1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Good afternoon, sir. How are you hey? I'm doing great. Thanks. 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: You enjoyed the Maverish game last night? Yeah? Fun, I 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: bet were now Were you there more for to see 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: a game with the Warriors and the MAVs or was 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: it to take in the festivities with Dirk? I was both? 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: Actually both, Um. To be honest, I didn't know they 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: were doing the dirt thing. I would say I got 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: the tickets before I knew they were doing a thirty 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: team so, but when I found out about the dirt thing, 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: I realized how cool it was. I grew up watching 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: the play. You know, you can put a lot of 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: basketball going up and I was a big fan of 13 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: the So yeah, definitely both Amori. Before you jumped on 14 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: with us, we were doing our WTF moments of the 15 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: football season, and mine for the Cowboys was Micah Parsons 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: and his obsession with different animals, which I love. Have 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: you gotten involved in those conversations with Treyvon Diggs being 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: an eagle, Micah is a lion and what animal would 19 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: you like to be in their group? Yeah? Yeah, we 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: I mean I talked about I talked to Michael a 21 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: lot um. Oh yeah, he's loved animals. I think he 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: used it um as motivation to what he has going 23 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: on with football. Um. The first animal I could think of, Uh, 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: I don't know. I read this book called the Malti 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: Falcon one time. Yeah, I thought it was full want 26 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: to be a maltiese falcons dead? Now as a multi 27 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: can a Maltiese falcon beat a lion in a race? Oh? Yeah? 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: Falcons are Falcins are really bad? Oh? Yeah? What was 29 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: special about the Maltese falcon compared to others? Uh? Well, 30 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: to be honest, I don't know, compared to other falcons. Yeah, 31 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. The book wasn't actually about a bird, 32 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: it was about it. Oh I see, exactly, yeah, exactly. 33 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: It was a It was a mystery novel. But I 34 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: just know falcons are real fast and one by one 35 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: bag gives a praid to attack at four feed up 36 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: to two hundred miles an hour, so the speed aspect, 37 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: I would say, and then they obviously flying. So that's 38 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: the first. The first bird I think of. I was 39 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: ditting an eagle just because I read that Boom, Are 40 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: there any animals that you're afraid of? Because if I 41 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: saw a bird dive bombing at twenty miles an hour, 42 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: I'd be terrified. Two hundred just sounds like that's not okay. 43 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:41,839 Speaker 1: Any animals I'm afraid of? Yeah, nah, I can't think 44 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: of anything like there's a badger in your backyard. You 45 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: walk in the backyard and here comes a badger running 46 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: at you. How are you feeling? I mean, listen, if 47 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: I see a bear in my backyard, I'm not running 48 00:02:53,919 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: towards it. But I'm not running towards it. But it's like, um, 49 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: I guess I don't like that year the word Yeah, okay, 50 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: I like it. See, Amari is far more educated as 51 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 1: a reader than me. I had to see the movie 52 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: Amari the multice Falcon. Humphrey Bogart was in that movie 53 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: way back in the day. And you're right, it's an excellent, 54 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: excellent book and an excellent movie. Hey, but I was 55 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: gonna ask you, Okay, you're sitting courtside last night, as 56 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: a professional athlete, what do you notice when you're like, 57 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: you're sitting that close to another sport because the game. 58 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: When I used to watch the game from the sidelines, 59 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: I was amazed how fast you guys play. What is 60 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: there something like when you're sitting that close to another 61 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: sport that you kind of take in that you you 62 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: like to be a part of. Uh. I was thinking 63 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: I grew up playing more basketball than I I mean 64 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: as much football that I played. Sure, I played more basketball, 65 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: just because you know basketball, when you play a you 66 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: and stuff like. I was once the five basketball games 67 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: at one time. Z. So I'm kind of used. I 68 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: guess I would say, I'm kind of obviously I didn't 69 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: play the professionally, but I'm kind of used to. Uh. 70 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: I kind of used to seeing those type of athletes. 71 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: But one thing that was amazing is just how how 72 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: athletic they are. In first, there was a dunk last night, 73 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: Well yeah, two dunk last night. Well, I mean if 74 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: he just looked at each other, it was crazy, it 75 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: was so Yeah, I'm amazed with the athletics to him, 76 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 1: you know, speaking of basketball and football, I was talking 77 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: earlier about Chris Carter, and he's on NFL Network now 78 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: if you don't know, but the former wide receiver said 79 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: when he would meet new wide receivers that he hadn't met, 80 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: he would always ask him did you play basketball or 81 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: can you play basketball? And he said if the answer 82 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: was no, he felt like there was a ceiling on 83 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: how good of a receiver that guy could be. Do 84 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: you agree with that to an extent? Yeah, to an extent, yeah, 85 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: because I would say, um, and I think, what do 86 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: you alluding to? I think what he was alluding to, 87 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm driving. I don't know if getting good. Yeah, 88 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: we got you pretty good. It sounded like somebody was 89 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 1: rebbing their engine next to you. You You needed to get 90 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: into race real quick, none of that. But I think 91 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: what he was alluding to when I was playing basketball, 92 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: I think basketball is what helped me with hot pointing 93 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: of football because you go up for the rebound all 94 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: the time, and if you don't time the ball right, 95 