Club 520 - Jeff Teague interviews Dylan Harper, Derik Queen, Tre Johnson, Thomas Sorber ahead of NBA Draft

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year's NBA draft. It's only right, man. We got one
of the Ben's guards in the country. You're gonna see
his name called real real soon.
Man.
Big fans over here, we got mister Della Harper. Appreciate
you sliding on this, big dog man. Come on, man,
lost time over due all fans fans since the show,
appreciate it.
You really watched the show.
I do watch the show.
Boy, You're black, your black form all the way.
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I had to check you then that he's been out
of uniform but.
A little bit.
JD sponsored me bro Now so I got to mix
it up off.
You know what I'm saying.
Listen, you know you keep the feast nice man. We
gotta jump straight to it. What's that feeling like when
you go to a school that ain't sponsored by the
bridge you signed to you the only one on the court,
hoop and the shoes your square signed to.
A man just change the culture. He's a coach. I mean,
n I l new thing. I mean it was on
the bridge of like contract was over renewing contract stuff
like that coach gave me the green light.
I was gonna take it.
So I mean I was I did.
That and work out, and work out well for me.
I lost my contract that ship short.
Now I don't get no ide.
I was already when I see their friends game, I said,
he got the joys they got.
I'm like, I said, yeah, show you what you changed?
What is he doing?
Man?
Coach gave me the green light early?
I wasn't.
I was gonna say no. I was like, I'm wearing that.
Obviously. Man, you got a crazy game. And where you
get your game from?
What models?
You obviously know what I'm sying possible crazy and league,
But what what mold is your game to make you
play how you play?
I think playing against older people, I have to play
out my brother all the time. This little stuff like
that just kind of made me mature in a way,
just the physicality.
Of the game.
But really, I don't know. I think my game kind
of different. I think I could play point guard you
need me to, I could pass, you need me to
play defense. I think I got an all around game
kind of unique.
That's okay, is your brother you played a lot of
ones growing up?
Yeah, he's But now like we play ones.
Now it's even then he's he's a dog.
Yeah, he says he's older than me.
But that's my little brother.
But now it's even, yes, even now we ain't going he.
Just said it, not even oh my god, but you
know it's even.
He didnt want the ones with your pops.
He don't play one on one. Last I played one one.
I played one on one.
Don't outside that's the last time you ever played? When
you remember that last time, last time we ever one
dunk on dunk doing like that.
I like that because if he was on here and
he asked about that, he just go he say, he
says something crazy.
Okay, okay, all right, you got the upper head being
at ruggers.
Man.
I watched the game.
You had a triple double, and you talked about to
a game being well rounded, Like what you think the
best thing you do? Like besides you know, you said
you can do a little bit of everything. What's the
best thing thing? Probably playmate.
I think that's kind of an underrated skill. But I
think I'm up there. I think most teams I don't.
I just kind of had to score only way we
had a chance of winning.
Stuff like that.
But I think like you put me in pick and roll.
Definitely pick and roll stuff like that, getting my spots
and just making.
The right play.
I tell you, when I watch you, I tell people
you kind of got that k cun Luca a type
of game. You know, bigger body can put people on
your hip and make plays. Would you consider us some
people that you cage.
Probably that's probably my favorite player before the June twenty fifth.
After that, yeah, as of right now, Yeah, that's probably
my favorite player him Shay, Like you said, Luca, James Harden,
get to the spots, they control the game, stuff like that.
That's the fuck.
Definitely watch definitely man like you said, watching a Ruggars,
don't you know, I'm saying you And it was dope
to see like you and your homewages out there getting
to it. In college obviously y'all go crazy. What's the
swack like on the court and it's off. Of course
you got to text on its probably this I'm simple.
I mean, I don't like I'm trying to show out
like he was, like a tonne of walks.
People be like you're gonna show out, put stuff on,
But like, I don't see the point dressing to play basketball.
I'm you're going to play basketball at the end of
the day.
Stuff like that.
But I want to call call this simple, simple guy.
I want to tell you something.
