Moses Moody on funny Steph Curry stories, playing defense with Draymond Green & Warriors Finals run
Transcript of a Draymond Green-hosted podcast episode featuring Moses Moody and BD. Conversation covers Moody's NBA development — his first contract extension, financial perspective, rookie championship experience, and offseason work on footwork and shot mechanics — plus anecdotes about mentorship from vets (Draymond, Steph, Klay), defensive lessons playing alongside Draymond, the Warriors' roster depth, and personal background (Little Rock → Montverde). The episode mixes technical basketball talk, personal growth/finance advice, and lighthearted locker-room stories.
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What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Draymond Green show with my brother.
Everybody looking at my Draymond Green fantasy. Okay, sleeper, A.J. 80 points. 80 points. 80 points. Wow. Let's go. Let's go.
Wow.
80 points. We not playing, bro. Defensive player of the year. Let me. I have to.
I got. I got.
I gotta. I gotta run it real quick. I gotta. I gotta run the program. Hold on. Just show you what you did. Well, you already know what you did, but defensive player of the year candidate Draymond Green went 18, 8, 5, 1 block. Ooh, no steals, though. Only two fouls and two turnovers.
No, I had a steal. They shorted me.
You know what they did short you, bro. Hey, y' all gotta stop doing my dog like that. Deflections are steals in Draymond Green's world.
It's rough.
We got to get that. That deep. What is it?
That's a fact. You knocked.
At least get half of Seals. How you feeling on the road, bro?
You know what I'm saying? So I feel great, brother. I. I kicked it last night with Trav, and when we got in here to Boston, by the way, this. This hotel bring me great memories, man. I was recording podcasts in this hotel after. After win.
That was sick.
So this is great. But, you know, we got to Boston, and I sat in my room and kicked it with trash. And every now and then, used to be more frequently, but, you know, they. Yeah, they start to grow up on you, man. Every now and then, though, I get a text, and when I get this text message, BD it be my rook, my young fella, he'll hit me, and he say, hey, man, can I come through? And. And he just come through, and he just sit and listen to me talk, and I just try to give him a bunch of game, and we just sit and chop it up. And we sat here till 4. Something in the morning last night with my young fella, my rook, who I have the honor of welcoming to the show today. Mo Money. What's up, young fella?
Glad to finally be on.
I'm excited to welcome champ to the show. You know, we always talk about things that you. You need something to talk about. You know what I'm saying? And, like, in this league, just saying I'm in the league ain't enough. Like, you need something to talk about and you yourself, which means me myself and the way I feel just when they got you a bag. Come on, man. Congratulations, you signed the extension with the Warriors. Your first extension. How does it feel to get that first extension? And did you go buy yourself something once you got that extension?
So being in the NBA, you get there, you got this image of what the NBA is like on what it is as a kid growing up, but then just like going through life and everything and just being able to separate the two between the NBA and then real life. But just having that like financial stability, like that life changing money, life changing situations, it's easy to take that for granted when you stuck in the NBA world. But separating it, you really able to appreciate what that is, what you're doing it for. So the first extension is amazing for me. They're just appreciative of it and just this kind of solidified stuff for me a little bit. And now you can just hoop and have fun with it. So yeah, that's been everything for me.
And would you say, is that motivation? You know, like, because usually you sign that contract, you're like, all right, here, here's what I did. I committed to this. Now you know what, what, what is the next phase? You know what I mean?
Yeah, yeah. So. And I try not to get too caught up in the like, you know, what's next, which, what I'm. What I'm trying to get to next. And like, because I've been working for this so hard. So first I want to be able to appreciate what I did and then being able to get that. But then it's the NBA season, you tomorrow, so you can't really bask in it too long. But yeah, just somewhere in the middle of it is, you know, he's working for the next thing while appreciating what I did.
That's.
That's big time. Bd. Did you. Did you have like, what. What would you say your most lavish buy was?
I probably bought like a house, I guess. Yeah, I probably bought a house. I bought a house in New Orleans. This big ass house in the Garden District. That shit was haunted, bro. I was scared as hell that shit was haunted. It took me like a year to remodel this shit. I had the worst year in my life. When I was remodeling next year, it was cracking, but yeah, it was a big. And then the house turned into be the real world's house. Real world New Orleans. So they trashed my shit.
Yeah.
When they took the toilet to the toothbrush the one kid.
Yeah.
So I would say that was it. I bought a big ass house and didn't even need it. I mean, I ain't as smart as you, Moses, you know what I mean?
I. I never bought my first house. I never bought my first house. My wife and I. Oh, perfect.
I remember you was telling me, Dre, we was in the locker room one day, you was telling me, like before this, before the side of the deal, it's not even a year ago or so. Just talking about when you get it. Just. Just the importance of being able to like keep your money and invest in it rather than tying it up and stuff too. So then even like getting a deal and everything is really. That's really been the biggest thing I've been on. Just trying to learn, figure out money, learn money. Because I ain't never had it before. So just figuring that out first.
If there was one thing that I could do. I'm sorry. If there was one thing that I could do over again, the one thing I would tell a young guy to get their first big contract is that next year, after you just get that first big contract, live the same life.
Absolutely.
On the rookie deal for at least a year. Because if you can save more by living that same life, if you can get ahead on the savings that first year and help build that nest egg, then moving forward, it makes everything else way lighter. But when you adjust your lifestyle the first year, then you start picking up the bigger bills and you don't necessarily get to save as much. Saying so that would be my advice. And getting that first one is like for one year, the same apartment that you live in. Live in that same apartment, the same car you drive. Drive that same car. Like all of those things, at least for the first year, just keep them all the same.
Yeah, I would really help you get ahead is basketball is free. Everything you do in the NBA, you get for free. You know what I mean? So what do you need all this money for? Right? And so that, that's a. That's a good way to look at it is like, yo, I live for free. I hoop for free. I go to the gym, I eat for free. Like, my lifestyle is free. So what do you need to go and spend on being extravagant for what? You know what I mean?
And me and me being from, like, I'm from Little Rock, Arkansas. I ain't never had much growing up. So like, so, you know, some people ain't never had nothing when they get something, they want to wild out. But I'm that Ain't. That ain't really me. Like, I ain't never had nothing. So I'm cool with not much, honestly. So just being able to. Because I heard somebody told me that a while ago, like, you don't need to be rich when you 20 years old. You need to be rich when you're 50, when you got kids and grandkids or whatever. That's. Then you need some money for real. So, yeah, I ain't in too much of a rush to change up.
The problem with that is the earlier you get rich, the better because there's this thing called compounding interest that the sooner you get the money, the more money it makes for you. So that must have been a broke person that tells you you ain't need to get. You a need to have money.
