Digital Social Hour - The Untold Journey: From D2 Hooper to Global Star | Brandon Armstrong DSH #790

Episode Date: October 7, 2024

Join us on an exhilarating journey as we uncover the untold story of Brandon Armstrong, the D2 hooper turned global star! 🌍🏀 In this riveting episode of the Digital Social Hour, Sean Kelly sits down with Brandon to explore his unique path from playing D2 basketball to making waves internationally in Spain and Australia. Discover how he navigates the challenges of earning respect overseas and balancing life as a stay-at-home dad with a booming golf content channel. 🏌️‍♂️🎥 Packed with valuable insights into the evolving basketball landscape, this episode is a must-watch for sports enthusiasts and aspiring athletes alike. Tune in now to hear Brandon's candid thoughts on current NBA stars, his favorite teams, and the role of sports creators on platforms like YouTube. Don't miss out on this engaging conversation! Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Playing Overseas 03:29 - LIV Golf 04:21 - Making Money Playing Basketball 05:46 - International Players 06:41 - Olympics 09:55 - Best City for Hoops 10:55 - Jimmy Kimmel Changed My Life 12:38 - Best Basketball Content Creator 14:27 - WNBA Rim Height Debate 16:27 - Evolution of the NBA 20:01 -Brandon's NBA Playoff Predictions 22:10 - Impact of Isaiah Thomas 23:37 - Referee Issues in Sports 25:56 - Sports Betting Insights 27:50 - WTF Baron Davis 29:50 - What's Next for Brandon Armstrong 31:14 - Where to Find Brandon Armstrong APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [e-mail] GUEST: Brandon Armstrong https://www.instagram.com/bdotadot5 SPONSORS: Deposyt Payment Processing: https://www.deposyt.com/seankelly LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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But other than that, it's a good culture. It's a very, very good basketball culture. Okay, so you ought to earn your respect as an American out over there. Got to, got to. Because there's a lot of Americans that come over to Australia and end up staying. Try to find a basketball organization, but it really doesn't work out just because you're American and you're athletic doesn't mean you're going to fit the piece that they need for their team.

I feel that. All right, guys. B.A.Brandon Armstrong in the building. He pulled up in gloves, guys. It's that cold out here. Come on, man. These are my Kanye gloves. I'm playing with me, dog.

It was good, man. We in Vegas with gloves. Of course, man. Man, you've been. I'm playing with me, dog. It was good, man. We in Vegas with gloves. Of course, man. Man, you've been hooping, huh? Yeah, man. I'm trying to, bro. Yeah? Trying to.

That's my first love. That's what I'm known for. So I let people know. I still got it. You still got it? Because a lot of these impersonators, you know, they can't really ball like that. But you nice. You play D1, right?

No, I play D2. Me and my boy Famous Lo's 32, we actually went to college together. Oh, I didn't know that. Yep. And from from near uh actually played with the reno big horns okay it was the d league back then damn i seem old back then uh it was a d league and then from from near spain to australia damn spain and australia which country did you like more australia yeah spain was beautiful i played in madrid but spent majority of my time in australia uh melbourne more Americanized and the love over there is OD like I'm good for there for life like if my family wants to go over there

and move to Australia we'll be taking a look wow it's not too hot there for you no no no no it gets cold man it gets cold yeah especially in Melbourne there their summer is during like December I mean just like February it's like December through February yeah so it's like it's the opposite oh okay so when it's summer out here that's when it's

super cold out there I feel that how different was playing out there compared to here because I know in Europe they say it's a different game more physical

you gotta be able to you gotta be able to have a jump shot because there's no defensive three seconds oh in Australia yep so the bigs sit in the paint yep they play zones

in the paint so you got to be able to gotta have you got to have a jump shot and it's way more physical and they really don't like the showboating americans you know um but uh you know the opponents doesn't but the fans they love it but other than that um it's a good culture it's a very very good basketball culture okay so you got to earn your respect as an american out over there got to got to because there's a lot of americans that come Americans that come over to Australia and end up staying. Try to find a basketball organization, but it really doesn't work out just because, you know, just because you're American and you're athletic doesn't mean you're going to fit, you know, the piece of the knee for their team.

