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Speaker 1: Welcome back to a special quarantine edition. We got a

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Speaker 1: County in the water showing right now on showtime. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to Quinn Cook. What's good, bro? Family, how y'all doing? Man?

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Speaker 1: I appreciate having no thanks for coming. Bro. You want

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Speaker 1: So how's everything holding up? Man? Right now? This is

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Speaker 1: on that. But like you said, everyone is coming from

426
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,080
Speaker 1: different backgrounds and has different accolades. And how long did

427
00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,000
Speaker 1: if you feel that it took your guys team to

428
00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,560
Speaker 1: really start hitting their stride. I think each year was different.

429
00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,800
Speaker 1: My first year with myself Austin as freshman, we had

430
00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,880
Speaker 1: Seth Curry, we had all three Plumber brothers. That team

431
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,920
Speaker 1: took took a while because our team was kind of

432
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:51,840
Speaker 1: all over the place. We always had like a new

433
00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,440
Speaker 1: starting lineup every single year. We were very talented, but

434
00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,800
Speaker 1: we never really found our identity and we ended up

435
00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,399
Speaker 1: losing in the first round. To see that mccolor obviously

436
00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,480
Speaker 1: the famous game and he put us out. He went crazy.

437
00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,879
Speaker 1: Our next year was my soft here was probably one

438
00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,840
Speaker 1: of our most talented teams. Um we end up losing

439
00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,680
Speaker 1: their lead eight to illuisbu Um. But my senior year

440
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,080
Speaker 1: was the best year for me um just I think

441
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,119
Speaker 1: that was the peerst year. I think everybody was on

442
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,800
Speaker 1: the same page. Nobody cared about draft status, nobody cared

443
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,879
Speaker 1: about how many points they scored. We genuinely just wanted

444
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 1: to win every single game, and myself, being a senior

445
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,680
Speaker 1: on that team, it was my last chance to do

446
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,040
Speaker 1: something you know that I'll be remembered for that. Dude.

447
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,040
Speaker 1: I had a decent first three years, but that last year,

448
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,600
Speaker 1: you know, I think, you know, kind of gave me

449
00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,000
Speaker 1: a stamp. As you know, I did something in college, man,

450
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,600
Speaker 1: because those first three years, you know, we lost two

451
00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,199
Speaker 1: times early, we lost in the leade eight and that, dude, Man,

452
00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,960
Speaker 1: you can remember for winning obviously, you know, you always

453
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,800
Speaker 1: want to go to the league and be a lottery

454
00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,679
Speaker 1: pick and ship like that. But I wanted to win

455
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,520
Speaker 1: the championship while I was there, and you know, we

456
00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,879
Speaker 1: finally got it done my senior year, which was, you know,

457
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,840
Speaker 1: incredible feeling. You took kind of a similar path to me.

458
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:06,120
Speaker 1: Although I was drafted in the second round, you weren't drafted.

459
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 1: You had to take the other route, you know, Jack

460
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,520
Speaker 1: had to take a different route. Talk to us with that.

461
00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,600
Speaker 1: That because of the ship. I want to say, when

462
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,119
Speaker 1: I was in the D League or G League or

463
00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,639
Speaker 1: whatever the hell it's called, I think it was the

464
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,800
Speaker 1: D League back then, it was like the second year.

465
00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,320
Speaker 1: So that was the worst ship ever, Like, no bullshit.

466
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,480
Speaker 1: It was long bus rides, little cropduster LaBamba planes, Like

467
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,879
Speaker 1: I'm like fucking I'd rather just a car drive bro,

468
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,520
Speaker 1: no bullshit like the planes where it was just fucked up,

469
00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,760
Speaker 1: and it made me think like, but my grind was like, man,

470
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 1: funk this like I'm not meant like, this is not

471
00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,119
Speaker 1: what this is not my path, you know what I mean? Like,

472
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 1: so I had to really grind and that was my

473
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,600
Speaker 1: hunger behind me getting up out of that D League

474
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,760
Speaker 1: man or G league? Was it said? It was that

475
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,840
Speaker 1: a similar situation you like you said you had seen

476
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,080
Speaker 1: so much great talent from high school to college to

477
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,240
Speaker 1: win a national championship, to go undrafted and be like, Okay,

478
00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,480
Speaker 1: like you said earlier, what's the next grind? Talk to

479
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,399
Speaker 1: us about that? Man, great question. Yeah, I got it.

480
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,000
Speaker 1: I got in to the D League, I think it was.

481
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,760
Speaker 1: I played two years in the D League where it

482
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,600
Speaker 1: was called the D League. Um and and and a

483
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: lot of guys that I know who played in the

484
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,560
Speaker 1: D League they say that it was way worse when

485
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 1: they were in it, So I imagine when you played

486
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,160
Speaker 1: in it. But for me now, I was tough man

487
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,120
Speaker 1: because ship growing up, you know, I was always the guy.

488
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,440
Speaker 1: I was always the guy, and uh um, it was

489
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 1: tough going to going to too powerhouse high school is

490
00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 1: going to do. You know, everybody's your bro. You play,

491
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,360
Speaker 1: you play a great game. You got thirty text messages,

492
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 1: Timis calls. You know, everybody wants to put up on

493
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 1: you and and and being part of the journeyman, and

494
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,760
Speaker 1: you know after being All American my senior year and

495
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 1: winning the chip not getting drafted, you gotta go take

496
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,400
Speaker 1: a six hour bus route before Wayne, Indiana and then

497
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:56,919
Speaker 1: Grand Rapids, Michigan. Um, you playing on Facebook Live instead

498
00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,840
Speaker 1: of Primetown ESPN, and after the game you only get

499
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,879
Speaker 1: to text messages and really want because you know Mom's

500
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 1: gonna text you. It was automatic. But other than that,

501
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 1: dudes ain't because I played Can't Ohio, So dudes wasn't

502
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 1: pulling up on me and can and you know, posting

503
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,000
Speaker 1: my highlights and stuff like I was at dude, So

504
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,440
Speaker 1: it was I needed it. Man. That was real eye

505
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 1: opening for me. That's this ship that made me like it.

506
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: When I finally got my chance to the league, it

507
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: was like me or youth. So I'm we're gonna fight

508
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 1: do whatever because I'm not going back to that ship,

509
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,359
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, I'd rather go play football, funk that.

510
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,959
Speaker 1: So now it's obviously better you're seeing kids. What are

511
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 1: your thoughts about kids now jumping from high school to

512
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 1: the G League because obviously it's a lot different now

513
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 1: they're getting bread and and it's a little different than

514
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,360
Speaker 1: obviously the league continues to grow. Now it's an amazing

515
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,000
Speaker 1: minor league system. But I'm talking about back in the day,

516
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,400
Speaker 1: early two thousands. But what are your thoughts on kids

517
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 1: making that jump? I like you. I like it because

518
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: I think it's time for GEN League to start getting

519
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 1: the recognition that they deserve. I think, you know, people

520
00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,680
Speaker 1: can get lost down there. I mean, you know you're

521
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,159
Speaker 1: gonna as to what I mean. When I was in it,

522
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 1: you know, there was you know, uh, first round picks.

523
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 1: It was lottery picks, guys that I grew up watching,

524
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,440
Speaker 1: you know, in college and the league down they're still

525
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 1: trying to trying to make it work. But guys get

526
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 1: lost down there. Man. Guys blame ship, They blamed the agent,

527
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,159
Speaker 1: they blame their their their their previous coach, they blamed

528
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 1: this and that. Um, I mean, can it can wear them?

529
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,200
Speaker 1: But for me, I was I knew I was down there.

