w 332 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 3: n B A wasn't. I don't know if that even 333 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 3: profitable now, but I know that obviously that it's under 334 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 3: the NBA. Unbrother, right, So does the NBA care about 335 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 3: the G League being profitable? 336 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, definitely, definitely, no doubt. That's That's what I 337 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 5: spend a lot of my time on is so you 338 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 5: you you find new ways to make it more profitable, finding, 339 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 5: you know, new ways to make to help our teams 340 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 5: be profitable, to grow the league to where it's profitable, 341 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 5: you know, in some ways looking at our league and say, okay, 342 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 5: like what is the what's the next model. 343 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 4: For the G League? 344 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 5: Like we meaning the league pays the players, you know, 345 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 5: and the typical model you know, say n B, A, 346 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 5: m l B, the the teams pay the players. Right, 347 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 5: so you know, we're again you know, this was like 348 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 5: the early days of the G league, it was like 349 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 5: eight teams. They were primarily in the Southeast. They were 350 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 5: in places like Columbus, Georgia and Roanoke, Virginia. You know, 351 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 5: we're now again, like you know, evolved. We're almost you know, 352 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 5: one to one with our NBA teams and you know, 353 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 5: so you know, sometimes the question is do we still 354 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 5: have the you know, should it be you know, a 355 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 5: different model now or you know, you know, how do 356 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 5: we grow you know, maybe even beyond just the thirty 357 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 5: NBA teams to help us grow, you know, what's the future. 358 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 5: So that's you know, that's what we spend a lot 359 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 5: of our time on. So that's interesting. So like let's 360 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 5: take the Next We're here in New York. James Down's 361 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 5: the owner of the Next, the west Chester Next or affiliate. 362 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 5: But James Down doesn't pay the salary of the west 363 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 5: Chester Next. That's up to the NBA or Gillie. 364 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 4: Right, So then the revenue that's taken from those type 365 00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 4: of games that goes back to the league as well, 366 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 4: the westest Nick Okay, get it. So when we talk 367 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 4: about the teams, because. 368 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 5: They all let me be clear, the n b A 369 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 5: and the NBA team they support this league in that 370 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 5: so that they have that's how a player, any player 371 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 5: get you know, the Knicks can pull any player from 372 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 5: any team that's a G League. You know, that's how 373 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 5: so they have that ability because they you know, they support, 374 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 5: they contribute to the G League. But you know it's 375 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 5: still you know, areas and ways where we have to 376 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 5: as a league. 377 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 4: You know, so when the let's we'll stay with the 378 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 4: next if in that event, if they have a player 379 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 4: that is on Westchester and they get called up, I 380 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 4: guess if we're looking at farm system or developmental leagues, 381 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 4: when they get the call up, they can sign something 382 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 4: that's called like a two way contract. 383 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 5: They can do that, you can you know, so you 384 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 5: can have on in our rosters. You can have again, 385 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 5: they could be you know, young NBA players that are signed, 386 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 5: so they be contracted NBA players. So we hear it's 387 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 5: the Knicks manual quickly probably wouldn't be. But let's just say, 388 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 5: you know, he comes to my young player, he could 389 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 5: be assigned to our league, west Chester Knicks. 390 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 4: You know, you could have. 391 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 5: You know, player that was undrafted that's just a G 392 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 5: League contracted player that again the league is paying, the 393 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 5: league is paying and you can have. Then you know 394 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,719 Speaker 5: this third contract that you mentioned in a two way contract, 395 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 5: those players are still for the most part contracted two 396 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 5: way players so or contracted NBA players. 397 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 3: So this Ignite conversations. So there's always been issues with 398 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 3: players that want to come straight to the NBA right 399 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 3: ever since they stopped. But now it's a lot of 400 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,360 Speaker 3: different things have happened over the course of the last 401 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 3: twenty years. But at one point it looked like players 402 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 3: were going to start going overseas. We saw Brandon Jennings 403 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 3: went overseas and LaMelo ball, but that never really went 404 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 3: anywhere other than a couple cases. Then ot starts to 405 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 3: the thing that's still kind of figuring out how that's 406 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 3: going to work out. Do you think that Ignite at 407 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 3: some point will be like a primary choice for for 408 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 3: the top high school players to go to instead of 409 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 3: going to college. 410 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 5: I think it can be. I think we're we are 411 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 5: in a position to be able to facilitated. I think 412 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 5: the what you have now and I think is a 413 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 5: good thing, is them having the option to like make 414 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 5: decisions themselves. So and you always had like you always 415 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 5: had it. I don't think it has to be you know, 416 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 5: honestly to that, I don't think it has to be 417 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 5: you know, G League or Ignite or you know, college 418 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 5: or anything else over you know, one choice. Like you 419 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 5: know again, like at my time, you know, Tim Duncan 420 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,239 Speaker 5: stayed three extra years of college. He probably could have 421 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 5: been the number one pick, you know, two or three 422 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 5: years in a row and came so like you've always 423 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 5: had that, you know, option of you know, but at 424 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 5: that time, it was just college or the NBA, and 425 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 5: I think now it's yeah, well they stopped. 