I feel that. So are you still playing right now or you're done? Yeah, I'm currently playing. We just started a TBL team. Yeah. The Basketball League in California, the LA Ignite. Nice. So I'm looking forward to that season.

We got Ty Lawson, my boy Bone Collector. We got a lot of good guys. That's on that team, former pros. Fire. Is that the 64-team tournament that I see that wins a million? No, that's the basketball tournament. Oh, got it. Yeah, yeah.

We miss a lot of – there's been a lot of – a couple NBA players actually play in the TBL. A lot of overseas guys, EuroLeague guys. Like, it's probably the third highest league behind the G League in America. We get paid good. Really? Like, yeah, it's not like no ABA. Nothing against the ABA, you know, but it's like a legit organization that you can use as film to get overseas because it's actually, you know, legit competition and not actually legit competition and not just your local men's league.

Oh, that's dope. I didn't even know the ABA was still around, to be honest. Me either, man. I know a couple teams in Arizona, but I didn't even know it was still like a thriving organization. That's crazy. So I see you've been taking a break from the videos you used to make, right? Is that because you're focused on basketball right now?

No, no, no, man. I'm a stay-at-home dad now, man. I got three kids, one another one on the way. So my golf content is what I'm really focused on now. It's a little bit more easier to do golf content, and there's not many people that look like me that does golf content. Plus, Liv Golf giving that bag. Hey, Liv, you watching this, man?

Hey, come on now. Were you at that tournament they just had here in Vegas? Nah, nah, nah, nah. But I am going to try to be at the next one for sure. My boy Christian Crosby, he's the announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers, the in-game host. He ended up getting signed with Liv Golf. So, shout out to him.

Yeah, they've been handing out, here's a million, here's a million. Like, Oprah times 10. You take a bag, you take a bag, man. Talk to him on my way, they'd be handing out, here's a million, here's a million. Like Oprah times 10. You take a bag. You take a bag, man. Talk to him on my way. That's the Saudi money, right? Man, listen. Bro, man, I need to put things on my head.

Come on, man. I'm with it. Yeah, I mean, because making money playing basketball, you know, if you're not in the NBA, it's tough, right? Like how big are the salaries overseas, you think? It just depends on what type of player you are and what league you are. But it's some really good contracts overseas. Oh, there is? Yeah, man.

They'll take care of you, man. They'll get you a car. They'll get you a home. Damn. I didn't know that. Yeah, man. Yeah, if we'd kick off an exciting football season with BetMGM, an official sportsbook partner of the National Football League.

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Skip it. Prince Fluffy's favorite treats? Skippable. Midnight snacks? Skip. My neighbor's nightly saxophone practices? Uh, nope. You're on your own there.

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were offering me really good Mercedes car. And I don't even care. I got a Honda, man. So when they said, we'll give you a Mercedes, I'm like, eh. Okay. So other countries are stepping up now because I feel like when we were growing up, it wasn't like that. Nah got a Honda, man. So when they said, we'll give you a Mercedes, I'm like, eh. Okay. So other countries are stepping up now because I feel like when we were growing up, it wasn't like that. Nah, not at all. Not at all.

Not if you, especially if you weren't playing in Europe. Yeah. In the big time leagues. But it's gotten really, really well to the point where a lot of countries, they will definitely take care of you in the right organization. But it's some situations that people have been really bad in, man. It's not so good situations. Yeah, I've heard of some people going to Mexico. Didn't LaMelo go to Lithuania?

I don't know how to pay for it. And that was iffy. A lot of those countries, it's, yeah, very sketchy. Very, very sketchy. You won't get paid. You won't get a trip back to America. You got to find your way. So you just got to have a right agent and a good team around you to make sure you're in the best situation.

Yeah, and now these other countries are catching up to us in skill, dude. We just lost the Worlds again. People thought we would win it with the B team. Listen, man, let's name the top five NBA players. I'm pretty sure four out of five or three out of those five are international players. Yeah, Giannis. Giannis, Luka, Embiid.

