Club 520 Podcast - Club 520 - Jeff Teague on March Madness picks, CRAZY Blake Griffin story, Jabari Parker got screwed
Episode Date: March 20, 2025We’re back with Season 3, Episode 43 of Club 520, and Jeff Teague and the guys talk about the start of March Madness and share some of their favorite stories from the NCAA tournament. Jeff then ...talks about how Jabari Parker’s knee injury cost himself $100 million and being the face of the Milwaukee Bucks. Jeff tells stories about the first technical foul he received in the NBA, as well as getting into it with Blake Griffin. Timeline 0:00 - Start 3:00 - BBL bracket 15:00 - Favorite March Madness runs 27:00 - Jeff not choosing Indiana 37:00 - Jeff's rookie contract #Club #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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All right, man, we back.
Another episode of Club 520 Podcast.
I'm the host. My name is DJ.
Well, same gang with me to my left.
We got my dog, Bishop B.
Here in out the prayer.
At least, how you what, Nasty?
What's happening, Nasty?
Let's get to it, baby.
For sure.
All right, man, you know it's official.
Getting warm outside.
B. here.
Is that the first short set for the season? I don't know. I've been in shorts and shit. You know, this fat get to it, baby. All right, man. You know it's official. Get on warm outside. Be here. Is that the first sword set
for the season? I don't know. I've been in shorts
and shit. You know, this fat nigga season. Anytime
I'm here, 48 and above.
You know what I mean? In my city, I'm in shorts, baby.
All right. Yeah,
48 and above. I'm done.
I am a sinner.
The remix is much better now.
I am a spinner. I'm going to quit shouting
because I don't know, buddy. But that was true.
Now, shout out to the Slaps for showing to my right, my dog, young Nacho, young Teague.
How you what?
I'm good.
Y'all know why I'm here.
It's March Madness.
Okay.
You got the bracket pulled up.
Also known as BBL Madness.
These games will not be on CBS.
This will be on your nearest OnlyFans.
Hopefully it makes it to Revolt.
At 1.16,
we have... Oh, we going straight to it?
Oh, let's go. We're popping today.
First of this episode.
I know DJ got some serious shit to talk about.
No, we don't. Let's have some fun today, baby.
Listen, if we start like that,
we might as well start drinking. Come on, man.
You know what time it is.
Barbie!
I am a sinner
who probably gonna sin
again.
Yeah, this bracket is pretty.
I gonna enjoy this.
What's going on, Barbie?
What's in here? What we got today?
We have a strawberry
cocktail.
What's got today?
What's in here?
Which one?
Don't got the part in it.
We got, it's got tequila in it.
Okay, what's in here again?
Okay.
Like that, um, what's that boy's name?
Tracy Morgan Let me check
Hey did you see
Did you see his selfie
In the biz today?
He's like I am good
Y'all just had food poisoning
There is no way
That they put you in the hospital
With all them tags for food poisoning
Oh if he had food poisoning
That's funny as hell then
Yeah it was food poisoning
That's why I said it
Okay cool
It wasn't that serious man
The imagery behind that is terrible.
I haven't had a drink in a drink, so I'm going to have to sit it down.
What's the name of this drink, though?
It's the Elite.
Okay.
I respect.
Shout out to the Elite Eight.
We got a bracket today.
So, yeah, let's see who makes it to the Elite Eight.
This ain't basketball.
It's off-the-court activities.
Barby can sit in on this first round.
It's the BBL bracket.
Okay, so for 116, we have Young Miami versus Janice Hart, guys.
Who is Janice Hart?
Some black woman.
Oh, no, I literally didn't know.
Be careful searching that.
Some black woman.
Who is Janice Hart?
Oh, okay.
She looks like a porn star.
We going to go with Young Miami.
Okay, keep it safe.
The porn star's ass is probably crazy.
You're supposed to be doing based on ass, not body.
Well, all of this matters.
This is
who do you love? Here you go.
Oh, no. Yeah.
Young Miami. Our ass is crazy, though.
Us being the
selection committee. The booty being that
much under the pocket is crazy.
I ain't got enough
wood for that either.
Jordan Woods, the 9-8 matchup.
Jordan Woods versus Summer Walker.
That's a wild matchup.
That's a wild matchup. I'm not going to disrespect
nobody, girl, that I know, so I'm just going to go
with Summer Walker just because.
Shout out to Summer Walker.
In them cases, weak, but...
This is a good one. This is that
12-5 matchup.
Your favorite.
Jada, Waiter, and Sweetie.
Oh, that's a good one.
That's a bar burner.
Now, we're going to ask, you know, ladies first.
And this is just overall.
It's not about the BBL.
It's just who are you picking first.
Yes.
We got to mark them down, though.
So, hold on. Young Miami moved on. Is Summer Walker moving first? Yes. We got to mark them down, though. Hold on.
Young Miami moved on.
Is Summer Walker moving on?
Yes.
But I'm taking Jordan Woods.
Over Jordan Woods.
Mike got to take the break.
Mike got to do the icebreaker.
No, Jordan Woods, Summer Walker.
I'm taking Jordan Woods.
Okay, Jordan Woods moves Summer Walker. I'm taking Jordan Wood. Okay, Jordan Wood
moves on.
Oh, wow.
DJ is involved.
Respect.
It's all part of the ball.
Sweetie,
it's five.
Jada Waiter
is 12, y'all.
Who would you go?
Y'all know this is my favorite round.
I don't be looking at these
women like that,
but if I had to pick.
Shout out to Sweetie.
Okay, we're going with Sweetie.
I'm going with whoever DJ picked.
Sweetie's getting an eye.
What? As long as she
don't get to sing, I'm cool. My boy DJ got a good eye.
I'm a damn.
She going with Jada.
All right, so Jada got a move.
So Sweetie got to move on
because there's five of us. Who you going with,
Mike?
Mike.
Mel!
Mel going to make you sticky.
Oh, yo.
That was crazy, bro.
Mel, please don't make me sticky in this studio.
Mel, there's Sweetie.
There we go.
Sweetie moves on.
What a comment.
Yes, it is. This is about everything. There's no ball. There we go. Sweetie moves on. What a comment. It's not about ass.
Yes, it is.
It's about everything.
This was a controversial finish. All right, so I know this 13-4.
13 is always, you know, at the bottom.
13, Bernice Burgos first.
Versus Jocelyn Hernandez.
Jocelyn Hernandez.
Bernice moves on.
That's a wild matchup.
Who was the 14 to that?
No, the 13 is Jocelyn. Oh, 13.
Okay.
Now this one.
Kim Kardashian birthed Drea.
You gotta call the number out. 13 and 4.
I mean, 3 and 14.
Who's the 14 seed?
Drea? That is disrespectful.
Very disrespectful. Generational icon.
But I know why, though.
I know why. Because she got a lot of smut on her name. But I know why, though. I know why. Well, I...
Because she got a lot of smut on her name.
Well, no.
It's not going off loose.
It's not going off loose.
I'm sorry.
Upset City.
Upset City DJ?
Yes, bro.
I'm going with the phenomenal one.
Akeem Cart Action.
Who you taking, Mike?
Y'all know who I'm taking.
Well, we don't.
The audience doesn't.
They know who I'm taking.
You got Dre. Who you got? Who you got,. They know who I'm taking. You got Dre.
Who you got?
Who you got, Barb?
No, leave me alone.
You got Dre?
Okay, so Dre moves on.
Oh, y'all got Kim fucked up.
Kim wins them all.
That's important.
One team being three.
That's a March Madness.
March Madness, baby.
Yeah, okay.
Cardi B and Lotto is your 11-6 matchup.