426 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 3: So Jalen Jalen Rolls. We entered Jaylen roll shout to 427 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 3: Jailer Rose. He had an interesting perspective on his His 428 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 3: take was that the only sports that don't let players 429 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 3: come through out of high school are sports that are 430 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 3: dominated by black people. He was like, when you have tennis, 431 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 3: it's normal, Soccer people are playing at fifteen years old, 432 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 3: and every other sport pretty much. But he was like, 433 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 3: basketball and football, it's interesting that those sports don't allow 434 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 3: you to come straight out of high school. And by 435 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 3: not allowing you to come out of high school, there's 436 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 3: a lot of other people that's making a lot of money, 437 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 3: millions and billions of dollars whether it's colleges, whether it's whatever. 438 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 3: So what's your thoughts on specifically basketball players not being 439 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 3: able to come because there was a point some of 440 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 3: the best players of all time have come out of 441 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 3: high school. The greatest player of all time, right Lebronly. 442 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 3: So what's your thoughts with you pot coming out of 443 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 3: high school and and how does that impact. 444 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 5: I think it's looking and in this era again, like 445 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 5: the idea that you have the option I think with 446 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 5: n I l now, with what we're doing with the 447 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 5: G League, if it's over time, if it's abroad, the 448 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 5: fact that a young person can go and make money 449 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 5: and take care of themselves that and in the way 450 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 5: that they choose to. So if I can, if I 451 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 5: can go to school, and you know, if I could 452 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 5: have went to school and made you know, X amount 453 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 5: of money like that would in my in my situation, 454 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 5: that would have been like a world of difference. So 455 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 5: it was it was less about like the control of 456 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 5: entering to me entering the NBA or wherever, And it 457 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 5: was you know, the ability to be able to like 458 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 5: take care of yourself and earn a salary and earn 459 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 5: money you know, based on you know, other people profiting 460 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 5: on you. I think that to me, I think that's 461 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 5: really important. Like when you get into the you know, 462 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 5: the age and the you know, at what point all 463 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 5: those things are like, you know, collectively collectively agreed upon 464 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 5: between like leagues and players, right, Like, so you know 465 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,199 Speaker 5: that part, I don't, you know. I think it's I 466 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 5: think the part that is really important is that the 467 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 5: players have the options and the abilities to be able 468 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 5: to go and you know, start making money monetized take 469 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 5: care of themselves. 470 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 3: But do you think that players should be able to 471 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 3: go to the NBA shot high school. 472 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 5: I think that I think they are. I think it's 473 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 5: something that's good enough. 474 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 4: Hm. 475 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 5: I think it's something that's good enough. I think, you know, 476 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 5: obviously it's something that's good enough. But you know, to 477 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 5: say all of them, you know, again, like it has 478 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 5: to work for like both sides have to work. For 479 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 5: the leagues, it has to work for like for the 480 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 5: players and the players. The players have to agree that's 481 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 5: the right thing. The leagues have to agree, I have 482 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 5: to get together to agree that, you know, this group 483 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 5: of players should be able to be a part of 484 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 5: the league. I think, for for us from a G 485 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 5: League standpoint, having that option, you know, I think it 486 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 5: helps some of that conversation. 487 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 4: I feel like every time we hear that conversation, it's 488 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 4: like just as of Lebron James is a Kobe Bryant 489 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 4: Trace McGrady, but there's also a Collie on Young from 490 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 4: your age, from your day where it's like or Lenny 491 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 4: Cook who doesn't make it. I want to stay with 492 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 4: Ignite because I feel like the spreading and the growth 493 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 4: of the brand, it's kind of not reliant, but it's 494 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 4: it has a big purpose in having a Knight as 495 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 4: a showcase team in a sense where I remember last 496 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 4: year when it was like we all heard about Victor 497 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 4: Wynbiama when we be able to see in the play 498 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 4: and it was like, okay, he's going to play for 499 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 4: a scoop and Ignite and it was like, okay, now 500 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 4: the focus is now on the league, right, we get 501 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 4: to see the kids from mgnite and now we get 502 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 4: to see vic. How is scheduling for that right, because 503 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 4: that's not a regular team that's playing. They're playing an 504 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 4: international team. And I know, now we have another showcase, 505 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 4: we have another start that's coming from France, and now 506 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 4: you have Ron Holland on Ignite, who we all thought 507 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 4: was going to Texas is now only. How does that 508 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 4: work in terms of scheduling and making it a showcase game? 509 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, I means the coordination of it. 