Oh, Embiid's international? Yeah, Embiid's African. Oh, I didn't know that. But he does have his French. He's naturalized through French. He has his French citizenship, but it's through his wife. Oh, okay. But Embiid and who are we going to?

I don't even. You throw Jason Tatum in? My bad. We done forgot about Jokic. How we forget about Jokic? Damn. I'm sorry. That's so disrespectful.

All those five, all international players. Crazy. Yeah. And we really thought we could send a B, C team and win that shit. Man, listen. LeBron said, man, we got to call the Avengers, man. We got to do this. So it's going to be real interesting.

I'm looking forward to that. Olympics. Man, what? Yeah, in Paris, man. It's going to be real interesting. I'm looking forward to that. Olympics. Man, what? Yeah, in Paris, man. Yeah. But we're old, man. It won't be easy. It's not.

It's not. They're catching up to us. The IQ of those guys is just second nature. And before it was, okay, the Europeans, they can outthink us. You know, they wasn't as athletic, not as fast. Nah, that's changed. It's changed. Damn, they're the same athletic, more athletic,

and even if they aren't athletic, they think it way better than us. Luka, Jokic, they can't jump over this table. And they're over there, the two best players in the league. It's nuts because you watch them play and you're like, oh, I could defend that. He's not that athletic, not that quick. But these guys say that it's unguardable. 73 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds later, and Luka walking to go get a beer.

Nuts. And Jokic going to check on his horses. Yeah. I mean, he plays so slow. It's like, wow, how is he doing this? Man, when you're a high IQ player and know how to use your body, great footwork, and your IQ literally is off the charts, man, come on, man. You're going to make everybody around you look amazing.

For real. You got him winning MVP this season? They probably won't give him MVP because he already won, I think, two already. And it's kind of like he's going to get the LeBron treatment because they get so used to the numbers, like, whatever, 28, 10, and 12. Like, bro, that is amazing. All these guys are dropping 60 balls and 70 balls. It's like normalized.

No one is getting excited about it because it's like, no one's playing defense. Yeah. So, but I think my MVP, man, I want to get some love to my boy, Shy, man. I think he, give my boy Shy the MVP, dog. He's nice. He's doing his thing. He got OKC sitting top four in the West and averaging 30. Yeah.

And, man, them young guys, man, OKC going to make make some noise they're not even talking about OKC on any news channel they're not just because of the market the market they're in so I mean like I said they're gonna make some noise he'll he'll bring he'll he'll bring he'll bring the cameras in there yeah yeah the west is tough man I mean I'm a Lakers fan and I don't even know if they'll make the playoffs this year I'm sorry about that I don't know man you know how the Lakers fan, and I don't even know if they'll make the playoffs this year. I'm sorry about that. I don't know, man. You know how the Lakers are, man, with LeBron. They end up going on a little run. They'll get the playing game and end up, you know, see how far they make it in the West.

I give them the playing game, and they'll make it to the semifinals of the West. That's what they did last year, right? Yeah. They made it to the semis, and they were like the eight or nine seed. Got swept, and then they're going to have to make some changes. LeBron said he's deciding on signing that option. He ain't, you know, to come back to L.A. This is his last year, right, on the contract?

So that'll be interesting. Depends on what Bronny does, I guess, right? Yeah, yeah, it does. Bronny, shout out to Bronny, though, for doing his thing. Austin Rivers made a great point about it, how it's just tough, you know, playing with your dad, being that name, and him just handling it so well. So hopefully Bronny continues to, you know, do better this season. I don't know if he entered a draft this year just because the numbers aren't

adding up, but when your father's LeBron, man. You got pull. You can do anything. Yeah, I mean, look what Giannis did with his brothers. He brought, what, two or three of them? Two or three of them, man, and man, they thriving.

They doing their thing, especially Thonis. Yeah, he's like a meme now. So you played against the best of the best growing up. Which city in America had the best competition?

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Yeah, those two, man. New York, because, man, they dogs, man. And I don't even want to just say New York. Just. That's where you hear it. Yeah. Those two, man. New York. Because, man, they dogs, man. And I don't even want to just say New York. Just up north in general. I played in Boston. And, man, them boys, man. Physical.