530
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,320
Speaker 1: This is a pit style. I had to work with myself,

531
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,440
Speaker 1: work on my game. I wasn't really trying to do

532
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 1: all that wanting ship because I knew we Ally was

533
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,879
Speaker 1: down there for a reason. Man. The politics, the politics

534
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,600
Speaker 1: and and all that ship. Yeah, that's life. But I

535
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,879
Speaker 1: wasn't trying to blame nobody. Man, I'm down it for

536
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,080
Speaker 1: a reason. I told myself, Man, I got to be

537
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 1: the best player while I'm down here in practice. And

538
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,960
Speaker 1: you're telling Damon Jones, my coach my first year, and

539
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,399
Speaker 1: like literally like we'll work out before I practice. You know,

540
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: we'll go as as hard as we can't do in practice,

541
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,920
Speaker 1: we'll work out after, man. And I was really just

542
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 1: getting ready for that ten day where you go from

543
00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,680
Speaker 1: the from the D League, you after thirty. I was

544
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 1: aging like seven eight like something crazy, like like some

545
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 1: crazy numbers. But I was preparing myself forward when I

546
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 1: got called up on that ten day for those twelve minutes.

547
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: I might get for those last four minutes because you

548
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: rarely you ain't getting called up to score thirty. You

549
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 1: gotta you get called up to be the eleventh and

550
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 1: twelve man. So once once people start realizing that, man,

551
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: I think, um, it's great. But the definitely it's getting loved.

552
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 1: Now they're getting bread and you know how school kids

553
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 1: Damon Green is gonna make it even better. And you

554
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,399
Speaker 1: know the guys, it's hungry down there. So no, I

555
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,240
Speaker 1: think it's great what they're doing. For sure. Talk to

556
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 1: me a little bit about I think you touched on

557
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 1: which was great. Like we all killed in high school,

558
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, killed like thirty average thirty,

559
00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: did whatever, all these accolades. But when you hit the NBA,

560
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 1: it's a different mindset. You have to it's so important

561
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 1: to know your role as you I killed in the

562
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 1: in the in the D League too, but I knew

563
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,120
Speaker 1: when I got that ten day call up, I knew

564
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 1: instantly what the funk I had to do. I knew

565
00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: I had to play defense. I knew I had to

566
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: be a dog, so that normal role you may take

567
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: in a lesser situation. I think what allowed me to

568
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: last so long was I knew what the funk my

569
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 1: role was, and you obviously seem like it. Really it

570
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 1: made me smile when you said, like I went from

571
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: killing to like knowing what the funk I gotta do

572
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: in my twelve minutes, because it's a completely different mindset.

573
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 1: You still have to be you, but as a player

574
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 1: that's you know, coming in you really have to try

575
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 1: to look around the team and see what's needed and

576
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 1: plug those holes. Yeah for sure. I mean you guys,

577
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: you guys know, you guys know play long cafreer and

578
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 1: you know one TIMPs just been on great teams. I

579
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: think it's a skilled would be a great teammate. And

580
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 1: like you said, we all are here, are here for

581
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: a reason. O G is Jared Jack. That's like who

582
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: I want to be. Like, like, he's a guy. You

583
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: know it wasn't an All star, was a great player,

584
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: solid player, but he commanded the respect from you know,

585
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:54,959
Speaker 1: his teammates, referees, coaches, um, front office management, all that stuff.

586
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,200
Speaker 1: And you know he's not the most athletic guy, he's

587
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: not the most talented guy, but he always find will

588
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 1: find himself on the team. He was always you know,

589
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 1: get deal, I could deal, I could deal. Jerk. There

590
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,040
Speaker 1: is another guy like that. And I had two bets.

591
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: I mean, you guys know will Andre and Sean and

592
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: I used to appreciate me every single day, you know,

593
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,120
Speaker 1: being stall on your role, be sta on your road,

594
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,720
Speaker 1: do this and that. And these guys, these these guys

595
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: is a decade in the league and All Star appearances

596
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:27,160
Speaker 1: and uh championships, and they would appreciate me every single

597
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 1: day about how important it is to be a road

598
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:31,640
Speaker 1: especially on the team. We had to go to state,

599
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: so I got that to legim in the league, so

600
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 1: I had an advantage over a lot of young guys

601
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, I think it's important. Man, if people

602
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 1: don't understand, like obviously everyone could, I think when you

603
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: really see dope, basketball is summertime basketball to pick up games,

604
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: because then you could really show, you know, what you

605
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: could do, you know what I mean. I would always

606
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: surprise people on what I can do in the summertime.

607
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: But I knew during the season, like we all, everyone

608
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: wants to be able to score thirty points, but that's

609
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: not your motherfucking role. Like your role is to do

610
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 1: you know. Obviously Jack was a good score, but I'm

611
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: speaking for myself, and you know you were a big

612
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 1: time score. I wasn't I could score, but I wasn't

613
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 1: like that was my thing. But I knew that I

614
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: had to find other positions. Could I score more? Yeah?

615
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,840
Speaker 1: Could I did? I want to take more shots? Yeah?

616
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: But I knew what the fun my role was and

617
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: that's why I played until I didn't want to play

618
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 1: no more. You're right. I mean that's the that's the

619
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: catch twenty two. Because a lot of people see us

620
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 1: on TV. We might like it the minutes we want

621
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: you see. It's being a great teammate. People called me

622
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 1: a cheerleader all the time. I've been on great teams

623
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: and I'm sitting behind Hall of famers and I'm sitting

624
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: behind great players. But don't get this ship funked up.

625
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: Like I'm doing this ship my whole life. And guys

626
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: in the summer, you know, they think that you could

627
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: you know, they could funk with you, and they think

628
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: that you know, you're not as good as you think.

629
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: The politics only work. He went to demand he wanted

630
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: to do. That's the only reason why you leave ship

631
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 1: like that. I mean, that's ship cool. I gotta go

632
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 1: through that all the time, and it's fun. Man, I

633
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: love it. Who I'm challenge. I'm going from Jim and

634
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: Jim and in DC man, I'm trying to I'm trying

635
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: to see who whatever. I like your driving your passion, man,

636
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 1: and your focus because like I went through that same ship,

637
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: like you, you knew you was a pro. You didn't

638
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: take an overseas job. You knew you was ANRO. You

639
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: had a couple of ten days. Then you end up

640
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: with the Warriors. How did that happen? How did you

641
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: end up with the Warriors? Man? It's crazy. So you know,

642
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: I was going to my third year in the league,

643
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 1: and I, uh, I ended my last year the last

644
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,280
Speaker 1: year I ended in New Orleans. Man, And you know,

645
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: I like the last maybe fifteen games, but I played well. Man,

646
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: And after the Seas was over there, Dace is like,

647
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 1: you know, y'all go home. I'm like, Man, I'm staying, Like,

648
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: I gotta no guarantee. I got two trigger days now,

649
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: I gotta get right for summer league. So I stayed

650
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 1: in New Orleans. I'm working out every single day. I

651
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: killed something league, Like, I destroyed some league. Then in

652
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: New Orleans signs Rondo Darre's Miller and they got a

653
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 1: cut me. So I'm still so uh. You know, I

654
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: end up getting a partial guaranteed with Atlanta. Man, So

655
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: I moved down to Atlanta. You know, I'm staying in

656
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: the hotel. I'm killing and pick up. I'm killing all

657
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 1: the workouts and stuff. Preseason comes, you know, they're like, man,

658
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: start to start looking for your your your your carib

659
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,959
Speaker 1: I'm like, hell, no, man, I haven't been cut too

660
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: many times. Like I'm gonna keep saying this. I'm gonna

661
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,240
Speaker 1: keep saying this hotel and you know, I thought I

662
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: was good. Called my age. I'm like, man, they tell

663
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 1: me I'm good. Like am I good? My agent is

664
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: like yeah, straight, they love you, blah blah blah. So

665
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: preseason comes, I don't play at all, Like I played

666
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: one game against Miami other than I ain't playing at all.

