Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice - Navigating NIL to Pro Basketball with Brevin Galloway

Episode Date: September 5, 2023

Welcome back to The Radcast! Get ready for an exciting interview with basketball sensation Brevin Galloway as he shares his extraordinary journey. From his jaw-dropping performances to his unmatched dedication, Galloway has become a prominent figure in the world of collegiate hoops. With a remarkable career behind him and endless potential ahead, Galloway is a rising star to watch in basketball. Don't pass up the opportunity to witness his incredible journey and gain valuable insights on achieving success. Tune in now! Brevin discusses his basketball journey, his dad and childhood, and the lessons he learned while attending College of Charleston. (01:43) Brevin discusses his experiences as a Division-1 college athlete and the importance of overcoming adversity, emphasizing that athletes should not be expected to cope with criticism and should speak up if they're feeling down. (03:19) Ryan and Brevin talk about the competition between team members and opponents, transitioning from a shooter-driver to a point guard, selfless nature, success of one-year players, and realities of transferring in modern times. (07:18) Brevin advises parents to allow their children to explore their talents and offers Jarrell Brantley's advice of taking today as an opportunity for life-changing moments as a way to overcome struggles. (11:35) Brevin has successfully capitalized on the NCAA's passing of NIL laws, signing with a marketing agent to secure deals with Mercedes, Amazon, and Shop Gold to promote their products and receive payment and merchandise in exchange. (17:58) Brevin reflects on his experiences at Clemson and Charleston University, expressing disappointment that Clemson didn't make it to March Madness but found solace in the win against Morehead State. (19:56) Brevin is adjusting to life in Lithuania while leveraging the competitive opportunities present in overseas basketball to become an international celebrity. (24:22) Ryan and Brevin discuss modern players, as well as their career and game. (28:57) If you want to learn more about Brevin Galloway, follow him on Instagram @brevingalloway. Learn more by visiting our website at www.theradcast.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RadicalHomeofTheRadcast.If you enjoyed this episode of The Radcast, Like, Share, and leave us a review! If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan’s newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE.  Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding.  Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel  www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You're listening to The Radcast, a top 25 worldwide business podcast. If it's radical, we cover it. Here's your host, Ryan Alford. Hey guys, what's up? Welcome to the latest edition of the Radcast. They say if it's radical, we cover it. Well, it's not only radical. It's a guilty pleasure.

I'm an ex-Clemson Tiger. I guess I'm always a Clemson Tiger. Once you're a Tiger, you're always a tiger. Just like my buddy, Revin Galloway, Pro. Lithuanian basketball player and all-time Clemson great. I'm just going to put you on that list, Brevin. What's up, man? Hey, I like it.

I like it. That's a crazy statement, but I love it. No, yeah, man. Hey, a lot of wins, a lot of buckets. I saw a lot of points for you. Watch you on the screen a lot and followed your journey from afar, and I'm glad we could get you on the show. I appreciate you coming on.

I'm not a man. It's an honor for sure. I love my time as a Clemson Tiger, Boston College, and College of Charleston guy. But yeah, man, it was a crazy experience from me throughout them seven years of school for sure. I know, right? You had a journey, man. You talk about, let's just think about putting some miles on.

You go Charleston, to Boston, to Clifton. Now you're in damn Lithuania. I know. You got some friggin' fire miles. Oh, yeah, man. It's crazy. I think about everything that I've been through. It's been fun nonetheless.

It's made me who I am as an individual. I can't do nothing but be grateful for everything that I've experienced and hit hit on because it's been a while route for sure. I know. That's what I look for. forward. I want to get into some of that. So where did you play high school ball, man? Let's start your journey. Let's just tell everybody the ends-it-outs of Brevin's basketball journey and maybe just your life journey, man. Let's go there. Yes, I'm originally from Anderson, South Carolina. I went to Tijuana for three years and then I transferred to Seneca High School, which was near

Clemson, about 15 minutes away from Clemson. So I played basketball and growing up my whole life. It's always what I love to do. My dad was a really big part of my life in terms of putting the ball in my hands. So with that being said, I was always around it. He played at a high level, and he was known as a very good shooter as well. Obviously, the game was just getting me since a young kid. And then obviously, I was able to grow into a good player, decent player, I'll have to say, and make a name for myself along those lines.

