WEBVTT - Warriors Slumping, Dray's $25k Fine + a Bradley Beal Interview 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:07.480 The volume. The Draymond Green Show is presented by a 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:10.760 fan duel sports book. There's no better place to bet 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:15.440 the action than on FanDuel sports Book during the football season. 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:19.279 It's easy to use, it's safe and secure. You get 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:22.360 payouts in as fast as two hours. There's so many 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:27.080 bet types. My favorite same game parlay bets. There's live betting, 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:32.159 player props, futures. If you're new, just download the FanDuel 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:35.599 sports Book app to get started. Now sign up. Please 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:41.800 use the promode code column C O L I. An 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:51.519 fan duel sports book makes it easy. What's up, everybody, 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:54.960 Welcome back to The Draymond Green Show. This is our episode. 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:59.880 That's right. We have as many episodes as lebron Jay 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:05.320 has All Stars, which is incredible, especially speaking of what 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:07.759 he's been doing as of late, which we'll get into. 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:12.440 But before we get into that, we have another all 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.640 Star guests, which, like I said, we're kind of making 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.000 a thing of having all Stars and Hall of favers. 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:22.000 I don't know, it's it's pretty great. So I am 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:26.880 number one um from myself, from my producer Jackson, we 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.120 want to say thank you to all the guests that 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.280 have come on the show. Up until this point, it's 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:36.640 been incredible. Um, each episode is special in its on right, 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.720 You're getting something different from each episode. At least that's 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.240 what I hope, because I'm getting something different from each episode. 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.040 And like I like, I always say, I enjoyed these 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:49.360 conversations just as much as I hope our listeners and 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:52.800 enjoy the conversations I learned from them. I think it's 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:56.160 for me. It's always good to see in someone else's 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:59.000 psyche and see what other guys are thinking and how 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.120 they're thinking. So today we will have a pleasure of 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:06.000 having All Star Bradley bill Um coming on today. He's 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:09.080 obviously had a stoppage in this season due to injury 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:14.640 god coming off of risk surgery, but more importantly, in 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:18.800 my opinion, one of the most underrated guys in the NBA. Like, 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:20.720 if you look at Bradley Building, what he's done in 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.359 his career, if I'm not mistaken, Um, actually I am 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.640 not mistaken. I am certain he's a three time All Star. 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.239 If you know anything about basketball, Bradley Bills in his 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:35.560 teen year, you think Bradley Bills has way more All 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:39.880 Stars appearances than three. And so that's why I said 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.120 he's one of the most underrated players in my opinion. 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:45.079 If you play against him, you know you're getting a bucket. However, 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.080 he can give it to you however you want it. 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.760 Brad Bill, give you that off the dribble, off the 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.520 catch and shoot off a pin down in the post 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.920 to the cup. He's giving you that. So I'm excited 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:59.720 to have Brad Bill on obviously. Uh, you know, he 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:02.000 has a player option coming up this summer, so we'll 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.280 talk a little free agency. We'll talk what he's seeing 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.600 and thinking for his future, as we all know that's important. 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.959 And I mean, do you see the movement that's going 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:14.800 on in the NFL. If the NFL never has movement 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:19.560 in their off season ever, like guys getting traded left 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:23.560 and right, that it never happens. So that has to 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.400 be lining us up for a great NBA off season 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.560 because there was always movement. NBA off season is a thing. 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:31.880 I think this is great for the NFL, by the way, 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:34.840 um to have this movement and exciting, like it's the 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:38.160 first time that the NFL has gone into the off 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:42.480 season and like gave us something to talk about for real, 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:44.640 Like you know, you see signs here and there, but 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.760 it's just not as much movement. And so to see 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.040 these guys on the mood like this and all the 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.920 reshuffling going on in that league, I think is incredible. 