1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - Recap the Roby interview: May 11th, 10:25am

Episode Date: May 11, 2022

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You're listening to One-on-One with DP. Brought to you by Beatrice Bakery. On 93-7 The Ticket and The Ticketfm.com. Welcome back to one-on-one, and once again thanking Isaiah Roby for his time and his journey. Because, man, like, he's, he wasn't, he's not the prototype. Not the typical guy that it's in the AAU basketball circuits. That's not how that works. The amount of work and sacrifice that had to be made by his.

family. You're talking about, you know, selling, you know, doing raffles and selling candy bars. Like, and people make light of it. And I keep saying it, man, some of the, these Huskers have amazing stories and they just don't get told enough that for him to be where he is takes a whole lot more things go extremely well along the way. Like he's got to go through friction and resistance, making decisions, getting here. from there.

Getting to the University of Nebraska from Dixie, Illinois wasn't easy. Getting that sort of exposure wasn't easy. His development wasn't easy. They had to change body type. He had to change his skill set. He had to change his thinking about, well, how serious is this?

You asked a question. Does Isaiah Robi know how good he is? That was the question then. And it's the question now. And now I think he's starting. to understand how good he really is. I mean, he went toe to toe with Yokic. It was like you can go back and watch the highlights from that night.

And what you see is Isaiah being cerebral in how he approached getting into spaces against Yokic, getting his shot off against Yokic. He had three blocks against Yokic. Like it's just 6-8-2-30, 220, somewhere around there versus seven-foot two, whatever, back-to-back MVP. And Isaiah Roby was giving him. the business. Giving them work. And so a great representation of the University of Nebraska, it's basketball program, and kind of what you want to, I mean, look, Nebraska couldn't

pick a better ambassador. They couldn't pick a better ambassador. They could try, but they wouldn't. Like, it's just a really good young man. And the fact that, I mean, he's still young and this thing is going to be, like, the journey, again, his march in April. They were great. They were great.

Like, yeah. And then if, if, just for Grin's Giggles, go online and find Isaiah's workout. Yeah. And, and he did. So his March and April, he did all that, had a great year or had a great, you know, end to the season. Playing out of position. At 6-8, both of their centers were injured. And O.KC was like, look, you're going to have to play the five.

But this is. And he took it on, started, started 28 games and he took it on and did a fantastic job. This is the preparedness thing. we talk about. Like, there's a way for you to have success at whatever it is you're doing. And there are people that will make an excuse, right,

and take any excuse, uh, while I was playing out of position or the scheme didn't fit what I was doing, or the roster was, was, was, was beat up. And then there are those people who say,

okay, I need to get to work. Let's get it. Like, I need to get to work. And they can never take back what he put out in March and April. No. Like for as long,

like now when they say his name in NBA circles, they're going to talk. about him differently from it being a G-League guy or a prospect or a young talent to now this guy can be a dude in the NBA to a guy who shot 40% from three over the last two months you know can be a dude and can play multiple positions and not limited to okay C sorry Isaiah the genius out of the bottle yeah well it just and then what what happens is you then you recognize that it was earned and nothing given oh yeah like this is that it was earned it was earned We're not talking about a five-star who at age 13 had more talent than everybody else in the floor

and then got greater access to everything and had it conveniently within the space that he was in. He had to drive, is it, an hour, hour and a half sometimes. Sometimes you got to bum a ride from somebody from a friend. Sometimes you got to raise money to get this stuff done. And then to go through and not have it go ideally at Nebraska. It went well, but well enough for him to be seen and get. get exposure. But as he said, he'll be haunted by that, by that finish for, for his entire life. But it's good to have an Isaiah Roby in the NBA talking about Nebraska, almost talking about

Nebraska too much. Right. He's in the locker room talking about how great Nebraska was and how how fantastic his experience was. It's great. That's been an amazing ambassador to have. I mean, and to say, I mean, it's one thing to put up the 30. But then at 6, 8 and to get eight rebounds, seven rebounds, nine rebounds. Two, three blocks, three blocks, three, four blocks, and then four, five assists, where you're playing the complete game, not just one facet of the game. And again, hopefully O.K.

