FULL SEND PODCAST - Austin Reaves x Nelk Boys | Ep. 97

Episode Date: August 11, 2023

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All right, boys, we got another full-send podcast. We got a really cool one today. This is like a spontaneous one. We got Austin Reeves in the hood. Random. Random. How did you see this guy's DM of all people? How did you guys start talking?

I don't remember, honestly. Shout out, Stani. It was been a minute, though. It's because I showed love like mid-season. Yeah, that's right. So the hype was there, but it wasn't escalated yet. So you DM me back. Yeah.

And then I'm, like I said, I'm spontaneous. I don't know where I'm going to be. I never planned anything. So this was last minute. now you probably won't respond because you just got your big bag no i'll respond yeah congrats on that appreciate that how does that feel to sign like a deal like that your second year uh i mean it was great um obviously the the 12 hours of free agency was there was stressful but i know i wanted to be in l a i've said that many of times but it feel like all the work that

i've put in finally you know come to the top so it was a great feeling any talk i i saw today, there was like something St. Antonio was going to maybe consider, like, trying to sign you. Is that rumors or? I mean, a little bit, but, I mean, they had the cap space. They had, you know, opportunity. But, you know, like I said, I wanted to be here. And that was the main thing was to get back here. What do you think about, speaking about the Spurs? What do you think about Wemby? I mean, his second game was really impressive. I think it was like nine for 14, 27. First game was rough. But, he's just got to get used to the speed that's the main thing and the physicality but you know my brother plays overseas so he always talks about the physicality over there so i think that won't be as bad i think it'll be the speed for him but if he's what they say he is you know he should he should do

really good things that guy's a tree eh what is he seven-fives yeah something like that's never seen anything like it the first game the craziest thing i seen he shot a when he was playing overseas he shot a step back three and uh tip dunked it like his own three yeah yeah and that's i mean i've never seen that before no that's he's they're saying what he's like the net biggest prospect sense of brawn yeah fucking like that's crazy what he feels about that brawn yeah i don't think he cares okay so then uh also you just launched your own shoe line let's talk about that how do you how does that even start uh so rigor is the name and they i mean it's a new shoe company in China, and they reached out, I think, before last year and, you know, just wanted to do

just a regular, you know, endorsement deal. You know, I wear their stuff. And then after the year that I had, you know, played really well, they come back and, you know, wanted to give me my own shoe. And, you know, I think there's like probably 25, maybe 26 players in the league that have their shoe, their own shoe. So it was a, it was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. So I'm excited for it comes out i think first of august so everybody go by so bro where's that going to be available uh i think on their lot on their website it feels like for you everything happened so quick and one thing i noticed about you real quick is how you play so confidently even when you have lebron and ad on the court like you're you know i mean yeah like you have these two guys so how much pressure

is there on you and how do you play like so comfortable when you have those two like legends yeah i remember I think it was my first game, so my first game, my rookie year, the first game of the season, I got a DMP, and it was my first of my career. I never had one. So it was different for me. And then second game, we were going to be by 30 by, I think, Phoenix. So Vogel was like, just go. Like, it was the start of the fourth. The game was basically over. And I went and played good minutes. And someone sent me a pitcher afterwards. And it was, it was me, Brian, Russ, AD, and Mello, I think. And then you guys. me out there. I mean, that's crazy. It was a picture and I, you know, everybody was having fun with, you know, how social media is. But at the end of the day, it's really just basketball for me. I've put a lot of work into what I do. So regardless of who I'm playing with and, you know, playing with those guys makes it easier for me because they're so good. So that's really the main thing, just taking care of what I really need to do. And is there, do you feel like, I know you've only played with the lakers so you pretty much have only played with lebron but when you're

playing with him is there like a different type of pressure because you don't want to upset him too and you know what he's trying to do uh yeah i mean with all the success that he's had uh you don't want to be you know obviously our first year suck we were you know bad missed the playoffs so to be i think that was the first time he missed the playoffs maybe second um so to be on that suck but uh at the same like, I want it for myself, mostly. Obviously, you know, I care about, you know, I've been with him and AD for two years now, and we've built a really good relationship. So I want to win a championship with him.

But at the end of the day, I really want to win it for myself. What's like the best advice he's ever given you? Just to be myself. I think he's seen from day one, like the IQ that I had, the way I played the game and how it kind of meshed with his game. So it was really just be me. There was no reason to defer to him. He's going to obviously get his own because he's LeBron.

But that was really it. It was just be me. Well, going back to last year, you guys had a good season. Congrats on a good season. Appreciate it. But you did get swept by the Nuggets. What were the expectations going into that series? He's like, you didn't went, like, I'm from Denver.

Okay. I know that they're a good team. But I did not think that you guys were going to get swept. You're a Nuggets fan? Dude, it depends who asks. Okay. Right now. Makes sense.

Right now, yeah. Okay, yeah, as you should be. Now, the expectation was to win. If you go back and look, you know, obviously we got swept and it sounds bad. But if you go back and look, every game, honestly, maybe game won, they were beating us by, you know, 20 most of the game. And we made a run late and actually had an opportunity to win that game. and then two, three, and four were toss-ups. If one thing goes your way, you know, we might be sitting in the NBA finals

playing against Miami, but, you know, it's basketball, and they got two guys over there that are really good, and then their core around that played really good against us. They didn't miss shots. What do you think, like, were there any adjustments you guys could have made? Like, is there anything you could have done to beat them? I think we tried everything. I think Yokic just honestly was on a different level.

I think they made probably six or seven just ridiculous. He made like two or three ridiculous, like one foot stepbacks to the end of the shot clock that was kind of just like daggers. No, he made one in game four, probably with like a minute 45 left. They put him up like six, just a little bit out of reach. but I think we basically threw the whole kitchen sink at them they just played really well what's like the locker room after like a loss like that

like what's what gets said after the series there really wasn't much talking obviously you're pissed off about losing everybody's competitors and wants to win but you know I think from where we were early in the season to where we were late I think You know, you don't want to, you know, take failure and getting beaten the Western Conference Finals. But if you would have told me we were going to the Western Conference Finals in, like, January,

I probably would have looked at you like you had three heads. Why, though? You guys are pretty. The Lakers are stacked up. I mean, we just wasn't playing good basketball at the time. You know, obviously you never want to, you know, not think you're capable of, you know, doing some things and going far. But, you know, after the trade deadline, we really started playing.

good basketball and everything was clicking you know people were you know uh relationships are really building and it it felt like you know we were really going somewhere we were talking about you signed your contract with free agency what is it like watching what happens with other teams so like we'll just go with the suns how they pick up brad beale like do you guys do you look at that like fuck like it's going to be tough to you know match up with them or whatever yeah i mean you pay attention to, you know, everything that's going on, or I would say everybody does. But, you know, with, I think the core that we brought back and then the guys that we added, you know, we have a chance to beat anybody.

