Gil's Arena - Trae Young Wants TO PROVE Everyone Wrong

Episode Date: August 5, 2023

Trae Young joins Gil’s Arena where he discusses being an NBA Villain, playing against his idols Steph Curry and Kevin Durant and the Future For his Career with the Atlanta Hawks. Gil’s Arena prem...ieres every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Sign up for Underdog Fantasy HERE with promo code GILSARENA and get a $100 first deposit match: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gil's-arena SUBSCRIBE:  / @gilsarena   APPAREL PARTNERS TUFF CROWD: https://www.tuffcrowd.com/ ADIDAS: https://www.adidas.com/us/agent-gil-restomod-basketball-shoes/ Gr8ness: https://www.gr8nss.store/ Pre-Order Rashad's Book Here - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD9ZQ3HD?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 CHAPTERS: 00:00 Trae Young Enters Gil’s Arena 01:28 How Fatherhood Has Changed Trae’s Perspective02:50 Trae Young On Being The Villain08:44 Who Does Trae Look Up To?11:56 Trae Talks Memes 13:10 How Quinn Snyder Has Elevated Trae’s Game 14:16 Future For The Atlanta Hawks16:14 Which Players Bring The Best Out Of Trae18:20 What Grade Would Trae Give His Career19:56 How Does Trae Want To Be Remembered21:21 Gil’s Advice To Trae 23:22 Toughest and Most Fun Players To Guard 25:11 Trae’s Hopes To Play For Team USA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:47 We're doing it here too. Whoop, whoop! Yeah. All right. As you can see, we stepped out of the arena. We had to come pull up on Adidas 3SSB All-American Camp for a very, very special guest. We're excited to have this man in this makeshift arena.
Starting point is 00:01:00 We got Trey Young with us. What's up with you, bro? What's up, my guys? Y'all doing all right? I'm happy to be here. I wish was had the little the jungle right here for real i'm gonna pull up again we're gonna do it real way too so we're out here at the all-american camp you were playing with some high schoolers just want to make sure we ain't got to confiscate any footage you was out there all right you had to let them know what it was come on man you ain't
Starting point is 00:01:19 gotta yeah you can keep up all the clips just know if you post mine i'm gonna post yours that's all it is. So you just got married this summer, had your first child last year, second one on the way. So how has just your perspective on life and the game changed now that you're veering into grown-ass man territory? Man, it's changed a lot from coming into the league at 19 and trying to get to that next contract and trying to focus on that.
Starting point is 00:01:46 And now having a kid like it's like your whole perspective changes with everything, like certain things that used to matter don't necessarily matter as much anymore or certain things that matter to you may matter even more to you. So like for me, basketball just means more to me now because I have more of a platform. I want to make sure I'm doing the right thing so when my son sees me, when he gets older, he has the right thing to follow. You know the funny thing about kids, right? By the time you're done, they're not going to know your career. Right?
Starting point is 00:02:19 Like I played, my son came to the game, and I remember my son asked me Halloween. They had the Halloween stuff. Someone had the jersey on, right? And he was like, why do you have my name on your back? I was like, oh, my favorite player, Gilbert Arenas. He was like, my dad's name is Gilbert. He don't play basketball, though. And I'm like, damn, all the hard work.
Starting point is 00:02:42 Him up there, didn't even know I played basketball. You got to be showing some highlights. You got to be from the jump. So, it used to be when my pops was VHS tapes. Now, y'all got YouTube. It lives on forever. So, you got it. They can just hop online and check it out. It's a little bit more easy to access.
Starting point is 00:02:55 So, we got to talk about last season a little bit. I'm sure you've watched, Gil, and watched the clips. But you were voted 12th best guard in the East by some players. Didn't want to put their name on it. Gil said they all needed to be drug tested So we still trying to hit up Adam Silver to get that back. We don't know what's going on Yeah, you just did Draymond's power recently. You really said it's not ancient fun being the villain Mm-hmm. So, you know just want to know why did you make these ninjas so mad?