I said the same thing my rookie year, and it's
a guy named Jared Jack.
Yeah, he said, I give you.
Four years, young fellow.
I'm gonna switch year.
I spent the time he went too crazy. I spent
a lot of buddy on some clothes.
I'm telling you, Yeah, man, I think I get free
naked clothes.
I'm gonna keep wearing me too.
Look sports, Hey, hey, y'all.
Worked this day.
I remember the first time we see with that total.
You know, I'm cal my thing.
It's like it's different, like if you're getting paid to
ward or something like rams my stuff like that.
You gotta put it on. It's cool. But like, I
ain't going out of my way to throw.
Something crazy like the stuff Russell West will be wearing.
Like stuff like that.
You ain't deep into fan.
I'm not deep in the fashion.
I like that though. He's about the boy. He's trying
to hoop. Obviously, you know he was ey with il stuff.
Were gonna say, you know what I'm saying outside of
responsible stuff. You're gonna go crazy the first part. You're
gonna get you one of them change like my boy
be head over here.
No he coming, he coming something different.
Yeah, not that.
One they roll that chang ro. You know we'll get
you some big R Kelly rings. Look up R Kelly
for yes the video.
I don't think anything like that.
He got a going the right way, not that way.
We're going another way.
Form like like a.
Give me a nice little change, yeah, bro, looking up.
Yeah, we're asking everybody suit for the drive, all black suit,
a little bit of reading.
Okay, spilling the bees with the shoes is then.
Some lubatons bottom you come with icy though.
Nah.
I don't wear no ju now.
I like to see cut my watch watch on playing Jamess.
I like Super Taylor, super tailors.
I don't like.
I don't wear to Flare the bet now tailor.
Okay, so growing up obviously said your bad play. The
brother has been great, But what's his moment life for you?
Like going through this draft process knowing your name's about
to be called. What's that?
It's crazy because like even asked me like two three
years ago to be like bugging like I never like
this is surreal. An'tthing I was gonna get to this
points probably like two years ago. So I'm just keeping
a day by day, but just staying Grounded's definitely definitely
been cool you. I mean, once I get drafted, I mean,
you want the bigger, better things.
Now, time for the real ground that.
Know, your mom trained you growing up? Like, how is
she with you in this process?
She hard on you. She just letting you go through.
She ain't let me go through.
I mean she been right next to me, by my
side the whole time, make sure I'm good. But I
mean she was my coach from first grade to senior
high school the whole time.
How y'all pull that up, man, nah?
I mean she was my au coach first eighth grade
and then the high school went to gave her assistant
coach job.
Linus Delineas Olias for sure, I ain't never heard that.
Told me I was allowed you no jump shots when
I was little. Yeah, no jump shots to like fifth
sixth grade. That's probly why I can That's why I
get to the basket, like I get you.
Do get to that cup.
I can't shoot the midiate till middle school.
I shoot a MIDI to middle school, and I did.
I got yelled at the kids.
You can learn from this if you you can do
whatever you want to topic for sure, don't shoot jumpers.
What's the weakest part of your game?
Been asking everybody.
That weekest part. I ain't gonna say I got no
week part.
But with that right hand something right.
Hand right here, nice right hand, nice right hand nice.
I mean, I think this is stuff.
I gotta It's like stuff gotta get better at, like defense, covering,
stuff like that, reading the game, stuff like that, just
little things in the game of that tweak and just
get better at. But overall game is trying to get
to the top because everyone good.
Now everyone can do the same thing now true, because like.
Yeah, how is that throwing that first picture in Yankee study.
That mountain far as that mount Far.
I got up there, legs shake, and I said, I got.
This sha got up there. I said, I'm doing.
It like it's crazy because like it's big, it's big,
it's they always looking at you and the mount far. So,
like I told myself, I threw it too. I would
throw it over his head. And I didn't want to
have no Steven A. Smith moment or no fifty moments
lobbed it.
Right in there. You have fifty turbo on that throw.
That's like you said, man, time square, that gonna have
you all up? Man, what's that feeling? Like I wanted
business places in the world. J D Sports got you
and some of the other draftics say, honoring.
