Nightcap - Hawks AF - Dyson Daniels & Onyeka Okongwu on Building Chemistry, Locker Room Music, & Nicknames

Episode Date: April 8, 2025

On a special episode of Hawks AF, Dyson and Big O join DC to talk the Hawks season and push for the playoffs, how they've built a connection on and off the court, which Hawk is the best DJ in the locker room, and their favorite nicknames.  @ ClubShayShay @ Nightcapshow_ #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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or wherever you get your podcasts. Are there any, like, nicknames? This is the Great Barrier Thief right here. That's what they give me, the Great Barrier Thief. This is the Big Kong right here. Big Kong. Big Kong? That's crazy. He just lied on the spot. I told y'all we need some theme music.

Because when I be doing these intros, we got to have some theme music so the people can feel what they about to feel. They don't know what they about to get today. Today is an exclusive. And it's such a... Listen. Atlanta, I don't want to take up too much of their time because they actually got to go play. They actually got to go represent ATL. Ladies and gentlemen, America,

please make some noise for Dyson Daniels and my boy, Big O. Yes, sir. What's good, DC? I ain't want to mess up your name. That's fair. I respect it. The intro was too big.

I ain't want to be here on Yakka. On Kong Woo. Did I say it right? On Yakka. O-Kong Woo. O-Kong Woo. There we go. Yeah, you know what?

When you shoot a three, we need to say, woo. You see how much I'm putting for the... You know what? I'm giving the Hawks too much time, man. First of all, welcome, brothers. Appreciate it. Thank you. Welcome.

Welcome. We appreciate all y'all contributions to ATL, man, and to the Hawks, especially to the franchise. And Dice, I want to give you a personal apology. What for? Because I didn't know. When we made the trades, man, I didn't know, man. You know, I don't be paying attention to Australia. Y'all don't know what's going on down there.

It's so much stuff going on in the U.S. I don't know. Hey, man, I didn't show. I didn't show. But when you came and you not only, bro, you get better every game. And you show us why you deserve to be here, brother. And I just wanted to tell you that, like, bro, I apologize. I appreciate that, bro. I ain't going to be one of them, but I apologize.

I didn't show what I could do in New Orleans. And, you know, right now I'm just getting an opportunity playing free. So, enjoying my time here in Atlanta for sure. Embracing it. And I'm going to tell you, we got both of y'all back. And, oh, man, your journey. Your journey, man. How does it feel, man, for both of y'all to be playing down here in Atlanta, man?

I love it. You know, ATL has been my second home. You know, I love the organization, people I've met here, the food out here, the fans. Slick. There's good vibes around here.

Yeah, I mean, I f*** with it. Like, y'all be turning up, you know, wins, losses, you know, whatever. You know, y'all be coming out. The city's great. You know, it's got everything to do here.

So, yeah, I really enjoy being in the city around these people and yeah like i said fans are great um we appreciate them coming turning up yeah we're enjoying it this season for sure speaking of turn up i know you guys have been here for for some time now like what are you what are your things that you're doing on the off season or what are you doing when you're not playing basketball what are are your favorite things to do in ATL? For me,

honestly, I like to go out to eat. I got a few salad restaurants I go out to whenever my homeboys are out here, my family.

I do that. You don't take them to the 1201 restaurant? Uh-uh. Yeah, that, that, that,

yeah. Yeah, take them to the 1201 restaurant. 1201 Calle Rue. Call it, 1201 Restaurant. Where's that at? 1201 Calle Rue. That near Buckon-1 Restaurant. Where's that at? 12-on-1 Calle Road.

That near Buckhead? That's where I stay. Yeah. I ain't going to take you to the hood, gang. Any place I'm referring you, you safe. Tell them I sent you. It's right down Ohio Mill. Okay, okay.

But yeah, I eat. I go to Piedmont Park sometimes. Take a little walk. But, you know, shit, we play every other day. Can't do too much. Right, right, right, right. He said off-season. Oh, he said off-season?

Yeah. See what I'm saying? Look at little brother. He like, he said off-season. I don't know, man. I travel a lot. Not really here a lot in off-season, for real, for real. What's your favorite place to travel?