Like, you need to be. You don't need to exploit or worry about being rich in your 20s, save the money, be rich in your 50s.
Right? You need it, you need to get it.
Yeah, okay.
That's great advice.
How about to say, now that is great advice. I thought they were saying, who is.
This person talking to? My dog. No, he got it right.
All right, now we gotta question you trying to tell him he'll need to have money until he's 50.
You feel me?
But moving into the, you know, obviously what we all want to talk about, the hoop season, it's just going into this season. You know, you're. You're. You're going into your. You just started your fourth year, not going into. You just started your fourth year, but just want to rewind a little bit. Just going back to the beginning of preseason, I felt like you approached this season with a different mindset and not a different mindset in the aspect of your work ethic, because I've always seen you work since you've been here. I always tell people like, Kavon Looney is the most professional player I've ever played with when it comes to just being an absolute pro. And second to him is you. And you know, you're second because you just don't have the body of work and the length of. But the way you've always gone about your business is admirable and respectable. But like I said, I felt like you approached this year, this preseason, this season with a different mindset. What was some of those goals that you set for yourself to come in with this new mindset and this. You know, I felt like at times before you'd be aggressive and then, like, not know, and like, now it's just like, you're you're seeing more certain of what it is and who you are. Just talk to me about that and making that adjustment.
Yeah, yeah. So a lot of that was this summer, like going into it, because as much as you know, you got to stay level headed and not worry about whatever it is. Like, I go, I went into training camp with like, I want, like I can sign a contract this year not knowing what it's gonna be and trying to figure that out. Like, this is the, like. So going into training camp, kind of showing what I've been working on. But this summer I was working out at Proactive with my guy Dash and all, and I was really learning a lot about footwork and how to be the guy, what angles you're trying to get to and stuff like that. And that was really big for me because my whole life I've been a hard worker. Like, I've been a work board. But realizing that, like, it's more about what you're working on and how hard you working sometimes. So that was the biggest thing that switched for me this summer. And going into the season, even mindset. Why? So that was big and I think that kind of showed a lot of the progress. But then to answer your question, the mindset going in and the difference of it, it's kind of just been like, I know what to expect now. I know in the NBA, like, I know what coaches is like this and that. And for me, it's really just been. I ain't. I've been. I. Trying to get playing time, trying to stay in the rotation, trying to do what your coach want. Like, that was kind of the game that I played a lot earlier on. But then once you play that game long enough, you realize, man, it's gonna go. It's gonna be how it's gonna be no matter what you do, honestly. So I' ma just hope. And they let it, let all that go. How it do.
Yeah, I like that. You know, Steph returned to playing the Wizards game. Okay. It's like a tongue twister. I can't say with it. I said with a list. But before that, you started three games without Steph, you know, and you was balling. And what I saw was, you know, Steph being active on the bench with you. Can you talk about, you know, how it felt, you know, how you feeling in those three games? But then also just the relationship, you know, as a young dude, you know, making this progress that you got with your vets, like Steph and definitely Dre.
Yeah, yeah, it's A. It's a. It's been an ideal situation for me, just coming into the league and having these vets, having these dudes. But something that I learned, like, as I got older, is that just because you got the people there don't mean you're gonna learn nothing from her. Don't mean you're gonna get the best from them. You gotta earn that. Like, you gotta. You gotta get that respect. I. I ain't just gonna sit up here and talk to somebody that might not want to get talked to, might not want to learn nothing. So, like, part of the professionalism that I come with every day, dealing with anybody, is. Is to get that relationship and get that respect. Like, if I'm showing up late to everything we're dealing with, then you might not want to. You're gonna come with a different thing to offer. But I want to get everything I can get from Dre's and Stephs and cps and dudes that I've been around. So that's why I asked so many questions. I'm opening that door so you don't got to worry about how to talk to me. I'll tell you like, I want it. I want the game. I want to talk about it. Like, I used to. I would go to Dre all the time on the plane, and we'll watch film together. But it's just because I want you to be okay to come talk to me about anything, because I want that from you. You gotta earn that and get that from people. So, like, you was asking about Steph in particular. That's a big thing with him. I feel like he's not a guy that's going to come up to you and just give you game. Like, I'm. I want you to have this. I'm gonna talk to you, talk to you. But if you ask him a question, he'll go on for however long you want to talk to him. You just gotta go right, right. You gotta go knock on the door. And then he there. He always is he ready to do it. But you. Yeah, but that's. That's the best that man gave you.
The talking. He walk you through every step of it. We could be in practice, one of them going to him for advice. We've been moved on to the next drill. He'd still be over there in the corner talking to him. We all just be standing in the huddle, standing, looking at him, waiting for him to stop. Give you the most profound answer.
It is one on one, too. He ain't doing it. In front of everybody for everybody to see. Like, no, he's talking.
Yeah, that's killer.
That's it. No. Nobody else have a clue what the hell you talking about? It's very quiet. It's over there amongst them, too. And that's.
Hey, hey, Moses. I do. I do got a question. Have you ever asked Step a question? And he go, oh, man, I don't know.
Like, damn.
Like, oh, man.
Yeah. Yeah. I feel like that's the thing that I like about Steph is that, like, he. He. He really real. And, like, so far, even to say, like, if he don't know the answer to the question, he'll be like, no, I don't know. And he's not gonna come up with a fake answer because he's supposed to know or whatever that is. He'll go figure it out and come back and tell you. But if he don't know, he'll say that.
Yeah, I know, I know, I know. Dre asked him about that shot in the Olympics. I mean, I. I've seen you. You've seen him make incredible shots. Do you ever go up to him and be like, yo, how'd you do that? And I wonder if it's the same answer he gave Draymond.
I. Yeah, I ain't never. I really ain't never went up to him and asked him after because they always seem to do so many things a lot. But, no, I ain't never went up to him.
He just seemed, like, hella humble and like, he just be doing shit out there and don't know what he be doing, but he be doing it and he can't explain it. Right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that'd be the case a lot of. Yeah, okay, I get what you're saying. That'd be the case. A lot of times when I'm asking him about stuff, is that he really. Just because he's so free spirited with it on the court and everything. It's not. Everything is completely figured out to the teeth. It's like shooting. You know, when I asked about shooting, I might ask him about a turn that I noticed that he does all because I'll be watching. I noticed that he does something and he'll. He'll grab a ball and be like, well, I guess I could do that. And then he'll tell me why, where it came from or something. But he didn't realize business. Doing every shot.
That's hilarious.
That's funny. That's stuff, though. And that is his greatness, though. Like, you just be in it Right, like just doing it.
Oh, yeah. You know, he's not over analyzing. That's.