What's that moment?
Like, man, you know something?
The billboard crazy, I had never been in the billboard before.
My orgon go up a little bit or a little bit.
After you already, or shape the little gold shoes on
out of the game, or it's crazy how you feel
about the game is today, that's crazy.
I'm sick. I'm still sick.
What I'm saying right now, I'm still sick. The wound
is still you know what I'm saying.
Cover So you would have got you would have got
to pace the logo tat on you with one.
Hey, listen, man, that the O'Brien have been right here
dogs hoss, but.
The iss maybe get it.
What's the shoes you're wearing on the court?
Man this year? What's your debut?
Cut some g T cut ones.
I got a couple of peas pull out.
Okay, I got beggars on here we always asked everybody.
Some some people already promising some shoes.
Do we get your peas?
Yeah, I mean you asked for them, we asked. I
can guess what's the logo looking like?
You know what I'm saying.
I know you're probably waiting.
I don't got my phone on me.
I don't worry.
We're gonna be.
We're gonna we're gonna be in the DM.
Don't gonna see him.
We're gonna follow.
It's gonna run down on you to in July summer.
I have one we're gonna put.
Were looking for our pair going to who's some people
you're looking for to going up against the nation? Guys,
you say, you know what I'm saying, Compare yourself to
what's that one matchup? You like, I'm ready, Like I'm
ready for that smoke. I'm ready to have this battle.
Everyone really, but I mean a couple of people probably
like k I mean, watch him a lot.
I think I see how I.
Do him and Edwards shall all the stars of the
game right now.
Just see why I see where I line up toe
to toe.
That's what's up.
Definitely them.
You can relate to what's that moment like you know
what I'm saying. As a rookie, come in like, all right,
I used to see him on TV. Now I gotta
go against him. Ida surn Roberts moment.
What's that like?
My moment might be a little different than his. He
might actually get.
In the game.
I was just about to say that too, but.
Nothing, that's crazy. It's cool, man play.
I'm gonna text you like, I.
Know you're gonna You're gonna be a star moment. You'renna
see him on a lot of verified buckets. Man, hope
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We appreciate you.
Sliding on this man.
Thanks for having me.
No, man's a blessing.
Man.
How you feeling, man, But you run around media circuits
almost top of the draft and got you out here
in JD sports Man.
How you feeling right now?
Man?
Feeling very excited?
Uh?
Just to a new city most definitely.
Man.
Listen, we all big fans of your game.
Man, let's take it back first man hostly crazy career
mom for digital thing for Shore.
Now go to Maryland. What's that transition like for? You
know what I'm saying, You got to presson?
Can kill it?
Now? You're the man? Okay, because what's that transition like?
It really wasn't a huge transition because coach Boyle Uh,
he'd been doing it for longer than I was born,
and then he got his He got us ready, me
and all my teammates ready, So it was it was
pretty easy.
Most ha be here, that's already he the real stretch
for you know what I'm saying, he's getting to it
back in the day.
Yeah, I always high praised for his game.
Nah, for sure. I want to just step back a
little bit. I saw you at the Chipotle Classic here,
well Indianapolis, Bro, y'all do you think y'all got the
best Mount Verd team ever?
Bro? I don't know, Bro, like for real, for.
Real, I feel like y'all one of the best teams
ever period.
Yea because y'all probably look at it like how they
playing in the NBA now, it was like it was
like four years and then we can have that call
probably not even four years, two three years, and then
we can have that conversation.
What about that team with them they had pressures coming
off the.
Bench that was like no, that was just like his
like that's not the team. Everybody comparing us to it.
But still they can have they have anything.
They compare you out the bitch simpers of them team nah.
But like how I think about it is like we
all meet up, nover whatever, have some reps and we're.
Gonna play okay first and on that type of That's
what I'm trying to do. Get the He told me something.
He told me something before we started the show. He
got a picture with me when he was in like
fourth grade.
You got a picture young.
I don't know how. He just made me feel like
young guy.