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.440 And so, uh, you know, as we're seeing that, we'll 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.520 get a chance to hear what Brad Bill is thinking 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:02.640 for his offseason coming up, and how he's preparing for 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.440 free agency, how he's embracing it. We'll get to hear 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.280 all that good stuff. So but before we get to that, 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.480 as you know, we gotta go around the association, starting 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:15.200 with the Warriors. Our team, my team three games slump 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.160 number one, until Jackson told me, I didn't even notice 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.360 we're in a three game slump because the reality is 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:24.080 at this point in the season that I I care 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.119 less about um whether we win or lose a game, 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.320 because ultimately this is about preparing yourself and getting ready 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:35.599 for the playoffs in the stretch run. So I had 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.039 no idea we actually had lost three in a row. 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:41.160 And saying that, I think, as you as you may 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.440 have heard in my press conference after the Orlando Magic game, 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.039 I think, you know a large part of that is 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.440 is us getting pumped. And you know I said that, 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:52.960 I said that to my teammates, I'm not afraid to 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.599 say that. And what I didn't say in the reality 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.960 is is that falls on me. That's my category. That's 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.039 where I say, Oh, that's where I lead. I have 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:04.640 to be better at that. I can't let that happen, 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:06.760 So that falls on me. I know someone asked me 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.279 last night, like, well, you know, would would that be 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:12.000 different as Steph Curry is it was any game And 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:15.120 the answer is no, it wouldn't be because that's not 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.360 Steph Curry's duty. So if I'm if I felt at 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:22.520 that currently, no matter who's on the floor, Steph Curry 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.000 is not coming to make us tougher. That's not what 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.120 stuff does. That's what not what I'm ever going to 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.960 allow step to do. That's not steps roll. So that 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.359 falls on me. Regardless of who on the floor. You 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:39.680 can't be out toughed like you gotta be tough. You 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.560 gotta meet the level of physicality. And like I said, 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:46.000 the playoffs are coming up, so meeting the level of 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.839 physicality is more important than any more important than anything. 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.920 Being mentally strong is more important than anything. And I 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.120 think that's two areas that our team has been lacking 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.560 in and we need to pick it back up. We've 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.960 shown that we can be UM good in those areas, 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.240 and I think it's it's very important that, you know, 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:08.520 heading into mid April, that we get that back, and 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:10.640 like I said, that's on me. I'll make sure we 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:12.840 get that back. So that's you know, and I think 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.039 that leads to other things, right, Like that leads to 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.599 the turnovers, that leads to the misshots, Like that leads 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:23.919 to UM going eight minutes and scoring two points or whatever. 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:30.000 It was like that, all of those things our byproduct 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:34.120 of just being out tough and another team being more 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.640 physical than you. So I'll take that on the chain. 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.120 That's on me. Um. Everybody talked about all Draymond get back. 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:41.800 It will change a lot of things that hasn't And 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.000 the reality is, I know it can change things. It 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:48.200 should change things, so I will change things. So that's 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:52.359 where I am. As far as our three games something go. Obviously, 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.559 you know yesterday it was released that I was find 0:06:54.600 --> 0:07:01.000 twenty five dollars. At this point, I I really don't 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:05.320 care about the fine or whatever. Like I got suspended 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.400 from Game five of the NBA Finals, Like that was 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.960 the absolute worst thing you could do to me. The 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.800 last thing I care and I got fined for that. 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:15.160 I'm not sure if I've told you, if I've told 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:19.960 this story before, but I got fined for that, getting 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:24.120 suspended from game five of the finals. Not mind you, 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:27.000 you're not paid for the playoffs. Just so you guys know, 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.440 like say, on the average for a guy who's on 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:34.800 the max contract on your per game per salary, I 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:39.600 mean your per games salary or game chet, let's go 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:45.040 roughly two hundred grand. Okay, it could be a little higher, 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.040 could be a little lower, but just go two hundred 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:50.520 grand for for an even number to give you some perspective. 