Club 520 Podcast - Club 520 - Jeff Teague & Taj Gibson on Jimmy Butler-Timberwolves breakup, New York Knicks

Episode Date: June 17, 2024

We’re back with Season 2, Episode 76 of Club 520 where Jeff Teague is joined by Taj Gibson to discuss playing college basketball at USC, the collapse of the Jimmy Butler Minnesota Timberwolves, play...ing for the New York Knicks, and much more! #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:04:09 how you what nasty cool and nasty let's get to it baby i know we out of town but you know i'm saying you're gonna catch that fine you know the working uniform uh it's cool it's late night fuck it the ties i don't know if you're too familiar with his foot game but norman he got the black forces with the white laces on i know you know i'm? You've been around fly guy. Have you ever seen the black forces with the white laces before? California, yeah, a few times. You just knew it was a different kind of dude. You just knew, like, oh, man.
Starting point is 00:04:36 Well, be careful. Of course. Lock your doors. Nah, man, you can't do that. What size you, 16? 15. 15, 15. We'll get you a 14. Ain't running a. What size are you, 16? 15. 15, 15. We'll get you a 14.
Starting point is 00:04:46 Ain't running a shelf size bigger. I got you. Say less. Introduce that nigga though. Yeah, get to me, man. Yo. My right, bro. That's crazy.
Starting point is 00:04:55 My dog, young Nacho, young T. How you doing? I'm chilling, bro. Glad to go. Got my guy in the building, Taj. Hey, it's lit, man. But it's cool to be in Orlando. Get to see some of the guys.
Starting point is 00:05:08 Man, we having an experience out here, so it's cool. For sure, man. We out here in Orlando doing a little bit of Lord's work. Got a special guest on our left. Tenure vet. One of the coolest dudes to ever play in the NBA. Been around a long time. Great scenes, great stories, and everybody speaks nothing but high.
Starting point is 00:05:23 Respect to this man. We got Tyus Gibson in the building. Tyus, appreciate you pulling up on this big dog. Yo, fellas. It's a pleasure, man. scenes great stories and everybody speaks nothing but high respect to this man we got ty's gibson in the building ties appreciate you pulling up on this big dog yo fellas this is it's a pleasure man we're watching a lot of episodes i'm just waiting to see what y'all gonna say today man who the most up person on the show watch it bro you have me a little bit someday. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Is he like that? Come on, Tosh. But being around the Midwest, y'all some of the most coolest guys. Yeah, for sure. You got to understand the temperament.
Starting point is 00:05:53 I've been around a long time, so I laugh with it. I can take a joke, bro. So I ain't going to make you pick. It's cool. He made a decision. It was you. The decision was made. He's well prepared, right? he did for sure man listen man y'all got a crazy order story man i know we ask about you on your preps going obviously you know i'm saying you went crazy
Starting point is 00:06:14 in high school i want to fast for a little bit and i think we know we on the road we get your posture together get your posture that motherfucker got some sprinters on today I'm gonna take it out this motherfucker is locked in shout out to the sweet once upon a time you was making a college decision
Starting point is 00:06:37 that's when y'all first crossed paths man yeah Tim Floyd was recruiting me at USC and Todd was already there and OJ Mayo me and him was the same year. Taj was there. I went to campus, and they like, yeah, everybody get a truck. Taj had the big boy expedition. I'm like, yo, they getting money.
Starting point is 00:06:56 My pops like, you're not going there. They do not do things by the book. I was like, yeah, I need to be there. Taj had it already. I was like, yeah, I need to be there. Taj had it already. I was like, oh, he's shining. The whole time I'm thinking they cheap. I'm like, man, Wake Forest got it.
Starting point is 00:07:14 Wake Forest had no money. Wake Forest had no money. We got some money, but it wasn't USC money. No, Wake Forest wouldn't fuck with that NIL back then. Nah, I mean, eventually. We was taken care of. Expeditions was fire back then.
Starting point is 00:07:31 Yeah. You went to 06, right? Yeah. Yeah, that was elite. Nah, it was shining. You was living different. Nah, it was shining. I got to ask y'all, around that time period, what was them cars that was like,
Starting point is 00:07:42 obviously, we was all the time, we was wishing we could get them. What was that car you was like, I got to have that? Or what was them cars that was like was obviously we got a time we was wishing we could get them with what was that car he was like i got a hat or it was outside that was crazy because like back then the leaky navigator was like the code of shit after me now i wanted um bubble caprice we had some new white shit i wanted bubble caprice i wanted the the h was the h2 the legendary vehicle i had that i had h2 and i had a black one i had a h3 hummer real one eat gas yeah it do and the hoop sessions was legit in that motherfuckers that backseat laid down in that house you gonna get some work done oh yeah you gonna get some real work done study all by room bro by room hey taj i Taj. Imagine this nigga sliding on you with the black forces with the white laces and a Hummer. You don't know what type of time he on.
Starting point is 00:08:29 Taj. I know. I know for one. He down for whatever. For sure. He still good time. He down for whatever in them spaces. Shout out to whatever your situation is now.
Starting point is 00:08:41 I'm saying back there, the 06, when niggas was young, you could have borrowed it, bro. Facts. We could have borrowed it, bro. Facts, boo. We could have swapped it out. Some post. Some roll with it, bro.
