WEBVTT - Dray's Return Date, LeBron's Historic Night + a Miles Bridges Interview 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:07.120 The volume. The Draymond Green Show is presented by a 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:10.400 fan duel sports book. There's no better place to bet 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:15.080 the action than on FanDuel sports Book during the football season. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:18.919 It's easy to use, it's safe and secure, you get 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:22.000 payouts and as fast as two hours. There's so many 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:26.720 bet types. My favorite same game parlay bets. There's live betting, 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:31.760 player props, futures. If you're new, just download the FanDuel 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:35.239 sports Book app to get started. Now sign up. Please 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:41.400 use the promode code column C O L I. An 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:53.360 fan duel sports book makes it easy. What's up, everybody? 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:55.800 Welcome back to The Draymond Green Show. This is our 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:58.720 sixteen episode, and we got my little brother, my little 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:03.200 spartan dog brother, Miles Bridges on the show. Today. We 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.680 will talk about his breakout season, him thinking he can 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.720 dunk on me, uh, which is beyond me. We're also 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:15.120 going to talk about Michigan High school basketball and as 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:18.080 well as the AUTH circuit and a lot more. I've 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.640 known Miles for a very long time. I think I've 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:22.959 known Miles since he was maybe in the eighth grade, 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:28.200 and you know, just watching him grow his entire journey 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:33.920 becoming somebody in the basketball world as a kid from Flint, 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:36.760 it's just not that that easy. And I know that 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:40.080 because I'm from Saginaw, Michigan and they're one and the same. 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:43.759 And to watch him work, work and become who he's 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.720 become and being able to provide for his family the 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:51.280 way he provides makes me extremely proud because I know 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.880 what it's like to to start with that dream and 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.440 not have a clue on how it's going to work out, 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:01.760 and to see him living his dream and flourishing it 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:04.880 means the world to me. But before we get into uh, 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:10.079 the Miles Bridges conversation, let's take you around association as 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:15.160 we love to do. Number One. Lebron's historic night, historical 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:19.880 night against my Warriors was brutal to watch, number one, 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:24.119 but in the same token, was extremely incredible. I mean, 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:32.080 you're talking a guy at thirty seven still being able 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.800 to produce at that level. And yes, you know, he 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.960 had fifty six, which was incredible. You know, it's not 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:44.200 as if this is just surprising and Lebron had fifty 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.839 six and we're like, oh my god, like that came 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.680 out of nowhere. It didn't come out of nowhere. It's 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:53.760 insane that Lebron is still able to produce at the 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:57.280 level that he's producing in his nineteen season in the NBA. 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.880 It's it's funny because we were just we were just 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.600 in Cabo a couple of weeks ago for All Star break. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:07.760 I walked into Bronze crib and he's like, he's using 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:14.120 this stem like electrical current type machine on on his quad. 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.240 And I said to him right then, I said, dude, 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:22.320 you you just don't stop like like and He's like, man, 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:25.960 I gotta do it, gotta gotta get the quality fire. 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.079 You know, I had to knee issue, so I need 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:29.800 to get this quad. And I'm just like you, you you 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:35.360 just never stopped like it's always something with you in 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:40.000 regards to your body in the game, and and I 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.320 it's it's mind blowing to me. Obviously I was there. 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.000 I was rehabbing, so you know, I'm in the weight 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.640 room every day, and you know he comes down every 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.280 day to get this work in. I will say I 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:55.040 was up before him early bird gets the worm. No, 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.920 but obviously my my work, I was away longer as 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.640 I'm rehabbing to come back from injury, which by the way, 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:09.920 I am projecting our targeting my return next Monday. Um, 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:14.600 next Monday the fourteenth versus the Wizards. That that is, 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:18.000 that is the date that I am targeting. I'm excited 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:22.320 as hell. I mean it's been two and a half months, 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:26.279 almost two and a half, two months for sure, almost 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:28.560 two and a half by the time I play. I've 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:34.240 never missed that much time during season now. I have 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:36.880 once had an ankle injury that kept me out for 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.320 a very long time in high school, but it was 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.200 the off season. So this is something different for me. 