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: and if you don't hop point that ball, you ain't 96 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: gonna come up with that rebound. Somebody else will get it. 97 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: So in football is the same thing. Like when you 98 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: have pointing a DP ball, you don't time it right 99 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: and hop pointed, you give the dB a chance to 100 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: go up and get it. So I think I think 101 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: that's part of what he was talking about, right, I 102 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: don't appreciate that. Yeah, Oh you're good. Hey, if you 103 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: don't mind me asking to Maria, there is a lot 104 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: of talk about it. I think people would love to 105 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: have your answer on you know, how do you look 106 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: at the potential risk of being in a big crowd 107 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: and possibly testing pave with the playoffs approaching? Um, well, 108 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: I just think there's risks all across the board. Like 109 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I think, um, you know, even if I 110 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: stay home and I don't live by myself, you know, 111 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: so like, um, I have people who stay with me, 112 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: who I can go out the job and stuff like that. 113 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: So I just then another books to allude to another book, 114 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: the Tipic point right talked about how you know how 115 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: things spread it It has like theses and stuff and 116 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: the viruses and stuff in there. Like you can stay 117 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: at home, but if you stay with somebody else, obviously 118 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: they go out to their job or drop kids off 119 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: the school or whatever. And just by them doing that, 120 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: they're they're coming into contact with probably over a million 121 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: people just by just because it's the person they come 122 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: and you can't nect with, goes into contact with a 123 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: whole bunch of other people want sop to so on. 124 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: So like I don't know, I just try to when 125 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: I do go somewhere. I mean, how was a a picture 126 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: of not wearing a mask but about eating and jinking, like, 127 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: I don't know how I can do that with a 128 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: mask one. So, I mean, I think there's a risk 129 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: all across the board. I don't don't. I don't feel 130 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: like anybody is staying home, you know what I mean? Like, 131 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: I'm not, am I fosed just sit in the house 132 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: all day. No, I think that's a good answer. You 133 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: know there's there's risk everywhere. I definitely agree with that. 134 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: I wanted to get your perspective on it. How much 135 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: you're thinking about it. Do you feel an added sense 136 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: of urgency to be extra careful or is there talk 137 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: around the team with that with the breakout that we've 138 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: had this week? Um, well, I honest, I don't. Yeah, 139 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: that's that they're on that, But I don't. I don't 140 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 1: really understand how to be extra careful because, like I said, 141 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: UM just by us going to practice every day, getting 142 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: around each other. They have teammates on our team who 143 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: have kids to think they're kids to school who are 144 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: around I'm just they did go around their parents when 145 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: they go home, sopt go on. So I don't feel 146 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: like in the environment that we're in, I feel like 147 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: the only way we could be based is the no 148 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: one goes out and everybody is quarantined or an ammitted 149 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: amount of time. But the environment that we're in where 150 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: we have to go back to see each other and 151 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: we have to be around our family, Uh, that's not 152 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: really a bike being that In my opinion, Marie, are 153 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: you are we wearing you guys out with all the 154 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: talk about the offense and the problems with the offense 155 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: and stuff. I mean, it just seems like when you 156 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: guys go up there and you're the press conferences and stuff, 157 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: you guys are doing your best to answer the questions. 158 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: But are we overblowing this thing way too much? Or 159 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: is or is there some legitimate concern there with the offense? Yes, sir? 160 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: Uh well, I think, um, the thing about like sports, 161 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna get judged more harshly when people realize that 162 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: you have potential. I think, um, people realize that we 163 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: have potential to be a really good team when everything 164 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: is off, that is done, and they're judging us based 165 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: off of that. So I would say based off of that. 166 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: You know, there's always one one movie, Maori, dude, let 167 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: me ask you another thing. Do you feel like the 168 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: organization has your back as a player. I don't be 169 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: a reason why it wasn't okay. I just I just 170 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: wondered because there's all these different conversations the owners talking 171 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: about route running and all this and other, and you know, 172 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: we know you're one of the best, and but do 173 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: you always I mean, everybody's trying to come up with 174 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: answers about this offense. So I just didn't know if 175 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: you if you felt like you know, I mean, you've 176 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: you've kind of talked about, Hey, I feel like it 177 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: can help, you know, do you feel like they have 178 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: your back in that way that with what you're asking 179 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: them to do. Oh yeah, I got their early in 180 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: the league, and then I'm in you like them, you 181 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 1: know they are definitely uh some opportunity. Then there um 182 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: for either to get going to the week and hopefull 183 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: I can take advantage of those other things. Appreciate your 184 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: time as always, Amari. Best of luck here against the Eagles, 185 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: and then we can't wait to talk to you next 186 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,199 Speaker 1: week with the playoffs coming up, man, So have a 187 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: great week and give him hell and we'll be pulling 188 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: for you, all right.