Starting point is 00:08:53 That's crazy. That work is nasty. Nasty work, bro. Nasty work, bro. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:09:00 He charged the homies so I could take the Eddie Bowie. How did you don't send him for a little little bit while Todd's got this shit going? That is crazy. I love when we part out of town. Todd, man, how'd you get to USC, man? Shit, man.
Starting point is 00:09:18 Man, I was waiting around a long time. I didn't know if I was going to even make it to college, to be honest with you. I was thinking I was going to go the JC route, if not that damn pop, I was just gonna go straight to construction, just try to just get a hustle, maybe do what I gotta do and make ends meet. But that's how most black men kind of figure it out.
Starting point is 00:09:38 When I was coming up, I was just like, damn, like LA's a little different. My friend's getting kicked out of the house, left and right, a lot of single families. It was a little different my friends getting kicked out of the house left and right a lot of single families it was it was a little scary but i didn't but by the grace of god that last day i got i just so happened to get qualified i did not think i was passing that sat i did not think i was getting those grades i was like yeah it's up when i I got in that door, man, God just worked with you in so many different places, and faith was strong, man, to be honest with you.
Starting point is 00:10:12 Salute. And it's like, especially, obviously, we're telling our age with this, but to hear that time period, how many times have people had to wait for those type of tests, when it's just like a lot of them tests ain't even built for us to even pass or be successful in, like not trying to be on our walk shit, but that stuff wasn't designed for us to better ourselves so it's just like for you to have to wait to that last decision yeah that shit is crazy that's tough i'm glad it worked out for
Starting point is 00:10:34 you but like to get on a lighter side like coming out of high school how much money you think you would have got off the nil even though they paid you a usc but don't worry about that if you would have been coming out right now low ball number at least 500 facts at least 500 facts
Starting point is 00:10:51 because we came up in a time where dudes was really official yeah like when you look at it now it's a little bit
Starting point is 00:11:00 watered down and we kind of contributed to that but coming up even looking back on some of the highlights i'm looking i missed the long shorts i mean it's just this the small stuff about it like that's what i love about our um draft class like even though we we all doing our own things but we all love like we always made sure we showed each other love and
Starting point is 00:11:21 that's a fact but that's hard bro i damn near got everybody jersey in our draft class besides uh ricky rubio coincidence nah i asked him that just ain't never get shout out to ricky get it to you bro give us some he forgave you by now i'll take a Barcelona jersey. For sure, bro. That's right, bro. Show love, Ricky. Show love. Yeah, man. The NIL shit is so crazy because, like, working with some of the top prospects going on now, like, they in high school seeing tickets before they even get to college.
Starting point is 00:11:58 Yeah. And, like, it's so hard to keep them reeled in. But at the same time, it's just like, I'm making generational money at 16. What you really going to tell me? And now they get so much money off the social media sites. them reeled in but at the same time it's just like i'm making generational money at 16 what you really gonna tell me and now they get so much money off the social media sites it's a totally different ball game now i think a lot of that camaraderie is lost because everything is legitimately a business now yeah that's true yeah how do you combat that like as far as like keeping them like obviously you're talking to the young kids like i'm already at this level but how do
Starting point is 00:12:22 you keep them grounded obviously with you coaching with the kids like how do y'all keep them somewhat focused when it's so easy to get lost with this uh me i just try to it's so tough because i've never been in that position to make money in high school so i don't even know how to navigate it for him but i can speak from like the nba experience like try to do this try to do that like as far as like saving and stuff but like to get money at 17 18 i don't i can't help you because i don't know what i would have did at 16 with five hundred thousand dollars i know what i did working at my year with five hundred dollars yeah and that shit was gone them jordan's enforcers was every weekend so i can't even imagine what they're doing how they
Starting point is 00:13:02 feel hell yeah my opinion you gotta think about you gotta look at the parents too you gotta look at you gotta zoom in on how the household is like half these kids not even checking that account moms and dad or either just moms got that account he may be doing his little thing but the parents mostly getting all the money then you got a crew he got he got his uncle uncle cousins a few guys so he already getting trained to be in that mindset of taking care of family already at 17 before you know it he'd be 22 23 popped broke trying to play overseas trying to do what he got to do and nobody's teaching him nothing because once the money's gone they don't tell you that everybody falls back
Starting point is 00:13:43 your homie could fall back off you're just telling you telling them no i i can't i got it right now but he don't know you really messed up like that yeah the money go really quick fellas and i'm on a back in the back a little bit not right now and i'm just looking like man like i got i'm preparing for the next level and i'm seeing a lot of guys really not not there like they really still trying to get back into the league wondering why i don't want to be that kind of guy begging like yo pick me pick me yo please why didn't why can i not just take it and keep it pushing this game is twisted for real yeah that's not that's real and even i mean we ain't gonna fast for too much but being a breadwinner your house if you get drafted at 21, 22, like you said, to be
Starting point is 00:14:26 there at 17, 18, that's an absurd amount of pressure. Because they don't even know how taxes work yet. Nah, that's tough. I mean, you're gonna run through the majority of it, but shit, hopefully when they go to these universities, give them some type of financial literacy class or something.
