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When he get out of his car, you better guard him right from the moment he pulls up to the arena
As soon as he get out of
You might want to guard him when he can get out of the bed, parking dick
Swear to God
He's serious
Too, obviously
I love Luca
Luca Cole
Luca bamboo
Yeah? Yeah, me and Luca, we good
I do him dirty
You two in shape right now for Khaled?
I do not make reactions right off the bat, because, you know, I've been a part of
I created it uninterrupted, because there's times where you can say something and they can take about a small bit of it, and then this is what they blast out to everybody
And that's why I started uninterrupted, because I got tired of being interrupted about these things I was saying into the media
And they will only take
Out of the 20 minutes I was talking, they will take two minutes
One clip
Put it on there
LeBron says this, and I got tired of that
So when I heard the comment that Kyrie made, I wanted to, one, not only find the whole transcript, but also call my people, send me the whole transcript
And I heard he had did it on Katie's podcast
And I was a little like, like, damn
Once I got the whole transcript, I was like, damn
You know, I wasn't like, are you tripping? I hit game winning shots
I was not like that
I was like, damn
Because you were there for a couple seasons
I mean, I played with Kyrie for three seasons
The whole time while I was there, I only wanted to see him be an mvp of our league
I only cared about his success, and it just didn't align
It just didn't align
And we was able to win a championship
That's the craziest thing
We were still able to win a championship, and we could never align
But I only cared about his well being, both on and off the floor
And it kind of, like
It kind of hurt me a little bit
Know that's what it was because it was the finals
Listen
Kd's a dog
Team USA was giving a lot to me, so I feel like, you know, it's an opportunity for me to give back
You know, we all had dialogue throughout the season and we thought it'd be pretty special
We were all healthy
We all have an opportunity to get together and, you know, show what we're capable of
You know, giving my all to the game, to the craft, and also dedicating my body, understanding that, you know, my body is my tempo
To continue to play at a high level, you have to be able to commit to doing the things that I guess some of your peers don't want to do
I want to squeeze as much juice as I can out of my career
It's going to work just like any one of my teammates
Hold him accountable, man, he should hold me accountable when I do things, you know, not right
You know, for me, you know, I probably would hold him at a higher standard because, you know, I want him to be great
I want him to be as great as he can be
You're only going to get out as much as you put in, you know? So I hope that I'm able to inspire, you know, the next generation to, you know, put the work in as both on the floor, off the floor, commit to the game
There's no shortcuts to being great, and he's lived it
What?
Melissa, last question
Hey, Bron, obviously, all time scoring record
Another season where you essentially defeat father time again
On a personal level, how would you evaluate the season that you had? I don't know
I love to play the game
I love to compete
I love to be out there for my guys, my teammates, wherever I have
That particular year, I think it was special in the fact that having a first year coaching, first year coaching staff to be able to take, you know, take them to the Western Conference finals, I think that's dope for coach Hamm and his coaching staff going forward
That's pretty amazing for me
I mean, I just, you know, it's all about availability for me and keeping my mind sharp and things of that nature
Being present on the floor, being president, you know, locker room and bus rides and plane rides, things of that nature
It's challenging
It's challenging
You know, for sure, it was a very challenging season, you know, for me, you know, for our ball club
And obviously, you know, we know what went on early on or whatever the case may be
But it was a pretty cool, pretty cool ride
But I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I think it's okay
I don't like to say it's a successful year because I don't play for anything besides winning championships at this point in my career
And I don't
I don't get a kick out of making a conference appearance
I've done it a lot, and it's not fun to me to not be able to be able to be a part of, you know, get into the finals
But we'll see, we'll see
We'll see what happens going forward
But I don't know
I don't know
I got a lot to think about, to be honest
I got a lot to think about, to be honest
And just for me personally, going forward with the game of basketball, got a lot to think about
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What was that moment like for you?
Between the lines, to some extent, basketball's gonna take care of itself, but outside of those lines, he's starting to have some of the same arrows slung at him that you had when you were a teenager
What's gonna take for him to withstand that?
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