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Under President Trump, America's laws, 556 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: border and families will be protected. 557 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 2: Sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security. 558 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 5: Obviously, connect with you know, we're a league. You're trying 559 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 5: to connect with the league in this case, you know 560 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 5: International league, and you know kind of tie in there 561 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 5: the timing of their season with the timing of our season, 562 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 5: and you know, take one team and you know, bring 563 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 5: them here. So I mean it gets it's not it's 564 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 5: not you know, seamless, like there's a lot of moving 565 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 5: parts to it. And you know, their victor, their team 566 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,719 Speaker 5: played in the l NB Pro a league in France, 567 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 5: so like you know, the timing, like the timing of 568 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 5: their schedule of their league games to be able to 569 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 5: come here and play those games against Ignite. Again, they 570 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 5: had to do some things on their end to make 571 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 5: it work. We had to do some things to make 572 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 5: sure it made it work. You know this. You know 573 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 5: this season we brought in the team from Australia, Perth, 574 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 5: and they matched up against Ron and Mantus Briselles. 575 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 4: You know. 576 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 5: The idea is, you know, again like it started, and 577 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 5: you know, say with School and Victor and you take, okay, 578 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 5: the two most highly talented players in that draft. Again 579 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 5: this year, you know, with Ron and Alex Saar, same 580 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 5: thing to lead you know, two of the top highly 581 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 5: talent like when you know again like bringing this talent 582 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 5: from around the world and allowing people to be able 583 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 5: to you know, see them, witness them before they you know, 584 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 5: get to the NBA. I think we all remember, you know, 585 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 5: seeing say Lebron and Carmelo play in there like high 586 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 5: school game at the time, and you know how legendary 587 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,959 Speaker 5: that that was. You know. You know My thought is 588 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 5: like some years later, people will remember seeing School in Victor, 589 00:30:58,280 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 5: you know, and that will be in a you know, 590 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 5: that's in G League game essentially, So you know, part 591 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 5: of what we want to be able to do as 592 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 5: a league is you know, you know, introduce you know, 593 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 5: the best young players around the world to people, you know, 594 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 5: ahead of the ahead of the NBA. 595 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 4: Do you is there a process, right if a kid 596 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 4: is super talented, Let's say, you know, he's top ten 597 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 4: in his high school class, is this a process for 598 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 4: them to become a member of the Night or like, 599 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 4: how do you do that you sit down with twenty 600 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 4: guys and say, all right, these five or these three 601 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 4: are the ones that we're going to allow to be 602 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 4: on the team or or is there a try out process? 603 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 5: It's a you know, I think it's probably more of 604 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 5: an education process. And like it doesn't it doesn't fit 605 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 5: for for everyone, like everyone won't you know, I think 606 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 5: it's the right decision for them. You know, like this year, 607 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,239 Speaker 5: the Nite team this year had more draft ledgeble got 608 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 5: I think eight, Like that's the most like we've had, 609 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 5: you know, in the league at one time. And then 610 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 5: I think, you know, throughout the league we probably have 611 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 5: another eight or ten. That's you know, some a lot 612 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 5: of people don't know, like there are other guys that 613 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 5: can go in and draft. They just play on our 614 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 5: you know, you know other you know, standard G League teams. 615 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 5: So like the opportunity is there. You know, we explained 616 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 5: you know, like you know, coach Jason Hard is the coach. 617 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 5: He explains it to you know everyone. You know, Andre 618 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 5: Barrett Is is like our program director. You know. They 619 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 5: they explained that you remember. 620 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 4: Dre you saying Jason Hard remember him playing at Syracuse. 621 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, so they explained, you know, like the families and 622 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 5: educate them and this what is this is what it's about. 623 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,719 Speaker 5: And for the most part so far, I think we're 624 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 5: you know, kind of growing to a point some you 625 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 5: know where you know, you know, one team to you know, 626 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 5: for that demographic of players is tough, but you know 627 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 5: we've been able to, you know, take care of the 628 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 5: guys and get them opportunity. 629 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 3: So okay, so for the star player there, they're obviously 630 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 3: gonna make a lot more money in Europe, right. But 631 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 3: I guess the advantage of the G League is that 632 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 3: it's easier call up. 633 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,479 Speaker 5: It's the proximity. It's easier call up, you know, if 634 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 5: you again, like I played last night in Westchester or 635 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 5: Long Island, and you know, Brooklyn needs a player or 636 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 5: is looking at a player. I mean you have you know, 637 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 5: NBA executives, NBA scouts personnel every G League game, you know, 638 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 5: so you know, and in some cases, you know they 639 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 5: probably they're talking and have players as a part of 640 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 5: their development system, you know, even though they're not quite 641 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 5: yet at the NBA level. You know, they they're checking 642 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 5: the interest in seeing them grow and developed. 