Club 520 Podcast - Club 520 - Jeff Teague REACTS to Bryce James to Arizona + CRAZY James Harden story, NBA predictions

Episode Date: January 2, 2025

We’re back with Season 3, Episode 21 of Club 520, where Jeff Teague and the guys react to LeBron James’ son Bryce James committing to the University of Arizona. Jeff tells a CRAZY story about James Harden stealing his MVP award from a college tournament years ago, and recalls Nate Robinson GOING OFF against his Atlanta Hawks on New Year’s Day. The guys also reveal their NBA regular season award predictions. #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Another wonderful episode of Club 520 Podcast. I'm the host. My name is DJ Wells. New Year, same gang with me to my left. I got my dog, Bishop B. Hinn, out the pearlies. How you doing, Nasty? Cool and nasty as hell. Happy New Year, goddammit. For sure, man. I got my dog, Bishop B. Hinn, out the Pearleys. How you doing, Nasty? Cool and nasty as it was happening. Happy New Year, goddammit. For sure, man. I was cracking up because everybody loved your

Merry Christmas horse. And the real, that shit was funny as hell, man. For sure. Shout out to all the supporters, the real. For sure. To my right, I got my dog, Young Nacho, Young T. Got you what? Yeah, we about to have fun today. I done had enough slander this week. I'm ready to fucking clown. I'm ready to turn this muff up. Oh, Lord Jesus. Hey, I didn't have enough slander this week. I'm ready to fucking clown. I'm ready to turn this muff up.

Oh, Lord Jesus. I ain't gonna lie. Listen, I don't do no handyman. Everybody know me. I don't do no handyman shit. I barely know how to wash clothes. So check this shit out. I got some bleach on my pit before I get here, but I ain't feel like taking them off. Don't worry about it.

That's a help in the game. Don't do that. Hold on. Let me see. It ain't right about it. TyDot T. That's a help in the game. Don't do that. Hold on. Let me see. It ain't right, but okay, TyDot. It can be. That's the new flag? That's the OG. Oh, that was the hippie. TyDot was hippie, right?

That's the OG. Mushrooms, all that. That's the Sammy Sosa. You got the heaters on today, though. OG Fives. Oh, man, some Fives. Yeah, I don't know why I put these on. I swear they was about to go.

I ain't make that up. They about to go for sure. Y'all should see my closet now. It's a whole bunch of shit about to go. I'm about to have a nice little run for 2025. We're going to go crazy. I know Jordan bringing out that heat this year, so we're going to go crazy. All right, this year, listen, you are going

to be able to get some of your favorite shoes on sale, but it is at least four to five shoes every single month that come out this year at Denver. I mean, every month this year at Denver, all of them are heat. And I'm going to get all of them. Yeah, like February, I'm going to lock it. It's so much shit coming out in February. The Galaxy Foams coming back out.

Gotta have them. I did not get to get them the first time. I ain't going to get them. You got them now. I ain't going to get them. Yeah, shout get to get them the first time. I ain't gonna get them. You got them. I ain't gonna get them. I ain't gonna get them. Yeah, shout out to everybody who was risking their life for Greenwood Ball for them shoes. For all 13 pairs that they had,

it was only available for four people to get. Damn. Yeah, me and Freaky Mike, we was full locker employees at the time, man. They was not fucking with us. I tried to get them

flight ones. They said no. They wouldn't even know. Discount, hold just that. No. Damn. That was before I made my life. For the Galaxies?

The Galaxies, bro. That whole pack. Them, the flight ones, the Damn. That was before I met Yachty. Yachty, bro, that whole pack. Them, the flight ones, the Chuck, that was a crazy pack, bro. The KDs. The KDs was crazy. Kobe's was crazy. There was Big Bang Browns too, right?

Yep. Yeah. Orange, right? Yeah, that was a, that's probably one of the best Nike basketball packs. Bananas, is that it? Yeah.

That's good. For sure. For sure, man. New Year, same us. I wanted to ask y'all, do y'all do any of the quote-unquote traditions for New Year's?

I know like black people, we always had like the black-eyed peas, the cabbage, the cornbread. Do y'all fuck with that? I do. What black-eyed peas mean? It's supposed to be quote-unquote like a prosperity meal.

What do you mean? What do you mean? I mean, y'all niggas said black-eyed peas. I'm saying like, what you supposed to do? Yes, my wife is Spanish. We do you mean? I mean, y'all niggas said black coffee. I'm saying, like, what you supposed to do? Yes, my wife is Spanish. We do something different.

No, we drink Karachi. Karachi? What's it called? What's it called? Horchata? Horchata. Karachi. I said, damn, that's where everybody get gifted. A bunch of Horchata. They say the all black

Karachi's is damn inching close to the all black forces are you feeling the lows the lows yeah sleep

sleep the all black low Karachi's terrible horrible shoe that's a horrible horrible shoe I hate low Karachi's

even the all white ones low Karachi's are ass nah some of them used to be cool nah some of them the colorways used to be cool they got bastardized in the last couple years. Like, the original colorways, it was

cool, but once they started doing the all red, the all blue, it's shit. I hate them. I like mid-Hirachis and I mess with the high-top original Hirachis, but that's it. The low red, that was a thotty sneaker. The all red low. All girls had those. Yeah, shout out to all the bitches.

That was good. That's a telltale sign when her shoes about to get slotted out. When they start doing the all solid colors and they drop that all red joint. Yeah. Those are not the red October. Air Max 90s. Hate them. You do hate Air Max 90s. Infrared 90s is still golden to me. I fuck with them. Hate them.

That's a staple of a Pike High School girl. For sure. The all white 90s. In 2006. 2007. Them low key busts though. Nah bro. It's some solid culture. Back then them busts bro. Respect. But the all black ones was

crazy. Hey y'all ever been in a pressure moment? Like where pressure is. I can't pull out fast enough. Alright. Respect. We all out fast enough. All right. Respect. We all had them occasions. So my nephew, shout out to my uncle. He part of the team now.

He had his first photo shoot. Nephew. A Freaky Mike photo shoot. So he had cupcakes on the butt. Oh, okay. He didn't know. Not at all. So he was taking pictures.

And my man was in a full sweat Talking about back Shirt, pits Everything in a full sweat And the air conditioning was on My boy was nervous My boy was so nervous He said when the lady wanted to see the photos

Of herself he had to stand from a distance He was like I know I ain't stink but Just in case What was the issue man? stand from a distance. He was like, I know I ain't stink, but just in case. What was the issue, Mel? Now we got to see the proofs of who it was. Might have been some pressure on the internet, Liz. Who was Shorty? What's her name?

Oh. Nah, we can shout out his first He was a little bob. I said, Michael, you know what I mean? I just wanted to show the girl some love So she could post on her page, shop with Malcolm Yeah You put Malcolm on the hit next website now?

My boy was so nervous That's how I knew he was nervous He called me Yeah, I was so nervous I said, damn He said, Mike was in there laughing the whole time I said, damn. He said Mike was in there laughing the whole time. I said, yeah, Mike used to that.

He said he used to. He put the whipped cream on. It was really bad, though, because he had on a black shirt. And like when he said, I was like, damn, bro, you can like see that. I was like. He had a shark outlaw. My boy lost his virginity In the photo shoot game You know what I mean

Shout out to Bell He's doing Shout out to Bill Going crazy this year Yeah It's dope I was hyped for it But it's still funny as hell

Yeah we gonna put his hat You know what I mean In the YouTube video So y'all can book with my boy All over the country For sure Tap in with Nephew Going crazy this year

You popped up again bro On this day in 2010, New Year's Day, the Hawks played the Knicks and, man, one of the craziest off-the-bench performances ever. Nate Robinson. Oh, my God. They brought that up. They were just like, Jeff Teague

is a part of everything. I don't know if you remember what happened with that game. Yeah, I do remember. That's the game. What he had? Had 41 off the bench. Yeah, he didn't play for like a month or something. Mm-hmm. And I watched him

work out before the game. He was running the stadium. You know, I was a rookie. And they was like, this is my rookie year. Mm-hmm. And they was just like, you know,

watch this guy train. He was training with Kenny Atkinson, which became our coach like a year later or whatever. But he was training with him. And I was just watching him. He putting all this work.

He going hard. And people just telling me to watch him. Like, man, that's how you got to work out. That's how you got to prepare yourself when you don't play. Yeah. He don't play the first quarter. He end up subbing in. He goes crazy.

He come in the second quarter. He missed like his first couple shots. Everybody cheering when he come in because he ain't played in a month. It's a bunch of New York fans in the stands. He come in, he end up start going crazy. I always sub in randomly. Woody sub me in like, come on, stop him.

What? He got like 14 or some shit. He going crazy. He hit me with a snatch back, pull up jumper hit. I come back out. The rest of the game, he having crazy. He hit me with a snatch back, pull-up jumper hit. I come back out. The rest of the game, he having his magical moment. Damn.

I just remember we get to the third quarter. Might have been third or fourth quarter. I can't remember, but we was going. They was going towards our basket. I mean, our bench. He hit Marvin Williams with an in-and-out. Bloater. And one.

He threw it up like that. And one. And he ran in the crowd. It was the hardest shit I ever seen threw it up like that and one and he ran in the crowd it was the hardest shit I ever seen because all the fans ran to him while he was in the stands

and he was like ahhh and I stood up on the bench like I was like oh shit because I was so

it was so hard I was like that's hard celebrating on the opposing team is crazy because it was like Rupert Park bro

it was like he was killing so bad and he was I ain't never seen him before he was 5. Because it was like Rucker Park, bro. It was like, he was killing so bad. And he was, I ain't never seen him before. He was 5'2". I was like, yeah, this nigga's cold. That was one of the best

performances, probably the best performance I ever seen when I was in the NBA, bro. Damn. Yeah, for him to come off the bench, like you said, not play the first,

get 40, it was crazy. I just laugh at all the highlight clips, but Mike Beebe was out there getting cooked. He was good. He was frying, but he was frying everybody.be was out there getting cooked. He was good. He was frying. But he was frying everybody.