No.
No. Nah.
That's my big problem because shit.
Lotto.
Nah.
I'm rocking with Barbie.
I'm taking Lotto.
I'm picking this one.
Lotto.
Who you got?
Nigga, Cardi B.
It's quiet.
Cardi got the slappers.
Her tattoo goes crazy on her ass.
You got Cardi too?
I was rolling with Barbie, so who we got?
I said Lotto.
Yeah, I'm going with Lotto.
Okay, we're going to go with Big Lotto.
I'm going with Cardi B.
No, Lotto moves on.
No, Lotto moves on.
Lotto.
Who you got?
He took Lotto.
I didn't take nobody.
I just wrote Lotto. Who you got? That's who was going in didn't take nobody. I just wrote Lotto.
Who you got?
I just wrote Lotto.
You was picking Lotto.
You said Lotto.
Who you got?
Cardi B.
It's 3-3.
Cardi B.
He like older women.
We got to come back to that one.
Your 7-10 matchup is
SZA versus Ari.
Ari.
Ari.
Damn.
That's an unfair matchup.
See, I feel like
SZA got a Louisville ranking.
That's not a correct ranking for him.
That is not.
A 10-C?
Let DJ speak his piece.
Yes.
That's disrespectful.
It was.
SZA should not be a 7-C.
SZA is never a 10-C.
No, Ari was a 10.
Ari is a 10.
They just... The committee, they need to be fine, bro. Ari was a 10. Ari is a 10. They didn't,
this,
the committee,
they didn't be fine,
bro.
Ari was a 14 seed is already out of pocket.
Ari was a two seed.
Bro,
I don't know what
he was doing with it.
The selection committee
got it wrong.
All right,
now this one is,
this is your 15-2.
This is your
Mississippi Valley State
versus Kansas.
Yo,
we are,
we are stupid.
We are stupid We are stupid
This is
JT from City Girls
And Nicki Minaj
I'm gonna be very interested
To hear how this goes
You know who I'm going with
You already know
We ain't got a
Nicki moves on
High school
Nicki moves on
Yeah
The Dungeon Dragon Give me Nicki Nicki moves on. Yeah. The Dungeons and Dragons.
Give me Nikki. Nikki moves
on. Okay, we back at the top of the bracket.
Okay. This is Young Miami
versus Jordan Woods.
Young Miami moves on.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yep, give me just a second.
I might do his thing.
Because I want, I need
DJ's take
on
who he wants to
who wants to
I'm going with Young Miami.
I'm going with Young Miami.
That was
Yeah.
Young Miami moves on.
Okay, y'all.
This is
this is a four or five'all. This is a
4-5 matchup. This is a
Bernice Burgos and Sweetie.
Bernice for me.
Not easy. It wasn't an easy call.
It was definitely a good game.
It was easy. It went down to the wire. It was a
barn burner. It's tough.
Same for you, Deej.
She's brown, bro. She's been in the league for 25 years,
bro. Still competing for a championship.
Okay.
This is Drea versus Lotto.
I don't agree with this one.
I thought Kim should be here.
Hey.
You get what you get.
Drea.
This is sweet.
Drea versus Lotto.
I'm taking Lotto? Dre and George.
I'm taking Lotto.
Ooh.
What you got, Mel?
That's two.
Mike.
Do what you're supposed to do, Mike.
There you go.
DJ is Dre.
Barbie, you are going to break the ice with this one.
Okay, so Dre moves on.
Shout out to Dre. I don't like speaking with dudes.
Girls, man.
Let's go. Ari.
Nicki Minaj.
It hurts me.
It hurts me.
That's a fire
10-2. No, it's not. It hurts me.
That's a Michigan State.
I will let y'all go first. Ari.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The video with Moneybag throwing a video down that's a Michigan I will let y'all go first alright yeah yeah the video
with Moneybag
throwing the video down
and they in the living room
bro
it's like
that's one of the best
it's like excellence
that's black excellence
yeah
everybody say orange
mouth got orange
no need to vote
I had Nikki
but it's all good
now are we in our
Elite Eight? Elite Eight is on the way.
We in the Final Four.
So who is our Final Four?
Young Miami and Bernice.
Leia and Ari. Oh my God.
This is a phenomenal
four. The Fantastic Four
is what they called. Should we wait and take a vote on this?
All the real top C's made it.
Should we wait for this next week and have all the people guess?
In the championship.
I think we leave it in the championship.
Okay, we leave it in the championship.
Okay.
Or do we let the final four simmer a little bit?
We got to let it sit in the final four.
We got to let that just rot for a second.
All right.
You have Miami, Bernice, and you got Drea and Ari.
That is a fantastic final four.
It's some one seed
that went down early that shouldn't.
Just like it up
in the selection committee.
The seeding of this was not a high.
So now we're not going to choose,
but who would y'all like to see
win the championship?
I'm not choosing.
We'll find out in the next episode
of Dragon Ball Z.
I think it's going to be fucked up
because y'all ragging it.
Gotta catch them all. But I ain't going to be fucked up because y'all raggedy.
I'm going with the sleeper.
I'm picking Bernie's Burgos to take home.
That's a sleeper?
She could pick the one seat.
She was warm.
She was dope.
She was dope.
Dre would be the sleeper.
No, it's really R I'm some real shit
I'm some real shit
It's really R
That's how we feel like
No
The seating was so terrible
There's no way
Kim didn't make it
To the final
It is bro
Bro
Sometimes neutral chords
Matter bro
Yeah
And your family matters
None of them got their
Video downloaded
We did background shit
We did fans
Alright Alright Y'all let us know got their video downloaded. We did background shit.
Alright,
let us know who y'all got picking in the final four, man.
Thank you, Barby. Shout out to the Elite
for sure, man. My dog, Barby, appreciate you.
For the love of Barby is on the way, y'all.
We really working on that. For the love of Barby, they are
clowning on Twitter with these rules, man.
What's the rules? Somebody said, how much it cost to cut the
line?
For the love of Bar, I'm the way.
But so, man,
while we're here talking about the NCAA tournament,
I pulled up a list of some of the worst
first round losses in NCAA history.
I'm going to go through.
Yeah, it got ugly.
In 2024, number 14, Oakland beat Kentucky.
I don't remember much about that game,
but shout out to Kentucky
taking that L
in 23
16 versus 1
upset
Fairleigh Dickinson
beat Purdue
that was crazy
wow
I remember that
shout out to them
we never thought
that there was ever
going to be a 16 seed
to beat a 1 seed
and this happened
twice since then
yeah
yeah that was
that was a crazy game
that's a
that's a different
type of disappointment
23 I believe Braden was there That's a different type of disappointment. 23, I believe, Braden was there.
That's a different type of disappointment.
Yeah, they had a great team.
They was whooping ass, too.
That's when they was playing them.
He was at the factory.
Yeah, that was when the boys thought they could win shit.
Yeah.
For sure.
In 2018, you got number 16 UMBC to beat Virginia the first time it ever happened.
That shit was crazy.
Considering all the NBA players that was on that Virginia team going forth after that,
that's a hell of a loss to take.
Yeah.
Definitely was.
Got another one?
Oh, yeah.
Number 15, 2013, Florida Gulf Coast, when they beat Georgetown.
They made a whole school name after that.
They was dunk you after that shit.
Yeah, that shit was fun, though.
That was one of the more exciting teams.
Yeah.
That's the fire part
about the tournament.
You have two good
games and you can
turn your whole
university up.
Nah, for sure.
That's what George
Mason did, too.
Yeah, that went to
the fucking Final Four.
Yeah, I know.
They had those
football players,
didn't they?
