1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone. This is View from the Raptors. We want 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: the podcast. This is good news. I would like to 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: be a part of that. I could make it up 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: and you'd be like, oh yeah, that sounds right right, 5 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: just keep going. I believe Green she probably have somebody 6 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: look at that all right. View from the Raptors Behind 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: the scenes with the Boston Celtics, and we have a 8 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 1: very special guest with us today. He is the goat 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: when it comes to talking to the media, especially in Boston. 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: He is a Celtics legend, and he's come back to 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,959 Speaker 1: Boston full circle. Evan Turner, what's going on, man, let's up. 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: How are you doing. Good to see you man. I 13 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: appreciate the introduction, and doubt I think Mike's are gonna 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: get pissed if if you heard you call me a legend. 15 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: But I'll take you. Come on, Why why do you 16 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 1: say that I'm just seling, I'm just selking. No, that's 17 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: my guy for real. But I appreciate the introduction. I'm 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 1: glad to be on. So I appreciate you guys. I mean, 19 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: the last time I got to talk to you, Evan, 20 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: I was I was trying to crash your Instagram Live party. 21 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: When was that? That was, Like, know, a couple of 22 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: months ago, you were like sitting in your car. I 23 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: do remember that. Actually I was on. I was right 24 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: near the State House. Actually, I forget Instagram A live 25 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 1: is uh Instagram Live is this because I really go on, 26 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: but it's it's super fun when you do. It's a 27 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of supporting on there. So while 28 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: we while we were live, some dude found you like 29 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: you were you were on Instagram Live and the guy, 30 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: some guy was watching you and he was like, oh, 31 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: that's him down there and he walked up your car 32 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: and that's for a picture. Yeah. I was like, you 33 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: can see in here and he said, no, I just 34 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 1: know your car now, I mean I have a green 35 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: I mean I have an obvious car that I live in, 36 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: Uh the area I live in, you know you know 37 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: what I mean. Like I think he recognizes what looks 38 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: like him, like you know. It was one of those things, 39 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: but it was all love. And I always appreciate Boston 40 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: for that because they always showed me genuine love and energy, 41 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: which is why I was so happy to be back. 42 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: Besides like the driving and all that, the Rose and 43 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: Boston or terror. Yeah, we don't, we don't need to 44 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: talk about that. But no, that's one good thing about 45 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: the pandemic. The traffic has not been that bad. But 46 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: if you're living downtown, it's still i mean tough to 47 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: get around, man, but it could be worse. Like so 48 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: that's all good. But you said you're back in Boston. 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: We all know, Um, you came back. It was like 50 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: mid December. I think you came back. You introduced your 51 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: role as a super duper internship with the Southern how's 52 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: that going to associate associate head coach, So you got 53 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: associated to the head coach as to the associate head coach. Yeah, 54 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: but it's been cool. I think everything's been cool. Um, 55 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: Like I said, I'm very grateful for Brad to uh 56 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: allow me as opportunity to really you know, learning ins 57 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: and outs you know, of basketball and coaching. I've always 58 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: respected Brad's uh mine, enjoyed playing for him, and you 59 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: know just this day in and day out, you know, 60 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: approach the things. So I think it's been going well. 61 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: It's been some roadbumps just personally just was trying to 62 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: grow and learn and you know, kind of out my 63 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: brakes a bit. But it's been cool and I really 64 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: enjoyed it, and I really enjoy you know, being around 65 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: positive energy and and uh you know this assalted staff 66 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: and you know learning, uh, learning a lot more you know, 67 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: tricks to the trade. What are you doing day to day, Evan, 68 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: So day to day? Basically, Um, you know I usually 69 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: breakdown from usually help you know with the young guys 70 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: in regards of some of their pet work, you know, 71 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: personal performance. Tell us what is not everyone knows. So 72 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: PEP is just basically just like you know, it's like 73 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: a little to warm up to their own individual work. 74 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: So basically, some of the young guys will show up 75 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: early and keep learning defensive schemes some of the offensive plays, 76 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: and you know it's just more intricate and more personal 77 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: you know, uh, opportunities for them to get reps because 78 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: the season has been so hacktic with the practices and 79 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: on the road trip, we've had less time to teach 80 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Player enhancement program. Yeah, enhancing program. Well, 81 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: oh you want the acronymic because no one knows, an't 82 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: let the people know? Well, I mean it's all the 83 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: same stuff, right, No, we don't know. I mean it's 84 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: not saying it's not the same stuff that I'm saying, 85 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: Like it's just different names like are you walking or 86 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: are you strolling? You know what I mean. It's like 87 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: one of those things like just meaning like PEP and 88 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: he's like, no, I got no idea, which just individual 89 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: work is individual breakdown, so like how you personally, how 90 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: each individual can get better and what they need to do. Yeah, 91 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: just group work. So PEP is just I guess it's personal. Okay, 92 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: So there's personal and then there's group work. Yeah. Yeah, 93 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: but it's just smaller practices in a sense, you know 94 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: what I mean, it's only like fifteen or twenty minutes. 95 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: Is it's all really time allows you know, which guys 96 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: have you been working with? So I've been able to 97 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: help out obviously help out Jay Lernego with Taco and 98 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum uh Now, I played ones on off days 99 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: sometimes with Grant Yourmon and Carson Um. So I just 100 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 1: literally just been chipping kind of not being a big brother, 101 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: but you know, just you know, getting in where I 102 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: fit in and you know, helping out with my experiences 103 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,559 Speaker 1: and my advice and you know, helping out a romie 104 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: a little bit. But you know, definitely just learning from 105 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: some of the coaches we already have here on you know, 106 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: the the dudes and don't So I've been lucky, lucky 107 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: enough to be welcome in in that way, you know, 108 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: but you were like on the border of playing this season, right, So, like, 109 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: I'm really curious to ask you this because when I 110 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: talked to Scale about when he went into coaching, he 111 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: was like, the first couple of days, like Monday and Tuesday, 112 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: if there was practice, he's He's like, I could keep 113 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: up with the guys. But by the time it got 114 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: to like Friday and Saturday, I could not keep up 115 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: with the guys. And I knew that was when I 116 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: had to retire. And I was like, I made the 117 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: right decision. How does it feel for you? Like, can 118 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: you still run with these dudes like seven days a week? Yeah? 119 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: I think I could. Yeah I don't. I mean mean, 120 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: Scal's body was a little bit different, and I think, 121 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: guys to go don't ever get it wrong, You don't 122 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: need to go that part. Yeah, but now, like I 123 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: just I mean, I can still get it, like for sure, Um, 124 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: how tough was that decision? And what made you decide 125 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: to choose coaching I don't think it was like a 126 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: crazy I mean, it was a tougher decision, but when 127 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: it comes down to I was able to play ten 128 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: years in the league, like you know what I mean, 129 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: that was a blessing, especially in any sense. And on 130 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: top of it, like I'm playing for you know, to win, 131 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: playing for a good you know, situation, and it's not 132 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: like I have any personal goal. So when it came 133 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: down to that and some opportunities that had wasn't to 134 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: be on a winning team or whatever, and I was 135 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: I hate losing, and the stuff I did at Landing 136 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: last year was like pure hell. So I was like, honestly, 137 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: like to mix this in and wait on something that's 138 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: not really for me, or to get a quick start on, 139 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: you know, learning in my next career that I want 140 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: to go into. I thought was the best opportunity. I mean, 141 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: it's a it's a tough decision to make, yeah, but 142 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: I literally honestly looked at it as all like I 143 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: was just trying to give advice to a friend, Like 144 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, because sometimes when you give 145 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: your friends advice is the obvious thing, you know what 146 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: I'm saying, but they don't see it. And I was 147 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: just kind of like, now, if I already talked to 148 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: my friend about this, what would be so obvious, you know, 149 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: and I would think I went with the obvious choice. 