643 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 3: So is this a conversation that gms or coaches have 644 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 3: or players agents to try to convince them, like, look, 645 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 3: you're going to make more money in Greece, but this 646 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 3: is why you should play in the G League or. 647 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,719 Speaker 5: If you really you know, I think the ideas like 648 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 5: if you really believe you're an NBA player, Like there's 649 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 5: no you know, I let you know, the team basketball 650 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 5: people say this, but like you know, they say, like 651 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 5: the G League is the second best. 652 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 3: League in the world, right, so do you think it's 653 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 3: the second best league in the world. 654 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 5: I don't, you know, I don't like fully, like if 655 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 5: you take our league with yes, and I say that 656 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 5: because if you take our league with young NBA players, 657 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 5: G League players in its strongest form, like it's like 658 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 5: the level of basketball. I think quality of basketball is 659 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:39,399 Speaker 5: is only second to the NBA. And you know, again, 660 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 5: if you truly believe you're an NBA player and you're 661 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 5: a young player and that's what you're going for, is no. 662 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 5: You know, maybe you can make a little more money 663 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 5: somewhere else, but it's nowhere that you're gonna get an 664 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:53,759 Speaker 5: opportunity to show that. Then, you know, playing in the 665 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 5: G League, what is the call up process? Simply you know, 666 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 5: if if you you know you know again, we use 667 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 5: the Knicks because we're here, right I'm the Knicks, and 668 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 5: you know I have an open roster spot or I 669 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 5: need a particular player, you know, players injured, you know, 670 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,799 Speaker 5: I call you know that players agent. You know, hey, 671 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 5: we're you know, we're interested. We're gonna you know, sign them. 672 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 5: We want to sign you know, ex player. You know, 673 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 5: sometimes it's what we have like ten day contracts, where 674 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 5: it's a ten day contract where you get paid you know, 675 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 5: a certain rate over you know ten days, or sometimes 676 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 5: you know it's two ways. You know, it's you know, 677 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 5: sign them to a two way contract or you know, 678 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,799 Speaker 5: at times just a standard you know contract for for 679 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,360 Speaker 5: that season or or beyond. 680 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 4: And you know, then you. 681 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,320 Speaker 5: You alert the player and the team and you know, 682 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,759 Speaker 5: usually twenty four to forty eight hours they in market. 683 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 4: They call their parents like I got the call up. Yeah. 684 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:02,880 Speaker 4: So in terms of the salaries for the team, is 685 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 4: there a cap that the league ha sept for each team? 686 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 4: And like what's the average salary per player? 687 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,799 Speaker 5: They these are good questions. So are are all of 688 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,879 Speaker 5: our players make the same? I mean the G League 689 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,920 Speaker 5: pay all of our players the same salary? Forty one 690 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,320 Speaker 5: five hundred is a G League salary for everybody, every 691 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 5: for every player. Now, there was a time again like 692 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 5: earlier iterations you had, we had these things. You know, 693 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 5: some people they don't they won't even like Mark, you 694 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,760 Speaker 5: guys won't even remember this. But we had like a contract, 695 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,479 Speaker 5: B contract C contracts and you know kind of tier 696 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 5: and you know we got rid of that. So but 697 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 5: that's the standard G League. 698 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:50,360 Speaker 4: Salary, right. 699 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,880 Speaker 5: But then you you also, you know, you have players 700 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,280 Speaker 5: that go to NBA training camp and they get paid 701 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 5: a certain amount of money for you know, they may 702 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 5: go to training camp and it gets third amount of 703 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 5: money they get, you know, a ten day contract. We talked, 704 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 5: you know, talked about it, or they're on a two 705 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 5: way contract they move, So the average salary for a 706 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:13,279 Speaker 5: G League player is closer to you know, probably one 707 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,920 Speaker 5: hundred thousand than that. You know that that salary they 708 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 5: get paid from playing in the G League. 709 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I was looking at that and I was trying 710 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,120 Speaker 4: to figure it. I'm like, I saw the forty one, 711 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 4: but it said the average person is making anywhere between 712 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,880 Speaker 4: one hundred and hundred and twenty five. But because you 713 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 4: add those things into it, are there specific teams that 714 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,239 Speaker 4: players are more advantageous to go to because of the 715 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:38,320 Speaker 4: winning culture? Right? Like for example, like the LA team 716 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 4: obviously doesn't it's an affiliate of the Lakers, but they 717 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,920 Speaker 4: haven't won at the same clip, whereas the Toronto affiliate 718 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:48,680 Speaker 4: right has won some chips and do players look at 719 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 4: it like that. 720 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,839 Speaker 5: Like, look, we all are like I can't sell, you know, 721 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 5: I'm speaking of our teams now as relates to like players, 722 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,360 Speaker 5: you can't sell and you can't sell, you're not selling 723 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,280 Speaker 5: can pay you more money because everybody makes the same salary. 724 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 5: What you're selling is the opportunity to grow and develop. 