WEBVTT - BONUS EPISODE - Malik Beasley Joins The Show! 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:07.040 Welcome to this League Uncutting in the world of twenty 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:11.119 four NBA News. Just d you lose? Chris Haines, It's 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:17.280 go time, Mark Stein. It's show time, Shukla, Chris Haines 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:21.840 and Mark Stein. This League Uncut is underway and on fire. 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.480 This should be a good one. Yes, we're back are 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:30.360 We're giving y'all bonus edition of this League Uncut with 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:33.120 Chris Haynes and Mark Stein. A bonus edition. This is 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:37.520 gonna be our first guest of our newly installed podcast 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:40.760 that we're excited about. Hope you guys are enjoying it. Um, 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.760 But this guest right here, stuin man. Listen, man, this 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:46.040 this is a baller. This is a hooper, one of 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.840 the best shooters we have in this league. He's having 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.720 an awesome season for the Utah Jazz and I'm talking stop. 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:56.240 I'm gonna let you introduce some stun go ahead, jump 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:58.800 in there, man, Now, it's right you said it. First 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:02.440 guest and show history. I don't know that he's going 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:04.960 to be super pumped to put this high on his resume, 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:09.039 but we are pumped to welcome Malik Beasley from the 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:13.080 Utah Jazz guest number one in show history. I'm happy 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:16.080 to be number one. Man. You gotta start somewhere, and 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:20.800 I'll definitely remember this. I'm sure it will be high 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:25.960 on the list of career achievements. It is. Man, I'm 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.480 just blest to even have the opportunity. So I'm thankful. 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:32.720 Thank you guys. We are to man. Thanks for joining us. Yeah, definitely, Malik, 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.039 thanks for joining us. Man. I know this is a 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:36.319 busy time for you guys, and you know we're approached 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:38.399 approaching the All Star break where you're gonna get some 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:42.200 much needed rest and relaxation. But before we get to 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.520 that point, Malik, Man, this is your first year in 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:48.480 Utah and there there was a lot of talks about 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:51.080 like is Utah going to stay the same? Are they 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.800 gonna make a bunch of moves? Uh? How have you 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.440 handled this season? You know, just trying to be a 0:01:56.480 --> 0:02:00.120 professional in an environment where you really don't know what's 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.720 going to happen on a day to day basis. I mean, 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.320 it's definitely been tough, and I know what's gonna happen. 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.360 But you know, I think the group of guys that 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:10.840 we have a bunch of underdogs and our only choices 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.359 to you know, be good and do great, and so 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.960 I think that's the outcome that people weren't expecting. And 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.079 you know, we got some wins. We were like, um, 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.920 first in the West for you know, to start the season, 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.280 and then um, you know, it's just we've been going 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.440 from there. And even right now with the trade deadline 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.040 coming out, guys a little nervous because we're not sure still, 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.239 but you know, we're still doing we gotta do to 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.160 make sure that we get the wins and you know, 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:41.480 hold a playoff position. And you mentioned that Malik the trade. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:43.120 I was gonna get in to that later, but you 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.480 talked about the trade deadline. Your name is somebody whose 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.360 name is popping up as well. There's a lot of teams, 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:53.840 contending teams out there who desire to have a down 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.520 shooting all. I'm on the I'm doing an interview. I 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:04.320 love you, have a great day, but look that's how 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.399 you're doing mad. That's I gotta work on that because 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:10.200 a lot of times when when I get interrupted my interviews, 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.600 I start to yelling, I see how you handle that bad? 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:16.080 It was like, maybe baby, go to interview. You know better, 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:20.360 you know better than that. Right now, everybody, everybody wants 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.160 this man's time, and then it just comes and says, 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:25.640 I love you on leaving the pisco on my dang. 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:29.920 Yeah yeah it make you feel bad. Yeah, I have 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:34.200 a great day, my boy. It happens, but it happens. 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:38.200 But but but your name is somebody also that's being 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:43.000 in the trade. Trade chatter. Teams that desire continue teams, 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.360 I should say that desire to have a space or 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:48.680 as yourself, how have you handled it? And one are 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.520 the things that you listen to? And how do you 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.640 just to adapt in an environment like that where you 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:56.800 yourself you don't know where you're going to be. I mean, 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.520 you know, I got some professional and like this is 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.440 what this Utah team is my third team. So I've 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.880 been traded twice, so like I kind of gotta understanding 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.960 of like how to just fight through. Like literally you 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:12.240 can only control what you can control. And so every day, 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:16.120 especially during this time, I just make sure I worked hard, Um, 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.400 you know, whether that's stretching mentally or just putting up 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.520 extra shots just to get my mind off of it. 