But, you know, anytime, like you see, like you said, Brad going to, you know, Phoenix, they got, I already got two or three guys that, you know, really can score the ball. And, you know, it's going to be a long night defensively when you go play them. but we're confident what we got. Yeah. We were talking to Golden State picked up, CP3. Yeah, that was random. Yeah, how random is that?

That's crazy. It was, I was actually doing, we had, me and my brother had kid camp back home, basketball camp, and one of the coaches that was there, he, like, ran across the gym and told me, and I was like, you're probably looking at the wrong, like, I think there's like butt crack sports or something that always puts out false stuff. But he was like, no. So I don't know.

That one's, that was strange. Do you think that those two, like Chris Ball and Steph, Matt, like, play well together? I think they can figure it out because I think they're both two very unselfish guys that really just want to win. Yeah. What about if you had to predict, like, Damien Lillard? Oh, I have no idea. I think I've seen something today or yesterday that the Portland's GM was like, we'll wait as long as we need to wait until I guess they get the deal that they want. want so I have no idea yeah just seeing all that shit like on hatch that's why I think that

what makes the NBA so special is like the free agency is so crazy that even in the off season that there's always something going on yeah you know what I mean and then these guys on social media too like yeah NBA is so different in that way um you were kind of talking about like how competitive what do you do competitive outside of the NBA a golf very a lot I'm probably golf every day I've probably missed, since the Denver series, I've probably missed like four days. I haven't golf. I've probably golfed every day other than that. That's really it. I used to play the game a lot, Fortnite, Call the Duty, but I don't really play that much anymore. You've been golfing your whole life? I started when I was probably like 16. I just picked it up really to get out of school.

And then when I went to college, I really started golfing a lot and kind of fell in love with and started taking it more serious. And you were saying, off camera, you're saying you play Dilo sometimes? Yeah, we play, uh, ever since the trade deadline, you come over. I bet we played almost, probably almost every road trip. And then we play here or some, too. And you guys, do you guys ever get action out there? Yeah, we, I mean, gamble a little bit, uh, just have fun with it, you know, competitors.

What's like the stakes on a game with like you, you and Dilo? Uh, nothing crazy. You know, he, he started probably two or three years ago. Um, so, he's kind of still new to it, but, you know, we'll go bet a couple hundred. Let's say, like, one day you kind of like, you whip his ass a little bit. Is he, like, not giving you the rock on the court? Is that the back of his head?

No, he's not like that at all. Yeah, no, he's one of the most selfless persons of people I've been around. He really wants everybody else to succeed. And, you know, I think that's why we have such a good relationship. You seem like, I don't know, but do you? Do you, like, talk trash out on the court? Not really. Very rarely.

Someone's got to say something to me first. Yeah, who's ever... Who's ever... Yeah, who's ever talk shit? All of Memphis, honestly. Their whole team talks shit. They felt good of beating them in the playoffs. But not really.

I mean, I think you would think more people do. You remember anything specific they ever said? No, not really. And it's not... I mean, nothing crazy. I think at the end of the day, everybody knows like you're still grown men out there like and it can't really just go call somebody you know something wild no i know that shit that shit was funny because they were going crazy

their walkout like on social media like there was so much shit just happening for them and all that hype that it's actually their walkout is actually hard though i know it's but they were also like kind of like getting like no one wanted to see them win but then everyone loved to do that clip yeah so that's true that shit was hilarious is it do you pay attention to like social media and like the playoffs or anything like that i'm not a big social media person to start off with i have instagram uh actually just started a tic-tok page uh golf uh hillbilly boge um but no not really i don't have twitter never really so what ticot's all just golf shit yeah are you fucking with like the dances and shit like that too no i don't know i ain't of the trends do what none of the

trans you don't like pay touch with the trends no not really that shit's whack right what don't don't look at Steenney's TikTok. What the hell? That's what you do? No, it's not that bad. None of that. On that 21 song by Drake came out? Okay, well, that's a little different.

I think like 10 different tip-tacks. You won't ever see me. You rich flex, I know you like that song. It's okay. What do you, what do you bump for like your, when you're trying to get fired up? They really control the ox, but it's a lot of. They know way they trust you with the ox. No, they would trust me with ox.

But it's a lot of like little baby, little dirt, uh, future. thug, a lot of stuff like that. That's your go-to shit, or that's what gets played? That's what everybody plays, but that's what I mean, I like that stuff too. We saw on your page, you had a picture with Morgan Wallen. Yeah. Are you guys boys? Yeah, I mean, friends, I guess.

I don't know. I met him once at the game. You made it look like he was there to support you. I don't know. I don't know why he was there. But I actually was talking to him a couple days ago on Instagram, just about his tour stuff. Yeah, that's really it. You know, he's, from what I can tell, good dude.

Yeah. How, this is something I'm kind of curious about. How involved, like, how often do you see your teammates, let's say, in the off-season or just, like, off the court? Like, do you guys ever do anything just, like, stay in touch and, like, keep the chemistry there? Yeah, I mean, this off-season for me, it was a little different just because of free agency. And I was, you know, a free agent. So I wasn't here as much as I was last year. So I haven't been around, you know, any of the guys really since the Denver series.

But about this time is when everybody kind of starts funneling back here to, you know, go work out at the facility. And you always run into each other at the facility. A lot of people, you know, play cards together outside of, you know, what we do at the court or on the court. So for this year, it's not been as much it has in the past. but about this time for the majority of people, everybody will start going back. Have you ever been invited to a Taco Tuesday at Barnes? I have not, which is crazy.

