WE WON THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

NBA champion.

What do you have to say?

We are the champions!

Here he goes again, Elijah Bryant dazzling Dribble dancing.

You can put that in the trunk.

Are you driving?

Yeah, drink on, drink on.

Yay! How you doing? Good to see you. You too.

Thanks for coming. Yeah, of course.

Thanks for the invite, man.

Looks good, buddy.

Hey, come on, come on in front.

Come on.

He wants us to say hi to Blue.

You never met him.

Blue! Blue!

He's like, who is this guy?

It's big.

It's pretty heavy, huh? Yeah. Chang, you want to show them a bit?

Mom said it's so pretty.

You can tell.

We are leaving the good old 602. Is this 602?

Yes.

I'm moving to a bigger room because we should have done this way before, but you ready to move to the mansion? We're going to the mansion. We've been in a little mini penthouse, now we're going to the mansion.

It's gonna feel like we're going to the mansion.

Ready? Welcome to the house.

Wow, the entry. Oh, whoa, this is like quite a Bigger.

Wow, way better, huh?

Wow, this is way bigger.

Wow, we should have been in this the whole time, huh?

Yeah.

Whoa, and we have a kitchen. Way better.

Are you glad we moved?

Yeah.

Yeah, told you.

Told you, buddy.

Money is for happiness.

So, is the same thing with our apartment?

Huh?

Is the same thing gonna be with our apartment?

This could be a good apartment for us, no?

Oh gosh.

You know where we're going? We're going to the Whole Foods.

We're gonna get some ice cream.

Children's Museum. All right, we're moved in. We're kind of getting moved in. Bluey is— thinks this is the Children's Museum.

He's finding the bed.

Riding the bed. We broke the place in a little bit. The views are immaculate. Dad is about to head to hot zona, Death Valley, literally. Mom's gonna hold the fort down, right?

Give me kisses.

Are you able to hold the fork down for me?

Are you able to hold the fork down for me?

Louie, tell the people you love them. Say, I love you.

I love you.

Whoa, trying to— whoa, easy there, killer. We're learning how to walk. Yeah, I was walking back to the hotel.

You want me in it?

Today's the day I become a champion.

We did it, guys! NBA champion! What do you have to say?

We are the champions!

We are the champions! No time for losers! We are the champions!

Yeah, it was a crazy night last night.

Like, it was out of body experience.

And everyone might say, oh, you didn't put—

like, you didn't play in the—

do you understand, like, everyone on that court, how much they've sacrificed in their life to get to that point? You know what I mean? Like, coaches, like everyone involved on both sides of Phoenix But like everyone sacrificed so much to be at this point in their career, and I just like felt overwhelmed with emotion. I was like about to cry, like, what are you doing?

Stop crying.

Even Jane felt like she was gonna cry, huh?

I know.

I got really teary-eyed when they were storming the court.

My mom was crying.

It's just like, as a kid, I mean, this is like what you dream of, making the NBA, let alone winning an NBA championship. So I'll say one thing. And one thing only, this one, I would tell them, like, don't ever let anyone, like, tell you you can't do something, right? Like, don't ever let anyone— like, I was 5'7" in 9th grade. Like, don't let ever anyone— if you have faith in your ability, you have a good circle with people that instill confidence, you know, like my mom, my wife, my family— instill confidence and have faith in whatever higher being you have. Things could happen.

Hey, question, you guys. Um, now refer to Elijah as NBA champion.

Champ, boy! That boy champ!

Call me champ, bro!

How crazy!

What a wild ride!

Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on.

That's crazy, bro. That's crazy. Yes, sir. You'll say that for the rest of your life, huh?

Yeah, bro, it's unbelievable, man.

That was wild, bro.

So many people texted me about you, were like, what the heck? God is real, bro. God is real, period.

Period. You're the most—

like, one of the more religious people I know. Yeah, like, you're true to it and you believe in it, and look at what happened.

It's crazy.

Anything could have signed you.

Look who signed it. Yeah, bro, it's It's wild. Well, like, I got a little emotional, like, right when the buzzer was about to sound, and then I was like, I was like, wait, you know, you don't want to cry because, like, I didn't really play. Then you, like, start thinking about, like, wait a second, I sacrificed my whole life for this, you know? You know how much we work, like, every day practice, every day, like, just to get to the NBA. People, like, you know, cry. I was like, bro, I made it to the NBA in the first year, I won a championship, like, Like, what is going on, bro?

No, I'm going back.

I'm going back to Utah, then I'll be back. I'll be back here the 31st, so it's not really like—

yeah, I know it's wild, but I mean, I can tell you this, the two biggest names in Israel, the last place, will be the Ice Ice Cube and Elijah Bryant.

That's funny.

You know, Elijah is definitely a big name right now. I know you're over there with Stone, I know you're over there in Scotland, but I got you over here with me.

Oh, let's go, let's go! Perfect.

Yeah, on to the next box on the list.

Yeah, exactly.

If I remember correctly, just like 2 months and a half ago you were here in Maccabi, then your last game, and I mean, it's crazy, it was about 2 months.

Yeah.

And now NBA champion.

Yeah.

Yeah, let's go to Let's go back to that moment when you got the phone call from your agent, whoever it was, and told you, all right, I'm going on a plane to Wisconsin. Yeah, I mean, what the hell goes through your mind?

I think for me it's always been a dream of mine to play in the NBA, and I knew my time was going to come. I just didn't know when. I put a lot of my trust in obviously God and my faith. It wasn't as comfortable for me to leave, you know, looking forward to— it was a long season the year before, it was a long season that year, you know, looking forward to a break, but I think when we choose the harder right and we get comfortable with being uncomfortable, that it allows us to progress in life. So it wasn't an easy choice, but I knew it would be rewarding. Fast break points, the regular season, my don'ts. Who is that?

Well, his nickname is EB, but it's Josep.

Oh wow, that's great because I played, I played one game and I had a lot of fast break points. Yeah, yeah.

Bullard, you got 5 points. Second is TJ Warren, who just played a couple of games, and Giannis, 4.7.

Yeah, so go and play basketball, just play. As soon as I get in, I'm wide open, I'm shooting it, just to relieve some stress, you know, in terms of don't think too much.

And now, obviously, we've never seen you play against the guys in Milwaukee and not really with them. So try and take us, all Israelis, you know, wonder in their heads, how does Elijah adjust and how does he fit in the, you know, world champions, you know, like, do the trenches play against the starters? How's it like?

So we, like we said, we have this name for the guys who aren't playing, or rookies, or the trench squad. So those guys, I mean, in practice, we're like just shooting, you know, you had the first team versus second team. For me, how I fit into— I think the first thing we get on the court is a big emphasis on defense, especially this team. They're really good at— people are really good at defense. I think we have enough people on the team that can score. So how am I going to help the team in a facet that keeps me on the court? Let's say if I'm not scoring, defense, rebounding, communicating, leading the team. I mean, each team in the NBA has a James Harden, Steph Curry, you know. So I'm not going to come in— I know my role. I'm not going to come in and be the James Harden. I'm not going to try to be that, you know. So I'm going to come in and, you know, limit my turnovers, make the right play every single time, really focus on making the right decision every time, which makes it easier for me instead of trying to press and score or do something where I had to, say, do more at McCovey. And basically, I'm trying to make the superstar's job a tiny bit easier. If I can do that, I feel like I've—