667
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: Last day before my my contract is guaranteed for the year.

668
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 1: Trade goes down. The trade goes down, I get cut

669
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 1: and that's that's the night. Like I'll never forget. I

670
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: called my mom, I called KD and I called Nolan Smith.

671
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,239
Speaker 1: I'm like, man, like this, I think I gotta take

672
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: a year off. I don't know. I don't think emotionally

673
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,720
Speaker 1: I can take this anymore man. And I remember Nolan

674
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 1: was like, man, just sleep on it, like your emotional

675
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 1: right now, sleep on it and call me in the morning.

676
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,239
Speaker 1: And I wroke up man By After getting cut by

677
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 1: the Hawks on Friday night, Saturday morning, Steve Kurent called

678
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 1: me like three or four times. And uh, you know,

679
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: literally like no disrespects to Atlanta, but that year they

680
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 1: were the worst HIM in league. So I went from

681
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 1: you know, getting cut to the worst HIM in league

682
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: to literally the next day, you know, the best seaming

683
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: league wanted me on their team. So it was it

684
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 1: was a true drink coming true for me. Blessing for sure.

685
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: So to be able to go you get there, Uh

686
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 1: you know, you're going to the G League, back to

687
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: the to the to the big boys, back and forth.

688
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 1: Walk us through that process because you're finally here, but

689
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: you're going back and forth. You said, I know you

690
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: had a great attitude because everyone speaks so well of you,

691
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: but what was your mindset to be, Like, Okay, I'm

692
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,560
Speaker 1: killing in this G League and I'm gonna be ready

693
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: for whatever the words got for me. Walk us through

694
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 1: that process. I went down there with a new motivation,

695
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 1: and uh, you know Steve and and and Bobe Myers,

696
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: you know, they were just like, we're gonna treat you

697
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: know this two way. I was that was the first

698
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 1: year of the two way too, and nobody really knew

699
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: how it will work. And uh, Bob, Steve, like they

700
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: just told me, you know, we're gonna treat you as

701
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: as our third e G. So you know we're older,

702
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: Shawn the rest a lot, Andre might rest um you

703
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: know we we we, I just had I saw some opportunity.

704
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: So when I was in the G League, man like

705
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: I was killing, like I want to show bro, I

706
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: was not below down here like y'all need me up

707
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 1: there like straight up and uh but but but we

708
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: made that so crazy was Stephite went down. So when

709
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 1: when Steph goes down, you know, I getting started to

710
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: the starting line up just so Sean can keep so

711
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: Seawan can keep, you know, taking that second rotation, that

712
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: second unit. Right. So I go from like three three

713
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 1: or four games I was on the roster with the

714
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,440
Speaker 1: Golden State, like I didn't play at all. I probably

715
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 1: got in two games out of out of the four

716
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: like ten seconds and maybe two minutes. And I went

717
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: from that to starting. But I was in the G

718
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: League going so crazy and working so hard. I was

719
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: just such in a rhythm, like I was just a rhythm.

720
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 1: So it was just it was just easy for me

721
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 1: to just go out there. And because you're playing, you

722
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 1: still playing with kvee, Clay and Draymond. So the ship

723
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:07,239
Speaker 1: Ain't that hard you go out there? Yeah? So yeah, man,

724
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 1: I was in rhythm and it was fun. And then

725
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,879
Speaker 1: obviously later Steph got hurt for a longer period of time,

726
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: and you know, guys was hurt. Clay was out. I

727
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,720
Speaker 1: think Clay like broke broke his hand or something. Katie

728
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: had fractured ribs, and literally like I had to play

729
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,800
Speaker 1: forty minutes and that's when I scared. Starts going thirty

730
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm saying I started killing, and you know,

731
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,839
Speaker 1: social media kind of took it on the thing about

732
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 1: Storm and guys got backing up to the rotation. So

733
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 1: it was a great year for me for sure. What

734
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,879
Speaker 1: did you learn most about playing with them? Dudes? Those

735
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 1: are arguably four Hall of famers you were able to

736
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 1: win the championship? What did you learn, uh most being

737
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: with the Warriors? For me, I love their demeanor, I

738
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: love their swagger. I love there they just have that

739
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: in factor, like they know that they you know, all

740
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: the baddest dudes on the plane, and they know that

741
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: when we go on each rod, everybody's gonna be against us.

742
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: The these guys gonna take their best shot at us,

743
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: and and they won't. They will never beat us. They

744
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 1: will never They always felt like they would win every

745
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: every single game, how hard they worked. Obviously, it is

746
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: something you know that that that caught my mind. And

747
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: the attention to detail. Um, like man, you know, uh,

748
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: our fail sessions and practices were pretty light before the

749
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: playoffs playoffs come. You know, Steve we we in that

750
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: talk room for about hour hour and a half going

751
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: a different game, players and stuff like that. Just the

752
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: tension to detail. Everybody had, uh values to the team,

753
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: had a certain input they implemented, and you know, just

754
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,240
Speaker 1: for me be the young player man growing up watching

755
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 1: these guys, man, it was a dream come true. Was

756
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: honor just to be in our organization. That was kind

757
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,800
Speaker 1: of my next question. So you get a chance to

758
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,439
Speaker 1: win with someone there was like your big brother growing

759
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 1: up in your neighborhood, looked out for you, and then

760
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,359
Speaker 1: you're standing on a podium at the pinnacle of basketball.

761
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 1: What was that? What was that feeling? Like I that

762
00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: that ship is crazy because like we used to literally

763
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: always talk about that, like, man, we're gonna we're gonna

764
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: win championships, like not not thinking we're gonna do it together,

765
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 1: but man, I wnna win one you're gonna win one

766
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: like sh and for us to do it together, man,

767
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 1: and for it to be a second one. I remember

768
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 1: you guys beat up Cleveland and five years before that, man,

769
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 1: I was in New Orleans and I called Katie like

770
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: he was in the locker room just so hype. And

771
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: you know, my mom was My mom was with me.

772
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: She was crying. And it was when he when he

773
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 1: wanted chip and felt like I want to chip. It

774
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 1: felt like the whole the whole neighborhood and the whole

775
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 1: city want to chip. And then from the next year

776
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 1: for me to be right there with him and bro

777
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: like oh, the whole team, like like they showed me

778
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,759
Speaker 1: more love than anybody. I don't know what it was like.

779
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 1: Everybody was coming to grand new ship because they knew,

780
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: they knew the past, they knew, you know how how

781
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,800
Speaker 1: hard it is to me to get there. Man. It was,

782
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: it was, it was, it was, It was. It was great. Man.

783
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,359
Speaker 1: I appreciate those guys for that for sure. Yeah, all

784
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: of us are here obviously brothers with Cobe, you were

785
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: a huge fan. You got to sweatshirt on today. Talk

786
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 1: to us about what the connection was. I know through

787
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: Coach k he was some when you mentioned and he

788
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: knew and you know, Coach k always made sure you

789
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 1: guys run in contact, you know, through college and you

790
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: got a chance to to get get a good chance

791
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: to to know code. Well, what was it like and

792
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 1: how are you dealing with it? Post? Yeah? I mean

793
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: growing up, you know, I'm too young, Like I saw

794
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 1: Michael Jordan, but I I don't really I didn't really

795
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: get to live and breathe and live in on a

796
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: day to day basis and see him on the night

797
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:35,479
Speaker 1: tonight and really appreciate what he did. Um Space James

798
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: my favorite movie, all that ship growing up. So I

799
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: love Michael Jordan's but he retired at ninet yate and

800
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: then she ninety nine, you know, two thousands. That's when

801
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: the Lakers kind of, you know, step into her own.