I think it's crazy. I haven't been invited either. But I think only AD has been invited. I'm sure AD's been invited, yeah. How do you get on that list? I don't know. You got to have a 40 piece, I think. I don't know.

I haven't have 40. No. Once you get 40, you get to go to Taco Tuesday, baby. Well, maybe I'll get there one day. What's one thing you want to improve this season about your game? Really just being more of a playmaker. I feel like I can play the one, you know, at a high level and just really proven that because that's really the position I've played basically in my whole career until like kind

of college in my last couple years. But that's really it. And then just sharpened and everything else, you know, just trying to get better overall. Is there anyone like you watch, maybe even now, but I was going to say growing up, where you try to like mimic your game after theirs yeah i was i always say random people like he was a big joe ingles fan um love c j mccolum's game you know he's not the most athletic dude um not the tallest but you know gets to his spots and there's nothing you can do when he does uh makes tough shots i was a huge kobe fan um so being in this position now playing for

the lakers um you know with everything that happened you know stinks because It was someone that I would have got to meet. But, yeah, I mean, those two are the two that I usually answer. What was your work ethic like when you were, like, growing up? Like, were your parents, like, big on pushing you? Or were you, like, more, like, self-driven yourself? Parents not really. My brother is the one that, you know, drugged me out of the house to go to the gym.

When I was in, like, seventh, eighth grade, you know, I like basketball. I didn't really love it. And that's when he was dragging me out of the house, telling me I had to get better. But like 9th, you know, ever since then, it was basically the love for the game. You know, I sacrificed a lot of, you know, social life going out, party, whatever, to, you know, be in the gym to try to get to this position. I want to ask you, have you seen this photo? What's there with this video?

I don't know. I blew up. Have you seen that? Yeah, definitely. You know what was going on in that moment? Yeah, so. That looks like Stiney at 4 a.m. Just leaving the bathroom.

Yeah, that's, I lost behind me. We were playing in Brooklyn. This was my first year. And I think we were winning about like 17, 18, with like a minute, 45, two minutes left. So I didn't know why everybody was still in the game. And coach drew up a play. Excuse me. And that year I like asked a lot of questions.

So I knew what I was doing. Like, I was never going to give a doubt for me to mess up. So I asked coach, as I was walking out of the huddle, like, what am I doing? And he was like, nothing. You're standing on the left wing and basically chilling. You know, Brown and AD and Russ are going to play this three-man game. And I walk out on the court, and I asked Brown again, like, what, what's going on? And he went into this, like, whole, you're going here, here, here, here.

And I was just like, I don't think that's, like, I was just confused. So that was really it. But I got to the locker room afterwards and my phone was going absolutely crazy. Then he posted it and it didn't make it better. So that was it. That's funny. The Braun posted it? Yeah.

He posted it with the, I think it was like the Avengers. He made like a comment, don't do it. I won't do. It was something from one of the Avengers. movies yeah do you guys like have uh like you guys text or have like a group chat like the team like mess with each other and stuff uh it's more like business stuff like basically times we got to go to places uh you know people text back and forth like you know even memes and stuff um during the season yeah and you were talking about russ because people forget like

you played with russ i personally think like people fans were a little bit unfair for sure like they were a little hard on him for sure but then you go and see he him and like he just signed his deal which i think was two year eight million right yeah what do you like when you see like that a guy like that who you played with like do you think his game is just not the same anymore like how does how is russell westbrook making four mill and these other guys are getting these big bags i don't want to like throw people on the bus like dylan brooks four year whatever he signed with the rock it's like i mean a lot a lot of the times is is really just like situation there's a lot of times you know people might sign for more money because a team

needs that like if you need a two guard and you don't have one you might overpay and I'm not saying anybody's overpaid you might overpay the two guard that you want a little bit just because you really need that and even though that they might not be worth that or they might might be worth more or whatever. That's what a lot of that goes into. But as far as Russ, like, one thing I would say about Russ is, like, he was probably one of my favorite teammates I've ever had, like, always good mood to me. I got COVID in Minnesota my first year, and he reached out.

Asked if I need anything, like, three or four times in, like, a week span. So as far as, like, him as a person, you won't get it better. As far as basketball, you know, I think it's, you know, like you said, I think it was hard here. I think it was really just fit. I didn't think that, you know, what we had meshed together and that ultimately gets to where he is now. Yeah. Because I think he's still skilled. Like, obviously you can't go from being, you know, that to not being good.

Yeah, going off that, is there any player that you played against and you've just like been so impressed? like, holy shit, this guy's got game, like... Yeah, I mean, Yokic is one. He's just so unfazed with everything you do. You can throw a million different coverages at him. His best thing about him is he's so unselfish. He don't care. Like, he has scored 10 points and be happy if they win.

That's really the main one. But, I mean, there's so many talented guys that can't really, you know, pick. You can admit you're not going to it. you can admit that he should have won the MVP. Yeah, I personally thought he should have. I think now everyone agrees, but it's just like, yeah, after watching him, especially in the playoffs, and I don't know if it's just him, but him,

he's just like the most talented, but also there's no other player in the league like him. You think that's fair to say? In terms of how a big man, like, can operate like that. Yeah, I mean, the way that he plays is so unique for a big man. But, I mean, obviously, Joel's really good and dominates the, game in just a different facet it's just yokech i think like we were going back to the you know MVP i think it was just voters fatigue you know he won at the last two years yeah did he went two years this would have been three yeah so for the first i think yeah i think that was you know part of the

issue but you could look at both of them and be like you make an argument for either way yeah i was gonna ask is like back to the social media like pressure shit does like do you ever like read any like DMs after like a loss or something or like something on ESPN like does that shit ever like get to you like a little bit sometimes no personally I think it's funny it's funny that's good a lot of the fun the real funny ones are parlay people um they'll be ready to come come get you if you don't hit their parlay for them uh those are the funniest ones to me but like I said I don't I don't really pay attention to know that tell them about bro right here I'm You messed up one of your parlays?

Oh, okay. He would tell you if he did. Dack. What, you want to tell that story? No, I don't have to, but he may have been one of those guys at one point. Well, I understand. What's been one of your favorite, or what do you think was this year, your biggest, your best NBA moment? And you had a lot of them.