Whoever was on him, he was just on that. So then the next game, I just remember he had a terrible game. Like, he killed us. And then I was, you know how you like, damn, he about to be back in this shit. And he ain't play that good the next game. But that night, I was like, damn, Nate Robinson is cold. I ain't going to lie. He was one of the niggas I did not want to guard.

Any nigga that was under 5'10", I ain't like guard no. Was Earl Boykins in the league with you? Yeah. I like Earl Boykins up, though. I guess Earl was a little better. He probably didn't want to smoke him. But like you said, that's that football shit, too. Because you know, Nate played football.

That's a different type of energy, bro. Yeah, he didn't get tired. But he was cold. He could make every shot. He just put on a show that night. And then every time I ever seen him after that, he put on shows. Every time we played him, it was a show. I was like, Nate Robinson.

We was at the Bulls. He put on a show. Kill him. Yeah, this nigga's really good at basketball. Yeah. And he always had that shit on, too. Nate Robinson always hooped his shit. He was fresh as fuck every time he hooped.

Yeah, the Crips and I joints. He had a dunk contest. I remember them going crazy. Yeah, Nate Robinson. Kryptonite joints. He had a dunk contest. Like, I remember them going crazy. Yeah, Nate Robinson. Real bucket fish. Yeah, he did have a bounce, too. Damn, I forgot about dunk contests, Nate Rob. Come on, bro.

Nah, I really did. That performance was crazy. Matter of fact, man, I need to go watch that on YouTube, because that shit was a... That was a moment. Nah, for sure, man. Shout out to Nate Robinson, man. You watching it on YouTube right now?

Nah, I pulled it up. It just didn't look like you locked Earl Boykins up when you Googled it. Nigga, go look. When he shot that shot, when he shot that shot, nigga, I blocked it. Earl Boykins blew past it. When he shot that shot, I blocked it. Is that TV behind him, Mike? It is.

Respect. Watch, he gonna pull up for a jumper. I blocked it. This is still picture. He said, nah, get the footage. When he shot a jumper, because everybody kept telling me before the game, they was like, you're going to get a chance to play. You're going to play against Earl. He fast as hell. So I'm kind of nervous.

And I started going, I'm like, this nigga ain't fast. I'm just as fast as this nigga. I'm bigger than him. I'm stronger than him. He bench pressed 315 that little. I'm like, man, this nigga. And I'm not going to say he was weak, but he wasn't good to me. He cold. I'm like, this nigga

is not cold. He can't do nothing. Girl, boy, he used to get bucked up. He did, but like... To be that little on the league, bro, he used to eat. He's cold. I'm not hating, but the way they was talking about it, and I'm like, I'm faster than him. I'm stronger than him. They just had you fucked up. Yeah, like, nigga, y'all just too

slow. Like, I'm faster than him. And y'all. Yeah, and I'm young. I'm athletic. I can than him. I'm stronger than him. They just had you fucked up. Yeah, like, nigga, y'all was just too slow. Like, I'm faster than him. And y'all. Yeah, and I'm young. I'm athletic. I can guard him. And granted, he was older at this time. But niggas was still scared of him. Like, that little nigga fast, man.

He be doing. I'm like, this nigga ain't. Nah, this ain't the same nigga y'all talking about. This nigga sweet. This should be in real. For sure. That time period, that was the backup OG point guard era boy you had him andre miller's speedy plaxton andre miller called andre miller called that's a different subject

bobby jackson yeah you we was too young but bobby jackson was another code yeah but like andre miller now he was cold now i ain't going to never say I did kill him. I still love that story. They talk about Andre Miller would pull up in the summertime. He'd pull up with his five, and he wouldn't play with his five. And they'd run him all day. He's like 6'4". Yeah.

And he's like 2'3", 225. That's what I meant by size. I know he's taller than a lot. He'd post you up and shit. Yeah. He'd bump you the whole time. The nigga tied shoestrings around his ankles. He looked dirt. He look like an old school

dirty hooping nigga. Not like he stink or something, but I'm just saying he just didn't give a fuck. Like, OG, like, yeah, I come to the park and you... I have shoestrings around your ankle. I swear to God, bro. He used to have a band on his shit. He was reminiscing.

Yeah, no way. But now he feel like he a gangster though. shit. He was reminiscing. He had no way. But now he's real like, he a gangster though. No, I guess it's not weird. He was about that life. Nah, he a real, I ain't trying to put him out there because I think he coaching shit now.

Nah, shout out to A.M. We fuck with him. Nah, he a real life. There's tiny little strings around your ankles. You a different type of nigga. Bro, he's cutting your circulation off, bro. Bro.

So he was reminiscing. He had a band. Nah. Shout out to Andre. That shit's yourcing. He had a band. I said, Andre, that's just your past. He went to Utah, right? My neighbor played with him in Utah on a team that did really well in the tournament. They went to the championship. Yeah, they went to that championship.

And he was talking about how great he was then. Because I remember the whole Derrick Rose cross situation. Everybody was making fun of him. I'm like, no, Andre Miller been cold for a very long time. Don't let a highlight get it fucked up. Andre Miller was cold for a very long time. Don't let a highlight get it fucked up. Andre Miller was cold. He was nice. He's probably one of the nicest

guards I ever seen play, bro. For real. And he could pass so good. He was cold. Bro, to play in a league that long, especially like you said, it wasn't like he was a super phenomenal athlete. He just was way ahead of the game IQ. He just knew how to play basketball. The first NBA game I ever went to, right,

it was the Bobcats. I never went to Pacers games when I was little. I didn't watch the NBA when I was little. You know, we watched college. First NBA game I ever went to, it was the Bobcats

when I was in college. And it was when Lou Will was on Philly with Andre. DJ Augustine might have been a rookie. And we went and Andre Miller Was killing That's the first time

I ever seen him But he kept throwing These blind passes To people Like he was just firing People weren't looking They were laying Right in their hand

Like some of the big men Like Thad Young Was on that team I think he hit Thad Almost in the head One time Like he just fired it to him And like

I was just like Damn this nigga He was making the game Look easy He was like killing them But he was like The first NBA game I went to. And that's when I remember.

The fucking Charlotte Bobcats. That was the first game you went to? Yup, Charlotte Bobcats. My first spot on sugar. He damn right sweat to death. And then your first NBA game was the Bobcats. Bobcats versus Philly. That was the G League name for sure. You remember your first hoop game you went to?

Probably AI in the playoffs versus the Pacers. Damn, man. You remember your first hoop game? You went to? Probably AI in the playoffs versus the Pacers. Damn, man. You went to, damn. Yeah, that was my first one. My middle school took us. Damn. So shout out to Short Ridge.

You know, I come from the trenches. We was able to take, go see AI hoop, you feel me? Shout out to AI. He signed a nigga headband and shit.

Damn, that's fire. Yeah. See, you got your first autograph from AI, me too. Boy, a nigga headband and shit. Nah, that's hard. Damn, that's fire. Yeah. See, you got your first autograph from A.I. Me too. Boy, my first autograph was Bibby.

Nah, actually, my first autograph was Patrick Ewing. How did that happen? This is the first stretch forward. I got that because I think John Starks

was on the hoes back then, so he got a... Show love. Got a walk-in. Tell me. So, Pat Ewing, I don't think Pat Ewing had no bitches, so he has harm for me. That's crazy.

And my team. Never mind. I'm not going to say that because I love the OGs. Shout out to John Starks. I'm fucking with you, though. They was busy, bro. John Starks was lit. You know what I mean?

Nah, the Knicks was lit. They always been lit. Yeah. Nah, for sure, bro. And even now, like like it's dope to see oh and Allen Houston shout out to my nigga Allen Houston

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Yeah, shine my shirt. We talking about people that would thrive in the NBA now. He would have thrived. Ali Houston would kill today. Yeah, he would have thrived. That's crazy. Man, that's crazy you remember that. I was like, damn,

that was the first day of the year, too. I was going to ask, like, hooping on holiday, he didn't say Christmas, but hooping on New Year's Day, boy, I know boys was turnt that night before that New Year's Eve. I know you probably got, that was the first day of the year, too. I was going to ask, like, hooping on holiday. He didn't say Christmas, but hooping on New Year's Day. Boy, I know boys was turnt that night before that New Year's Eve. I know you probably got some bits.

I probably went to Lucky Lounge with Bibi and them does, and we probably had a good time. They probably was drinking good and having a good... She was in Atlanta, too? I was in Atlanta. Yeah, it was definitely a home game. I remember I didn't have no insoles in that game. You didn't think you was going to get in the game? I didn't think I was going to get in. He subbed me in. I didn't have no insoles in that game. You didn't think you was going to get in the game?

I didn't think I was going to get in. He subbed me in. I didn't have no insoles. Why did you take them out? Because they give you orthotics, right? Yeah. So I grew up. In college, I had a special orthotic because I got fucked up feet.

And I took all the insoles out of my shoes. But I didn't think I was going to play, so I didn't put my orthotic in. I just hopped in some shoes, and they was like some fresh-ass Jordans. I think I had on some fives, and I just had them in. I was sitting there. He called my name, and he hit me with that move, scored on me. My feet was

burning. So you know how you think? I go to the back. I put my insoles in. I come back out. I think I'm like, all right, if he called me again, I'm going to lock that nigga up. I never got called again. So, do you wear the orthos now? Oh, yeah, yeah. Now, I got to have like a plate in the bottom of mine.

So, it's like a hard steel toe. You know, you got turf toe. You ever heard of turf toe? If anybody ever heard of turf toe, they give you this plate. It's like a steel plate. That bunion go. He going to hold that bunion to get you forever. Yeah.

It's like a steel plate. Like, when my bounce started leaving is when I started wearing a steel plate because I had a, I got an assist on my foot. Damn. And I had to, like, protect my foot.