They had a buddy
that went to
Brebuff on their
team.
He was starting
point guard.
Oh, wow. No shit? His name was George. I think it was George buddy that went to Burbuff on their team. He was starting point guard. Oh, wow.
No shit?
His name was Jordan.
I think was Jordan.
He went to Burbuff, though.
He was starting point guard.
Had a throw.
Yep.
George Mason.
Yep.
Damn.
Respect.
Shout him out.
Yeah.
I can't remember his name, bro.
In 2012, Lehigh beating Duke.
We all remember that game.
CJ McCollum.
Went crazy.
Coming out party for sure.
Nah, he wouldn't do it.
Somebody else.
I know that one Wasn't a first round
But uh
Mercer
Mercer
Shout out to A. White
Shout out to Anthony White
Man
That took care of Duke too
2012 as well
2-15 match
Northrop State
Beat Missouri
That's how my boy
Kyle Quinn got drafted
Yup
He went crazy
That's crazy
93
Santa Clara
beat Arizona
number two
they had uh
Steve Nash
that's crazy
what's y'all favorite
college
like March Madness
moment
moment
or you know
just uh
run
mine's would be uh
I'm taking
my favorite run
is probably Denver nah My favorite run is probably
Yeah but
Nah my favorite run is Florida Gulf Coast
Just cause how fun it was
Like they was just
Dunk you
They was wildin'
Or even when
My man's from
What's his name
Coach at Seton Hall now
Shaheen
Yeah that little run they went on
That was dope too
For sure Damn one of my favorite runs In college basketball Shaheen yeah that little run they went on that was dope too for sure
damn
one of my favorite runs
in college basketball
I
the Kimba stuff
is too obvious
even though that was
like super crazy as well
but
I'm biased
I gotta go with
that Louisville championship bro
that was crazy
like to have my team
win a championship
in my lifetime
that shit don't be happening bro
we gotta do it
and that Kevin Weir shit
was crazy
that was some of the craziest
shit that ever happened in college basketball so for us to win that shit that year be happening, bro. We got to do it. And that Kevin Weir shit was crazy. That's some of the craziest shit that ever happened in college basketball.
So for us to win that shit that year, that was crazy.
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Yeah, I'm going to take Mello.
And of course, I'm taking my boy Shevlin.
I've never, ever seen a team like that running it back-to-back
with two different squads.
I'm going to ask you this question.
Which one was crazier?
The first one or the second one?
First one.
Even crazier than the second one?
Because of Gordon's last shot.
It still gets played today, bro.
Yeah, I thought he hit that shit.
Like, real shit.
You know, we was in the building.
Oh, yeah.
I was at the game.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
We was there, bro.
So that's, for me,
I think that run.
And then I fuck with it because that run helped him.
He was not a lottery pick at the beginning of that year.
Hell no.
And that pushed him all the way into whatever.
What did he go?
Nine or 11 or something like that?
Mm-hmm.
So that's my number one.
I mean, Miller was a dog out the gate, but they had, they wasn't, they started off bad too.
But yeah, that brother run.
Gordon Hayward.
Yeah,
bro.
It's number one.
That shot is crazy still,
bro.
That's the greatest miss ever in college basketball.
And it's crazy.
Cause that screen,
man,
Howard said was illegal as fuck.
He didn't even tackle buddy,
but I was fucking with it.
I was at that game.
I popped my tickets to that game.
I was still in road at both at the time.
And like nobody from Duke around us said shit to that buzzer
when it went off.
That was one of the
crazy games.
Kyle Singler was crazy too.
I mean,
you will assume
Kyle Singler,
but that,
please.
He's amazing, bro.
He's amazing.
Most memorable shot
for me is when
dude from Villanova
hit that shot.
That's one of the
coldest moments ever
in NCAA history.
After the Marcus three.
Man, what?
To pull up for three
to win it?
What's his name?
Chris Jenkins?
Yeah, here we go.
Didn't Dante hit a big shot too?
I think Dante hit a big shot too.
But that game.
Tate might have hit a game winner.
That was a big shot though, bro. Hell yeah, bro. That was a big shot, though, bro.
Hell yeah, bro.
That was a big shot.
Especially after the shot that was already hit to top.
This is crazy.
Yeah.
For game, nigga.
Pow.
That's crazy.
A walk-off three for the national championship.
That is fucking crazy, bro.
Nah, but I fuck with that.
That was cold for the Mario Chalmers, too.
You know what's crazy?
People love D-Rose so much that we don't talk about that clip.
Because that's one of the coldest, marshmattest moments.
And we don't give a fuck because it was against Derrick Rose.
Mario Chalmers did his thing.
That was a big, big shock.
Speaking of runs, while he pulling up that clip,
you talk about that melee, people don't talk about this enough.
What D-Wade did to Marquette in the tournament is absolutely insane, too.
D-Wade went crazy.
Triple dub. Bro, he was balling in the tournament.
He became a household name after that.
D-Wade won the deal? Yeah. This is
crazy.
Smack that
bitch. Good shot, too.
I was pissed. Everybody was mad.
I don't know why I was pissed. I was in college that time.
I think I was just pissed Everybody was mad. I don't know why I was pissed. I was in college that time. I think I was just pissed
because Kansas had...
Like, Kansas is Kansas.
Yeah.
But Daryl and Arthur
was raw 25.
Yeah, but I'm saying,
like, Memphis,
I just felt like
they was for the people.
Like, they was hood.
They was us.
Joy, CDR.
He got his jersey
retired recently, too.
Shout out to my dog.
Niggas was was We weren't Kansas
We was Memphis bro
I was in college
So I wasn't
None of these niggas
But
I just didn't
Like I was just so used to
You could relate more though
But I was just so used to like
Seeing Kansas
Like my whole life
Like you see Kansas
Hear about Danny Manning
And all these people
Kirk Heinrich
And Nick Collison
Yeah
Kentucky Like I never heard of Memphis That's true I hated Kansas Like you see Kansas Hear about Danny Manning And all these people Kirk Heinrich And Nick Collison Yeah Kentucky
Like I never heard of Memphis
That's true
I hated Kansas
I did fuck with Keith Lankford though
Cause he always wore
He got buckets
But I never liked Kansas
One of the coldest lefties
To do it for sure
He's definitely the freshest Hooper
Him and P.J. Tucker
In college he was fresher
Daniel Ewing too
Ooh
He was fresher than P.J. in college
Keith Lankford
Keith Lankford had that shit He had that shit He was the fresh than PJ in college. He never had that shit.
He had that shit.
He was the fresher.
And he was aggy, too.
And he changed his shoes at halftime, so he wore two heaters every game.
Yeah, Jermaine Nelson was up there, too.
Yeah.
They still made it work.
They had the red and white, though.
They had red and white.
Black and red, red and white.
I remember they came out there In them Barclays boy
Man that's
Tell me I wasn't going to school
And hooping in them Barclays
Yeah
They was too influential bro
And to go into St. Joe's
Like
It's crazy how people
Influence you
Like
For real
I really was influenced by them
I wore a t-shirt
I wore my socks like Mello
I wore a big t-shirt
Cause of them
And Celine Stoudemire.
It was crazy
how college people
used to influence you.
Nah, that's a fact.
It's not like that now.
Nah.
It's because they're
too accessible.
Yeah, I don't think kids
look at college players
and like, damn,
I want to be like that
or wear that number.
That's a good question.
I've never heard a kid,
they go straight to the league.
Straight league.
I've never heard,
in this generation,
never heard a youngster
say they want to be
Adam Morrison
or somebody like that.
Yeah, or...
You saying Keith Langford
and Delonte West,
you know what I mean?