725 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 5: And like some teams have a track record for Higo, 726 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 5: all the guys that came through here and started here 727 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 5: and you know, this is what's you know, their future, 728 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,520 Speaker 5: this is what happened for them when they left here. 729 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,680 Speaker 5: So yeah, one hundred one hundred percent. But I think 730 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,520 Speaker 5: it's more based on because inn Ar League, like you know, 731 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,399 Speaker 5: guys are interested in how I, how I can grow, 732 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,880 Speaker 5: how I can develop. I mean, they're betting on themselves 733 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 5: and they want, you know, a team that's going to 734 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 5: help them, you know, reach their goals. 735 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,040 Speaker 3: So what's some of the marketing initiatives that you guys 736 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,959 Speaker 3: have put in place over the last couple of years 737 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,680 Speaker 3: to help grow visibility for the G League. 738 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 5: We have really, we have really you know, I think 739 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:52,839 Speaker 5: strong partnership with the general with you know, marketing and 740 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 5: you know content insurance company. Yes, so that's been that's 741 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:02,759 Speaker 5: been a you know, we do a what's what's the 742 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:07,239 Speaker 5: name the break where we've done content with them, and 743 00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,880 Speaker 5: you know, Shack is a Shack is a big is 744 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:16,399 Speaker 5: a big sponsor, so Shack, you know, obviously it's kind 745 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,439 Speaker 5: of the voice over Nike is you know obviously we're 746 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:24,400 Speaker 5: Nike League. So that's the connection and benefit that we 747 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,800 Speaker 5: get from being connected to Nike is always huge. And 748 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,440 Speaker 5: then with the Gatory, you know, I think a lot 749 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,240 Speaker 5: of times what people miss is as the G League, 750 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 5: like we're the We're the Gatorade League, and you know, 751 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:40,319 Speaker 5: that connection is huge. And then you know, I think 752 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,480 Speaker 5: one that's new that's coming up is our partnership with 753 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:46,279 Speaker 5: the Hyatt And you know what that did. That that 754 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,800 Speaker 5: allowed us to take our G League Winter Showcase, which 755 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 5: the last four years have been in Las Vegas. That's 756 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,480 Speaker 5: allowed us to take it. And now we'll be in 757 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:59,279 Speaker 5: Orlando and that's all of our teams and you just 758 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 5: think of like a bad basketball convention. That's you know, 759 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:06,000 Speaker 5: all of our teams there, all of the NBA general managers. 760 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,120 Speaker 3: You know what was it like combine? 761 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 5: It's like combines on steroids because they're actually playing. You know, 762 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,439 Speaker 5: we're playing competitive games, you're playing real games. We've bad 763 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,840 Speaker 5: you know, a couple of years ago, you have players 764 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:21,120 Speaker 5: leaving from there, a getting signed, going to NBA teams. 765 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 5: You know, we have our we have our competition. Like 766 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:28,640 Speaker 5: the sort of first fourteen games of our NBA season. 767 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,960 Speaker 5: We talked about n season tournament before the first fourteen 768 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,480 Speaker 5: games of our season are essentially a tournament, and the 769 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 5: top eight teams from this part of our season when 770 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:42,320 Speaker 5: we go to showcase, they're competing for one hundred thousand 771 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 5: dollars and you know, so then you break that up 772 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,600 Speaker 5: ten gly players ten thousand a piece like our guys 773 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,239 Speaker 5: are you know, you add that to the forty one 774 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,080 Speaker 5: five that you know again that takes that up, but 775 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 5: that they're going for that, you know hard. But so 776 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,760 Speaker 5: all of all of you know, all of those parts 777 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:04,000 Speaker 5: of you know, our season that that's included in that, 778 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,160 Speaker 5: but those are you know, say to the question, you know, obviously, 779 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 5: what we've done, you know with the General that's a 780 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 5: like a G League standalone partnership, is not you know 781 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,799 Speaker 5: n b A and G League, that's a G League partnership. 782 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,399 Speaker 5: Nike is huge, Gatorated is huge. And then what we're 783 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,080 Speaker 5: doing now with the Hyatt taking this event there the 784 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:27,320 Speaker 5: Showcase is you know, really excited. But you know other things, 785 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,040 Speaker 5: you know J Lab, you know money Line, that's uh, 786 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,759 Speaker 5: that's an ignite partnership. You know O v O was 787 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:38,000 Speaker 5: a you know, an ignited partnership. So a lot you 788 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:39,480 Speaker 5: know a lot of them, but you know, i'd say 789 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,960 Speaker 5: those are the ones that are doing, you know, kind 790 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,399 Speaker 5: of the most exciting things with us right now. 791 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,120 Speaker 4: Let's talk about probably one of the biggest marketing moments 792 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 4: and league the biggest. I mean Matt Leclom prior to 793 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,400 Speaker 4: Georgetown when's the Dunk Contest, But he's a part of 794 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,960 Speaker 4: the G League, right, he's not on the NBA roster 795 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,239 Speaker 4: at the time. Talk about what that moment meant to 796 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:03,279 Speaker 4: the lead. 797 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,120 Speaker 5: I think, you know, you say, like partnerships and marketing. 