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:54.600 If you win the NBA Finals, I think your bonus 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.160 is like three grands or something like that, which is 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:01.840 a lot of money, get me wrong, But in comparison 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.559 to playing one game and making two grand, it's not 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:08.440 a lot of money because that's seven that's at least 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:12.400 six if you sweep the playoffs, that's sixteen extra games. 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.360 So you do the math, it doesn't add up. I 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.840 was actually find a game check for missing a game 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.880 that I actually don't get paid to play it. So 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.200 I think, if I'm not mistaken, that fine. At the time. 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.240 For me, it was like a hundred and fifty six 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:30.800 thousand dollars or something like that. Um, And so to 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.679 be find was like the worst thing that you can 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.000 do to me, you've already done. Like, so I really 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.600 don't give a damn, especially when I can go home 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:42.920 at night and sleep and know that ultimately I got 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:47.160 a tech for saying come on and walking the other 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.640 ways saying come on, and then I I received a 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:53.560 second technical for saying come on. All right, you know 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:57.840 that was terrible. No profanity, no, none of that. But 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:00.920 then it's put out there, Oh, Draymond had a uh, 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:05.400 a profanity laced um thing with the official and he's 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:08.800 fine twenty dollars. But let's talk about the two technical 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:14.760 files that I use absolutely no profanity, two receive. So 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:16.600 I don't know, I don't understand. I don't really get 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.600 off into it. I really don't appeal technical files anymore, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.000 UM or none of the fines or anything, because you're 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:27.120 appealing to the same person that gave you fine like 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:31.040 you're you're appealing to them. So you're not gonna listen 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:33.440 to the interview a second time or watch the thing 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:35.280 a second time and be like, oh, you know what, 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.120 I'm gonna change that like that. That don't make sense 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.880 to me. It's it's actually one of the most backwards 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.760 processes that I can even think of. I mean, you think, 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:49.560 you know, if you go to court and you get 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:51.880 a judgment from the judge and then you appeal that, 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.840 you don't go back to the same judge and ask 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.600 that judge again. Hey, um, I think you want to 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.600 change your mind on what you already to side it like, 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:05.280 you just don't do that. So I've never understood that process. 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.079 Because I don't understand the process, I just don't bother 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.719 to waste my time anymore. Um, it is what it is, 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:17.040 Like it comes with the territory, Like I told them, 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:21.800 probably not. It's one thousand percent not the first time 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:25.000 that I've been fine, um as I think at this 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.920 point now, I've probably been fined over north of a 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:31.760 million dollars in my career, somewhere close. Um, It's definitely 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:35.120 not the first time I've been fine, and I'm almost 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:40.120 certain it won't be the last. So it is what 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:44.960 it is. UM. I me, I'm not changing that for anybody. 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:47.440 I'm always gonna be me. You take it to leave it. 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.280 It's gotten me this far. It'll get me much further, 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.640 so not tripping on that. And we got to talk 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:57.360 about one of the goats, my big brother, Lebron James, 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:00.840 passing Carled Malone on the school Our List for number 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.800 two our time, absolutely insane. You know why it's so 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:07.480 insane because no one even considers Lebron James the score. 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:14.400 That's what I think is extremely impressive is this guy 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:18.439 isn't even considered a score yet He's sitting that number 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:21.080 two all time, and it's only a matter of time 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:28.120 before he passed Kareem. Absolutely insane. And then he followed 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:32.640 that up going back to Cleveland thirty eight, twelve and 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:36.120 eleven and oh my god, kay Love. By the way, 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.400 we got a high k Love on the show. Um 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.480 one of these days, but oh my god, kay Love. 