Basketball has been nothing but great to me. It's been talking to a lot of adversity. I taught me how to be a man, taught me how to grow up, and just become who I've become. So I'm thankful for it. What led you to Charleston? I mean, I was recruiting thing, who recruited you, who didn't, and all that.

But how was your time down in Charleston? Charleston was great. That was my first spot, and I went because of Coach Earl Grant. Earl Grant was an assistant at Clemson during the time period before he got the job at Charleston. So I already had built a relationship with him since Clemson was recruiting me. And then once he got the job at Charleston,

it was like an easy decision. I already knew where I wanted to go and spend my four years. I trusted him. My dad was really good friends with him growing up. And I think throughout after college, that's whenever they met. So, yeah, he already had a relationship with him, Bill, So it was pretty much just an easy yes at that point.

What's it like being your college Charleston playing D1 basketball? I heard there's some pretty good co-eds down in Charleston. Were you like a big man on campus? I wasn't. I'll be honest, like growing up when going to Clemson, it was like, we was like go to Charleston, like all the pretty girls go to Charleston and stuff. So when I hear when DA1 athletes go there, I'm like, we're just distractions between the beach and all that.

Would you ever keep your head on straight? I imagine you did since you ended up. doing so well, but what was the college experience like? That's what wild, though, because obviously people see my social media, and they obviously get a glimpse of me through that lens. Like, they don't, I'm not that type of person at all. Like, people think I'm just outgoing barhopper, party animal, and I'm not that way at all.

Like, I would much rather chilling the career, watch Netflix, watch Love Island, watch something like that. Too hot to handle something like that. Me and my wife, we love those type of shows. That's what we would rather do. Like, I maybe had probably went out three, four weekends in my college career, and that's whenever we made that tournament run. Yeah.

And we made the NCAA tournament in Charleston that one season. That was the most fun just because obviously the city was just loving us at that time period. So why not go out and experience that? But the nights that I did go out with my teammates and stuff were lots of fun for sure. And obviously those nights that I remember forever. But yeah, wasn't that crazy? Like people might think it might have been for real. Yeah.

Well, I've always thought it's hard enough, like some of the distractions when you're playing and the attention you get and all that. But like, then going to a school that has so many things going on, like a city like Charleston and stuff. But I guess it helps if you're naturally not attracted to it to stay away from it. Exactly. Especially, like you said, it was Charleston. It just presents itself there. So I had to make sure to stay in the crib and stay focused.

But at the same time, I did have my nights whenever I did go out into the city and explore things. But that was just me being an 18-year-old, 19-year-old kid at the time. It's finally getting out the house. That's good, man. Then we ventured to Boston College. Talk to me about that, getting up there. That was probably definitely had been a cultural change, I would think. It's just different.

North. Yeah, Boston College, I think that's probably the place where I think I matured the most, just from the position that I was in my life. Like I said, I just had torn my ACL, and I just gained a whole bunch of weight going through that injury and going through that surgery process. So by the time that I got to Boston College, it was pretty much just me trying to play catch up with everybody. And from that point on, it's what my whole career was in Boston College, just trying to

play catch up with my peers, trying to make sure that I'm in shape, trying to make sure that I can be healthy again because that should be all that I was on my mind here. Boston College. What do you think, like, for people listening that you got a lot of you watch on TV and everybody thinks they know, maybe they think they know and understand what it's like to be a D-1 athlete. The, when you get hurt, the rehab or the practices and the structure and all that, walk us through, maybe even through the lens at, like, B.C.

Or we'll get to Clemson. But just the ins and out to that, something that maybe people don't totally understand with what it's like. Oh, yeah. As a college athlete in general, you definitely have. more bad days than good. I think that's one thing that people need to know going into it

because not every day is going to be roses and sunshines. There's going to be a lot of storms that you have to face and just face head on early in your career and I feel like that matured me for later on. But yeah, I think the biggest thing

with just being a college athlete is just really just overcoming adversity because that's what it comes down to when I think about my toughest moments at Boston College, just what I had to go through from a mental health standpoint, from dealing with depression,

