WEBVTT - Michael Porter, Jr. Throws Shade at Fellow NBAers

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Porter Junior gave voice to something that I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>glad that he said it out loud.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I say this, but it's really just.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot more credible when an NBA player says it,

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<v Speaker 1>which is this what he said on the Nuggets pod,

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<v Speaker 1>Harrison Wind he said, what it takes to be great

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<v Speaker 1>dropped this from the clouds.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there's a lot of guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Who never become as good as they can become because

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<v Speaker 1>once they get to the NBA they take their foot

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<v Speaker 1>off the gas.

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<v Speaker 3>I see that, I continue to work harder.

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<v Speaker 1>Ooh. Basically, when you get a lot of money, you

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<v Speaker 1>stop working. Yeah, that's pretty obvious, but people seem to

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<v Speaker 1>think that, like these guys are robots. I'm gonna say

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<v Speaker 1>this until I'm blowing till I'm blue in the face,

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<v Speaker 1>till the end of time. The difference between a great

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<v Speaker 1>player and an excellent, elite, all time great, one that

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<v Speaker 1>has more than just physical gifts is that mental maniacal.

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<v Speaker 3>Drive to be even better even when.

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<v Speaker 1>You're at the tippy tippy top, even when you're an

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<v Speaker 1>All star like Ben Simmons, you add to your craft

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<v Speaker 1>even when you're the top one percent in the world

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<v Speaker 1>and you're rich as fuck when your body is tired,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're injured, when it's July.

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<v Speaker 3>And you've got max money.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the difference between really good and really really great.

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<v Speaker 1>And like, truthfully, that's only like ten to fifteen guys,

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<v Speaker 1>sure at a four to fifty right.

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<v Speaker 4>At a given time?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, at a given time.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, elite skill wise and elite mentally, and like can

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<v Speaker 1>you blame them? Like there's for that extra two percent?

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<v Speaker 1>It's like so much work. It's just so much work,

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<v Speaker 1>so much time, so much sacrifice, so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Giving up other things that you love.

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<v Speaker 1>Almost you have to just kind of move away from

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<v Speaker 1>the whole like work life balance, yolo. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>experience and enjoy things, Like there is no enjoyment.

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<v Speaker 3>Other than that. Like that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>And your wife or a girlfriend or kids probably never

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<v Speaker 1>see you because that's all you give a fuck about.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about that, Like you're what it really normally is

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<v Speaker 1>is you're a lottery pick. The team that chows you

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<v Speaker 1>has a ton of incentive to make it work. You are,

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<v Speaker 1>like you're working, you're getting yourself into the league, you're

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<v Speaker 1>already making good money. You're feeling yourself. The folks from

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<v Speaker 1>back home are telling you you made it. Your friends

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<v Speaker 1>around you telling you nothing but yes, telling you nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>But you're great.

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<v Speaker 4>You're in party cities literally every night.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, you're in. You have bottle service and bitches.

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<v Speaker 3>You're there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like you get in minutes, you're getting buckets.

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<v Speaker 1>And then if you're just okay, the team still has

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<v Speaker 1>an incentive to pay you because they think when you

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<v Speaker 1>get older and mature, that you're gonna put the time

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<v Speaker 1>in and the effort in to be ultimately very great

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<v Speaker 1>for them. And they don't want to look like idiots

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<v Speaker 1>because they chose you at six, you know, and like

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<v Speaker 1>they there's another four or five players that are already

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<v Speaker 1>producing more than you, But they don't want to look

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<v Speaker 1>like dummies, so like, pay you one hundred million and see,

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<v Speaker 1>like what.

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<v Speaker 3>Are they going to do?

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<v Speaker 2>Trade you?

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<v Speaker 1>Like no, okay, So we're firmly in Ben Simmons land.

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<v Speaker 1>So you don't even have to be that good to

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<v Speaker 1>get the contract. You actually have to be very very

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<v Speaker 1>bad to get the contract.

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<v Speaker 2>Because again teams, teams have egos as well.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't want to admit that they fucked up and

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<v Speaker 1>that hey, this guy is a Ferrari, but he's not

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<v Speaker 1>like the prestige version of the Ferrari. Like, there's the

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<v Speaker 1>premium I'm looking for cars, there's the premium, the premium plus,

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<v Speaker 1>and the prestige. All these guys are premium, some guys

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<v Speaker 1>are premium plus. Almost no one prestige and the team

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't want to say listen, like, I mean, he's a premium,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll pay him like a prestige and see maybe if

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<v Speaker 1>he like becomes that guy. It's normally not going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's the deal, right, Yeah, you've got life changing money.

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<v Speaker 1>You're good enough to keep playing probably for the next

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen years and getting paid.

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<v Speaker 3>Will you continue to strive for greatness? Probably not?

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<v Speaker 1>Probably not.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I wouldn't.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what makes Lebron James so fucking amazing.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it really does.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, if you think about that and put that all

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<v Speaker 1>of that into perspective and know that it's three a days,

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<v Speaker 1>like twenty four to seven, not just one year, not

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<v Speaker 1>just two years, but like twenty years of that a

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars in healthcare costs a year on your body

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<v Speaker 1>and food and nutrition and all.

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<v Speaker 2>Kinds of other things. That gets your mind and body right,

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<v Speaker 2>bitches and shit.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, twenty years, best of the generation and never took his.

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<v Speaker 3>Foot off the gas. Pretty nuts, pretty fucking nuts.

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<v Speaker 1>Other guys four years in the league, just fucking chilling,

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<v Speaker 1>just not getting better.

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<v Speaker 3>Looking at you, mar Bley, that's you. Andrew Wiggins, Andrews.

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<v Speaker 1>He's so good Andrew Wiggins like skill wise. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know that's the thing about us as people. We expect

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<v Speaker 1>that because Andrew Wiggins is so physically gifted and so

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<v Speaker 1>genetically there.

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<v Speaker 3>That he should want it like Braun or Kobe did.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's like he's just like us.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, I mean, it's so easy for people like us

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<v Speaker 4>to say, but like when you really like dissect it, like, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>do you give one hundred percent of your job every

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<v Speaker 4>single day? Like are you going the extra mile at

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<v Speaker 4>your job every single day? Like you demand like of

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<v Speaker 4>these guys, which I mean not saying that, like we

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<v Speaker 4>shouldn't hold high Kyleer athletes to a high standard.

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<v Speaker 3>But where does it end? Right? Just yeah, where does

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<v Speaker 3>it end?

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<v Speaker 1>Like you're you become almost like that crazy person in

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<v Speaker 1>the colisseum. It's like die for me. It's like no,

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<v Speaker 1>like these are human beings. But you know that that's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting that I think Michael Porter Junior peeled back the

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<v Speaker 1>onion on that, because when when NBA players are saying, like, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at my counterparts and my colleagues and they

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<v Speaker 1>are lazy.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they are chilling. That's how you know it's real.

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<v Speaker 3>That's how you know it's real.