I'm from L.A., from the West Coast. You're from L.A.? Yeah. So you go back home? That ain't considered traveling, brother. They're going home. That's fair. But I know this summer, brother. They're going home. That's fair. But I know this summer, though, I'm going to take some trips somewhere, figure it out.

Travel the world. Go to Ghana. Ghana? Yeah. Nah, I'll probably go to Nigeria before I go to Ghana. Go to Ghana before you go to Nigeria. Why? What's so good about Ghana, though?

First of all, the crime rate is super low. Fair. No crime, for real not saying there's no crime in nigeria but ghana is just a place where you'll understand and you it's it's an experience where when the next time i see you you're gonna be like i went to ghana and i'll be like aha you like aha i'm telling you that it's it's a great experience okay it's a great experience what about you i mean obviously isn't i go home um back to australia uh i enjoy a good beer back home you know watch some footy

you know meet pies you know just get back into the culture what i grew up doing and um yeah i usually go back for about a month come back out here you know hang around whether it be atlanta you know um la is like kind of my home away from home as well. I got my agent, my trainer and stuff out there. But, yeah, I enjoy golfing. I go golfing a lot. But otherwise, yeah, off season, let's get some sun, get a tan. What?

Stand out the way? They say I look a little too on the white side of the light skin. So we got to get outside a little bit. You know, I enjoy it. I went to Europe last year. That was fun. So, really, I just make my plans. You know, hopefully our season ain't ending too soon.

We're going in the playoffs. Come on. Talk that talk. Yeah. But when it's done, then I'll make my plans from there. So, you guys have been on this basketball journey for quite some time. Like, when did you guys realize, like, all right, basketball is my dream? Like, when did you first pick up a basketball?

Probably since I was young. Like, six, seven seven years old i knew i was really nice right i just had all natural instincts and when i was in high school i just knew i was one of the ones and i knew that the nba was a realistic goal for me right you was one of them one chino hills you know it was finest baby um yeah i mean I enjoyed playing basketball from such a young age. I really started taking it serious when I was probably 12, 13 years old. It's kind of when I started to grow, develop, you know, kind of find, you know, who I was as a player. And then from there, you know, I kind of dedicated my life to it, moved out of home when I was 15 to, you know, pursue a career.

So I'd say from like 12, 13 was when I really started to really see my future in basketball. Now, you've been in the game for a minute, and Dyson, you're on your breakout year. What is the biggest lesson that you've learned in the game so far? I think for me personally, I think you can't let your confidence waver. You know, you have, you know, some good nights, some bad nights. You know, you just got to be able to, you know, even kill, stay neutral, and make sure your confidence doesn't go away. Because in the NBA, everybody can play.

We're all talented. We're all here for a reason. So, for me, as long as my confidence is, you know, at all-time high, I feel good out there yeah i mean i'm with all confidence you know playing with a free mind you know everyone's gonna have an opinion no matter what you do you know that people are going to judge you for it you know it's going to be good it's going to be bad you know you're always going to get um you know you're always going to get the bad end of the stick at one stage of your career so uh for me, you know, I can't let what people tell me, you know, affect what I do. I go to work every day.

I work out. I know, you know, how good of a player I can be if I continue to put my mind to it. So for me, it's just about going in there, confidence, trusting my work, and really not giving a f**k what people think. You got to be that dog. And, you know, both of y'all play like dogs, and we've been talking about dogs all day. Because, like you said, everybody's in the NBA.

But what makes you different is you going out there putting your all. You know what I'm saying? Actually being a dog, like showing your skills. And you are top candidate for defensive Player of the Year. What year is this? Two or three? Three. Three.

Yeah. Three. Defensive Player of the Year. Like, tell us that feeling. Tell us that emotion, man. Like, what's going through your head right now? I mean, I came into the season with the goal of first-team all-defense. And to kind of have my name in that Defensive Player of the Year conversation now,

it's uh special and you know uh my teammates have been you know really good and just let me be myself on that end to go making plays um you know obviously got big goal at the back you know covering me for any mistakes i make but uh you know it's uh it's special you know to be in that mentioned in that category and um yeah as a kid you always want to be the best offensive player you want to be you know the kobe bryant michael jordans you know that sort of thing but for me and i look at you know top defenders like you know gary payton alvin robinson these guys that uh you know really you know get greedy get it done so that's that's what i want to do so you study the game yeah i studied the game let's play like you study every game you do something different hey man i'm watching i'm

watching what everyone do. I'm like, move it or lose it. I'm gonna take it, if you don't move it. I love it. You were studying Gary Payton? Yeah, I watched some film with Gary Payton. Him and his son play the exact same as well. They have that special steal they get.