You O g for sure? What city was you?
You remember in Indiana? We played at this high school.
I don't remember.
I played at Pike too.
We are super old.
That was bo man?
What turnam you remember what tournament it was?
I think it was this tournament.
Oh man, came up there to get being my time.
Actually actually wanted the tournament, that's what the trophy.
No, that's hard, that's hard to.
See if he got a bucket.
But man, first, this first man was talking about man,
your style on the court, off the court.
See you know what I'm saying, holding it down?
Man? What's that like? Man?
To hold down the city with a brand? It's a
synonymous where you're from.
Yeah, I mean it's it's great. I'm now I'm an athlete. Yeah,
it's great. Was made in Maryland, balt More and then
and like all my people's back home at bottom, that's
all we wear is you every day.
So some of the coolest niggas out of saying from.
You, a yes, that's the fact.
And I got some more respect on you.
Oh y'all need something?
I got ya?
Okay, I just don't came.
I need them all black.
They do got black pair for sure.
Hold you to that.
You can't get him all black shoes.
You know what?
Put the white license in? How do you feel about
enter the NBA draft?
Man?
Dream come true?
And when I did it, it was I was so happy.
I did it with my teammates at school. Uh yeah,
I was so happy and just like just ready for
this moment.
When did you know it was time?
Like I felt pie until like I've always had to
feel him a pie to Like February, I was like, yeah,
like I got to doing.
Like January, I.
I had some I had some bad games, like some
slumps and stuff, but then February picked it up and
and just like kept.
Killing and we just kept winning.
And then so when you win, everybody get to get
the love.
So yeah, and that's interesting you say that cause you
start off your college career with a twenty and twenty game,
but you ain't even.
Know you were going to the league till February. That's interesting.
College keep it real? What was college easy?
Oh? Oh shit, Nah, I ain't gonna lie.
Yeah, uh no. Everybody go through that slumps like yeah,
like my like, so we played games in December like
Big ten games and d two Big ten games in December,
but like January, I I had like two three really
bad games. I was and then after that I was like, yeah,
I f I got I got it there, I figured.
It out for sure. What was the biggest transition though?
Just ju juju uh. He was basically my big bro.
He was.
He was like one of the strongest people I ever
went up against. Oh so like him, so like him.
I he was just like I don't like he was
just so strong, Like I play good defense and hit
me with a shoulder and finished right over the top
me every time.
So okay, okay, for sure they get stronger.
Had to hit that way room what No.
I'm good because what's the season was going? What's the
season's going? God, it wasn't.
I was a sweep my boy just obviously me got
a unique swag on the court, kind of like a
school film and where you get that from man with
the long sleeves with short shorts, hot socks.
You know what I'm saying.
Looks like you got there from the eighties getting to it, uh.
Longst Like I wanted to wear that melt verd I
did like my first two years, but they had like
like tight tight compression, so I was like na, but
like under had the had like baggy ones, long one
So I did that. And then my socks like I
just be I mean, my socks don't come all yup,
but I like brow them down a little bit. But
like I did that a lot of au also, so
that was always kind of my swag.
What's the weakest part of your game, man, keep it real.
Consistent shooting. You gotta work on your jumper, yeah.
No, yeah, mut your cash now okay, just checking shoo
no for sures like the shot you hit, you know,
as a freshman, hitting the game winning shot in the tournament,
what was that feeling?
Like, bro, bro, bro, It was a It was great.
It was a big deal. I didn't know it was
a big deal until, like my teammates was hyping me up.
I remember my teammates of Kobe. He was just kept saying,
he just kept pointing that being was like, you're you're him,
you're him? Yeah, and then I and then I checked
my phone. It was I had so many notifications and
like it was a big diy.
I'm glad I got to.
Do something for Maryland. I love that place.
It was fun to enjoy my time, joining my teammates
and stuff.
So I got I got something.
And that super dope, like you said, being from the crib,
being able to have a moment because they ain't say
a moment, it submitted for ever. They're gonna show that
game winner for time and time again. For you to
have that moment for your hometown, for the home that's
fire man. Yea, all right, man, we got talking about
the nil Man dairy queen Man talks how that came to.
