1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - Ramel "Rock" Lloyd Sr. (father of Ramel Lloyd Jr): June 22nd, 10am

Episode Date: June 22, 2022

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It's time to go one-on-one with D.P. Coming at you live from the couple Chevrolet GMC Studios. Here is your host, Derek Pearson. Brought you by Mary Ellen's Food for the Soul. On 93-7 The Ticket and the Ticket FM.com. Welcome to it on a Wednesday one-on-one. Brought to by the folks from Mary Ellen's Food for the Soul. The Hot Butter Wings is kind of where my...

where my focus is. I got he made a plate of fried chicken, mac and cheese, baked beans, cornbread and Senate. And it's almost unfair how good it is.

Like it's almost unfair. There's definitely something else. I don't know what's it. I don't know what he puts in his food. But there's something in there. Yeah, it was, it was and he made just fried chicken

wings, but it did taste like anybody else's fried chicken wings? No, so he fried the chieuings. I'm going to be honest, had lemon pepper wings for the first time for Mary Ellen's. I don't think I can have them from anywhere else. Right, like it's

set. Like, there was so much crunch. It was so good. I'm trying to figure out what it was, like the mac and cheese, and he had the crunchy mac and cheese, so he got that top level, that top level. of crunch and then the super super creamy still underneath.

The baked beans, you could dip your wings in the baked beans. I just eat the baked beans for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Right? And he gave me like a full container's worth. And I felt terrible because I was sitting at home and I am just destroying this. And it took me back to being a kid because some grandma would make beans. And that would be the meal. You just get a bowl of beans and some bread.

and it was on. Well, I took it back. I took it back, and my wife had the beans and some of the wings, and I got the ribs as well, first time having the ribs from there, which, whew, game changer. Yeah, and he had just pulled them out of the heat. And she had all that for the first time, and she was like, why haven't we been here?

And I was like, I don't really know why we haven't gone just ourselves, but I've had it, you know, at the station, and I keep wanting to go, but we just never make our way out south. I'm just like I need to I need two more often Yeah so I think I'm about to make that just like a once a week thing Well I was actually thinking about that

When it goes to break I have time and just drive out there Just drive out there It's gonna make it a once a week thing for my family And I were either gonna go out there And eat there or we're gonna get it And come home with it Yeah I'm just gonna say

And then Yeah it And now Ellie is a I was eating the wings And she Usually we get her boneless wings Because we're not sure how she would handle You know holding the wing and biting into it

Right She she wanted a bite so I gave her a bite And she goes no I want to hold it And I was like okay So she had her own chicken wing She didn't eat it very well She said she was done There was a lot of meat left

I ate the rest of it but she did good time And the best The best part about having a tiny wife Is that she never finishes a meal Right So hey you want this This is left over. Yeah, yeah, I do.

Yeah, I do. Yes, I do. So thank to the folks Charles Phillips and crew out there for doing their thing. We'll see before the weekend's out. We'll go out there and do that thing. 4-2-464-5. Starter, him and text line, Honda, Lincoln Hotline,

if you want to join into the conversation. In 1030 or so, Ramel, Rock, Lloyd, Sr. We'll join us in studio. Just catch up. I mean, this is. This is the father of Ramel Lloyd, who's a freshman. He's here on campus and getting his workout in. A little basketball, Rock and I go back years.

I first became aware of him when he was at Syracuse, when he played at Syracuse first, and then he ended up finishing at Long Beach State. and then playing in various leagues around you would always run into my teams would run into Rock Lloyd and you go okay here we go. I just do the bucket. This is a problem

and then I got to work with him with the Los Angeles one of the Los Angeles teams and that team was pretty stacked quite frankly. Think of a minor league team that had we had Rock Lloyd who was the leading score we had Olden Polynees we had Nick Shepard the seven-footer from LSU and from the NBA.

We had some dudes. We had... This was not a professional. This is not an NBA team. This was an NBA team. We just ran through folks. And all of them took contracts and went elsewhere, which is what you're, you know, if you're not in the NBA, the whole point is to get you the better deals, give you exposure, let you.

you play with folks who care about it the way you do. And I can tell you, to compare, give you a player comp for Rock Lloyd. And today, I would actually have to go back. He had some Sean Merriman in his game. I mean, Sean Marion. Sean Marion in his game on the wing. But he also had some Strickland in his game. Rock was usually stronger than the person that was defending him and also quicker.

It's a good combination. Right. He was a problem because he could shoot the three. He would wrap, if you've seen these guys on the wing who catch it on the wing and then they wrap the ball up kind of like they're a fullback, right? And they get into space and Rock could dance in small spaces. So he had the great footwork, was strong enough to take the resistance. and still get the shot up. Usually a finisher, he'd go to the free throw line,

eight, nine times a game. But high IQ, top level rebounder, like Rock, I mean, I'm pretty sure every time he played against me, he had double figure rebounds. Like against the teams we had, and we had some dudes. The teams that I was running before we got on the same,

in the same organization, we had to game playing for Rock Lloyd. There's some clips of him online of him at Syracuse, where even as a freshman, he was putting in work. Him at Long Beach State, like, they gave him the ball and said, just go be great. And Rock was, man, oof, oof. I mean, he was a wrecking ball.

