Jeff’s INCREDIBLE STORY of getting playing time with Atlanta Hawks 🔥 #shorts #nba #basketball
When you was in summer league, did you think it was green? Like this [Â __Â ]
I had a terrible summer league.
Uh, damn. I knew I was an NBA player though. I had a mini camp and I’m averaging 44 points a game.
Yeah.
I’m like, I can score better than everybody. I’m better than everybody. Then when I got there, I was still playing like that. I never got in the game. The [Â __Â ] am I doing wrong? And then Nick Vanexo pulled me to the side. I was like, he make $28 million a year. He make 14. He make 15. He make eight. You know, pointed out. He’s like, you make one. I’m like, “All right, I’m better than them niggas.” He was like, “Do Joe want you on his team?” Yeah.
I’m like, “I don’t know.” He was like, “Ask him.” I’m like, “Joe, you want me on your team?” Like, “Shit, I don’t know what you can do, young fella, man. I don’t know.” He was like, “He don’t want you on your team, dog.” I was like, “Yeah.” He was like, “He don’t want you on the team.” You know? I was like, “Why?” He was like, “You ain’t looking for him.” He’s like, “That [Â __Â ] want to score. That [Â __Â ] want to make the All-Star team. You got to learn how to find this [Â __Â ] And when he passing to you, make your shot. He going to want to play with you.” I figured that [Â __Â ] out. Get the ball to Joe. Look for Joe. Run it down full speed. Find Joe. I start doing that. Joe like, “You don’t feel it gonna be all right. You don’t feel it gonna be all right.
You locking in.”
Yeah. You don’t feel gonna be all right. And then all of a sudden,
I was doing that so much. All of a sudden, Josh like, “All you do is pass the ball to Joe.” I’m like, “Okay, let me feed Josh a little bit. Throw him a couple pad. Throw him a live here and there.” I was like, “Fuck scoring. I’m just going to be the best passer.” All a sudden Josh like, “He cool. Like, you going to be all right, man. [Â __Â ] you keep working on that [Â __Â ] man. You going to be you going to be Yeah. I was like, “Okay, just get these [Â __Â ] the ball. They’ll like you.” show
cuz I had Nick Beno in my ear. Shout out to Nick. He just would be like, “Man, you you can get $8 million, [Â __Â ] [Â __Â ] all that. Averaging 20, [Â __Â ] You can get $8 million, [Â __Â ] [Â __Â ] that.” He was like, “Once you get the money, then you can say, “Fuck these [Â __Â ] Get the money first.” You know what I mean? I’m like, “Yeah, let me just start passing this motherfucker.” He’s like, “Once they sign you, it’s [Â __Â ] them then.” I was like, “Yeah, I like that.
Jeff’s INCREDIBLE STORY of how he got playing time with Atlanta Hawks #shorts #nba #basketball
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"Yeahhhh I like that.". Everybody could use a Nick Van Exel as their career coach.
Bro use to fuck the lakers up like he hated us maaan really enjoyed watching you play in Atlanta man yall had a squad
Every rookie needs to hear this. Teague just dropped some straight game.