Like, so, that's why I stopped dunking. So, everybody's like, why you stop jumping like that? Because, nigga, I'm hurt. Boy, you got a different shoe. Hopefully,

I don't got to cut that motherfucker off. Nah, nigga, I ain't trying to die beating this motherfucker. This is why I always try to put a nigga in the army. That motherfucker got a candy cane foot, don sad to die of diabetes, motherfucker. See, y'all were trying to put nigga in the army. That motherfucker

got a candy cane foot, don't he? Candy cane is crazy. See? See? Candy cane is insane. Yeah, Kool-Aid for that. Out of pocket.

Nah, but that's why I stopped dunking, though. For sure. That makes sense. It's crazy. Your highlights randomly just go viral every couple of days now. They was just like, it's fucked up today.

The highlight always started with him crossing his brother. I was just like, bro, it just happened sometimes. I put that nigga on his ass, pause. Yeah. And they can't guard me. It's crazy. And they can't guard me still. I hate you doing my nigga like that.

Shout out to my little brother. Welcome to the new morning show. I hope you've been doing your college study. Because motherfuckers on my... Hey, man, fuck y'all too. About 100 people text me or DM me like, Russell Westbrook started last night. You don't pay

attention to the games. Only be here and do. I said, bitch, okay. Respect. You know what? I'm going to keep it real. I play my role in this show. I'm gonna keep it real you know I play my role in this show I'm supposed to but I

you know my shit get underrated a little bit I let y'all I let y'all do y'all thing bro but I be telling niggas like I'm the real guru of this bitch

like Eric Gore was out with an injury and Russell Westbrook started and you talking about Russell come off the bench with a triple if it was if it was a Rosenberg

she'd embarrass me see you don't even fucking watch the game. Barbershop talking ass thinking, I let my nigga cook. I ain't gonna lie, I didn't give a fuck.

Because I don't watch the, I didn't watch the fucking Nuggets. Who was the Nuggets playing that game? I can't remember. It was a shitty game. Yeah, it was. We trying to get DJ and Jeff

man on ESPN, hopefully. Oh, no. Well, we're trying 20.6. I won't be in on there but you know what bitches I started watching the game at least get my nigga on CBS or something

we gotta start them off I started watching all the games I watched the football games today too so I'ma talk shit tomorrow TNT somebody tap in with my guys

that ain't my line but we taking sports to Zeus baby tap in with my guys Zeus tap in we will start showing y'all shit and it's gonna be us and Josh and Hernandez yeah We taking sports to Zeus, baby. Tap in with my guys. Zeus tap in. We will start a show on y'all shit.

It's going to be us and Jocelyn Hernandez. Yeah. Stevie. I ain't going to be on that show. No, yes, you are. I'm too uncut for TV. Oh, have you seen Zeus? Stevie.

Oh, boy. Zeus is the one. Hey, have y'all seen Zeus? Hold on, for real, though. Oh, you would be platinum on Zeus. Did you see the nigga that got the dental thing on Zeus? Yes, bro. Bro, I ain't going to lie, bro., though. Oh, you would be platinum on Zeus. Did you see the nigga that got the dental thing on Zeus? Yes, bro. Bro, I ain't gonna lie, bro. He cold.

The what? He, like, took a nigga that had no teeth, bro. He got the nigga looking like shit straighter than a fucking ruler. Shit crazy. I ain't never seen him like this. Yeah, bro. He's got the best show on Zeus. Zeus is a network.

Oh, Zeus is a network, but imagine. Like Tubi? No, no, no, no. This is different. Tubi is different. This is just like if WorldStarHipHop had a channel. Oh, Zeus is a network, but imagine... Like Tubi? No, no, no, no. This is different. Tubi could never. This is just like if WorldStarHipHop had a channel.

Oh, I got you. Back in the days. Okay, y'all never heard of that. Johnson and Ned's Cabaret is on like season 10, bro. Oh, I never heard of that before. Oh, please strap in. I ain't never watched the show.

I just happened to see that and I was like, damn, bro, really cold. He really gifted with the veneers or whatever you want to call them. Every time they post something, they post,

oh boy, the fake doctor who had the mohawk, them. Every time they post them, they post, Oh boy, the fake doctor who had the Mohawk. They was just like, my boy get a shot. Let my man get a shot too. Would y'all, would y'all rather have veneers or a hair transplant? Like for me to give you a full head of hair,

or would you have, your teeth was fucked up. Would you rather have veneers? Veneers bro. Veneers bro. Yeah. God, niggas be caring about their hair so much

that's why I asked like I think a nigga a bald nigga really want some waves again if he could nah but it's only like bald heads though

if you got a beard but you nah but I ain't gonna ask when I go bald my shit gonna be crazy I'm gonna be I'm gonna look crazy

I'm gonna I'm going to Turkey I already talked to my brother see what I'm saying you already talked to my but they said your head'm saying? You already talked to my bar. But they say your head swell up. I can't go through that part where your head swell up.

You ever see them niggas at the beginning? They be having wraps on their head. You're not hurt. Damn. I didn't know that. So I got to ask you. So y'all niggas would rather have teeth than hair? Hell yes.

What? Damn. Hell yes. I'll raise this question. Would you rather go get the hair or would you get the fake beard? What's crazier? I'm getting my hair. I don't care about no beard.

No, I would never get the unit. A unit? Nah. Nah. It lasts for like two or three months. I'm cool. I'll go get the surgery. But they-

Some niggas surgery don't. I'm saying how big niggas How big they head be Look Cray look like What's that shit Come on What's the downtime You remember when

What's that movie We was talking about The Arnold Schwarzenegger Played in that Christmas movie Jingle all the way You ever seen Oh shit You remember when

Dude had a Sit back That's how they head be looking bro Damn After the surgery Yeah pinky in the brain Yeah motherfucker be having That wrap on their head boy Cause in some niggas They get that I say alopecia I mean in the brain. Yeah, motherfucker be having that wrap on their head, boy.

Because some niggas that get that salopecia, I mean, eczema, niggas still be having that patchy shit on their hairline, bro. That shit don't work all the time. A unit, they just, they cut this around, and then they just put that bitch on there. Nigga, what about your girl get freaky and she start grabbing your shit? I don't know. Motherfucker ain't pulling my hair. I ain't no bad bitch.

I'm just saying, yeah. I used to have braids. Motherf. Motherfucker ain't pulling my hair. I ain't no bad bitch. I'm just saying. I used to have braids. Motherfuckers still rub their hands through my hair. Nah, but you got a fro, though. So it's different. Motherfucker might pull your hair. Motherfucker ain't pulling my... Yo, she trying.

I got my wave cap on. Why you always trying to bring my personal life into it? No, you just... No, I'm serious. You gotta peel it off. He wear hats. He trying to get a hat deal. He trying to get a hat deal. I do. wear hats. He trying to get a hat deal.

He trying to get a hat deal. I do. I do. He trying to get a hat deal. New Era. New Era. Mitchell and Ness. But he has an afro underneath, y'all. Anybody want to rock with me?

I don't coach with my hat on. So if y'all ever want to see it, we do. We do post videos and coach them. But, you know, New Era, Mitchell and Ness, whoever got hats. Shout out to Mitchell and Ness. If y'all want me to, you know, I'll rock y'all hats. DJ too. DJ fuck with y'all finished, too.

Yeah, I'll rock y'all hats if y'all let me. I keep the doing at home. You know, never leave. I gotta go Edmund Sumner to do it with the headband. The fact that he scored 50 like that, he's a goat to me, man. Happy belated, bro. That's our guy. Happy birthday. Hooping in a headband

and a Dura. That's N1 for sure, bro. Yeah, for sure. Bring it back to the classics. For sure, man. Listen, 2025, first day of the year. Let's start off with these hot takes, man. I'm going to ask you a couple questions about the league. See who's right at the end of this situation.

Who's the MVP in the NBA? Shea Gildress Alexander. Yeah, sorry. I'm wrong. SGA. Behan, you feeling that too? Yeah, I know that's my guy. Shout out to my nigga, Haygood.

Haygood definitely locked in with Shea. Probably, if not Shea, Joker. That's because he like how the nigga dress. But he's swaggy though, too. He is fresh. He's fresh. My nigga was hot on him. It's on, Brian.

Yeah. He probably the freshest nigga in the league. Probably Joker. You going Joker? Yeah. I'm mad at that. Defensive player of the year. Wimby.

Mm. I could see that. You know what? While we're on here, just to... The Spurs are actually damn near cool. Yeah, they've been tagging us. They was like, hey, quit saying we sad, nigga. I was just like, we got y'all fucked up. Because when a nigga pissed me off telling me about that

Westbrook shit, I started really going to study some shit. So tomorrow when we get on the show in the morning... He gonna be in his bag now. I'm gonna be in my bag because you bitches had me fucked up. And I'm really shitty. Saying I'm a better basketball head than him that pissed me off. He think it's like,

oh, my mama, sometimes you don't really know what you talking about. Bitch, I probably was sleeping. I probably was sleeping and I probably ain't give a fuck. I be letting niggas cut their shit.

It be early. It be early. I really don't be giving a fuck because they be sending this shit early and I don't even look. But you know what? I'm on that now.

He tapped in, man. Shout out to all my college boys that have been tapped in. You know what I mean? Hit me on Twitter. You know, I show y'all love. I watch y'all games, bro. What's up?

I got y'all. Yeah. We definitely going to go on more about college in this 2020. Can't wait, man. Like you said, we incorporating Mook.

But this is a part of the year. I'm not mad at you for that one to be tight. I fuck with that. Yeah. I tried to even think of a counter for that, but I'm like, the fact that he's blocking shots at this level, he has to get it for sure. He's playing at a different level on the defense end with those blocks.

For sure. Most improved. No, you know it. And Peasy? My dog. I'm going to hop on the bandwagon, man. I'm going with Jalen Johnson. Especially, he get all-star.

I'm going to go DeAndre Hunter. I know he's been in the league for him and he's been playing well but man he's shooting 50% and 45 from the 3 and averaging a dub

that shit crazy and he's probably not the third maybe the third option on that team he's definitely the third option but like that's that's one of the most

efficient seasons and he like having a KD he having a KD type year from efficiency standpoint yeah for you to be a third option and still getting 20 a game is special. Yeah, on 13 shots though.