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.719 So I'm extremely excited to get back out there with 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.239 my guys, um to try to help write this ship. 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.560 You know, it's it's been a little haywied these last 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.320 few weeks, and you know, but we'll figure it out. 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.880 I think this rough patch has been great for our team. Uh. 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.040 You know, people always look at our team and they 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:04.039 still think like this is the Warriors that was winning championships, 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:08.000 and the reality is it's not. Um, you know, Clay 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:14.760 Thompson's won championship championships, Andre Dallas one championships, Steph Curry's 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:20.440 won championships, Cavan Looney and myself that's five of seventeen 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:26.279 and so this isn't the same Warriors that won championships before, 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.599 which is why I'm happy we're going through this patch 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:33.560 because now you really have to figure out what it 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.360 takes to win in this league. Now you really have 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.640 to dig deep. We're in a rut, so you're gonna 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:41.760 have to claw your way out. You're gonna have to 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.440 gut a nasty one out. Probably, that's just normally how 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:49.520 it goes, and so um as much as it sucks 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:51.400 to go through this, no one ever wants to go 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:55.200 through it, I'd much rather this be happening now then 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.760 get punched in the mouth the first round of the 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.440 playoffs and scrambling trying to figure out how to respond 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:05.000 because so many guys in our locker room have not 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:09.320 witnessed or have not played under that type of pressure, 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.320 have not played in that type of environment, have not 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.960 run up against a tough period of tough stretch and 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.320 had to get through it. You know, this this season 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.600 for us, it's pretty much been rolling through. And so 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.480 like I said, you you never feel good about it. 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:29.279 You never feel good about losing. You know, we always say, 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:33.320 like you much rather get you much rather get learn 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:37.440 your lessons from winning. That's that's just always the better 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.040 way to learn the lessons and saying that it just 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.240 doesn't normally doesn't go that way. And that's kind of 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.800 where we are now. So um, you know, the team 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.359 will keep fighting and we'll get better and we'll figure 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:50.960 it out. I have no doubt in my mind that 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.520 we'll figure it out. But I am very happy to 0:06:53.680 --> 0:07:00.840 be returning and um and and able to help right 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:05.039 the ship. So that's that's gonna be good for me. 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:09.080 I have a doctor's appointment today. I got my final clearance, 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:12.119 so I'm ready to roll now, just you know, getting 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.040 a little more playing under my belt, a little more 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.200 five on five, four and four, just kind of trying 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.120 to get my legs back under me and get my 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:23.560 stammina back of my endurance back. So it's going well, 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.200 and I am looking forward to that day next week, 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:31.920 the irony and and Clay Clay going or excuse me, 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:38.240 Clay returning the day that my calf locks up and 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:42.920 and I'm dealing with the disc injury. It's crazy to me. 