Man, listen. Man, them northern boys, they go at it. Yeah. Like, they don't matter. It don't matter if you put 30 on their head, they coming right back at you. And they talking junk. Dykeman. When I played in Dykeman, that was probably my toughest environment.

But I did my thing. Just because you got who i am so they're looking at me like man you can't hoop just impersonator you feel me yeah the crowd it man it was crazy people talking shit man man it was od but me doing my thing improving it i got the respect um of the dykeman uh the dykeman crown the dykeman family so yeah i feel, though. People don't respect these content creators, usually. No, they don't. They don't. But the thing is, I was playing professional basketball before I started the videos.

People don't know that. They don't know that. So, like, it's always fun to be able to still have fun on the court but bust your ass at the same time. Absolutely. Dude, those videos blew up. You got on Jimmy Kimmel because of it. What was that like?

Man, that was OD, man. That changed my life. You know, I ain't going't gonna lie i ain't watching me come before then i i ain't know nothing about watching 106 apart that's some rich people so um just um had the opportunity to be on jimmy kimmel with my boy um kj hunter kj the joker uh via instagram it was dope it was surreal it was like okay yeah you stamped yeah you done done something no one's ever you know ever done before and you made it was like okay you stamped yeah you done something no one ever you know ever done before and you made it to like almost the highest level one of the number one talk shows been on probably the last 10 years probably brand deals up the wazoo oh oh man I was

in but I was in LA man man you here you get a ball you want to go to this club come on man I was going crazy in LA house in Malibu. All that, man. It was good times. Hell yeah, man. Those videos blew up. Did any of the players ever hit you up after those? Oh, man, man. Every player that I did end up was like, man, that was funny, man.

And it established a relationship to this day with all the players. I'm good friends with James, D-Way, Steph, C. LeBron. So they weren't pissed? No, they liked it because it was more like, oh, shoot, that is how I play with a comedic twist. They like, man, do me, do me. So I just kept building on it and just to let them know that, hey, man, I'm not trying to make fun of y'all.

This is just, you know, how I just put my comedic twist on y'all games of appreciation I'm showing you. I feel that. I love that. Yeah. When you look at the current content basketball creators on YouTube, is there anyone you think that is really good that can match up with you? I mean, of course, my boy Max is nice. You know, he was like my little apprentice, and now he's taking over the impersonation world.

YPK Ray is hilarious. He's blown, blown up on TikTok. He's kind of taking over that basketball content crowd for this new millennial generation. Of course, my boy, you know, famous Los, but the guys that are coming up,

the kid Gowie, he's hilarious. Yeah, man. He does everything, but super hilarious, man. It's a lot of guys that's doing their thing and women. That's another part that's super dope, man. I love seeing the women in the sports, getting their sports content creation on,

and they're getting super brand deals and notice because, you know, they can do it on and off the court. Yeah, dude. Someone told me about Jenna Brandy, I think. Yep, Jenna Brandy. She's making bags man but jenna always jenna was around um when i was doing my videos but she just stuck to it because she's a very athletic female that can do everything a man can do yeah her brother um is in mlb as a catcher oh i didn't know't know that. Yep, yep. Played with the, I think it was Milwaukee Brewers at one time. But Jenna, football, baseball,

soccer, golf, basketball, and she matches up with the men. She just had a video the other day catching like 12 footballs all at one time. Damn. Like she putting one ball

between her legs catching another. That's insane. Man, shout out to Jenna, bro. That's my homie. That's the dog. Those athletic girls were always scary, man. Yeah, man.

They were different. And they'd get on the court and bust your ass. Yeah, that's embarrassing. I can't let that happen on camera. At all. I need that footage. I need LeBron Cena to delete all that footage. Yeah, that's never going out there.

And there's always that debate about can a normal guy be the WNBA player, right? What do you think about that? Hell no. Hell, man. Chelsea Gray, Kelsey that? Hell no. Hell, man. Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum, Aja Wilson, man. No. Brittany Griner. Like, no.