I don't know if Keith Langford
made it to the league,
but Delonte West
wasn't no big, big name.
He just fucked with the swag
and he was cold.
I don't know no cold
college player
that ain't really
making a run in the NBA
that kids are just
locking in with. No, even now, it don't even sound like there player that ain't really making a run in the NBA that kids are just locking in with.
No, even now, it don't even sound like there's the same excitement around it.
It's like our age grouping up, love March Madness, all the alumni shit,
but kids, they don't give a fuck about that.
They tap in with O.T.
They go by she like, oh, it's in the heartbeat.
Don't give a damn about that 2-15 upset.
Because I feel like Jeremiah Fear is supposed to have fans.
He probably do got fans because he was a young high schooler that people probably watched.
But I'm just saying how I fell in love with him.
They don't got no game either.
They don't have no video game either.
We had March Madness.
So on the way back.
We had March Madness.
They're working on to bring it back.
They got into it last year.
I mean, that'd be hard, but.
I was just too much of a fan of college athletes.
Like even Iverson before he got to the league.
Come on, bro.
And the 11s.
And the carton concours and like even them Georgetown jerseys and shit.
And I could just keep going on and on about college.
I was more of a college fan than I was an NBA fan.
I had one NBA jersey.
That was Penny Hardaway.
Damn, which one?
It had the blue one, Magic.
Sky blue.
Light blue, whatever.
Yeah.
I watched both.
I just love college basketball because it's just the game, too, bro. You could build your own school. Yeah. I watch both. I just love college basketball
because it's just the game too,
bro.
You could build your own school.
Yeah.
You know what I mean?
Cheating,
taking Alabama A&M
all the way to the championship.
But I could just keep
going on and on
about players.
Even when I was younger,
I wasn't a Fab Five dude.
That's too old.
Yeah,
I didn't watch then.
But right after
Iverson came, then I used to watch Ed Cota, and then I'm like, damn, I didn't watch then. But right after Iverson came,
then I used to watch Ed Cota.
And then I'm like, damn, I want to go to Carolina.
I used to watch, I can't remember his name,
and I met him.
Vince Carter, Antoine Jamison.
I used to play with them on March Madness.
Who was the fat point guard from UConn?
Khalid El-Amin.
Khalid El-Amin.
I used to look at him.
Ben Gordon.
Ben Gordon used to hoop in the 19s.
I used to be like, damn. Yeah, Rudy Gay. I fucked with Rudy at Ben Gordon. Ben Gordon used to hoop in the 19s. I used to be like, damn.
Yeah, Rudy Gay.
I fucked with Rudy Gay.
Legend.
Like, all them dudes.
I used to be watching the McDonald's game.
My buddy going up.
Damn.
Yeah.
Like, when Steve Francis was at Maryland on March Madness, he was the coldest.
Bro, what?
Elite.
My dad loved college basketball.
He used to love a house.
He used to like Michael Ray and Scootie P.
I remember watching him kill.
People wouldn't know who Scootie P was.
That nigga was a dog.
Yeah. He was. And Michael Ray was one of the underinn. I remember watching him kill. People wouldn't know who Scootie Pinn was. That nigga was a dog. Yeah, he was.
And Michael Ray was one of the underrated players in the NBA, too.
Steve Francis was so nasty in Maryland.
Like, I used to watch him.
I used to even watch, you said, Nick Collison, Kirk Heinrich.
Yeah, Juan Dixon, too.
What was the Juan Dixon was nice.
Juan Dixon was pretty.
Who was the crash out?
Hold on.
What's my boy?
I met him in L.A.
No, no, no.
The white boy.
Steve Blake. Steve Blake. Yeah, he's the only guy I met him in L.A. No, no, no. The white boy. Steve Blake.
Steve Blake.
Yeah.
Steve Blake.
But they had a white dude.
Hey, can you go to the Maryland team back when they had Steve Blake and Juan Dixon?
They had a white dude.
I think he was like number 33.
He was cool, too.
He damn near was a lefty.
So, 2000, 2001, maybe.
Yeah, he damn near was a lefty.
He ain't make it to the league, but I used to fuck with him on the game, too.
Like, he was cool. When his name pop up, I'm to the league, but I used to fuck with him on the game too. Like, it was cool.
When his name pop up, I'm going to be hyped
because I used to fuck with him on the game.
I used to fuck with a boy from NC State
to the lefty wing.
Shit, I can't think of anyone.
C.J. Leslie?
Nope.
Nah, they too young.
Too young.
They younger than me.
Damn, I can't remember his name.
You talking about Julius Hodge?
Julius Hodge.
Julius Hodge, for sure.
You said he was white?
Yeah.
Danny Miller?
Nah, just name something
white.
Everybody else is black.
Nah, maybe it's a little bit
after that.
Matt Slanks?
Nah, maybe he'll,
a couple years later then.
Terrence Morris?
Nah, he's black
a couple years later.
He might have just played
with Ron.
Ron, Cephas.
Yeah.
These are all niggas.
Yeah.
I think his name
started with an M,
like Mac.
It's Like 2000?
Yeah, go like 2003.
Oh, three.
That's crazy, man.
How that established
a state with us, man.
Like we looked forward
to that shit.
And people made a name
off that time period.
And even if you didn't
make it nowhere,
you would steal somebody
because you killed
in the tournament.
Yo, kids don't know
about like that.
Nah, hell nah.
Y'all going through
the list.
Will Bowers. Go 80, oh five. Shit. Shit, kids don't know about like that. Nah, hell nah. Y'all going through the list. Will Bowers.
Go 80,
05.
Shit.
Shit, even some,
I'm trying to think of some
UK players.
Joe Crawford.
Joe Crawford was mine.
Jody Meeks.
Yeah, Jody.
Jody was my year.
He made All-American team.
Yeah, Jody Meeks
was a fucking bucket.
These are the same one.
Dave Neal.
Man, hell nah,
I dunked on him.
You did dunk on him.
Damn, 05, I was going to say everybody on this team is so bad. Man, go to, I dunked on him. Damn, 0-5.
I was going to say, everybody on this team.
Man, go to the 2000.
Hope you're doing well, Dave.
You caught a shot.
Is that your favorite highlight?
You can do 2000.
That's the 2000, 2001.
Let's do the 0-2.
I'm going to find it.
Don't worry about it.
Because that's a crazy highlight,
when I dunked on Dave Neal.
You know why?
I don't like that guy.
I don't care.
But the whole game,
he was talking shit.
It was a senior night.
So he's talking crazy.
Like, you know,
it was one of the better teams
in the country at that time.
But they had like our number
a little bit.
Like we never played good
against Maryland.
So to start the game,
he was playing good.
It was senior night.
He was having a moment.
I ain't gonna lie,
he was playing good as fuck.
And he was like a fat chubby.
No offense. He just wasn't a hoop. Like you don gonna lie, he was playing good as fuck and he was like a fat, chubby, no offense,
he just wasn't a hoop,
like,
you don't think of him
as a hooper.
So he was having a good night
and he was taking charges
the whole game.
Uh-oh.
You know what I mean?
He step in,
he take a charge
and we like,
man,
he undercutting us and shit.
So when I ripped baseline
and went and I punched on him,
I'm like,
yeah,
bitch,
and I started going crazy
and shit
and his game was fucked up after that. When I tell you he was having a moment on senior night, I'm like, yeah, bitch. And I started going crazy and shit. And his game was fucked up
after that. When I tell you he was having a
moment on senior night, I'm telling you he probably had
12 in the first
six, eight minutes.
It was wild. And I punched on him.
It was a wrap.
You dunking on him on his senior night is crazy.