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:47.840 Jesus Christ, I think I think Brian owed you some 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.760 good wine for the album, my brother. As there's no 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:56.800 way come on out, Brian, There's absolutely no way. Like like, Brian, 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.480 you had enough reaction time to realize like, oh man, 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.000 that's kay uh, Like I'm I'm not about to do that. 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.160 Not put your foot in his stomach and climb him 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.640 and get the extra booths and look at the rim 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.840 and throw it in there. And then what I will 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:15.880 say is if it was me, kayleb I would have 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:17.880 turned around and looked at you and like, oh type 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:22.240 of ship. At least Brian looked at crowd. But like 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:26.360 I tweeted or I put on Instagram story or something 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:34.640 like thirty eight, twelve and eleven power Dump, like we knew, 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:39.040 we knew this was happening. Like, it's no surprise that 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:43.080 Lebron goes back to Cleveland, puts on that show, the 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:46.160 Lakers get a win. That was no surprise if you 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.600 if you, if you saw that Lebron was going to 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.760 Cleveland and that surprised you, shame on you because it 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.559 did not surprise me at all. I mean, Cleveland is 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:59.359 having a good year. Shout out to uh the Draymond 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:03.600 Green Show alumnus Darius Garland. They are having an incredible year. 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:08.040 Absolutely love what they're doing. But as Lebron going back 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.240 to Cleveland, like we all know how that goes. So 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.680 I mean that that that really just captain an incredible 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:17.760 week for Bron, you know, and what and what he's 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:22.400 been able to accomplish. Man, I mean, I take my 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.280 hat off to that brother, asked as someone who's had 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:29.199 battles with him, who has played in finals against him, 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:34.319 and and really understand, Um, you know his process and 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.800 what he does, and how hard it is to beat him, 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:41.880 and how incredible he is, my brother. I take my 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:46.239 hat off to you, man. I mean, it's still baffles 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.840 me that as much love as you get, still don't 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:53.680 get the love that you deserve. And I guess that's 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:58.080 a part of it, they say, But as a brother, 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:02.719 but even more importantly than a brother in this situation, 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:07.760 as a competitor, as um, someone who's going up against 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:12.000 you now for the last ten years. Hats off to you, Bro, 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.200 and nobody else ain't gonna give your flowers, my man. 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:19.240 I give you all flowers in the world because you 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.680 deserve them, Bro, from what you've done for the game 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:26.720 of basketball, for the African American community, for us as 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:31.320 basketball players, and the freedom that you've taken hits for 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:36.360 and helping everyone else get to where we are today. 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.680 I take my hat off to you. Bro. The chosen 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.160 one had that tattoo. I don't know since high school 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:46.320 that I know, like to actually come into the NBA 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.880 with all of that height and like not not only 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:51.920 like like you didn't live up to the hype, you 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:53.720 know what I'm saying, Like most people don't live up 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.920 to the height. And to come into the NBA as 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:04.600 the most hyped basketball player of all time and to 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.320 exceed the hight, to exceed what they thought you were 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.440 gonna do, and they thought you would be one of 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:14.520 the best to exceed that is absolutely incredible. And the 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.520 way you exceeded as as as incredible as it is 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.400 as a as a basketball player that you are, you've 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:24.600 exceeded that. In business, you've exceeded that, um and like 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:29.040 I said, changing the way we operate in this business. Uh, 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:35.960 you you've achieved that by by your entire team, your 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:44.840 entire family, y'all, like our entire family all winning at 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:49.120 the highest level. Like you've achieved so much, bro, And 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:51.880 like I said, as as a friend, as a brother, 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.120 as a competitor, I take my hat off to you, Bro. 