A regular person, everyday Joe, playing LA Fitness, thinking, you know, doing his thing. Nah, dog. These women are nice. Yeah. Man, you've seen the video. I don't know if you've seen the video of Liz Cambridge playing against- Is that the three-point shooter? No, Liz Cambridge, the Australian basketball player, played in the WNBA.

She's about 6'8", 6'10". Damn. I think she's about 6'8", 6'9". Busting grown man ass. Post moves, hitting them. And she can dunk, too. Women's sports is revolutionizing, and it's changing the way the game is played. I don't want them to lower the rims.

You feel me? Because they respect the game just as much as we do. And now it's getting to the point where they are able to dunk. Like two hands, girls going, man, I can't even do that. And I have three daughters. So it's like the more support we give to women's basketball, the more and more better it's going to get. Yeah, I did see that debate about lowering the rims.

What did they want to lower to, nine? It's not like nine-five. Does that mean they want to be able to dunk more? Yeah, but that was the—not the women. The women don't want to do it. They're like, man, hell no. You know, because at the end of the day, they can compete, you know, on the same level as, you know, they feel as a lot of men. And professional men, NBA players.

So they're like, we respect the games as much as you guys do. Nah, don't lower the goal. We want to keep it. This is how we've been playing our whole life. You lower the 9.5, they may mess up your jump shot. For sure. You got to redo the whole, some of your mechanics. But, man, keep the game the way it is, man.

Can you dunk on a 10? Yeah, I can dunk. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I still got it. I still can dunk my little Rondo. One hand stretch dunk, throw a little alley-oop, catch it off one. But them things back there, they worth three. And that's what I like.

Yeah, you like the three. It's three more than two. It's a different game, right? You've probably seen it evolve as you played. Because back when we were growing up, no one shot threes. Man, heck, no, man. You got yelled at. We watching games with Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant,

and the max score is 95-97. And these are some of the best scores that ever played a game. Now you see games, man, the final score 132-145. You're like, man, what kind of Indiana Pacers versus whoever. They let, man, the game, it's changed for more for the fans. Yeah, people lighten it up, man. People just set a pick, get you open on a three, and you can't even guard it. Not many sets are being run.

They're running in certain aspects of the game, but it's majority pick and roll. I like what the L.A. Clippers are doing. The way they run their offense, Tyronn Lue. The other day they had a play where they made at least seven passes, barely dribbled the ball right into a jump shot or right into a score. Wow. And you're like, man, I ain't never seen that. That's some Dean Smith shit we got going on.

I ain't never seen this in the NBA. You got James Harden pass the ball, coming off screen, off ball. I'm like, hold on. I ain't never seen James in no down screen before. So it's dope to see when you are able to see those those fundamental mechanics in basketball but man I love

I love the way the game's going really it's cool to see that perspective right because you see a lot of people hate on it

right a lot of the older guys but you're a true fan of the game man I'm a true fan of the game and the evolution of it come on man

we went from James Naismith shooting the ball in the wooden basket we weren't going to do that forever the game's going it's going to revolutionize man to the point where we're about do that forever. The game is going to revolutionize, man,

to the point where we're about to see everybody on the court is going to be six, eight and up. So guys like me, keep working. It's coming to an end soon, fellas. It's coming to an end. But I don't feel, man, whatever your height is, your height advantage, that doesn't have anything to do with it. I hate that report that a lot of guys get is, oh, thomas can't play in the nba because he can't play defense he ain't got man

they ain't playing on them defense like that that much you feel me like and if they are they they they trying their best and they still getting 50 balls on their head so yeah i think people are so good now that you can't even do much you cannot bro like we just said the slowest guys in the nba are the best players in the league so let's think when you get a athletic guy that can shoot dribble defend and jump man it's it's that's something hard to play defense against bro yeah for sure especially when you don't have any help yeah people say the league's soft now because there's no hand checking what do you what do you think about that man i don't want to say it's soft it's just like i said the game is you

know is it's evolving and and it's going to what the fans want to say it's soft. It's just, like I said, the game is evolving and it's going to what the fans want to see. We're not trying to see somebody, you know. I love a competitive person that plays really great defense, i.e. Patrick Beverly. He don't care. He's going to handshake you regardless. He's going to put that forearm in you.