I've taken that from them. But your hand-eye coordination is crazy. How do you know where they gonna place the ball? It's like you know they about to go here and your hand-eye coordination is crazy. Like, how do you know where they're going to place the ball? Like, it's like you know they're about to go here and your hand is already there. I think growing up, I played a lot of Australian football, which is a lot different. And it's use your hands. Like, you have to be quick with your hands, get deflections,

you know, tackle and stuff like that. And I think, you know, being part of that basketball at a young age, you know, just growing up, doing all those sorts of things, you know, kind of helped um basketball at a young age you know just growing up doing all those sorts of things you know kind of you know help develop my hand-eye coordination and i think it's just a little bit uh you know born with it as well so uh yeah i mean that's what you gotta have to be a good defender and you know if you got it you got it if you don't you don't so have you thought about this because when you when you're so great at something they always try to come up with ways for you to try to get you to outthink yourself.

Reaching in. Are you not scared of them at the moment that they're going to start calling you like fouls for reaching in? Hey, man, we got a lot of fouls this year from reaching in. You got to know when to reach and who you're reaching on. You know, you're going to get players that, you know, they expect to reach so they'll bring the ball out front and they want you to reach so they can get that foul.

So it's about, you know, it's playing chess they want you to reach so they can get that foul. So it's about playing chess. Reach when they don't expect it. Straight up when they don't expect it. I mean, a lot of my steals are coming from behind, so they don't know what's coming. But, yeah, it's like a game of chess. These good players, they've got good IQs. They know when you're going to reach and when they can try to draw fouls.

So you've got to be smart and outsmart them. I like the way you say IQ because, Big O, your IQ level is at an all-time high right now. Now, you know, I've been watching the game. I've been on the court side for almost like seven years, man. Been watching. You starting. You starting.

But your game has developed. You just got a season high, 20-20, 31 points. Like, explain your process of understanding, like, okay, they're believing in me to start now, and I got to come in and I got to represent for my team. Explain that process. You know, when I got the starting nod back in January, I mean, I nod back in January, I mean,

I was already playing well, but when I got that opportunity to start, I just had to take my game to another level. Turned up. Like, it's just all about,

you know, confidence for me. You know, I've worked too hard to not, you know, produce out there. As long as I believe in myself,

my teammates believe in me, then I can do whatever out there. You know, you said 30 that one time, 20 and 20. Feel me? Diamond out there. Back doors.

Back doors. You feel me? You know, so I keep working on my game, honestly. And you know what? To both you guys' credit, you guys are having fun. I'm watching y'all play. You know, it's good to have players out there that got the same passion and the heart as the fans.

You know what I'm saying? Because I can't come out there. As much as y'all hear me talking out there, I really just want to see y'all be great. I really want to see y'all be dolls because I know what you can do. Every time you get a steal, it turns you up. Every time you shoot a three as a big man, especially when times when big man want to shoot threes.

Like, you dominant. You got a shoot a three as a big man, especially when times with big men when shooting threes, like you're dominant. You got a triple threat. You can work the paint. You can dribble. And you can shoot. Like on the offseason, explain when you're trying to perfect a shot and knowing that they may not want you to take that shot. I mean, like I said, I work on my game.

You know, I work on my touch and run the paint, handles. I've been working on my shot for the last three years. My teammates know. I tell them. If I get it on the perimeter, it's going up. It's going up. I work too hard not to shoot the ball. But you got to rep it out.

Mornings, game days, always get up threes. It translates in the game. So even when you guys are warming up, I heard there's competition. There's a lot of one-on-ones being played. Are they allowing y'all to play rough with the one-on-ones and warm up before the game? I play ones pregame. Okay.

One of the coaches, they can't go on me. But, yeah, I mean, that's what happens in the game. You know, I want that, you know, physicality. I need that competitiveness before the game so I can be ready for the actual game. Dyson, man, you know, this is outside of basketball now, you know, because a lot of people don't understand that you guys, like, have your own hobbies outside of playing basketball. Because a lot of people think that basketball is just you guys' life.