798 00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,160 Speaker 5: I think you know all these things that we do, 799 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 5: like with the NBA, like you can't you know, like 800 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:17,360 Speaker 5: All Star probably second to the Finals is the biggest 801 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 5: platform the NBA has, so for us to be able 802 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:23,200 Speaker 5: to come and find ways to be included, uh in 803 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 5: All Star last year, we were included in you know, 804 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,640 Speaker 5: every day of All Stars. So we were you know, 805 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 5: we were a part of the Rookie Game. Now we 806 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,960 Speaker 5: we're you know, we're one of the teams. There's a 807 00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:38,720 Speaker 5: G League team in the Rookie in the Rising Stars, 808 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:44,160 Speaker 5: Rookie Sophomore Game, Dunk contests with Mac and then we 809 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:47,480 Speaker 5: had our you know, our up next game on Sunday, 810 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 5: and you know with Mac to be you know, to 811 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,400 Speaker 5: be a G League player and to go you know, 812 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,520 Speaker 5: not like not only you know one, but like this 813 00:42:55,640 --> 00:43:00,239 Speaker 5: stuff like we hadn't seen that stuff, right, and uh, 814 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,920 Speaker 5: you just really like put on the show and you 815 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,560 Speaker 5: see all the you know, Gianni's and you know everybody 816 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:10,960 Speaker 5: else celebrating them for you know, for our guys, that's like, 817 00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,759 Speaker 5: that's that's everything. And the ability you know, for us 818 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,080 Speaker 5: to then go and amplify that those those moments, you 819 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,920 Speaker 5: can you gotta be ready for them, you know, it's 820 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:22,959 Speaker 5: like you gotta be you know, you gotta be ready 821 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,280 Speaker 5: for those moments because you know you don't get them, 822 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:26,359 Speaker 5: you know, every day. 823 00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:31,720 Speaker 4: And Julie, I can, I can imagine the the Sixers 824 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,000 Speaker 4: affiliate jerseys being sold out. 825 00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,319 Speaker 5: Yeah, well let's talk about since you're talking about All 826 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:41,560 Speaker 5: Star and partnerships and other extremely intelligent decision on you guys, 827 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:45,319 Speaker 5: behalf rightly man right future. 828 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:49,839 Speaker 3: Very innovative for sure. So Alesia will be a part 829 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:54,640 Speaker 3: of this year's All Star festivities with you guys collaboration. 830 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,560 Speaker 3: So we're gonna be we're gonna be picking the All 831 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,680 Speaker 3: Star team, gonna be drafting and it's actually gonna be 832 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,720 Speaker 3: the Eyo team, that's a fact. And then we're gonna 833 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:06,279 Speaker 3: be live stream in the game. 834 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,480 Speaker 4: That's gonna be good. You know you played basketball your 835 00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,319 Speaker 4: whole life for sure. I don't think they know that. 836 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,279 Speaker 4: So this is gonna be fun to sit down and 837 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:14,359 Speaker 4: do a game. Man, it's gonna be done. 838 00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:14,640 Speaker 3: Yeah. 839 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,799 Speaker 4: So yeah, let's talk about that. 840 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,320 Speaker 3: You know, who's whose bright ideas that? 841 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,280 Speaker 5: So the idea of the game is, you know, up next, 842 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,759 Speaker 5: that's you know, our best, you know, our brightest G 843 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,919 Speaker 5: League players and you know, not All Star because it's 844 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:34,080 Speaker 5: only one All Star game, right, like they all want 845 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:35,840 Speaker 5: to be in the big All Star Game. So that 846 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,160 Speaker 5: you know that the concept of that is to be 847 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,319 Speaker 5: able to celebrate our G League players during the All 848 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,279 Speaker 5: Star weekend. Bring them there and then you know we 849 00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,120 Speaker 5: did that last year. Now say, you know our group, 850 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:52,640 Speaker 5: you know, how can we make it even you know, 851 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,240 Speaker 5: something different? Innovative, creative, And the idea there was okay, 852 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:02,760 Speaker 5: let's let's you know, kind of partner with someone to say, okay, 853 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,040 Speaker 5: you know you you have your own team, you know, 854 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,480 Speaker 5: pick the team. So we break the teams up into 855 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 5: three three teams, four teams. Mark with yeah, so we 856 00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:14,640 Speaker 5: will break the teams up into four teams. One of 857 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:18,000 Speaker 5: the teams will be the uy L team. You guys 858 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:21,680 Speaker 5: will be able to pick your own team, and we're 859 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,960 Speaker 5: going to you know, the way the game will go. 860 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,440 Speaker 5: We'll try to you know, kind of make it too cash, 861 00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,480 Speaker 5: you know, where it's you know, faster pace, and kind 862 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,320 Speaker 5: of gamify you know, you'll be able to stream it 863 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,520 Speaker 5: on your platform, so strengths you know, you know, distributed 864 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,680 Speaker 5: in different ways, and just make it a different you 865 00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:43,520 Speaker 5: know again, like a different experience of a game and 866 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 5: get really get really creative. And you know, you guys, 867 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:49,160 Speaker 5: you know, being willing to be a part of that 868 00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,840 Speaker 5: is obviously huge. Uh, I'm telling us, and it's going 869 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:57,040 Speaker 5: to be I think, you know again, empowering and a great, 870 00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:59,960 Speaker 5: great opportunity for our guys general manage. 871 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I told, I told the guys. I 872 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:06,040 Speaker 4: mean I've been watching. I'm already watching the g D, 873 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:09,520 Speaker 4: but now I'm even more intently watching because I got 874 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,080 Speaker 4: a scout to see who's gonna be on our team. 875 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,360 Speaker 4: Because we don't come to just be a part of things. 876 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:17,719 Speaker 4: We only participate because we're coming to win everything. So 877 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,799 Speaker 4: we appreciate the opportunity to come and win. 878 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:23,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, but now I definitely appreciate it for sure. And 879 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:27,120 Speaker 3: is it something that you know, you guys, I want 880 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,120 Speaker 3: to do more of as far as you know, untraditional 881 00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,799 Speaker 3: type marketing reaching. We're in a different world now right 882 00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:34,480 Speaker 3: where people are consuming content different It's not just a 883 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,879 Speaker 3: matter of watching television, right. It's a matter of social media. 884 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:38,800 Speaker 3: It's a matter of YouTube, it's a matter of podcasts, 885 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:43,120 Speaker 3: a variety of different things. So yeah, is that something 886 00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:44,960 Speaker 3: that you know, you guys are embracing more on that 887 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,879 Speaker 3: online social media marketing type of platforms, no doubt. 