Starting point is 00:14:42 At least, bro. Yeah. Just give them somebody gotta have a course, bro. That's why I'm excited about what the NBAPA is doing with this, the top 100 camp. Yeah. They got classes. They're going to learn about that. But being around guys like Taj, who's been in the league for 15 plus years,
Starting point is 00:14:57 it's like they can give you that advice. Like him just saying that and somebody watching it going to be like, yeah, that's valuable. You know what I mean? For sure. For sure. For sure. Yo,
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Starting point is 00:22:05 Shit. We had Jeff, man. Yeah, man. Shit. We had Jeff, man. Forget about it. But it worked out how it worked out. Juice, when he came, like, people don't understand how good he was. And I didn't understand, like, money until Juice really got there. Like, I didn't understand, like, the real perception behind money, how to be a pro. He's a freshman, and I'm really figuring there. Like, I didn't understand, like, the real perception behind money, how to be a pro.
Starting point is 00:22:26 He's a freshman, and I'm really figuring out, like, this is the NBA lifestyle. Like, this is how you're supposed to carry it. Like, and I'm not ashamed to say that because I'm always going to give guys this flower. Like, I learned a lot from Juice. And a lot of dudes got to learn a lot. Juice was giving out bread and making sure dudes could eat.
Starting point is 00:22:44 And people ain't going to ever tell you that about Juice. They're going to say, he came, he was nice, he got the bread, he took some bread and left. No, Juice got that bread, and Juice was making sure every man on the team had money. If he went somewhere, we was with him. So, like, you got to look at the whole spectrum of this game. You got to take what you can, take your family with you,
Starting point is 00:23:04 constantly smile because you suck as a boy. I think he's trying to pull you down every minute of the game. That's a fact. Nah, we sure love the juice
Starting point is 00:23:13 for real. So it's good to hear you say that because it'd be a lot of smut being put on this night for sure. That's dope though but you had a chance
Starting point is 00:23:20 to play with DeMar too. Mm-hmm. So like to have like two like premier shooting guards or guards on your have, like, two, like, premier shooting guards, guards on your team, like, what was that like, like, having OJ
Starting point is 00:23:30 the next year? DeMar come in, it's like... The crazy thing about it, I came into the situation, it was Nick Young. And I'm like... Swaggy P.
Starting point is 00:23:39 That's three. People don't understand, like, Swaggy, we had multiple scouts in the gym. That's when I knew, like, all right, if I got, if I want to really work hard, get to the league, let me just try to just be next to him.
Starting point is 00:23:49 And I wasn't one of those guys. I'm one of those teammates like I'm if if I don't know some I'm gonna ask you that I've never been that kind of guy. He's like, I don't mess with him. I just try to show as much love like him because you only got 24 hours in the day man dropping like flies but first thing i had nick nick was the first one to go lottery oj came in i'm like damn we're coming in here so now step your shit up you're gonna have a chance to go to the league oj come in he
Starting point is 00:24:18 leave i'm like i third year i'm like i'm ready to go man like it's not it's not that many girls left on campus you know everybody is like the money is the money is not the same you're looking around your counterparts like i ain't feeling this you look at your head coach like he's still making three four million dollars a year you starving so i gotta get out of here then tomorrow come but that's my brother though it's rest rest of the piece, the pops. Yeah. His pops did a lot for me. When I first moved to California, I didn't know nobody. His dad, one of the first OGs to say, if you ever need anything, call my phone.
Starting point is 00:24:58 If you ever feel homesick, we here. You come to Compton, you good. You know what I'm saying? And I always remember to this day. And then the year that he passed a few years ago it kind of it kind of rocked me to my core but it shows me like you never know who's going to give you that words of inspiration you know what i'm saying you never know who's going to like really look out for you because this man's so confident like yeah i'm from brooklyn i didn't know nobody i nobody. I'm mismatching. I'm getting banged on, gang banged on. Yo, where you from?
Starting point is 00:25:27 Poe. Poe. Poe. I'm right there. Hold on a second. I'm going to tell you a hard-fought story. Poe. Poe.
Starting point is 00:25:34 Poe. We don't let you go out like that, Nasty. Nah, I can't go out like that. That's just my category. That's all my personal business, man. You know what I'm saying? Nah, that's good that he pulled you in the shot. I said pull him, though.
Starting point is 00:25:47 Yeah. We fucking with you, bro. I get young kids back home. I'm like, you know, them young kids. But it's tough, man. Like, I don't know how I'm here, bro. Be honest. Hard work, bro.
Starting point is 00:26:00 Yeah. For a green. Can't tell you. People say they've been in the league 15 years bro for real like each day i wake up and i still get that phone calls it's still like why me i'm still saying that to myself yeah they like when i got the call early in the year i'm i'm on the i'm really watching y'all like i'm chilling the couch i'm like i don't know like every player goes through that yeah like at one point after you get cut that right before the season starts,
Starting point is 00:26:28 you like, I think I'm done. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. If you really work and you be like, I don't know. Like, let me, let me, let me see. And then you get that phone call. I'm like, man, like, am I, am I doing something crazy? Like, am I taking the spot that somebody needs?
Starting point is 00:26:44 You can't think like that because the motherfucker told me, nobody going to give a fuck about your mom and dad. Nobody going to give a fuck about your kids. Nobody going to give a fuck about your cousins. Do what you got to do. Yep. Hunter. Yep.
Starting point is 00:26:58 Take that bread and run. Smile. Run. I love it. Run. Get the bread and run. Run. Who else it. Run. Get the bread and run. Run. Who else has recruited you, though?