You know, locks him up. But he now has NBA value. Yeah, entering his fourth year in the league. It actually is like his real second year. Yeah, well, his first year he didn't, he was G League. He didn't play in the NBA. I think he had like one game. and he had like four minutes or something like that.

I was looking it up. Second year he played a lot more in the NBA, but I think it was the COVID year. So it was kind of cut short. What was that? You mentioned that part of the narrative and part of the discussion when he was here was does he know how good he is.

Is that the same for that team? Was that kind of the team didn't play? Well, it was Isaiah Roby kind of the straw that stirs the drink. like if he realizes how good he is, even though, you know, like that, it's a joke because you kind of think, for the most part, he knows how good he is. He should know. But it's if he realizes the potential that he flashes on a game-to-game basis and can do

that on a consistent level, which it seemed like he did that the last two months in the NBA, this team would go far, especially with Isaac Copeland and Glenn Watson and the guys that they had on that roster. And his last season at Nebraska, it looked as if that was going to happen and this team was going to go far. And then they lost Isaac Copeland and Isaiah Roby had to play center for the rest of the season. And he, you know, his third year in the NBA, he had to play center and he showed that he can do it.

But as a junior in college, a young junior in college being thrust into that situation. So at the end of his junior year, if you said in four years, you're going to be, you said in four years, Isaiah Rovers is going to put up a 38 and 5 games in the NBA. What would you have said? Like what would your reaction have been? Likely, not likely, surprising, shocking, expected. It would be surprising, but not terribly. The surprising part would be the three-pointers.

The fact that he went, if I think it was four for six or something in that game, from three, that's the most surprising part because he was a good shooter, but it wasn't, you know, 44% from three. good. Like, but it shows, it shows that there's a way for you to elevate yourself. There's a way for you to get better.

And, and some people will make the excuse. Like, okay, this is just, this is my shot, this is the way I shoot the ball, blah, yada, yada. Or, I need to work on my ball handling. Okay, get to it.

Like, there's a way for you to get better and to work on the things that you're not necessarily great at, and to make that, an asset to make his three-point shooting asset in this league where that thing is maybe the highest value, right, and to still defend as well and defend three positions. And the fact that he is a superb athlete. So the threat of the three, he's also a track guy.

We didn't get to that. No, we didn't. The threat of the three, you know, gets people to close out on him quicker. And like he's, like kind of what he said, he's, he's supremely athletic. So if you jump, he's getting to the rim and he's going to dunk on somebody. He's done it multiple times. I kind of want to ask him who his favorite poster, the guy that he got, who his favorite is. I don't want to get him in trouble, but who he wants to get.

Yeah, that's going to be trouble. I don't absolutely get him over there. But he talks about, like, he's a football player, quarterback. That's a big quarterback. Gee, Nebraska. That's a big quarterback. Six-eight quarterback. What is going on?

Give you a... Yeah. A quick dude. Put him in a helmet. A little tripped option game with Isaiah Robic. Cordyx, he's jumping over the line. Like standing. He's just going to...

A running start. Take the snap, put his arm over. It's a touchdown. No, no, it's a running start. He just hurdles. With somebody like him, you could put him in the shotgun for a QB-Skidke. And it would work. It would just jump.

Yeah, he would just jump over. Yeah, like I said, along the way... they're great athletes, but then there were great ones who happened to be great people. Obviously, a man of faith, and that was a part of the upbringing, and I know it was part of what was going on at Dixie High School. They worked from faith, and so it was a big part of how they got along, but to find out, my goodness gracious, that this young man has evolved, and it's good to watch and just pay attention.

Pay attention. I might maybe need to get me a 22 OKC jersey. Yeah, I was just thinking, I was literally thinking about that. I was also another question when I asked, what's your favorite OKC jersey so far? Because they've got some good ones. They've also got some crazy ones, but they've got some good ones. See, I'm going to blame you for putting me back in.