He was, you know what? I would put him in the Charles Barkley category. That for a guy for his size, he rebounded at that level. And he took that sort of, rumbling, tumbling, bouncing off people, and still being able to take the hit, gather, elevate, and get it over another big or around another big off the glass or over the front of the rim.

And then, oh, just for grins and giggles, he'd punch one down on you just to make you to let you know. Keep it correct. Yeah. So it was interesting that when we found out that, when I found out that Nebraska was recruiting his son, I went giggly. Like I was like, oh, please, please, please let this happen.

Immediately I'm like, Rock, come on, come on. Come on. Come on. Also, because Rock's a really good cook. And when he comes in, we're going to try to convince him to put together this jerk you're making food truck. I'm interested. Yeah. I'm interested.

Like, I'm going to spend several months. moment just trying to convince him. Yeah, please. Come here and get the food truck started. Do eat. Yeah, pretty good stuff all around. And he's a basketball historian. He's not one of those basketball players that don't love the, he loves the game. He loves the history of it. He's deeply connected in it. I mean, most of the guys who were in the league, no rock boy. Like, they are, they're all comfortable and familiar. So it'll be interesting to see what his thoughts are on the program. Like, I mean, think. about it. He had to, his son had already committed. And he had to watch last year's season.

And then with coaching changes another, and he still decided to, we're sticking with it. Yeah, like, we're going to come here and do our thing. And it's good. I, quite frankly, if I were a betting man, I'm not sure Rommel Jr. is going to be here for you. I think that's the aspiration. And I find that intriguing, right? Well, that's even if you're, like, being a fan of Husker basketball, that's also something that should make you a little giddy because if he plays well enough to not be here all four years,

and I understand, you know, we said the same thing about Bryce and he's going to be a first-round draft pick and it wasn't exactly the season that anybody had planned. But with Ramele Jr., if he plays well enough to not be here all four years, you would think that Nebraska is at a decent level, at a pretty high level. Right?

That something's going on in the program that somebody like Rock would co-sign. Yeah. With the highest cosign that he could possibly have, which is his son. I am trusting you with my son. Right? So, you know, that's a big thing.

thing. And that's part of the reason why I want to have the conversation with him, because Rock is a truth teller, right? He's that dude that he's not going to, Rock doesn't have it in him to placate folks. So he's a truth teller. So if there's a reason why he decided to keep, you know, to allow his son to stay here. And I would think that it was a team decision because they're definitely built around team loyal and what's good for everybody in the family and

that if he made that decision that there's something going on in the program that makes him want to co-sign it and put his name on it and Rock's just not giving his name to anybody. No. So it's a student of the game, historian, he's been like, and when it comes out of breaking down the game, Rock knows the game. Pretty good trainer. I'm wondering whether he's going to come here and train

some hoopers himself. because that's what he does in California. Fun. Yeah, I mean, I think it would be great. I think it would be amazing if he was open to doing that. We'll find out. Again, those are all things that we want to talk. We'll talk to him about and it'll set us all up.

We have some exceptional basketball coverage coming. Of course, what's the truth with C.J. Wilcher is coming back. He is going to. use different players as his co-host from week to week, which is really cool. I'm going to do that. Derek Walker, that show has to happen. The captain coming back for his senior year.

And having a different, he has a different vibe about him. There's some resolve in it. He came out to Daxack. Last week? Last week. and I thought it was interesting that, one, you know, I mean, Derek's an introvert. So this kind of goes against his natural nature. Like he wants to just be left to let me get the work in.

But now Derek's finding his voice. And he knows with this roster, with this group of folks, that he needs to be vocal. Like it's uncomfortable to him, but he knows, okay, I can't use that as an excuse. And if I'm going to go forward, if I'm going to play pro ball, I'm going to have to be vocal in it. Like that's my IQ is the thing that I need to share. And there seems to be an air of more confidence. I don't think Derek was lacking confidence,

but I think there is a more open, overt confidence. That he knows. It's not that he's not confident in himself. It was that he wasn't confident in speaking in front of everybody. more confident in letting his work due to talking last year, probably. He's going to be a factor. He looks like he's put on some muscle. So there's that.

You know, he understands what it's going to take. He's excited about the young dudes, and it'll be interesting. Let's bring them. And look, we, you know, we got company. We got company. We've got company. We're going to get them in here and get him settled in and get the headphones on them and break it down.

Oh, man, let's do that. Look, I'm thrilled. I am thrilled. We'll get your headphones on there, partner. Came in, smelling good, looking good. Young man. Would you turn back? You turn back to get that microphone in front of him?