Yeah, fucked up his senior night. Fuck Maryland.
The university,
not the state,
but...
That's a...
Even though they
in the Big Ten now.
What's up, man?
Even though I like
y'all young freshmen
on that team.
Yeah, he nice,
but still, fuck y'all.
My boy Jeff Green
was called, too,
at Georgetown.
What?
He was nice.
Jeff Green was a nasty wing.
Antonio Freeman? Yeah. You talking about Green was a nasty wing. Antonio Freeman?
Yeah.
You talking about
Austin Freeman?
Austin Freeman.
Austin Freeman is from,
I think Austin Freeman
from that D.C. area.
Austin Freeman was a wicked.
Yeah, he played on D.C. as well.
Yeah.
He was raw.
Speaking of college basketball,
all you got to do,
head coach,
West Virginia,
Darien DeVries,
wherever that is.
He's from the Midwest.
You know what I'm saying?
One of your boys
just wrote me, bro, so hopefully, you know, hopefully you come in and do what you're from the Midwest you know what I'm saying one of your boys just wrote me bro
so hopefully
you know
hopefully you come in
and do what you're supposed to
you know what I'm saying
good luck to you
hopefully not get well soon
because that's typical
what happens
is IU job too
like
are they asking for too much
from their coaches
uh
money
all that money involved now
so shit
somebody gotta go
damn
that's what it is
for real bro
it wasn't Matt Hahn, was it?
Don't worry, bro.
I'm looking at it. As you're looking at it, I'm looking at it.
He's just trying to fight his name.
He didn't play there from 1998 to 2007.
He didn't go through
every team
since Prohibition to try to fight this player to see.
Man, I swear to God,
when I see him, I'm going to say it.
Oh, boy, just...
Why he doing that
a boy just
put his name in the portal
who
Gabe Cubs
look Indiana
Indiana's like a job
that you
it's a really good job
with harsh critics
right
I mean that's any job
but like
nobody
I shouldn't say nobody
they can get players
but it's not an exciting
place to play.
Mm.
You don't get your name
on the back of your jersey.
The crowd's gonna be good.
School's lit.
But it's just not,
it haven't caught up
with the times.
Yeah.
It's still like nostalgia.
Everything about the Hoosiers
is like nostalgia.
Like,
Bobby Knight,
we still wear candy canes.
We still, Indiana on your chest, fuck the name on the back. Yeah. Like, Bobby Knight, we still wear candy canes. We still Indiana on your chest.
Fuck the name on the back.
Well, these kids don't give a damn about that at all.
I want to get paid, and I want my name on the back.
I want to be lit.
And you have to have a coach that's with the Toms.
Yeah.
But they never speed up with the Toms.
Indiana, they still stuck in Hoosiers.
It's tradition over everything there.
Like, they canceled their Fear of God jerseys
this year.
Nah,
we not wearing that shit.
That's ass, bro.
And they have one of the best
Adidas programs
and they can't even
fully use it
because they're traditional.
Like,
we not going to
sauce it up.
I thought Woody was getting
a blend of that though.
I guess not.
Nah,
they don't sauce it up enough.
They're like,
y'all can get money
but y'all don't sauce it.
Y'all don't make it
appealing for kids that want to go there.
Even when I was getting
recruited, I didn't
want to go to IU.
Kevin Sampson
was dope.
But still,
when I went to the school,
the school fun is hell.
Boy, you know you're in Georgia.
Yeah, the school fun is hell, but
Kevin Simpson made it cool. I ain't gonna lie.
I'm shocked.
I ain't gonna lie with you.
Y'all the K-Roy's on Tuesday?
Nah, nah.
All that shit that girls groups.
Shout out to the group hoes.
Only because Kevin Simpson, bro.
Kevin Simpson made it
appealing, bro.
He brought a good attitude
and a vibe to it where you like,
look at Houston. Who the fuck was going
to Houston until Kevin Sampson got there?
Nah, it's true. They wouldn't have lived
since 5 Slimma Jimma.
Now Houston,
who was going to Houston before Kevin Sampson
got there? It may not have been no top,
but Houston had something to give.
But it was a place for a lot of transfer. It had nothing to give but it was a place for a lot of transfers
it had nothing to give
it was a transfer school
I'm in Houston
now you going to
IU
them kids like
damn this is
Bloomington, Indiana
nah but I'm saying
like before
Kevin Simpson
getting there
they got a top
10 recruit
going to Houston
yeah
you want no top
10 recruit
it was all
I sit the bench
at some school
when I transfer to Houston
you know what I mean but you got top 5 dudes going top 10 I see what you're saying 10 recruit. It was all, I sit the bench at some school and I transfer to Houston.
You know what I mean?
But you got top five dudes going to top 10. I see what you're saying.
McDonald's, I'm going to Houston. Off the Ripper?
Yeah. I'm trying to think about another
school like IU. Maybe like
St. John's or something.
But I don't know.
Shout out to Kevin Sampson.
What year are you in?
2-0-1-0-2. He's just trying to find his players. It's hilarious Samson what's up what's up man 2-0-1-2
he's just trying to find his players
it's hilarious
I'm gonna find him
you and uh
and what's
and what's so crazy about the Indiana schools
and I in particular
like we have some of the best talent
as far as high school basketball
in the world
and they can barely
like win Indiana
I think that that's crazy
yeah
if Indiana was a Nike school
more kids would go there from here
aww facts
but that's the fucked up part about it but it's just the way they If Indiana was a Nike school, more kids would go there from here. Oh, facts.
But that's the fucked up part about it.
But it's just the way they, the vanity behind it is just lost. It ain't even never was a Nike school.
It's just the way they present shit.
Like you said, they had a fire fear guy set up and they don't use the fear guy.
You know what I mean?
Like, why wouldn't y'all want that collaboration?
Like, Miami shit was fire.
Heat.
Like, it's just different.
I don't know.
But shout out to them.
Yeah, man.
Well, listen, man.
This fan base is not going to give you no favors.
There you go.
His name is Nick Caner Medley.
That's him right there.
I said that.
Nick Caner Medley.
N-I-K?
Yeah.
Yeah.
That motherfucker was nice.
What about him?
He was a shooter?
I don't know what the fuck.
I just remember him from Maryland.
You fucked with him?
Yeah, I fucked with him.
Okay, respect.
Nick Caner Medley.
What year was he there?
This was...
Show him a little love.
2003, 2004.
Okay, my fresh...
And I'm 12 points.
Yeah, he was decent, bro.
12 points.
I remember.
Marsh Madness.
That's definitely solid.
For sure.
We got another request on Twitter about you.
There's a video of you pointing at Blake Griffin in the playoffs
when he stepped over Giannis.
Do you remember that?
Nah. I'm a wild-ass nigga. gonna tell you i'm just listen i'm a very humble person and i'm very nice if y'all meet me in person i'm very nice but if you like
push me and like make me mad i'm very evil
like it's like a marvel character i am bro i'm like bro when you play basketball yeah bro when it
comes to basketball anything else in life like i don't get i don't care like i think everything
else is a joke now that's not it's um it's nets in milwaukee it's like it's a playoff game he
stepped over yannis like if you like if you see me in person and you come talk shit to me i probably
start laughing i'll be like yo he really want to fight. That's crazy.
But if you touch me, I'm probably
going to go crazy. But I'm just saying,
you really was like, yo, you a bitch. I'll probably be like,
yo, he really think I'm a bitch. That's crazy.
That nigga's hilarious.
So that's what Blake Griffin did? I don't know.
But on the court, he probably
said something or did something I ain't like.