and the suicidal thoughts. Like, like, people don't realize that we're actually people, too, and we have feelings, and we have needs that we need to attend to performing stuff on the court. Because that's all the world sees. The world just sees how many points we have, how many threes we missed. And that's all the DMs I get. I never get any supportive DMs about checking in on you, how are you doing, like when you're real life stuff, real life problems. So I feel like that's just the common thing that college athletes have to deal with is just they treat us like superheroes. And like we can just, we can handle a criticism of any kind of way. We can do with, but anything that we can do with, but anything pops up, we're just supposed to be able to just deal with it, and we're not supposed

to pretty much let it affect us. And I felt that's probably the biggest thing that I learned throughout my college career was just like it's okay not to be okay, and it's okay to speak up about it and actually let the world know that you're not okay. And you may get backlash for, which I do get on my socials. But at the same time, the small percentage that I can affect in a positive way is what I'm going for. That's powerful, man. And I think what's interesting to me hearing you talk, it makes me think of like the game within the game. Like the fans, and us, we think of, okay, Boston College versus Duke. And like you're playing the opponent.

And it's always, okay, like you're always going against the opponent. But getting into the personal side, like what you just described, and then I'll even add it in the dynamic of competition within the team. Like you're going against a lot. You're going against the opponent any given day or night. But every day, you've got yourself, your team, maybe that freshman teammate that just came on that you like him but he's buying for your time there's a lot of factors in the game within the game oh yeah

wait and that's really what makes it stressful because it's not like obviously your teammates are supposed to be your brothers but then at the same time you want to outshine your brother because at the same time you want to be able to make sure that I'm going to be good at the end of the day too so it's a lot of there's a lot of battles that you have to like pick and choose like which one is really which one is the one you really want to put all your effort and energy into a fight for us. Yeah, those are just decisions that you have to make on the daily basis, though, for real. How do you, I play basketball growing up.

My kids play basketball, and so I know the game. And I'll admit, like, I think back to when I played, I was going to get my points. Like, I was for the team, too. I was a team guy. But so it's an interesting dynamic, getting it, man, like with basketball. Because you're for the team and you want to win. Right. But you want to score too because you know you have ability.

that's a really interesting dynamic, I think, about basketball in particular. Not definitely. How do you balance those, too? Especially for me at this point in my career, because this is going to be the first time that I've played point guard. Obviously, throughout my college career, I've been a shooter. I've been known as a shooter driver. So for me to play point guard now, I've had to shift my whole mindset to be more selfless instead of just trying to shoot and score.

But I feel like I've adjusted to a well, because my personality is giving. I feel like that's just what I do naturally. So me giving up the ball is easier than most people probably. But yeah, with that being said, it is a tough task, though, especially like whenever your role on the team is to score. That's the last thing you want to do is just pass or give up an opportunity to score. Yeah. Or give up an interesting.

You want to see those double digits by your name. Oh, yeah. They were all your being. Hey, you want to be able to post on your Instagram that you had 25 in night. That's a great thing to post. People love to do that. Thankfully, you had a lot of those 20-point nights transitioning to where all great things happened.

That's Clemson. You come to Clemson in desperate need of a shooter. You provide that and then some. What was it like playing for Brad Brown now? No, it was great. I was thankful that he gave me the opportunity to come back home, especially since I'm from the area. I wanted that was a childhood dream of mind

to play for Clemsons. I'm very thankful for that opportunity. But he allowed me to do, especially considering the fact that I had so many injuries and setbacks, he could easily pick somebody else in the transfer portal. From my conversations, he trusted me. believed in me in the vision that I had for the programs.

So it was a great honor to play for him, especially since I went to all the kids, camps growing up, and he signed the back of my t-shirts and stuff like that. So it was weird to be able to play for him and have him yell at me, actually, for a couple of bads, or a couple of mistakes, but it was a good experience, nonetheless. You proved them right because you dropped the buckets, a lot of them. You wear a breath of fresh air from three especially, but your overall game, man. I watched you, man. You play.

I know I always gave you our time, like, Clemson grade, whatever, one year. It's probably not fair to ex-Clemson guys that play five years. But in all seriousness, if I was trying to count on one hand, the guys that played one year at Clemson that had the impact that only played one year, I think you might make that list. There ain't many that had the impact that you had in one year. I like that. Yeah, I like that.

There's a lot right here. I appreciate that. Yeah. And look, it brings us to today, the reality of that, the transferring, and NIL. So all that goes down. You're going to look back, I think, when you get to be my age, because you're in the times of all that enacting.

