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MORE PHONE CALLS WILL SETTLE ON A POLL QUESTION FOR OUR 2. DAN IN THE DAY AND IT’S DAN. PATRICK SHOWED, GERMAINE O’NEAL HEAD COACH OF DYNAMIC PREP ACADEMY IN IRVING TEXAS. HE PLAYED 18 SEASONS IN THE NBA PLAYED FOR 7 DIFFERENT TEAMS AND BACK IN 1996, 17TH PICK OVERALL BY THE PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS. GERMAINE. GOOD TO CATCH UP WITH YOU AGAIN. TAKE ME BACK TO THAT DRAFT NIGHT. WHAT WERE YOU 17 YEARS OF AGE BACK YEAH, I WAS 17 UH FIRST OF ALL THEN I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME BACK. IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU AND TALK TO YOU BUT UM IT WAS A PRETTY UM, AMAZING NIGHT. OBVIOUSLY BACK THEN THE RULES WERE A LOT DIFFERENT FROM PERSPECTIVE. ONCE YOU MADE YOURSELF ELIGIBLE, IT WAS NO, YOU KNOW, TIME PERIOD, WHERE YOU CAN GO THROUGH YOUR DRAFT PROCESS. IT WAS, HEY, YOU COMMIT, YOU MAKE YOURSELF ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT, YOU KNOW, YOU FORFEIT YOUR COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY AND IT WAS NERVE-WRACKING, OBVIOUSLY AS A 17 YEAR OLD AND PROCESS IS. BUT I WAS TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE A GUY NAMED R AND TELL HIM WHO IS MY AGENT AND UH SIGN UP FOR CAROL, YOU KNOW, WHO WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH ME AND HELP EDUCATE, EDUCATE ME ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS THAT YOU KNOW, I WAS ABOUT TO GO INTO, OKAY, BUT 17 ON THE ROAD. RIGHT. SO THEN LISTEN I GOT TO SAY THIS, YOU KNOW UM THE PORTLAND. TRAILBLAZERS DID AMAZING JOB ON BEING PREPARED FOR A 17 YEAR OLD. OKAY? AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF MY TEAMMATES, THEY MADE SURE THAT I, UM, THEY DID THINGS WITH ME ON THE ROAD, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MADE SENSE FOR MY AGE AND AND ME TO GET THERE. HOW DID THEY PREPARE YOU? BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG ON THE ROAD, NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE. 100% THOUGH, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS HONESTLY, UM, I STUCK WITH THE CORE VALUES OF HOW MY MOTHER RAISED ME. UM, MAKING SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT MY PURPOSE WAS WHEN I GOT THERE, OBVIOUSLY I KNEW THE TASK OF TRYING TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE AND A GOOD PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE IN IN BASKETBALL WAS VERY DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT BIG, YOU KNOW, AGE GAP AND TRANSITION, BUT YOU KNOW, MY FOCUS WAS YOU KNOW YOU KNOW ALWAYS PROVED NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SAYING THAT I WASN’T A GREAT DRAFT PICK AT THE TIME. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR MYSELF MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT I KNEW WHAT I ABOUT THE SAME AGE ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS LEBRON. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE HIM? AND JUST, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THINGS A LOT DIFFERENT. NOW, FROM A PROSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL, SOCIAL MEDIA AND AND WE’RE SEEING THIS IMPACT ON WHAT HOW SOCIAL MAKES PEOPLE FEEL. UM, HE HAS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HIMSELF SOME GRACE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST A LOT OF PRESSURE BEING THE NUMBER 1 PICK. UH, GOING TO A SITUATION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY LOST ANOTHER REALLY GOOD PLAYER. SO PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING HIM TO COME IN AND FILL THE VOID. HE NEEDS TO REALLY JUST FOCUS ON WHAT HE CAN DO AND HIS DEVELOPMENT AND GIVE YOURSELF GRACE OVER A PERIOD YOU COACHED AGAINST NBA. QUITE A BIT YOU KNOW HE’S HE WAS IN MY SON’S, THE ORIGINALLY, THE 2025 CLASS AND THEN HE RECLAST UP. UH, I THINK JUNIOR YEAR, BUT I’VE BEEN COACHING AGAINST