802
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 1: And my dad used to always be like man Kobe,

803
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 1: like he's Geordan, like he's the next Jordan, like he

804
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: does every day resembles no Michael Jordan to a t.

805
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: So when when when I when I realized there was

806
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: a new Jordan playing That was my guy, That was

807
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 1: my guy. And and you know, my dad was like

808
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: the biggest Lakers fan ever. So you know he was

809
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,879
Speaker 1: an easy eye on the half of me. And then

810
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: you know, I got to see two thousand and two

811
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,720
Speaker 1: dollars once two day win a championship, So obviously, like everything,

812
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: everything is perfect for me as a basketball guy. And

813
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,879
Speaker 1: then you grow up, you see you know how hard

814
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: he works. You see you know how hard he uh

815
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 1: you know uh trains his mind and and just you

816
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: start to listen to his interviews and you just see

817
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: the respect that everybody has, you know for him. You

818
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: just start appreciating the war and that was my guy.

819
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: But I wanted to be just like him. I want

820
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 1: to do everything like him. And the growing up um

821
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 1: coming into my home. I got to meet him for

822
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: the first time, and Coach K new him, and Coach

823
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: K will always make sure, like if he came to

824
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: a game, I would get the first five minutes with him,

825
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,959
Speaker 1: and if he sent the text after a game, Coach

826
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: K always bring me back on the plane and showed

827
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: me the text that Kobe sin and he knew how

828
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: much you know, I loved him, and uh, I got

829
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: to meet him, got the form relationship with him, and

830
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: you guys on he was he was so so cool man.

831
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: He's past a couple of years him after basketball. He

832
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 1: was just so fun. He's always smiling office with his family. Man,

833
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 1: and just tragic, tragic, tragic thing. And I think we're

834
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: still you know, all trying to you know, make it

835
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: makes sense. It never makes sense, but we got to

836
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: just keep us keeps going. Never you did something to

837
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 1: touch me because I was out there work at ESPN,

838
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,720
Speaker 1: so I saw it with the memorial was like across

839
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:27,839
Speaker 1: the street from Stable Center. You guys, flew back in town.

840
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,800
Speaker 1: You wouldn't grab your jersey and you wouldn't join the

841
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: crowd out there. Talk to us about that. Yeah, I

842
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 1: think we all, I think we always just in't shocked.

843
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: I mean we all obviously us learned on the plane

844
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: we drive. We flying from Philly, um and we all

845
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 1: found it about it on a plane, man, I mean

846
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: I was the longest ride ever. Guys was sucked up, man,

847
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 1: and uh we landed. Uh My friend Jack Davis, who

848
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: with the Duke where he lives in l A. You know,

849
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: he's one of the biggest Kobe fans ever too. You know,

850
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 1: he he linked up with me at uh at our

851
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 1: prox facility. Man just just kind of like consoled me

852
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: because I was crushed, and he showed me that they

853
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: were doing the memorial. They had fans at you know,

854
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 1: the Staples Center, and growing up, when I thought of

855
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: the Staple Cent, I thought of Kobe because that's the

856
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: building I grew up watching him playing, and he he

857
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: gave the Lakers, you know, twenty years of just you know,

858
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: just straight, just straight man, pure basketball, just greatness. Man.

859
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: And I just wanted to be out there just to

860
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 1: just to be with the fans and and and and

861
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 1: show my respects to his family and himself. And um,

862
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,720
Speaker 1: the fans were cool. They let me be. They weren't,

863
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: you know, over buried because everybody was grieving man. And

864
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,919
Speaker 1: I thought it was something I needed needed to do, Manuh,

865
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 1: it was. It was something I'll never forget. It's saddening

866
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 1: even to talk about, you know what I mean. In

867
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: this wor which we have to talk. We always try

868
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: to talk about him in a good lighting and and remembering,

869
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 1: but it's still just some days that just hit you

870
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: in the face, like Kobe's gone, like the ship don't

871
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,120
Speaker 1: like if Kobe is not supposed to be gone, you know,

872
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 1: I mean, like if anyone was not supposed to be

873
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 1: gone as him so it's it's still just punches you

874
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 1: unit the stomach every once a while, like God, damn,

875
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: this ship is real for real, crazy, right right? Sure

876
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,240
Speaker 1: you said that the best advice you got was from Kobe.

877
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,280
Speaker 1: If you if you don't mind, would you like shanders

878
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: and tell us what he told you? Yeah? All you

879
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: are you all you can keep it because I know

880
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: because I know some things that he told us when

881
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:22,879
Speaker 1: we did our last interview with him that I hold

882
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 1: type that I haven't shared. But it's up to you. Yeah,

883
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 1: I mean not for sure. Man. I think my last

884
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 1: my last moment with him is my favorite, not knowing

885
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 1: that it was my last, but at that time, like

886
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,280
Speaker 1: that that that was my favorite moment. In Game five

887
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: of the of the Western Commence Finals, it was too

888
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 1: too it was us versus Rockets. Obviously, Um and uh,

889
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 1: I had been out with the rotation in first four

890
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,320
Speaker 1: games and Steve put me back in the rotation and

891
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 1: just a little adjustment. Um, get some more shooting out there,

892
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: and uh, you know it's I think we're dan one

893
00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: about minute left, fifty seconds left. I'm guarding Chris Paul.

894
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,280
Speaker 1: I get a stop from Chris Paul. Draymond gets the rebound,

895
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: he brings it down. He he finds me on the break,

896
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: like I had several points at the time. I was

897
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: like over too and I'm wild open man, and I

898
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: bowed the ball and I shoot it miss. They come down.

899
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 1: We end up losing the game, and you know how

900
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 1: it is now social media is killing me. Uh We're

901
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: down three two, and that's my first year Awards. I'm like,

902
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: day my first year. We're about to go down, and

903
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 1: I just remember, you know, after the game, you know,

904
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 1: Steph and Katie, like they called me that I was talking.

905
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 1: I went to Katie's room. He was up all night

906
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 1: just talking talking to Justin, talking about the game, what

907
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:39,880
Speaker 1: we need to do. And I was just feeling just

908
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: so damn man. And I told myself, Man, it's gonna

909
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,839
Speaker 1: be my Kobe moment, like I remember him every gone

910
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:47,960
Speaker 1: three shots gives you talk, you know, in this first

911
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: big playoff experience, And I said, I kept telling myself,

912
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:53,399
Speaker 1: kept telling myself, kept telling myself. Fast forward a year later,

913
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 1: we're in the finals. You know, I hit it. I

914
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 1: get the same shot at the same spot, you know,

915
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,759
Speaker 1: gets the raptors and if those and I hit him

916
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: and from literally three three three threes in a row,

917
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 1: you know the win game too, And uh, you know,

918
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: in my head, I'm like, damn, like that's that's my moment.

919
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:14,400
Speaker 1: Like I remember I missed last year, but I had to.