You're breathing at Fort of Charleston, a year at Boston College, a year at Clemson, all the while, all this is swirling and coming and then came while you were a D1 athlete. I know it's a lot, but talk to me about like peripherally as an athlete watching. Maybe your feelings before it happened. Damn, I should be getting paid for an all lame. Of course, I'd be feeling the same way.

Like how you felt about it and then watching it all unfold. Yeah, honestly, just being realistically, just being realistic, I never thought we would get paid at the end of the day to begin with. So it never really crossed my mind in terms of, or I never had high hopes, pretty much I'll say. I never had a high on it. Yeah, I was an account on it. So whenever it did pass, it's, wow, like, this is actually some opportunities we can jump on.

So then my mindset, it kind of shifted. And then obviously, once I signed with my agent, it just took off from there. And the last two years was crazy. And it's crazy to think about how my whole college career got extended. And I was able to capitalize off two years of NIL, which was life-changing. So, yeah, man, I was happy, though my last two years, even though I had to go through some injuries and setbacks, but I ended up working out beautifully for me. If you're, you know, a lot of executives, if people listened to our show, we've got a real wide audience.

Probably a lot of parents. For parents out there that are curious about this, like what advice, now that you've lived and breathe that, you probably even, you did well, you have done well. I want to talk about what you can talk about, but like in that regard. How should parents think about this and how could they be starting to maximize their children that have the talent to maybe get this kind of attention

to be a D1 and all that? Is there advice that you give them or the athlete? I think from a parent's perspective, I guess don't force it on your kids in terms of trying to, to hope for it because obviously like the beginning in IL deals I hate to say it but it's just not fair in terms of who gets them and who doesn't just because it all comes down to attention social media cloud and followers and you know how it is nowadays if you can't really make anybody else attention or bring anybody else in money you're probably not going to get those deals so with that being said obviously if you have the platform for it and if you love social media and you like doing that type of stuff then yeah go ahead and go all in for it but if not and you just want to make some extra money on the side and your kid doesn't really want to give up all in for it, then don't do it because then it's going to end up just ruining y'all's relationship probably if you're fortunate all somebody. That's what I would have said from the kid from the parent's perspective. And from the kid's perspective, like I said, like obviously,

if you want a little bit of extra money in your pocket, you can get out of your comfort zone, make a couple TikToks, make a couple of Instagram stories and, hey, you might get some free food, free clothes, free gear, like whatever it may be. Like obviously, I said, like the elite of the elites get money for their content. But like I said, that's a select few. But yeah, you've got to just really just do what you want to do. Obviously, if you want to get out of your comfort zone, you can, but, like, at the end of the day, just do whatever your heart wants. Yeah, it's become fascinating to me

this balance between being the content creator and being the superstar athlete. Those two are very different. Those two are very different things. It's like, it's two different worlds. It's two different worlds. Are you an actor? Or am I an athlete? They don't always come together, right?

It never does. And then, like, especially people in the comments and people on social media in general, like they treat you like one of the other. So some comments, I'll be like, okay, yeah, people, like some people view me as an athlete, some people view me as a goofy content creator. So I have to live with that, obviously, because that's what the position I put myself in. But still, at the end of the day, it's funny the thing about, like, how really people treat you differently also based off how they view you.

They do. And like it, love to hate it. Social media's here. And it's, it brings, if you can get your arms around it and embrace it, it brings a lot of opportunity. Oh, yeah, that's the thing. They can have the impact negative, too, with mental health and all that. So you've got to be able to compartmentalize it.

Exactly, exactly. And that's where I've had to learn. And that's where I feel like I matured and grew during my time period in Boston because obviously I got on social media. And that was whenever I was at my lowest in terms of my weight, my depression, my suicidal thoughts, mental health. That's whenever I was fighting for my life pretty much. So I would get on, I was artistly, like, battling demons inside of me and my mental.

And then I would get on Twitter and then see, all these other mean tweets about me. So I'm like, dang, like, I really have to, like, remember social media is not real life and take a break from it and distance myself from it. And obviously, seeing those tweets about me hurt. But I look back to, I look two years now. And it's just, well, I'm happy that I was able to face all that head on because it's made me tougher mentally individual and stuff like that. What help you? Just to go back, just I think it's so powerful and important.