888 00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:52,799 Speaker 5: And and we we have to you know, one just 889 00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,680 Speaker 5: like the younger fans that we want to reach and 890 00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:00,520 Speaker 5: you know that we weren't connected to the G League 891 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:04,240 Speaker 5: and to be able to introduce again like new fans, 892 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,239 Speaker 5: younger fans that you know, we can even be the 893 00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:10,279 Speaker 5: first stop to them becoming NBA fans. And then that's 894 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:12,080 Speaker 5: just again as a league, like when I talk about 895 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:16,279 Speaker 5: testing rules and you know, introducing you know, new new 896 00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:19,320 Speaker 5: concepts to the game. That's you know, like League of Innovation, 897 00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,120 Speaker 5: that's what we want to be known as. So I 898 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,680 Speaker 5: think this is even you know, a further stuff in 899 00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:25,400 Speaker 5: that direction. 900 00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:28,759 Speaker 4: And so again this has taking place during All Star weeks. 901 00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,359 Speaker 4: So it's gonna be in Indiana this year. Talk about 902 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:34,640 Speaker 4: things that the time and that has happened and get 903 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,720 Speaker 4: the details. Everybody who wants to support can can be there. 904 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,200 Speaker 5: To we'll be we'll hold the game Sunday, so it's 905 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:46,279 Speaker 5: Sunday afternoon before NBA All Star Game. It'll be in 906 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:50,239 Speaker 5: the footprint. It's what you called crossover, so like in 907 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:55,400 Speaker 5: the footprint of the NBA activations going on. So if 908 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,839 Speaker 5: you're at the NBA All Star like the All Star 909 00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:00,480 Speaker 5: NBA All Star Game, tickets are really really hard to 910 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,319 Speaker 5: get a lot of people can't get those tickets. You 911 00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:05,120 Speaker 5: can get a ticket to the up next game. So 912 00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:09,080 Speaker 5: come to the up next game and cheer four you know, 913 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:16,880 Speaker 5: the future stars of the NBA. How would they get 914 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:19,960 Speaker 5: a ticket? Just the NBA dot Com, NBA dot Com. 915 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,160 Speaker 3: That's part of the package of just not the All 916 00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:24,880 Speaker 3: Star Game, but like they have a package where you 917 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:29,720 Speaker 3: could come to like the type thing. Yes, and that's 918 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:35,080 Speaker 3: included in that. Yes, okay, and yeah, this is exciting. 919 00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:38,560 Speaker 3: Definitely looking forward to it for sure. Before we leave, 920 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:42,160 Speaker 3: any other initiatives that you guys are working on or 921 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,400 Speaker 3: what's what's your vision for you know, making this league 922 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,719 Speaker 3: as you know big as possible. 923 00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,000 Speaker 5: Well you know, obviously we like I said, I think 924 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,280 Speaker 5: that for a long time our goal was getting having 925 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,399 Speaker 5: thirty G League teams the NBA team, so we're really 926 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,880 Speaker 5: close to that. And then continue to create platforms and 927 00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:03,920 Speaker 5: opportunities for our guys to grow and grow on the 928 00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,520 Speaker 5: court and off the court. So you know, we again 929 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:08,879 Speaker 5: we you know, we talked about Ignite. But for all 930 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:12,880 Speaker 5: of our our players, we offer them a continuing education program, 931 00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:19,000 Speaker 5: We offer them job shadow programs, we offer you know, 932 00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:22,400 Speaker 5: entrepreneur programs where they continue to learn. So just continue 933 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,640 Speaker 5: to put the league in a place, put our players 934 00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:28,759 Speaker 5: in a place where they can continue to grow and learn. 935 00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:30,640 Speaker 3: How do you feel about the state of basketball right now? 936 00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:35,680 Speaker 3: A lot of people, you know, the Europeans taken over. 937 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,239 Speaker 3: It's an international game, and even how the game is 938 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:41,319 Speaker 3: played it is more of a European style. The euro 939 00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:45,000 Speaker 3: step right, and people are playing the game more different. 940 00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:48,160 Speaker 3: Step on steph has changed the game as far as 941 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,640 Speaker 3: shooting threes. Now everybody shoot threes at twelve years old, 942 00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:52,280 Speaker 3: people come down from half court shoot threes. 943 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:53,840 Speaker 4: You're a big man. 944 00:49:53,719 --> 00:49:56,600 Speaker 3: But the big man is not really relevant in today's 945 00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:59,279 Speaker 3: game anymore. Seven foot is when beyond the seven four 946 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,720 Speaker 3: and he's a guard much so the game has changed 947 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:06,160 Speaker 3: a lot since the nineties and early two thousands and 948 00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:08,879 Speaker 3: the golden age of the NBA. How people like to say, 949 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,440 Speaker 3: but I think it's I think it's in a good space. 950 00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:15,120 Speaker 3: What are your thoughts as far as somebody that's actually 951 00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:17,480 Speaker 3: played the game and you've you've seen different stages of 952 00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:19,040 Speaker 3: the game where we are now, how you feel. 953 00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,480 Speaker 5: I think, I think the game is is great. And 954 00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,800 Speaker 5: I mean I even say that like with a critical 955 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:27,000 Speaker 5: I'm not saying like I like every you know, I 956 00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:29,799 Speaker 5: would like a couple of more post touches. But I 957 00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:31,839 Speaker 5: think the game is I think the game is great. 