But a lot of guys are like, man, come on. We want to see the offensive flair. So I can see the offensive flair so i can see it from both sides i can see both sides did i don't want to say it's soft it's just no one's about to lose any brandy that's trying to beat somebody up yeah yeah kevin garnett did you see kevin garnett interviewed the commissioner oh i didn't bro yeah it was like a week ago he was pissed really he was like do you think you're gonna bring back the hand check because he's a fan of physical right you know kevin garnett but uh commissioner doesn't seem like like you're saying he wants an offensive game it's better for the fans yeah yeah i mean adam silvey he know what he he know what he's doing and got to do and a lot of guys they start complaining

about the handshake like get your hand like come on man we've been that's what we trained for our whole life yeah you handshake man i'm slapping i'm slapping the hand out of the way going to that side or i'm crossing over moving that out of the way going to that side. Or I'm crossing over moving that hand out of the way. So, like I said, it just makes the game more fun. Yeah, it is what it is, right? Who you got winning this year? You got a team?

Yeah, man. I'm a Dame fan. Okay. So I'm rooting for the Milwaukee Bucks. And I think that is going to be the Milwaukee Bucks and the Denver Nuggets. The Boston Celtics, yeah, they do their thing. I love Boston and what they're doing, but it's just like they just can't get over that hump. They're always so good in the regular season, man.

And then they just, I don't know, semifinals comes around and they fold. Somebody, one player is not doing what they're doing. I don't know, Jason Tatum, he chills a little bit, let his teammates do their thing. But they have a great team this year. So it's going to be very interesting to see they have a championship point guard in Drew Holiday. Derek White has emerged. Man, it's – And they got Porzingis now.

Porzingis, man. Porzingis had like 40 the other night. They might have the best starting five, honestly, in the league. Hands down, they do. On paper, yep, between them and the Clippers. Oh, yeah, Clippers are nicer now. But if we're talking about youth-wise, ah, shit, damn Clippers. I'm surprised because when Harden first came, they lost, like, what, eight straight?

Yeah, yeah, they had to find it. They had to find Harden said, I'm the system. But he didn't mean it in a selfish way. He was just saying, like, if you let me do my thing, everything else is going to flow right. Yeah. You know, Kawhi, PG, they not trying to be no point guard. Yeah. They want to be able to catch, get in that mid-range.

PG want to be able to pull up, do his thing. So, yeah, that's going to be, man, the Clippers and the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. That's going to be tough. I got the Clippers, though, to be honest, if everyone's healthy. Right, right. Oh, no, man, it's hard to go against Jokic and the boys, man. It's just such a good team, man.

Mike Malone is such a great coach, and you have to play defense against them. When you have so many moving parts, Jokic got the ball. You got seven people cutting, and there's only five people on the court. You feel me? You're not used to that in the NBA game. You're used to somebody just standing for an iso ball and maybe having one quarter or having one cutter, man. And that's a big thing, right, because now you're're using energy on defense which drains you if you're running around like when people

guard curry they're running like a mile a game at least it's crazy yeah it's crazy so that's definitely that's definitely going to factor in to when they do play those guys and it's i think it'll go seven i hope so and oh man i got it you got the nuggets still man russ russ and dame none of my guys. They're my two favorite point guards. Yeah. Like, that's why I did the whole video. If I didn't do the video, if I didn't do the Russell Westbrook video,

I wouldn't be sitting here today. That was the first one? That was my very first one. Damn. That video popped me off because he was my favorite player, still is one of my favorite players. And so I'm rooting for Russ, man. I like him a lot, dude.

He gets a lot of hate, and it's sad to see, honestly. It's crazy how you go from one L.A. team to another, and it's the complete opposite reactions. The Clipper fan base freaking love him. L.A. Limp fan base, they booing him. They were torturing him, man. Right, saying he was the problem. He leave.