Probably either the one of the half-course shot against Golden State games. or I had a career high, I had 35 against Orlando. Yeah. I had family in the building, so that made it more special. So one of those two. Did you see that video of AD boxing? I did. I actually just seen that as I was coming over here.

What did you think of his hands? He'll walk around and tell everybody he's got hands. I don't really know. I don't box, so I ain't got no critique. have you wait but uh does that does that bother people at all what like like it's like the fact that it's like he's out there boxing and like like the injury shit no i think i honestly think boxing is a really good like conditioning um so i don't think i really don't think that that you know bothers anybody you'd rather be active than not be active yeah you guys are pretty free

to do in the off season like are there any you can pretty much do whatever you want yeah uh I mean, not really. I mean, like, after, like, the season's over, do you go travel, or do you just stay here? I'm not a big travel. I go home back to Arkansas, hang out, play a lot of golf, you know, stay with family. But, yeah, for, like, really until about now from the Denver series, you know, I didn't really have any obligations. You know, it was a little different for me because of the free agency. But, you know, it depends.

on like where you're at in your career do you have because you seem like you don't really the la will say distractions no not really a thing for you in season no not even when you're not even after your your 30 piece games no i stay at the house your dm is supposed to be flying after like a game like that but i don't even know yeah you do you check no i mean if you're seeing this guy's yeah yeah that's i'm not gonna lie this was like one of the first ones that popped up fuck yeah i love that yeah there's a bunch of stuff on twitter done by you and t Swift. Have you seen that? Yeah, it was funny. Is that, that's all not real?

Not real, no. You never rizzed her up or anything? No. Do you listen to her music? Old music. She's got bangers. Old music is actually, she's got bangers. Did you go at Sofi, loki? You wore like a beanier hat. That's coming up. It's like August something. Are you going to go?

No. I'll be in a, I'll be with the Fiba team. Oh, okay. I locked down like 20 tickets for that. Did you really? Okay. That's a check. That's like. Yeah, I mean, yeah. I'm so, what? 36.

Well, we have a suite there. Okay. So we have a ticket for Austin if you want to go. That's a good, that's a good one for the birds. Do you have a ticket for him if he wants to go? The funniest part about all that was is like, everybody, I have no idea. Everybody knows. Everybody knows.

Everybody that knows me knows I don't go out. So everybody was like, the funniest part about all this is awesome being at a bar. And it was. ever, like, talk to her or met her? Mm-mm. Is the whole, like, night flight, or sorry, nightlife, like, parting stuff, just never been an interest of yours? Mm-mm.

I've never been drunk. Bro, coaches and stuff got to love you. I hope so. There's a ton, because, I mean, there's a bunch of stories out there of, like, certain guys that have gone to Vegas the night before games, like. Yeah. I mean, it's real. I mean.

I know it's real thing, too. But has that ever, have you ever seen stuff like that? Or is that ever a thing where you're like, dude, like, we got a game. tomorrow? No, not really. I would say, you know, our team is very professional. You know, when you got a guy like Braun, you know, I don't think you'd be unprofessional because he's been professional for that long. It's like going to the principal's office. You've got to go talk to Braun the next day, bro. That's definitely, has he, have you ever had an instant where yeah, like you're meeting with the coach and then like you walk in and like LeBron's in there too?

No, no, that's not happening. But bronze definitely, you know, cuss me. out a couple times during games. Not it cussed me out. It's a little extreme. Why? Because you were probably trying to go hero mode and... No, it was some defensive stuff, which I've always been coached hard. My parents used to yell at me.

Every coach I ever had, you see yelling me. So it's normal for me. Okay, you're five seconds left. You have the rock. Two people. You're double covered. You've got AD and Braun Open. You can't do this, too.

This is a real game. scenario. Who am I passing it to? Or are you taking a selfish shot? You could take a selfish shot, but you're doubled. First of all, I'm pretty sure I'm not going to have the ball in that situation. It's a crazy situation. I feel like you might.

There's five seconds. Five seconds, but you're a double. I'm probably throwing it to Braun because he can go make a play. I mean, 80 can't too. That sounds extreme, but. I'd probably go to Brock, too. I mean, Brian. But you could get the highlight if you take the shot.

I don't care about that. Yeah. No, I'm fucking with you. That's a tough question. Who's been one of the tougher guards you've ever had? Dame or Jah? Dame gave us 40 and three-quarters. Yeah.

And Jaws just so fast. Yeah. Like, I mean, with that series, he was like all over the place, bro, too. Yeah. He was coming through the lane and looked like he was getting hurt. Yeah, he hurt his hand. So he was out game three, I think. But, I mean, there was a couple charges Brian took on him that he fell really hard.

But he's one person that you literally just can't stay in front of. Like, you can do everything you want to do, and it's just impossible. He's kind of like Russ early on in his career where he could just fly through the lane and dunk. And, like, it's very rare. I feel like even now you don't see point guards that can really do that. And his playmaking ability, the way he sees the floor, is tough. too because you got jaron jackson usually corner cutting uh for lobs and you know the way he passes you can't step up too far but if you don't step up far enough you'll dunk on you um you haven't

been posted have you i don't think so i was having this conversation a couple days ago i don't i'm i'm smart enough to get out of the way actually anybody at the rim do you know i mean if if i need to i will but i'll get out the way bro that's i was watching have you ever seen those videos of people who do it for fun I actually seen one while I go. Have you seen those? Yeah. Where like one, two friends, right?

One friend will stand under the rim and try and block the guy dunking and they'll just get destroyed every time. You're like, you're not going to win that battle. Yeah, people do that all the time. That's a bad. I would never. There was a clip I saw earlier, and it was actually of LeBron that said the first day of practice that he knew like you were going to be a, I can't remember what he said, but it's something about he knew like you're going to be this huge success. Have you seen that clip? Yeah.

Have you ever heard of like the whole of cap stuff? No, yeah, for sure. Do you think that was a locat moment or like did he come over in practice? I think he actually, like I said earlier, I think he was one of the first people that was like just seen the way that I seen the game because obviously he's a high IQ guy. You know, he's arguably, you know, the highest IQ guy that's ever played. So I think we, you know, kind of connected on that side of basketball first before like all the skill stuff after that.

but he likes players that, you know, play the right way, can do everything, not limited. So I feel like, you know, from day one, we had a good connection. And that wasn't one of those moments. Is there any truth to the LACAP stuff, like how he's walking through the arena? The book's always on the first page. I don't know. I was a regular person. It's always on the first page.