Yeah, it's funny, I heard him say the other day, he said yesterday, that's one thing Steph ain't gonna do. Steph, the last thing he going to do is sit there and overanalyze the situation. Which explains, I mean, it doesn't explain at all, but which also explains like a part of his greatness and why he can shoot the way he shoot because he has short term memory. We was breaking a huddle yesterday and Steph hit his first three on the court and BP says something like, ooh, first three back out there, you knock it down. Touch my hand, Touch my hand so I can hit the shot. And Steph said I should touch your. Steph touched his head. He said I should touch your head. Get all out your head, get out your brain and go play. Don't even touch your brain. Get out of your head. Get all out of your head and go play. And like. But that's, that's how he is. It's always just like, yo, what you thinking about? Like, why you thinking? And he just. Do you know what I'm saying?
That.
And that's, like I said, that's a part of his greatness and it being year four for you. You won a championship in your first year, so you know how it looks. You know what things look like, you know how it feels. A lot of guys in year four can't say that, you know you want. You won your first championship before I won my first championship, which I don't necessarily love, but it's cool, I'll give you that one. But in saying that, a lot of talk has been put on this about the depth of this team. What are, what, what is, what is your takeaway about this team? Like, what stands out most to you about this team?
It would have to be the depth. I mean, just talent wise without the. With so many, with so many guys, so many players. And given that I have been able to see what the playoffs is like, what the stretch is like, is the biggest thing is that it's not about the first five. Like, it's not you. You get to the playoffs and then it always seemed like, man, they would have won if that dude didn't get hurt or if that situation was different. And that's the biggest thing about going down the stretch is that it's not going to be as you plan. It's not going to be perfect, it's not going to be the way it was Supposed to be. So having enough to withstand almost anything is a superpower. It's a cheat code, almost.
Yep.
That's a fact. I always say to people, you win championships six through 10, you don't win championships one to five. We see great one to fives all the time. Every team is almost built to have a great one to five. Like, everybody's built, like, who's my starters?
Y.
If you just have that, you're screwed. Like, you.
It.
It is absolutely necessary that your 6 to 10 be strong. Your 6 to 10 need to be able to win you games in the regular season, which in turn, they can win you games in the regular season. They may sneak you one during the playoffs, but during the playoffs, your best players got to be playing great. Ain't no sneaking games. What? You know me, I know you. Best players gotta be playing great, but just six through ten gotta be strong. And your playoffs, you know, it become eight, and sometimes it become nine, but that gotta be so strong in order to win. And a lot of people don't understand that.
Yeah.
How would you describe your experience playing defense? Alongside my dog, Draymond Green. And then also we talked about, like, previous episodes, how, like, it was a challenge, you know, guarding somebody, like, Jason Kidd, you got Donovan Mitchell, you got SGA coming up. Talk about, you know, pl. Garden players like that. But then also, you know, you got. You got the man right here, this defensive player of the year right here. Like, how. How has, you know, the experience with you and Dre, you know, affected your defense again?
Yeah. Yeah, that's a good question. It's. I. I would talk about it my rookie year to where it's like, I'll be guarding somebody, and it feel like they just hesitant, like, they don't want to make moves a certain way. And, like, because they see me and they. They don't. They don't want to attack their attack here. And then I realized the fact that it's like. Like in a movie or something to where it's like, the dude. The dude in the front, I'm already looking at you. But then I got this big old dude behind me. They acted a certain way this and that. And then as I've been able to be, become a better defender, too, now I can mess with him. I can take more gambles and kind of affect the ball, affect that. Because they always have that hesitancy that. Because Dre, he's not going. He's not like. Like, halfway showing, like, no, he's standing right here. Like, where are you? Where you, we double teaming you almost. And because he can react and get back to where he's supposed to be. So just having that behind you at all times, it just lets you become a different player. Different.
And so, yeah, and then, yeah, that's. That's big shout out, man. Like, you know, to have that big dude behind, you know, had that big.
Old security dude, that big old OG.
Gangster, you know what I mean? It's like, yo, I can gamble. I could be out here gambling, boy, it's a beautiful thing. And then talk about like, you know, you, you, you are now your fourth year. So you're gonna be facing the Donovan Mitchells now. The SGAs like, y' all got them two coming up. What do you think about that game and what's your strategy on your approach when you playing against these superstar shooting guards?
Since I was talking about learning the game and everything throughout the summertime, I was watching a lot of film on a lot of different guys. And I watch it differently because now I'm looking at footwork. Why are you good? Why do you score? Why do you beat this guy? Why do you beat people all the time? So I was thinking about it for myself, but even on the defensive end, now that you understand it, you understand it both ways. And that allows me to kind of realize too, like we dealing with those guys, everybody says that you don't stop SGA or whatever player like some of those top players, but you can make them do what you want them to do. And then team defense, being able to send them to the help, being able to take away a couple things and just have a game plan like that, that's the more you understand the game, the more you simplify it and that's. That's what you can do on the defensive end.
I always speak about, as I said before, just your professionalism and your demeanor. You being. You're quiet to most, although you're not quiet if you know you. But you more have a quiet, more reserved personality. And so for me personally, I always like to speak you up, you know, speak up. Things I think you do well, you as a person, all of these things you know about your game. But in assessing yourself, what is it that you hang your hat on when speaking of your game that you like? This is who I am. This is what I hang my hat on. This is what separates me from my peers. What is that to you? For you?
Yeah, I would say shooting is my thing. And that's been like. I've gotten better at it, figured it out and all of that but shooting is the thing that I do. But then outside of that I've been working on like ball handling and being able to control the ball, come off pick and rolls and kind of read situations like that. The hustle plays and all of that. I've had to do it so much to where that's part of me now and then defense, pick, I can guard the 1 through 4. You can switch me on the 5 if you need to every once in a while but. But really just that multi purpose but shooting is my thing. The Emirates NBA cup is here. You can win big getting in on the action at DraftKings sportsbook. It's cool. Official sports betting partner of the NBA. All 30 teams split into six groups every Tuesday and Friday playing for the.
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Klay Thompson is about to return to the Chase center for the first time. Damn. Uhoh. This next week too. What do you expect to be the. What do you expect for the atmosphere and then also if you were to describe your relationship with Klay Thompson, how would you. What, what words would you choose?
Yeah. Yeah. Clay is such a like everybody talk about like free spirited this and that but Clay really just a real dude. He. He don't, he don't do nothing for no ulterior motives. He not doing this because it looks good or because like these people gonna think. No, he's doing it because he wants to boss. Yeah. But even like like dealing with him, that's been my, that's been my dog since I've been here. In conversations it's that same feeling like he let you on the boat because he want to hang out with you for a while. Not because no other reason. Like so we still be playing chess and stuff all the time. It's just an authentic relationship with authentic dude. So he. That he ripped who've been winning in chess. I've been, I've been hot lately. I've been. I got him like three, four games in a row. But before that I was talking to you and told you he was getting off. He had me like five games in A row. I just started fighting back. So, yeah, we. We. We pretty. He. He up, like, two games on the record.