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:47.240 I mean I've I've literally looked forward to that day 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:51.200 for two years. Um, and you know obviously thought it 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:58.560 was nearing, you know, November, and and then obviously the 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:03.640 Achilles injury happens, and so or or September. I'm sorry 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:05.400 when we were getting ready to kick off camp and 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:10.200 then they killer Killes injury happened, and like I couldn't 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:17.440 wrap my mind around like all the anticipation. I mean, 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.440 if you were around the facility at that time, like 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.080 everything was about Clay Day. You know Clay that Clay 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:26.440 Day is Clay Day, that Clay d is approaching. I mean, 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:30.000 I I even think back to, like I'm out there 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:35.440 doing my pregame warm up sometime in December and I 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:42.760 maybe December ish, and and I can recall Clay he 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:44.760 he was shooting at the same time as me, are 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:49.560 shooting times overlap, and he's walking off the court and 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:53.280 if I'm not mistaken, he's holding up one three walking 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:57.680 off the court, and he had his countdown going. And 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.360 it was thirteen days until he returned, and at that 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:05.440 point they hadn't released yet that he was targeting into 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:09.079 the January ninety date, And so we were getting ready 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:12.440 to head out on the road trip. Um, I think 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:16.360 it was Dallas. No, I'm sorry, it was Denver in Utah. 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:19.840 The Denver game end up being canceled which was the 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:24.240 game that just happened this week in Denver that no 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:28.000 one played in or for US. Uh and no, not 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:38.280 no one. Um, Steph Wiggins, myself, Clay auto porter, Gary 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.480 Payton a second, like we were missing a lot of guys. Uh, 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:45.360 just this game. And Clay's walking off holding up thirteen 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.840 or like one in the three and I'm looking at 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.000 him like he's so excited. And as I'm watching him 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.000 walk off holding that up, I'm thinking to myself, like, 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:59.040 these people have no idea these numbers he's holding up. 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.280 But actually if they knew it to countdown to his return, 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:07.640 like he's been counting down days and he's been making 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.240 sure every day you walk in the facility, you know 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:13.520 where his countdown is. And so he's walking off and 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.680 holding that up. I'm just sitting there laughing because I'm 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:21.199 watching these people go crazy, like our fans are going nuts. 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.000 He you know, he just finished shooting. And I'm like, 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.120 but they really don't have a clue or why he's 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.480 holding up those numbers. And that was exciting for me. 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.920 And so the build up, the build up, and you know, 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.960 then we scrimmaged the day before and like I told 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:40.840 you before, I was humming, like buzzing, playing well. And 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:46.560 the reality is what I have not said is leading 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:50.280 up to that. Maybe like with a few games before, 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:56.640 I ended up sitting out the New Orleans game and 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.560 that Dallas game when we played in Dallas, I think 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.000 it was I Ain't worry four for fifth somewhere around 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.480 that time. Um, I couldn't move that game, like I'm 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:09.120 just out there and I couldn't move. I'm like, man, 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:13.920 I'm I'm just hurting. And so the next day in 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:18.560 New Orleans, I didn't play, and which I was projected 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.560 to play, and then I did it, and so come 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.880 to find out I had already been a few games 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.719 before that. I was in the tunnel rolling out like 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.040 my glue because my glue was tightening up, like just 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.719 randomly with tighten up. And so before I go back 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:36.960 in the game, I'm like rolling on the lacrosse ball 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.280 because it can get too deeper muscles than a phone 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:43.440 roller can. So I'm rolling on the cross ball and 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.000 then it loosen up a little bit and I'd go 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:50.439 back in the game. And those end up being symptoms 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:53.880 of the injury that I had. But like I think 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:57.400 back to all of that built up and like feeling 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.960 bad those couple of days, and then practicing the day 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:03.960 before Clay returned and feeling great and like, oh man, 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.960 it's time. Like and then that even and I'm sitting 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.400 at home and my calflock up, and then the whole 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.840 snowball effects starts to happen. But I said all of 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:16.720 that to say, I have been waiting for this moment 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.800 I get I have the opportunity to get back out 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:23.840 there and play with my brothers again. And you know, 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.439 there were times where I was doubting whether like I 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:30.960 mean not doubting, but like you know, we we we 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.240 none of us like to hear the surgery where it 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:38.360 come up, but that was a possibility, and so and 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:43.200 you know, and Dr T has been incredible. Dr Walkers 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.760 in l A, who I saw it consulted with as well, 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.640 like neither one of them thought I need a surgery. 