Starting point is 00:27:09 Most of USC. Before USC, most of my schools, I wanted to stay on the West Coast. By that time, I had a full hold on the West Coast. It was UCLA, Arizona, Texas. Teams I can run, UConn. Teams on the East Coast was UConn, St. John st john's i had a few but my grades wasn't there i had to really take my time and figure out like what team is really going to like help me like sc was coming through making sure i had tutors making sure i had to get through what i had to
Starting point is 00:27:39 get through okay no salute taking care of the only way they're supposed to. Nah, thanks, bro. And I didn't even put two and two together, but you was at SC when SC football was. Yeah, man. Yeah. It was a juggernaut. So we all was, you know.
Starting point is 00:27:54 Hell of a time to be on campus. They took care of us. They took good care of us at that school, man. I tell you. Shout out to SC, man. I went to the right school for me, but I ain't going to lie.
Starting point is 00:28:03 I wanted to go there, though. I was like, that shit hard. My dad was like, wait, no, no way. I know that was hard passing up on UConn and Syracuse and St. John's. It was tough because you look at UConn, they had Stanley Robinson, rest in peace. Kirk Kelly was raw. They just forget about him. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:28:26 Hashim to beat. They just forget about him. Yeah. Hashim to beat. They had a lot of bigs. And then you got that grace period when you waiting for the signing and you waiting to see who's going to come to your house early in the morning on one of those days on the draft and doing that little recruiting process. And you be like, oh, they don't really like me like that. They didn't show up. So, you see who's really like, I'm here.
Starting point is 00:28:44 I'm here for you yeah for sure for sure obviously going through the draft process gotta ask how was that you know i'm saying when your turn in usc and now you get your big turn in the league how was that and what was that first thing you went crazy on i'm saying are you smart with your money but what was that first like i'm here now i'm about to make that big boy purchase first thing draft process was crazy it was just like i'm already in la most of the women go to my school that hang with all the nba players so i'm already really acometed to like the process but that whole job process was so special because i got to see so many young men who never really had money really come into having money and it was a beautiful time seeing terrence
Starting point is 00:29:23 williams so many different guys juices so many different guys in that drag class James Harden's or everybody just starting to move and be their own person before they was that person and you like you just seeing like all right we starting to get to this bread now you see all right this is a big game now you see grown women coming at you you see Cruz you see everybody just starting to form and that's the process i wish i was a little bit more prepared for because i blew a lot of bread just having too much fun like just just not knowing what to expect buying change just trying to fit the image like you're trying to keep up the joneses and it was a
Starting point is 00:30:04 it was a great time back then it was a it was a great time back then it was no it was no instagram too so i'm tired you was tricking huh you was tricking hey man we was filthy listen we was young I'm just saying. I ain't never heard. See? Financial literacy. Every night it was coming.
Starting point is 00:30:34 Ties were coming. Ties got right. Listen, I still remember our rookie pitchers, bro, in New York. Damn. That shit was, I was like, damn. I still remember our shorts was big as shit. That's crazy. Still remember that day.
Starting point is 00:30:49 Yep. I remember seeing them like, damn, we in the league. Him and James, they had the Bulls jerseys and shit. I was like, damn. That's hard. My jerseys was weak as shit. Damn. That Hawks jersey, it was blue.
Starting point is 00:31:03 It was weak. They had the, you know know Jordan wore the Bulls He like You know We from Nat Midwest I'm seeing them In they Bulls jersey
Starting point is 00:31:09 I'm like Damn that's hard That's funny I gotta ask both of y'all this Both of y'all know Something played for a couple teams What was y'all favorite jerseys? My favorite jersey team
Starting point is 00:31:18 Mine was the Timberwolves We had some hard jerseys That jersey was hard The mom green ones Yeah The Prince joints was hard. Them lime green ones. The Prince joints was hard. The Prince joints was crazy. The gray ones was tough. I still got this.
Starting point is 00:31:31 It was between probably Chicago and I would say New York. Oh, yeah, them iconic jerseys. I just grew up watching those teams. Pretty tough. What about you? Me? Shit. Probably I want some real shit. on those teams. It's, man, big time. What about you? Uh, me? Shit,
Starting point is 00:31:47 I, probably, I don't want some real shit when he was with the Hawks. I remember, y'all seen my big bro, Terrell. He had that motherfucking
Starting point is 00:31:55 Hawks jacket. Them jerseys, that match, I'm like, yeah. The bird. Oh, yeah,
Starting point is 00:31:59 the Mookie Blacklock joints? Yeah, them jerseys. I see you got the Flyers jersey on, man. Oh, man, still to me, to this day, them or the Flyers jerseys. I see you got the Flyers. Oh, man. Still, to me, to this day, them or the Flyers jerseys,
Starting point is 00:32:11 it's still that penny jersey, the striped Orlando joints. Them are still, like, and the Flojo. I mean, from that, I got a hold of the Flojo Pacers jerseys. Crazy. But that black pin striped Orlando jersey, especially back in the day when niggas had the starved joints, them was just different, bro. My favorite jersey of all time is the Lamar Odom.
Starting point is 00:32:27 Which one? The Clippers jersey. That's when he was really Lamar Odom. The one off the court. That's the one he liked. The real hoop session. You and Lamar and the Hummer and the Black Forces? Shout out to L.O. Shout out to the Buddy Branch, man. We can run that two-man.