But you need something to balance it out. Now, you out here. Peck it, peck it, peck it. You DJ Manor Fresh. What you doing, man? Yeah, I'll be on the ones and twos, man. I enjoy doing that. I have some friends back home that taught me how to do it.

So whenever I go back home, I do a few sets and stuff like that. So, you know, I enjoy that, man. I enjoy the music. I enjoy finding music. You're a DJ? Hell yeah, bro. How don't you know this about your team? Why are you finding out so much new stuff?

He loves EDM. He loves EDM. That's why you play like that. Plays it in the weight room. I'm like, what the fuck am I listening to? Hey, man, we got to get this. Now, my teammates coach me. I come throw some EDM on some house.

They got no idea what this shit is. House sucks. It turns you up? Yeah, it turns me up, bro. They want to listen to rap at 7.30 a.m. It's like, come on, bro. R&B. So you can't listen to music with words, but you can listen to this.

Oh, no, no, no. At 7.30 in the morning. I listen. Listen, listen. Like some lighthouse in the morning, you know, just to, you know, wake you up. And then after practice, you know, when it's 1, 1 o'clock, you know, 12, 1 o'clock, that's when we get the nts, nts, nts. You know, I get everyone jumping, so.

No one's jumping. Nobody's jumping. Nobody's jumping. Me and, well, Bogey, when he used to be on the team, you know, we got that European style. But, yeah, I'm going to take some of my teammates to Europe this year and show them what it's really about because, you know, that's where you get that nts, nts. You know what? Have you talked to Shaq? No, I'm going to take some of my teammates to Europe this year and show them what's really bad because that's where you get that. You know what? Have you talked to Shaq?

No, I haven't yet. No, Shaq a big time DJ now. He does, yeah. I've seen some of his sets. Thinking about retirement, DJing, they pay big money. Exactly.

They do for sure. You going to Europe this summer? I'm going to Europe every summer. Where are you going? Probably like Mykonos and France, south of France. Probably like Mykonos and France. South of France. I've been to South of France. Cannes, Saint-Tropez. Okay, okay. I'll pull up.

Bonjour, oui, oui, je m'appelle. Je m'appelle. That's all I know. I don't know what that's called. Zachary Richeshae, King of France. King of France. Zachary Richeshae. Okay, you guys be fresh. Is that a thing now?

To be super fresh? To have that little walkway shot before the game? Because I be seeing y'all. Y'all be dripping. Question for him. Hey, man, I just enjoy dressing up. You know, fashion is part of the game now, you know? A lot of people putting it on.

And for me, yeah, I enjoy dressing up. You know, I get some good flicks. You know, I get the Instagram account going. But, I mean, it's just a passion of mine. You know, I like being in the fashion industry. So for me to, you know, go shopping in big cities, you know, find new things, it's one of my passions that I enjoy doing. It gets me out of the hotel room.

So this is my question with you guys, man. Because a lot of players, you see players come and go. You see players, they in it for the money. You see players that just, like you say, there's a lot of people in the NBA. You know, what do y'all want from the NBA? What do y'all see y'allself doing in the NBA? And when it comes to the Hawks and the franchises, do you rather play with the Hawks, be here, have a selected team,

and just build from here? Like, what do y'all see? I love ATL. Love the Hawks organization. You know, I'd want to play here as long as possible. But, you know, sometimes, as you know, the deadline, you know, some shit just doesn't go your way. I didn't know that we had another deadline.

But overall, I mean, the NBA, I just want to be able to play as long as possible, take care of my family, make as much money as possible, and have fun. You know, I love playing basketball. You know, I have a lot of fun doing it. It's, you know, passion for me. Yeah, I mean, the NBA, it can be, be you know it's a great business let's put it that way and you you want to be in a spot where you're you know you're welcomed you're loved and people around you care about you and um you know i think here with the hawks the organization really

cares about you your teammates care about you the fans care about the sports so uh you just want to be in a you know the hawks is a great organization, but I think the culture that the Hawks have and the camaraderie that it has is something that you want to be a part of, for sure. When y'all came into the NBA, okay, okay, I want to take it back because y'all living the dream that a lot of people wish they,

y'all playing how we thought we could play in our head. We don't play this good. Draft. Draft day. The moment they called your name, the moment you put on that NBA jersey with your name on the back, and the moment you walked on that court. This is a real NBA moment.