I told you they go to the Western Conference Finals, they get swept. So I'm happy for Russ. I'm happy that him and his family are able to be in a community and a family organization and he loves it yeah he took a step back too coming off the bench took a step back took the vet minimum he got paid like 2.2 million oh that's it i thought he was on supermax no hell no a few years ago he was though yeah this year he signed for like 2.2 million you gotta understand that ain't really shit when you get taxed in every city you play in. Plus he was on a max before, so

that's a huge drop. He really wants that chip then. Yep, and he's in a situation where he's at home in Los Angeles and they love him. Yeah, Russ has been the game changer for this LA Clippers team. Damn, I want them to win now, bro. Me too. Me too. Now you done got me

Jake. God damn, man. Russ and Dame. lord we gonna we gonna see that's gonna be tough um what do you think about these refs man they're getting some heat is there any fix there or you think it's just human error man it's human error it's some fix also man especially at the end of the day as players we look at film refs you got to go back and i'm pretty sure they go back and watch film and see like oh shit okay i got oh they do that? Yeah, man. Oh, I didn't know that. Okay.

Hell yeah. They got a whole, I forgot what it's called, but they literally go back. Refs will sit there and watch film. The NBA will too. And they'll say, okay, this call we had on Giannis, it wasn't a travel. You feel me? Or it wasn't a foul. And that could change the whole game.

Especially now we got instant replay. Right. You know, we got to do something about instant replay you know we gotta do something about the refs how we do something about the players you know we find the players from you know making outrageous remarks or you know fights technicals we gotta start giving refs technicals

let's start finding refs you feel me like they need something to worry about but they got the hardest jobs man it's tough I mean I've never refed so I can't speak from experience, but I feel like I'd be decent as a player. Yeah, you're athletic, you're good, you can get up to court. It's just, you know, it's human error, and if this is really a foul call or if it's not, if it's a violation, it's tough, man.

It's tough because a lot of players flop. Yes. And a lot of players exaggerate, they make noises, so it gets tough, right? Yeah, and I got to say, man, a lot of refs got a lot of good patients because these players they be maybe cursing their ass out you're like they'll say some they'll say some shit to him and like rep be like Okay, number two foul when the ref really want to be like man look we can square up we get your ass out You've got me so is is it's tough dog. Keep it professional. I will, I think they're throwing out a bit too many techs.

Yeah, that's the one thing I don't. They got a really quick trigger to just tech the players up. It changed the whole way of the game. When you're getting jokish, throwing out the game in the third quarter. Yeah. Come on, dog. I'm not a fan of the dunk techs and the talking techs. Right.

Like, come on, man. It's how we play. Yeah, you get pumped. No one's about to fight each other. Let me dunk on somebody and yell at them. Don't take me for dunking the ball and hanging on the rim because somebody is running under me. Now you're taking me for not trying to get hurt. Some people get energized from that shit, and now you're taking it away from that player.

And you take them up, you change the whole aspect of the game. Energy's down. Yeah, refs got to do better. Do better, refs. Please. You a big sports bettor? I saw you post some sports betting stuff. Yep, yep. I'm signing with Prize Picks.

I do a little, I do a little dib and dabble. Make my little, my player props. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got that inside scoop. You got the player's phone number. James, James, what you going to do now? You chilling?

Okay, bet. I bet. Were you at the club last night, James? Oh, I'm not betting on you tonight. Shit, if James was at the club last night, I'm betting on James. Oh, he plays better? Come on, man. Post-club James, next day going for 50. Damn, so he's AI with it.

Man, what? Lemon pepper Lou? Oh, man, stop playing. I heard Lou has his own section at the club. Man, Lou, Lou, man, that's my dog. Yeah. I'm from the same city, man. Lou. Shout out to Lou Williams, man.

Probably, if not the greatest six man of all time. He might be, dude. They had a conversation the other day. Should he be in the Hall of Fame? Man, from what he did from the bench aspect, man, hell yeah. He averaged 20 game, right? Come on, dog. For like 10 seasons?

Come on, yes, bro. Like, he got a song. Drake, he got a whole song. Drake got a song about him. Yeah. Drake got a, Drake, if you got a song about Drake, you automatically should be in the hall of fame absolutely stamped yeah I don't disagree with that he's not gonna write a song about you unless you're you're like that exactly have you talked to him and asked him if he ever wanted to start uh Lou yeah um no I never asked

him personally but I think he was he was content at, what he knew his role was, that he was going to run that second squad. Because if he started, he wasn't going to be able to, you know, do what he's able to do. Was it, I don't think, if he started, I don't think he averaged the amount of points he did off the bench. Really? Because of, just because of who else is on the court. Right.