958 00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:34,239 Speaker 5: I think the game is a global game, you know. 959 00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:36,520 Speaker 5: I think the idea that it has to be you know, 960 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:40,000 Speaker 5: how many you know, Europeans or international players, you know 961 00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:43,239 Speaker 5: taking over the game. I just think, like good players, 962 00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:46,520 Speaker 5: you know, find their way to the best league in 963 00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:48,640 Speaker 5: the world, Like the NBA is the best league in 964 00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:51,839 Speaker 5: the world. I think styles, I think that evolves, Like 965 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,040 Speaker 5: you know, I think right now it is a style 966 00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,400 Speaker 5: of kind of five man out and you know, pace 967 00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:59,920 Speaker 5: and you know, shooting a lot of perimeter shots. That 968 00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,359 Speaker 5: that's the you know, that's the style that teams are 969 00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:05,520 Speaker 5: seeing successful now. I think that'll that will evolve. I 970 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:07,680 Speaker 5: don't know if we'll ever go back to you know, 971 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:09,120 Speaker 5: when I had to come play the Nicks in the 972 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,760 Speaker 5: garden and like it was like Oakley and Mason and 973 00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:13,400 Speaker 5: charl Smith. I don't know we won't to ever go 974 00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:14,000 Speaker 5: back to that. 975 00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:19,200 Speaker 4: But you know, I think I think your game would 976 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:21,160 Speaker 4: have translated. I think so I knowing your game, like 977 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:24,440 Speaker 4: I feel like, yeah, there's a Tim Duncan, but your 978 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:26,440 Speaker 4: game wasn't really Tim Duncan. You were almost like a 979 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,920 Speaker 4: face up for in a sense where if you had 980 00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:32,200 Speaker 4: to step back, I feel like Brook Lopez was a 981 00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,920 Speaker 4: post up man that now shoots more threes than anybody 982 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:36,360 Speaker 4: on outside of the days you work. 983 00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:40,080 Speaker 5: On those, like you're gonna like I didn't shoot a 984 00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:41,640 Speaker 5: lot through but I would have worked you know, in 985 00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:43,520 Speaker 5: this era, I would have worked on more, would have 986 00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:45,759 Speaker 5: been more empowered to shoot them, you know, the coaches 987 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,239 Speaker 5: would increase it. I would have felt better about Yeah. 988 00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:52,759 Speaker 5: So yeah, but I think like all of that comes 989 00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,920 Speaker 5: in and you know, kind of waves and I think 990 00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:59,040 Speaker 5: we'll see, you know, at some point, based on like 991 00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:00,480 Speaker 5: the talent and the players. 992 00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:02,680 Speaker 4: You see, you're gonna see a different way the game 993 00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,160 Speaker 4: is played. I think there's another evolution that's happening, and 994 00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:08,000 Speaker 4: maybe most people are n't aware of his players that 995 00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:10,400 Speaker 4: are now in the exact position when we talk about 996 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,440 Speaker 4: you know, we just sat down with Andre Goodala and 997 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,400 Speaker 4: now at the NBA, NBA PA, Joe Dumars is here 998 00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:17,960 Speaker 4: at the league. You're here talk about that evolution of 999 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:21,680 Speaker 4: guys now stepping in exact roles. You know, Adam Silver 1000 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:24,799 Speaker 4: probably you know, he won't be running the NBA forever, right, 1001 00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:27,680 Speaker 4: So now we've got guys and training that elite that's 1002 00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:30,359 Speaker 4: dominated by people looking like us can now be run 1003 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:31,200 Speaker 4: by people that look. 1004 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:35,279 Speaker 5: I mean, I'll go even like beyond like beyond that. 1005 00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:38,960 Speaker 5: I think that's a nice thing where you see, you know, 1006 00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:41,759 Speaker 5: I came up where you know, it was a Joe 1007 00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,480 Speaker 5: Dumars running the team and a Billy Knight running the 1008 00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,359 Speaker 5: team and Stuve Jackson. So like, you know what we've 1009 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,799 Speaker 5: seen that Like what we see now with guys, I 1010 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:54,319 Speaker 5: think that's really exciting is like they're like business prowess, 1011 00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:57,440 Speaker 5: you know, like Lebron the things that he's done, you know, 1012 00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,719 Speaker 5: off the court, like he's you know, arguably the best 1013 00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:05,680 Speaker 5: player ever, right, you know I say that the respect 1014 00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,640 Speaker 5: you know, you don't think you don't think he's the best. Way, 1015 00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:11,080 Speaker 5: I just always you know, like we didn't really get 1016 00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:13,440 Speaker 5: to see Oscar. We didn't really get to see you know, 1017 00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:15,680 Speaker 5: I saw Korean, but we didn't really get to see career. 1018 00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:18,359 Speaker 5: So I always think of it like I don't want to. Uh, 1019 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,960 Speaker 5: my father, he taught me that. He's like you know, 1020 00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:24,000 Speaker 5: for the fathers of So I don't. 1021 00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,040 Speaker 4: Came into this league there was a man dominating. He 1022 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:27,839 Speaker 4: wants to be respectful of the people who think that 1023 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:28,160 Speaker 4: that man. 1024 00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:31,879 Speaker 5: Yeah, so that's I mean. But the things that they're doing, Uh, 1025 00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:35,200 Speaker 5: you know what magic is done in ownership. You know, 1026 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:38,400 Speaker 5: Michael Jordan has done ownership that we haven't. You know, 1027 00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:41,080 Speaker 5: we hadn't witnessed that before. And I think seeing that, 1028 00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:46,160 Speaker 5: in addition to you know, you have Andre leading the 1029 00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:49,239 Speaker 5: Players Union now and you know guys you know, doing 1030 00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:53,120 Speaker 5: things in different executive role, I think the combination of 1031 00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:55,080 Speaker 5: those two is really powerful. 1032 00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:59,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, thank you for your time, Thank you appreciate it, 1033 00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:01,920 Speaker 3: and definitely excited about the power of the partnership for 1034 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:06,120 Speaker 3: eyre coming coming for the chip. 1035 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:08,399 Speaker 4: Well, I'm thinking even bigger. I'm thinking, you know, there's 1036 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:11,200 Speaker 4: a Phoenix team that's coming potentially. There you go. You're 1037 00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:15,600 Speaker 4: talking about ownership. I know, I know some guys. There 1038 00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:15,840 Speaker 4: you go. 1039 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,680 Speaker 5: You connect you with the sun, and that's something to it. 1040 00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:20,200 Speaker 4: I'll go up to the eighteenth floor. We can talk 1041 00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:22,000 Speaker 4: about the Vegas team. We can talk about the Seattle 1042 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:22,359 Speaker 4: team too. 1043 00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:26,560 Speaker 3: All right, Seattle, Seattle, if we come, so will come? 1044 00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:29,759 Speaker 3: All right, Thank you, appreciate it, thank you, thank you. 1045 00:54:30,320 --> 00:54:33,919 Speaker 1: An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child 1046 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:37,800 Speaker 1: in Massachusetts. 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