Explain when your name got called for both of you how was that feeling when them folk call your name because everybody don't get called yeah i mean i was at la during the draft i got drafted during covid right so i had a big party at a house on my home ways and we're there you know it was a big bash like it, it was real fun. But when I heard Adam Silver call my name, it was like, damn, we finally made it. We're finally here. You know, it was just so surreal. And I'll honestly never forget that moment. Yeah, I mean, you put your, you know, as a kid growing up,

what's your dream of hearing your name called and walking across the stage? And for me, you know, to be there in the green room, you know, hear Adam Silver call my name, go up there, my hat get my photo it's uh it's surreal and you know it's a moment that you'll cherish forever and you'll never forget and um yeah I mean that's definitely to this day probably top three moments in my life for sure before we get into the rapid questions I just want to know you guys's energy I want to know you guys' insight on the Atlanta Hawks, where we are right now with the team of players, with the conditions, with everything we had to fight.

Now that the trade line deadline is over, these are the people now until the next trade line. Yeah. How do you feel about the Atlanta Hawks? I feel like we're, you know, getting some momentum. You know, four-game win streak. I feel good. Wish I had my twin out there, Jalen out there.

But, you know, he served for the rest of the year. But, you know, I think we're a playoff team. And I think we're going to make some noise come May. Yeah. I think we're one of those teams that, you know, can be dangerous, you know, come playoffs. And obviously we think we're one of those teams that, you know, can be dangerous, you know, come playoffs. And obviously we're seventh seed right now. So if we're going to make the playoffs, you know,

it's probably going to be against either, you know, Boston or Cleveland. It's just going to be a battle. But, you know, we got a great team. We got a great young core. Obviously, yeah, missing Jalen, which unfortunately he went down. But, you know, we got a great young core um obviously yeah missing jaylen which unfortunately he went down but um you know we got guys stepped up we got a really good team that can uh you know do some dangerous things come play off time when it's time to step up because i see people roles changes

when it's time for you to step in and start when it's time for you to take on more minutes what what is what is that going on in your head what is because you know there's a preparation for everything that you do because like you said it's strategic with basketball you know you're gonna play 12 minutes all right you know you're gonna play 16 you already know what you're gonna do when the folks look at you be like we need you for 32 though we need you to go in we need you to start we need you to go in. We need you to start. We need you to go in and be the man tonight. Where does that take you? It doesn't really affect me.

I've been doing this for years. Talk your talk. I've been doing this for a long time. All I do is make sure I take care of my body, eat well, hydrate, and play ball. You got to be ready. You got to be ready no matter what. You get your opportunity. You got to go grab it.

Someone else is waiting for that opportunity. So if you are, you know, you don't want to let anything slip. Because next thing you know, you could be out the league. So you just got to take the opportunity, go out there, and make things happen. And if you do that, you'll be fine. Do you guys hear us on the sideline? Oh, yeah.

That's where this is going. So do they train y'all to be like, like, just keep looking forward? Like, y'all will walk past us. Dyson! Dyson! He heard me. I got DC on this side. I got Boozy on this side. You know, they just talking old game.

I love it. I love it. You know, get me going for sure. But I got to recognize them all. Listen, I gave you a nickname. D2. Yeah. Dyson Daniel.

D2. 2D. Okay. I'm just letting you know where it came from d2 so you ever hear that down the line hey man d2 what i told you last game take over the paint absolutely my boy took over the paint that boy went crazy listen they hear us it's i told them the energy coach or the voice of the people even though though I'm not in that huddle, as they walking, I know they can hear me. So I kind of like say something that can motivate and that can just bring the dog out on. And when they go out there and they play like dogs, man, the Atlanta Hawks rise every time, man. Every time. Okay.

The locker room, first of all, you see LeBron, they got handshakes, and they do all that. Like, are there any, like, nicknames? Because, you know, I just gave you D2. That's my own personal nickname. Do y'all players have any nicknames for each other or personal handshakes? Because that's too many handshakes to remember. This is the Great Barrier Thief right here. Yeah, they give me the Great Barrier Thief.