What you about to say, bd?
No, I'm just looking forward to this matchup. I. I already know. You know, Clay called. Called Draymond the op.
Yeah, he did.
He called Dre the op. Oh, he called y' all the ops.
So check this out.
Clay coming in the Chase Center. You know what I mean? He. I'm gonna have to come out for that one.
Listen, check this out, Moso. I'm working out at EULA this summer, and, you know, Dallas come in. Well, Kyrie, Clay, a couple other guys, they come in at the gym after I finished my workout, and I had to run that day because I had Pilates right after. So as soon as I finished, and I didn't get to see Clay, but I had. Saw a couple of other guys. And then Trav saw Clay come in, and Trav was talking to Kyrie, and Clay walked up to Kai, like, kai, don't be talking to the opps. So then Trav came and told me that Clay said that he was like, you think he was serious? And I was like, well, it's Clay, so he's joking, but he's definitely a little serious. Like, but he's joking, but he's definitely serious. And so, sure enough, the next day, I'm working out, they come in again after me, and I'm talking to God, and he walk up, kyle, you talking to the ox.
Wow.
And I said, love this trial. He. There's definitely some seriousness to it. He just said the same thing to me. So therefore, I'm going to run through his chest when we play them. Now, I wasn't going to, but come.
On, you have to.
And that's. That's where that whole thing came from, because he just like, oh, they the ops. They the ops. Obviously, we all love Clay, but this. To love Clay is to also know that he going to come in there trying to murder us.
He's not trying. He's not trying to be your friend.
Yeah, that's. That's why you love Clay. You feel me? I wouldn't expect him to do nothing different. That's.
That's it. So I'm looking for. I ain't seen Clay post up in Dallas at all. He gonna be trying to run you to the post mode. He gonna. Yeah, he gonna be on all of that.
That's gonna be all I gotta get today. I probably gotta show up and pop up for that game. That's. That's gonna be a historic game. I know.
He.
You know what I mean? You can't let him get an op advantage because, you know, he a dog. You know what I mean? He engineer and he engineering that.
That.
That war room right now for y'. All.
Yeah. You know how. You know, everybody talking about, like, saying, like, you playing against your friend or brother, whatever it is, and everybody be like, oh, they. They. But they playing buddy ball. This is that. But when you really dealing with your brother, like, it's. You play harder than when you. Than when you playing against anybody else. Like, you know, you want to. You want to go at it with him. He's been here all this time before I've been here, obviously. So you see him go at it with these dudes, and that's why you like him. That's why you like what he brings to the table. So just because he on the other side don't mean he's still that same dude, and that's. That's why you like him. So, you know, you can't. He gonna bust your head if you just. Like he was busting the mother dude's head if you let him.
You better pay attention.
Don't let your guard down.
Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. You transferred to Mount Verde Academy in Florid after your sophomore year in high school to further your basketball career. Before we get to the stacked squad you were on, who did you model your game after when you were growing up?
Model my game after being from Arkansas, you know, you don't really. You don't got a team or nothing. So I just grew up watching a lot of different players. I like Ray Allen a lot. I don't shoot like him. I never really model my form at them. I just like to watch them. I like Joe Johnson. Being from Little Rock. I grew up. I grew up watching a lot of different guys, though.
Yeah.
So just taking certain things from different guys and really just being a fan of the sport.
That's what's up.
And then two guys in my city, like, I. I don't only watch NBA players. I ain't only taking, like, I'm watching my homeboy. I'm in middle school, in high school, going crazy.
I had a guy like that growing up, man. We had Anthony Roberson, Pete. Oh, that's to watch Pete. Man. Pete was crazy. He used to come across half court, freshman come dribble across half court and the whole gym. Literally, when he starts dribbling the ball from the back court, everybody go, ah. As he cross half court. It get louder. Ah, did he raise up.
Man?
So crazy. And like Big Reg in my hometown playing at the Vets park and Steel Bill Dale and all these guys. Sean Matthews. I learned how to like the tricks and the trades of the basketball game from those guys. Them old heads, 38 years old, they still playing in the rec leagues. And OG Fred Harvey, you. I learned to. Your point, Mo? I learned a lot of tricks. My Uncle Benny, I. I learned a lot of tricks to the trades from playing against those guys.
Right?
Yeah. So. No, that's fire. That's. Hey, man, Told him, man. Moses from Little Rock, Arkansas, man, you just ain't getting that from many people, man. Not getting that from many people. Y. Your senior year, y', all, you were on the number one team in the country. K. Cunningham, Scotty Barnes, Ryan Neart. Yeah, they, they, they. Team was crazy.
That's crazy.
Y' all had a couple more guys. I feel like we missing up, right?
Yeah, they. They run sharp. The Whitehead, Caleb Houston, Love Jackson before nil.
How much they pay you? How much they pay. They have to pay you?
Yeah, because that team right there, because me, me and K and Ryan, we all went there the year before, so we was already there. And then they. Then it became that. So it wasn't even like they put that team together like on the spot.
That's, that's.
That's.
That's a crazy team.
That's a sick team, dude. But you, you.
You and K. You and K. Cunningham were roommates. How. How was it being roommates with Kade? As we get into this, like your living situation, you move out of your parents house, you moved to Mount Vern, Florida, and you're rooming with Cade Cunningham. First experience with a roommate. How was that?
It was different for sure. Well, for me, I grew up with dudes. I'm always in my homeboy house. I got my brother, I got cousins. I grew up around people, so that part wasn't hard for me. But my first year there, I can't even put it on. On the scale how small that room was we was in. But like, like my, like in the room, my bed is here. Cave bed is here. It's like this much room in between the two beds. Like, it's crazy how small this room is. So given that was the situation, we used to get into it about stuff. Like we used to always get into it because he liked to have a light off in the room in daytime. And I'm like, it's daytime. I don't want to be sitting here depressed and so we, like, we get into it. I'm leaving the room and then light on my side. So if I want the light on.
I'm gonna sound like jail, bro.
And so that year, we used to get into it a lot, but it wasn't never like we really into it. We ain't argue much, but that's my dog, especially now. And then the second year, we had a bigger room and everything. And we've been. We brothers at that point. To where you argue like brothers, it's not even. So we would. And you living with these dudes, we on the road together, playing basketball together, but we just got a special relationship from being so close all the time, even when you don't want to be. So, yeah, that's my dog.