150 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: I love basketball, and I appreciate everything basketball has done 151 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: for me, and uh, the most important thing about basketball, 152 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: appreciate the life lessons it teaches. There's been parts of 153 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: my game where in my life where basketball is played 154 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: in my favor or the eyes have played in my 155 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: favor what I'm saying, And I've seen it at the 156 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: same time not playing somebody else's favor and how they've 157 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: handled it, you know what I'm saying. Sometimes I've seen 158 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: people handle it well and sometimes I've seen people handle 159 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: it badly. I just remember being a kid and just 160 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: being like, bro, when I get older, if it comes 161 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: to that time, I'm appreciate the moment I have now, 162 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna step up and take whatever. You know, 163 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: the game sends me or life sends me. I'm gonna 164 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: trying to take it as a man. And I understand that, 165 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: like I'm not the only person that happened to It's 166 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: just like that's the part, like you know what I'm saying, 167 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: So I kind of it's always envisioned that way. You 168 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: know what I'm and accepted what I was blessed to have. 169 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: And I was a ten your career, and I was 170 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: able to make a lot of money and come back 171 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: to places where people show me love and to land 172 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: on my feet in Boston and it's a top five 173 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: sports organization in the world. So and I'm just not 174 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: saying I'm just saying that's to say how great fun 175 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: I am for you know, the next step, so I'm 176 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: able to take those are wise words, Evan, And I 177 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: really am curious if if you always looked at it 178 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: that way. But I also want to know how did 179 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: the transition come. Did you call up your friend Brad 180 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: Stevens and say, hey, what do you what do you 181 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: think about being coaching? I mean I brought up because 182 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: you know, I spoke to my I spoke to my 183 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: agents about it, so I heard there are like certain 184 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 1: options and do so Okay, there's Jason Tatum sneaking in 185 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: over over Evans shoulders. You want to come on the 186 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: pod I'm giving I'm giving an exclusive. Evan's taking credit 187 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: for all of your success this year. That's what I'm saying. Bro. Basically, 188 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: I scored a fifty three for you about forty point. 189 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: I basically did the trip double. I basically just walk 190 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: you through that whole now. Just joking, honestly, I don't 191 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: think a lot of people give credit to him, but like, uh, 192 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: Jason is one of those people like when you grow 193 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: up or whatever and you get in competition or whatever, 194 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: sometimes a competition competition and turn and envy. But like 195 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: he's one of those people. He's such a nice kid 196 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: that like it's easy to be a fan and a 197 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: friend of him, so like and nobody knows that about him, 198 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,439 Speaker 1: like behind the scenes, Like he's really like a legit individual. 199 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: So and you're not saying this just because he's hanging 200 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: over your shoulder. And I know what I'm saying. It's 201 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: because when I look back on it and I see 202 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: like in that comparing, I'm damn Miller or anything. Like kids, 203 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: when you're out there, like be a good person, because 204 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: it don't pay to be an asshole like all that stuff. 205 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: Do some I'm saying that to say, like, if you're 206 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: looking up to him, he's generally a good individual. So 207 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: don't get big headed, don't be an idiot or whatever, 208 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: like JT. Do right, and all your other favorites do right, 209 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: So let's just do right. I mean, I think we 210 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: mean I can both confirm that JT is definitely a 211 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: good dude client, see you anytime I got a question. 212 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: This is the man to go to. Got all the gym. No, 213 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: I don't, I don't. I barely do anything. I don't 214 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: think Brad would have brought you back if you if 215 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: you barely were going to do anything. But back to 216 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: that question, did you reach out to Brad with this 217 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 1: operate for this opportunity or did he bring it up 218 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: to you? I know you you spoke about your agent. 219 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: It's pretty much your monster like our group. So I 220 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 1: talked to my agents, so I knew it's kind of 221 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: an opportunity. Uh that was on the table, you know, 222 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: if I wanted to keep playing or not. So I 223 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: spoke to Brad about it. He's asking me, it's like, 224 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 1: are you sure you're done playing? And I was like, 225 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: I think I'm pretty sure. It's like, well, are you 226 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: positive because I still think you have a couple more 227 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: years And this is like a dark side, like coaches 228 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: are completely different, you know, realm. So he's just making 229 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: sure like I was making a decision that I wanted 230 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: to do much more than anything else. Like I didn't 231 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: expect anything I was from Brad because uh, I always 232 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,479 Speaker 1: appreciate having a conversation where he's always put my best, 233 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: you know what's best for me. For so I it 234 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: was lucky, you know, lucky enough from the opening door 235 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: and give me a position to be able to you know, 236 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: learn and you know, be around the right people. And 237 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: you talk about him kind of having allowing you to 238 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: put your best foot forward. Let's rewind back to when 239 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: you signed with this team. Um, you signed on a 240 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: smaller contract two years. I think it was about seven million. 241 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: There weren't a whole lot of expectations, right, Yeah, that 242 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: was I guess it wasn't a whole bunch of expectation. 243 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: You know, that's a game. You know, you're hiding cold 244 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: in the NBA, you know what I'm saying. So when 245 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: it came down to I knew there wasn't much expectations, 246 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: But I mean I also knew I could play basketball. 247 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: It was like a prove it deal. That's how I 248 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: saw it back then. Yeah, I mean the definitely, I 249 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: mean I was making more off my shoot deal than 250 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: I was here. Yeah, it wasn't improved. Deal like, it 251 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: wasn't proved. Deal actually wasn't prove it. Deal absolutely, And 252 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: I was fortunate enough to land in the right situation. 