Starting point is 00:03:19 Like where's all the hate come from man? I I don't know you let you find out let me know i'm gonna do some digging but uh no i mean for me like i just like even on that like certain lists like it's just like people try to put my name out there if you look at it deeply like i may look at it for five seconds because somebody sent it to me or my homies seeing it and send it to me and i'm like i'll look at it and be like there's only 58 people that voted. There's 450 players in the league. So, there's only 58. I'm sure it's not the guys that I'm really on the court with, for real, that I'm competing against.
Starting point is 00:03:54 So, for me, I don't really care about it. I know what I bring to the team. I know what I bring to the table. Like I said on Dre's podcast, the real ones know and real ones get it, what I bring, and I just try to win and hoop. Man, when they said 12, I said 12. I can't even count 12. Like who's in East again? 12. But what was funny is you had
Starting point is 00:04:12 fans, was it six? And media had you at five. So it's like, oh, they just got your ass busted. You still can't. Yeah, he messed your night up, huh? Yeah. Well, you're talking about All-Star, right? So that's I mean, that's the thing. I haven't been an all-star unless I'm voted as a starter.
Starting point is 00:04:29 So, like, I've been. And then two years that I didn't make it, and it was left into the coach's hands. Like, I mean, I didn't make it. But, I mean, I don't know why I didn't, to be honest with you, if you look at the seasons. And I was winning more in the seasons than I did when I was an all-star starter, but it was just because the fans voted me in.
Starting point is 00:04:47 So, I mean, I just come to the realization if I ain't voted in as a starter, who knows if I'll be in. But I don't really worry about it too much. Man, no. Like, no. Like, listen, that's the one thing that I hate about all-star voting, right, from the coaches. We can't see who's voting for who and i need to see
Starting point is 00:05:06 because you know just like you there was a year where i i was averaging 29 29 um my team is fifth and didn't get voted in and i'm sitting here like who who right and that's when they did the whole detroit pistons little thing and they got all them goofballs and you know, and I'm just... Like, it was like, y'all was, y'all good, but you know, the same world, you're all stars and then you got like two players that team is last and they're in there because of that position. And I was like, no, no, no, let me see who voted. And I told the coach, like, y'all didn't vote for me, y'all getting, I'm in trouble. Then I started sending them fruit baskets. Word? Oh yeah, no, no, no, let me see who voted. And I told the coach, like, y'all didn't vote for me. Y'all get it, yeah, I'm in trouble.
Starting point is 00:05:45 Then I started sending ass fruit baskets. Oh, word? Oh, yeah, no, no, yeah, I sent fruit baskets. Yeah, yeah, I just want y'all, the only player that's sending fruit baskets, yeah, thank you for your vote, even though you didn't vote for me. What kind of fruits, Gil?
Starting point is 00:05:57 Elaborate shit, like papayas, like gourmet? Okay. Yeah, nah, like, so when it come down to these two players, you know, you get a fruit basket with me, you give that to your wife for your special work on the side. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I give you fruit baskets. I hear you.
Starting point is 00:06:10 So obviously nobody likes being the villain. I mean, I remember watching Knicks beat the Celtics double overtime. You're not even in the city, and they're thinking about you. You're on their mind. But do you look at how people kind of come at you as a sign of respect for you and your game? Because you torment fan bases, brother. Like, many sleepless nights, you're living rent-free in their head. For sure, for sure.
Starting point is 00:06:31 I mean, I look at those, like, booze and FU champs. All that stuff is, like, overrated. Like, you ain't saying I'm overrated unless I'm actually doing something on the court. So, like, I use that as, like, a sign of respect for sure. And for me, I know a lot of Oklahoma fans, they'd be mad I say this, but I look up to KD a lot. Like, so seeing him go through all the like stuff he went through when he left and coming back,
Starting point is 00:06:54 I was at that game when everybody in the arena wearing cupcakes and everything. Like I didn't see him like, but I feel like that's a sign of respect. Like, I feel like when you do that, like, people obviously care about what you're doing, like, and just hooping. So, I mean, as a hooper in that situation, you can't do nothing, but just, just keep doing what you're doing. Cause you know, it's going to come with it.