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:57.520 They ain't never been done like you, and I don't 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.800 know if in my lifetime it will ever be done 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:03.840 in so to be able to witness that, it's been incredible, bro. 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:09.240 And saying that still trying to kick your ass, but 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:14.640 no doubt, man, Congrats to Lebron second all time, probably 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:17.840 in fifty more games or so, fifty or seventy games 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.040 or so, he will be first all time. And I 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:23.320 can't wait to see that, and I hope Steve Kerr, 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.640 I'm throwing this out there right now. Lebron James is 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:27.840 passing all time scoring record, and we have a game. 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:31.960 I'm going to Lebron's game and witness history. So that's 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:34.840 what we're doing, Coach Kerr. So if if Lebron or not, 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:38.360 when Lebron passes Kareem gets the number one all time, 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.280 does that make him to go to what you gotta 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.200 do to be to go? You know, you know every 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:46.640 everyone talks about when Lebron passes Kareem, does that make 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:50.160 him to go? I don't think him becoming the number 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:52.760 one score makes him anymore of the goat than he 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.840 already is. I think what what I don't like to 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.080 get into is like, oh, is Lebron the goat over 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:01.720 Michael Jordan? No, Lebron is a go and Michael Jordan's 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.920 a go and they're both incredible and they never played 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:08.360 against each other, So how can we ever settle that? 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:12.119 Like it's all subjective? And I hate that in sports, Like, No, 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:14.520 no one's running around talking about well, Google is a 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.080 better company than Apple, or Apple is a better company 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:20.280 to Amazon. No, we all just appreciate those companies for 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:22.600 what they bring to this world. But yet we get 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.040 in sports and we're getting basketball, and they've gotta be 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.720 Lebron James against Michael Jordan. Has to go to who's 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:31.000 the best. They're both incredible, they're both great, they're both goats. 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:34.240 So to get into this whole thing of like is 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:36.280 he above this guy or not? No, they both go 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.120 to their own right and I appreciate and respect those 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:42.080 guys for that, and I don't really want to get 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.520 off into who's better or who's not. They both are 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:50.239 incredible in different rors. I think you can appreciate uh 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:56.159 particular things about both of their journey and they're different 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:58.439 from each other. You know, you can appreciate how Lebron 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:00.800 has been able to do this for nine team seasons. 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.439 This man is leading the NBA and scoring in his 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:07.520 nineteen season. You can appreciate my mj taking off a 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:09.600 year and a half or two or whatever it was 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.520 and coming back and running off three more championships. That's incredible. 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:16.080 And so when you when talking about the Golden which 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:20.320 one is, like, Man, that's bullshit. Like, I respect both 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:23.040 of those guys. I appreciate both of those guys, and 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.080 at some point I hope this world of basketball catch 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:34.000 up and appreciate that as well. Man, this is becoming 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:39.360 a show. You almost you gotta be like doing your 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:41.359 thing to come on this show. Man. I'm honored to 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:46.440 welcome this next guest. UH three time All Star Freshman 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:50.040 of the Year at the University of Florida, All SECS 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:55.119 first Team, All Freshman First Team, UH National Gatorade Player 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:57.560 of the Year in two thousand eleven in high school. 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:01.240 But this guy went on to be the number three 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:04.439 draft pick in my drive class. Matter of fact, which 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:07.680 I must tell him. I'm still piste off about everybody 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:11.080 who got drafted before me. I'm still upset at and 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:13.600 he is one of them. Nonetheless, he is one of 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:16.720 the guys that did validate that he was supposed to 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:18.320 be before me, and I'm cool with that. I can 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.919 live with that. But if some guys on there that 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:22.960 shouldn't have been before me, this is not one of 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:26.119 those guys, you know, So I am honored to welcome 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.399 this next guest. Three time All Star Brad Bill, what's up, 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:32.920 my brother, Dre. It's a pleasure. Is a pleasure, my brother. 