920
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 1: I had enough nuts to take the next shot and

921
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 1: I had enough nuts to to to believe it myself,

922
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I made the shot. And then

923
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: I said cold this summer and he's like, man, I

924
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: didn't tell like I hadn't told him, like that was

925
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 1: my mama bone. But like he he's what came to

926
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: my mom when I missed the shots. And when I

927
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: made the shots, he just came up to me. He

928
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: was like, man, that was your moment. You got big

929
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 1: coronas like you missed it here before that. Y'all know,

930
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: y'all know him, you missed here before that. And the

931
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:45,719
Speaker 1: next year he took the shame shot and you guys,

932
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 1: you want the bombs game and and he said he

933
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 1: was proud of me, man, And you know that meant

934
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: the world to me. I called my mom Rath the

935
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: man cold just he you know what I'm saying, just

936
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 1: just me being a fans, also being a friend. Man.

937
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: That meant the world to me. And I hold that

938
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: dear to my heart for short. That's amazing. I love

939
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 1: hearing that you similar to me. Grew up a Lakers fan.

940
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 1: My ship was crazy too, from almost fighting Kobe to

941
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 1: have him called me to come and play with him.

942
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: What was it like finally putting on that Laker jersey?

943
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 1: Tell me with that because that she gives me chills

944
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: even talking about it. What was it like when you go,

945
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:20,879
Speaker 1: you got to put that jersey on for the first

946
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 1: sign It was so man, it was a drink on

947
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: true when I signed. When I signed with the Lakers,

948
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: that was like my draft day. When I got off

949
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 1: the phone with Rob because I didn't get drafted obviously,

950
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 1: so um, that was my draft that you you you

951
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 1: you get off the phone with uh, you know you're

952
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 1: the GM. He tells you that we're signing you to

953
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:42,720
Speaker 1: blah blah blah. You know you're officially a Los Angeles

954
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 1: Laker boom. That was my draft day. I called my mom,

955
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 1: called my sister. My sister was driving. I made her

956
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,920
Speaker 1: pull over, you know, my girls with me, and we

957
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 1: celebrated like I just got drafted man, and get into

958
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,400
Speaker 1: l a putting on that jersey for the first time.

959
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: I started thinking about my dad because you know, me

960
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 1: and him were the biggest Laker fans and and PG.

961
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:05,759
Speaker 1: You know, everything was Lakers, you know, uh anybody who

962
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: knew it. And we always had Lakers gear on every

963
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 1: single day. So you know, I was playing for him

964
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,319
Speaker 1: this year. Man, I was. This was just big his big,

965
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,720
Speaker 1: big dream to see his son obviously in the NBA,

966
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: but to to to to play for my Dada's favorite team. Man,

967
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 1: it was different. Man was drink. I'm true, man surreal.

968
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if you ever sit back because you're

969
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 1: in the process, but you will one day when you

970
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: get old, like me and Jack. But you've been although

971
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,480
Speaker 1: the journey has been rough, you've been in two amazing

972
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 1: situations to really start your career off, getting a chance

973
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 1: to play with a dynasty in Golden State and picking

974
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,839
Speaker 1: the brains of k D Staff Draymond Clay coach Kerr.

975
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: Now you're in l A with a whole bunch of

976
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: other veterans. You you had a tweet that said, man,

977
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,160
Speaker 1: I get to learn from j Kid and rondo'brin every day.

978
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 1: You know, to point guards dream. You've been in very

979
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 1: fortunate situations, not only to you know, be on the

980
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: biggest stage playing basketball, but just to soak the game

981
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,759
Speaker 1: up from some of the greats. What has that been

982
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,440
Speaker 1: like for you. I think that's been the best and

983
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:11,239
Speaker 1: coolest part for me, being being obsessed with the game

984
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:12,920
Speaker 1: and me being a fan of the game, and me

985
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: you wanted to get better and learn more. There's no

986
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: better you know, opportunities that I could have had. And

987
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,320
Speaker 1: I always, you know, just feel blessed and lucky because

988
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 1: the basketball guys are always rewarding. You know, I had

989
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 1: to go through through through hell. I had to go

990
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 1: through this and that to get to where I am. Man,

991
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,319
Speaker 1: It's no other way I can fathom it. And now

992
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,319
Speaker 1: I just always like to appreciate the ship that I'm in, man,

993
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: and um like like and like you say, like, I know,

994
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 1: when I was in high school, when I was at dude,

995
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,320
Speaker 1: I was always thinking about what's next. And now you

996
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 1: alway kind of get stuck in the moment. But I

997
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:48,919
Speaker 1: kind of take time. I always kind of take time

998
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 1: to just reflect and just remember how thankful I am, man,

999
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: because I know it sounds clear shape, but going going

1000
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:58,760
Speaker 1: from you know, where I came from, I wasn't supposed

1001
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,080
Speaker 1: to be there So for me to play for the

1002
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:03,920
Speaker 1: fucking Warriors to win a championship and then coming to

1003
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: the Lakers, l A's backrocking, and you know, I get

1004
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: to learn from Bron Rondo, Avery, Bradley, fucking Dwight Howard's

1005
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 1: on the team. Just uh, you know, me and A

1006
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:16,239
Speaker 1: d grew up playing against each other, and you and

1007
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: teammates and USA me dawns of Americans together. He's my

1008
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: class casey be like the Marcus is here. I mean,

1009
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: it's it's just the best mixture of basketball all in

1010
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,719
Speaker 1: one locker room. Man. And I always take take time

1011
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:32,080
Speaker 1: and just realize how lucky I am. And I don't

1012
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 1: take another for Brandon. So I try to learn and

1013
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 1: I try to work as much as possible. Yeah, Bron

1014
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 1: is in your seventeam Bro, And you know we talked about,

1015
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,239
Speaker 1: like I said this on my on my page is

1016
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: one goat, one mom, but one king and they only

1017
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:50,319
Speaker 1: once on my rushmore. He's in your seventeen learning from

1018
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: him and see what he's doing in year seventeen, Man,

1019
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: talk to explain that to me. What you're seeing like

1020
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:59,239
Speaker 1: this is greatness, It's amazing, it's it's it's it's really ridiculous,

1021
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:01,759
Speaker 1: like have to play with him while I want to

1022
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:04,439
Speaker 1: training camp with with them in Cleveland. He was my event.

1023
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:08,760
Speaker 1: I was just rooking. So, uh, you know, I'll never forget.

1024
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 1: Um I was. I was living with Kyrie at the time.

1025
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:13,760
Speaker 1: I was Kyrie and wanted me really staying at the hotel.

1026
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: He kind of want to be the head at home Field.

1027
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,800
Speaker 1: I was staying the Kyrie. I had a car, he

1028
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:20,480
Speaker 1: gave me his whip, everything. So I'm the first day

1029
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:24,279
Speaker 1: of training camp. Man, they were just fresh off the finals. Um,

1030
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: I drove. I drove to the pounds facility. You know,

1031
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 1: I wanted to be the first one in there. And

1032
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:34,760
Speaker 1: I get there, I changed, uh, go to the breakfast

1033
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 1: Lanunge or wherever, and I'm starting to heat breakfast and

1034
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,720
Speaker 1: all I hear is just like grunting. I hear grunt

1035
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,360
Speaker 1: and I hear it. You know, you can hear somebody

1036
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,760
Speaker 1: doing something. And it's about two hours before practice. Literally

1037
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,960
Speaker 1: Brown was in there lifting, So maybe he said the

1038
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:50,719
Speaker 1: time for the first day, let me come back from borrow.