Yeah. And like we said, a positive impact from it is he's winning games doing this too. He ain't just doing this in empty calorie stats. They're winning games because of him for sure. Out the gates. Championship. Actually, let me not go there. Rookie of the year.

This has been quiet for me. championship. Actually, let me not go there. Rookie of the year. Hmm. This has been quiet for me. I don't even be, like, I ain't really seen no rookies that like, Jeremy can't get her fucked it up for me. Yeah, he was my rookie of the year.

Yeah, that was ours. And I hate that, uh, I don't know what's going on in Minnesota. Rob ain't really get to show his shit. Nah, he ain't get a chance to show his shit.

Or, uh, what's our boy? Reed ain't got a chance to play. Rob ain't really get to show his shit. Nah, he ain't get a chance to show his shit. Or what's our boy? Reed ain't got a chance to play much. Reed ain't got to show his shit. So there's probably a rookie out there dominating. We fucking up on our shit, but. I know Zach Eddy. Yeah.

Zach Eddy even had some big nights. Yeah. Wells had some good games. Shout out to Cuzzle. Jack the Wells. Who's been down there? Shit. It's been a rough. I seen E's there? Shit. It's been a rough...

I seen Eves Messi, too. He's been playing really, really, really good, too. Yeah. But Jeremy Kane get hurt kind of fucked it up. They done a rough rookie year for a lot of guys.

Because that was... You know how we speak about him on the morning show. That was my... For sure, a lot. Yeah. When the Sixers wasn't doing so well,

he was a bright spot. Especially when Tyrese Maxey got hurt, too. He stepped in and fulfilled that shit. Yeah, it's going to be a tough— So whoever gets that, man, shouts you. I'm sorry, I ain't— It might be Zach Eaddy, though.

That'd be fine. I wouldn't be mad at Zach Eaddy. He just had a, what, 28 and 10 game or something? This is crazy, though. This is one of the first years that a rookie has entered the league and I ain't really stepped on shit for a team. You know what I mean? No disrespect,

but I'm saying haven't been highlighted. Like, even the guy from the Suns was named Ryan. Yeah, Ryan Dunn. Who should be playing a lot more than he is.

Yeah, he should play a lot more, but like, he had some highlights this year. But it ain't really been a rookie that you just like. Yeah, but you know when Jason Tatum and Zion was coming to the league,

like, niggas was actually, they was putting it out there. Like, making you watch. We got a good topic about Zion speaking probably tomorrow we'll probably talk about him. They put him on the block. Yeah, get my boy out of there. Yeah, I can't wait till the morning show.

Don't fuck it up for him. But yeah, the Pelicans on a fire show right now for sure. And it's crazy. We talked about we didn't even mention the one pick because like you said, how good he got a chance to be rookie of the year. I mean, he starts a lot. I don't know, bro. I don't think rookie of the year. I mean, he starts, he plays a lot. I don't know, bro. That's tough, bro,

to get to the rookie of the year. I mean, he averaged 10, but like who else is averaging 10? You know what I mean? Respect. That's fair. I'm glad because we saw him

in the summer league and I was... He was fucking hooping. Yeah, but I'm saying it's just like you didn't know if he was going to be able to showcase that

with that team. Yeah, I mean, I like how Quinn did it, gave him a chance. Even though DeAndre Hunter had to take a backseat, but it made DeAndre Hunter a better player, obviously. For sure.

For sure. Championship, who y'all think getting the chip? I'm going to go with... The safe pick is Boston right now, I would say. I'm going to go New York Knicks. Man, fuck, no.

As much as I say, fuck the Knicks, and it is still fuck the Knicks because y'all know what we did to y'all game seven. I don't know, bro. I feel like if it ever is going to happen, this is the year. They got the roster for it. God bearing no injuries happened, I think they got

a team that could get a championship this year. I don't know if it'll happen, but... I don't see them beating Boston, but I would love to see a small market team like OKC win. Mm. If they get checked back fully, I would love to see them. That's been my sleeper team for the past couple years. So I would love to see them get one.

I'd fuck with them. I ain't going to hold you. You made me be a believer of the OKC trend. I believe they're coming out the West. You said that last year, but going into that season, they've only gotten better. And they're young, so that might hinder them from a more like older season team

but uh if they won I wouldn't be surprised but Denver is scary though bro cause Jamal Murray and Yokoz could get to clicking and shit

they got a solid core around them and then you got Russell Westbrook too if he in his bag and they jailing that that's a scary team too so I don't know

they might be Denver might be a bad matchup for Boston I think Denver one piece away from be a bad matchup for Boston I think Denver one piece away from being a bad matchup for Boston like if they get one more wing or another backup guard

I think they not even a guard score I mean cause Westbrook he good at point but if they get one more like explosive wing that can do something they got like like one piece away like they got kuzma i ain't even mad but kuzma could he could be a piece of he could he could change oh hell yeah trajectory for a lot of people especially if you don't give up mpj in that

situation if you just gotta move some second round picks there might be a future first to get him that's not bad at all to have him. Especially with AG. Yeah, Aaron Gordon too, damn. That's a nasty lineup, bro. You could put all of them in the game time. And now that one through four switch is different. Sure. It's all 6'9", 6'5", 6'6". It's a little different, but...

MPJ 6'8"? MPJ 6'10". Is he? Yeah, bro. Damn. That's why they be criticizing him so much about it. All he do is shoot10". Is he? Yeah, bro. Damn. That's why they be criticizing him so much about it. Like, all he do is shoot. I'm like, well, bro,

he's 6'10". They can't about block his shot. Yeah, shoot that shit. That's what he do for a living. Damn, 6'10 is huge. Yeah. Yeah, for sure, man. He tools like 6'9", 6'10".

Who gonna be the number one pick? Cooper Flagg gonna be the number one pick. What if the Brooklyn Nets end up getting the number one pick? Do they take Cooper Flagg? He's still gonna take Cooper Flagg. You don't one pick? What if the Brooklyn Nets end up getting the number one pick? Dude, they take Cooper Flagg. He's still gonna take Cooper Flagg. You don't think about

other boys and Rutgers? Even if the Nets... Damn, not even a thought? You can't take Dylan Harper at one. Can you take Ace at one if you're in Brooklyn? Dylan Harper's the best player,

the best prospect in college right now. That's 100% correct. But he's not the number one pick. Yeah, that's 100% correct. When I watch, my eyes tell me that's an NBA player when I look at him play. The pace he play with, I see a little bit of Darren Williams.

I see a little bit of everybody. Big guard, shifty, can shoot, get rebounds. I see a little bit of everything. He got a little bit of LaMelo in him. Not the same flair, but you know his ability to be that size and pass and shoot and make plays. But he got that little Darren Williams.

Not that same bop, but the way he shift people. That groove, yeah. Yeah, his groove is different. That's a perfect word. I believe in him just because he got that real game from his dad.

His dad was like that in the league. And what's crazy, a lot of people remember just Ron Harper from the Lakers and Bulls, but there was a Ron Harper in the Cavs that was different. Nasty, athletic, cold. But you a dummy if you don't take Cooper Flatt.

Yeah, you fucking up the church's money if you don't. Yeah, if you got the number one pick and you don't take this guy, people love you. Depends on who get it, though, bro. If the Blazers get it, I don't think Dylan is a number one pick. But if the Blazers get it, like you said it, but I agree, I might have to bump school.

But if you don't take Hooper Flagg with the number one pick and you take Dylan Harper, let's just say it, and Dylan Harper, excuse me, he has a so-so year. And Cooper Flagg

goes somewhere else and he has... And he kill. You're getting fired. You're getting cooked. You're getting fired. Y'all didn't take him from a business aspect. And everything is about business. That's the fucked up part about it. It ain't even from a basketball standpoint. I was just strictly just thinking about

fit. Because I mean, I would want like if Charlotte's so bad, you got to pick Cooper. But, like, all those teams that's in that position are bad. Who's at the bottom? Who else is at the bottom? Six. Blazers. Blazers. Wizards.

Charlotte. Utah. Raptors. Damn, so at the Wizards, y'all taking Cooper flag over Dylan? We all have a choice. I just drafted the kid from Pittsburgh as a guard. You did? I know who you're talking about. I can't remember his name. I know who you're talking about. What's his name? Bud?

I know Cooper. Cooper my guy. I love Cooper. You know what I mean? We just had 26 the other night. But, phew, Dylan been I don't know, bro. He ready right now. And I agree with you to that point. I think the biggest issue is that what he said, you draft

Dylan, he better be a star, your one. Because if not, your head gonna roll. As a GM, if you make that decision, that's a historic blunder for certain situations. You can't do that. Chances are my boy Axe has had a good game too. You would rather be two, right?

It's like the John Morant, Zion Williams thing. Like, you know we got to pick Zion. But even in that draft, I felt like John Morant, I was like, yo, he the better player. Like, he going to be a star. Like, the way he controlled the game. He had a smaller school, and he making all these players around him elevate. Like, he had Murray State on the map to the point where we believed him.

Steph Curry had Davidson. CJ McCollum had Lehigh. I'm like, I believe in that, but Zion Williams was such a polarizing figure. He had Duke hot. You know what I mean? You're right. You cannot not take that.

My thought process was right not saying that Zion is not nice when he play he still cold but Jai is who I thought Jai was gonna be and so like Memphis is probably more than happy like I'm glad we got Jai instead of Zion for sure yeah yeah 100%

that's crazy man like you said still crazy those niggas was AAU teammates yeah both playing in the back gym that's right bro that's a crossover. Still crazy those AAU teammates. Yeah. Both playing in the back gym. That's right, bro. That's crazy. That's why these kids, man. These kids, I don't think they really be tapped in, bro. They don't.