Yeah, there we go. Look, what is that the fountain of youth? What is happening, Rock Lloyd? Oh, man. I'm trying to stay alive a little longer. Man, the fountain of youth is happening. Looking good, fam. Thank you, dude.

That's good stuff, man. Good to be here. How's Lincoln treating you? All right is good. Yeah? It's good. Yeah, I like Lincoln a lot. A couple of days.

Going to a couple of restaurants and just kind of hanging out a little bit. I got a spot for you. Soul food restaurant. What's the name of it? Mary Ellen's Food for the Soul. That was the next. Yeah, I'm going to send you out there, hook you up with Charles, the owner.

Okay. Yeah, all you do is go in and tell him who you are. Introduce yourself, he waiting for you. That's doing. We already looked it up. That was already our next destination anyway. Yeah, they're open today. They're open for lunch,

and then they take a break from two to four, and then they open back up for dinner. And he's out there. He got the smoker working this morning. We'll call him on the break and find out what his specialty is today. Wow. For lunch. But, yeah, the collard green, he hooked.

Like I said, you can use beans as dip. That's how, that's how good. Like, you could just, it's, he's amazing. His brisket is off the charts, and he may let you in the kitchen. Like, I think, yeah, I think getting you in the kitchen would be good. I still need to find out. What about this Jamaican food truck? Like, what are we going to do?

I was listening. I was listening to him. but you hit me on the Twitter like I was listening. You know, that's, I can cook, but that's really more my wife. Okay. You know, wife's Jamaican.

And obviously, you can look at me and see I eat well. Hey. So, you know, we didn't see much Caribbean flavor of hair in Lincoln. Uh-huh. And just a thought earlier you want to bring

some of that that way. Well, hook you up with Charles and hook you up with Nick from Muchotcha. they understand the food truck business. Here, they've all went through that. Before he had his brick and mortar, he had a food truck.

And he still goes out on the truck from time and time, just a special event. So it would be pretty cool. I was telling folks the story because this goes beyond the current connection. Like, you're a basketball dude at heart. You're a historian. You pay attention to the game. And then you share that with your son,

which tells me a lot. But I said the biggest statement in this thing is that you're co-signing Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska, and this coaching staff. What is it about the program that in spite of ups and downs and chaos in some spaces that you feel like it's the right place for one of your prized assets? Yeah, I mean, this process is, first of all,

it's just extremely blessed to be able to go through the process. college basketball recruiting changing. The highly recruiting high school guys are changing and opportunities are becoming a little bit more slim, you know, with the transfer portal and the COVID extra years and things of that nature. A lot of high school guys, unfortunately, are not even being able to be recruited at the level that

in some more than the past that they would be able to recruit it at. So we're just fortunate, you know, to be one of the lucky high school kids that are still recruited by, you know, power five or power six or division one schools in general. Nebraska stood out to us a lot last year during our process. You know, we love the coaching staff that was here. We like the style of play.

I think we both had the same vision of what we saw in Ramel, how Fred wanted him to play, how we felt like we wanted to play in college as well. you know the people here were good the opportunity was good obviously the big tennis is outstanding and we thought that the program was you know is on a rise right now you know we have everything you need here to be successful uh you just got to continue to get in players continue to get fresh system going and you know i think that the opportunities here were outstanding style of play right because romel's played in in several systems and he but he's he's he's a player

The system doesn't matter. Whatever he plays in, he's going to be successful just because he's put in the work for it. He has the understanding of a game and concepts and those sort of things because he's got a master in his house that kind of teaches him that. But in your mind, what style of play fits him best? Well, like you said, I believe Ramelle's extremely versatile, especially in high school because of the size, right? At 6-6, he can play anything from 1 through 4. in high school and sometimes five, depending on what level of high school you plan against. But sometimes versatility in high school also gets you in trouble because, you know,

moving forward, you know, he's going to be more of a guard, obviously, in his college and pro career. And sometimes versatility in high school, because he's versatile, he's always going to be the one that's going to have to play even a three or the four or whatever, especially in high school with smaller guards around. So, you know, we like the fact that we know that Fred likes big guards. You know, we know Ramel will be able to be a combo here in college, and that's what we feel his best position per se is moving forward.

But restitility is key. I think he can do everything from one through three at least in college. It's going to be fun. We're going to take a break and come back. We are here with Ramel Rock Lloyd, Senior, is the dude. I'm a pleasure to have him. We'll get through the rest of this hour, breaking down his thoughts on basketball, the game today,

the NBA, all these things, and talk about his son and the University of Nebraska. Lots to cover here with Rock Lloyd here on 93-7 The Ticket. Download our app by searching 93.7 The Ticket in your app store. You're listening to One-on-One with DP on 937 The Ticket in the Ticketfm.com.