1039
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:55,479
Speaker 1: Let's see. I get there, Brons on the court, Brown

1040
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:58,319
Speaker 1: shooting and I'm just like, damn, like this is from

1041
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,959
Speaker 1: year twelve for him at that time and uh five

1042
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 1: MVPs in two rings at the time, like he already

1043
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 1: had like man like that that that mindset, like he

1044
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:11,840
Speaker 1: still have more work to do. So for me fast

1045
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 1: for or five years, he's doing the same ship. He's

1046
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,279
Speaker 1: doing the same stuff. He's the first one in gym Um.

1047
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:21,480
Speaker 1: You know he's a tremendous leader. His basketball all that

1048
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,560
Speaker 1: ship speaks for us SOLF. But the camaraderie that he

1049
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,799
Speaker 1: he creates around the league and around on team. Man,

1050
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: he has a relationship with everybody. He's amazing, bro, Like

1051
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 1: he's amazing. He's doing doing ship a year seventeen that

1052
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 1: guys don't do and in the year eight and their

1053
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,640
Speaker 1: prim you're not in their prom. So it's just amazing

1054
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,040
Speaker 1: to watch him on a nightly basis. For sure. I

1055
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 1: could tell, you know, I know other people could tell

1056
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 1: they played. Y'all really funk with each other and have fun.

1057
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:50,880
Speaker 1: Like I see, the bench is always into it. Everyone

1058
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,400
Speaker 1: is cheering for everyone. Tell me what that locker room

1059
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 1: is like, because locker rooms are blast and that's where

1060
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:58,440
Speaker 1: you really get your camaraderie your ship talking like is

1061
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 1: everybody fair game? But every abody get it. Who's the joker?

1062
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:05,279
Speaker 1: Who sensitive talk to us a little bit about that? No,

1063
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 1: I mean, you guys know what I mean. I think

1064
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:09,480
Speaker 1: for me, the most fun is like the bus ride,

1065
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 1: playing ride the joker, the practice in the locker room.

1066
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the ship that, you know. My favorite

1067
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: thing in the NBA is I love getting those stories

1068
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: from the vets. I love hearing those stories that never

1069
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:25,800
Speaker 1: made the media and never made public or real stories

1070
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 1: that did. That's my stories, crazy, y'all know what I mean.

1071
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 1: That's my favorite. That's my favorite. I think our team now, man,

1072
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:35,239
Speaker 1: I think we're all like this jokes as we all.

1073
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: You know, if you walk in with a bad outfit,

1074
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,200
Speaker 1: everybody gonna let you go. You walk in with some

1075
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:44,680
Speaker 1: bullsh everybody from Avery brand, every Avery Avery, he gonna

1076
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 1: kill you. He If Danny Green Cools walks in, Jared

1077
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:52,239
Speaker 1: Dully walking with something crazy, every gonna kill you. Bron

1078
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 1: gonna kill you. Everybody kills each other man. It's fun.

1079
00:50:55,520 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 1: Nobody's off limits, Everybody gets joked on up, nobody's nobody sensitive.

1080
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:04,640
Speaker 1: It's fun. I love it because that's what people would

1081
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:06,239
Speaker 1: ask me. Like, I got to play with some great

1082
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:08,919
Speaker 1: players because I'm the one that's the ship talker jack

1083
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 1: like that. But I'm like, I'm talking, I'm talking, So

1084
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,200
Speaker 1: I just talked because I'm fun. I like, like I

1085
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:21,359
Speaker 1: really think it's important. Like and then when I play,

1086
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,480
Speaker 1: you know, on balls to the wall for anybody and everybody,

1087
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,319
Speaker 1: I'll kill for you on the court, but off the court,

1088
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 1: I'm the team joker. So everyone, you know, did you

1089
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,240
Speaker 1: talk to Code? Did you do? Like, I'm talking to everybody,

1090
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:32,880
Speaker 1: and that's what I'm saying. Like, those are the teams

1091
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:35,319
Speaker 1: where you can talk ship to Steph. You could talk

1092
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: ship to Claire, you can talk to it to Katie,

1093
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 1: you can talk it to Kobe, you could talk ship

1094
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,319
Speaker 1: to Brun. Those are like the best kind of locker

1095
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,560
Speaker 1: rooms because that's when you're just with your brothers, because

1096
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:47,520
Speaker 1: we're together so much like those loose times on the plane,

1097
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:50,800
Speaker 1: the bus, hearing the stories, gambling, you know, in the

1098
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:52,920
Speaker 1: locker room like them ship to the best part. I mean,

1099
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: obviously basketball is the blast, but those are the ship

1100
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 1: Like you think back, like, do you do miss I

1101
00:51:57,239 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: don't miss playing. I missed just having fun with my

1102
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:03,640
Speaker 1: whole boys and talking shit. Yeah, I mean that's I mean,

1103
00:52:03,719 --> 00:52:06,279
Speaker 1: I always heard no guys who were out the league,

1104
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: Um you know who retired, who were who were doing

1105
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,439
Speaker 1: other things. They're like, man, I mean playing was cool.

1106
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,759
Speaker 1: I mean we all love to play. But that camaraderie,

1107
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:18,879
Speaker 1: that togetherness, that filling a part of the team, Um,

1108
00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:21,520
Speaker 1: you know, that's something that guy's always mentioned they missed.

1109
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,560
Speaker 1: So for me, you know, I always like to take

1110
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,040
Speaker 1: advantage of it for sure. What's your best moment up

1111
00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:32,400
Speaker 1: to this point in the NBA? My best moment up

1112
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:36,239
Speaker 1: to this point in the NBA is no, Uh, I'll

1113
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 1: say my last two years with the Warriors, actually playing

1114
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:42,000
Speaker 1: and contributing in the playoffs. I think that's the big

1115
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 1: stage of basketball. Everybody's watching the license on the license

1116
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 1: right us. There is no fucking loads of management. It's

1117
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 1: no you know, we bat your backs. It's no back

1118
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: to back. So guys ain't resting, guys, can you know,

1119
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 1: there's no excuses. Everybody has time to prepare. You know,

1120
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:01,040
Speaker 1: all records are are a race and the lights are

1121
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:03,239
Speaker 1: the brightest at that time. So for me to have

1122
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:06,200
Speaker 1: some a lot of big games and the playoffs and

1123
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:09,520
Speaker 1: um some big games in the finals, I think that's

1124
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:13,080
Speaker 1: my that's my biggest couple of moments in the league,

1125
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:16,359
Speaker 1: and I'll take the most proud in. But that's dope.

1126
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:22,000
Speaker 1: What's your all time starting five? My all time started five? Man.

1127
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: I always tell my homeboys this. I like my five.