With a team like that, the better player then at that time is not how it always turns out, like, to be the better pro. When you look at y' all team, has it shaped out kind of the way that y' all thought it would shape out from that point of, like, who was the top dog or who's having a better NBA career? Like, how. How has that shaped out for that team?
It's really been. It's probably like, similar to the way it was when we was there, honestly. Cade was the number one player in the country being there. Scotty was top five, top 10 or whatever it was. And then. And me and Day run like in the rankings or whatever was. It was so much. And we had so many dudes on that team to where we got 10 guys that are all top 20, like top. Like top 50 or whatever in the ranking. So, like, coach trying to play everybody, but then the younger guys this and that. So he would always play. Cade and Scotty, you know, they number one and number three in the country or whatever they are. So they gotta kind of get a little more, but then you can't even get that much more. And then we beating teams by 50, so we got to stop playing by the third quarter. So everybody average like 11, 10 points a game. So then on the ranking side and all that, now that now guys don't look as good this and that, but it was. It was all up in the air. Who cares?
If you could do it all over again, would you. Would you make that same decision?
100. Definitely. And honestly, I didn't like it when I was there. A lot of times with that being said, that that team that I was on is probably my favorite team I've ever played outside of basketball. But when I was there, like, you got to keep in mind, bro, I'm leaving school, and I'm leaving my city at, like, 15, 16 years old. Gonna live in Florida with a bunch of dudes. My word has students from 93 different countries. So you. You dealing. You got the Africans over here, the Brazilians over here. The, like, it's so, yeah, you dealing. And as a kid from Little Rock, I'm exposed. I'm exposed to the world. And so even what that did to me growing up and then, like, mentally, I'm getting cool with the ads and the teachers and the advisors this and that. And working your way through a system and organization is like having to think for yourself as a grown man at 16. What that did for me growing up is irreplaceable experience, especially for a kid.
That's fire. You got a lot of dogs in your draft class, you know, and being a lottery pick comes with expectations. Did you know that the warriors were going to draft you with a 14 pick?
I thought so. I didn't know for sure. No, you know, you can't know. But going into it, like, I had a big range that I could have went from like 7 to 25, you know, like, I didn't have a guarantee or nothing like that going into it. So they had two. Two chances in my spot, and then I. I worked out with them, and then. Then I came back and worked out again. Now the only place I worked out at twice, and I played really well.
So that's what's up.
I knew it was a big chance.
But look at this. This is the day of the draft.
Oh, that's crazy.
And it says he said at the same time, it's 9:20pm here, so 6:20 bay. I say Bob as he's texting in Moody. If he's there, I'm saying moody, question mark. I said, damn, I'm good. Ha ha ha. I love that pit. So needless to say, I was on the mo Moody train before I met the young fella.
That's amazing, dude.
I was on the train before I met the young fella. Absolutely.
But if you. If you remember, though, I was at Rich House in the summertime, and you came through, and, like, I was like, y' all was really just talking. I was kind of just listening to me. Y' all talk. And I. And even, bro, it's crazy. Before going. Before coming to the NBA, I would really just be sitting there thinking about, like, just who I wanted to be around in the NBA. And you was at the top of the list of guys. Just, like, I Don't know this dude. I don't know what he's like, how it is, but I don't know what I want to get from him, why I want to be around him. But that just seemed like a cool dude to be around and learn from a little bit. Just from what he's not even what you saying to me, but what you would say to other people. And just because I'm. I like watching people. So that when I had that thought beforehand, and then when I was over there, when it was at Rich house that time, I was like, okay, that's cool. I'm gonna get to sit here and do it. Do it even now, but not knowing what the future.
I remember that, you know, y', all, they was out there for pre draft, and you was over Rich House, and we were sitting in the back. I remember that like it was yesterday, and it was after that. After that, I just knew you had a maturity to you, and Rich was sitting there vouching for you. And the thing about it, Rich had been vouching for you and talking to you about me. But the thing about Rich is me and Rich can have an honest conversation. Like, he ain't gonna vouch for everybody to me because he know I'll call him out. Like, I ain't buying that. And he was really, really high on you. And so I ended up watching a lot of your film. And when I watched, because I've always, like, for the last seven, eight years, I've. Maybe not so much the last couple years, but originally, I would have a lot to say in the draft process, and I would, like, be in it, and I will watch film. And I was studying, like, you know, do all these things and talk to people, like, and so I knew a lot about you already. And when I sat down, when we sat back there and we talked, if I'm not mistaken, I think we were watching, like, some playoff games or something, and we had that conversation. Like, I just knew you had a different level of maturity than the average 18 year old. And, you know, that for me was like, yeah, the game is what it is. Like, we already knew that, you know, but that did a lot for me, you know, and so when they. When I was asking, I'm saying moody, like, it kind of should be him, like, yeah, and. And so that's pretty funny. I forgot all about those text messages, but when you just asked that, it made me remember.
Yeah, that's a good time, bro. Yeah. You the first word to hit me after I got drafted, too.
Yes, sir.
The Brotherhood.
Come on, Clutch Gang. Clutch gang. Everybody gonna be mad.
Man. I. I mean, I just. People don't understand that, you know, we all come from different places, but we all come from similar places. And what connect us is that we think and execute and operate on a high level in order to even get here.
You know what I mean?
And you make so many concessions that when you see somebody that's in the same situation, you're like, man, I know this dude been through something to get here. You know what I mean? And so that's how that brotherhood form. And people don't. A lot of times, people fans don't understand that because it's the journey that make the story. You feel what I'm saying? It's the journey that make the story. So it make it easy for you to be in sync and say, oh, I wanna. Man, Draymond Green is somebody. I wanna talk. You know what I mean? Like, you know. Cause it's like our DNA. You know who you wanna be when you grow up, and you know who you wanna hang with when you grow up and who you admire, you know, that's the beauty of our sport. And what I love about this game is you can admire somebody and never meet them and then meet them one time, you know what I mean? Like, I saw Kevin Garnett and Chris Weber meet for the first time when they were retired, and they never had a conversation until that moment. And it was just like, you know, the reason why I never said nothing to you? I ain't want to give you an advantage. The reason why I never shook your hand, I didn't want to give you an advantage. Remember you knocked me down. Like, they remember every moment through admiration, but they could never express that on the court because, no, they was battling for that top spot. You feel what I'm saying?
Yeah, I. I don't wanna. I don't wanna put no words or whatever, but that sounds kind of similar to Dre and CP Being on the team this year, last year, after they battled so much going into it, but then getting around each other like, oh, you gotta.