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:25.120 And and um I always see it as like if 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.719 and if guys could do this too, Like if you're 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.920 getting traded that means other teams want you, you know, 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.200 so you just you know, and regardless of us here 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.080 or not, you just gotta perform and do what you 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:39.200 do best. And um so I've been trying to keep 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.800 doing that and just stay mentally, you know, strong in 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:46.280 the summertime. Did you when the trade happened to send 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:49.600 you to Utah, did you have advanced notice? Like did 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:53.159 it totally shock you? How did that work? In the Um? 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:56.159 I was, you know, I had a good relationship with 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.240 Tim Connie, so he was able to tell me about 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.679 you know, an hour or two before everything came out, 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:05.240 so I got to prepare a little bit. But um, 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.440 it was a little shocking. You know. I thought that 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:11.000 since we just made the playoffs, you know, continue that 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.400 streak of you know, trying to get further in the 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.360 playoffs with the team in Minnesota. But you know, there's 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:20.800 businesses and you know, guys believe that you know, different 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:24.160 parts are better for the team, and uh, you know, 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.000 I feel like when I first found out, I was 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:30.000 like Utah, But then you know I realized, you know, 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.200 not as I'm here, I actually really love and I 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:37.840 would love to stay and no extend my contract. That's 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:39.680 what I was gonna ask you about Maleak because this 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.840 is a team that's on the rebuild right now, and 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:47.640 you're a veteran player now still young, but the veteran player. 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.160 I was gonna ask you about that, like, what is 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:53.200 your preference? Most players in your situation would probably like 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.120 to be on the continent team. But you just said 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.640 something that caught my attention. So what is your preference? 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:00.919 I mean, obviously I want to be you continuity team, 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.120 Like that's my number one thing right now. And you know, 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:08.600 because you know, I got my contract and um now 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:12.200 I'm looking to get a ring, you know. But um, 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:14.320 if it takes like two or three years, I can 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.200 do that. But if I'm going to be a part 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.200 of it, like I would like to be part at 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.960 the end, like where we're they're in the playoffs, you 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:23.000 know what I mean. When even if this is a 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:27.280 rebuild team, we're already like seventh. I believe in the standings, 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.719 so I mean that, you know, especially in the West, 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:32.480 you know, you can win three games in a row, 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.040 you can jump to third, so or lose three in 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:37.600 a row and drop its in. So it just all 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:41.080 depends on, like you know, how we want to approach 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:45.719 it as a team, and you know, like, obviously I 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:47.960 want to win, So that's that's the only thing that 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.200 I have to complain about, Like I just want to win. 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.080 You guys have been winning though, I mean, that's the thing. 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.640 What was it like in camp when everybody is saying 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:59.799 Utah is gonna be awful, they're just taking for women, 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:05.200 This team won't win twenty games as a team. I'm 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.039 sure you guys hear it, But is it discussed in 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.320 the locker room? Uh? Yeah, I mean I feel like 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:15.360 the first two weeks, um, we didn't even care any 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.600 more about what people were saying about us. We just 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.520 wanted to come in and beat the teams because you know, 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.280 like when you come to Utah. When I was on 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:25.800 other teams, when I came to Utah, it's like, damn, 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:29.440 I'm in Utah, Like like let's just get out of 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:31.720 win the game and get out of here. But like 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.400 now when you play us, that you're gonna it's gonna 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.800 be a tough game, Like it ain't sweet. Like we 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.080 were here to compete, Like we got a lot of dogs, 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:43.600 like I said, and like we were so deep we 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:48.000 we don't even have like nikkill um nikkil Walker, Alexander 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.920 playing or Taylor Tucker he's not playing right now, and 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.240 that just shows how deep we are. He you know, 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:57.080 they've been on playoff teams and may playoff runs, you know, 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.200 Taylor and even want a championship. So like it's, like 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.880 I said, it just shows how deeply are as a team. 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:05.400 But like I want to ask you this because as 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:08.400 you know NBA insiders, you know, our job is to 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:12.640 like try to find out who's going where, who's interested. 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.280 But I wanted to flip the script a little bit. Yea, 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:20.480 as a player, what teams have you heard associated with 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:24.680 your name? With your name? What? Like, what do you hear? Uh? Man, 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.560 I've heard every team, honestly that almost every team I 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:32.960 know for sure, like Atlanta and New York, Cleveland, Phoenix. 