COOPER. YOU KNOW, SINCE 7 8TH GRADE. AND WHAT DID YOU SEE? WHEN DID YOU SEE IT? YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FIRST THING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME, RIGHT AWAY. HE USED TO WEAR THESE, UH, I CALLED THE PATRICK YUING, UH, UH, KNEE PADS. ALL THE TIME AND HE WAS A KID. I WAS LIKE, WHY IS WHY DOES THIS KID HAVE THESE? UM, BUT HIS TALENT LEVEL, HE ALWAYS HAD BALL SKILLS. YOU KNOW BEAT PEOPLE OFF THE DRIBBLE IS ALWAYS ATHLETIC. YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I LOVED ABOUT COOPER AND I TOLD HIM THIS IN THE LAST LIKE, EBO UM GAME THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I COACHED AGAINST HIM IS THAT HE APPROACHES THE NEVER SPED UP. HE’S NEVER SHOT CHASING, RIGHT? HE CAN IMPACT THE GAME WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO BALL IN HIS HEAD. HOW, YOU BLOCKS SHOTS, HOW HE REBOUNDS, HOW HE COMMUNICATES TO HIS TEAM. SO I’M DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS FOR THIS KID IN HIS CAREER. BUT CARMELO CAME OUT ON A PODCAST. I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITH PAUL GEORGE AND HE SAID THAT COOPER DOESN’T HAVE THE BAG. LIKE HE DOESN’T HAVE THAT SIGNATURE MOVE AND I SAID, BUT HE DOES EVERYTHING ELSE. I MEAN HE’S 17 18 YEARS OF AGE. I DON’T EXPECT HIM TO HAVE THAT SIGNATURE MOVE RIGHT AWAY. UM, DID YOU SEE LIKE, LIKE LIKE HE CAN ALWAYS BE A BETTER SHOOTER DEEPER SHOOTER, BUT IT FEELS LIKE HE CAN GO INSIDE OUT. DOESN’T MIND CONTACT THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUT OFFENSIVELY WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST HE NEEDS TO WORK ON? THIS THIS SHOOTING OBVIOUSLY THE NBA IS ABOUT SHOOTING NOW. UM, SO THE CONSISTENT SHOOTING OBVIOUSLY, THE 3-POINT LINE IS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THE COLLEGE, BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH, WITH CARMELO, UH, CARMELO. ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, CAYENNE IS WAS IN THAT SAME CLASS. SO YOU KNOW WE’VE BEEN SEEING EACH OTHER IN THE JUNGLE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UM BUT FROM PERSPECTIVE IS IMPORTANT THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE ANYBODY ELSE BUT HIMSELF. RIGHT. HE’S LIKE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE, RIGHT. HE HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE. AND HE JUST NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THAT, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN’T HAVE A, A FLASHY BAG BUT HIS, HIS FLASHES, HIS IMPACT, TALKING TO GERMAINE O’NEAL HEAD COACH OF DYNAMIC, PREP ACADEMY AND IRVING, TEXAS, AND SPENT 18 SEASONS IN THE NBA. DO YOU HAVE A THEORY ON WHY WE’VE SEEN THESE ACHILLES TEARS? THAT’S INTERESTING. WE’VE ABOUT THIS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, 1 OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE PACE AND THE PACE IS, IS REALLY FAST. I THINK FROM PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE DAYS OF PRACTICING YOU KNOW, LIKE REALLY PRACTICING, YOU KNOW, THEY DON’T PRACTICE AS MUCH, RIGHT? THEY HAVE MORE DOWNTIME. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PACE, YOU KNOW, OF HOW FAST THEY’RE PLAYING AND AND I DON’T KNOW IF THE BODY IS, AS AS CONDITIONED TO PLAY AT THAT PACE. SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF REST DAYS. UM, NOT A LOT OF CONTACT DAYS. AND SO FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO TO BE CONDITIONED FOR THAT QUICK TWITCH TO CHANGE YOUR POSSESSION, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK HAS, YOU KNOW, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT. YOUR KIDS ASK ABOUT WHO YOU PLAYED AGAINST OR YOU’RE WELCOME TO THE NBA MOMENT. THEY THEY THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS IT LIKE GUARDING OR BEING GUARDED BY WHO WHO’S THE PLAYER PLAYERS THEY ASKED ABOUT. UH, I DON’T THINK THE KIDS REALLY ACTS THEY ALWAYS