253 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. I think basketball's time, and 254 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: I think to have a mind like Brad and like 255 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: to speak and be like, hey, you might not be 256 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: the best three point shooter, but you can do every 257 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: thing else at a pretty high level. That's a good 258 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: basketball player, you understand I'm saying. That's what he said 259 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: to you when you arrived, when I arrived, He's just like, 260 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about the three point shooting. I'm You're 261 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: able to do a lot of other stuff. You can 262 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: develop it, of course, but you're you just told me 263 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:16,599 Speaker 1: you can really do a lot of other things in 264 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: a high level, and that was just the truth. For 265 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: whatever reason, we all just fall in love at four 266 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: percent three point shoots. But it's fun, like you know 267 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, And oh it's fun. I don't doubt 268 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: when I play video games that shooting out to the 269 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 1: three shoot. If you're not gonna do it in real life, 270 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 1: you gotta do it in the video games, right, you 271 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: gotta do it somewhere but um and that was pretty 272 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: much it. And when I was able to come in, 273 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: I just think time it was everything I was. I 274 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: was able to be around a couple other people are 275 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: trying to rebuild their careers and you know, rebuild themselves 276 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: and being Brad what's on the up and up where 277 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: we are all able to lean on each other and 278 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: join together to really, you know, even though it wasn't 279 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: as crazy as the team Eastern Conference finals, but to 280 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: go from a tank situation of making it the two 281 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: playoffs and one year having thirtysothing players, I thought it 282 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: was pretty impressive. And it just showed a testament to 283 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: the Gullans in the locker room. And that's I mean, 284 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 1: without that phase, like the Celtics don't get to where 285 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: they are right now, right They're not bringing in Al 286 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: Horford and free agency if the team doesn't show that 287 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 1: it's turned in a corner. And I just want to 288 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: clarify when I say prove it deal, I just mean, like, hey, Evan, 289 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: we've got this opportunity for you to come here. You're 290 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: going to have an opportunity to like play with the 291 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: ball in your hands show the rest of the league 292 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: what you can really do, because you didn't really have 293 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: that opportunity really in the previous seasons of someone like 294 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: using you the right way. I felt like that's what 295 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: Brad did with you. He used you the right way. Yeah, 296 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: I don't. I never want to send any shot like 297 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: shots to anybody else because that's not the case. It's 298 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: just like we speaking English, somebody trying to get you 299 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:56,599 Speaker 1: to speak in Spanish and may be tough of and 300 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, or speak you know what 301 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: I mean, Mandarin or what or else. So I was 302 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: fortunate enough to, you know, have a coach. I understood 303 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: what I wanted to do or I could do, and 304 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: you put me in position to be successful. And you know, 305 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: for two years throughout teen years, I played the best 306 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: basketball in my career, you know what I mean. And 307 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: I don't take that for granted, because he's able to 308 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: open up doors to uh, you know, more opportunities to 309 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: provide for my family, to be able to go to 310 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: the West Coast and learn a lot, make it to 311 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: the Western Conference finals, win fifty games in the West 312 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: and you know, do some cool stuff, and uh, I 313 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: definitely just appreciate the opportunity. So Evan before we get 314 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: to ahead. I feel like you're one of the few 315 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: people who's actually seen mad Brad and can talk about it. 316 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: And there was an incident inside the locker room. I 317 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: don't know whether it was your first or your second year, 318 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,119 Speaker 1: but you told us post game in the media scrum 319 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: that Brad was so upset with the way that you 320 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: guys played that he threatened to take the food off 321 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: the plane because it was a back to back. So 322 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: then I get on the plane and Brad said his 323 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: wife texted him. Tracy was like, what did you say? 324 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: What did you do? Are you really taking the food away? 325 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: And Brad was like, what I did nothing? And I 326 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: get on the plane and Bread said, what did Evans say? 327 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: He is he's still pissed about that. He brought that 328 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: like a month and a half ago happened. He's like, 329 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: you know, you can't believe he's like the media, he 330 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: told a story. He's like, you know, evn't toss the media. 331 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: You know, I'll tell jokes and tell what everything. You 332 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: don't know what he's gonna say. And he told that 333 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: joke and he told that story. I might my dude, 334 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: like you brought that up, like twenty times, like are 335 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: you really that mad? Like apparently, I mean, I guess 336 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: a baby girl wants to call them laid into him, 337 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: you know me, you know when wife he called, you know, 338 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: she gets your emotions up. You know how I go 339 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: way bigger than anything. So it's probably I don't blame him, 340 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: but that he definitely he definitely like that one. But 341 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: he's right and he's right to be mad for sure. 342 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: And Brad, if he were to take food away, I 343 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: think it would be I think he would be well 344 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: within his rights because he uh, he used a trip 345 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: on much some food away. By the way, because when 346 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: the back in the day when Doc Rivers was here 347 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: and even the early days with Brad, there were like 348 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: derito's on the planet. There was like all of the 349 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: junk food that you possibly want Chicago and then out 350 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: in California's like that's not happening, Like we got to 351 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: get the soundtrack. Now I did what you're saying, bro. 352 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: But at the same time, no, it's a good thing. 353 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: It's good for like the players, but I need the deritos. 354 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: I needed to like what type of deritos? Are you going, 355 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: Nacho or are you going? What is it cool? Ranch, 356 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: cool ranch for sure. Yeah, I'm done with the cool ranch. 357 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: But no one wants to be around you have to 358 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: you eat those. I'm over it. I don't trip. I'll 359 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: be around you after you onions whatever. But like, yeah, 360 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: right yourself on a plane though, like um it gets 361 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: the flat and seeing on them healthy as snacks, like 362 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, carrots. It's like it's so true. Yeah, 363 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 1: can I get you like a kambucha or whatever? I 364 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: tried and it just wasn't me it was But no, 365 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: you're right the veggie the crew detay little plastic containers. Yeah, 366 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: I mean to give a flight attendant eye contact for reals. 367 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: It's something you want me to offer me? Nothing for 368 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: real right now? I don't want this ship. But then 369 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: Lynchi gets on the plane and he gets his yogurt 370 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: covered pretzels. He has his own bag with his name 371 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: on it. That's because Lynch is a man and we 372 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: must protect him at all cars. Lynch got out fast 373 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: the other night that altercation between Tri and Tori. Lynchi 374 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 1: is still a trained killer. Like till this day, if 375 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 1: I was going to get somebody, I'm having Lynchi by 376 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: my side. Context here, Lynch is Phil Lynch. He's the 377 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: team's security doing your security guy, protecting the streets of 378 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: Boston for over fifty something years. Fight breaks out on 379 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: the court, that's the man you see running on to 380 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: save the day and break it up. And he's really 381 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: pulling up, Bro, He's really really pulling out. Lynci is 382 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: a man, Bro, Lyncia is a MANU man. Okay, but 383 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 1: Evan back to my original question, what is mad Brad? 384 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: Because I feel like he's taken some heat this season, 385 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: especially for being too even killed. But what is he 386 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: like really? I mean in the locker room with you 387 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:25,159 Speaker 1: guys and when people do screw up. I think he 388 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: always tries to find a solution, Like you understand I'm saying. 