Starting point is 00:07:14 It's exciting. It's like, I mean, you know, when you see, you know, like what you're doing versus like the respect, cause that's what I said. I I was that player right that you know, you're the numbers that matter right? So like with me, you don't talk shit, right? Like I understood like when I didn't get voted. I'm like, so I just started putting words to it right after all-star break, you know, I was as I said, I'm gonna be the East Coast Assassin average the same shit then do nothing
Starting point is 00:07:43 did not a point more not a half a point the same exact. Oh, not a point more, not a half a point, the same exact, oh, he's living up to his word. Oh, man, he's the greatest. Made second, didn't make the All-Star, made second team. That's all y'all stupid.
Starting point is 00:07:53 See? It's really about, like, it's a narrative thing. It's like just what you say and, like, you're right. Like, I'm not always out there, like, just saying whatever and just trying to be out there
Starting point is 00:08:03 front page. Like, if I was, maybe people would respect my game a little bit more and things like that but like i'm just going to continue to do it how i do it and um it's going to be respecting once i won the championship and i know that is what it is but that's just how i feel about it you're gonna do that in atlanta who knows man they didn't think we was going to get to the conference final. No, I'm just saying. It's okay. Who's the owner?
Starting point is 00:08:26 You got money? You know, they got to pay. You got to pay to get the championships. They got good chicken wings. They're going to have a whole strip club team. Stadiums are too close together. I'm going to keep it real. Stadiums too close together.
Starting point is 00:08:38 I need some more. You need James Harden. You got the whole strip club crew. They got the wing there. I mean, they got, you know, Jeezy performing at halftime. They got good shit going out there You got the whole strip club. They got the wind can. I mean, they got, you know, Jeezy performing at halftime. They got good shit going out there. And the Hawks playing exceptional basketball. So you talked about, Katie, obviously, you being from Oklahoma.
Starting point is 00:08:54 What's your relationship like with him? You're turning into kind of an OG now, which is crazy to say, because you're still young. But who are your OGs that you look up to and just, you know, ask for advice just to help you navigate being a professional? Man, I mean, I had a lot of guys that, like, I had met growing up as a kid. Damn, someone needs to turn off their song. This is Gil's Arena.
Starting point is 00:09:16 We, you know, A.D. can crack. A.D. can crack. But, no, I just, I remember being as a kid, like, meeting a lot of people from, like guys like Kyrie, Chris Paul, when he played with the Oklahoma City Hornets, coming over. My dad played against Chauncey Billups, so I was able to meet him when I was a kid and just follow those guys. But obviously, Russ and KD, I was there whenever they moved over.
Starting point is 00:09:40 James moved over from Seattle over to OKC. I've been just following those type of guys. And Kyrie, like, there's a lot of guys and guards I look up to, especially from a distance, and I follow. And I'm always listening whenever they give me words and stuff like that. Your high school, that, your highlight reel. Like, the shit was unreal. Like, what was your mindset?
Starting point is 00:10:06 Like, you know what I mean? Like, what was your mindset in high school just to do things you were just doing? Well, for me, like, one of the things I'll never forget my dad telling me, like, early, like, and it just sounded crazy. I think it was in middle school. I was killing a lot of guys in middle school in my area. And I was just, he told me, he was like, you can't score 10 points a quarter. And I'm like, it hit me. Like, you can't score 10 points a quarter, and I, like, it hit me, like, you can't, you can't score two threes, go get a layup, and get fouled, that's 10 points, like,
Starting point is 00:10:30 and if I'm playing the whole game, it's not like I'm getting taken out, it's like, so, like, in high school, I really wasn't getting taken out, especially my junior and senior years, and, like, and so, like, averaging 40 my senior year, like, it's crazy, but, like, in my head, it's like I knew I could score 10 points a quarter, like, without and still get everybody the ball because I know the ball's in my hand, I'm playing the whole game, and, like, I can just go do that. I can hit two threes or I can get three layups, and there's going to be a quarter where I may get 15 or 17. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:10:58 So, like, those are where you have those big games, and they just happen naturally if you, like, have that certain mindset. Like, you can really do anything, so. Is your dad who? Yeah. Come on, Gil. Yeah, my dad. You better show Ray for some respect.
Starting point is 00:11:11 No, I'm just saying, like, to the point of highlight when he gave Kansas, like, 38 or whatever. No, no, to the point where you break it down to quarter. Like, only a certain group understands. Like, just focus on the quarter. Like, when you break the map down, it becomes an easier game versus, like, oh, I have this 29. I got to, you know, like, yo, just focus on the quarter. Like, when you break the map down, it becomes an easier game versus, like, oh, I have this 29.