1128
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:29,800
Speaker 1: I like I like Broad at the one. I like

1129
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:34,239
Speaker 1: Cold at the two. I like George at the two,

1130
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 1: I like Cold at the three, I like Katie at

1131
00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,040
Speaker 1: the four. And I like Shack at the five. Sounds

1132
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:43,360
Speaker 1: like my line up. That was his line that was

1133
00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 1: that was his line up. I just had him Duncan

1134
00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:49,200
Speaker 1: at the fourth. Yeah, I mean, you know, bring minds

1135
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 1: thinking like man, you know, you could put Brown anywhere,

1136
00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:55,440
Speaker 1: but you could play that point. You could play the

1137
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:57,520
Speaker 1: power for you can around and put Brown and center

1138
00:53:57,560 --> 00:53:59,239
Speaker 1: at this point, you know what I mean, Because it

1139
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:00,839
Speaker 1: might be tough to guard, but there ain't no way

1140
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:02,239
Speaker 1: the sender's gonna be able to guard him on the

1141
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:07,520
Speaker 1: other end. Not back then. Back then We're gonna imagine

1142
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:11,000
Speaker 1: Shack trying to guard Bron. I mean, obviously Bron, Bron

1143
00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:13,279
Speaker 1: can't guard Shack, but I'm saying, like we go, he

1144
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 1: will run shocks astumping down that court. His motherfucking lips

1145
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 1: would be looking like yours tongue stuck to the roof

1146
00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:33,879
Speaker 1: of his mouth. Ship would be over shat is big

1147
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:40,320
Speaker 1: and said, Hey, so your favorite movie growing up in

1148
00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:44,400
Speaker 1: Space Jam? Mike, you got the you got Lebron in

1149
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:48,600
Speaker 1: Space Jam too. Any any inside info anything you stole

1150
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:50,400
Speaker 1: or any kind of info you got for us on

1151
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:53,719
Speaker 1: the Space Jam. You know, it's crazy. So when I

1152
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:55,840
Speaker 1: signed at l A, I signed to the Liquors and

1153
00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:58,520
Speaker 1: I came out here early looking for a spot not

1154
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:01,719
Speaker 1: linked with him. He worked out and uh him and

1155
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:05,759
Speaker 1: Randy invited me up to the set. Um me, me,

1156
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,920
Speaker 1: me and my cousin. So we went up there to

1157
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:09,560
Speaker 1: the set and I spent the whole day with him,

1158
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:11,560
Speaker 1: and I managed in the theater. So it was cool

1159
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:14,400
Speaker 1: for me to like, actually, that's my first time actually

1160
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:18,240
Speaker 1: being on the movie set. And literally Bron like worked

1161
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:22,400
Speaker 1: down on the morning shower, a breakfast, and he was

1162
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:25,800
Speaker 1: at the set on day acting. He would be on

1163
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:29,759
Speaker 1: ten minutes take, a five minute breaking go again, take

1164
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:34,000
Speaker 1: after take after take, and he's like, y'all know, Bron

1165
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:37,200
Speaker 1: He's like has a handshake with the camera crew and

1166
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:43,760
Speaker 1: then everybody and every every every actor he's messing around

1167
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,960
Speaker 1: with and he'd come over to us and you know,

1168
00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:48,400
Speaker 1: talk ship, we're talking. Who's we're talking? You know? And

1169
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 1: you I remember that day Bronnie, Brannie and Brownie's team

1170
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:55,520
Speaker 1: and U team never in Vegas. So a little bit

1171
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 1: during his lunch break, he was watching the game, man,

1172
00:55:57,760 --> 00:56:00,680
Speaker 1: and you know, back to back to acting. And the

1173
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 1: next day she will back up in the morning working out,

1174
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:05,040
Speaker 1: and he did the same thing over again. Man, and

1175
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:07,879
Speaker 1: Space Jan was crazy. It's gonna be cool, man. I'm

1176
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:10,839
Speaker 1: I'm excited, man, because they put a lot of time

1177
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:13,120
Speaker 1: and effort into that ship. You know who the monstar

1178
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,480
Speaker 1: is gonna be? I don't, I don't. I don't. I

1179
00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:19,800
Speaker 1: know a D. A D might be one. I'm not

1180
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:21,920
Speaker 1: sure though, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. But they

1181
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:24,879
Speaker 1: they did a lot of stuff, some creative stuff, man,

1182
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 1: and I still didn't really understand. And too they started

1183
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:30,719
Speaker 1: to bring it down to me. Man, when they make

1184
00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:33,840
Speaker 1: it all come to life, when they do yeah stuff

1185
00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: and you know a lot of stuff that So it's

1186
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:38,560
Speaker 1: gonna be crazy. But I can't wait. It's gonna be crazy.

1187
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know when Space Jam one was

1188
00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:44,680
Speaker 1: our space show. I don't want to miss speak years

1189
00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 1: ago to think how far technology has come since then,

1190
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:52,279
Speaker 1: Like this is gonna insane, is gonna be insane, and

1191
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:56,319
Speaker 1: people as the stars it should have happenn used the monstars.

1192
00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:00,960
Speaker 1: You look like a monster. But people was asking me,

1193
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:06,920
Speaker 1: I remember when when when when this was first announced,

1194
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:09,160
Speaker 1: people are asking like, well, this movie be big as

1195
00:57:09,239 --> 00:57:11,200
Speaker 1: big as Mike. This movie, to me is gonna be

1196
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:14,080
Speaker 1: way bigger because it's a different atmosphere, a different time,

1197
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:17,000
Speaker 1: and the special effects are going to be at another level.

1198
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:20,480
Speaker 1: I can't wait. Man, It's gonna be crazy, all right. Normally,

1199
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:23,840
Speaker 1: when we asked this question, when you before you ask it, whoever,

1200
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,000
Speaker 1: you say, if you have a connect on this person,

1201
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:27,920
Speaker 1: then you have to hook us up. You gotta make

1202
00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:29,840
Speaker 1: it happen. So who should be a guest on our show?

1203
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:31,439
Speaker 1: Who do you think should be a guest on our show?

1204
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 1: Your teammate that you were just talking about, what's going on?

1205
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:47,440
Speaker 1: I think I think y'all should get a d D. Yeah,

1206
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:49,320
Speaker 1: we've been talking to a D about getting up. Yeah,

1207
00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:50,920
Speaker 1: we're supposed to get him right before we went into

1208
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:53,919
Speaker 1: Lockdown two. When you think of a D like people

1209
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:58,360
Speaker 1: don't think mis understood that he went through his whole life,

1210
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:02,760
Speaker 1: bro and and you and you know, just just just

1211
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 1: just just going to I mean, he was he was

1212
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:07,880
Speaker 1: unknown to being the number one player in the country,

1213
00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:11,160
Speaker 1: like overnight, you know, he was the national Player of

1214
00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:14,040
Speaker 1: the year, won the championship first pick. And he's like

1215
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 1: he went from not being known to all this all

1216
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:18,880
Speaker 1: this stuff and going through the New Orleans and he

1217
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:22,200
Speaker 1: got to play on the Olympic team in twenty twelve

1218
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:25,320
Speaker 1: and being an All Star injuries after how he got

1219
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:28,080
Speaker 1: treated in New Orleans last year, just injuries. You know,

1220
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:30,920
Speaker 1: people saying like he never you know, won a playoff

1221
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 1: game whatever till he played us a couple of years ago.

1222
00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:35,080
Speaker 1: Just I mean, he's been through a lot, man. And

1223
00:58:36,120 --> 00:58:38,920
Speaker 1: when he gave to his teammates, to the game, to

1224
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:44,440
Speaker 1: the organization, man, I think it is isn't appreciated publicly enough. Man.

1225
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:46,000
Speaker 1: I think he's one of the you know, the best

1226
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:49,960
Speaker 1: players that to play. So I think, you know, he

1227
00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:52,200
Speaker 1: should come on here and talk his ship man, because

1228
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,360
Speaker 1: because he because he needs to start talking and ship

1229
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:58,680
Speaker 1: more man, because he's a bad d. He's a healpable

1230
00:58:58,680 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 1: player though, and you don't hear him talking too much,

1231
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:03,720
Speaker 1: like you don't ever really hear I don't recall seeing

1232
00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: no one any like you don't hear him, you know

1233
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,000
Speaker 1: what I mean? Like, that's the player you right, it

1234
00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:10,360
Speaker 1: is here, come on this show and talking shop. I

1235
00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:12,280
Speaker 1: was already talking too. We don't get him on, but

1236
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:14,800
Speaker 1: he needs to start talking to ship. That's a bad

1237
00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:18,240
Speaker 1: motherfucker right there. Man. For real, any movies or shows

1238
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:20,840
Speaker 1: you're beinge watching or on repeat right now? You always

1239
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:24,120
Speaker 1: watched The Wire um once every year. So when all

1240
00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:27,840
Speaker 1: this ship started, I rewatched that. I rewatched Curb Your Enthusiasm.