Like, damn, bro. You never know who's watching, bro. I just posted something about that. Everything's a fit, like, for real. I just posted that. It was Coach Sampson. Yeah, Coach Sampson was talking about that. He was just like, yeah, I went to see one kid,

but then I look up and I see two other kids in this game, and I'm like, then what's that? And it was another coach I forgot who just talked about it. He said he went to go recruit somebody else, saw a kid that was elite, ended up watching his huddles, and he was like, oh, I think it was Matt Painter. How he recruited a kid. He was just like, yeah, he wasn't highly talented,

but I saw him recruiting somebody else, checked out his huddle tape, and I was just like, that's the guy I want. Yeah, I always wonder how coaches recruited kids now. But that was happening to me. Like, a lot of guys would come to see other people. Like, I always talk about

the game that happened when we played Corey Lucius. He had committed to Michigan State. He was a year younger than me, and we played him in high school, and a lot of coaches came to see him. And I ended up having a really, really good game at Southport against him. And I started getting off. Yeah, that was nice.

I can't remember his name. That big was nice. Yeah, I ended up getting offers after that game. That was my first time getting offers. Oh, after that game with Lucius? Yeah. That winning tournament? Yeah.

I remember that. I ended up getting offers from a couple of schools after that, and it was like, damn, they weren't even here to see me. They didn't know who I was. But after we played, they were like, shit. Hey, shout out to my fucking Corey Lucius. You used to do your thing, though. My nigga might have busted your ass that day, but hey.

Definitely. Definitely. Nah, you know what I mean? We killed that guy. You went crazy. I remember that shit. That was a hell of a tournament. But Corey Lucius used to do his motherfucking thing.

Nah, I appreciate him, actually. Yeah. He had the name. Yeah, he had the name. He didn't know who I was. I was gunning for him, but you remember

your first offer? Your first D1 offer? Yeah, it was Settler of the Noise. Damn. Yeah. That's where it was. Jack Owens.

That's my dog. Well, Papa T won nothing on you on there, right? Nah, it was crazy. I was going to go there. So, uh, I was going to be you and John Freeman.

My bad. I had bad, not bad grades, but I didn't care for school like that. So when I got the offer, they was like, yo, we're going to help you. You know, we're going to get you in the right classes and all that shit. Everybody was talking to him. I'm like, cool. I'm just fuck with them. I even think I can make it to the NBA or none of

it. You know what I mean? I'm from the west side of that. Look, I run with my homies. I ain't thinking about these schools sound crazy. Kansas, that sound crazy. From where I'm from. That sound crazy. Southern Illinois State down here a lot. Boy, shout out to

Wes Clements. Yeah, but that's what I was saying. Southern Illinois stayed down here a lot. Boy, shout out to Wes Clements. Yeah, but that's what I grew up seeing. Southern Illinois was about right. Western Kentucky, Courtney.

See, league on Western Kentucky is still crazy. It was a league on Western Kentucky. I think that's us, though. We from around,

we wasn't getting that kind of love. Once that happened, I was like, cool, Southern Illinois. And then Coach Conley was like, hell no. Coach Conley, yeah, I thought noise. And then Coach Conley was like, hell no.

Coach Conley, yeah, I thought it was positive. Coach Conley was like, hell no, you way better than that. You just need somebody to see you. And I was like, okay. He was like, you can go. Where do you want to go? And I was like, Wake Forest. He was like, you want to go to Wake Forest?

Oh, just wait. That's how I have. Yeah, Coach Conley is a goat. The blueprint. A lot of people don't know Coach Conley, bro. He's got a lot of people in good positions. His eye for talent was crazy, bro. Yeah, Coach Conley was real. I'm putting together the AAU team that's probably, you know,

the greatest of all time, no bias shit. But even from down to the 10th man everybody was a d1 nigga bro yeah 100 high d1 too it wasn't like nobody and the b team was nice he changed my life though yeah like coach kindly changed my life because like you said i had selling illinois on my own from that high school game yeah and like a lot of my high school coaches was like you should go there you should go there like they should go there. Like, they like you. Don't play with that offer. And for him to see something different in me, like my pops, you know, my pops knew the game, but he ain't know. Like, shit, you got what you got.

Yeah. It's who like you. And Butler liked me too. Shout out to Brad. Coach Brad. He liked me too, but. That might have been a stress year. My grades wasn't good enough.

So you ain't getting in Butler. No, you know, my grades wasn't good enough. You ain't getting in the butler. My grades wasn't good enough at that time. When he offered me, my grades wasn't good enough. The noise was still willing to fuck with me. My grades being a little shaky. I know this is super hypothetical, but dog, if you would have went to Butler, first of all, that would have been crazy

because we already knew each other and I met that nigga on Butler campus. If you would have went to Butler at that time, he would have been in my hood. If you would have been to Butler at First of all, that would have been crazy because we already knew each other and I met that nigga on Butler campus. If you would have went to Butler at that time... That team would have been in my hood. If you would have been to Butler at that time, bro, you and Gordon and Shelvin, oh my... I wouldn't have fit. I would have fucked the team up. Jeff would have been first

with Vizley in them first. He would have been with Matt Howard in them first. Then the next year... Gordon and them. We was all Indiana All-Stars. So me, Matt, and then all the Purdue boys, Garrett going to Indiana. And I was an oddball.

Bro, you would have been cool with these. Nah, I was too much. I was different. You was a James Johnson nigga, though. And I love Ronald O'Rourke, but listen, Brad would have let you cook. Made for This Mountain is a podcast that exists to empower listeners to rise above their struggles, But listen, Brad would this is my mountain.

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I had ACC. Oh, bro. A thousand percent. Yeah, like any other league would not fit me. Like, if I would have went to the Big Ten, I would have. It was either Big East or ACC. Yeah, if I would have went to the Big Ten, I wouldn't have made it. I'm just saying.

Definitely not Pac-12. I couldn't see where you're at. I could have killed it in the Pac-12, but I was not going nowhere. You would have killed it in the Horizon, though, bro. Brad Gass was different. Yeah. That was premium. You would have killed it in the Horizon, though, bro. Brad Gass was different. Yeah. That was premium. You would have had the show.

Yeah, we would have, but, nigga, they moved the ball and shit. They did, but they off schedule was nice. They off, what do you call it, conference schedule? Yeah. They played hard. It was nice, bro. But what I'm saying, like, the way they played wasn't how I played. Understood.

You went where you supposed to. Yeah, like, I needed the ball. That shit matters, too so kids need to pay attention to that don't go for the name go and the reason i went to wake forest because they play how i would want to play yeah it was high ball screens playing fast watching you against justin serra so at least you niggas ain't really tapped in like that was another dog back in the day and i'm sure that brad would have just had an offense so he had a point guard like you. He had to make do what he had to. But I would have hindered like Gordon.

I would have took away from Shelvin. Because nigga, I was, nigga, in college I was shooting. He was throwing that whole in. 100%. 100%. You know what I mean? It all played out as it's supposed to play. Yeah, for sure. It's all great. Speaking of, you know what I'm saying, commits and stuff like that,

shout out to Mikel Brown going to the Louisville. We up, baby. Told y'all we locked in. Shout out to Coach Kelsey, man. Coach me at Wake Forest. Great coach. Get Mikel,

one of my favorite players in high school. I'm glad that happened for y'all. I'm going to call Coach Kelsey tomorrow morning and talk about it with him. For sure, man. Hope Mikel's spinning that back around, man.

Get Louisville back to where they're supposed to be. We got a solid, solid class coming next year. This is his first year. He had to make some stuff happen. We had a lot of injuries, but next year... That's the best player y'all had in a while, bro. Stemmer since Terry Rozier. I don't disagree at all.

Markel Brown, for real. He'll be blessed if we have him two years. I think he could be a one-and-done talent, for sure. Yeah, that's why. If we get blessed and get him for two years, then so be it. But I think he should only be Grayson Louisville for one year. we have him two years. I think he could be a one and done talent for sure. Yeah, that's why if we get blessed and get him for two years, then so be it. But I think he should only be Grayson Louisville for one year. Go kill young man. Bryce James, you know what I'm saying?

Committed to Arizona. No shit. Yeah. Committed to Arizona. That's a big commit. Yeah, going to Arizona, bro. That ain't bad. That's bullshit.

No, straight up. Yeah, he committed to Arizona. Hey, shout out to you, Bryce. Yeah, man. Nah, they up. You didn't commit to Arizona? Hey, shout out to you, Bryce. Yeah, man. Nah, they saw something in you. 100%. Nah, that damn. That's not no nepotism offer.

I mean, I know y'all can play the jokes about that, but that's not a school to play them type of games. I know it's a little bit of leaning to that as well. It's Nike ties, but hey. You're not going? That's full of Brian. I don't think Brian McKenna called for Arizona. I ain't saying he made nothing.

I'm just saying. Y'all think he can go to Arizona? Well, he there. We're going to see. I shouldn't say, doenna called for Arizona, bro. I ain't saying he made nothing. I'm just saying. Y'all think he can go to Arizona? Well, he there. We're going to see. I shouldn't say anything. Y'all think he going to play Arizona? Freshman year, probably not. No, he has to.

No, you don't have to play. No, you have to. No, bro, this is Arizona. I think he going to play. Brian didn't play because of the hard shit. Yeah, I think he going to play Arizona. Yes. But I think there's a difference between Brian and Bryce.

I ain't going to get into it. I'm not going. I'm not going to Arizona. Come on. Y'all, keep it real. Now, this nigga got every... If I'm going to Arizona, it's 10 other big schools that's fucking with me. I'm not committing to

this school to ride a bitch for Arizona. Arizona ain't you, Kyle. I think Bryce is more of a... He's a cool guy. I think he's cool going to school. He might not play a lot. He might play a little bit. I think he reminds me of, like, Sharif O'Neal.

You know how he can hoop, but it was like, yeah, I'm cool. I'm cool. Everybody gonna like me. My pops is a Hall of Famer. In a true situation. I mean, Sharif got hurt. He pops is a Hall of Famer. In a true situation, obviously. I mean, Sharif got hurt. He had the hard shit, but like... See, that's the difference.