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.160 So it's great to put that the rest. But there 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.920 was a point where I mean, even three weeks ago, 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.680 like you, I still wasn't short that I was out 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.640 of the woods. You know, I'm feeling better, symptoms are gone, 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.679 but you can just never be so sure. And so 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:09.000 now that it's it's almost here. Man, to how the opportunity, 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.120 like I'm excited to take the floor with all my guys, 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:15.440 all my brothers, but to how the opportunity to go 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:19.599 out there and take the floor again with Steph and Clay, 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:24.160 guys who always say and Andre as well. I'm not 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:29.400 sure if when Andrea will be back, but guys who 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.439 we always say like we started to build this thing 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:34.960 from the bottom, like when the Warriors were to laughing 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.760 stock of the NBA. We started to build this thing 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.439 from the bottom. And now to be taking the floor 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.600 with those guys again, Man, I can't tell you all 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:47.160 how excited I am. And you know I always say 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.040 that this is my time of year right now, like 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.880 I I historically have performed better in the playoffs, and 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:57.880 so fourteen, I'll have fourteen games to get my rhythm 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:00.600 back and to get in a swinger things and try 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.120 to get my endurance back in my and my stamina, 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:07.720 which at this point you just go for what you 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.480 know and regardless of what it is, I'm gonna make 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:12.840 it work. Like that's the competitor, that's the fight in me. 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:19.200 And so man, it's time and I cannot fucking wait 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:23.280 to take the floor with my brothers again, I cannot wait. 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.840 And in speaking of returning from injury, we also know 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:32.360 Kevin Durant just returned from injury, and boy did they 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:35.920 run up into a monster the other day. My goodness, 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.520 Jason Tatum fifty four points the one move where he 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.680 threw it out between Kyrie and somebody if I think 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:46.760 maybe Bruce Brown, it's like and then split up. I 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:50.280 don't even I can't even um, I can't even walk 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.160 you through the move. How I want to walk you 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.480 through it because it was so unorthodox and so incredible. 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.280 So if you have not seen that clip of Jayson 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:03.720 Tatum split in those two guys, whatever the hell he did, Uh, 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:07.120 it was one of the most insane moves. And you know, 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:10.840 to see Jayson Tatum um going up against the Brooklyn Nets, 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:17.320 up against Kevin Durant and go for fifty four insane. 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:22.200 I already know and understand how good Jayson Tatum is, 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.960 and saying that, uh, and spending a ton of time 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.240 with him in the Olympics, you quickly realize how young 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:33.280 he is and he's I mean, he's been playing at 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.480 a very high level since he came into the league. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.240 And so when you have guys like that, you tend 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.840 to forget how young they are. And then you you 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.600 spend a ton of time around Jayson Tatum and like 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.160 some of the questions he asked, and you realize, like, yo, 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:53.200 I he's still a baby. And you know, we've started 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:57.000 we were We've built the relationship, which I am extremely 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:00.600 thankful for. I don't take any relationship for granted. I 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:05.120 am a relationships person. I build relationships. I cherish relationships. 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.280 Uh They're very important for me. So I am very 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.240 thankful for the relationship that we've built. But to see 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.800 him put the team on his back after the way 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:17.080 the Celtics were struggling to start the season. You heard 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:20.800 all the talks about needing to break Jason Tatum and 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:25.960 Jaylen Brown up. And and I commend Jason because he 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.920 came out right away and said, no, me, me and Jason, 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.560 I mean me and Jalen, we're not a problem, Like 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.320 we can play well together and we're gonna figure it out. 