Starting point is 00:32:44 That's a hell of a big role. That two man is nuts, bro. No assist. We gotta fast forward a little bit, man. You talk about this season. Man, it was crazy to see you playing this year. You know what I'm saying? You was at minutes. When you get
Starting point is 00:33:00 in the game, you get in the game. How was that, man? For you saying you having to like, I don't know if I'm going gonna do it this year to you playing 30 minutes that that blew my mind in a way because when i got that phone call first of all i seen the player get hurt and i'm like i know it's i know this fool ain't gonna call me i go to sleep i. I wake up. It's 2, it's 3 a.m. They like, yo, you got no, yo, you in shape? Tips. But it's like a, yo, you in shape?
Starting point is 00:33:33 Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm in shape. Can you be ready tomorrow? Like, it's moving quick. Like, oh, I'm like, all right, grace period. Cool. But you gonna, be gonna work you in you good pause you're gonna come in just take your time and we're gonna just work you in and get you in the swing of things with the team i'm like all right no problem makes you know i'm on
Starting point is 00:33:56 the court that's tibbs bro he don't care he like stay out there i'm just like yo but you got three young fresh body guys ready to go keep your ass out there taj don't Yo But you got Three young Fresh body guys Ready to go Keep your ass out there Taj Don't fuck up your One thing about Tibbs I'm gonna tell you
Starting point is 00:34:10 One thing about Tibbs He love Taj He like me a lot I was about to say He look He like me I like you Tibbs
Starting point is 00:34:18 Tibbs Tibbs Oh my god I got a lot to say But But Poop And Taj. Bro, for the rest of their life,
Starting point is 00:34:28 Taj, they, Tibbs. Taj Strait. Oh, for sure. For sure. Like, Taj want to go work for New York. He want to hoop. Like, whatever. Him and D-Rose.
Starting point is 00:34:38 Tibbs love me, too, because I remember I told him, Tibbs called me to go play for New York when I chose Boston. He was like What are you doing? I said What are you doing?
Starting point is 00:34:48 We're going to be here For five more years We're going to be In this system Hey work this Work this system What are you doing? What are you doing?
Starting point is 00:34:56 When I see him I say What the fuck was I doing? I got my nigga Pond of the year Hold on Hold on Hold on
Starting point is 00:35:04 I should have went to New York I had a cup of coffee in boston i had a cup bro he said what are you doing you know we gonna be here i was like you right damn and a lot of people understand in minnesota our first year like people people underestimate jeff really was going through a lot of injury. I'm trying to tell you, he could never really fully just rest. That's how much we needed him. A lot of stuff contributed. I'm telling you, without Jeff, we wouldn't have
Starting point is 00:35:33 made the playoffs, bro. Once Jimmy went down, once everybody started going haywire, that's what made Tibbs really like, nah, he different. He different. That's what I'm talking about. He different. And that team, like you said, if Jimmy don't get hurt, Nah He different He different That's what I'm talking about Appreciate it He different Yeah Appreciate it And that team
Starting point is 00:35:47 Like you said If Jimmy don't get hurt Obviously I still had a good season But if Jimmy don't get hurt It's a totally Cause y'all was going crazy That year It was a three seed
Starting point is 00:35:55 Yeah I texted that nigga Before the season I said nah bro You on one of them teams Now Now when I see him When he told me
Starting point is 00:36:02 Taj was coming I'm like Oh shit We got a squad i was just like it was he's like we're gonna get taj too i said damn y'all was hard bro shout out to jimmy man he made that call to me he's like yo where you at i was like i don't know i think i might go back to okc they give me some so what you doing you gotta know yo come like we got some bread yo come i'm gonna make short tips and I'm gonna call you. I was like,
Starting point is 00:36:25 yo, whatever. Jimmy, my brother for life. Yo, real one, Jimmy. Shit, I swear,
Starting point is 00:36:31 I fuck with Jimbo, bro. Yeah. Jimbo, Ty, Jimmy, Jamal, they made my first year
Starting point is 00:36:39 in fucking Minnesota. Unbelievable. Now, my second year, that's when she got spooky. Lucas was crazy. It was, Now, my second year. Oh, yeah. That's when she got spooky. It was crazy. Luke, is there a second year?
Starting point is 00:36:49 Lukey. John was there the whole time. Oh, no. John was there. Y'all had a hell of a locker room. Lukey was there the whole time. John's a freaky Luke. The real Somalian.
Starting point is 00:37:00 John was there. And our team, we had a really good team. Yeah. But, I mean everybody want to get paid you know how it go everybody want to get paid
Starting point is 00:37:08 that's all it really came down to everybody just wanted to get paid that's y'all shit though man as a Louisville fan it was so hard trying to get tickets to the Louisville Kentucky game I know it happens every year
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Starting point is 00:43:51 Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts Taj what I knew he was like different everybody loved Taj if you play on his team
Starting point is 00:43:59 he's the most loved in the locker room he get along with everybody 1 through 15 so we we had a meeting one time and I ain't gonna talk about what happened in the locker room he get along with everybody 1 through 15 so we we had a meeting one time and i ain't gonna talk about what happened in the meeting but he was like all i
Starting point is 00:44:10 could remember you know i think everything funny he was like we not doing that yo son we not doing that the new york came out no son we not doing that and all i could hear d-ose saying in the back like, yo fam, chill fam. He's saying, no son, no son, we not doing that. No, stand the fuck up. Stand the fuck up. I said, yo. I ain't gonna tell what happened, but
Starting point is 00:44:37 it was so funny, bro. Them two talking and they never talk. Like, Taji laughs, Joe eat, but when they serious, like you listen, him and D-Rose was both like, nah fam. He like Taj, he laughs, Joe eat. But when they serious, like, you listen. Him and D-Rose was both like, nah, fam. He like,
Starting point is 00:44:48 no, son, I was crying. I'm rolling on the ground laughing. Making it worse. No, dude, I care.