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:37.920 Um uh, it's it's been a lot of you know options. 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.640 But uh, like I said, I just I don't even 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.640 look at that stuff anymore. I don't. I try not to, 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.280 just like I said, So focus on what on on 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:48.720 my own goals and then whatever happens happens, you know, 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:52.040 and just be blessed to be still in this league. 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:56.280 Like people don't understand that, Like as I'm still blessed 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.760 to get paid every first and fifteenth. I'm still you 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:02.720 know in the NBA. Hey, I still got No. Number 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.079 five of my jersey, Like you know, I've been praying 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:08.120 for that my whole life. So you know, I'm still 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.320 humble and thankful. But at the same time, you know, 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.959 it is a business and you gotta just do it. 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:17.920 You know, control what you control. So on a daily basis, 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:20.559 are you this time of year? Are you trying not 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.480 to look at Twitter and hoops pype? But I mean, 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:25.920 are you I don't even look at Twitter doing this 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.160 part of the year, Like I try to stay off 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:32.120 of it, even Instagram, but you know, I try to 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.200 just you know, let the hype here and if my 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.680 if my agent caused me, then I know what time 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:39.719 it is or if you know what I mean, Like 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:44.360 I just gotta you know, wait, it's a waiting game 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.360 at this point. Teammates too, Like, so I know recently, 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.439 I think a week or two ago, I wrote about 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:55.920 Cleveland wanting you do other guys like will they bring 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:57.920 that to your attention? Is that a is that a 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:00.960 discussion thing among t mats or is it kind of 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.600 like you know, just don't go there and leave that alone. 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.320 And he doesn't need to hear this from me. I 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.600 I mean sometimes if you're close with friends, like obviously 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.280 you talk like damn, like we had to run here 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.679 or like whatever the case may be. Like like at 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.320 the same time, though, like you can't be focused on 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.920 that because we still got to come in and practice 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:23.880 and you know, you know, perform and do what's best 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.160 as if you're on the team. So like my main 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.120 thing to the young guys on this during this time 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:35.120 is like, like, literally, focus on today's task, Like if 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.640 you haven't practiced, let's get better. If we have a game, 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:39.800 let's get a win, so we can you know, continue 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:43.160 to be together like um. And I think that's another thing. 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.200 I think we know that the time is getting closer, 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:48.679 so we're dialing down on you know, the little things 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.680 like game schemes and things like that to make sure 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:54.960 we get to win. That's veteran talk, right there. Man. 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.880 That's what you hear, you know, That's what that's That's 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.920 how you know a guy is mature in this lead 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.960 can has gyms and jewels to offer to his teammates. 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.360 So no doubt about that. Again, we do of mind everybody. 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:10.200 We're talking with Utah Jaz guard Malik Beasley here on 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.839 this league uncut with Hanson Stein. But like, how's how's 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:15.840 mom and pops? Man? I love them to death? Man, 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.400 how they doing? And they're doing great? Man. They actually 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.840 coming out here a little bit earlier before all start breaking. Uh, 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:24.600 they're gonna help me out with the kids, and uh, 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.120 we got a few events going on, so they're gonna 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:29.720 help me out with that as well. I mean, they're 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:32.080 doing well. Man. You know, my dad's still I think 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.760 my mom still being an entertainer, and you know, we're 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.080 having They always have a good time wherever they are. 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.120 I had I had a good when I covered you 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.920 guys when you were with the Timberwolves last year when 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.640 I was the temple up inlieve the Timberwolves Grizzly series. 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:50.680 So after every game that was in Minnesota, I would 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:52.880 meet up with your mom's and pops at the hotel 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:56.320 across the street. I'm trying to put that hotel is Yeah, 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.400 that's right, that's right. Bad. They were comedy man. I 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:03.920 love hanging with them bad. Your mom's literally comedy, man. 