There's two things I have to get today. You welcome. There's two things that I have to get the Hoyon Nike's. Okay, that was you. That was you. You brought that up. I have to get the Hoyer Nike. A Hoyer Paranoia.

The Hoyon Nike's or Hoyer Nike's. or Hoyas starter jacket or maybe go back and get the Roeby Huskers jersey. There's one that they wore where it says Nebraska

it was like a darker red and I think it was Nebraska either in cream or in black but it was like curved on the front. I like that one. See, I don't see many of the old jerseys around.

I don't think a lot of them were available for sale. But why? We've talked about this. I still don't understand why. Because the university likes money, but not that much. Which is a weird statement for anybody to say out loud.

They need to. Just create a jersey store for every, for every sport. Like you have. Just give me a building. Just give me a building. I'll tell you what. Get the building in the haymarket. And then for just call it Nebraska jersey store.

And every jersey that's ever existed can be sold from this building. Would make sense. It would sell out very quickly. Every, no, it would never sell out because you could constantly make them. You could even custom them up. Like if there's a special player that you want, right? To go back, like, think of all the... Especially with NIL, now you can sell players jerseys.

Well, with players' names on the back. You get their permission and you can do that. Give them a little kickback. A little kickback. I don't understand why. Because what you, I don't know how expensive it is to make a jersey. It can't be that expensive. You sell a jersey for $100 bucks.

You send $25 to the player. Would make sense. Just imagine a place that people could go to where if you like the old jerseys, they're available in a place near the university that you can go get them. You can put nicknames on the back. No, but you can go get your dad who played at the university, your uncle, your granddad, who played at the university. You can go get their jerseys made there, remade, put in there.

You know, you could go and get all the, like the Husker baseball jerseys that are like the sleeveless joints. What are you talking about? I would buy so many Husser baseball jerseys. Give me. Give me that. Cuedova guy says you need someone to manage a store. I have retail management.

Bro, like I'm sitting there. Well, the first thing, the first thing we need to do is find a spot for the store. The second thing we need to do is get permission from the university to sell the jerseys. Or just have them do it. I want them to do it. I just want them to sell the jerseys that are a part of the history. Yeah. Just sell them.

Like, think about, for every sport, even volleyball. Oh, yeah. Right? Like, sell them. Those volleyball jerseys would sell quick. Sell them. Look, this covers a whole bunch of stuff. Mm-hmm.

It's a way to give back. Imagine for, you know, for all the, all the J-Forman jersey to be sold, that J-Forman gets, you know, a $10 cut for everything that's sold. Don't nobody like J-Forman. Well, but that's a way to get back to the, to your, to your, former players. Like they're trying to build a bridge between, imagine Eric Strickland jerseys being sold at PBA.

And and. Or Tyron Lou Jersey is being sold. You could bring it back to sign some of the jerseys. How about that? Do you do, you do meet and greets? Yeah, you do meetreeze. I mean, you sell jerseys. You sell other things as well.

You sell helmets. How many jerseys would sell if Eric Strickland Pike hop in or sitting at PBA outside the jersey store? A lot of pictures, a lot of signings. Imagine Game Day in Lincoln. for football and you can come in and get like the jersey to wear that day. You know what's crazy? Why don't sell the jersey that they're going to wear that day?

So like people charge like $50 for signatures. If you charge like $5, I feel like you would make more money. Bro, look, man. Because like I know people are paying the 50 to get the signatures, but if you charge five, you're going to get parents who are like, oh, my kid and be like, oh, here we go. Like it's an easy thing, right? It's an easy thing.

It's just, it's not that complicated. It's just not. I'm sorry. I get fired up, but get me my jerseys. Let's do it. If anybody has any connections, help us. Let's set this up. It's a billion-dollar idea.

Me and Kudoba guy will run the store. It'll be great. Get to it, man. We'll close out one-on-one. Get set up for the captain show. Watch live on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitch. You're listening to One-on-One-on-1 with DP on 93-7, The Ticket, and The Ticketfm.com.

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