389 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 1: I think he gets if he were to get madness 390 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: over an instant, I feel like incidents like over time 391 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: where you know he's really trying to, you know, get 392 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: people to rese the potential, you know what I'm saying. Sometimes, 393 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 1: you know, if he gets mad, I think it's almost 394 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: like the answer is so simple to do right. It's 395 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: like why don't y'all want to do right? Like you 396 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like that's always been kind of 397 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 1: like his inmost like life is simple, find a solution, 398 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: like just do what you're supposed to do, you know 399 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: what I mean? Same way why it gives you so 400 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: much freedom because it's like you're pro do your job. 401 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: So I don't even know if it's like mad Brad 402 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: much more than it's like Brad is much more funny 403 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: and sassier than what you would think. Explain, please, man, 404 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: when people trying to play him like like nerdy Brad, 405 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 1: like Brad said, he'll do like a funny dude like 406 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: Brad ain't like somebody like you pick on like there 407 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: goes like the weird doing the room Brads like he's 408 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: a man and he can talk ship with the best 409 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: thing difference, Okay, we need an example of that. I 410 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: can't get like, we can't be left hanging and not 411 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: have an example of that. I gotta think I have 412 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: to he does have. He has a dry sense of 413 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: humor with us where he'll drop something but then he 414 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: like needs to make sure that you heard that. He's 415 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: like I was joking. You know, I don't know anything. Yeah, 416 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: for sure, I can't really say I have to think 417 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: of something and maybe you can bring it back and 418 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: tell it. But like I just know O for sure. 419 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: Like one thing about him, it's like he's just a 420 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: class he dude. He keeps his manners like you understand 421 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, so you know, you don't you don't 422 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: draw into like the little nitpick stuff or whatever. You know, 423 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 1: But like and when when you when he does that 424 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: so often you think it's kind of a way of 425 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: him not being tougher, like not like, you know, trying 426 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: to avoid confrontation, but like Brad can sit there and 427 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: talk ship with you with the best thought and like 428 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: it's not even like talk ship. He's keeping it real. 429 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: He was just being nice. But you know what I 430 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: mean by letting you live. So sometimes you'll sit there 431 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: and it's like and like that little aha moment. It's 432 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: like way crazier because he just allows you make an 433 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: ass out yourself from your learned from your mistakes. So 434 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: I'll always say that about Brad. People try to play 435 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: him and be like corner or nerdy. He's not like 436 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 1: that whatsoever. He's cool. He's cool. It's cool as hell. 437 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: And that's behind the scenes with the Boston Celtics right there, 438 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: from one of the coolest people you ever met. That 439 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: is true. It means more from you. Sometimes y'all kept 440 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: asking me. I'm like, bro, like I'm telling you he's cool, 441 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: like he's a man, Like you gotta believe it, Like 442 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 1: take that to the bank and you know what I mean, 443 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: you'll get credit with that feeling. So so after the 444 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: is two years in Boston, obviously you get a huge 445 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: deal to go out to Portland. You're talking about how 446 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: the manifest destiny went Western a manifest that it's true, yeah, 447 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: but you're you're talking about how ill Brad is, how 448 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: hard was it to leave? And it was I love 449 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: Boston brother as hard as the lead. But then when 450 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 1: you went to go talk about the offers, it's like, bro, 451 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: y'all are just making me just I guess to leave 452 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: your whole day like god damn offers. You couldn't refuse 453 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: That summer was crazy. Yeah, you wake up that morning 454 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: they say seven D and you have to ask your 455 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: agent four different times, like seventeen or seven D like no, 456 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: like seven and seven zero seven D. Like I called 457 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: my mom and she's like, oh my god, like like, well, 458 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: what was your Like what did that feel like? Because 459 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: you were you were hanging it, but I think you 460 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: maxed out of like six or seven mill a year 461 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: before you got that. Well, I get I didn't shoot. 462 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: I mean I was comfortable, Like I walked in. I 463 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: had my shoe deals, so like I told you, like 464 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: I didn't get a crazy deal from Boston, Like my 465 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: shoe deal was still the same. So like I've been 466 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: comfortable financially. I guess, like the one thing it was 467 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: was like you know, finally, like I guess this is 468 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,919 Speaker 1: money to take further money to further take care of 469 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: my family, of course, but then at the same time, 470 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: like I'm not saying I was some title or anything, 471 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: but I was just like, bro, I all right, I 472 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: know I deserve this, Like do you understand I'm saying, like, 473 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,959 Speaker 1: and I'm not knocking anything. I don't want to go 474 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: deep into anything, but like when I watched, like I 475 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: knew there's an yeah, but I knew I deserved it. 476 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: I knew, like I was grateful for money I was 477 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: making prior to but like I knew that it was 478 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: a low ball too, Like I understand, I'm saying someone 479 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: came down to it as my family and like my 480 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: kids I didn't have at the time, I was like, 481 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: I'm glad I was able to get this. I'm glad 482 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: somebody appreciate it when I put in. And it's most 483 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: importantly sacrifices I made, you know what I mean. Like 484 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: a lot of times we speak on a lot of stuff, 485 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: and I don't like hyping myself up, but I made 486 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: a lot of sacrifices for myself personally, and you know, 487 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: publicly where it's all the glitz and glamour, where I 488 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: always take hits for it, and you know, sometimes say, 489 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: all right, I guess you get paid for that, you 490 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So it was a blessing and 491 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: and and it was cool. And I remember, you know, 492 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 1: calling my mom and she was hyped. I remember calling 493 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: Iguadala and he was so hype, and uh, you know, 494 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: it was cool to it's you know, it's just cool 495 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 1: to see. And you know, the biggest thing, like I 496 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: always say, was just trying not to die before I 497 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,159 Speaker 1: signed a deal, you know what I mean, And that 498 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 1: was to live first. I couldn't sign a deal to 499 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: just life fifth and I kept trying to tell like, bro, 500 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: I will come out there now, like let's just do this. 501 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: Can you can you like email or facts that now? 502 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: Like one second, I said, yeah, like, all right, where 503 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: do I need to sign? Like that was the toughest part, 504 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: just making sure I stayed alive. You stay home, You 505 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: didn't go anywhere. Yeah, I didn't, That's what I'm saying, Like, 506 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: damn right. And then within a year you've got someone 507 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: driving into your pool trying to take you out. Man. 508 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 1: That was lit. That was crazy. That was crazy. That 509 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: was a funny story. But like every part that was 510 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: like it just it turned out. Well, it was a 511 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: week before Christmas. The dude didn't die. You know, he 512 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: went right into the pool, didn't He went right into 513 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: the pool, and he should have dropped, went over the 514 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: pool and dropped and landed onto Montgomery you avenue. You 515 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. It's funny now, it could have 516 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: been really bad, you know what I'm saying, Like fifteen 517 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 1: ft to the left. He would have went into my kitchen. 518 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: I would have just been eating breakfast. Oh my god, 519 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So and he came out 520 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: of broken ribs, hip, leg and ankle. But you didn't die. 521 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,479 Speaker 1: My chef got was it? He got a special award 522 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: from the fire apartment. Yeah, and was there water in 523 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: the pool at the time. There's water in the pool. Yeah, 524 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: and then too, I got to use insurance too, you 525 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: know what I mean? Yeah, all that ready for insurance 526 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: and like you, there's no reason to call incaud you 527 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: want your premium and go up. And it's like it's 528 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: about goddamn time. We all can relate to that. It 529 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: was about time, bro, Like I'm glad you got to 530 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: cash in, and you'll need to hold me up and 531 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: like honor me because I wasn't one of a few 532 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 1: people I was able to use a insurance for some 533 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: real ship, you know what I mean. I got a 534 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: new carpet everything I was doing my back, I got 535 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: a new carpet because I got a new set of nights. 