Starting point is 00:11:27 I got to, you know, like, just stick to quarters. I think he just seen, like, how I was playing. Like, he just seen what I could do. And, like, there were games, like, I could just – I could really get where I wanted and things like that. He just gave me just certain, like, things to think about. And we would just be sitting on the couch. Like, that's – I'm such a sponge in watching games.
Starting point is 00:11:44 Like, we would sit on the couch for hours and just watch games and talk. And even after games would go on and TNT would be over, we would just sit there and talk about high school and games going forward. So we've always had conversations. So that was one conversation that I've had, and it always stuck with me. I'm like, it's really not that hard if you think about it in my head. So let's switch it up a little bit. You're obviously
Starting point is 00:12:05 active on social media uh i know you see the memes i know you see people trying to come at you but are there any of those that actually make you laugh or you got to take a step back i'll give you an example somebody said i had a thumb face i had to look in the mirror one day like damn i kind of do have a thumb face i actually have to just laugh at it so are there any of those memes that you see that actually make you crack up? Man. I mean, I really laugh at all of them, at least for a second. I mean, I can't think of any. There's a lot of memes about me on.
Starting point is 00:12:31 Have you seen the lollipop? I mean, that shit old. That shit old. But I've seen it before. I mean, I've seen it for a second when it came out in 2017. For sure. The baby box with the. That shit was hilarious for that first week. I even reacted to that one.
Starting point is 00:12:47 Yeah, you don't like- Me, I talk my shit and then I'm off. Yeah, you don't- So I don't see no other comments. Like, yeah, yeah, I'm one of those. Like, I post, uh, send it, fuck y'all day up, and then I see you tomorrow when I repost something else. Fuck your day up.
Starting point is 00:13:03 Like, I'm not going to go back and forth and read. Yeah, I'm not doing that either. That's why it's hard to cancel me. I pretend I didn't do the shit. We try to get canceled every day we fail. Every single day we try. We ain't going to do that. So back to your pops a little bit.
Starting point is 00:13:17 During the playoffs, your dad tweeted that Quinn Snyder was the best thing to happen to you since you came to Atlanta. So do you agree with your pops with that sentiment? How has Quinn helped your game and helped the Hawks? For sure. I agree with him. And that's another thing.
Starting point is 00:13:30 Sometimes I talk to my dad. He be on Twitter a lot. He's active. Yeah, yeah. Sometimes he does speak real. And we have a lot of conversations. He just knows what Quinn has meant to me so far. And this half of the season that he's been with me.
Starting point is 00:13:45 He's just a real coach. It's more than just basketball. You can talk to him about other things. When you have a connection with him and with a coach like that, it helps you go a long way, especially being a point guard and having to control a lot of things in different scenarios that may be tough for you. When you have a coach that puts guys in their positions and he tells them what they need to do and make sure everybody is accountable
Starting point is 00:14:08 and you can't mess up because he's already told you it's not just coming from me, it's coming from the coach too, that shit goes a long way and it helps. That's what Quinn brings, and I know he's going to help our team a long way for sure. You guys brought in DeJounte Murray last year. This summer he got a four-year extension. Do you feel like you guys can be the most dangerous backcourt in the Eastern Conference or even the league as a whole? And what did you learn from him that first year playing together that you're going to
Starting point is 00:14:34 take into this season? For sure. Like, I think we can be special. And for me, I don't like necessarily talking about it a lot. I like going out and doing it. So, like, it's different for me talking about it, but I know we can be special. And, like, after going through the year we did, like, we knew it was going to be, like, some adjustment periods,
Starting point is 00:14:50 just us both being point guards and both having the ball in our hands a lot. But we've been working. I mean, we've been talking. And I think the thing about us is having Quinn. Like, he's such a smart coach. Like, when it comes to offense, he's going to – it's not going to be the same. I mean, since I've been in the league, it's been a lot coach. When it comes to offense, it's not going to be the same. Since I've been in the league, it's been a lot of just me and just picking roles.