Damn. These fucking basketball kids. I fuck with Sharif, but I think Bryce Shoes in Arizona, bro. I'm telling you, it was 10 other schools had to be on his list. I mean, you think you're coming to understand that? I would rather go to...

I would rather went to Ohio State for nepotism. No, I think he just went with the vibes. He probably caught... Like, going to Arizona was a... I've been to Ohio State for nepotism. No, I think he just went with the vibes. He probably caught, like, going to Arizona. I've been to Arizona State and Arizona. It's a vibe out there. Like, USC was a vibe. He probably like, I want to get to there. He different than, like, Bronny.

Like, Bronny seemed like a, no offense, but he seemed like he was groomed to be an NBA player. Yeah. Like, Bryce is like. We're the vibes. I'm the vibesbs. Speaking about Arizona State, you remember playing against James Harden?

We ain't playing. You ain't playing? No. They lost. We was supposed to play them. Oh, okay. I got you. They lost to Baylor, I think. But yeah, bro, Arizona... You know what I'm mad about? The first time I ever had a problem with James Harden, we won a championship.

I averaged 26. He went for 50 on St. Mary's. But they was in the final for the, what you call it, third place game. Yeah. He had like 50. They gave him MVP of the tournament. Damn. Anaheim, bro.

Thanksgiving tournament yeah you killed that tournament that was when you had that dunk yeah I averaged like 26 that's funny James Harden I think he averaged like 40

they gave him MVP in the third place but he got MVP in the tournament he was in the third place game what'd I say what'd I say DJ Lonzo has to make the all-star

what did I say this nigga doing all this winning and all this killing that's the first time I seen him has to make the all-star. What did I say? This nigga doing all this winning and all this killing. That's the first time I seen him. I dropped 40 fucking. That's when I knew it was politics. I'm like, there's no way this nigga

about to be in a third place game and win MVP. I just knew they was about to call my name. Wow, bro. It was like, MVP of the tournament goes. So I started it. Yeah, nigga.

I put none for my city. James Harden from Arizona State. This nigga had to come out the crowd. I'm like, I'm playing. What the fuck? I was like, this nigga, I was like, James Harden. This nigga ain't even in the game.

What the fuck? That's like a draft night when they go get the recruits from the crowd I was like hell nah I was shitty I was real like mad like everybody like

you killed though everybody know you good nah fuck that you solidified the joint spot K nah fuck that that nigga didn't make that nigga didn't make

to the championship bro like we just that is a wild ass story nigga my sort of guy to lose the MVP and I'm dogging shit to a nigga that played in the consolation game.

We beat Baylor in the championship. They had Lex Darius done. They was fire. Curtis Jarrell. They had Tweety Carter, Quincy Acey. Tweety Carter used to do shit. Quincy Acey was a grown man at 17. Yeah, they had a bunch of dudes.

They was solid. They beat, I think they beat Arizona State, because I don't know who we beat to get to the chip. I can't remember. We beat UTEP. Oh, okay. Yeah, we had beat. That's when, what's the nigga from Murder, Inc.?

Irv Gotti. His cousin was playing on UTEP, and he was talking shit to me the whole game. That's funny. However you're constantly sponsored by Murder, Inc. is fucking hilarious. Yeah, he was talking bad. UTEP. he was talking shit to me the whole game. That's funny. Every time you call me and you spot me, Murder Ick is fucking hilarious. Yeah, he was talking bad. That's El Paso? Yeah, that's fucking, that's my shit, Glory Road.

That was UTEP? Was it UTEP? No, that was Texas, uh, please look that up. I might be wrong, y'all. I'm just thinking about Glory Road. I thought it was Texas Corpus Christi or something like that. Hold on. It might be UTEP. I could be wrong, y'all. That's good. I got you.

Glory Road. What you looking up? Texas Western. Oh, Texas Western. Okay. I know one. UTEP. I just made me tap it.

That's one of my favorite moves. Shout out to the UTEP two-step. You know the vibes. Huh? I won MVP? I didn't get the fucking award. They literally... Nah, I swear to God, it was James Harden.

That should make this shit even better. I swear to God. They didn't give me... Luis! They did not give me the award. I swear to God, my mama, they gave it to James Harden. I never asked you to work harder than finding the clip of James Harden receiving that the award I swear to God My mama they gave it to James Harden I never asked you to work harder Than making

Finding the clip of James Harden Receiving that award I swear The Anaheim Classic MVP Yeah 2008, 2009 I swear to God They gave it to James Harden

I swear to God This is Jeff T. Gray And they some hoes Cause they didn't give me My fucking award Please I swear to God If you find this

I swear to God If they put that up there They are some hoes I swear to God I was so hurt I was hurt I went home I swear to God. If they put that up there, they are some hoes. I swear to God, I was so hurt. I was hurt. I went home. I was trying to play it cool on the plane.

They like, yeah, we won that motherfucker. I'm like, hey, that nigga the MVP, bro. That nigga didn't even play in the game. I believe you, bro. You don't forget shit. I swear to God. You remember to do on that. That was my coming out party.

Yeah. You know what I mean? Pause. Pause. But like, that's when I like, niggas found out I could hoop. Shit. Nah,

he said, nah, I would know if I came up with that trophy. I know if I got the MVP, nigga, I'd be talking about that bitch. Yeah, I'd be James Harden for the MVP.

That's what I'm saying. We would've heard that for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nigga, yeah, I was trying to do it for her.

So that's what makes that shit even funnier, that Mike looked that up. Made some hoes for frightening, but not giving me the word. Hey, now, while we're here, I want to ask y'all

a question about this. Saquon Barkley's situation, he had a chance to break the record this weekend but the coach is sitting starters basically because for the playoffs. I'm shitting.

Is that, y'all playing that game to get that record? No, y'all playing the game. For my sanity, yeah. Who's that? Like,

you, you like, accolades is how you get rated in pro sports, right? Yeah. What you do do what records you break remember like what's the most my god i just got the coaching job that was beefing with me uh the receiver jackson remember he's like nigga you ain't top 10 and none of your records in the

league yeah like i need to be breaking records you feel me so like if i'm saquon i'm like shit let me play like i legacy got to live on. Even though it don't mean shit. I mean, really? Y'all just going to have to understand. I'm not selfish. Obviously, y'all know what type of nigga I am. I'm for the team. I'm breaking this record. This is my chance to be immortalized and support that I play.

If you don't feel that, I don't give a fuck no way. Just let him, though. Just let him, though, bro. For his sanity and his peace of mind and that's his legacy that's something he can pass down to his kids you know what I mean

you can throw that in the crib you know niggas love putting pictures of their records in the crib and shit yeah and that's why I'm shitty about this

Anaheim shit cause if I fucking won an award y'all need to send me that shit for real we need to put that here that's fucked up

James got that in the crib in Houston I know he's fucking probably he probably threw it away yeah MVP award he probably was like

I'm gonna fuck this shit that's crazy I was nothing I'm like I get it you don't want your players to get hurt in a meaningless game especially in the NFL

you know how that goes but man let that man break the record let him go kill first half and then sit him the rest of the game I need that record how many he need

I think it was like 100 and they play a team. They play New York. They're going to give him 100 yards. They only play New York? Yes. Yeah, like, fuck that. Break the record on my old squad, then let me go.

Come on, bro. The nostalgia on that is crazy. They robbing him of a moment. I know he probably just playing it cool. He's obviously a consummate professional. I don't know his emotions about it, obviously. But if I'm him, I can't wait. On New York, too?

He don't want to speak too much. He used to not say he got in trouble, but he was criticized a lot for his outspoken ways. So he probably chilling. Man, we're about to break the record on my old team. It was crazy. That's why, man, I hate that conference shoot. Because why did y'all let him go to the Eagles? Like, y'all, the Giants, man.

Did y'all see the video? I think it's the GM or whoever it is. Maybe the GM. Oh, Giants. Yeah, when he was like, Saquon's our best player. He's a fan favorite. I just pray he doesn't go to the Eagles. That's what the fuck y'all get. Y'all had a terrible

year last year, and it's showing this year. I'm like, damn, boy. I know Shador want to go up there, but you see they saying Sam Darnold that the Giants might offer Sam Darnold. If you're Sam Darnold, I was watching Get Up This Morning. Shout out to my dog Ryan. But if you Sam Darnold, would you take 50

million from the Giants or would you stay with Minnesota? 50 million from Giants. Yeah, I'm going to get paid. I'm always going to get paid, nigga. But you're finally having a good year. You're finally having a moment in the league where you're you're killing

do you fuck that up I don't think you fuck it up because in that situation I mean unless they're they're not going to move on from JJ McCarthy like if it

they might though I would be surprised if they do because they can get a it's a lot of teams in the league that need quarterbacks they can move on from him

get a top another top pick they can trade him from him, get another top pick. They can trade him for a pick. They can trade him for another pick. And now you got Darnold as your quarterback for the next four or five years, and y'all going to be solid. Because he's playing great.

He's having a phenomenal year. This is what we thought Sam Darnold would be coming out. But I don't know. I think that's a tough situation. I don't think that they make a decision on him enough, like on JJ, for him to make a decision. I think you can trade JJ right now. I think Sam Dardone

is young enough, good enough where he could still play for I don't think he could play for seven more years. But I think that the team believes in him.

They fucking with him right now. I think you could trade JJ. I mean, he never going to get the team back. You know what I'm saying? He's not getting the team back.

I think it's also the money comparison too. If the Vikings offer him 40, you know what I'm saying? I think it's also the money comparison too. If the Vikings offer him 40, yeah, I'm saying. If they offer him like 35, no, go get your fucking bread because he done went through some shit. He was with the Jets and with the fucking Panthers. Bless you. Thank you. You don't deserve that, bro. Yeah, if I get 50 million, y'all

offer me 30, I'm going to get the 15. Who won the Super Bowl? Huh? Who won the Super Bowl? Man, shit, man. I don't bet against Pat Mahomes, but if I'm... Eagles. Oh,

if I was here and said, if I'm picking a team to come out to the NFC, bro, Denver gotta go Vikings. I would say Lions. I was gonna say Vikings. You gotta say Vikings.