ASK ABOUT HOW WAS IT, RIGHT? IT’S ALWAYS THE QUESTION OF HOW WAS IT TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE AND YOU KNOW, HOW WAS THE PLAY AGAINST? YOU KNOW, GUYS, LIKE SHAQ AND KOBE AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, LEBRON AND AND, AND MICHAEL JORDAN, I’VE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY AGAINST, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM. BUT WHAT WAS YOUR WELCOME TO THE NBA MOMENT? AEM LODGE 1 IN HOUSTON AND UH, I WAS NOT A GREAT MATCHUP FOR ME. IT WASN’T A GREAT MATCHUP FOR A LOT OF GUYS JERMAINE. YEAH, YOU KNOW, AND IT’S SO FUNNY. THEN LIKE, I DON’T THINK PEOPLE TALK ENOUGH ABOUT A KING LIKE A KING IS LITERALLY HE WAS HE HAD THE FOOTWORK, HE HAD THE MOVES, YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE JUMP SHOT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY HE’S HE’S ALL TIME SHOT BLOCKING, YOU KNOW, LEADER, YOU KNOW, IN IN THE NBA. I MEAN, HE JUST IMPACTED THE GAME IN SO MANY TIMES AND AND MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON’T GIVE HIM A LOT FASTING A LOT IN HIS CAREER AND IT’S HARD TO DO AND PLAY AT THAT LEVEL. YOU KNOW, NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT BEFORE GAMES ARE EATEN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, EAT THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME. YEAH, I THINK HE’S UNDERRATED LIKE BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THE BIG MAN, AND THEN IT’S OH BYE. OH YEAH, THEN IT CAME ELIJAH ON, BUT YOU KNOW HIS FOOTWORK? I THINK SOCCER REALLY HELPED HIM. I THOUGHT HIS FOOTWORK WAS IMPECCABLE FOR A BIG MAN. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER GETTING IN THE GAME AND I TRY TO GIVE HIM ALL OF MY FILES, RIGHT? AND AND I WAS, I WAS IN THE GAME TO, TO SUB SOMEBODY THAT WAS IN FOUL TROUBLE. IT’S 18 YEARS OLD. IT WAS, IT WAS RIDICULOUS. BUT I YOU KNOW, HE’S A GUY THAT I ALWAYS LIKED TO WATCH BECAUSE HE WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GUARD. YOU KNOW, HE CAN HIT YOU WITH ANYTHING AND HE WAS LIKE A BALLERINA. I THINK HE JUST DANCED WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES. DID JORDAN UH TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU. NO, I HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO TO GUARD HIM. UM, BUT JORDAN IS. UM, PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST AND FIRST OF ALL, ARE ALL YOU KNOW, GAMES BUT JORDAN HIMSELF HAD A DIFFERENT ORDER. I REMEMBER BEING IN THE ALL-STAR GAME AND OBVIOUSLY YOU’VE BEEN IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, THIS IS THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, RIGHT? AND WE CONSIDER OURSELVES THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NBA. AND JORDAN WAS ALWAYS COME IN A LITTLE BIT LATE, RIGHT? HE’S A LOT BUT YOU CAN HEAR HIM COMING RIGHT? AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT YOU HEAR IT’S IT’S KIND OF LIKE A THE NOISE AND THEN YOU HEAR THE CAMERAS AND THEN HE WALKS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND EVERYBODY JUST STOPPED TALKING AND JUST HE JUST WALKS BY AND HE JUST LOOKING HE WAS ALMOST LIKE A GOD, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST AND, YOU KNOW, HE’S DONE SO MUCH FOR THE GAME, MAN, BUT I THINK HIS IMPACT GENERATIONALLY HAS JUST BEEN YOU KNOW BEFORE. I THINK HAVE THAT TOO? YOU KNOW I THINK YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LEBRON HAS IT AS WELL, BUT THEY DON’T HAVE IT WAS LIKE IT’S LIKE GREATNESS A AND THEN B AND C. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? WE AS PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SEE HIM, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I I GREW UP WITH KOBE SO, YOU KNOW, WE’RE IN THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL CLASS, SO I DIDN’T NECESSARILY LOOK AT HIM THAT WAY. OKAY. YOU KNOW, MICHAEL JORDAN IS THE 1 THAT REALLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, REALLY TOOK THE NBA TO, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT LEVEL. YOU KNOW, WITH HIS STARTUP, MIKE HAS A MYSTERY ABOUT HIM. MYSTERY WITH LEBRON. MAYBE NOT A MYSTERY WITH CO WHAT WAS KOBE LIKE THOUGH, YOU YOU FACED HIM IN CAMPS? UM, YEAH YEAH. WE’VE BEEN FACING EACH OTHER SINCE UH, WE WERE 13 AND KOBE WAS ALWAYS DEDICATED TO BASKETBALL. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS LIKE HE, HE LITERALLY THEN CARRIED AROUND A LOT OF MICHAEL JORDAN TAPES, LIKE, HE WOULD NOT DO THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO AT CAMPS. HE WOULDN’T REALLY HANG OUT MUCH. HE WAS ALWAYS STUDYING, RIGHT? ALWAYS STUDYING SO I WASN’T SURPRISED TO SEE THE TYPE OF CAREER THAT HE HAD BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SACRIFICE OTHER THINGS, JUST TO MAKE SURE HE WAS GREATEST HE’S EVER MAYBE NOT A MYSTERY WITH CO EVER PLAY. I REMEMBER TALKING LAKERS AND THEY WERE OUT AT A A BAR. AND I SAID, WHERE’S KOBE AND DEREK FISHER. THEY LAUGHED. AND I GO WHY, WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING? AND THEY GO, HE DIDN’T GO OUT. I’M LIKE SO, I THINK THEN I THINK THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING LIKE EARLY IN HIS CAREER. YOU HEARD A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT. HE WASN’T A GREAT TEAMMATE, RIGHT? I MEAN, PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW A LOT AND I THINK SOME OF THAT WAS THAT WAS HIS HIS GENETIC MAKEUP, RIGHT? HE WAS ALWAYS STUDYING, RIGHT? HE’S ALWAYS PREPARING AND YOU KNOW TO A POINT OF IT WAS ALMOST TO, YOU KNOW, A DEFAULT WHEN IT CAME TO HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVED HIS OWN TEAMMATES PERCEIVE HIM BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T, YOU OUT WITH HIM AND THAT’S 1 OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS DO ON THE TEAM. WE ARE ALWAYS AROUND EACH OTHER AND IF YOU DON’T SEE YOUR TEAMMATE, THEN YOU YOUR MINDSET IS, HEY, HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE AROUND US OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE. BUT HE WAS ALWAYS STUDYING AND THIS GAME LITTERED SITUATION IS REALLY INTERESTING FOR ME. THE BUCKS ARE GOING TO PAY HIM A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO NOT PLAY. HE’S GOING TO BE 36, I THINK IT’S A HUGE, HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR DAME LILLARD AND A TEAM THAT WILL GET HIM NEXT SPRING. AND COULD BE HELPING A TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS, YOUR THOUGHTS ON, BUT THE BUCKS DID AND DAME LILLARD’S FUTURE. BUT 1, I’M NOT SURPRISED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE BUSINESS. NOW, OBVIOUSLY THE APRON UH TAX, YOU KNOW, THRESHOLD NOW ISN’T ISN’T FULL EFFECT. SO TEAMS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MANEUVER AROUND THAT. UM, SO THINGS LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE THE YOU KNOW LAST TIME WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BUT FROM A DAME LILLARD PERSPECTIVE I THINK HE NOW HAS A TRUE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP NOW BECAUSE NOW HE GETS, HE DOESN’T HAVE TO HAVE, HE DOESN’T HAVE TO RUSH BACK TO FIGURE OUT FREE AGENCY OR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, HE CAN REALLY TAKE HIS TIME AND REALLY EVALUATE EACH ROSTER EVALUATE, YOU KNOW HIS BEST IT AND YOU KNOW FOR A PLAYER THAT GETS A CHANCE TO BASICALLY SIT OUT A YEAR AND PREPARE, I MEAN THAT’S AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND BY THE WAY, STILL GET PAID OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS, 20 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS FROM A TEAM THAT YOU DON’T PLAY FOR. DID PEOPLE THINK YOU WERE RELATED TO SHAQ? YEAH, ALL THE TIME IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE ME AND SHAQ HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SO WE DID UM BUT I GET THAT QUESTION ALL THE TIME. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GUARD YOU KNOW, I REALLY BELIEVE SHAQ IS HE’S A SPECIAL HUMAN BEING. UM, OBVIOUSLY HE’S A, HE’S A, HE’S A GIANT, UH, INCREDIBLY STRONG. UM, VERY KIND HEART AND I THINK EVEN DOMINANT. AS HE AS HE WAS IN HIS CAREER AND PROBABLY 1 OF THE MOST MAYBE THE MOST DOMINANT PLAYER AT SEEN. YOU KNOW, HE REALLY CARED ABOUT PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES HE WILL PULL UP A LITTLE BIT IF HE LIKED YOU IN THE GAME. AND YOU KNOW, HE’S JUST HOW WOULD WELL, HE HE HE WILL, YOU COULD TELL LIKE, HE WILL, HE WON’T LIKE KNEW HE DIDN’T RIGHT. AND YOU CAN TELL FROM START TO FINISH, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU GET IN GAME, SOMETIMES YOU SEE HIM TALKING AND AND LAUGHING WITH THE GUYS THAT HE’S COMPETING AGAINST AND I THINK SOME OF IT WAS RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE BUT ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, SHAQ I THINK SHAQ UNDERSTOOD JUST HOW STRONG HE WAS. I’VE NEVER EVER SEEN OR PLAYED AGAINST A PERSON THAT SIZE THAT NIMBLE, UM, AND THAT STRONG, UH, AND HE COULD REALLY PROBABLY JUST YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULDN’T GRAB HIM ALL THE TIME. HE, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT HE HAD GREAT COMPOSURE, BUT HE COULD HAVE REALLY JUST DOMINATED PEOPLE IF HE REALLY EVERYBODY. THE PACERS MOVING FORWARD. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THEY MIGHT BE TAKING THIS NEXT YEAR OFF WITH HALLIBURTON HURT AND BOX. WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, CELTICS, THEY’RE DAMAGED, UH, THE KNICKS ARE GOING TO BE THERE. THE CAVS ARE GOING TO BE THERE 76ERS AREN’T MUCH BUT I MEAN, THE PACERS WERE A FEEL-GOOD STORY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW YOU’RE WITHOUT HALLIBURTON AND YOU’RE GOING TO BE WITHOUT MYLES TURNER. YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S 1 OF THOSE THINGS IN IN, IN REALLY PRO SPORTS. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, YOU OBVIOUSLY, I WAS ROOTING FOR THE PACERS UH, TO WIN IT AND I THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD WIN IT. UH, IF IT WASN’T FOR THAT INJURY BUT, UM, LIKE YOU NEVER KNOW. LIKE, IN, IN THIS BUSINESS YOU HAVE TO ALMOST BE ALL IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE YEAR THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET THERE BECAUSE THINGS LIKE AN INJURY OR, YOU KNOW, OR A COACHING CHANGE, OR A KEY PLAYER, GOING TO A DIFFERENT TEAM, IT DERAILS, AND IT DOESN’T REALLY GUARANTEE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU YOU’RE GETTING BACK THERE. HELL THAT WAS, IT TOOK 25 YEARS TO GET TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN. SO UM, IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THE OTHER YOUNG TEAMS WITH ALL THE INJURIES. YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT WE’VE HAD, YOU KNOW, LATE SEASON WITH GUYS, BEEN OUT ALL THE NEXT YEAR. LIKE THE ORLANDO MAGIC, THE TORONTO RAPTORS. UH I THINK I THINK THE SIXERS CAN GET BACK IF THEY’RE HEALTHY, YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE. WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU UH, PROBABLY A COUPLE UH, MAYBE A MONTH OR SO AGO. OH, JUST SHOWING OFF OR MAN. LISTEN, I CAN GO TO A A RED LEAGUE RIGHT NOW LEADING COULD. YEAH I STILL TRY TO STAY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. UM AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT. UM, EVERY YEAR I HAVE KIDS ARE OFF FROM MY SCHOOL OR MY CLUB THAT WANTS TO CHALLENGE ME 1 ON 1. UM, I’M THE OLD GUY THAT THEY SEEM TO THINK UH, TO REMIND I GOT PAID TO DO THIS FOR A CAREER, YOU KNOW, SO I’M NOT GONNA ALLOW A TEENAGER COULD YOU? SO YOU COULD BE COOPER, FLAGG OF THAT. I SAID, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE ON THE VERGE OF SAYING THAT. NO, I’M NOT SAYING ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, HERE’S WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, IF I HAD, IF WE HAD A POSSESSION GAME WHERE WE WERE PLAYING MID-POST TO POST AND WE’RE GOING TO JUST CALL IT 511, I LIKE MY CHANCES. THEN I DON’T I DON’T LIKE YOUR RESPONSE ON THAT THOUGH. OKAY. YOU HAVE I MEAN, HAVE TO SEE IT. 46. AND, AND IF WE’RE JUST PAYING PLAYING IN THE POST, YEAH, DOMINATE COOPER FLAGG. LISTEN. I I’M SAYING I WILL BE ABLE TO I LIKE MY CHANCES AGAINST ANYBODY IN THE POST AT THIS POINT. NOW IF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PLAYING FULL COURT I’M NOT DOING THAT. LIKE I’M GONNA LOSE THAT BATTLE. THESE LEGS DON’T HAVE THAT MUCH GAS. OKAY, IF I HAVE YOU AGAINST VICTOR WIMBA RIGHT NOW IN THE POST, AND WE’RE JUST STRAIGHT POSTS POST WORK? YEAH. YEAH I THINK I GOT A OKAY, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, DAN I CAN RIGHT NOW I CONVERT. AGAIN, LET’S BE. LET’S OKAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW HOW THESE THESE COMMENTS GO WHEN YOU SAY GONNA GO VIRAL, I KNOW, RIGHT? SO LISTEN, OKAY. IF WE JUST SAY, HEY, THROW ME THE BALL IN THE POST, WE GO 1-ON-1 VERSUS ME GARDEN AND, AND, AND ME HAVING OFFENSIVE POSSESSIONS, I STILL LIKE MY CHANCES AGAINST ANYBODY, BECAUSE I STILL AM PRETTY NIMBLE FROM A ABLE TO PLAY NOW, IF IT GOES TO LIKE GOING UP OR DOWN THE COURT AND SCREENING ROLES AND ALL THAT STUFF. YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE ME OUT OF THAT. BUT IF IT’S A MONO MONO, LET’S POST UP. I THINK I GOT A CHANCE. SO YOU’D BEAT LEBRON IF YOU POST UP. THEN LISTEN, I BELIEVE THAT IF I HAD THE BALL IN, IF WE PLAN JUST STRAIGHT POST UP. YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT I’M STRONG ENOUGH STILL. I THINK I’M STILL A AGILE ENOUGH TO SCORE IN THE LOW POST I BECAUSE I DO IT EVERY YEAR, I STILL GO ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, STILL, YOU KNOW, DO THINGS? I’M LISTEN, I’M SURE IF YOU ASKED JOE JOHNSON THESE THINGS, RIGHT? YOU ASK ANY OF THE OLDER GUYS THAT STILL WORK OUT? THEY’RE THING. BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO SAY LOOK, I CAN RUN UP AND DOWN THE COURT WITH THESE GUYS BECAUSE NOT WE’RE NOT WE CAN’T DO THAT. SO YOU COULD DOMINATE LEBRON IN THE POST IS WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. AND COOPER FLAGG, YOU CAN DOMINATE HIM. I SAID THAT I VICTOR WIN BENN JAMA. I JUST WANT TO JEREMY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE I’M SAYING THAT I HAVE. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN A 1-ON-1 IN THE LOW POST. LIKE, RIP OUT WHEN IT OR NOT, WE WE’LL SEE, OKAY? BUT IF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT JUST PLAYING 1-ON-1 IN THE POST, THERE’S SOMETHING THAT I DO EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? I STILL I STILL, I STILL WORK OUT QUITE A BIT AND LEBRON’S, NOT THAT MUCH YOUNGER THAN YOU. SO, MAN, SHOUT OUT TO LEBRON TOO. THEN LIKE THIS 40 PLUS YEARS OLD DOING WHAT HE’S DOING. AMAZING. GREAT. TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. KEEP KEEP WORKING ON THE LOWE POST MOVES, OKAY? NO PROBLEM WILL APPRECIATE IT, THEN THAT’S GERMAINE O’NEAL HEAD COACH OF DYNAMIC PREP ACADEMY IN IRVING, TEXAS. IT DIDN’T MATTER WHAT NAME? I THREW OUT. YOU COULD JUST SEE LIKE I LIKE MY CHANCES. YES, MARK. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY WHEN YOU SAID, HEY, DOES JAMES HARDEN THINK? HE’S BETTER THAN SO? AND SO THESE GUYS, THEY’RE WIRED DIFFERENT. YES. I STILL WANT LEBRON TO SAY TO KD, DO YOU THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN ME ON THAT PODCAST? DAMN, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT QUESTION. YES. EDEN. BUT THESE KIDS DON’T PLAY THE WAY HIM GREW UP PLAYING. RIGHT, THEY DON’T PLAY THAT LOW POST. SORT OF BANGING BODIES KIND OF THING. HECK YEAH, HE COULD PUSH COOPER FLAGG, HE COULD PUSH VICTOR WOMEN BUT YAMMER AROUND. HECK,
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