I mean, I've seen all of it. You know, he might have read the book. Is the same book always on the first page? No, it's always a different one. So maybe you start an able. Yeah, it might be you. On sports. How serious, do you take the, like, a lot of players take that walk in, like, in their fits, very serious?

I walk in in in this every day, hoodie and sweats. God, dude, you're such, like, a fan. You know what I mean? I feel like I'm very relatable to, you know, just regular people. When you first came in the league, did you feel like you didn't have any respect or, like, it was, like, people were lacking what you were capable of? Yeah, I mean, but that's kind of. I've been basically my whole life. I had like three scholarship offers out of high school.

You know, obviously took a chance. Went to Wichita State transferred. I had a couple offers. But it was always kind of like I had to do, you know, the most to, you know, get to where I wanted to go. And went undrafted. And, you know, that was a rough night. But, you know, we strategically planned it out to kind of put me. me in L.A., you know, obviously with Braun. So it was kind of, it's kind of been like that my whole

life. And I don't think I would change it just because, you know, I think it, you know, helped me, you know, kind of prepare for all of, you know, the stuff that's to go. Dude, it's so wild to think that you're undrafted after the season that you just said. Yeah. But what was that, what is that like when you go undrafted? Like, do you immediately think, like, I'm going to be playing overseas? Oh, no. I just knew I needed just. the opportunity. You know, that's all I ever, you know, needed. And I knew just I was confident

of myself with, you know, the way I play, the, you know, way I approach every game instead of just some games. I knew if I just got the opportunity, then I would, you know, ultimately get to where I am now. It just was a lot different. My route was a lot different than everybody else's. Not everybody else's, but the majority. Do you have any personal goals that you want to accomplish, like this season, this next coming season? I mean, really for me, I just want to win.

I want to win a championship. I think I looked at Bron. It was, I think, game four of the Memphis series. And I think we just had a big win at home, went up 3-1 and was just like, this might be the most fun I've ever had playing basketball. Just the level that we were playing at, you know, you're playing against the best players in the world. And just that, the playoff feeling and just keep going and going and going. I mean, ultimately to win a championship is, you know, really my only goal.

Yeah. How much does that energy change when you go from the regular season into the postseason? It changes a lot. And, I mean, you read a lot of stuff about how Braun, you know, or AD, even AD, you know, their mentality change. changes. Their attention to detail changes because it's literally like everything's got to be perfect or, you know, you're not going to win games. So I like that stuff because I'm kind of like that even in the regular season because I'm not the most, you know, athletic, not the tallest skilled, you know. I kind of have to do that, you know, all year to, you know, make an imprint. Okay. So at the Memphis series, you went viral again because you started to screen. me? Yeah. Was that, I can't remember, was that after a big shot?

Yeah, it was game one. I think I had 14 in the fourth. I had like four straight possessions. I had a pull-up, maybe a three, a layup, and then another pull-up to kind of seal it. And it was, you know, it was just one of those. Was that just off the rip? Like, I'm him, or did you?

Yeah, it was no. It was just one of those emotions that, you know, know, kind of just took over and, you know, I felt, felt it in a minute. Does it ever, like, surprise you or, I guess, kind of scare you that everything that you do, like, like that can just go so viral? Yeah, I mean, it's good and bad. I mean, just because you've got to watch literally everything you do. But at the same time, like, you know, that's the stuff that, you know, ultimately, like, you know,

keeps you growing um so uh it is what it is and uh who do you think on on the current team is like just one of who do you think like the one of the funniest or though who's the biggest character out of the whole squad i mean honestly brawns up there who else we got ruy's up there once ruy you know um warms up to you gets gets comfortable he uh i didn't for the longest time i but I'm on the plan. I didn't know if he talked for like the first two weeks. And then he finally got comfortable and he don't shut up. So he's up there.

But I mean, I might have to say, Bron, just because you kind of put him on this, like, stature that he's this, this, you know, business guy, does everything, whatever. And you get around him and he acts like he's 18 years old, just joking, never in a bad move. food. Yeah, so he's got to be up there. What did you think about LeBron's comments right after the series when he said he was going to retire? I didn't know what to think, to be honest. I didn't know if it was true. I didn't know if it wasn't true. Obviously, I didn't want it to be true because I wanted to play with them longer. So, but yeah, I don't know. You know, you see all the stuff about how they think that it was to cloud the judgment of because we got swept or um all that you know stuff i honestly

have no idea if it was you know um brown does play chess so he's he's a smart man he plays they play chess on the plane no i'm just saying he plays chess in life oh uh he always knows i i mean i play a lot of chess uh yeah i'm the phone my phone oh but uh he placed you went against the computer no you play against people oh do you yeah you there's a app you can play against people what's the guy's name that the best guy i ain't beating i'm not that good no but you know who i'm talking about i guess carlson dude you got to look that guy up he's like maybe he can teach me something huh said maybe he can teach me something uh once once brawn said he was considering retirement no party he was like this is my moment this is like this is going to be my game no not at all

what do you what do you think you would say was your biggest like learning lesson when because you went on drafted, but then when you get into the NBA, like, anything that just hit you about the game, the speed or whatever, where you're just like, fuck, I got to make some adjustments in my game? Yeah, it was, it was like preseason or it was training camp my first year. We had Dwight Howard, DeAndre Jordan, and AD. Those were our three bigs, and I didn't never, I never had a problem, you know, getting by the initial defender. But when I got to the rim, you have to have guys that are 7 foot, 7-1, 7-2 that are actually athletic and hand-eye coordination goods.

So, like, making passes around the rim, lobs, dump-offs was really hard for me at first, and I couldn't figure it out. And I remember there was practices where I turned it over multiple times. And literally, like, I was just pissed. I couldn't figure it out. And that was really the main thing where I had to go back and, like, literally watch film to figure out you know what to do to you know get passes through who's the most like famous person you've ever met at a laker game that you were like holy shit probably will feral oh shit you met him

well i met him i actually met him at um at a charity event that uh clayton kershall does a ping pong tournament and it's just one of the craziest stories that i've had so far uh i was with one of my friends and he was like he's seen him and he was like because I won't ask people for pictures because I'm kind of shy and I don't like to do that but my friend was like oh you got it

like we got to get a picture with him. I'm like yeah I agree. So like he's walking our way and I was about to like stop and introduce myself and then I'll ask for a picture honestly and he looks at me and was like what do you say?