And I love Blake Griffin. I swear to God, Blake Griffin,
one of the coolest dudes. Shout out to Blake. As you can ever meet, he's a super cool dude. But he probably or did something I ain't like. And I love Blake Griffin. I swear to God, Blake Griffin one of the coolest dudes. Shout out to Blake.
That you can ever meet. He's a super cool dude.
But he probably just did something
I ain't like. Yeah, he had stepped over Giannis.
Oh, I probably was on that. You was looking
at him crazy. And then you pointed at him
and he walked away. It was fucking hilarious.
Shout out to him. I probably had
Giannis back because nigga
Blake used to be that nigga.
You know you not fucking with him.
Stop.
Especially when you was on the Nets, nigga.
Your needs was like mine.
And your needs is...
You got a little bit.
Yeah.
What are you doing?
Yeah, you wildin'.
Yeah, but you're on the Nets.
He had just found out the game, too,
so I fucked with him.
Fuck it.
Get your money's worth Blake
this is T.A.
oh
oh
you stepped over T.A.?
I rolled for my nigga T.A.
T.A. come do the show
man I rolled for you
I didn't even know
you was on that
T.A. look like he died
somebody shot T.A.
he ain't went to get up
because he saw Blake
because why you on the ground
what did you do
but nah
you ain't have to do all that
so
matter of fact
I do remember that play
he wild out on T.A.
but
I remember that play
he wild out on T.A.
he was bugging
damn
but if you my teammate
the one thing I'm gonna do
I like
if I'm in the room
like yeah we be
we became teammates basically
so if something happen to y'all
I'm gonna go crazy
like we somewhere and a nigga push I'm'm like, yo, I'm going to turn the fuck up.
And I had been around him for four or five weeks now.
And, like, that was unnecessary.
Like, you know what I mean?
What you doing?
Damn.
Like, why we doing that?
I got turned got that was
damn
Blake
was Blake good
on Brooklyn
he was playing hard
now you talking to KD
are you going to pass it
I don't know
Blake was
was good on
with them
that's funny
I remember what KD said
he said
what you doing T
you ain't you ain't
you ain't even on that
I already said that
look
that boy Blake
I know why he was crashing out
it had nothing to do with T.A.
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I'm a
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I'm a
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I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a what's funny about that is they was laughing they was just like damn um after the nixon
warriors game everybody went deft up um draymond they was like a cat just walked
to the tunnel i was like man you ain't supposed to shake his hand after that game
draymond just gave y'all a life for game. Y'all supposed to say, fuck you.
But like,
where my niggas at?
Look at me.
I heard double.
This nigga's 16.
Lil Pac House said,
fuck you.
Damn.
Damn.
Shout out to Joe Harris, man.
Like, what?
I'm not hurt.
T.A., you owe me one.
Matter of fact,
I need my 20.
That was a $5,000 check because I had one earlier.
Matter of fact,
I need my money back. Oh, that's tough a $5,000 check because I had one earlier. Matter of fact, I need my money back.
Oh, that's tough.
$5,000 for that?
KD made me laugh though.
He was like,
y'all losing.
What you on?
Y'all down 30.
You in the game.
I was like, damn.
I am in the game.
Who am I doing?
You know how many technical
files you had in the NBA?
I had 30, 35. Let's I doing? You know how many technical files you had in the NBA? I,
30,
35.
They just say 11.
Oh,
damn.
That's a big gap,
nigga.
Now what?
That you working with them people?
11?
I had some injections though.
Who do you think you got the most sex with?
Uh,
Timberwolves.
For sure.
That nigga got technical files.
For sure.
Timberwolves.
He got his record expunged. First nigga to stick white. Timberwolves for sure for sure Timberwolves you guys record
expunged
first nigga
to stick white
I didn't have that
many with Atlanta
I had a lot
with the Timberwolves
oh no no no
I lied
you had four
with Atlanta
you had four
with Atlanta
three with the
Timberwolves
do they cost
the same every time
they go up
the year
the more you get
in the year
so if your first one
is like $25
and the second one goes up.
That made me think of Rasheed Wallace.
Ah, them niggas have lost a lot of money.
My boy gave back.
Him, Dwight Howard.
I remember Dwight got suspended for Texas.
Draymond.
Draymond.
Luca.
Damn, Luca be getting them like that.
Luca was going crazy a couple years ago.
Wow.
My first tech ever in the NBA was with Sebastian Tilfer.
We was beating their ass.
And I subbed in the game
as a rookie.
I'm guarding him.
He was playing in Minnesota.
He made a move.
I guard him well.
You know how Nick,
y'all don't know,
but when you a rookie,
niggas just try you
for no reason.
Like, nigga,
fuck out of here.
Nigga, you ain't good.
Nigga, he like,
and I locked him up. We get to the bottom of the, under the rim.
He just pushed me.
Nigga, I was like, what the fuck?
What the fuck is you doing?
He like, nigga, I'll fuck you up.
Nigga, you can't walk in New York, nigga.
He's like, nigga, you're done.
I'm like, yeah, you're out of here.
Nobody even believe you, nigga.
I liked you when you was in high school.
Like,
you know what I mean?
Now we just talking.
Like,
God,
fuck you up,
nigga.
And Josh Smith like,
no,
that nigga really crazy.
I go to the bench,
he's like,
no,
that nigga crazy.
He was like,
you ain't no Hodo,
but that nigga crazy.
Then,
you know,
I'm thinking,
I'm not even know you lose money.
So I get to the bench,
Jamal Crawford like, man, you talking to that nigga?
We beating him by 30.
He just lost 2,500.
Nigga, what?
Like, that nigga, what?
He like, yeah, they fine you when you get texts.
I'm like, oh, hell no. Damn.
Like this, nigga?
We beating y'all by 30.
Why you fucking with me?
Damn.
It's all good, though.
That 2,500. That's a sick ass? Damn. It's all good, though. That 2,500.
That's a sick-ass fine.
Yeah, I was pissed, nigga.
They hit different back then.
I was on my rookie deal, nigga.
That's a...
Shout out to Blastie, though.
He just took away my trip to Magic City.
They've been on you in the comments.
They're like, we tired of T.
Talking about his rookie year.
Like, he was working at the factory.
It was.
They said, your rookie year, your pay scale was more than enough for like he was working at the factory. It was. They said, your rookie year,
your pay scale was more enough for you to not eat at the mall.
It wasn't, though.
Because you got a thing, you got
a budget, and you coming from a,
I was coming from
an environment where we ain't had
no money like that.
So, somebody saying,
yo, you got $3,000 a month
to do what you want
that shit sound like a lot
to you on a road
every day
and you going somewhere
you a gazillionaire
yeah
$3,000
you use that so fast
that's a trip to the store
go to the store
and buy some food
yeah $3,000 a month
that is tough
in your lifestyle
nigga what
like it was crazy for you to be able a month that that is tough in your lifestyle what like yeah
it was crazy but you'd be able to manage that though is because that was what i needed you
know when my parents be like yo you don't need much yo that wasn't like including my bills and
shit so it was like yo just for you to spend like three thousand every month you just go out
get some you know buy some shoes get some clothes whatever you want to do
I'm like alright
that shit started like
hold on I be eight
because you was in Atlanta
now if you was in Utah
you probably been different
luckily my rookie year I had great
bets so I never had to pay for
nothing like if I went out to the club
if I wanted clothes,
they gave me they per diem, so it wasn't
enough for me to buy shoes, and
I wore Nike shit all the time.
Like, they bought me suits and shit when I
needed to do. So it was, like, cool, but
nigga, I thought
$3,000 was a lot to lie in the middle
of the season. I'm like, damn, one table
is $1,500?
That's half of my month.