That's a fact. I. I hated. And not only did I hate him, but we were always battling. Like, you gotta think CP Is right at the heart of everything we were trying to accomplish. He was the top dog at point guard. So I come in and I'm watching him and Steph relationship, and I'm like, that ain't gonna work for us to be who we wanna be. Like him. Like, kind of being your big bro. I'M just looking at it, like. And see. And as you know now, Mo, C.P. smart as hell. And so I'm just looking at it, and I'm like, yo, he playing on that. Like, he using that to, like, keep you here. But I don't like that. And so I start, like, being messy in between it, like, creating a riff, like, because I'm like, I need this riff in order for us to be able to move ahead of them. Like, we can't move ahead of them. And you like big bro. Like. And so I intentionally. Like, they were super tight. I intentionally start creating a riff, and. Because I felt like CP was using that to his advantage. And then as I'm creating a riff with them, me and C.P. like this. And under no circumstance do I even want to correct it. And then Uncle Wes tried to. Forced me. Really forced me to try to correct it. And he didn't for. But, you know, and. And then CP was kind of like, yeah, it could be, but not really. And I'm like, fuck it. Like, fuck this. Like, I don't care about it. And I remember when I first, like, me and Blake, man, me and Blake was at it. And I remember when I first hung around Blake off the court, I was a little skeptical about it because I felt like I had some fear instilled in him. And not fear, like, he afraid of me, but, like, a respectful fear of, like, I deal with this dude.
You had a psychological advantage.
Exactly. I felt like I had that. And I. I knew, like, I know the type of person I am. If I hang around you, you probably gonna like me. Like. Cause I'm not an asshole. I don't think I'm bigger than what I am. I'm a normal dude. I'm having fun. If there's some fun to be had, we gonna have fun. Like, we gonna joke. And I know how I am. And so I was a little skeptical about, like, when I was around him the first couple times. I ain't even, like, say much to him because I wanted to keep that. And then, you know, we end up, you know, kind of getting to know each other better and being cool and moving past it. But that's a real thing, man. That's a very real thing.
You gotta hate everybody, bro.
You.
If you try to be that dude or you trying to get that team over the hump, you gotta hate everybody if they ain't your teammate. And you gotta. Gotta develop that as an edge, you know, because, you know, everybody cool. Everybody good people. In the off season, dudes got Families you wanna, you know, you hanging out. When that season come, you gotta find a reason to hate somebody.
Yes, you do.
You know what I mean? Like, no matter how much you love him, how much you admire him, you.
Know what I mean?
Like, you know, Sam Cassell, Chausi Bill, it was big bro, but it was. There was none of that when we was. When it was cracking. You feel what I'm saying? It's like I gotta figure out a way, you know, to. To level myself up. Cause I ain't. But I ain't about to be nobody lil bro to nobody. You know what I mean?
You can't be mad because when you. When you approach guys like that, they treat you like that. On and on. And you know what's crazy is I remember my rookie year, man, we was playing against Memphis, and Z Bo is my big homie. Like, Z Bo is Spartan Dog. That's the og and like, something happened on the court, and he did my head like this. Now, number one, I hate when people touch my head, like. And I teach my son, don't let people touch your head. But I also honor our brotherhood at Michigan State legacy. I honor that. And under no circumstance am I about to do something in this moment and get into it with Z Bo about that, and they go somewhere else. That's my big bro. And so in the moment, I'm just like, that's difference.
Yeah.
I'm saying, he shake my head. And in the moment, I was just like. I just kept walking back and Coach Jackson pulled me over to the side and was like, hey, man, like, that's your dad or something like that. And I'm like, nah. He like, I know that's your big homie, but just know in this league, everybody is looking to get an advantage. And so if you let him do that, like. And it, you know, again, it don't have to, you know, it's not like. It's just this huge problem. I ain't saying that, but I'm just telling you, if you let people do stuff like that, he could have an advantage on you. And you don't want anybody to have an advantage on you. And so when he told me that, that also gave me like, a. A boost to, like, all right, well, I'm at Z ball, like, yeah, that's the big homie. But I'm at him just like anybody else. You know what I'm saying? And it gave me that confidence to do that. But that's a. That's a. That's like a key moment in My career, because it set the stage for who I became, you know what I'm saying?
Like, and I. And I think if that's. If that, like, I don't know y' all situation, whatever, but if you're dealing with somebody, that's really your big homie. That's really. Yo. You really your brother, Big home, your little brother. That it ain't no limits to, like, competition or whatever it is. We can go at it 100. And I know you don't mean nothing else by it because we brought.
That is 1,000% of fat.
Yeah, it's for them bragging rights for afterwards, you know what I mean? When you're hanging in the summer, like, yeah, I cracked you, homie.
You know what I mean?
Or you don't have to say much, but you got. You know, it's all bragging rights and it's all love, but you gotta go in. You gotta earn your respect in this league, bro. You gotta go take some respect.
Because that's like. That's like. When you're dealing with your man, your best friend, like, y' all can. Y' all can argue or y' all can play and say whatever, and it's cool.
Yeah.
But if you're dealing with somebody.
You better. You better not say that to me just because he said it to me. If you say that to me because he said it to me, or if you say that to him because I said to him, we gonna jump you. That's how that's gonna go. We're gonna jump you. So you should probably not do. If you think you can do that because we do that to each other. We gonna jump you. Because if I fight you, he gonna fight you, too. So just don't do that. Don't do that. That. That ain't. That ain't for you. That ain't for you.
And that's. That's another thing, too. Like, I. I'll be. I got to talk my homeboys before, like, yeah, we talk like that when. It's. When we. When we hanging out. But don't. We don't do that around other people because they gonna think go for that.
And that ain't that.
It's your special situation.
This relationship hit a little different, ain't that. You and BD drafted 22 years apart. BD was the third pick in the NBA draft. Besides being drafted, is there a particular moment for you from that night on your draft night that stands out in your memory?
Yeah, plenty of them. Really early on. Like, my whole first year, everything was so new and everything was so exciting from really. Really. From, like, pre draft, from, like, I'm chilling at Rich House with Draymond Green. Like, I'm. I was just on my mama couch. And now you. You there, and then you meet LeBron before the season starts. So it's not like you in the NBA. You don't got a team yet. Now you meeting everybody to come through there. And then you in the NBA. Now I'm on a team with stuff like. Like every. And then. Then you. You in preseason, then you in the season, and you playing against all the dudes. Now you in the playoffs. So everything was so new and so much that it really becomes, like, you numb to. Numb to excitement, numb to feeling, because you got to be cool through all of this. The worst. Like, man, anything can happen tomorrow, man. And I don't even. I don't even play.
There's a world war. Yeah.
You gotta take, man. Because it all happens. So, like, it slowed down now because you kind of get to a point and now, you know, it's not as exciting. This and that. But especially early on, it was fast.