If it wasn't the Lions for losing so many players on defense, I would go Lions in a heartbeat. The Lions can score the ball. You never gotta worry about them. They gonna score the ball. They ain't gonna stop about them. They're going to score the ball. They ain't going to stop shit.

Respect. They're going to score that ball, though. But I like the Vikings for some reason. And I want him to win, matter of fact. I'm rooting for him. He got to be the comeback player of the year. If I had my choice, it would be Lamar Jackson. I can't wait until Lamar Jackson

wins the Super Bowl so we can end some of these conversations. I can't wait. I can't wait for that moment, bro. And I think he wins MVP too. That whole Josh Allen deserves to get one because Lamar got two. Fuck that. Lamar Jackson killing it.

Give that man an MVP. Y'all always be on that weird shit when it's time to give people awards, man. What about people saying Joe Burrow deserves? Joe Burrow is definitely in the conversation. I don't know if what he's doing. His records are shitty, though. They always start off trash, but that's the team.

I would say I wouldn't want to see them niggas in the playoffs. You think they're going to make it? It can happen. They put themselves in a position to be there. Some things had to fall their way, but shit, they've been balling. I don't want to play a team like that who can put up points. They're not really a sad team. He's been hooping, though.

He's having the MVP season, for sure. They're like the equivalent of the 76ers to me in the NFL. That is not a team I want to see at any type of health late in the season. That's not a real 8 or 7 seed. They will fuck you up. Facts, facts, facts. For sure, man.

Football going crazy. Yeah, shout out to Arizona State. I know we're going to talk about it in the morning, but damn, y'all gave that game away. Woo! Start your life with the smoke business. Shit, they gave that game away. Start hanging out with the smoke bizzle. Shit, they gave that game away. Well, they really fucking Texas gave the game away.

Yeah, Texas gave it. But we'll talk about it in the morning. Push up. If we get out of here being here, I'll ask you a question, man. People are reacting to that Suns loss against the Grizzlies with a lot of people out. Are we getting to the point where we figure out you might have to blow up the Suns, man? Is it time to a lot of people out. We get to the point where we figure out you might have to blow up

the Suns, man. Is it time to make a decision? No, just get your year over with. Then figure it out in the summer. Get the year over with. Damn, I don't think

they got that kind of time, bro. You ain't getting rid of it. You ain't making no moves before... No, my man was before February, you don't think? It's too much money.

Too much money. I don't know if n's too much money. Too much money. I don't know if niggas want to take on them contracts. Just wait till the summer. From a business standpoint. I think you can get off Bradley Bill's contract. But he's still got two years, don't he? Yeah, but I think you can get... I mean, he got a wave at Notre Dame.

Whatever it is. But I think you can get off his money, though. So out of them three, you get rid of him first. Yeah, he's injured. He's been injured a lot, right? So not to say you can't depend on him. I think Brad is a dope player. I think he good as shit.

But he just doesn't fit what you got going on right now because he's injury prone. And then also, you have to start two small guards. Right? True. Well, three. Because you start with Tyra Jones, Brad Bill, and Devin Booker. But Devin Booker like 6'6". He's 6'4".

6'5 on a good day. I mean, you say it in person. Brad Bill, 6'4". 6'5 on a good day. KD, 6'11". Then you got Nert. Most people have a defending wing. So you usually have a 6'7

defending type of wing. To be honest, the person that they really need, and I know I'm always saying that they need Cam Johnson back in Phoenix, but that's the perfect person they need for that team. So you swap them. You send Brad up to Brooklyn. In a heartbeat.

They're willing to take Bradley Bill's contract. D'Angelo Russell and Brad Bill can work. Nah, we don't care what Brooklyn doing. Brooklyn don't care what Brooklyn doing. Brooklyn trying to stack up as many picks as they can. Start over. I thought they was going to not waive. I thought they were

even trying to repackage D'Lo. Yeah, I thought they would too. But I don't know what they're doing. I don't really care about... So you get rid of Brad Bill's contract, somebody's willing to take that contract. So a few teams in the NBA that y'all saying is willing

to take on $30 million. He make more than that. Yeah, he make more than that. I don't know if somebody will, too. I mean, I don't think nobody will, but if you could get Bradley Bill, you can package Bradley Bill up to get Cam Johnson.

That'll cut your money because he only make $25 a year. He'll cut money and you'll have a better fit. I mean, they probably won't do it. I don't think the Nets. Jack back, no take back. Yeah, I think Phoenix, if they want to add Bradley Bill as two first-round picks or whatever it is, to get off that money and then get off Brad Bill contract, shit, why not?

That's what I think. We'll talk about this at another time. We'll talk about that KD trade from Brooklyn to the Suns. Maybe more of a show conversation for sure. But they can't trade the picks that they have because they already moved them situations. So that's why I think they're strapped from a financial standpoint and they don't have any picks like, picks they can move.

They have to keep their picks. So is Zion a bigger... I'm saying they're about to say, we'll give y'all two future first-round picks in 2052. Nigga. I'm just saying. You're trapping a nigga that ain't born yet. That's how, that's the...

They gave up so... You got a new commissioner by then. They gave up so much stuff to get Katie. It's hard for him to do anything. Yeah, I got a great conversation about that. But I'll say that. Is Zion a bigger target than Cam Johnson? Nah, Cam is.

Because Cam fit so many teams in his contract. It's more friendly. Like, Zion has that crazy contract where he can be waved, all type of shit. So, myucking wave. Motherfucking wave, Zion. Yeah, have a weight clause in his contract. I would love to see the breakdown of that contract. Oh, his contract is crazy.

Having a BBL clause in your contract is insane. So, he could get waved at any time. So, motherfucker might take on Zion and be like, shit, he ain't give me shit acting hurt. We just gonna cut him. Okay. You know what I mean?

Yes, that's what you're saying. That could be a friendly contract too, but Cam Johnson is on a super friendly deal for what he bring to cut him. Okay. You know what I mean? Yes, that's what you're saying. That could be a friendly contract too, but Cam Johnson is on a super friendly deal for what he bring to the table. For sure. Yeah, man. We got to talk about that KD trade one day, man. We got to break that down for sure

because a lot of things happened off that. I know they recently did it for Paul George and the tree of trades and people and all that moved around for that situation. I would love to do that with that Brooklyn and Suns trade, man. That's crazy as hell. That was one of the worst tradess in NBA history, though.

That Paul George straight. Yeah. That was trash. Yeah, that one for the Clippers. Like, just because y'all did all that, y'all supposed to sign him back. Just because y'all gave all that up, y'all supposed to sign him. Y'all moved to league MVP. Yeah, you got to stand up in it sometimes.

You just got to keep him just them just cause like the same face almost that's what we talk about that GM situation earlier in the show boy yeah you could be a Brooklyn Dead GM if you want to

and not Draft Cooper let him out there average 18 you are getting fired getting cooked well we just like an old black family

can't never get rid of I'm looking at this Christmas shit outside like I wonder if niggas took their Christmas tree down yet you don't think niggas

took their Christmas I haven't I'm gonna get to it this week ours is still up you ain't took tree down yet i don't think niggas took that christmas i haven't i'm gonna get to it this week still up you ain't took yours down yeah i'll get to it this week bro you took yours down mike i ain't had no christmas tree oh shit you took yours down no they've been still uh lit light bill going crazy i haven't unplugged this this day i put it up it's still just gleaming it's a number right now the fact that y'all put christmas trees up is crazy we got kids did y'all put them up or no i didn't y'all put it up you put it all right okay you put it how about that bitch from amazon it was plug plug plug i'm not about to do all that now i ain't tim allen that tree fake dj all around boy y'all put it together y'all put it back

in the box and then yeah yeah put it throw that bitch in the basement straight up right next to the hot water heater we bought real trees every year I'm not I'm lying

what the fuck I look like by the real tree the bugs get in my house I say

the real Santa what else going on man in the world listen man uh

what should we say college playoff for that uh for the morning show we can talk about that shout out to

Ohio State you was right I told y'all to Ohio State. You was right. I told you about Ohio State. Built an ass situation, man. That shit is light. They fucked Oregon up. Light. I don't know.

We ain't seen it yet. We can talk about it in the morning because I ain't for sure what happened. The first half, it was a shutout and they was up 30. Yeah. 41-21.

It's what? 41-21. Yeah, good. Get what's on. Yeah. But we can talk about it in the morning. It'll be more accurate. Also, prayers and thoughts to all the people who had to go through that tragedy in New Orleans.

Yeah, that's crazy. That's crazy shit. To everyone affected by that situation, they are raising the threat level in the city. There's some possible... I don't know if the game got moved until today. You all see this. But also, they're talking about possibilities of if they don't have it

feeling secure, then the Super Bowl might get moved. So that might be another conversation for another time. They gonna make sure it's padded.

They gonna make sure they gonna pad that motherfucker up. NFL don't play them games. But also, yeah, that's a different city. I don't know if y'all too familiar with

how New Orleans was, but that's whenever they on that type of time. I love Bourbon Street. No smut for me. I hate that that shit happened for 100%. That's the first time I ever popped it up. Oh, yeah. That motherfucker was on that type of time. I love Bourbon Street. No smut for me. I hate that that shit happened. That's the first time

I ate papadou. But. Ah, yeah. That motherfucker was far too south of John Lucas, bro. He took me to papadou's out there. That motherfucker was hit. Still a lot of places

I want to try out there. Hopefully they, you know what I mean? Best food city. I love New Orleans. You think it's the best food city in the world? I like their food, though.

Their papas taste different than ours, too. Oh, nigga, it's not the same Bro it's gourmet on there Even that little right here I don't know You Popeye's in the world Shit

That one right there Into the CVS right there Before you get a burger That shit hit different That's gourmet my nigga Even when they got The rats in there They don't care

I'm on fucking pressure Yeah bro I seen a rat Fly I said fuck it We here now Yeah turn up I'm tapping into the real restaurants

when I slide. Anything on that strip, bro. Anything on that strip. Yeah, we got a slide. Popeye's, bro. I'm going to get that one. If everything else close, bro, give me a three-piece biscuit, dirty rice, gravy,

macaroni. First of all, shout out to Louie's. I forgot so much happened with this pod last year, but the recap with you eating the 10-piece on here. It was him blowing it up. He always making shit up. This crazy nigga just slapped a 10-piece on the show. It was six pieces.