You know, G, especially, we call me Thief. I like it. I like it. You know, it sticks. You know, Great Barrier Thief in Australia especially be calling me thief. I like it. I like it. You know, sticks. Great Barrier Thief in Australia. So we'll take it. But this is the big Kong right here. Right.

Yeah. Big Kong. Big Kong? That's crazy. He just lied on the spot. That was crazy. He just lied. He just made up one.

That's what George been calling you, bro. G-Wagon. The big Kong. George is the minivan. Right. The big G-Wagon. I ain't got you. I got Big O. Double O. Double O. O- minivan. Right. The big G-Wag. No, I ain't got you. I got Big O, Double O.

Double O. O-Ski. Okay. I heard the Rimwrecker from somebody. Rimwrecker? They from Bob. Okay. Shout out Bob.

Okay, shout out Bob. Rimwrecker. Okay. Now, what's up? Okay, now, now, now. We on to something. We on to something. Since we already in here and we talking about this, who's the funniest teammate?

Funniest teammate? Funniest teammate? Funniest teammate? Don't tell me. I'll just be serious. I mean, right now it's probably George. You know, he loud. He definitely loudest. Probably George.

He speak his mind, man. You know, whatever at the top of his mind is going to come out his mouth. So don't do me like that. He funny for sure. But, you know, we go, everyone pretty funny in their own way. Okay, okay, okay. Who had the biggest game win on the team?

Trey. Nah. Half court against Utah. Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. Yeah, that one yeah that one by far I was gonna say the one where you

stole and Ski hit the little Euro no Trace is better than that I forgot about the half court one but that was you stealing it and then

who you gave it to the Vert yeah and then we got to I was there in Memphis yeah yeah yeah I ran out of court

hey I gotta start traveling with y'all. That's the first time, boy, you get to talk trash to the whole arena. Man, I heard y'all on T was going at it. Boy, I'm talking, man, every time they gave y'all a call, I'm out there like, shut up. Everybody shut up.

And I'm like, I hope they let me on the bus because I ain't going to be able to walk up out of here by myself. Okay, okay, now y''all being this ATL traffic, which one is bad? Is it LA traffic, Australia traffic, or ATL traffic? LA is the worst for me.

LA the worst? Yes. I mean, ATL is definitely worse than Australia, especially when I'm going to the arena. It's like two miles,

45 minutes. It's just crazy. I think LA is the worst. Yeah, we got potholes and all that. You got to watch. You got to look at the road. It's too You got a watch you got to look at the road It's too much to watch. We gotta look at the road people. It's a big you you you gotta have some big time

Okay now Dyson who is the toughest player you ever had to guard when you like man? I can't get a steal Right now it's SGA. No, I think I think he just above everyone else right now. He's got the game. He knows what to do. He's got everything. He's got the step back. He's got the quickness, the pace, the mid-range. So credit to him, man. He's worked on his game, man.

He's tough to guard. Who's the toughest you had to guard? Like, you knew. You like, man, he working out. Like, he bagging me down, but like, man. What's in your shoulders, man? The Yolk-age stopper right here. Don't say that before he hears it. Uh-oh, you the Yolk-age stop your shoulders, man? The Yolkid Stopper right here. Don't say that before you hear it.

Uh-oh, you the Yolkid Stopper. Yeah. He the Yolkid Stopper. That's the nickname. You ain't talking about the dude that run down the court like this. Yeah. He the Yolkid Stopper. He be moving out there.

I don't know how he move. I don't know how he so athletic. He's athletic. He's athletic. He athletic, yo. But he's tough. And you know, another sneaky one is Sangoon. Yeah.

Yeah. You know, he has touch with both hands He's strong I'm just like Damn So is it a hook shot Is that hard to defend Cause you don't know

Which way they gonna take They may Yeah Depends Some people yeah I mean to To somebody who's a stopper He's

He's done nothing It's like F*** That's what I'm talking about Okay Here we go Here we go Now this one right here It's gonna be a little thing We just started So I'm gonna pop up Like a little cartoon It's like, ****, I'm not talking about. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Now, this one right here,

it's going to be a little thing we just started, so I'm going to pop up like a little cartoon. It's called Speed Round. Like, here we go. All right.