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.600 Every time my mom comes to a game, like literally 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:10.320 she hasn't missed the dance cam, the shoe cam or 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:15.160 the cam. They just they cannot stay out of the 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:18.560 cham him. I love him, so I would have pivot 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.640 to this, Malik, you are for those who don't know 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.480 and for those who aren't watching um Utah basketball enough 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:30.440 Malik is me see one to three you four and 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.880 three pointers made this season and that is primarily in 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:37.959 a reserve role. Four and three pointers made. So the 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:42.000 question I have have you gotten have you got asked 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.560 about yet? You know, have the NBA reached out to 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:48.600 you about participating potentially in the three point Contest um 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.760 r GM. Justin Janet and my agents have promoted it 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.320 a lot. You know, we're trying to get into it. 0:12:55.720 --> 0:13:00.920 Um we all uh all stars that get voted in 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:03.240 that have a chance to decide they want to be 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:06.040 in a three point contest or not. So that's what 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.080 I'm waiting on to see if anybody doesn't want to 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:10.240 do it, and then I'll probably be in it. But 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.839 it's just crazy that you know, I'm doing that off 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.960 the bench and like I'm not a definite, but you know, 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.880 I just like I said, I controlled you cantrow and 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.880 just continue to keep ooping and when the All Star 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:30.040 Games in your city, I imagine not just a little 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.560 bit of love, man, just yeah, when the three point 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.439 contests in front of the city. But I mean, Lowry 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.839 obviously has a chance to be and All Stars. Maybe 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:40.440 by the time this is out, we'll know that he's 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:42.920 an All Star reserve. So I guess he he would probably, 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.040 like you said, he they might ask him and he 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:48.240 kind of has that choice. I guess right, Yeah, he 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.840 does have that choice. All the All Stars do. And 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:53.880 UH already told him that if he gets it, man, 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:58.600 let me get that three point contest. He was cool 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:03.240 with that. And no, we're just, um, you know, I 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.439 think we have something tonight for him just because he 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.440 just gets decided if he's in it or not tonight. 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.120 So no, we're excited about that. We're not hoping, we 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:14.920 expect him to be in it. You know, he's been 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.959 having him a great year this year and um, he's 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:21.080 only been getting better. So let me get your take 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:24.120 on this, because there's another age in the prominent agent 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.640 that I talked to that it is pushing for his 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.920 client to get into the three point contest. He's a 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:33.480 top leader as well. But what what the NBA does, 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.880 as you mentioned, they reach out to the stars first 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:39.640 to see if if they want to you know, like 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.640 the Stephan curry Is, the damulais or whatever, and if 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:45.240 they turn it down, then they go to other guys. 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.640 But but years before Malik, it used to be like 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.200 the b. J. Armstrong's, the Steve Kerr, the Craig Hodges 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.520 like based off it was supposed to be based off 0:14:55.560 --> 0:15:01.040 of the season that you're having term dr name exactly. 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:03.520 And so a lot of guys, a lot of good 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:05.240 shooters I have, I mean a lot of good shoots 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.440 that are having good seasons. They may have they may 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.360 have improved since last year, and they're shooting up in 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.120 the high forties, maybe close to fifties some year, and 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:19.000 that three point contest is a great platform to increase 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.640 their brand, you know, their names. So what do you 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.040 what do you think about just the way that the 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.320 NBA goes about deciding who performed. You know, I don't 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.120 want to talk about on NBA getting that thing, but 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.800 good point, good point, but you're you're a bad good point. 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:42.160 I definitely, um, I definitely do think that, Like if 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:45.640 somebody is rolling this year and shooting threes, and going off. 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:47.480 I think they should go off that, you know what 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:50.920 I mean obviously the name we understand that, like as 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:55.040 an NBA and as a NBA fan perspective, like you 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.720 want to see the Damon Lewis and curriers competing three 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:02.120 point contests, but uh, like you know they've had they run. 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.640 You know, they get to go to the NBA All 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.320 Star they do, They've been in three point contests already. 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.800 So I thought you should give somebody new that an 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.240 underdogars trying to come in and win, and you know, 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:16.760 spices up a little bit. You said, you're leaving it 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.720 to your agent and the Jazz to kind of lobby 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:21.720 for you. You haven't been tempted to say. You know what, 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.280 Adam Silver always says, players can just call him. Why 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.800 don't you just text me. I might have the call. 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:28.480 I might have a text of call. No, I don't 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:30.040 have a class called the m v p A And 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:35.160 let him know. One thing. One other thing I'm curious about, 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.960 you know, like a lot of people, I'm just mesmerized 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.800 by the rise of Walker Kessler and what this guy 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:44.200 is doing and what do you have? Six block shots 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.040 in the first quarter yesterday? Has anybody gotten him in practice. 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.040 Have you jammed on him in practice? Uh? Yeah, he's 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:53.400 been uh jammed on a few times and practice, but 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:56.360 even in the game he has been. But that just 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.960 shows that he's not afraid the block shots, so you know, 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.040 that's what he's supposed to do, you know, I mean, 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:03.840 has a big You're gonna get dunked on if you're 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.639 blocking every shot. And it's just crazy to see he 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:10.119 almost had a triple double with blocks like that's that's 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.919 that's almost unheard of and in a while, because you know, 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.400 the game has moved away from pure bigs like that. 