When, when he come up, when he got that bench mile with him, he the main guy. Yeah, because he had CP, he had Blake Griffin, so he had DeAndre in his prime. Come on, man. You're not going to score 20 with that. Nah, you're not going to be a two guard, even though he naturally is a two guard, but we're the same size. Right.

So I can come off that bench, run that squad, and the offense run through me. I saw you on Baron Davis' show. How did you get tight with him? Yeah, NBA Celebrity Game in 2016. We established a great relationship, had our first television show, WTF Baron Davis, and I'm looking to ramp up a season two. Oh, yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's been a while. It's been a while. That was 2019, right? Yep, yep, yep. But we've thrown, you know, recycled some clips and people are like, damn, yeah,'re y'all gonna do a season two so me and bd we working on something hell yeah dude that'll be fun three daughters right yeah three daughters wow girl dad to the max one on the way man oh another one on

the way yeah well this would be my third one oh god i got it and you know it's a daughter already yeah we know yeah damn did you want a son or um, I have an older son. My oldest is a boy. I was happy with whatever we got just as long as he or she is healthy. Yeah. Yeah, man. Three girls, dog. That's wild, bro. I love it, though.

My wife, she comes from a big family of girls. She's a daughter of five. Damn. So it runs in the family. Yeah, I think four girls, and they have seven siblings total. Holy crap. Yeah, two boys, five girls. That's a big family.

Mexican, man. That's small in the Mexican culture. Seven? Nah, you need about 16 of them things. Damn, those Mexicans be in the bedroom, huh? Man, listen, fur toe. Fur toe. Jeez.

You want more or you good at three? Man, I'm good. I got at three? Man, I'm good. I got four total. Yeah, I'm good. I got my final four, man. I think one of them got to make it to the league. One of them got to get us out of the hood. I feel that.

You feel me? You out the hood, though. Man. Right, right, right. But it's better places than where we're at right now. I feel that. It's always better. Yeah, man.

But I'm overall blessed and happy with my children, man. And I wouldn't change it. I wouldn't change it or do right now. I feel that. It's always better. Yeah, man, but I'm overall blessed and happy with my children, man. I wouldn't change it. I wouldn't change it or do it different. I love that. Any type of way, man. I love that, dude. What are you working on next? Right now, like I said, I'm working on this golf content, which I'm loving. That's

my next big venture is my golf. I'm still DJing. I'm still doing my thing djing and playing basketball also at the end of the day i want to be the biggest entertainer that's ever done it nice and i think um an entertainer is someone that doesn't own multiple aspects not just that one single thing i can entertain you on a basketball court i can cook personal chef and okay you know with your stomach uh shout out shout to Die East. Go check the IG page out. Do music.

I'm a comedian, so just be able to, you know, make somebody feel good in many different ways. Love it, man. You're versatile. Trying to be, man. Swiss Army Knife,

I think that's what they call it, man. Yeah, bro. It's a balance though because you can't do everything. You can't. You can't. You can't do everything.

People always say you can't do everything great. You know, if you got so you got so many things in your play you got to be able to focus on one thing but if i can do if i can do five six things good as hell man what i'll take it yeah because you got a new audience in each lane and different revenue that's what i do with the pod i don't just have on athletes i have on all sorts of people and i love that bro i love that you have different people different from the adult film stars

from the crypto to your top athlete to your top lawnmower I love I love what you got going on here man I appreciate you for allowing me to be on here bro

we've been friends for what going on yeah bro three four years now we finally be able to like sit down and have a conversation man I appreciate that absolutely dude

where can people find you man man you can find me instagram twitter facebook uh everywhere man at b.a.5 um new golf tent coming new golf content coming man be on the lookout it's gonna be some funny stuff man let's go thanks for coming on bro dotty woods man sir thanks for watching guys see you tomorrow