Starting point is 00:44:56 Jimmy, Jimmy mad. I was like, ah, this shit's crazy. I knew it was over. Very. Y'all locker room was fucked up,
Starting point is 00:45:04 bro. It was messed up at that time, but. Yeah. Y'all really, y fucked up, bro. It was messed up at that time. But yeah, I really I really had a far as team, man. Nah, it was a fun team, though. It was fun. It was. What you think went wrong, Taj? You can speak on it.
Starting point is 00:45:17 Hey, man. Not as far as like the line of far as guys getting money. Everybody was young guys got paid first yeah um we were trying to give they were trying to give jimmy some bread but it wasn't enough money it wasn't that kind of money jimmy was basically like yo show me like i'm the alpha show me i'm the guy and respectfully he was he was the guy that was taking all the big shots setting guys up yeah but not only that he was chastising dudes, too. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:47 Yo, if you do that again, I'm beating you up. I'm like, oh. He was on that. That's what you want? I'll just put Chicago with you, Jimmy. You ain't. Yeah. But then, new era come.
Starting point is 00:45:58 I'm like, all right. When that didn't happen, I said, oh, man. But I thought it could still be men. But as the year went on, that's when it got, then around that time when Jimmy was like, I'm ready to go. I'm like, oh, man. Come on, Jimmy. We bought this. Come on, man.
Starting point is 00:46:14 We got something good. We've been here for a couple years. Don't do it, bro. I'm trying to re-up. If you pay attention to the game, you pay attention to who, my guys be looking out for God. Come. Like, if you pay attention to the game, like, you pay attention, like, who, like, my guys be looking out for God.
Starting point is 00:46:27 Like, yo, come on, I got you, bro. So, when I seen, I'm like,
Starting point is 00:46:30 well, yeah, we got one. Like, facts. Coach got the whole joint. We got a win-fue game. All right,
Starting point is 00:46:36 we, you know, Jimmy's like, I'm out of here. I don't want, I don't want to talk to you, you, you.
Starting point is 00:46:42 Who, me? All right. It was great. I ain't know, I ain know i know he wanted to swing out come in it was just it was crazy but i'm just happy it worked out for him though because at the end of the day we all family everybody you know yeah yeah i'm glad y'all still got your relationships though jimmy jimmy that's my guy yeah we was i'm in the meetings bro It's me bro Now I tell y'all Y'all know how we do meetings
Starting point is 00:47:06 Imagine me trying to convince Somebody to stay somewhere Like Jimmy Come on bro He like T you don't even give a fuck Yup I'm like I do
Starting point is 00:47:15 I do Like Where you going He like I wanna leave You gonna take me What you wanna do Like I'm outta here
Starting point is 00:47:24 I'm done I of here I'm done I'm done I'm done I'm like That's funny as hell I wanted to ask you bro When you got drafted Like he said
Starting point is 00:47:32 Being from Brooklyn Like Everybody want to play In New York You got drafted in Chicago You play in Minnesota You go to OKC You play in Minnesota
Starting point is 00:47:42 Then you get a chance To go back home To New York. What's that like playing for the Knicks, bro? You wake up angry every day. I didn't expect that. Nah, I mean, in a way,
Starting point is 00:47:58 it's amazing, but as far as your temperament and being like, every day you're waking up. Like, in Minnesota, you're not going to see anybody. You're going to wake up, you're going to just go in your car, it's freezing every day you're waking up like in minnesota you're not gonna see anybody yeah you're gonna wake up you're gonna just go in your car it's freezing cold you're not gonna see anybody gonna go straight into the gym and to see your teammates go home you ain't gonna see nobody new york man my first day my first year day i'm in the elevator every morning i'm running into somebody every morning like what what the hell happened go to the truck you go
Starting point is 00:48:26 get a bodega go to the bodega across the street get a sandwich garbage truck guys there 5 a.m 6 a.m they like yo what happened yo then you got people on the street regular y'all suck i hate you every day but literally every day damn good, ain't no, nah, you gotta wake up like, every day I was waking up like, even when we won, I couldn't be like, let's go. I had to be like,
Starting point is 00:48:52 I had to look at him like, I had to look at the fan like, don't say nothing to me. Nigga, where'd you live, man? I was living in Manhattan. Elevators don't get me started. My elevator was stopped, literally. Shout out to the Dallas Hots.
Starting point is 00:49:09 20 stops before we got to the, but that's home, so I'm used to it. So I'm like, every person, like, good or bad, gonna say something. So you gotta have some tough skin. Some days, like, you didn't want to deal with that shit. I was trying to describe to people, like, how it is playing in the garden. Like, I know not playing in the garden like i know not playing for the knicks but when you go there like you want to have the best game of your life like the fans the arena the environment like everybody fresh on the court size girls it's
Starting point is 00:49:36 everything you want and you try to have your best game and i can imagine playing for the knicks like y'all get everybody's best game. Yeah. What's the best performance you've seen? Good question, bro. Great question. The Garden? Yeah. There's been so many. Especially that
Starting point is 00:49:59 fourth quarter. It get crazy. That's a tough question. there's so many guys uh you seen steph go crazy you seen i seen steph break the record on our court okay break the all-time record and he and what's crazy is he was supposed to break that record in indianapolis but he didn't play that game and he purposely broke that in the garden. Man, listen, I seen that man coming in. Hit that one shot. And just, like, the garden, one thing about the garden is, like, it's different, like, they show you love if you real, if you nice.