So much.
It just becomes your reality. Yep.
Right.
Once it becomes your reality, it's a transition period. Then it's like, all right, this is. It's kind of what you expect at that point.
Yeah, it's fast, bro. It's fast.
You know what I mean?
By the. From the time you get drafted, you're in the next. You're in the city, you're doing a press conference. Then after that, you. It's on until it stops.
Yeah. And another one. Another one. Yeah. Yeah. Another point. That answers that question, too. I know you took thinking more basketball stuff, but even, like, my first time staying at your place in Cabo was. It was something for me because we're growing up in Little Rock. Like, I. All the dudes with money, like, they got their chains on and they flashing this and that, and it's cool, you know, pieces on. But I'm like, all right, well, I'm not a big. I'm not a very flashy guy, so I really don't need money like that. Like, what do I need it for if that's the only thing? But being able to, like, get here and go see something like that, it's like, man, it's. It's really. It's really some stuff out here. Like, it's really some stuff. Really. So you can see what money buys and what, like, the freedom to be able to go do that.
Yeah.
And, like, that was A big, that was an eye opening experience.
You know what's funny about that experience? And I'm happy that that's what that experience did to you. Because the second most important reason, the third most important reason of mine, the third most important reason I wanted that house was A, because I love the property, it's an incredible property. B, I love what the property entails for my children. Like, my kids can go there and have a blast and like, it's safe and it's a place that they can like spend a part of their growing up and like see something that and experience like this kid paradise that never had the opportunity to experience. But my last reason and, but very, very, very important reason of why I bought it was as you know, Math and Brian Nim got a house. They got a house. They, they live on the same property right next door. And because of that, I could always go to Cabo for free and have a beautiful home to stay in. And that was that because they made that available to me. And once I felt like I was in the financial position to do it, I wanted to be able to make that available to my family and my friends, you know what I'm saying? That aren't their friends, you know what I'm saying? And so for me to be able to open that up to you. I actually spoke about this once before. I think a part of where me and Jordan Poole relationship went wrong is he was supposed to go to the house. And as you know, you may hit me up two months and I'm going to put you on a text with them people the day before or email the day before and they going to have everything dialed. Car service, you send your flight, you send grocery list, everything. And so, you know, life be moving. But what I'm not gonna do is your date ain't gonna get here and you ain't ready to go. I, I like, what, before your day get there, it's gonna come back to, I need to make sure he good, right? And so I had it all dialed in and like ready for him to go and then I hit him and I'm like, yo, so send your flight here. And he like, oh, I ain't gonna go. And, oh, I'm doing this now. And I was like, damn, I wonder if he felt like I let him down or like I ain't come through for him or I lied to him, you know what I'm saying? And it was with the house. But anyway, that was the whole purpose for it's like, so my friends can go there and experience that. So my rookie, you know, my young fellas can go there and experience that and see what life is like and, like, how people actually out here living and that. There's more to buying a house in Little Rock, Arkansas. I don't own a house in Saginaw, Michigan. I mean, like, I mean, I. I owned a couple of them in Saginaw, Michigan. I literally took them out my state. They. My mom and my grandma house. They got them. Like, I don't own a home in my hometown, like, but it's just so much more out there that we never get the opportunity to see. And I'm so thankful to Mav. Mav was the first person to take me down there. I'm so thankful just to the things that they showed me that I would have never imagined. Like, to own a home in Cabo, that would have never even been a thought.
Like, that's my point, right?
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My welcome to the League moment, man.
We gonna get into that.
So I had a little welcome to the League moment where, you know, I came off the bench. John Stockton kind of, like, made me turn the ball over three, four times, and he elbowed me, you know, Then I think I socked him, and that was it. That was it for me. So John Stockton was my welcome to the league moment where I felt like, damn, dude. Like, this dude is just a bully.
You know what I mean?
What was your welcome to the league moment?
My welcome to the league moment, it was probably before the season started, guarding Stephen in training camp and practices and all that. And it's different seeing it on tv. But then when he. When he hit you with that. With that same movement.
Yeah, you can't guard it, huh?
And that's the thing, too. You'd be thinking you playing good defense because he's not going past you, but it's like he ain't trying to. He's just trying to get the space for the shot.
I just remember, man, that dude come across half court. I remember just a few times I played against him when I was playing with the Clippers, and it was like, bro, you are not about to get comfortable getting nowhere by this hatch. I'm about to jump him, and I just push him on the sidelines and I jump him, and then I go guard somebody else. I'mma mess with Steph Dog.
It was another one, too, because, you know, my rookie years, when Clay was coming back, that. So Clay, he ain't on the court yet, and all that in the beginning. So then when he. When he first started getting back on the court, they got me working out with him all the time. But, like, when I first started working out with him, I'm like, man, this dude. And out for two years, like, he been hurting all that. Like, he coming back. I ain't trying to be the one to hurt him, like, do nothing this and that. So I'm like, I ain't even really. But then. But he ain't hooped it. He ain't hooped in a while, so he getting straight to it. He killing. And then, like, I had to go. I had to, like, forget all that, like, lock in and play this and that over the time we played so much. But especially in the beginning, he'll be killing it, man. I'm thinking, you know, he just trying to warm up, get, get back, get back in the flow of things. Nah, he's straight to game six.
He's looking at you like a test dummy.
Hey.
He looking at you like, oh.
Y' all part of the shooting guard. Let me kill him.
Yeah, let me see.
Let me get. Let me get myself back fast. He like to play defense, too. Okay, this gonna be fun, man.
That's funny. I got one more thing before we get out of here. I got one more question. I'm not sure if BD got another one, but what's one thing that you heard about before entering the NBA that ended up not being true? I know the thing for me was the girls in the lobby waiting on you. Like, and I'm coming to the league, and I'm like, where they at? Like, thirsty, where they at? They. Y' all say they in the lobby, they by the bar, where they at? And I. I.
And they.
And then loving basketball, said, they come to your door. I'm like, they coming to the door where they at? And I never ran to them at the bar, and I never they never came to my door. It was one of the most disappointing things I ever heard.
Hey bro, you laugh like Jay Z. Anybody ever told you that? So what was the thing for you? Is it.
Yeah, it would probably be really just the way that people talk about the lifestyle of not just the NBA, but the celebrity lifestyle of, you know, like fast paced this and that and just saying that's just the way it is. But like getting here and realizing a lot of this stuff is however you want it to be and you can control a lot more than, than you think. And like getting into basketball, it's like, oh, the workouts is supposed to be this much harder or this much easier. You know, some people say working on NBA is supposed to be easier or whatever they say, but it really is whatever you want it to be. Just you have more control rather than less control about certain stuff. That'll probably be it. Just realizing that it's the same as you when you was in high school. You know, you, you are who you are and you just in a different place now. The situation don't change you.