536 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: But it was it was still it's still good. I 537 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: like this, So it was stop. But that was a 538 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: funny part in the team fund. The team photographer, he 539 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: had a great idea to bring out the droid on 540 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 1: the drone before he took before they took the truck 541 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 1: out the pool, so we were able to get some 542 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: dope shots and everything. But it was just crazy because 543 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: it took them four days to figure out how to 544 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: take the truck out the pool. Because think about it, 545 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: it's an eighteen ton truck. It's twenty five down. Legit, 546 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: how you see on my street in the street is 547 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: only probably as narrows like twenty feet maybe, So you 548 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So every time I'm gonna look 549 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: out the window from my living room, I would see 550 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: the hole and I would just see like the three 551 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: guys just sitting there like this, like scratching the head 552 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: head to bring a bring like a little forklift or whatever. 553 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: And when it was an engineering feat to be truck 554 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: out of your pool. Yeah, And every time I will 555 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 1: open like the window, I just see them just like 556 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 1: like kind of like that, like you know what I'm saying. 557 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: I'm like, man, I'm not really tripping, bro, because nobody 558 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: got the answers to a truck fall into a pool, 559 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: Like you know what I'm saying. So I'm lucky that 560 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: all played out and I was able to sell that 561 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 1: house just like three days ago. So busne listing. Yeah, yeah, life, 562 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: life appears to be paying you forward. You got the 563 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: big deal, Yeah, cashing on insurance. The guy the driver 564 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,479 Speaker 1: was okay, just had some broken ribs. Is a good stuff. 565 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: Really stuff happens to you, Evan. I feel like all 566 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: the time. We're gonna we're gonna do story time with 567 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: Evan Turner to wrap this thing up. But yes, it's 568 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,239 Speaker 1: a little preview. Crazy stuff happens to you know, like 569 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: when the truck went into my pool and legit my 570 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: my my chef was like going crazy whatever, and I 571 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: was just like, man, of course, like you know what 572 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: I mean, stuff like that all the time. So I 573 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: called my people. I'm like, yo, um again, yeah I called. 574 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: I called. I called the team security. It's like, yo, 575 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: truck just crash is my pool? Like, tell them I'm 576 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 1: a misshoot around or I'm gonna be late. So when 577 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: Rick Riley tells Coach Stocks like yo, Evan, uh, it's 578 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: gonna be late to shoot around, He's like he's like 579 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: a truck fell into the pool. So starts is kind 580 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 1: of looking like you really believe that and he's like no, 581 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: look like you know what I'm saying. And then after 582 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: I called my financed people and you know, my people, 583 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: and they're just like, y'all, you know you're shut off 584 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 1: the end, you know, just go about your business, will 585 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: handle it. So I just told the people, like the 586 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: fire department, love, bro, there's somebody here I talked to 587 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: I just walked down the hill. I went to practice. 588 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: People are like, shot. I'm like, bro, ship like this 589 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: happens to me all the time, Like all the time. 590 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 1: It don't even shot me. I was like, of course, 591 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: of course, Well that's a great story to go into 592 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: our end. You do our first commercial break. We're gonna 593 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: come back at this and get some more context of 594 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: maybe some more crazy stories that happened in the life 595 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: of Evan Turner. We'll be back right after this. I 596 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: know I've been waiting forever to get back into TV 597 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: Garden for a live Celtics game, and I know you've 598 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: been feeling the same way. 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Alright, storytime with Evan is gonna 608 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: come up in the next segment, so you're gonna have 609 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: to wait around for that. But right now we're gonna 610 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: jump in and talk about Evan, your your early portion 611 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: of your career. And you were the number two pick 612 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: back and you know something that you mentioned. I don't 613 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: know if it was directly to me or if it 614 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: was to the media in general while you were here 615 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: in Boston. It's like the the expectations that come with 616 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: being a high lottery pick. It's like if you are 617 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: the number two pick, you have to be a superstar 618 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: or else it's a complete failure. Number two, number three, 619 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: number four. Can you just explain what the pressures are 620 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: for like a young guy coming in the league, And 621 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: sometimes these at expectations are unrealistic when your number two picked, 622 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: like things have to play out the right way. Like 623 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: Trisian Thompson I were talking the other day. Had I 624 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: thought about it, I would have I would have not 625 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: visited Washington. I mean I would not visit Philly. Film 626 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: did one work. I only did Philly or not visited Philly, 627 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: just like I didn't visit Washington. I went third or 628 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: forth fit for an option where it could allow me 629 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: to develop the way that people I would love to 630 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: have time to develop a John wall and Brad Bill. 631 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: I drafted to a team where the dude there it's 632 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: about to be a first ballot Hall of Famer ye. 633 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: And then the other dude that they drafted it's on 634 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: his second max max contract, which is true out you 635 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Okay, so when you break it down, 636 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: what those two do, they don't really catching shoots. And 637 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: now when it comes into it, it's like you got 638 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: the franchise, you got certain people, it's like fit is everything. 639 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. So you're saying you would 640 00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: have rather gone later, even though the paycheck and contract 641 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: is a little bit lower, You would have rather had 642 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: the better situation than going higher in the draft in hindsight. 643 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: I mean, if you want to sit here and say 644 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: I would have went I would have went tenth or 645 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: nine for Gordon and Paul George, right, I mean, and 646 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: it's not knowing this, but I mean we ended our 647 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: four years with the exact same numbers. Yeah, the expectations 648 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:25,520 Speaker 1: were different, opportunities were different. Yeah, and goring to ill 649 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: dues and don't let me hate, but what I'm saying, 650 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: it's like during those two years of like having number 651 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: two picked, there are certain things that people wanted that 652 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: wasn't realistic. Like one, I'm playing behind Agle Dollar. If 653 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: we're not if we're not figuring out a way to 654 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: make it work and I'm backing them up, I'm missing 655 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: a lot of time and developing. And the Igle Dollars 656 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: are great players, and that's one of my best friends. 657 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: And I ever get it wrong. Two people on the 658 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 1: average eight during those two years. The most anybody average 659 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: was fourteen on that team, and that was lou Wille 660 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,959 Speaker 1: off the bench. I average nine five for Drew average 661 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 1: like twelve or thirteen with Dollars an All star at twelve, 662 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: six and five, we were two minutes away from going 663 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: to the Eastern Conference Finals. Shot to playoff round. Though 664 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: he does what he only does, pull up in big 665 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: moments and hit two big threes. We've been on to 666 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference Finals. You understand I'm saying. During that time, 667 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: there's a lot that came out about me and I 668 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: could I couldn't cars or there's nobody that you know 669 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: stuck up for me during that time. You know what 670 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: I'm saying, so I speak on that situation as uh 671 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: as honest as I can. But I'm grateful because it 672 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: really made me tougher to playing Philly, playing the city 673 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: affiliate like Affhilly, like brotherly love, that type of toughness, 674 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 1: that type of back handed compliment, weird you know, weird 675 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: energy hater, just like you know, put up a shut 676 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: up made me a tougher person. It helped me become 677 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: a man and helped me, you know, deal with what 678 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: I had to and you know today. But I mean 679 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: other than that, like, yeah, I would have went, would 680 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: have waited. This might be my last exclusive these people. 681 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: He's the only last thing to really care about me 682 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 1: for real. But but I don't know who that Who 683 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: was that? Just again something for whatever reason, he's always 684 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: around again Yeah that's again. He just gravitates towards you. 685 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: Now you probably just I am in the food room, 686 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 1: so you know what that to be. But at the 687 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 1: same time, if I had to, I probably went third 688 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: four f six, like one of those things. But I 689 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: learned a lot in Philly in a sense of being 690 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: a pro. I think one thing that I took with 691 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: me that helped a lot was like dull cons already 692 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: trying to talk to me about the value of winning. 