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.280 And they are figuring it out. And it's been beautiful 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:42.360 to see, extremely happy to see such a young man 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:48.320 take on this of a situation and and in doing 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:52.320 that has produced like no other. And his team is 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:55.040 now I think eleven games above five hundred maybe in 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:58.119 the fourth and fifth season in the East and continuing 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:00.600 the climb. So it's a beautiful thing to see. That 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.840 was an incredible game. It was also great to see 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.919 Kevin back on the floor. I mean this Kevin is. 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.520 I think everyone already know how incredible I think Kevin is. 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:14.800 But you know, he used to be like a walk 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.200 in twenty five dude to walk in thirty piece now, 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:19.359 I mean he come out of injury. I think his 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:23.600 first game he had thirty one, second game thirty seven. Um, 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.800 I mean, just just for a guy to miss what 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:29.359 seven weeks of time and then come back out and 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:33.440 doing that like it's nothing. It's the most insane thing. Uh. 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:35.800 The Nets are having some problems at their own. They're 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.080 on some losing they've been in the midst of a 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.760 losing streak or a couple of different ones, and so 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.320 they need to write their ship as well. And and 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:47.280 you know, I'm looking forward to seeing how they handle it. 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.359 Just says how how we're going to handle it, because 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:52.000 we're kind of in the same space. Maybe not as 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.960 far as like public issues or whatnot, but as far 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.240 as records I mean, our record is better, but as 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:02.080 far as like currently what you're doing right now, we're 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:04.600 kind of in the same space. So I'm I'm I'm 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:08.880 as a basketball fan, I'm looking forward to seeing how 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:10.760 how they come out of it as well as I'm 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:18.080 looking forward to seeing how we come out of it. Man, 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:22.159 I am extremely honored and excited to have his next guest, 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.080 a guy who I is a little brother, not who 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:28.280 I call is a little brother of mine. Um who 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:32.440 Man I've known since who probably this eighth or ninth 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:37.760 grade year. Um. And obviously I'm from Saginaw, Michigan. He's 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:40.760 from Flint, Michigan. You know, we we kind of wanted 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:44.040 the same that Flint Sagon all connection, but we also 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.680 the routes run a little deeper. H Michigan State. Spartan 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:51.320 played two seasons at Michigan State, was a Freshman of 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:55.280 the Year at Michigan State, was All American his second 0:18:55.320 --> 0:19:01.960 year at Michigan State, and more importly, was then moved 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:04.399 on to be the twelfth pick in the NBA Draft. 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:09.600 Was originally drafted by the Clippers, but was traded um 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.520 on draft night to the Charlotte Hornets, where he is 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:15.880 now making a huge impact, having an all Star worthy season. 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.840 I think should have been an all Star but you know, 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:22.680 only going to continue to get better so that to happen. 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:26.280 But I want to welcome none other than the than 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:32.560 the absolutely incredible Miles Bridges. What's up, my brother? Nothing much, man, 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.679 I thank you for coming on this. As you know, 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:39.440 this is exciting for me. Just I enjoyed doing this, um, 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:42.560 not only to shirt this with the fans, but I 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.400 also get something out of these conversations, and especially when 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:48.880 I have opportunities to chop it up with with guys 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:52.640 who I have personal relationships with and obviously you know 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:56.359 how that how that runs deep for us. UM. But 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:00.200 uh and getting started, UM, you know you're having a 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:03.520 great season, but we all know that you are in 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:06.639 a restricted free agent Uh, I mean I'm sorry, a 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.000 restricted free agent coming up this year. How are you 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:12.120 feeling about that process? Are you excited about it? Are 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:17.119 you nervous about it? I mean I'm excited. You know, 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:19.960 it's definitely always exciting for for somebody to go through that. 