He was like Austin and I was like yes sir and he was like I'm a huge fan and I was like oh shit me too like uh he was like you care like care to take a picture of my son and i was like no obviously not um as long as i can get one with you um but that was the the one that i was like like this is cool that's dope and he's just like he's just like you you know seeing movies he's we talk for like you know five 10 minutes and he's just as funny you know in real life what do you know is his best movie it's got to be stepbrothers

Yeah. I think, I mean. You know what he's funny in his, fuck. Fuck, he's funny. Where's the other guy? He's actually really hilarious. Yeah. Because he's pulling the smoke, right?

Yeah. Yeah, that guy's a legend. He is such a legend. And I also. That's a sick story. One of the, I wanted to be Will, or Adam Sandler. He was courtside. And I think it was game six against Golden State.

And I was like, if we win, I got to say something. And we won, I played well, and sadly, I had to do media, like I had to do radio on the scores table. As I was going over there, our lady that takes us to do the media stuff, took me over there. And by the time I was done, he had left, so I didn't get to meet him. So that's one I really want to meet. That'd be dope. Just go up to him and say you're him or what? No, I don't know what I say.

It just happens. Do you have an arena outside of Staples that is your favorite place to play or you just feel the most comfortable? That's a great question. I'll say one I hate is Miami. I've never played good in Miami. I think I'm like one for 10. I maybe scored like five points there. I don't know why.

I really don't. But I like Golden State. I like Dallas. How different is that atmosphere? Because in Staples you have like your regular guys' court side. And it's really dark in Staples. So when you play on it, like, do you, does it feel different when you're playing in, like, more random towns or stuff like that? Oh, I mean, some of the arenas are more like, they're built more up.

So it's like the fans are like on top of you, basically. Yeah. So those are the, usually the arenas that get really loud. But, you know, personally, I would, not that I don't like to play at home, because Staples or crypto, whatever it is, is, you know, know, you know, the history behind it. But me personally, I'd rather play on the road. Who do you think is like the toughest fan base or is like on the road? Memphis is rough.

You know, they rock with their guys. Milwaukee and actually Denver in the playoffs really surprised me. It was, there was multiple times. But right before game one, actually, as they were calling out our starting line, up it was the place was literally like shaking all right any of these people ever barking on you or like piss you off of what they say uh no not really uh but i mean you do getting you know back and force with you know fans every now and then uh i actually got in the one in uh denver actually game one that might have been game two one of the two uh really but what do you can you talk

about the situation uh nah i mean i i i don't remember what he said but yeah i can't say what i step back. But then he actually, he was actually course out in L.A. And I seen him and I was just like, what the fuck are you doing here? And he just busted out laughing. He was like, he was like, I was just messing with last game. He was actually a cool guy. I don't know who the hell he was, though. Damn, that's, that's scary. He had to be somebody. Yeah, funny.

Wait, really quick, you know what's so crazy who just hit me up? Deloading. Really? Yeah, I swear. That's my, like, that's my, you know you were, you tell me you were coming here? I ain't, no, I ain't talked to him in a couple weeks. That's my dog. Is it cool if I send him a photo of you? Yeah, I don't care. Why just survive back to school when you can thrive

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going biggest golf game ever tomorrow uh i need that i haven't seen him in a while who do you think's up all time yeah how many strokes do you give him though uh like eight to ten okay so he's not that bad if you're scratch he well i think i was playing at like two during the season so he shoots like low 80s though he shoots like mid but he like he's never I don't think he ever really kept his handicap um so he kind of just threw out a number and we just ran with it um but in golf I would say I might be up a little bit but he's definitely took my money in in cards when you play cards wise uh what game yeah boo-ray is uh it's um card game that they taught me honestly no gin rummy you could start

taking 100, then we could, we could have played them 2B2. Dude, he, like, do you do, like, do you fix your lie or do you have some, like, bullshit, like, driver's length sometimes? And scramble and scramble. In a scramble, you can do what you want. You get club-length. But do you got to learn scramble, bro? Do you guys, like, address the rules before, or do you kind of, like, make them up?

It's club-length, same surface. I mean, if we're going into 18-even, there's new rules. In a scramble, technically, you can do is club-length. You can prop it up. Scramble, bro. Yeah, you've got to learn the rules. Damn, we've had some huge-dramples. I mean, if you want to be, like, very ticky, tacky, you know, you can say you can play it down technically, but I don't think a lot of people actually, you know, play by PGA tour rules.

Have you ever played with, like, a player on another team on the road or anything? I haven't, no. I really just played with DeLo and then a couple of the coaches. The reason that I started hitting up a lot of NBA guys is because, like, Draymont has a podcast, Pat Bev has a podcast. like all these guys are starting to do more stuff off the court? Like, do you think that's something? You never do you think that's important? I probably wouldn't get in the podcast world.

I think just because so many people have them. But like I said, I do the TikTok. Hopefully I'm probably going to do a YouTube channel just of golf for me, just because I enjoy playing golf. Me and Trent actually started the TikTok. we'll probably do, like I said, a YouTube and see where it goes. You got the YouTube channel live now yet or not?

No, not yet. It's something that we started probably like a week and a half ago, two weeks ago. You should launch it when this comes out at least so we could say less. We'll put it in the description if it's there, check it out. Oh, subscribe, Boston. Say less, I'll do it.