You ate it so fast, bro. It was literally six pieces of chicken. It was 10, bro. He gonna exaggerate. It was 10, bro. It was so filthy. I be letting him cook, bro. I'll let him get this shit off. He was saying 30. What else happened, man? Fuck y'all.

I'm turd, man. I'm in the bottom mouth, man. Y'all give me one for Christmas every time. God damn it. Every time. We'll have one Christmas episode. At least it wasn't this one. Y'all would have got to be this for Christmas we just passed that motherfucker like they do to community

in churches, crazy same difference bro, my nigga's handing it off like here you go again nigga's like this, here you go again man, get that nigga under control why did y'all pass it? it was funny, it was already that was emotion for sure, cause we laugh at shit

when it happen out organically and we don't know, it be so funny sure. Because we laugh at shit when it happened out of, organically, and we don't know. It'd be so funny because like, we really laugh at shit and make shit 10 times worse and people don't even know what's going on.

Yeah, I just got in trouble for laughing. I'm just saying, but, hold on. Let me ask you this question. Let me ask you a question. What's up?

When your kids first cussed the first time, did you laugh and then pop them in the mouth? No. Because I asked my kid to go cuss. Okay, but the first time you ever heard a kid cuss? A kid cuss. Well, the first time did you laugh and then pop them in the mouth no because i i asked my kid to go cuss okay but the first time you ever heard a kid cuss a kid cuss well the first time i heard my nephew cuss like he was like man fuck i was like man this little nigga bad i mean don't say that shit

no more it ain't funny no more um i'm just saying but i think it's a shout abuse you know they shouldn't be cussing so when. So when somebody say something unexpectedly, you laugh. You probably gonna laugh. And then correct it. Then you correct it. I'll let mine get they shit off if it was just us.

I'm all about letting kids be who they are. But I'm just, I'm making a point about something else. He was making an analogy. I'm just giving an analogy. Oh, you can do

whatever you want. I'm just saying. Like, my take just on the strictly that conversation is I'm going to eat a little juice

and this motherfucker spicy. One on one. I let you express yourself as a kid. Now, if we're in front of the family,

I'm going to have to tap into dad for real. But like, when we in the car and Bob want to get this shit off, I'm going to let him

tell his story. What's worse? Like, your kids getting that shit off when they rapping in the car? Or, like, you with your white guy? He like, them niggas. Oh, no, that can't happen. No, I'm saying, like, they at a concert. Like, we see a white guy at a concert.

They like. Hey, so many. Y'all have to meet up with everybody in the club. Y'all ain't never been to a Rottweiler concert? No. You said it's one of your guys? I'm just saying. Or have you seen a person?

A person. Like you said, you'll fight the whole crowd. But if you with somebody, you got a white homo, he said, oh, niggas. It's like, I got to clear you, bro. You got to wake up in a Jordan concert. Yeah. Like, what's my bad?

I don't think white people believe how nigga when they in the car. No. Oh, no. They rap the fuck out of that. What dude said it? Gary Owens. He said, I don't say nigga only in the car when I'm rapping.

I don't see you singing Rich Homie Quine. See, that's the thing. People are comedians and they say jokes and sometimes people laugh. Him being stomped out of Tiki Bops is crazy, too. Yeah. Tiki Boppy. You ain't that famous in my city.

Niggas together out here. Napa's a city of we don't give a fuck who you are type city. We love underground niggas. We don't care about high major celebs. I was telling somebody the other day Jay-Z could come here. I will go to Jay-Z concert,

but if Lil Bootsy or Yo Gotti is playing, they might outsell Jay-Z here. Oh yeah, Indianapolis, yeah. And that says to Jay-Z concert, but if Lil Bootsy or Yo Gotti is playing, they might outsell Jay-Z here. Oh yeah, Indianapolis, yeah. And that says a lot about the city, but we have Am I wildin'? You are. Nah. It's the venue, yeah. I'm saying, like, more people will go, like,

our people. So, when I say Indianapolis, I'm talking about the black community. Honestly, white people, they support any concert, especially outdoors. Yeah, yeah, facts, facts. But I'm saying they outnumber us. Because I remember Cloud 9 and Gucci. 55% of that crowd was white.

That shit fucked me up. I mean, we just had Jeezy here at the Old National. Yeah, that motherfucker was, that was a time. But if Jay-Z here the same day, it's kind of like, yeah. I'm saying. I don't know. If Jee But if Jay-Z here the same day, it's kind of like, yeah. I'm saying, if Jeezy and Jay-Z here the same, Jeezy not,

no, you gotta say Boosie. Tigg is just talking about what we support more though. I'm saying, you gotta say, yo, got it.

I can't say he's gonna sell more. Because Boosie and Jay-Z here at the same day in Indianapolis, the inner city. Our community. Yeah, the inner city,

the black, the niggas, and R.B. They gonna see Boosie. I'm gonna see Jay-Z. I'll see y'all niggas tomorrow. But mostly... Not even a question,

but I gotta say, those people probably seen Boosie for the 36th time and they were excited as fuck. They're gonna hang time, they get a fit. It's lit. Niggas is tapping in for that.

That's a fact. Yeah, because it's both old music that you Gonna listen to anyway Yeah They gonna go listen to him Before they go listen to Jay And that's a fact

They don't know what you on That night Yeah And I've never been A supporter of that I would go see Jay And I love Boosie to death Like anybody else come

And it's Boosie I'm gone But Jay Yay I'm cool But I seen niggas Leave Yay concert This one I knew It's my right hander guy In Atlanta Ye I'm cool But I seen niggas leave Ye concert

This one I knew It's my right hander guy In Atlanta I knew Future was different When Future went on before Ye And Future killed that shit Right And then Ye came out

And niggas left Arena damn near empty And I'm like Like that's Kanye West Like we saying My niggas like Man let's get ready To go to Compound. I try to hear

that shit. Because you got that energy already. For sure. That's why though. I really think that's why people live. I wasn't there. I don't know. But I'm saying like I don't want to see Jay-Z after Future. I know Jay-Z is the last. I'm saying though. I feel you.

I don't want to see Kendrick after Future. Because Jay came when Jay came. Jay came after, pause, Jay came on the stage after Jeezy one year. They did a concert together, a Blueprint 3 tour. Yeah, I've seen that here too.

Nah, it was different. I've seen a grown man cry. For the people on that vibe though, we're going straight from... Shout out to my nigga Joe Smith, nigga. He cried looking at me and said, nigga, you wasn't there. You wasn't there. Because he's the same age. Nigga, I'm just telling you. He was crying. Well, that's different.

That nigga had Jay-Z on the brim of his New York Yankees fitted. Oh, that's nasty. Joe Smith? The real Joe Smith? Nigga, my nigga Joe Smith. The only Joe Smith, nigga. That's what I count. Number one pick. The real stretch four. The number one pick, Joe Smith nigga that always wanna count number one pick the real stretch four the number one pick Joe Smith

that nigga listen he had Jay-Z on the brim that nigga said y'all used to write on y'all fittings hell nah that nigga said

can I live and I'm looking at him I'm like that's my shit he's like nigga you wasn't that you wasn't bro I wasn't

I'm like nigga I was born motherfucker I've heard the songs you was I'm like, nigga, I was born, motherfucker. I've heard the songs. He was. I'm like, I know the song. He like, he start rapping it, nigga.

Nigga, tears coming down. I don't think Joe Smith is a bigger fan of Jay-Z than Schaefer. Oh, my mama is. Bro, he had that nigga on the brim of his hat. Give me Brad Schaefer over Joe Smith. Wait, did he have Jay-Z on there or did he have Jigga? Verse for verse. Oh, he had a he have Jay-Z on there or did he have Jigga? Birds for birds. Oh, he had a picture of Jay-Z. Not the words.

No, it was a picture. That explains a lot about him. Don't do my nigga like that. Matter of fact, Joe needs to sit down with you. Give me my nigga Brad Schaefer. I ain't going to lie. Joe Smith took care of me, dog, when I was a rookie. Shout out to my dog, man.

Even though you made me bring Hennessy to every game. That's my nigga. You played in the 70s. A pint or a bottle? Fifth. Oh, God. Young fella, make sure you got that fifth.

You know what I'm saying? Nick got a pint of Hennessy. He's liable to shoot the entire thing up. Young fella, make sure you got that fifth after the game. I had that fifth of Henny

for my dog. Shout out to my man, Joe. I respect, bro. It was like a moment. We smiled. Hey, get Joe Smith. Remember to smile. That was my dog, man. Joe Smith, bro. Full second moment. We smiled. Hey, get Joe Smith. I'm going to smile for you, too. That was my dog, man.

Joe Smith, you're going to be able to get you one of these. Teague was grabbing that OG. I was. My shit was 40, 35. Probably got cirrhosis from fucking with Teague.

Man, what's wrong with that nigga, man? He in good health, man. I just seen him. For sure, man. Get well soon, Joe Smith. Listen, man. We got a great year lined up for y'all. We can a great year lined up for y'all.

We can't wait to share with y'all. Morning show gonna be going crazy as well. Got some great additions to be announced soon. We appreciate y'all. We got some new merch coming out. Got some dope collaborations. We don't want to spoil nothing, man.

We're gonna let y'all know we here. We got some fire guests on the way, man. Fire guests this year. I've been waiting for us to have some guests. We've been in here, you know, chopping up with y'all.

Just being family again. But we got some guests on the way for sure. For sure, man. We plan to have some guests. We've been in here, you know, chopping up with y'all, just being family again. But we got some guests on the way for sure. For sure, man. We plan to have a big year. Hope you do as well. We'll be back next time. Club 520. The Volume.

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