Like, when you look back now and even, it never goes away, right? We're all human beings. We're dealing with struggles every day. what have been like tactics or things or people like what kind of got you through to the other side yeah that's a great question i guess just for me i always have hope that's one thing that i've always had throughout my life i always felt like i can take a bad situation to flip it into a good one and one of my former teammates jurel brantley who played in the NBA and he plays overseas now but he always like growing up he was my teammate at charleston and he would always tell me like

today could be today and that kind of stuck with me because you never know what day that your whole life could flip. Like you never know what, like, you could get the contract that day. Your video could go viral that day. Like, you could get good news. And if you stop, then obviously you're never going to get to that good day or that good point. So that was always in the back of my mind going through my dark time and my dark period because I was like, if I stop now, I'm never going to see the light. And so that was something that's always stuck on me probably throughout that whole process.

Yeah. At the end of the day, it's so internal. Like, you can have external things like help, but you have to decide for yourself, you know, that it's, it's going to be all right and start taking steps, like building blocks, like stacking the winds or stacking the positivity or whatever you got to do. You have to. You got to find, and that's the thing. Like, it's different ways for everybody to do it because, and that's the thing people always

ask me, like, how did I overcome it? How did I do this? Like, my results and what I did, my process is going to be way different than anybody else's. And I feel like that's the thing that people need to hear too because there's not, like, a right way to go about it. Obviously, you're going to have your trial and error methods. And you're going to take time to have to have to learn how you need to react in certain situations and how you need to respond.

But at the end of the day, like, you just have to, whichever makes you happy, obviously in a healthy way, but you have to pick and choose those methods and go about it that way. Back to the NIL stuff. You got with an agent while you're still in college, right, because that became legal because NIL's there. So you've got representation. Right.

Do you feel like you were able to capitalize better with the agent, like bringing you stuff or were you securing your own things? Oh, yeah, definitely, because that's actually a funny question because whenever NIH first started, like the first two months, obviously, I didn't have an agent because I didn't know anything about it. And then I was DM in companies on my behalf. And obviously, they were just like, let's pretty much just respond with a whole bunch of nonsense, like weren't really leading into anything or anything like that. So then obviously, once I got with my agent, once I signed with Michael Raymond, man, it was like the next, within the next two weeks, we had a Mercedes deal. And I was just pretty much like the host athlete where I did a little meet and greet at a spot in Boston at a lot. of pop-ups spot in Boston. And that's when I realized I was like, damn, like, you really have to have an

agent in order to be well-connected and to make sure, like, the things go well. Because obviously, I don't have as many connects as in my agent, who's obviously in the marketing field would have. Once I put those two and two together, I made a list of like agents that hit me up, the pros and cons of each. And then I, who, gratefully signed with one of the best in the business. So I'm thankful for that. Were you getting paid for some of these engagements, like between Boston College and Clemson? Were there some that were dollars and some that were trade or merchant nice or those kind of things. Yeah, it was a combination to both.

Obviously, a certain company is like, for example, like with Amazon, I partnered with them and did my own little clothing line. So I was able to make my own graphic tea. So I got paid to promote their products. And then I also got to have my little own clothing line to the side. So that was one of the cooler deals. I feel like that I did throughout my time at Clemson. But yeah, then I have a shop gold deal.

And that's a jewelry company. And I was able to, they obviously sent me free jewelry. And then I made TikToks and got paid for that in exchange. So those are two of my favorite. deals that I probably did within the NIL space. But you've seen to get merchandise and pay for both depending on which company and what the contract is.

What's your like favorite memory at Clemson like that year? Favorite. Oh, I already know this. I think I know it. The audience don't know it. I don't know. I don't know. I think I know where you're going with it too, though.

But I think for me, it was definitely beating Duke at home in the sold out front of sold out crowd. That was crazy. Yeah, Cameron's shaking her head. She was there. That was, because growing up, obviously, me being from Anderson, obviously going to a lot of Clemson games growing up, like seeing Little John Packed like that.

And then I was just like, wow, in half the second half that I did and make the shots that I did, I was like, wow, man, that was. That interkidding me was so excited. I was like, yes, man, we did it, we did it. So that was tough. Yeah, man, that was, you know, you hate it this way because, like, you love and hate Duke. Like, you respect Duke.