693 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: And I was around people like Ride throwing that like 694 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: as a pro like if you didn't win, they weren't 695 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: impressed with it. Like do you understand I'm saying. You know, 696 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: I was glad I didn't get NBA in that sense, 697 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: and you know, somewhat, you know, figure out like oh, 698 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,959 Speaker 1: let me get forty points and be a loser. You know, 699 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,880 Speaker 1: but you're talking about those early Philly days. There's a 700 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: lot of stuff that played out the way where you know, 701 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: I have a have a have a president that when 702 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: I got drafted, went from being a president to GM 703 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: And you understand I'm saying, so now we get right 704 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: doing coming. So you go from being a rebuilder to 705 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: you know, right Thor and having a mind and being 706 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: like once you you don't shock or whatever. It's like, no, 707 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:17,840 Speaker 1: this is actually a good team, like you know what 708 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,440 Speaker 1: I'm saying. And I don't right Thorn talk, he said, 709 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: and I don't trade good players, like you know what 710 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 1: I mean. And that's always said. And it was like, oh, 711 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: when I was going here, I thought they're about the 712 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: trade such and such, and we're me and Drew were 713 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: going to develop as kid is heither beat him already 714 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: don't but I don't trade good players. And for me personally, 715 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,360 Speaker 1: that was everything to me as an individual, especially in 716 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 1: an age where you know you always somewhat get what 717 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,399 Speaker 1: you want and builds entitlement, you know what I mean. 718 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: But those little life lessons of staying and fighting and learning, 719 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 1: and you know, once most importantly learning from my brother 720 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: like Igua Dollar. Definitely you know it molded me well 721 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: in different instances to help me later in life. You 722 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,520 Speaker 1: know now that you can look back at it and 723 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: see the big picture. Was there a low point, a 724 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:08,319 Speaker 1: low moment that you remember the whole thing? Really, I 725 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,359 Speaker 1: found strength through vulnerability. So like when I say, like 726 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 1: if I have to be honest, like no, like the 727 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,279 Speaker 1: whole thing around that time as hell. And it's not 728 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: because like Philly of Shitties, I understand circumstances. I understand 729 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: stuff you control you can't control. I understand there's parts 730 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: where I could have been maturing instances or whatever. You 731 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So like I never I never 732 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,800 Speaker 1: ever ever want to pin this or be a negative 733 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: nancer or anything, but like what I'm just saying, it's 734 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: like if you have to the positivity I got from it? 735 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 1: What's just from vulnerability? And those were like some of 736 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: the darkest times I've had. You understand I'm saying, So 737 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: how did you come out on the other side of 738 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 1: those moments? I mean, I know you're talking about vulnerability, 739 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 1: but like how did you make it through all that? Mentally? 740 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,680 Speaker 1: My support system and a really strong support system and 741 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: you know, the you know, the right words can really 742 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,799 Speaker 1: help you. So you know Aaron McKee, like, you know, 743 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: he definitely helped me. My family helped me. You know, 744 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: my mentor coach Momas helped me. I had your friends 745 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 1: that you know, where they're around, they you know, try 746 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: to join and support me. But you know, one thing 747 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,800 Speaker 1: I also remember, it's just like the story of Rocky 748 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,439 Speaker 1: that I took from Felly, Like you know what I mean, 749 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: Like Rocky wasn't loved. You know what I'm saying, people 750 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 1: not Rocky and ship. You know what I'm saying. I 751 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: remember Aaron McKee telling me like the best stories of 752 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: their comeback stories, and like, you know, you kind of 753 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: gotta remember who you are, and uh you equate that 754 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: to you know, stuff you meet, like just even like 755 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 1: the dumb stuff from like the Lion King Rafiki. It's like, 756 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,799 Speaker 1: how are you gonna be gonna be a goat or 757 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 1: gobe who you think you're supposed to be. You know, 758 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: you know who you are, and you know one thing 759 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,479 Speaker 1: always remember it's just like, all right, I gotta really 760 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: be my own best friend in my own worst critic. 761 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: I gotta love who I am. I remember who I am, 762 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,759 Speaker 1: And I think like with that strength after leaving there, 763 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: like nothing ever really bothered me because I always just 764 00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: walked around with a great bee on whoever, it's like, 765 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, So I thought like during 766 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,240 Speaker 1: that time, it really uh, it really helped me continue 767 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 1: to stand on my own two feet as a man 768 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: because I went in as a kid, so on my 769 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:12,880 Speaker 1: only real thing or like the Philly days, like not 770 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: even just talking about like basketballs however, and like I 771 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 1: just take positivity from becoming a man from that. I 772 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: think you're also unique though, in the fact that you 773 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,280 Speaker 1: can do that, you know, to check yourself in the mirror, 774 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 1: and and I feel like young twenty two year olds 775 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,920 Speaker 1: that isn't that's rare. The person that you are, the 776 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,360 Speaker 1: personality that you have, and the perspective that you could 777 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:39,600 Speaker 1: take even at that time. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I 778 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: guess it could be. You know, sometimes maybe it slept 779 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:43,920 Speaker 1: to twenty three or twenty four, who knows, But you 780 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: know what I mean, I'm glad I was able to 781 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: halt the breaks, you know. And I don't want to 782 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,799 Speaker 1: give myself any type of credit because about that, because 783 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,919 Speaker 1: I was fortunate through God to have the right people 784 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,759 Speaker 1: around me, Like I know, like I don't know why 785 00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 1: He shows me so much favor and grateful for it. 786 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: But like sometimes I sit there and like God, damn, 787 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 1: like God just dead. That sent me an angel. There's 788 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: been times ratherip and like you don't even know, like 789 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:12,439 Speaker 1: so like I don't want to take toughness or nothing. 790 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,920 Speaker 1: That's been times rather hip than like damn, he he 791 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,440 Speaker 1: sent that. So I'm grateful for that and something else 792 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: that he sent you. You know, since you've been in 793 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: Boston and you talked about being a kid and growing 794 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 1: up your dad. Now, man, um, what's what's that like 795 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,800 Speaker 1: and and what got you to that point of life? 796 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,520 Speaker 1: Um that you were ready to you said, what got 797 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,400 Speaker 1: you at that point in life? When I met a girl? 798 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: And um, no, that's what's so cool, like when you're 799 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 1: a kid or he used to watch all these athletes 800 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: say like this is cool, but my best, my best 801 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 1: accomplishment is having a kid and everything I used to 802 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:55,879 Speaker 1: that's that's nonsense. There's no way, and it's like that's 803 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: the truth, man, Like I have a kid, it's like 804 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 1: the most beautiful thing on earth and uh man, And 805 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 1: you know, they have a spinning image of you, and 806 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 1: like I guess it's like another sound of God. Did 807 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:14,000 Speaker 1: that hit you that hard? Like immediately it took a 808 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: little while. It took a little while, but you know 809 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,600 Speaker 1: sometimes you know when you see your kid. My kids 810 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 1: are spinning image. I means just like you know what 811 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 1: I mean. And I don't know if that's a good 812 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,319 Speaker 1: thing or bad. No, my kids don't look anything like me, Evan, 813 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: Like I don't know if you can see back there. 