Starting point is 00:15:10 Trust me, that ain't going nowhere because that's what I do, and he knows that. But there's a lot of new things that are going to be added to our team. It may surprise some people. You got some cheer for us. You know what I'm saying? With me, I think even though I averaged 29 and 28 when Laird was gone, it was like my best complete year was when Laird was there, right? And we were both points.
Starting point is 00:15:33 We were both shooting guards, right? Like, we both. So, like, if I'm at the point, he's at the two. If he's at the two, I'm at the point. And we just bounced off of each other. It's easier when you got two people doing the same thing. Like, people don't think it's easier, right? When both of y'all can, like, you can't double meet,
Starting point is 00:15:51 eat it, right? Right? And it kind of just opens up the whole game when you got two people that can really read the floor and score at the same time. Because also, because guys, like, you got to have guys on the court that can think, too. So when sometimes you're getting trapped,
Starting point is 00:16:04 you throw it to somebody who doesn't know what to do when he catches it or like, you know what I'm saying? Like it's harder. But like having a guy like DJ, like I can throw it to him and I know he's in attack mode. Like he can catch it and go. If somebody helps, he can hit the shooter. He can hit a bogey in the corner.
Starting point is 00:16:17 Like whenever you have guys like that, it's a lot easier for sure. So when you look around the league, which opposing players bring the best out of you when you're on the court? I mean, I try to make it every night, but like you just, really your idols. When you play your idols and the guys that you looked up to or the guys you played against or just,
Starting point is 00:16:39 I mean, you play against Kyle, you play against Steph, and I mean, obviously those games you can always get up, but you've got to focus on every night. It's hard, but that's what you've got to do. But I think that's every night. When you're playing against your idols, that's the thing for me. Does it hurt you to have to cook your idols sometimes? Do you look like, bro, I used to idolize you,
Starting point is 00:17:02 now I've got to give you buckets and you just feel bad about it? Or is it like, no, I'm going to embarrass you? To be honest with you, I think that's why I averaged 18 points my rookie year. I was too much into that. You know what I'm saying? I go from averaging that to almost 30 my second year. I think that was the biggest difference is just my confidence and how I looked at the game and every game I went into. So I think for me, I'm past that point.
Starting point is 00:17:22 But you know you still get up when you play against those dudes Oh, you just talk just the week. I know it's that that bottom group that bottom that bottom group you like Oh, why are we here? Right? That was the that was those are the games where I talk the most trash So that's what would turn you up. Yeah, because it's like Like I got I got this dude. I got a guard, you know, Steve Nash, and then it's you, right? So what I do is I just talk, just I try to hurt his feelings. Like, I'm going to treat you like a hoe, I'm going to get a little ass,
Starting point is 00:17:54 and then I'm going to get out of here. And let him turn up to make me turn up. Because other than that, you know, this is the game I'm going to have 10 to 6, and then he's going to be like, I shut him down. So I make him get so angry that he wants to play that real defense to make me score. It's always those Memphis Milwaukee like come on That's a nice strategy just talk trash So your first five seasons you've been an all-star twice made all NBA
Starting point is 00:18:24 Led your team to the playoffs three times, including Easter Conference Finals. We're going to take it back to school. If you had to give yourself a grade so far in your career, what would that grade be? Man, I'd say a B. I'd say a B, B plus, just because, like, I don't know. Like, I just feel like – I mean, I've done – I feel like I've done a lot. Like, I don't feel like I've done as much as I've set myself and my standards to, but I feel like I've done a lot.
Starting point is 00:18:52 Like, going to Eastern Conference finals, like hearing some of the guys that haven't been there. Like, I remember being on the – you ain't never been there? That's crazy. Second round? That's crazy. Where you did? Second?
Starting point is 00:19:05 You sure? Swept. Oh, did you get second? Are you sure? Swept. Oh, who? Swept in the second round. You tried, though. But I'm saying, like, but just here, like, I was on the elevator going, I'll never forget going game seven in Philly in the second round. I was on the last bus with Lou, and we on the elevator going down together,
Starting point is 00:19:18 and he's just amped up, like, because he had never been in the conference finals, like, on either side. And so it's like you just appreciate those types of moments. And you try to get back there every year. And for me, if I'm not back there further now, it's not a successful year for me. So I think just that's for me. So you said B, B plus.