Be Derry Queen.
I mean like in high school, I didn't like like
nobody really thought about it.
But when I got to Maryland.
When I got to when I got to Maryland, uh,
everybody just kept saying it on on Twitter. So I
was like, I was I never thought about that, And
there like my agency and was reaching out toll but
they had went through my school because I think they
had a great connection. And then once I hit that
game winn or the next day, I did like a
little snippet for Dery.
Queen's fire what's your order?
I just I just get the Ohio Blizzard.
You keep it simple, Yeah, they look it upside down,
make sure it will come out.
Okay, see the advertising? What's it like?
What's a feeling like You're gonna be on a billboard
Tom Square getting ready for the NBA Draft for JD Sports?
What is that like?
Like?
No, it's crazy because younger me, I never thought this
was this was ever gonna happen. And then been at
Tome squad is one of the most busiest place places
to see in my face there is like it's gonna
be great.
I can't wait to say, as.
Fun, bro, what that shuit looking like?
Man?
I always say it's double brusted something something, something you
probably probably never seen.
Like even the fat the shoes.
No, the shoes.
I couldn't do the shoes I really wanted to.
Like the shoes.
Just think about Tyre's Hallerbird like something here.
Well, okay, that's the shoes that I wanted.
But like I got a few different.
Options that you know, what's the ice looking like everybody?
I don't.
I'm not really into me either getting it do so
like like these dudes, if you want to call these
a jewelry, is my first piece of jewelry that I got.
I don't got jewelry, but we see who do That's
why come crazy?
If you got to you don't get one draft night?
All right?
So look, we always asked people want to stay into
the NBA. We're gonna ask you, what's something that you
want to purchase A big person that you want about
once you get that chick, are you looking forward to?
Like don't I don't know, Like I keep telling my
mom like I don't know why I'm excited to pay bills,
like room boy, like having my own place because like
me living by myself at Maryland and even Bird was
like it was like great, so just me and buy
my own car and stuff. So like probably goes to okay,
cool man, I'm.
All with independence, all right, man, once you get to
the leg who as some people, you're looking forward to
going up against any idols in the league, you're looking
at what I'm saying, get the ones with.
Yeah, my favorite player is Braun and Harden. Okay, but
I also want to play against like the and b
yr kicch Segoon some bonus KD. Because I know I'm
be switching on to a lot of people. Carry I
really like, really really all really all the.
Great, oh man, if you have a wistless of people
you want to run down the list? Was that competitive
and that's why I like you?
Man? This shut too when bro straight up for sure.
Y'all listen, man, listen, We're looking forward to see you
at the next level and keep killing the man like
you said Tom Scuore, j D Sportsman Bill my boy
draft comings. So make sure you watch our Derreck Queen
will be on the TV near you soon.
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I appreciate time, Yes, sir, you know the vos Man.
We speak Holly on this show. Man.
One of the best two guards coming out.
Man.
Where you get your game from? Man?
Because you play like.
An old school Ray Allen rip Hamplton smooth too guard Man. Yeah, Bro,
really just from my pops working with him. He was
an older player, so those coming to some of the
guys he was playing with growing up.
So I kind of really just got it from him.
That's funny to be here saying you got involve You known,
say your dad had you in the gym when he
was hooping most definitely.
Yeah, you can tell.
Him you real mature like score of God whatever.
Where did that.
Scoring ability come from?
Though?
But you got a crazy, crazy arsenal Bro.
I just think it's God given. On top of the
work I do. That's really what all I think it is.
It really just come easy to me.
For sure.
I caught a game with you on YouTube the other day.
I was I'll be scrolling around watching YouTube a lot.
You against Cason Wallace. Yeah he was a young buck,
but you had fifty I had like forty yea sophomore.
Yeah yeah, I was saying, Then watch him play defense
in the NBA.
Finals and go watch that.
It's like, fact, Yeah here, a real bucks fact. What
was that? A AU game?