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:36.399 How you feeling. I'm feeling great, man. I appreciate you 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:38.560 coming on. We you know, we we've been having this 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.679 streak of All Stars and Hall of Famers and you know, 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:44.280 like real guys. So I'm I think I'm starting to 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:45.919 get to the point now where like, man, if you 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:47.800 ain't got no accolades, I don't know if you could 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:49.840 come on the show. I got Brad Bill on the show, 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:52.240 were doing it. You know. It's funny you you was 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:55.040 mentioned in my accolades and all that, but in the 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.879 draft class, and one thing I always admire about you 0:19:58.000 --> 0:19:59.760 is that you keep that chip on your should about 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:04.440 every it was drafting ahead of you, and it's way 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:08.480 steeper than everybody else in our draft class. Bro. I'm 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:14.960 trying to you already know that I appreciate that. Bro. No, honestly, honestly, 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:17.800 I still I still think back to that draft class 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:20.560 and like, I'll keep it all the way g with you. 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:23.000 I go through it all the time, and I'm like, no, 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:25.800 these guys ain't before me. Like there's a there's a 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:28.280 few guys in this draft class who I'm like, all like, 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:33.600 no problem, it's you, it's dame, it's a d But 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:35.800 then you get much deeper than that, and I ain't 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:39.520 going much than that, you know, you know, those three 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:42.359 guys I can respect. I respect the work put in, 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:44.840 I respect the resumes. You know what I'm saying, guys 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:47.159 really doing it. And but it was a lot of 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:49.960 guys in that draft who I didn't think they should 0:20:50.000 --> 0:20:52.160 have been before me that night, and I for damn 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:54.800 sure don't think they should be before me. Now listen, 0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:57.480 So you're showing it every night, so I ain't listen. 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:01.760 We already know how they work, you know, absolutely, I 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:04.719 appreciate it, bro No, But first off, how are you feeling? 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:07.640 Obviously you had the risk injury. How how is your 0:21:07.640 --> 0:21:10.040 recovery going with that? So it's been good. I had 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:13.040 risk surgery literally on a deadline day, So February tenth, 0:21:13.040 --> 0:21:16.560 I had risk surgery. Um, it's been four weeks since then. 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:19.399 I just got my cash changed out. I got another 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:21.679 six weeks in this cast, so it's gonna be ten 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:24.400 weeks total. I'll be in the cast, get the screws 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:28.199 out hopefully around April. Twenty minute April um. And then 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:30.359 after that I'm good to go on back rehabbing hopefully 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:32.879 another month after that, just getting the strength back in 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:36.280 the hand. Um. And then I would say about May June, 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:38.920 I should be I should be back to to myself. 0:21:39.119 --> 0:21:42.600 So it's been good. There's been no setbacks, no problems, 0:21:42.920 --> 0:21:45.120 you know, it's just getting used to being around, walking 0:21:45.160 --> 0:21:48.320 around doing everything with the cast. Luckily, was my shooting 0:21:48.320 --> 0:21:53.280 hands something good. Absolutely, And and speaking of that, obviously, 0:21:53.520 --> 0:21:57.480 you know, most guys like I've never hit free agency, uh, 0:21:57.520 --> 0:21:59.800 and to be quite honest with you, I've I've never 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:03.680 on it too, um, you know. But for most guys, 0:22:04.119 --> 0:22:07.000 you know, you get injured during the contract year and 0:22:07.359 --> 0:22:09.520 you don't know what the hell is going to happen. Obviously, 0:22:09.560 --> 0:22:12.399 your situation is different. We all know who Brad Bill is, 0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:15.000 we all know what Brad Bill is bringing to a team, 0:22:15.000 --> 0:22:17.120 and there will be twenty nine other teams knocking at 0:22:17.119 --> 0:22:19.720 your door. If you're one team that if your team 0:22:19.800 --> 0:22:21.679 that your own didn't want you to due to injury, 0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:25.680 that's not quite the case for you. But in saying that, 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:27.960 I think even for my you know, for myself, I 0:22:28.000 --> 0:22:30.879 can speak from my own, um, from my own personal self. 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:35.359 When you go through an injury, like you know, anybody, 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:38.320 I still have doubts to like, man, are they still 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:41.440 gonna want me? Like did you have any of that 0:22:41.480 --> 0:22:43.920 once going through the injury or or the whole time 0:22:43.920 --> 0:22:45.439 where you're just like, no, I'm all right, Like I 0:22:45.480 --> 0:22:47.960 know what I bring and I'll be fine. No. I 0:22:48.040 --> 0:22:50.920 never had that mindset. You know. We always know that 0:22:51.000 --> 0:22:52.439 you always keep in the back of your mind. And 0:22:52.480 --> 0:22:54.520