Starting point is 00:19:39 What's it going to take to get it to an A plus? Doing what Gilbert doesn't think we're going to do and win a championship. So that's going to be to get it to an A plus? Doing what Gilbert doesn't think we're going to do and win a championship. I'm going to call Gil first night. We're used to A, so I'm just saying. That's not anything we're not accustomed to. But Gil has a way of motivating.
Starting point is 00:19:58 You're entering year six. You're kind of still in your peak. But just looking ahead to the future, when it's all said and done, how do you want to be remembered? Man, I want to be remembered. I just want to be remembered as one of the best point guards to ever play this game. And I know if I'm done that, I'm up there as one of the best players.
Starting point is 00:20:17 So, for me, I'm competing with guys like Gilbert and guys like Steph and CP and guys like the best PGs that ever played. And so I'm trying to get on that level and just trying to pass them. Because I know if I do that, I'm on the list of some of the best players. So that's my goal for real. You said peak.
Starting point is 00:20:37 And it's peak. You just started. But I'm just saying. He got 19 with 25? They played about 43 now. I'm just saying. Come with this guy, man. What? What? It's 25. So he got 19 with 25. They played about 43. I'm just saying this guy is 25. So he got 25 years before he actually getting this peak.
Starting point is 00:20:52 No, 25 to about 37. Oh, that's different now that 25 stuff didn't even get poppin' till 27. Yeah, you didn't even know that. He didn't even get poppin' till 27. Steph went to college for three years.
Starting point is 00:21:16 That's his fault. I'm just saying. So we asked questions, but if you got any questions you want to ask Gil, you got obviously three-time All-NBA player. Man, no, I mean for me, I got a couple questions. One, I'm starting my own podcast, so, like, for me, what would be your advice coming from the Hooper side and being on the podcast side?
Starting point is 00:21:36 I know we've talked about it a little bit. As a player, we're controlled in the NBA, right? We're controlled. We do more of protecting our image, right? When you don't have that NBA behind you, right, you tell more truth, right? And that's what I feel that when I'm watching, you know, players' podcasts now, it's like this is real sports. This is real sports takes, like real NBA stories versus I'm just analyzing your game from a distance.
Starting point is 00:22:19 Like, you know what I mean? It's like real sports, hearing stories. Like, even if I don't like somebody, like I didn't like his game or I don't know him and I said a bad take and then I hear him say something, oh, that's my guy now. You know, that's my guy, right? I can understand what he's going through.
Starting point is 00:22:34 So, you know, just when you go off, it's just you just let everybody know you're human. Yeah, yeah. Right? You know, from the media standpoint, they only know this part of your game. They just know your basketball. They don't know, from the media standpoint is they only know this part of you. They just know your basketball. They don't know who you are. Like I tell like, you don't know me. You don't know.
Starting point is 00:22:51 You just know the basketball part of me. Like, like I'm a real human. Right. Ouch. Right. You know what I mean? And then once people start realizing that, you know, you're speaking from outside of the basketball court and just, you know, that's Trey Young. You know what I mean? They understand him more. Well, last question. Can I get one more? You let us pull up on you.
Starting point is 00:23:13 They told us we had a certain amount of time window, and so now we let you go. That's the hustle for podcasts, too, if you want to keep it longer. Let them ask the questions. Last one, last one. What was the toughest guy you had to go up against? And what was the most fun battle that you had up against any player that you played against? The toughest guy I had to guard was Allen Iverson.
Starting point is 00:23:34 Right? Allen Iverson had the motor of, he had Westbrook's motor. Like he had that, right, just going to go all day. Like, you're like, God damn. Right? Yeah, yeah. So, he played like he was that hustly white boy with all, like, so he's doing everything.
Starting point is 00:23:55 He's doing, like, yo, like, where's, how do you get this energy, bro? Like, he was just all over the place. So, he was one of those dudes, like, I don't want to guard him today, coach. Like, I don't want to guard him today. We got a back-to-back. My best matchup was always Lakers. I just, that Laker just, oh, I love that Laker. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:24:16 It was that Laker. Steve Nash. Like, Steve Nash average, bro. Like, I don't know if he's ever said who he's, whose ass he busted the most. I'm pretty sure it's mine. Because he only averaged 17.