1241
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:30,680
Speaker 1: Me and my girl we're watching for life right now,

1242
00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:33,880
Speaker 1: that fifty cents show. That's really it, man, That's that's

1243
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:36,000
Speaker 1: really it. Man. I'm playing. I'm playing so many video

1244
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: games I'm playing. I'm playing way too. Who was your

1245
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:47,680
Speaker 1: funniest teammate? I mean it was Baron Davis Disney Man,

1246
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:52,360
Speaker 1: he's a character. He's character. The markets is funny as hell,

1247
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:59,160
Speaker 1: Rondo's funny, Dudley's that's hilarious. Dollar Andre is funny as hell.

1248
01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:03,160
Speaker 1: Clay is funny in his own way. Yeah, Clay is

1249
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:05,360
Speaker 1: that you want to know? Clay is funny, He's just

1250
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:08,919
Speaker 1: Clay is funny in his way. That's funny. You said that. Yeah,

1251
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:11,360
Speaker 1: you don't even have to say much to be funny.

1252
01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:17,760
Speaker 1: This is hope to meet their posture. Man, he's a

1253
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:21,120
Speaker 1: he's a he's a different dude. Man, I love Clay.

1254
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:26,960
Speaker 1: A historical dinner with anybody, just a dope conversation, a

1255
01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:30,480
Speaker 1: dope night, just kicking back. Any five people, not counting yourself.

1256
01:00:30,520 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: Who would be at your table? Michael, Jordan's um, Kobe Bryant,

1257
01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:49,720
Speaker 1: Malcolm X, lor Wayne for last one, jay Z jay Z.

1258
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:52,360
Speaker 1: That would be a hand of a dinner board. I'd

1259
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:57,280
Speaker 1: be a hand of a dinner Kobe, Mike, Wayne, Jay

1260
01:00:57,760 --> 01:01:09,320
Speaker 1: and Malcolm X. Y'all gonna fox him up that night. Hey, artists,

1261
01:01:09,560 --> 01:01:12,440
Speaker 1: artists are song gonna repeat? Are you jamming? I know

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Speaker 1: you're jamming? A little baby man, man, A little my

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Speaker 1: My my brother man, My brother is dirty. One of

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Speaker 1: my best friends. We both living a man. I'm with him.

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Speaker 1: If I'm not working out, I'm with him. Studio, video games,

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Speaker 1: all that ship. So I listened to Dirk all day,

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Speaker 1: gonna one of my one of my guys, the dough

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Speaker 1: boy baby going crazy. Obviously, Shot Lizzie. I grew up

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Speaker 1: with Shot Lizzie. One of my close friends and a

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Speaker 1: lot mans. It's a Kodak Black, one of my favorite rappers.

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Speaker 1: So free code that dirty right now. Yeah, man doing

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Speaker 1: dirty in the pen right now. Man, Ship Ship Ship

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Speaker 1: crazy bron. I'll hope you stand strong and I'm praying

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Speaker 1: for his family for sure. So, like we said earlier,

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Speaker 1: you had a similar journey. It was in you know,

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Speaker 1: sweet to begin with, after everything you've been through up

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Speaker 1: to this point, although you're just starting, what kind of

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01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:08,280
Speaker 1: encouraging words would you have for someone trying to follow

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Speaker 1: in your footsteps and keep going? I mean obviously cliche,

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Speaker 1: keep going, Um, stay positive, all the cliche stuff. But

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Speaker 1: for me, man, like you get caught up in you know, followers,

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01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:21,800
Speaker 1: you can get caught up in money. You can get

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01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:25,480
Speaker 1: caught up in how long. And you know, guys used

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Speaker 1: to I used to look at guys like man, he

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Speaker 1: was he was only in college for two years. Um,

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Speaker 1: he ain't become a start to the third end of league.

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Speaker 1: Stuff like that, Man, And just just run your on race,

1288
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Speaker 1: keep going, a lot of people gonna tell you ship

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Speaker 1: that you know that it's really hating Man. For me,

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01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:43,600
Speaker 1: I ain't the tallest, like the fastest, I ain't the strongest.

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01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:46,959
Speaker 1: So now I have a shot coming up. People ain't

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01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:48,919
Speaker 1: giving me a shot like people. You know what I'm saying.

1293
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:51,520
Speaker 1: I was too small, too slow, ship like that. But

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Speaker 1: I I ain't really care about all that ship man. People.

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Speaker 1: When I got out of the court, they're about to

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Speaker 1: see me, and I was gonna see about them. So

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Speaker 1: my thing is run your on race man, and that's it.

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Speaker 1: I love that I could tell, like I said, I

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01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:04,160
Speaker 1: didn't get a chance to really get to know you.

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Speaker 1: We have mutual friends and teammates and everybody respects you, man,

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Speaker 1: So it was it was an honor to get down

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Speaker 1: to get to know you a little bit better. We're

1303
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Speaker 1: gonna exchange information to get down and with a little bro.

1304
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Speaker 1: But thank you man for your time today. We appreciate

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Speaker 1: your time. Good luck, God bless you with your family

1306
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Speaker 1: and ship man. If you guys get back in, go

1307
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Speaker 1: get that championship. I just want to say thank you'

1308
01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:26,919
Speaker 1: all what y'all doing for the coach and what y'all

1309
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:30,320
Speaker 1: doing as as as as people who has been in

1310
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Speaker 1: the league as one league, as as been successful in

1311
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Speaker 1: the league, and you know y'all didn't y'all own way man,

1312
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Speaker 1: and what y'are doing, you know, for the culture, not

1313
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Speaker 1: just basketball, but but before US African Americans growing up.

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Speaker 1: Y'all talk about every every situation going on a positive ship.

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Speaker 1: That the ship that needs to be saying, y'all don't

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Speaker 1: hold back on nothing, man, and that ship means a

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Speaker 1: lot to to myself and my peers and everybody. Man.

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Speaker 1: So I appreciate what y'all doing because I want to

1319
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Speaker 1: be like y'all, want to make a lot of fucking

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Speaker 1: money with some chips and play the key back and

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Speaker 1: have my own my own ship after doing my way

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Speaker 1: after he SPN TV all that, man, I appreciate you all, man,

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Speaker 1: no doubt. Man, we appreciate that. Thank you sir. Thanks Bro,

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you bro. Hey, that's a wrap. Thank our guests today, Quinn.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you, bro, and make sure you guys check

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Speaker 1: how this place forms a different kind of person on

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Speaker 1: my high school team we have five guys make the NBA.

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Speaker 1: We had the County Rock. Now you mentioned Prince Shorts County.

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Speaker 1: People know it's about it's a meta of basketball. There

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Speaker 1: are those who come before us, upon whose shoulders we stand.

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Speaker 1: We're here from this area. You have to have tough scares.

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Speaker 1: The gym became the sanctuary. E G. County guys provide

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Speaker 1: buckets for America. Prince Georgia has a lot of power,

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Speaker 1: a lot of character, don't. It's nothing that you can

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Speaker 1: do to stop that competitive and we're pushing the community

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Speaker 1: and the culture forward. There's just in the water. This

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Speaker 1: life was all I ever wanted. I'm not leaving, not yet.

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Speaker 1: I was hoping you say that you gotta hit the streets,

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