814 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 1: They have blonde hair, like so enjoy that. Her mom 815 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,960 Speaker 1: complains about that too, She's like, she don't look like 816 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,480 Speaker 1: me at all. But what's so cool? It is just 817 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,399 Speaker 1: like your kids they just think of the coolest thing 818 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 1: on earth. They're they're unremorseful for a lot they have 819 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:51,280 Speaker 1: for you, and like the tendencies they pick up from you, 820 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,560 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like, you know, think like 821 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,680 Speaker 1: when my dad says like, oh my dad, like damn, 822 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,080 Speaker 1: she thinks I'm she thinks I'm a big deal. You 823 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,359 Speaker 1: understand I'm saying like that. That's just a gift from guy. 824 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,920 Speaker 1: And I really appreciate it that you're her superhero. Yeah, 825 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:11,479 Speaker 1: I guess, but yes somewhere. But now being being a parent, 826 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,320 Speaker 1: it's the dopest thing on earth, Evan, What's so funny 827 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: is I remember being pregnant with Mabel, my first, and 828 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:20,920 Speaker 1: walking in a locker room and I said some or 829 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,759 Speaker 1: you said something to me here I said something to you, 830 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,880 Speaker 1: and I'm like, what are you going to have kids? 831 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 1: And You're like, oh, not no, not for for a 832 00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:31,319 Speaker 1: long time. Man, for a long time, right, And that's 833 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,279 Speaker 1: that's kind of what I'm talking about here, is it 834 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,319 Speaker 1: can happen in an instant, but like you get to 835 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: that point of life where you're ready as a man 836 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: to do that for sure. And I guess I don't 837 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 1: know if they said you're never fully ready when you 838 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,799 Speaker 1: have kids, but I thought, I mean, like I said, 839 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:52,600 Speaker 1: I thought, and mentally like also too, like like an restart, 840 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:54,400 Speaker 1: refreshing life, like you know what I mean. I need 841 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,160 Speaker 1: to be able to see her grow up and see 842 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 1: all the great life she hasn't head of her and 843 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 1: you know, all the cool stuff she's I can't wait 844 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,200 Speaker 1: to be like a pta parent or like you know 845 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,320 Speaker 1: what I mean, picking up and driving her places, or 846 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,360 Speaker 1: like the times where I try to tell her I 847 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,320 Speaker 1: was cool and she don't believe it. Like I can't 848 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 1: just wait the you know, be a helicopter parent, I 849 00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: guess or whatever that you know what I mean, Like, 850 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be the cool stuff to being 851 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: an NBA. We're fortunate enough to do a lot of 852 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,120 Speaker 1: things and see a lot of things, but you also 853 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,440 Speaker 1: live on unreal life. So like sometimes to normality is 854 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,799 Speaker 1: what you miss the most, and you get that from 855 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,360 Speaker 1: your kids, you know what I'm saying. So I appreciate 856 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,200 Speaker 1: that and I'm looking forward to that part. And she 857 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:40,040 Speaker 1: she's dope. She's in gymnastics. She just turned three, and uh, 858 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:43,399 Speaker 1: she likes basketball a little bit, but um, she likes 859 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,799 Speaker 1: a lot of it actually, but we don't really play it, 860 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:51,799 Speaker 1: but she she she likes like well actually her mom 861 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 1: and who so she's really into it, like were parents 862 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,000 Speaker 1: are like so I want to play bass far like 863 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: when I get her, She's like Michael Jordan's. I want 864 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:02,759 Speaker 1: to watch Michael Jordan's. You know, either gotta watched like say, 865 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:08,279 Speaker 1: The Last Dance every night or like some type of highlights. No, 866 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:13,200 Speaker 1: it is cool, but I'm like, oh wow, Okay, she 867 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,880 Speaker 1: really is a spinning image of Evan, Like love Story. 868 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,200 Speaker 1: She's like, I want Jordan's. I'm like, who is telling you? 869 00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,840 Speaker 1: Like like like you mean like these She's like you 870 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,200 Speaker 1: Jordan's Jordan's And I'm like, oh my god, I really 871 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:30,200 Speaker 1: did make her real quick Before we take one more 872 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:34,720 Speaker 1: commercial break, Evan, could you imagine like where Jayson Tatum 873 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,879 Speaker 1: and Rob Williams and these guys are of being fathers 874 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,359 Speaker 1: at their age. I respect the hell out of them 875 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,200 Speaker 1: for being able to do what they do to be 876 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,719 Speaker 1: like so into it at that age. No. Absolutely, No, 877 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,480 Speaker 1: it's beautiful. It's definitely beautiful. I think one thing is, 878 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:52,799 Speaker 1: you know, obviously just seeing you know, full for with 879 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,320 Speaker 1: you know, Rob and Tatum, you see Deuce and everything. 880 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:57,960 Speaker 1: I think it's a great it's a great experience for 881 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,120 Speaker 1: the kids. And you know, aga dollar first one is 882 00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,200 Speaker 1: m v P, or one is NBA championship or whatever. 883 00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,960 Speaker 1: Like one thing, like I thought it was the coolest 884 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,680 Speaker 1: thing was like a little Andre's nine or ten. It's 885 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 1: like that's a door open where his mind can go, 886 00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:17,839 Speaker 1: Like do you understand saying, see him what he does? 887 00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,279 Speaker 1: Don't do that? And that's the normality. It's not being 888 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:23,000 Speaker 1: like it's some far fetched dream. Let's they made the 889 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:26,960 Speaker 1: NBA or do anything. But but like to have people 890 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 1: know you're to somewhat be larger in life, Like to 891 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,400 Speaker 1: be able to see that and be able to you know, 892 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,600 Speaker 1: see your parents and that glory or you know, your 893 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,319 Speaker 1: kids see that should do. I think that's a great 894 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:40,680 Speaker 1: thing that they're able to share. And I think that's 895 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,520 Speaker 1: you know besides something, you know, having the gifts of 896 00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,840 Speaker 1: being fathers. It's definitely gonna make for some great memories. 897 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,160 Speaker 1: Especially you know a little dude is he's probably sick 898 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,920 Speaker 1: of all sort. You know, we're famous than anyone on 899 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,879 Speaker 1: this team right now. Who you're talking, No, Lie, We're 900 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,160 Speaker 1: gonna take a quick break and come back for actual 901 00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:02,000 Speaker 1: story time with Evan Turkey. We're all in the same 902 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,799 Speaker 1: boat when it comes to trying to come up with 903 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 1: great gift ideas for birthdays. 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Yeah, 919 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:02,879 Speaker 1: at one point I was like, what are we doing? 920 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,000 Speaker 1: He's gonna kill himself. You told about when when you 921 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,399 Speaker 1: did the Chappotle for like however much more? Oh yeah, 922 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,319 Speaker 1: that's exactly what I'm talking about either take us into 923 00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:12,520 Speaker 1: that story or another one that that stands out to 924 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,759 Speaker 1: you from your time here. This is the coolest story. 925 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:19,040 Speaker 1: And shout out to Phil Lynchy so Um and Kelly Olenic. 926 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,600 Speaker 1: So we're arguing on the bus about the best point guards, right, 927 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:27,000 Speaker 1: so you know, Kelly, he's best friends with David Stockton 928 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:31,880 Speaker 1: stopped in or whatever some time some kind of like 929 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,080 Speaker 1: the top five point guards of all time. So I'm like, man, 930 00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,879 Speaker 1: you gotta do j kid like Isaiah tonas like I'm 931 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,160 Speaker 1: saying all of this, throw in white chocolate like whoever. 932 00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:42,719 Speaker 1: I love why I used to I used to carry 933 00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:44,920 Speaker 1: a rookie talk point guard all time coming for me. 934 00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 1: I used to carry Williams rookie card in my wallet 935 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,320 Speaker 1: as a kid. I thought, you're just messing with Kelly. No, no, 936 00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:53,000 Speaker 1: So look so that's where you got mad. So you know, 937 00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,240 Speaker 1: Kelly do this stuff like well the best point guard. 938 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,200 Speaker 1: And Sean stopped in and I'm like, I totally did you, bro. 939 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:04,360 Speaker 1: But Stockton didn't win championships like Isaiah won too with 940 00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,480 Speaker 1: you know, kind of like the replacements in the sense 941 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:09,719 Speaker 1: like lamb beer like you know, and he won two 942 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,759 Speaker 1: championships during the l a. Jordan's you know what I mean, 943 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,200 Speaker 1: Like we aren't arguing this, like if he if he 944 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,360 Speaker 1: if he's a jerk, go ahead, like do whatever, but 945 00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,720 Speaker 1: like we're not doing that. So Kelly's like, man, well 946 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,800 Speaker 1: he had two of the hardest stats, like the steals 947 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,799 Speaker 1: and assests. He's like, people may never ever ever reach 948 00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,840 Speaker 1: that level. You know what I'm saying, Yeah for Stockton. 