Oh, yeah. You get tired of all of it. But then, but damn, it's nice beating them. That was, like, whenever I think about that day, I'm like, that's top three moment. My other top three moment was whenever we came back and beat Clemson at Boston College. That was crazy, too. Yeah. I got some good moments in Little John.

I know. On both sides. I like the Duke moment. Way better. That was crazy. That was crazy. It's got to be weird. a little bit like you love all the school they gave you a chance you play they gave

scholarship i'm sure you love all three schools but is it a little weird sometimes like where your allegiance lies or is it like that's the thing like i'm never i'm not really a school spirit kind of guy anyways like in terms of i'm like obviously i'm gonna still mess with me i'm still gonna miss with them because i'm an alumni and stuff like that but in terms of i'm not i don't have an allegiance towards one or the other but my favorite spot was charleston by far just because I feel like that's where I spent most of my career there. And that's what made me who I am today. Yeah, Boston College and Clipson will be a little one-year stops, though.

But, yeah, I feel like pit stops. One year and away is a long time, but in a way, it's like blink of an eye, right? Yeah, no, it's a blink and eye. Like, whenever they say that 10 months flies by, like, it flies by. Like, they're not kidding about that. I'm like, ooh, 10 months as a transfer really does fly by for real. Like, that one year, graduate is crazy. Yeah.

I still think we got hoes not making. in the tournament. We won't even go there. Oh, I can talk about that. I can talk about that. I mean, talk about that. For everybody listening, that doesn't follow, the March Madness is the pinnacle for college basketball in the NCAA tournament.

And Clemson had one of the greatest years in AC basketball, like, record-wise, for Clemson. It was like 15 and 5 or 15 and 6. Right. Yeah. And somehow we got left out of the tournament. But what was that like going through that process? Man, that was so never-theting. Because we all gathered in Little Johns to watch it, obviously,

because we're thinking, man, hopefully we're in a playing game. Hopefully we'll have a playing game, and we'll be able to at least try to get in there. But then obviously we watched it, and then as soon as they did that last 11 seed, we were heartbroken and I was like, dang, like, it's really happening. We're not going to make the tournament. And then it was worth seeing NC State make it.

Oh, just because we beat three times. Three times in a year. Three times in a year, all by like over 15, 16 points. destroyed them like 25, 20 and like 15 or something. It's crazy. Hey, I try to be positive and try to make the best of this situation, but then we lost to more head state. Oh, you could say, Brevin, don't be a nice guy.

Say what you mean. It was bullshit. Yeah, man, it was just so. It was like, because I always asked myself, like, for the next week, I was just like, how does that happen? Like, how does that happen? But we tried to end their right with more head state, but then that season ended abruptly.

Yeah. Yeah, I felt like that was a, I don't even know, but it's young guys. I'm sure you got pumped up and told your stuff. We'll go prove them wrong, but let's be honest. There's not the same energy. Yeah, it wasn't the same energy. Yeah, and you probably still should have won,

but I don't even think most fans were just like, shit. It's not invited tournament. Come on. No offense to NIT. Yeah, but it was just like for what we thought we were going to get. Exactly. And what actually happened was crazy. So what's it been like leaving Clemson, now playing pro ball in Lithuania?

Talk to me about that process and the transition. So obviously it's a night and day difference in terms of just like the culture and everything. Obviously, I'm out here. I can't understand anything they're saying. So I just have you Google Translate a good bit. But other than that, like the people are really nice and welcoming. The city that I'm in in Lithuania is called Kadaini. So it's about the same size as Clemson.

So it's not like it's really that big in terms of a size difference. But it's been great out here. Obviously, I got to get a justice hit of food. There's no Bojangles. There's no McDonald's. No Wendy's. They got to have McDonald's, but it's an hour away. But I'm a fast food guy.

I really love and miss my fast food. But other than that, I feel like it's been a, at the end of the day, we're just playing basketball with a whole bunch of guys. Obviously, still got the same type of vibe in the locker room. I'm a professional now. It's a little bit more in the line in terms of the league they were playing in. I'm in the top league in Lithuania. It's the same exactly like lamella ball and all them played in whenever they spend their time in Lithuania.