Which is crazy.
And that's in a comfortable city.
You wasn't in New York. You wasn't in LA.
Nah.
$1,500 table, $15,000.
And then as you get up...
Mike, why are you watching these highlights?
I'm watching them on the top of your head, Ejector.
I swear, if that Ricky Rubio video has a billion views, I gave it a billion.
That's one of my favorite videos of all time, bro.
I don't know.
Every time I got ejected, I was, like, hooping.
Like, I was having great-ass games.
You had 25 points a game.
I know I was hooping.
It was a third quarter.
Why was you crashing that?
I don't know, bro.
I told you I just had these moments where I just...
What happened to this game?
I don't even know this one.
That ain't me.
They just got the title.
All the girls said, damn.
I don't know.
I just had moments where I just...
That is funny, bro.
Fuck everything.
Can you remember a teammate that you had
that had a lot of tics that you played with?
Nigga, you just was like, damn, man. Ivan Johnson had a lot of tics that you played with nigga that you just
was like damn man
Ivan Johnson had a lot of tics
my dog
yeah he had a lot of tics
I can believe that
oh
Josh Smith got a lot of tics
I guess we're gonna talk
crazy with ref for sure
yeah
I can see that
he had a lot of tics
shout out to J Smooth man
did you see
Morris Swin
he went on the podcast
talking about Dora morey
no basically he was just like i can't trust dora morey because this man is using ai to make
decisions about basketball damn for real yeah he basically said like jgbt to construct this
roster based on analytics and shit oh yeah a lot of people. But a bunch of... That's the game, though. Nah, that was...
That happened with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Literally, they use analytics for everything.
I told you I got...
The reason I got traded
is because I shot a mid-range jumper.
I remember.
Yeah.
I remember I came in the locker room.
We're down at...
We're going into half.
And I had to shoot it.
The shot clock was going on.
And I shot a mid-range jump shot. And had to shoot it. The shot clock was going on and I shot a mid-range
jump shot
and I actually made it.
I'm having a
decent game.
Going to the locker room.
You kind of can hear
people yelling.
We down.
You can hear people yelling
back and forth.
He was like,
he just don't want to
fucking buy in.
I'm going to get his ass
out of here.
I'm like,
what the fuck is this?
Who the fuck?
What happened? I'm thinking the coaches. I'm like, what the fuck is this? Who the fuck? What happened? I'm thinking of the coaches.
I'm like, what the fuck?
As we walk out, coach tells me,
come on, Jeff, man.
You just have to buy-in.
I'm like, the fucking what?
We don't play defense. We the worst
defense team in the fucking league.
What the fuck are we talking about defense for? He was like, man,
you shooting those floaters and these
mirroring shots.
Step behind the line and shoot the third.
And I didn't shoot a bunch of threes.
I wasn't like a volume three-point shooter.
That's what hurt me a little bit.
As I got older, I started shooting more threes.
When I got to Boston, I shot threes.
But if I would have shot 10 threes a game in Minnesota,
they would have been happy.
That just wasn't me at that time.
I came to the league at a different time. I just didn't transition to that yet.
They was just like, yeah, we got to get you the fuck out of here.
You're not a part of where we want to go.
And I used to just think, I hope Minnesota lose every fucking game.
I forgot the dude that was a GM name.
He came from Houston.
He came from Darryl Morey and all that.
Oh, the coaching tree.
Yeah, so he came from that whole GM thing.
That's what they thought.
Analytics, more threes, layups, and free throws.
So I just, when I left,
every time Minnesota lost, like,
I just went out and had a great time.
I did.
I used to be like... That fucked the game up,
though. It did, bro.
It eliminated a lot of people's positions that were good
basketball players. Yeah. Like, we talked about
um, damn, what's the dude
he's playing for the Madness right now? Geographer.
Yeah, and let's kill his game
because he could have been a bit
skilled, could still contribute. That was bad, bad
time. But he didn't shoot, so it was like, fuck it.
My lord, that was bad time. Analytics murder people game.
It took, that was, analytics took
me out. Not
really. And you can shoot though, that's a crazy part.
My knees took me out.
But analytics kind of, it kind of made the game weird.
Because it's like Chris Paul is one of the best mid-range point guards ever.
And you see him when people who don't go off analytics.
Like when OKC just started letting Chris Paul be Chris Paul again.
And he's shooting them mid-range shots.
And he being great.
And they team win 12,
15 more games
because of him.
It's like,
y'all analytics is off.
Yeah.
Like,
it might be a better shot
or whatever,
but he just won
15 more games
doing what he do.
Yeah.
It's just like,
my eyes tell me the truth.
Here we go.
Like,
my eyes,
my eyes tell me the truth.
Like,
analytics is cool.
I watch Charlotte.
Y'all shoot a hell of threes.
I watch it and it's bad.
But then you watch Boston.
They shoot 63s.
But then you watch OKC.
You watch Shea.
You watch DeMar DeRozan.
It's different.
Now, I was going to ask you.
If SGA didn't average starting, he averaged 16,
would they feel differently about him taking as many mid-range shots as he does?
Of course they would.
Yeah, because he'd be fucking the game up.
But then you watch Boston, and they winning these games, shooting 63s.
And it's like, they getting more threes up than us.
How can we beat a team?
Because if they get hot, and they go 38 for 60, you don't have a fucking chance.
You're cooked. Because what they shot, 70, when we did playback. It was crazy. 20, you don't have a fucking chance. You're cooked.
Because what they shot 70
when we did playback.
It was great.
20 and didn't give a fuck.
Yeah.
And it's just like analytics
tell you that that's a better shot.
But when my eyes tell me,
it's like,
Jason Tatum can get to the basket.
Like you're 16.
You can take this little dude
to the basket.
Yeah.
And that's where my eyes tell me.
And that's when the playoffs start.
My eyes gonna tell me a lot.
That's why I'm scared
what the Lakers can possibly do
because Brian
don't play analytics.
He shoot more threes
than he ever did now.
Yeah.
Most definitely.
But that's with age too.
But when it's like
time to get to it,
Brian will take your ass
to the basket.
Yeah.
And that's where
it's gonna get interesting
in the playoffs.
I don't know, man,
because Boston, that's what...'s going to get interesting in the playoffs. I don't know, man, because Boston, that's what.
Bro, we watched Drew Holiday have wide open layups.
Could have dunked it.
No.
Three balls.
He look like Terry Rozier out there.
He did the Ben Simmons one time.
Yeah.
Kicked it out.
He did do that.
He did do that.
He like, shoot the layup.
He kicked it out for a three.
So it's been
a pioneering analytics
or did he freeze up
in the moment?
He freezed up in the moment.
You 16,
you had a lot of throws.
He was just earlier in the wave.
Y'all wouldn't tap in yet.
But he kicked it to
another nigga
to shoot free throws.
Yeah.
If he would have
kicked it for a three,
I'd be like,
you might be on to something.
That nigga kicked it
to another nigga
to shoot the free throws. Well, he could have just dunked it. I'd be like he might be on to something that nigga kicked it to another nigga to shoot the free throws
well he could have
just dunked it
but
I can't wait to see
the type of year
he have next year
why do y'all keep saying that
he's not in there right now
he's dead bro
he ain't right now
where's Barbie at
I'm having a really good time
man
my drink is empty
he's not
Barbie
Barbie it's the first time
I like y'all drinks
second time she's gone yeah we! Barbie, it's the first time I like your drink.
Second time.
She's gone?
Yeah, we only paid Barbie.
We paid Barbie about a minute.
She?
The crazy part is, she literally texted me and was like,
should I stay for the next episode?