Starting point is 00:24:33 Against me, probably like 30-something. Because I was, I went at him so much to the point where he had to play offense too. Yeah, he started taking it personal. Yeah, he started taking it personal
Starting point is 00:24:44 where like, I ain't trying to get 17 assists today. I'm trying to get 37 too. Yeah, he started taking it personal. Yeah, he started taking it personal where like, I ain't trying to get 17 assists a day. I'm trying to get 30-something points. So like, I didn't like him too much when he was in that mode. Because, you know, it was just pick and roll and you just hitting picks and rolling and picking. And it's like, yo, can we double him so he can just pass it to your guy?
Starting point is 00:24:57 Yeah, see, that was my favorite player growing up. Because I knew I wasn't going to be that tall. And I wasn't going to be playing the bottom rim. So I just watched a lot of him, a lot of CP. So that's crazy because I know he wasn't averaging a hell of a lot of points. He ain't going to lie, he killed me. Man.
Starting point is 00:25:17 Last question for you. I know we're out of time, but got the FIBA World Cup coming up, Paris 2024 Olympics. Do you want to play on that Olympic team? Have you given that some thought? Man, I mean, obviously, like, I definitely want to. Like, I've talked about playing on USA a couple times. So, I definitely want to.
Starting point is 00:25:38 It's up to them if they want me to. I mean, I would love to play with guys and show off my passing even more and not have to go out and score a lot and just be there if they need me to. So, I mean, I'd be happy to, obviously. I'd love to play. But, I mean, I respect the OGs and understand you got to take your turn. But I believe I should be on there. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:26:00 Hey, Gil, you can't call Coach K, so you can't put – You see that list, man? They got, man, a little sorry-ass group. Like, I'm sorry. Listen, I'm happy for the people who make it, right? It's cool. Like, you know, it's cool for some of the guys who got there that I don't know, right? Some of them probably don't even start on their team.
Starting point is 00:26:19 I don't know. I don't want to look at it. Because it's embarrassing sometimes where, like, you have star players who's really stars that do want to participate, and you just automatically just say, yeah, he's not going to fit our style. How the fuck do you know if he's going to fit the style or not? You didn't get a man a chance.
Starting point is 00:26:35 Or you don't even give a... Like, there's a reason there's a tryout. Invite us all and let us show you that we can adapt. We're... Like, we didn't get to this level because we didn't adapt. We adapted very well. So don't judge me how I'm playing on my team. My team, this is how I'm
Starting point is 00:26:52 playing. Let me show you what I can do around other players. Just give me a shot, but I shouldn't be so crooked. It's that sorry-ass other brand. It's that other brand. It's that other brand, man. They be doing too motherfucking much. Well, Trey, we appreciate you calling out. Appreciate you, man other brand. The other man is... It's that other brand, man. They be doing too motherfucking much.
Starting point is 00:27:06 Well, Trey, we appreciate you pulling up. Appreciate you, Adidas. Gil, you got the Trey 3s on. And the hat, baby. You got my new hat. Look at Swoon, man.
Starting point is 00:27:14 Gil, you rich. You all NBA. I was going to wear the Trey 3s, too, but I don't want to get accused of glazing because I don't have as much bread.
Starting point is 00:27:20 Y'all are Team Adidas. Adidas is not sufficiently applied with enough bags. I was going to do it barefoot, but Trey, we appreciate you pulling up. I appreciate it, man. Soidas is not sufficiently a popular with enough bags. I was gonna do it barefoot, but Trey, we appreciate you pulling up. Appreciate it, man. So this is Gil's Arena with Trey Young. Again, shout-out to Adidas, 3SSB, All-American Camp.
Starting point is 00:27:31 Thank y'all for having us. We out. Put that respect on his name Look, with the honor called for greatness The chosen a few They carry the gift of genius Who do what they do Who possess and that's a blessing Desire is true I'ma say it loud, none other than who Some swear by Nikes and a few that carry the gift of genius who do what they do, who possess Vanessa, bless with desire, it's true
Starting point is 00:27:45 I'ma say it loud, none other than who some swear by Nikes others love Adidas, rappers be rocking crowds, I'd rather rock arenas you may have a nice shop, you're super set

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