I will warn you that if, and as you. Or when I would say when you continue to ascend, you get to a certain point of where it ain't just what you want it to be. Like, you know, there's. I think there's a time, but like there's a time where it's like, yeah, you, you create your thing and you got your thing, you got your routine and all that. And then you can also ascend to a certain point to where your time is no longer your time.
Oh yeah.
And that's, you know, like that's one of the things. Like, because I used to be. I was the guy that I, I go everywhere, I do everything. I'm a man of the people. Like I'm in every. And I still will like go to stuff and like, but not as much because a, there's just more things to do. Like you, as you ascend, all of a sudden the shoe deals get bigger, the media deals get bigger. You know, all these things. Well, that stuff requires time and your time is no longer your time. You know what I'm saying? And so, you know, like I was talking to JK the other day and I was just telling him about like when you are number one, number two, number three at an organization as a player, like there's so much more responsibility that come with that. Like you are actually in the inner workings of the organization. Like I have to have calls with Joe. You have to have Calls with Mike, you have to have cause with Steve, like, all of these things. And then there are so many people. Like, there's so many people that you are in charge of. And it's not that I'm in charge of Rick Celebrini, but in a sense, you hold some responsibility for Rick Celebrini, you hold some responsibility for Danny. You hold some responsibility for KB because their success is based on your success and your performance on the court. So you take on all of these people that you don't necessarily realize that you take on right now because you not necessarily in that position yet. I didn't understand it before I got to the position, but there's a lot that you take on. And that fast life that people talking about, sometimes it is given to you. Like what I would say Steph never chose the life he lived. Like, Steph would have chosen to just be at home with his family and that's it, and play basketball. But, like, Steph ascended so far. There's just so much more responsibility in things, and it ain't necessarily just how you had it and how you wanted it. And so I will warn you that, you know, you continue to put the work in and you grow and you elevate. That can and will change.
But it's a good thing for you.
You know what I mean?
Because that just means you killing you up 20, 24, 25 points a game. And, you know, that's what you play for. Everybody plays to have, you know, some sort of responsibility or some type of pressure. That's why we play this game. We want the pressure. We want the pressure to win. We want the pressure to be better, to be the best, to maximize our potential. So.
Yeah, and then it can be that too. Like, maximize your potential like whenever, like, getting it. They can get like that. Well, it's only gonna be like that for a certain time, too, because once you stop, you know, you can, you know, for stuff. It might be that way for a while after you stop too, but eventually stuff will slow down. It ain't like you going into something that's gonna mess up your life or whatever. It's like, nah, you just, you know, strike one time.
That's a fact.
Yeah. I always say every five years, I ask myself, who do I want to be when I grow up? So you never think of yourself as whatever you are. You just. In five years, this is who I want to be when I grow up. So they always keep you fresh. It always keep the goals in mind, you know what I mean?
Yeah. Yeah.
After basketball, I still do it. So.
Yeah. Yusuf has said something to me. Said something similar to that one time. Just saying, like, he was saying, everybody's a kid, for real. If you think about it, like, when you was. When you was qualified as a kid, it's because there's so much that you ain't been exposed to, you don't know about. Well, whatever you don't know about, you ain't been exposed to. That's why you don't know about it. So, like, no matter how old you are, everybody's just an older kid than the other kids. 85 year old.
Right.
Young people out here, for real, you know, a one.
I gotta tell you, Mo shit, man, you.
You.
You a lucky kid. You know what I mean? To be able to come into the league, you know, to have Dre. To have the. Like, you come in with juggernauts, with legacy, and then to come in and win a championship. Talk to me about what was that moment like, you know, being a young player on a championship team, even though you may not have played a lot, like, what was that experience like for you, and how did that help you grow to where you are now?
Yeah. So in. Avery Bradley did preseason with us that year, and something he told me, he was saying summer leagues, nothing like preseason. Preseason's nothing like regular season, regular season, nothing like the playoffs and the playoffs and nothing like the finals. So being able to get to all of those spots within my first year kind of sets me up for the rest of my career, because I've been there, I've seen it all. I've seen, like, they're obviously the different stuff, but I've seen every level, and that was really cool for me. And then too, being on such a good team to where I'm not playing a lot throughout the season, not playing at all in the playoffs, but then Dallas series, having a couple things go. Go left, and Now I'm playing 20 minutes a game in the playoffs and all the pressures of it, and being able to, like, stay composed and, you know, you nervous to a certain extent going into that game, but being able to, like, be okay with it and hoop and play good and get back in, like. So just be like, everybody talk about staying ready and this and that, being able to do that at this point. But I've been doing that since I've been in the NBA and doing it at the highest level, too, in the playoffs. It's like everything else is easier. So being able to. Being able to experience that my first year and Then like, the parade and the going to Vegas, going to, like, doing all of that, celebrating the championship. That's all stuff I've done before too now. And, you know, life is just a compilation of experiences, so adding those to it just heightened it all.
Man, you're a lucky dude, man, but you earned it. You deserve it.
And, man, who.
Who wouldn't want to rock with Draymond Green? Me being the co host. I already know how he is. I'm fortunate. I'm lucky, man. This dude is, you know, one of the realest. Like, you got a dope. Yeah, I got a dope. Synergy and connection as young dude and vet. Y' all keep that going, you know what I mean? Like, y' all keep building on that brotherhood and that this is an example of, you know, how we should be, you know what I mean?
Right?
So I. I'm. I'm just kind of like almost like a fly on the wall, but I'm just admiring, like, the brotherhood and. And, you know, I appreciate y' all for, you know, for making it happen, dude. You know what I mean? It's just. It's just good to see that y' all got me hella. I'm in a positive light right now, man. I got me in a hella positive life, my dog.
Hey, we appreciate you, BD and more money. We definitely appreciate you coming on, bro. It's been so. You've been year four and you on the show. You earned it, though. I always say, like, I don't just want to talk to somebody because they got drafted into the NBA. I want to talk to you because you accomplished something, because you got something to talk about, because you have worked to attain a goal and you reach that goal. I want to talk to like minded individuals. Just because you make it to the NBA, that doesn't make us necessarily like minded individuals. Right? Like, but to watch you put the work in, go earn something, even when it wasn't always in your favor to go earn something. I respect. I love it. I appreciate both of y' all fellas, and we appreciate you, the fans. We thank you for tuning in. Make sure you subscribe, get your podcast. Wherever you get your podcast, you make sure you get this podcast. Take a listen, tap in. We appreciate y'.
All.
Until next time, that's a wrap. Peace.
Sa.
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