But you have to play your first round with us. 2B2, let's do it. I mean, we can definitely play. Do you play a lot? Do you all play a lot? If we travel a lot, so I'll go from playing. I'll play like five days in a row and then I won't play for like a fucking month

you know but I love playing I wish I could play like it's so fun I have to say it's nothing better I have to say it's a second grade of sport but what about what about have you played with any tour players no I'm a huge Jordan speed fan so I would like to play with him

actually I've seen another day I was scrolling through Instagram and I really don't pay attention to my stuff so Max Homer's name popped up just because literally all my Instagram is golf and I clicked on his page and it was like follow back

and I was like oh shit I might I might need to follow him back because you know I'm like when I say I'm a golf fan like I'm a huge golf fan so do you watch the sport? I watch yeah you would have definitely

you would have definitely signed with Liv me I mean if they was offering why not especially now after everything they merged and basically they got an extra whatever they signed for just to get back

to wherever they were going so can you imagine missing that bag then you can't be mad at them well because all the all the PJ guys started come after him and it's like I personally thought

like how are you going to get mad at a guy for doing what's best for them I've seen because they did the what was the Netflix show full swing yeah I haven't seen it

is that dope I haven't seen it yeah it's really good DJ was just talking like, he was like in any other job in the world, like you could be whatever. It's like if you could work less and get paid more, everybody's doing it. He was like, I don't, obviously not everybody because some people turn it down. But he was like, I don't know why I wouldn't. And that really made sense to me. Yeah.

I feel like you could be, you could definitely play with these guys. I actually, this is random, but I went to middle school with Wyndham Clark. Really? Which is crazy. That is crazy. Just won the U.S. Open. Yeah, we actually, or no, he didn't go. Me and my family went to the U.S. Open.

We sat on 18 the last day. It was cool. Have you, we just did, I don't know if you know, like, the streamers, but we just did a couple of streamers on our podcast, like Aiden. I mean, I know of Aiden. But these guys are signing like two-year, $100 million deals. Damn. I don't know if you've seen that.

So they just streamed Twitch and they're getting, like, they are saying they're getting NBA money now. I mean, if you're getting two years 100 million, you get, I mean, that's top. That's top tier. He's technically making more than LeBron from just LeBron's life. Yeah. What do you get paid by the Lakers?

Lakers, yeah. I mean, if that's what it is, yeah. So hypothetically, if your TikTok gets popping, you never know what could happen. You never know. That's a fact. That's crazy, though. Two years, 100, I wish.

Do you have any other hobbies? Obviously, you golf? You play chess with your, bro. behind you on your phone yeah we do that um like i said i play the game so i'll probably play more when i come back out here when i'm at home i'm usually just golf and hanging out with family uh other than that i really don't do shit who do you think you've learned the most from from the lakers so my first year it would and he was only here for half a year but rondo um was someone that I was like, like, asked a billion questions a day too.

I mean, just because once again, he's an IQ guy. And actually, Frank Vogel told me when I signed my deal, he was like, I want you to, he sent me by him on the plane. He wanted me to just, you know, honestly be everywhere that he was and just ask him questions. And so that was probably, he probably taught me the most in the amount of time I was with him. Because like I said, I'd ask him probably if we had to practice for 45 minutes, I'd probably ask him 15 to 20 questions. About how to just how to improve your game or like more your mental? Like schemes, like what he coming off of pick and roll, like what he looks at.

Because you're never looking at your defender. You're looking at the weak side help or the high lift guy if he's too far in, just his progressions on, you know, how he plays pick and roll because he was, you know, so good for so long. Other than that, it's been everybody. I've been lucky to have, I mean, my first year, we had probably five, six Hall of Famers. The rest of the team had been in the league for 10 years other than, like, me, Malik, Taylin, and Kendrick.

We were the only four that have been in the league less than 10 years. So we had, you know, opportunities to just really learn from guys that's been around since, you know, mid-2000s. Yeah, I was going to say, I don't think I fucking love Rondo. Like, he's probably one of my favorite players. Even because, like, when he played with the Pelicans. Yeah. Like when I remember when the playoffs came in the season, he was kind of chilling. But he just turned it on.

And it was like he's just like it looks like he's one of the smartest IQ guys to ever play. No, he's, he's very intelligent. and he's someone that's not afraid to speak his mind like if he doesn't agree with something like and he's not he's not problematic at all but he uh he definitely makes his voice heard as it should be because of the way he you know approaches the game and uh all the like you know time that he's done that to you know get to where he was yeah well do you watch anything else besides full swing on Netflix? Any recommendations for the people? I haven't

really watched anything in a long time. When I'm out here is when I do like when I play the game and watch TV shows, but when I'm home I don't really watch TV. I feel like you gotta just come out with us one night, bro. I don't know about it. He's trying to have a big season, bro.

We'll see him on the golf course. What's the night out with y'all look like? Depends. It depends. It depends, yeah. I mean, like, pretty wild. Like, but, like, nothing, you, it's probably some shit you've never seen before.

Probably some shit out of, I don't know. No, I'm just kidding. You've gone out with the team and stuff? Yeah, I've been out a little bit. It's probably something similar to that, but not as cool. I don't know why you would say that. No, I mean, I'm not trying, I don't know. How would you say it?

Like, if we're out, like, at the club, I'm probably, like, with the smoke show, he's working on something and then yeah you pull the smoke show Saturday no besides Saturday there was three chicks and Steinie huh Saturday I wouldn't say but it was it was a lot better than Steinies girl Saturday was like Saturday was like if you played in Miami there was a bad night yeah like if you went one for 12 like that was mine I was playing in Miami it happens that's that's how it goes it happens yeah play better at certain arenas yeah bad nights and where were you yeah Vegas is not your

Vegas is not, one of my worst places to play. Yeah. Miami's actually my best. Really? Yeah. Interesting. It's hard to play bad at Miami, though. Yeah, that's true, actually.

What about your relationship with, like, Jack Nicholas? Do you ever... I mean, I don't really have one. Obviously, the pitcher's out there of him tossing me the ball. You know, set us up. But I don't know him. I think someone told me that that might have been the first time

he's been out of his house since COVID was to come to game was it four and six so which was cool or no he'd come to the Denver series so three and four you know he's a legend I think we got his seats when we took

Hasboolet at the game right? Oh yeah bro did you see him? No I we adapted him up I was about to take out the I was about to take the ball out like five seconds left and I seen him over there and I was like hey this is a once of the lifetime opportunity at the end of the game you had it yeah you should have just ran up

and just gave it to him I turned around before I was about to take it out I put my knuckles out and he smacked the shit out of but that's dope yeah didn't want to ask him for a photo I would have I definitely with Luca before that was before the mouse yeah that we don't say he was with him I you're saying that now I do remember that That was a fun athlete. Yeah. Who do you think is the coolest person you've seen Courtside? Anyone ever just shock you?