949 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,560 Speaker 1: So we're arguing about that. So I kid you not. 950 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:38,440 Speaker 1: I get off on the wrong elevator right and you're 951 00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,359 Speaker 1: on the wrong elevator. I feel like I don't have 952 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,520 Speaker 1: a key of something weird I called the hotel, like 953 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:46,960 Speaker 1: the lobby. I feel somebody come up behind me and 954 00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:52,760 Speaker 1: grab me. I turned around. Who isn't No, it's Isaiah Thomas, 955 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:58,560 Speaker 1: the real Isaiah Thomas, all right in New York. I 956 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:01,520 Speaker 1: don't know. We're in Atlanta. We're playing We're playing the 957 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:05,560 Speaker 1: Hawks on massh from TV like that night. So that's 958 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,080 Speaker 1: when I said, I guess it's in the studio. So 959 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,840 Speaker 1: when he grabs me and people don't know Isaiah Thomas 960 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,239 Speaker 1: and I went to the same high school, Okay, so 961 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:17,000 Speaker 1: like yeah, my high school coaches, Yeah, we we swear 962 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,360 Speaker 1: about the same Italian dude r P. G. Pinon tour. No, 963 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:23,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? So like when he grasps me, 964 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,839 Speaker 1: I'm instantly I'm not like oh my god, I say, 965 00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:28,600 Speaker 1: I'm like, you need to come with me right now. Okay, 966 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,600 Speaker 1: you got five minutes. And he's like, yeah, it's all right. 967 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,359 Speaker 1: You want to hear this? So mind you. I could 968 00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:36,040 Speaker 1: have been arguing Kelly at twelve thirty two. This happened 969 00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:40,759 Speaker 1: at like twelve thirty six. Made odds text everybody, Yo, 970 00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:43,439 Speaker 1: come to floor whatever, come to this room right now, 971 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:47,040 Speaker 1: like so mind you? Like, so Jay come down, like 972 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,680 Speaker 1: everybody was in the conversation with Jay, come down, Isaiah, 973 00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:53,919 Speaker 1: come down. I think I actually took due to Kelly's room. 974 00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:56,640 Speaker 1: We go, I take Isaiah the time is to go 975 00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,680 Speaker 1: knock on Kelly's store. When Kelly opened the door, I'm 976 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:09,399 Speaker 1: like yeah saying that right now. It's like Isaiah time 977 00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:14,200 Speaker 1: was Likelly, how could you even say such? I did? 978 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:18,080 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? So like so like legit, 979 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,640 Speaker 1: it was just hilarious because um, you know, Jay came 980 00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:24,239 Speaker 1: down there and the other Isaiah Timas came down there. 981 00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:26,160 Speaker 1: You know, what does Lynch you have to do with 982 00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:29,240 Speaker 1: this story? So when I told people come down quick quick. 983 00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:33,880 Speaker 1: When we're all talking, you just see Lynchi like like 984 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:37,520 Speaker 1: kind of zooming into where we're at, like what's going on? 985 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:39,600 Speaker 1: And then we're like, Lynchi, where do you? Like what 986 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,520 Speaker 1: like what's going on? And say you said come down quick, 987 00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:45,160 Speaker 1: as though something bad happened, like Lynchi was coming out 988 00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,879 Speaker 1: of nowhere to like save the day. He just took off. 989 00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:50,520 Speaker 1: So he's like when a few people, not knowing the situation, 990 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:53,200 Speaker 1: he shows up by himself. He's ready. Yeah, he was ready. 991 00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:55,120 Speaker 1: And I remember being like, man, good old man, she 992 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,040 Speaker 1: bro Lynchie came down, like I'm talking, I looked like 993 00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,480 Speaker 1: he dropped everything and just took off and saying no, no, 994 00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:02,640 Speaker 1: this is he was ready to save a lot. This 995 00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,759 Speaker 1: was some for some dumb stuff, man't she. But but 996 00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,160 Speaker 1: then when you bring it back to like just the 997 00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:11,840 Speaker 1: whole Isaiah Times conversation, really hearing them talking like you know, 998 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,759 Speaker 1: really just hearing real talk about basketball, you know what 999 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,080 Speaker 1: I mean, like just his opinion on certain things like 1000 00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:20,480 Speaker 1: how cool he was asking about like old Town Hall 1001 00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,319 Speaker 1: of Famers. Around that time I bring this up, Jake 1002 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:26,520 Speaker 1: Crowder is getting reputation as a defender. Remember being at 1003 00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:28,480 Speaker 1: my house like probably like a month before that, and 1004 00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,600 Speaker 1: we're watching m J highlights and Jay said out loud, 1005 00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:35,040 Speaker 1: I don't think I could have clamped m J. Right. 1006 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:40,400 Speaker 1: So Asaiah's like, it's like Jame's head was growing in Boston. Okay, 1007 00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:43,680 Speaker 1: I get like Boston, Boston man's you don't ever let 1008 00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:45,359 Speaker 1: me getting messed up. But I was kind of like, 1009 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,919 Speaker 1: now this, everybody get out of my house, bro. So yeah, 1010 00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,600 Speaker 1: we get to the point where like you've gone too far. 1011 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,799 Speaker 1: Too far was an understatement. I'm like, and you know, 1012 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,040 Speaker 1: I'm playing behind Jay, so we kind of like competition. 1013 00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:01,080 Speaker 1: Like so now they told this man good enough to start, 1014 00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:03,960 Speaker 1: and now you think he could clamp up Jordan's But 1015 00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:06,319 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying something like let me let 1016 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:10,719 Speaker 1: me not. So when that came out, actually, Asaiah asked me, said, yo, 1017 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:14,320 Speaker 1: so be honest, you've seen Jay Crowder play defense, I 1018 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,839 Speaker 1: said big as I was like, yeah, no, he's good, 1019 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,840 Speaker 1: like play defense, physical, he's tough, like yeah, you know 1020 00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:22,880 Speaker 1: all that good stuff. It was like Kenny clamp up Jordan. 1021 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:27,920 Speaker 1: Asaia was like like you no, bro, It's like now 1022 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,080 Speaker 1: he's just like I'm gonna give you this he said, 1023 00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:32,040 Speaker 1: let's go back and look at those numbers. He said, 1024 00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:35,600 Speaker 1: we for sure had the toughest defense in Detroit because 1025 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:37,920 Speaker 1: we were able to play physical and everything. I'm talking 1026 00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:41,160 Speaker 1: when you could hand check. Yeah, he said, at one 1027 00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:45,040 Speaker 1: point in his career, we we slowed him down. We 1028 00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:47,760 Speaker 1: told when we started dubbling, once he crossed half court, 1029 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,839 Speaker 1: we said, we slowed him down. You average thirty seven 1030 00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:54,240 Speaker 1: point nine, so he said, and that was two people 1031 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:56,319 Speaker 1: on and we could beat him up. So he's like, no, 1032 00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:59,879 Speaker 1: you could not stop you ever s thirty tithing point nine. 1033 00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:02,719 Speaker 1: He put a system in for him to stop him, 1034 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:04,520 Speaker 1: and we thought that was good. So he said, you 1035 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:08,160 Speaker 1: can never do that. Oh there. It was just like 1036 00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:09,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you respected it, but it was just like 1037 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,920 Speaker 1: it was just a whole just wholesome, like just dope conversation, 1038 00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,799 Speaker 1: like you know what I mean, Like imagine y'all were 1039 00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:18,200 Speaker 1: able to sit down just chop it up with Turner. 1040 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:20,480 Speaker 1: I mean, that's gonna go. I mean, you're gonna get 1041 00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,480 Speaker 1: this is the highlight of your mom I'm sure year 1042 00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:27,080 Speaker 1: year or whatever. But like I don't know Stephen A. 1043 00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:30,320 Speaker 1: Smith for somebody like that, who knows, but you're gonna 1044 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:33,960 Speaker 1: you know you're gonna jump into it was just appreciating 1045 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,839 Speaker 1: stories and appreciating the mileage that he has, you know, 1046 00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:39,040 Speaker 1: And it was just super cool because this is Isaiah 1047 00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:41,600 Speaker 1: Thomas and he really just took time out of his 1048 00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:43,279 Speaker 1: day on a woman and just hung out and talked 1049 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,319 Speaker 1: to us literally in the hallway for forty minutes. I 1050 00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,000 Speaker 1: bet he loved it as much as you guys did. 1051 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,920 Speaker 1: And I'm sure I'm sure he did. I don't know, 1052 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,279 Speaker 1: but we definitely loved it. And it was super cool. 1053 00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,239 Speaker 1: And it's like the irony and that story you're just 1054 00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:58,200 Speaker 1: talking about talking about, like twelve thirty two and legit, 1055 00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,279 Speaker 1: I see him in twelve thirty six, like, and I 1056 00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,600 Speaker 1: was like, legit, right, no, bro, we're going It was 1057 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:07,600 Speaker 1: like he was there to defend his name. He bears 1058 00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,560 Speaker 1: were ringing maybe and maybe doing as they at dirty, 1059 00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:12,879 Speaker 1: So I'm glad he was able to defend his name. 1060 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,600 Speaker 1: That was for sure. I very much enjoy sitting down 1061 00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,920 Speaker 1: with Evan Turner for an hour to chop it up. Man. 1062 00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:20,319 Speaker 1: This has been a lot of fun. Thank you for 1063 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:23,200 Speaker 1: doing it for real, for real. I appreciate y'all. No, lie, uh, 1064 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:25,480 Speaker 1: it's been cool to see y'all. Man, I hope to 1065 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,239 Speaker 1: uh hope things get back to normal. Bro, I'm sure 1066 00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:29,120 Speaker 1: it's been super weird.