Was high school we was in We was in the
same district. Oh okay, yeah, so I played them all
the way up.
To he was a senior.
Yet see that.
And then watch him get buckets. You're like, yeah, it's official. Man,
It's missus Texas right there. You know what I'm saying,
been getting buckets for show? Talk about it, man, I'll
saw the basketball swag. I see you got the black
ninety seven's on your Nike.
Man.
What's your own court preference today? How you can fly
off the court?
On court?
I go with, like, anything comfortable with Kobe's serenas. Those
are like probably the main too comfortable ninety suits, I say,
And off the court, really anything Okay, I gotta wear
anything Nike you now, but anything besides that, it don't matter.
I wear a boot or I wear some designer for shure.
Listen now seeing you know, I'm say I've your text.
What's it like? You know what I'm saying? Going to
a school?
You got somebody like Kdie who got crazy?
Shoot?
Text has always been one of the shoot to keep
the floster.
What's it like your first time you walk back there
in the training room and be like, oh, I can
get all these Yeah? No, it was crazy, especially when
you walk in the locker room. They got all the
old kd's on the wall.
Its living like that.
So you just seeing all the different kicks that he
done came out with, all the different shoes. Guys don't war,
but it's really a cheat code.
Them guys that's been there for a little.
While, they got all the heats, don't want to give
up none of.
It him all the junior series have been there.
It was really just to focus on just try to
be around the distractions and try to handle it just
in case I got drafted to a bigger city.
Ah. So really just preparing myself. That's smart, that's smart, definite.
I ain't never been off.
You gotta go put it out around go now before
it started getting to too many people because everybody starting
to move in. But yeah, you gotta go. I've been
out there one time. Listen, man, a story franchise, I mean,
excuse me, university like Texas and you get to break
one of Kadie records?
What's that feeling like?
Man?
Man, I didn't even know, Like I wasn't even thinking
about the record.
And then it was.
You know, and then it was just saying they said
it after the first game, but I wouldn't even try
to listen to it.
But we lost, so I wouldn't even I wasn't.
Thinking about too much about it, so I really ain't
even think about it. But it was kind of cool
and crazy to think about, because like a year ago,
I was talking to him about kind of the situation,
not even about Texas in first game. Be able to
break one of his records was crazy.
How many teams you have worked there for?
I worked there four, okay, so you kept but like,
how many did you work out for?
Talking about.
What you do on school teacher, I got hurt. He
did three workouts. I was up about.
Eighteen I can't relate the month though. That's crazy.
What's your all time favorite sneaker?
All time favorite sneaker? What would that be?
The John Witherspoons Damn for real?
Yeah?
That was fly though.
I got heard that's different.
I grew. I don't know.
It was just when that shoot came out. I grew
so much to it, like that was my favorite shoot
for a while.
Like I wasn't changing.
You got think any way, younger, he thought he was
gonna say something.
I thought he was gonna say.
So because he's saying what the classics I do?
I respected respected to. What's the what's the strongest part
of your game? Man?
I probably say my playmaker, just because as scoring it
draws so many eyes and draw so many people. Play
making the second easiest thing.
What's the weakest part of your guys, what's something we
can work on?
Our defense most definite can always be worked on. Get
it to my offense shooting. Now we're talking about something.
Yeah, yeah, I like that. And what I like about him, man,
is what you know about he locked in.
You know what I'm saying. He studying the game of basketball.
You can tell by the way he playing stuff.
Like that.
So where'd you get that from his pops into that meet?
Is just you just I want to be great. So
you know what I'm saying, you got to do both sides.
You gotta play and you gotta lock in. I feel
like it was me wanting to be great, But it
really started with my pops. Like he had me at
the time. He was looking at him crazy. We had
me watching film when I was like third fourth grade. Yeah,
he was recording the games and we went back and
watched it. So it's kind of been started there. But
me doing it on my own is just part of
me being want to be great.
Who are you looking forward to going head up with
once you entered the league?
Shoot? Everybody?
All the same people that you've seen in the finals,
all the same people as you're watching over TV.