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:24.000 I'm especially the position that I don't put it in UM. 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:25.960 But for me right now, I'm really just worried about 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:28.359 the season, though, we can feel out of the top eight. 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:30.919 So I'm trying to get us to the playoffs and 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:34.520 that's the main goal right now. And speaking of falling 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:36.960 out of the top eight last year, Uh, you guys 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:38.560 were in the play in game as well, and you 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.480 you ultimately lost to Indiana. We were in the playing 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:44.480 game as well and lost. UM. How did you feel 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:47.040 about the whole playing scenario? Did you think it was 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:48.920 great for the league? Did you not like it? How 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:52.320 do you feel about it? I mean for for us, 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.639 I mean it's good because we have a chance to 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.760 get in if we're not in. UM, But I feel 0:20:57.800 --> 0:21:01.159 like if if I was in the top six, I 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:05.080 don't know, the top seven times, don't you like it? 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:09.200 It's funny? Go ahead, go ahead. Yeah, for fire position 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:11.199 is good, but for for the ones that made it 0:21:11.240 --> 0:21:15.200 to the seven and eight un like that. It's funny 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:17.520 because we were actually a victim of that last year 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.840 where I think we were the eight. No, we were 0:21:20.880 --> 0:21:24.680 the seventh seed, and we were the seventh seed. We 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:29.160 lost that first game to Memphis and then we lost 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:33.119 the second one to the Lakers. UM, and I feel 0:21:33.119 --> 0:21:35.000 like I got I got the seating off a little 0:21:35.040 --> 0:21:37.520 bit because then we played at the Lakers, so maybe 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:40.560 we were we were the eight, the Lakers were seven. 0:21:41.240 --> 0:21:43.600 We lost to Memphis, and then we lost to the 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:49.320 Lakers in the l A And I think for me, Um, 0:21:49.359 --> 0:21:52.399 I can't lie. I actually enjoyed the plan in the game, 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:56.199 in part due to you know, I had missed the 0:21:56.200 --> 0:22:00.800 playoffs for a year and so then having our tunity 0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:04.639 to kind of feel that intensity a little bit. I 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:07.680 enjoyed the actual game, but in saying that, where we 0:22:07.680 --> 0:22:10.520 were sitting in the a C. It was kind of 0:22:10.560 --> 0:22:13.879 a bit frustrating because we lost the Memphis, who we 0:22:13.960 --> 0:22:18.639 had just beat three days before that. Man, yeah, I 0:22:18.720 --> 0:22:20.760 understand that. That's why I said she if I was 0:22:20.800 --> 0:22:25.240 in the seventh or hey, I'll be bad. Sure? Absolutely. 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:29.879 But Um, last year LaMelo Ball joined you guys team, 0:22:29.880 --> 0:22:32.159 and I think we all know how incredible of a 0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:36.600 player that he is. Um, what's been most exciting for 0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:41.320 you about playing with LaMelo? Uh? Just the excitement that 0:22:41.359 --> 0:22:43.040 he brings to the game and you never know what 0:22:43.080 --> 0:22:45.680 he's gonna do. You know, you might think you're growing 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:47.560 up for a regular lobby go between the legs and 0:22:47.560 --> 0:22:51.040 throw it up, or Um, just him getting hot at 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:54.560 any moment. He's very very stricty. If he he sees 0:22:54.600 --> 0:22:57.760 one though go in. He's excited. He's exciting the whole game. 0:22:57.840 --> 0:23:00.640 So like, I love playing with him, a great pass 0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:03.960 and great facilitated, great teammate. Um, I love being around 0:23:04.000 --> 0:23:06.760 him as a person. So I'm happy that we get that, 0:23:06.800 --> 0:23:10.639 we get little absolutely And I think when from what 0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:13.639 I see his energy seems to be contagious, like you 0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:17.959 guys go out there, it reminds me a lot of uh, 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:20.680 a lot of stuff in a different way, like Mellows 0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:24.600 more flashy and in life overall, not just on the 0:23:24.640 --> 0:23:28.560 basketball court, but he's more flashy, he's you know, he's 0:23:28.920 --> 0:23:33.639 just kind of more culturally into different things that stuff weren't. 0:23:34.200 --> 0:23:37.680 But when I say remind me of Steph, I mean 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:42.200 the looseness. Like Steph is super loose, super chill, super casual, 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:45.000 and he played a game of basketball that way, and 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:48.520 in turn, our entire organization en up following that, Like 0:23:48.680 --> 0:23:51.200 you come around and it's loose, you know, you walk 0:23:51.240 --> 0:23:54.320 into a practice guy storing basketball all over the place, 0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:58.680 and I think I see some of that from you guys. 0:23:58.720 --> 0:24:00.880 Do you feel that way or my awful little bit. 0:24:01.359 --> 0:24:03.439 Oh yeah, I mean right on the Monday. You know, 0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:06.000 as soon as he got here, the culture change. Um. 0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:08.480 He's always had a lot of fans until was like 0:24:08.880 --> 0:24:13.679 with thirteen fourteen, So he's he's always had that swag 0:24:13.720 --> 0:24:16.280 to him and all that, and he brought that to us. UM. 0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:18.840 You know that's how we've been playing. UM. 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