Starting point is 00:50:41 Like, some cities, they don't care. But the garden, they're going to show you your love love they gave him his grace that was one person uh who who else um sure you seen brown go crazy lana uh trey young trey young came gave us the business oh yeah they made me fall so i was like yeah i had to give him his props. Like, yo. You threw the crossover? Tibbs was like, yo, we sending a double team to help Taj. I said, no, don't send a double team.
Starting point is 00:51:15 Playing crazy. That's Taj. Cook me. Cook me. Then I looked at him like, where's my double team? We'll be tough guy Huh Yeah You thought you could
Starting point is 00:51:28 Guard trade He hit you with that Okie dokie Hey man That crowd That crowd That have you feeling Young
Starting point is 00:51:34 And youthful You just ain't gonna Slip Oh I ain't gonna lie Ty's one of the best Defenders ever Yeah
Starting point is 00:51:42 For sure You remember when we Played Denver that year? Jokic was going crazy. The last game to go to the playoffs. The play-in joint, yeah. Yo, Jokic was going crazy. That nigga Tip said, Todd, you got him.
Starting point is 00:51:57 I said, damn, Todd. It's me and you with a pick and roll killer. Oh, shit. No help. No help. I'm like, Jamal Burns. I was like,
Starting point is 00:52:10 killer. No help. We got to switch. I was like, you got to get back. They thought it too. I'm like, I can't.
Starting point is 00:52:19 I was like, Jimmy, come call Jamal. I need to go out and get your hair. I was like, hey, I'm my father. Like, bro, that's picking real crazy, bro. Damn, that's funny. To see Taj take that challenge, bro.
Starting point is 00:52:34 We get that win, bro. I was like, yeah. Man, the thing that people don't understand, we caught them while they was still on the verge of being like pups. Yeah. And that next year, man, it was nothing i could do just i'm just i'm just standing here just um but players like that like i can honestly just say i'm just thankful to honestly get a chance to not seriously get to stop him because that next year he was a whole
Starting point is 00:52:59 different and guys like him was just i call guys like him alligators tall big paws and they know how to move and then the first move they got that spin him
Starting point is 00:53:12 DeMarcus Cousins like certain guys when they spin them shoulders hit you you can't stop them you gotta play that's why I wanted to ask you who's a hell of a defender
Starting point is 00:53:20 who was the toughest your toughest matchup depends on whatever. Oh, damn. KG Biggs, the Dirt Biggs. The beginning of your career. The KG, Dirt. Dirt, KG.
Starting point is 00:53:35 That's back when it was more like for physicality. You had to be at least 240 and up. Power forward, big. Carlos Bullsza Josh Smith It was always But back then It was just
Starting point is 00:53:47 Unpredictable Because you had Different lineups Like God It was so many forwards Like Josh Smith Dirk KG
Starting point is 00:53:55 You got Stack Then you go West You still got On the arm You still got Powell Then you got L.O. Coming off the bench
Starting point is 00:54:04 Everybody was at least 240 and up Yeah Then now This era is just like You still got on the arm. You still got pal. You got L.O. Come off the bench. Everybody was at least 240 and up. Yeah. Then now this era is just like you got a few bigs, but it's like the top three. But I can say like four bigs off the top of my dome and be he pick and choose when he want to destroy you. He can just really just kill you instantly. But he's just like a finesse till you get a mad. But if you play
Starting point is 00:54:25 it psychology like he all midi joker he's just like i'm what i'm sunning you and i'm destroying you and i'm letting you know like nah you know i'm my love he different it's crazy and i at one point i was like cat is different yeah yeah i tell him in practice, Cat is crazy. Cat is like, he's different. I don't speak high on Cat all the time, for sure. He crazy.
Starting point is 00:54:50 But people keep, I ain't gonna never slide on DeMarcus Cousins. Nah. I'm trying to tell you. That's his favorite player. That's my favorite. That's my man.
Starting point is 00:54:59 Favorite big pause. He like, if bro wouldn't have got hurt and they wouldn't have played with him like that in the NBA, I wish he would have signed that contract and no one else but he was a dog bro that's 23 and 12 easy alligator because when i say alligator i'm saying he leashed over 250 yes he got moves and you can't stop that spin when the alligator grab you he's doing that spin yeah i'm taking you
Starting point is 00:55:22 underneath it's over yeah that's what he's doing right away. I remember one time we played them in New Orleans. They had Anthony Davis and they had Cubs, right? Before the game, we about to play, Tibbs is like, you got AD to Taj. Taj, you got Cubs. They don't fuck with you like that. He said, you got Cubs. He was like, the first person to get one foul, switch.
Starting point is 00:55:49 Cat, Cubs get the ball, first play. Cat just grabbing. Touch. Switch, Tasha. Yo, what the hell? You ain't even try to go at him. You ain't even try to go at him. I started running.