Like a re-honour, like a T. Swift? I don't think T-Swift's ever very in Gorside. No, not really. I mean, Floyd's been, I mean, he comes a lot of, like, actually, Denzel Washington, that was someone else. So I wanted to meet. But I think we lost the game. I was pissed off, so I didn't go over there.

Do you see you when Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny were there? I did, yeah. I don't know anything about either one of, to be honest. Bad Bunny looked lost, right? Yeah, probably. I mean, I wasn't that. You were probably more focused on that. Do you like Bad Bunny's music?

You were watching that. I was watching the game. I've never listened, so I can't. I think his music sucks. I like it. I hate it. I've never listened, so I couldn't say it's good. I think Bad Bunny's trash.

Okay. I don't. I would never turn on Bad Bunny. There's a time in place for everything. I just wouldn't. It just does nothing. Some of my teammates were... I can't dance for shit.

Yeah, so it's like it just doesn't do anything for me. Like, I'm useless on the dance floor. So it's just like, why would I ever play Bad Bunny? I mean, at the club, yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't know if that was a lame answer either. Who's laughing over there, by the way? Why are you laughing?

Okay, I'm going to do a different scenario. Not the one-on-one. But you're about to play game one of the finals. For some reason, no one's phone's working. They're like, yo, Reeves, here's the all. What's the one song you're throwing on? Oh, God. That's hard. That is hard.

Take your time. One song. That's such a hard question. You don't have a go-to? No, not really. Like one go-to track? Yeah. You have a go-to?

Not really. Like one? I don't know. Yeah, yeah. What's your one? 22 by Taylor Swift. I mean, that's not getting played. I know the song.

What's the Bieber song you had on on? Innie Me by Beaver. That's what he would draw on. No. No, not in the locker room. For a game, no. Maybe you should just to throw people off and be like the funny guy in the locker room. No, that's a horrible idea.

Can't do that, bro. Time in place. Yeah, time in place for sure. Yeah, like what happens if you throw like Morgan Wallin on on the ox in the locker room? Like, everyone's just scratching the head. Never tried that. Yeah. I mean, not that, I mean, I just don't, I don't play the music.

No. Time in place. Yeah. I'm that guy that probably gets it wrong. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like when it's my moment, I probably would fuck it up. Yeah, no, I would play something that had.

Yeah. Like you said, just play a little. baby you're a little dirk and you're fucking safe how often does uh does like is there like that half game or like uh half time or like post game big speech and post game what like big speech in the locker room not much honestly uh there i will say that it's if it is it's like very like meaningful uh if it's like if we go on like a three or four game losing streak uh and something needs to be said but for the most part it's you play so many games that can't really get caught up in you know one game what do you think's the you had a i can't remember who was against but you had a huge like you had a 30 point triple double i think it was in the postseason uh it was last it was my last game of my rookie year it was against never but that was a regular season game yeah would you say that's like probably one of your biggest accomplishments yeah yeah Yeah, probably.

Just because, like, the people that, like the names that I got put into for doing that, for, I think I was like one of maybe like four undrafted rookies that's had a 30 point triple double. Do you know who the other guys are? Or it might have been, I might have been the only undrafted rookie to have a 30 point triple double. And then one of like four or five Lakers that was a rookie to have a 30 point triple double. It was like Jerry West, Magic, Lanzo, and maybe Kareem or someone. That's a pretty solid category. Yeah, when I heard that, I was, okay, that's, I mean, that was cool. Yeah.

Do you think that anything, any of your components, because you can, I mean, you can pretty much do everything. Do you think anything's underrated? I think my passing ability is a little underrated. I mean, just because I haven't played the one as much. But that's one thing that I think even like from probably game 55 on, which was on more of a display just because, you know, had more opportunity. How tricky does that get? because you basically have if you, Dilo and Braun are on the court,

like any three of you can play the one. So how hard is that to adapt to when like the, like you're pretty much converting into it too or you are at two. I think it's, I think it's really more about feel and understanding like who, who like really who's got it going at the moment. Obviously, Bron is Bron and, you know, he's the guy.

And I don't think anybody, you know, you know, gets that twisted. But, you know, there's, like, even the Memphis game, game one where I had 14 in the fourth, like there was, I remember, I think someone got a rebound and passed at DeBron. And me, I mean, I was just going to run to the corner. And I took off running. And he, like, yelled at me to stop and just gave me the ball. And it was kind of like one of those, like I said, feeling moments that, you know, I had

it going and um if rolls are reversed uh i think that's where like the the chemistry and like the actual like care factor to win takes over like the egos put aside because i yeah when you're hot they were feeding monny walker for sure yeah pretty much i mean he won the game he won yeah he won us game what was that for or something one of those games he literally won us and he literally won us and It was the, yeah, it was four because if they would have won it, went two, two. And if they win that game, they switch back to, you know, home court advantage. How crazy is that for your confidence when you're hot bronze giving up the ball and being like, yo, this is your game?

Oh, yeah, I would say it feels really good. I mean, like I said, just because of, you know, who he is and, you know, all he's accomplished for him to, you know, trust me or. Like you said, Lonnie or whoever's that really got it going at that time to, you know, kind of just take over is, it feels good. Yeah. Fuck yeah. Sweet. You have anything else?

I think it's, we covered everything. You know the name of where your YouTube channel is going to be? Probably Hillbilly Bogie. Where did you come up with that name? Well, some people call me Hillbilly Kobe, obvious reasons. That's a pretty sick name, bro. Yeah, it's cool. Never stuck?

Well, no, it did. but then the people have given me 15 nicknames so it's kind of just everywhere so that's kind of where it come from uh well this will be out in what 10 days what's it a Monday not this Thursday but the next it'll be uh yes we drop every Thursday so not this Thursday but the following so you guys got you guys got to drop it all right links in the description Austin's going to drop it go show him some love go subscribe yeah appreciate you coming no for sure you're cool last dude man thank you fuck congratulations on the season bro Appreciate it.

We're never going to crush it. We got to come to a lot of games this year then. Yeah. Come on. We're going to be asking for tickets, so. I don't care. Let's go. Yeah, I'll pull up whenever.

Appreciate y'all for having me. No, yeah, I appreciate y'all. Good shit. That was dope.