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.160 And he does a great job running the floor. He's 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.320 you know, he's gonna be a great player. I mean, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:24.960 it's crazy. I don't I don't even know if you 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:27.399 had a chance to meet him when Minnesota drafted him 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:29.560 before before he got traded, I mean, that's gotta be 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:34.680 when you're traded before he even start, that's gotta be. Yeah. Crazy, Yeah, 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:38.320 I mean, he barely even knows what when he went 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:40.120 to Minnesota he was. I heard he was only there 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:44.119 for like two days, so uh he uh, once he 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.960 found out and once we came together, he was like, yeah, 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:48.920 we're gonna it's gonna be a revenge game next time 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:55.879 it's bo But it was, But what what do you 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.680 go for twenty and twenty one? Yeah, it's twenty's when 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.000 the one again. So it was nice revenge game and 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:05.400 let them know you shouldn't traded him. But uh, he's 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:08.359 been he's been doing a great job though he's still 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:11.080 a baby, and we'll um every day we talked to him. 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:13.040 I talked to them just to let him know that, 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.080 you know, we're proud of him. Like, the reason why 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:18.199 people are on you is because we care about you 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.320 and they see potential in you and not not because 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:23.040 we ate you or don't want to see be great. 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:27.239 Like like he once, he keeps going and understands that 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:30.040 he's going to be a really great player. Malik. The 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.000 last couple of questions, we'll get you out of here. 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:34.880 Man again, we're talking with you. Talk jas guard, Malik Beasley. 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.560 We appreciate this better for making time on the schedule 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:42.320 to be our first guests. So this is another historic episode. 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:45.600 Give me, give me something, Give me some intail on 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:49.520 you know we all know about rookie hazing and what 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:52.879 rookies have to do. Give us a detail, what you 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:56.280 guys are making the rookies do this season. Man, I'll 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.960 tell you one thing. The rookie thing has gone down 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:05.360 on a lot because I was looking. I had jamiro Nelson, 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:10.920 Welston Chandler and Kenneth Red and never man, Yeah, they 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:14.240 used to have me do crazy like red Eminem's only 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.080 how to get red Eminem's out the back and stuff. 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:21.760 But um, now we just every road trip they walker 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:26.280 Kestler has to bring playing cards and then uh oh 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:31.359 Chi has to bring uh snacks like gushers, pretzels and 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:33.240 stuff like that, just so we can, you know, have 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:38.159 a little snacks. And um, if we have if we 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:40.239 don't have practice to day we leave to go to 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:43.080 the plane, they have to bring Chick fil A or 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:46.000 something like that. They gotta light. Man, I'm telling you, 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:51.000 but I wanted to change. I don't know, Man, everything 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.840 into everybody senses him. Now, Man, you can't even do 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:57.240 the backpacks anymore, can you, Like we don't see the 0:19:57.240 --> 0:20:00.199 backpacks no more. I mean we have them care a 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:02.720 few bags, like if we got bags, still carry them 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.520 on the plane. But like, um, and one of them 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:08.840 has to get towels after every practice and put them 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:12.080 in our chairs. Like it's just it's small, but um, 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:15.000 you know, it's still gotta keep the culture alive. But 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:17.760 at the same time, like if we're in the city 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:20.399 and we got a day off, like I'll take them, 0:20:20.520 --> 0:20:22.960 um and go shopping with them and let them, no 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:25.159 give him a limit to let them shop, you know, 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:28.679 just to show them that like, yeah, the vest will 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:31.200 still take care of you. So I've definitely done that 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:33.280 a few times. And just you know, take care of 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:37.000 young guys. You're into style, Malik, So when you're giving 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:40.520 them this budget to go shopping, are you giving your input? 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:42.359 Are you just letting them go and get what they want? 0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:49.800 Walker Custoler needs some input because he got but he did. 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:52.680 He took a few advice and he got a few things. 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.960 But old times got he got his own little swag 0:20:56.080 --> 0:21:00.639 on so he knows he's doing. And uh, Simon, he's Europeans, 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:02.800 so he just likes to, you know, stick with his 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:06.520 European swag. But yeah, Walker, I was you know, I 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:08.919 was telling, man, just get a big hoodie, you like, 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:13.040 get an XX do you make it something? It was like, 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:19.520 I don't know, I swag is oh man, that's that's 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:23.080 go that's classic style. Yeah. Look, and I want to 0:21:23.119 --> 0:21:25.679 ask one more trade thing, but it's more of a 0:21:25.720 --> 0:21:28.159 psychology thing. I know. Obviously if you don't know, you 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:29.840