Are they going to drink? Yeah, you get paid enough.
I was like, I don't know.
I think you'll be okay.
Yeah, we paid her about a minute.
Yeah, let's shave that invoice down.
She's literally like outside.
Man.
Is that her?
I thought she was outside.
I'll bring her ass back in.
For sure.
We pair about a minute.
Interesting.
I know you feel this too, Jabari.
Listen, I want to hear more from Jabari Parker.
I know he's still hooping, but whenever he gets down to want to talk,
I would love to hear more from him.
I would love to speak to Jabari Parker.
Most definitely.
And I played, obviously, he was a teammate of mine before oh for real in atlanta my second
time when i was double zero oh okay he's there he the realest you know why he the realest when i
first walked in the locker room he laughed you know i'm a clown he's like t i fuck with you i
knew you since you i was a kid i was like damn for real you know i mean like you from indiana
i'm like damn appreciate that he was, you came to a fucked up team.
And I love why you say that.
He's like, oh, you know why me and Evan don't play?
I'm like, why y'all don't play?
They told us we can only play 14 minutes.
He was like, that's it.
I'm like, damn, they told you that?
He was like, yeah.
He was like, you about to have that meeting?
Just watch.
These dudes just lifting weights
Evan was big as hell
Evan was like a wrestler bro
I'm like damn ET
You big as fuck
He like
Nigga all I do is lift weights
Every day nigga
I ain't gotta go to the games
This nigga didn't even
Have to go to the games
Chandler Parsons on the team
I never even seen this nigga
Wow
He was on the team
They like Chandler Parsons
Got a car wreck
He don't come to games
He don't do nothing I'm like damn He on the team ET like got a car wreck he don't come to games he don't do nothing
I'm like
damn
he on the team
ET's like
he's never coming
Jabari Parker
all he did was lift
shoot shots
ET just lift weight
Jabari like
he about to talk to you
no lie
ELP
he was like
yo I can holler at you T
Jabari shoot
he's like
I told you
I go upstairs, tell me
you got 19 minutes.
That's it.
You won't go over. You won't
go, you won't be under. It's going to be exactly
19. That's what you got here again.
I'm like, 19? I'm like, so if I'm
having, I'm killing, I got 30.
He's like, you get 30 in 19 minutes, you're a bad
motherfucker.
And you would not play over that.
Literally, that was it.
You averaged 18.2 minutes.
I thought I was lying.
I am not fucking lying, bro.
Jabari Parker averaged 13.8 minutes.
I'm not lying, bro.
Y'all think I make this shit up?
I don't make it up, bro.
They literally told me, it was like, you won't go under.
You're going to be right there?
I said,
I was like,
so I could just be having a night.
He was like,
brother.
I wonder why that is, though.
Because they was developing
the young dudes.
But don't take my moment away.
Let me keep my average,
but if I'm killing loose,
let me kill, bro.
I'm wearing doubles.
They wasn't on that, bro. Let me maximize this. I already can't get my number back. I got to let me cook my average. But if I'm killing loose, let me kill, bro. I'm wearing doubles. They wasn't on that, bro.
Let me maximize this.
I already can't get my number back.
I got to let me cook my game.
And I'm already top 20 in scoring.
Let me try to get to these 18.
My boys should have been top 15.
They was hating.
They wouldn't let you hoop.
And I understood it.
I got it.
They was trying to develop the young guys.
At the time, it was Trey, Cam, DeAndre, Kevin Herter, John Collins.
They had all these young dudes.
I'm like, cool.
Shout out to Chillin' Parsons.
He got a check, never came to the gym.
He is a legend.
I ain't believe him at first.
I'm like, nah, you about to sign back here?
So when I first got there, Atlanta offered me an extension.
As soon as I got there, they're like got there like yo we're gonna send you for the
next year you wanna do it so i'm like you know talking y'all really fucked my money up jabari
evan all them because i could have just signed the next you know the one year deal yeah and i've
been locked in it was like six million five to six million or something damn bro and so when i was
there i'm like yeah you know me and jerry i was waited
out we didn't know covid was about to happen so we like ah you because i was killing and i was
having a good games off in minnesota off the bench i was averaging like 13 14 yeah so they like that's
quality off like off the pond boy you know you're gonna get more than that and then he was like
going to atlanta really gonna hurt you you're to be a good six man. So I should have signed it.
Yeah, you should have.
Yeah, well, they like, yeah.
They were like, man, you probably get it.
You know, we didn't know COVID was going to happen.
But anyway, they was like, you don't want to come back to this shit.
And when I was playing 19 minutes, I didn't want to come back to that shit.
That is crazy, bro.
I was like, nigga, it ain't nothing you can do to get on the court.
That's crazy. They literally looked at you and was like
No
And I remember
His last game
He ain't played in months
They won a trading right
ET you're dressing tonight
ET
He's so big
He put his jersey on bro
This nigga looks crazy
he looks like
I'm like
damn nigga
he got his jersey on
I'm fucking crying
he like
and he hoops
he has a good game
right
he's traded the next morning
what number was E.T.
I think he was one
I need that jersey
what
and that was E.R.O.
I think he was one
I think he was one
I think Evan was one it I think he was one. I think Evan was
one. It was a Boston game. We played
Boston. And E.T. actually played
good. Wow.
I think I passed it to him. He hit a
shot at like the end of the quarter
one time. And I was like,
damn. And that's when we got super cool
right through that moment right there. Then I went
to Boston and we just became... Oh, y'all
locked in in the A. Yeah.
Oh, I thought y'all locked in
in Boston.
Nah, we got super cool.
I mean, we knew each other
from high school,
but we got super cool in Atlanta
because it was just like
that three weeks
I got with him
before he got traded,
he was just being real.
And then we got into Boston.
It was just easy.
For sure, man.
Jabari had came out
and basically said,
like, people looking at him like a sad
story because of injuries. He's like,
my life ain't no failure. He's like,
I went to the NBA. I made millions of dollars. I took
my family out the hood. I changed generations.
I changed my lineage. I'm living
great. I play basketball for a living. I ain't no sad
story. Yeah, I got hurt, but I did
something that a lot of people don't do, and a lot of people who criticize
me can never accomplish the things I accomplish.
That's a fact. If you don't get hurt,
you get some $100 million.
Come on, bro.
He was averaging 20 points for a tour date.
He got cheated.
They got Giannis to be his complimentary piece.
People forget that.
Jabari Parker was one of them for sure.
Still is called for sure.
He definitely got cheated out of his career.
He don't tear his ACL.
He's a $100 million man.
The Bucks are a totally different franchise
because they're going to keep him and Jabari.
Facts.
Well said, man.
Shout out to Jabari.
I need you on the pod for sure.
All right, man.
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I don't know which one.
It's like way more Miami vibes.
Okay.
This is booby trap before it burnt down. See, I don't know none of these spots. way more Miami vibes. Okay, this is booby trap before it burnt down.
See, I don't know none of these spots.
He's a lot.
Where are these little things?
I watched him throw money in the water.
Oh, my God.
Which titty?
Which titty?
Which titty is crazy?
All right, y'all heard.
Which titty?
Go ahead and keep telling
I tell about the whole night
fuck that outro
I tell the whole night
Malcolm was dancing
I'll say
what happened when I walked in there
I walked to the section
who greeted me
this section is crazy who greeted me? Y'all have this section? It's crazy.
All right, let's go. Who greeted me was like,
this is what I do.
On that note, we'll be back. Maybe, maybe
not. I don't know.
I'm lost.
But I do remember
my nigga Malcolm dancing that big girl on the side.
Chattin' with the girls.
Chattin' with the girls.
The volume.
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