So it's a well-respected league. So I'm excited to be here for my rookie season. And that's a great platform for me to be able to level up quick too. So hopefully if I have a good rookie year, by year three or four, I'll be able to be making a lot of money doing this. So I'm happy and excited for the future. Yeah, there's a lot of money over there, right? I talk to people. A lot of people know the NBA.

They know, I guess the C league. I don't know. But there's a lot of fans and support for basketball overseas. Oh, yeah, definitely. Especially it depends on what country you land in. But, like, Serbia is crazy. Basketball is really crazy. I'm trying to think where else.

Like, the league's in Spain, the Eurole, like, is really high-level basketball over here. And there's a lot of NBA guys coming over here playing soon, obviously, once they get later on in their careers. But so, yeah, I mean, there's a lot of big names and money to be made over here overseas basketball for sure. When did your season start? So our season starts, yes.

That's a great question, too, because it's a way different. Our season starts early. It starts like September 10th, I believe. So we got, like, less than three weeks. before we get started up and typically like college basketball don't start until November. Yeah, absolutely. It's a quick little start. But I like it though because obviously we get into games faster.

How's your game these days? You still searching it? Hey, man, it's going to be beautiful. I can't wait for you all to see the highlights. Man, it's going to be a good year for me for sure. I'll leave it at that for now. But yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited.

You're playing point guard though, right? Yeah, I'm playing point guard. I'm playing point guard. Okay. All right. How's your squad overall? We're actually going to be a lot better than what I thought Because obviously you never really know until you get on the court with everybody

And get a feel for everybody But the last two weeks have very impressed me So I'm excited, I'm excited I think we'll be able to make some noise in our little Lithuanian lead And hopefully qualify for the Fibah Cup We have that coming up in the next month, I think So yeah, there's a lot of basketball coming up So we're excited

Yeah, some of the best players the NBA right now from overseas The Joker. I mean, he's won the MVP And like You got freaking, I don't know, every big name, almost every other big name is from overseas these days. Exactly. So basketball competition is high over there. And I'm sure you're feeling that or seeing it like the skills.

Oh, yeah, definitely. Because that's the biggest thing. It's like, obviously the NBA would be lovely to play in. But at the same time, like, I want to make sure that I'm able to play. And obviously, I got to fall for an NBA spot or this and that. But when I have played, probably not. And I want to make sure that I'm able to play. I actually enjoy my career while I can

because that looks really better and like you said, like the competition and respect over here is big. It's not like you're just playing against 40-year-old men. Like now you're playing against some elite guys. Yeah. Brevin, where is it all headed, man?

If you've got your crystal ball and we all got to write a road story, we know you can be putting the effort in. We know you got the game. Right. Obviously, if the shit happens that you can't control, but what's next five or 10 years? You just live that pro basketball dream?

as far as you can, like, where you would go with your career and everything? Definitely. I definitely want to play the, like, top level ball over in Europe, if possible. I want to play in the Euro League. I kind of want to be known as a Dominic R overseas. That's just what I envision for myself. I want to be an international celebrity as well with the social media life and TikTok and doing all that type of stuff because I love content and I love being.

I feel like that's another half of me that I have to be able to do in order for me to be fully happy. So, yeah, so I just want to be on top of the basketball stuff, be on top of this content creator stuff. I want to be known for overseas basketball because I feel like there's not a lot of content creators that are doing overseas basketball content. So the last few videos I've made this past couple weeks

of did well numbers on social media. So I'm excited to start that journey as well in terms of that. So yeah, I'm excited for everything. Hey, man. That's the modern player, man. You got the game on and off the court, the social media game and the game. So that's a winning combination.

Speaking of those social media channels, Brevin, and where can everybody watch the latest content? Yeah, so I think all my platforms are Brevin Galloway. I think I'm Brevin Galloway on every single platform because I don't want to make sure that we limit the confusion. Yeah, that's smart. Hey, your way ahead. As a marketing guy, you got it put together.

Yeah, you don't need that Brevin 2743 Galloway number one. It sounds cool, but it gets confusing. It hurts your XO, though, too. We need none of that. Love it, brother. I really appreciate you coming on the show. It's been great watching your journey. And once a tiger, always a tiger.

Yes, sir, baby. I appreciate you. It was an honor. Thank you for having me. Of course. Hey, guys, you know where to find us, the radcast. Dot com.

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