Speed Round, because we know y'all got to go to practice because we got a game tomorrow and we're going to tap that ass. Here we go. Favorite NBA city to play in? Can I say L.A.? I mean, that's cool.

When you're in Trigger, you like to play there. I don't say you play for them. Phoenix, actually. Phoenix. Phoenix is fine. Phoenix is cool? Yeah. What?

Boston. I hate playing in Boston. Why? Well, I feel like they don't miss a shot in Boston. Yeah. But the atmosphere is different. Yeah. But you said L.A., and then you switched to Phoenix.

Like, hold up. Hold up, hold up. Because I'm from L.A., so I'm going to say a different city. Phoenix. Okay, cool, cool, cool. But what about Phoenix that makes it stand out, though? It's and then you switched to Phoenix. Like, hold up. Hold up, hold up. Because I'm from L.A., so I'm going to say a different city. Phoenix. Okay, cool, cool, cool. But what about Phoenix that makes it stand out, though? It's always a good time in Phoenix. Always a good time.

You got to tell me. Say no more. Here we go. I know. Here we go. First NBA jersey you've owned. I had a Damien Lillard jersey when I was, like, 12 years old. Why you making him sound so old, my man?

Come on. God. He still play with you. He a little old? Like, what? I know, but you better say it like old, my man? Come on. God. He still play with you. He a little old? Like what? I know, but you better say like, I had his jersey when I was 12. He still in the league. That's my first one.

Mine was Westbrook when he was with the Thunder. Westbrook. Okay. Okay. Well, I wouldn't say pregame nap, yes or no, because we know they like to listen to EDM. So, ain't nothing but. Here we go.

Player you look forward to matching up against the most? Like you got your little rival. Brunson. Brunson. Yeah. Okay. Giannis. I always like going to Giannis. Y'all shut them down last time. We lost last time. We lost? Yeah. But he didn't

play. Did he play? The one before that, we got him. But did he play the last time? We lost last time. We lost? Yeah. But he didn't play. Did he play? The one before that we got him. Yeah. But did he play the last game? He played the last one. He played the last game? But he ain't scored that many points though. Right. Below his average. Yeah. So I did my job. Why? See what I'm saying? Why you not doing my job?

But we ain't playing this shit. We ain't playing. Yeah. I love you Giannis. But you ain't do nothing when you play this okay here we go here we go alright

if you wasn't playing basketball what career would you be pursuing damn uh you'd be DJing yeah DJ

I'll be on the ones and twos man talk your talk exactly and somebody be telling you like, you should have played basketball. Yeah, that's right. That's right. I'll be a doctor. You sound like you good with diagnosis.

You're in the USC. You ain't sick. Smart school. But you sick. Yeah. Right. That do make you feel better. You're like, you know what? I feel like I got a chance to live. That's my man. Alright, man. Listen, man. We love y'all, you know what? I feel like I got a chance to live, right? That's my man. All right, man. Listen, man.

We love y'all, man. First, I'm going to say it again. We appreciate y'all contributions to this franchise, man, to Atlanta Hawks, man. And anytime you see the fans over there, we yelling. Bro, it's coming from passion, bro. It's coming from love, bro. We really want to say we love y'all. Every time y'all do something great, we don't even care if we lose. We still love y'all. We're going to ride, bro. It's coming from love, bro. Like, we really want to say we love y'all. Every time y'all do something great, and we don't

even care if we lose, we still love y'all. We're gonna ride, man. It's just the principle that y'all are representing the city. When y'all put that jersey on, man, I'm from Atlanta for real. Born and raised, all day, every day. So when y'all out there representing my city, man, we appreciate that. And we got y'all back.

And I be came. I can't wait. I ain't saying I can't wait, but every time it look like y'all be about to squabble. Hey, what I be saying over there? Hey, we come on the floor down here. You not touching them players. You hear me? We love y'all, man. We appreciate y'all.

ATL. Huh? Hawks and Friends. None other than Dyson Daniel and Big Double O. DC, man, appreciate you, dog. Appreciate that. Thanks, DC. I appreciate y'all. Let's of them.

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