Starting point is 00:56:03 I said, yo, damn. I look at him, Cat, you ain't going to try. He was like, no, no, he had me. I'm like, nah, he ain't going to go on them. I started running. I said, yo, damn. I'm like, damn, cat, you ain't gonna try. He was like, no, no,
Starting point is 00:56:07 he had me. I'm like, nah, he ain't gonna fuck with him. You seen that meme of him hulking up at DeMarcus Cousins? Yeah,
Starting point is 00:56:11 him and Cousins. Todd had to go to everybody. I'm like, yeah, Todd, switch the picture up. Something with them,
Starting point is 00:56:20 those UK guys. They be having something in a beef. was like damn right when i switched on uh cuz i'm like he go to ad yo give me the book i'm like yo what's they problem i swear give me the book give me the book i'm like oh yeah they got beef but that's crazy and no we asked um about the you know i'm saying The performances On the guard You got to see A lot of good ones
Starting point is 00:56:47 This year Close and personal JB went crazy This year How was that To see like the energy Like back in New York Like obviously
Starting point is 00:56:54 They was decent But this year To have a season I had And to see him Kill the way he killed Like that energy Back in the city
Starting point is 00:57:01 I mean Even though we went Out on this year We still beat him But it was just Dope to see. How was that being on the team? I get to your team.
Starting point is 00:57:08 That's my boys over there, too. Ty's fucked him. Yeah, he got him. Because J.J., that's my brother, man. Yes, sir. He can call me any time, any place. I'm running. I'm not packing no bag.
Starting point is 00:57:20 I'm just pulling up. That's how deep it is. But as far as that jb like jb really came up under us like i'm like when you look and you really dig deep into the tibbs thing like god's really got real relationships and like once you break that bond it's over he gonna make sure you good yeah but jb i like he's just a good i want to say i want to say kid because i knew him his whole life but i'm gonna say great god man like yeah you want to celebrate guys like that because he oh like I'm I'm with him I'm with them for that few months and I'm just watching them like I'm used to him being uh
Starting point is 00:57:56 the younger kid like being right now I'm around him as an adult now I'm the older guy in the crew now I'm hanging out we are we are going where we going like and I'm seeing how they move Now I'm the older guy in the crew. Now I'm hanging out. Where y'all going? Where we going? I'm seeing how they move and I'm just like, yo, I want my son to be like him for real. That's hard. That's how we work. Hell yeah. He's special. And to see him play and kill and to see
Starting point is 00:58:17 his reporter he has, everybody's like, you can't do nothing but support. You can't do nothing but celebrate it. Because he went crazy this year. Y'all lucky J.R JR wasn't there, bro. Get well soon, King. Because Julius Randle was there. Y'all was getting sweat, bro. Man, that's one thing about that Knicks team.
Starting point is 00:58:34 Like, I was like, when I got there, like, we sucked so bad. Like, people, like, we was terrible, bro. Like, we just didn't have it in order. We had RJ. We had a, we just, the city was just on us as far as, like, just kicking us down. And they don't understand the level of, like, how we really guys built that up. And Julius was the main thing to get that joint going. He needed to get a lot more praise than what he got.
Starting point is 00:59:01 But everybody, you know, you got to be a crazy mother lover to go to the Knicks because you got to be built different. That city is tough. That city is tough. And you just got to be molded in it. That's one thing about it. It's tough to play. But once you get through those wolves and eyes and really figure it out,
Starting point is 00:59:22 it's one of the best places to play, man. I ain't going to hold you. So, I know, though. I know we going to hold you. I know, though. I know we got to get up out of here, though. What's the dirtiest place in New York City? What's the dirtiest city? Damn. The dirtiest city?
Starting point is 00:59:32 No. Don't do that. What'd you think? Shit. You from there. I want to hear you two say it. I want to hear you two say it. All right, all right.
Starting point is 00:59:42 Manhattan. Manhattan? You think so? Manhattan? I'm not going to let you do the Bronx like that if you think about the Bronx. Hey, man, some of the dirtiest places got the best food. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:59:52 It do. It do. I'll fuck with you. When I say the Bronx, I'll say maybe, you can say maybe the Bronx, but the Bronx is the old school real New York if you think about it. Like, Brooklyn has changed.
Starting point is 01:00:03 Manhattan has changed. That's where Peter Grimes Is from But Legend I fuck with The legend I fuck with
Starting point is 01:00:11 Washington Heights Oh man I hear you We can keep it hoops It's a good food It's a great food Vibes It's a good vibe That's the pro-am The summer hoop session I'm stupid We can keep the hoops. Good food. Good food. Great food. Bob. Good Bob.
Starting point is 01:00:26 That's the pro-am. Summer hoop session. I'm stupid, man. We can smoke for work. Oh, man. All right. We got to get up out of here before we go, man. Ty, we were actually sliding, man.
Starting point is 01:00:38 What you got going on next year? I know you've been doing some contemplation, but we're going to see you on the court next year, man. God willing, we'll see, man. Right now, I'm just at this top 100 camp, learning how to coach these kids. Just letting God lead me and just trying to have as much fun as I can. We can't take this for granted. Every day I wake up, man, I'm just trying to just smile, man, because I did not think I was going to be here.
Starting point is 01:01:01 So if I get the call, I'm calling y'all for sure. For sure, my dog. Listen, man, we're going to have to do this to be here. So if I get the call, I'm calling y'all for sure. For sure. My dog. Listen, man, we're going to have to do this again, man. Had too much fun, man. We're going to get up out of here, be here, tell the people they can grab some merch at. ShopClub520.com, baby, for your latest merch.
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