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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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Just take me back to New York |
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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