The same guys you won't play against.
Wallers might won't smoke now you most definitely do.
Even was.
Supposed to bring that up.
Now he popping right that.
For sure?
What's been like for obviously going different places? Talking like
you said, time Square a big monument on the way
up to celebrate your houses. Fine, you're probably worried about
where you're going to basketball stuff. Are you enjoying this
moment as well? I'm most definitely enjoying the moment because
it's what you really dreamed. Does some I'm really enjoying
each step of the process most definitely trying to soak
it all in.
So I'm definitely all right, man, Oh no, go ahead.
What's that? What's that draft fit looking like?
Man, it's a little different, but it's solid for sure. Okay,
that's what I'm gonna say. You icy, No, I don't
really wear I tell you people more like me than you.
But that's fine, bro. Once see Grace's foot on the
NBA floor looking around, You're still keeping the home right now?
Like that?
I like that.
Now.
We typically asking on saying people what big person are
about to make, but obviously you on your way to that.
What's something you're looking forward to doing?
Getting a place to stay? Man, y'all are so responsible.
I rock with this class.
They said they said shelter.
Yeah, I'm saying that's probably gonna be my best purchase though,
somewhere to stay, sir. That's what I'm putting my focus into. Condo,
depending where I'm going, Okay, depending where I'm going. Yeah,
you go to some of these big cities cribs, be crazy.
I know now you come back where I was.
I got drafted Atlanta crib was necessary, you know what
I say? Show for sure that though, Man, listen, man,
we look forward to see that the next otherle man. Congratulations, man,
you know you got fans here five twenty tap in
with Trey Johnson for show. All right, Man, were back
again right at JD's Sports Club five to twenty.
Man here with some of the up and coming talent
in the draft.
Man, so we had this happen with this show man
making noise when crazy all year.
It was time to celebrate.
Hm, Miss Thomas Sober, big dog, appreciate you sliding on
this man.
Sir, Appreciate you having me for sure.
Man, you know what I'm saying. Look, just be here
injury right here.
Man, I came together.
You know what, I ain't seen too many boys swag
at Jordan's like, I'm proud of you boy.
Already Bobs, you already turning up man real quick.
Okay.
See we've been asking everybody what they're gonna get. You
know what I'm saying, what they making? But I can't
wait to hear your question, man, no responsible stuff.
But you you know what I'm saying, go crazy for Uh?
What do you want me to like say? Just swing it?
What you going to cop?
You know what I'm saying, can get you your first
big boy purchase, that league money.
What you're gonna grab?
Man?
Like this my boy, Like I don't know.
I was thinking about signings, like getting signed for like
my whole family, like in general.
But if it was like for me though, probably.
Like a car, like a new car car, like a
like a t r X.
Churat yourself king for sure?
Man, how this process being for you?
Bro?
Ups and downs?
Up?
I need both sides of.
It's been ups and downs throughout the whole process. But
like you know, I'm just trying to live in a
moment basically, just trying to because you only live it once.
So I'm just trying to basically have fun while going
through it, you know, having fun with my family and
just like you know, be calm. Wow, Like the storm
is like going outside.
So your brother been going everywhere with.
You a little bit like when I'll be visiting team,
I'm going by myself, but like everywhere I'm at, he's
usually with me.
Son, I Well, Yeah, for sure. I was like growing
up again.
Your older brother, man, he gave you the pill?
Who got you the pill?
Man?
Uh? What was it called?
First?
Originally it was.
My father, but then like my brother, you know, he
was able to take care of me as I was
going through like when I was younger, you know, going
to his high school, playing with his high school teammates
and stuff like that when I was in like fifth grade.
So like it's just me like playing with older guys,
just trying to get myself ready for moments like these.
You know, saying Pops as an athlete. I gotta ask
you this. How tall was you in the fifth grade?
He was going to play with him? If you have
a present grost person in your.
Life, No, I was, I think like five to nine,
five ten?
What grade?
Fifth grade?
What's that shoes you wearing in fifth grade?
Yeah? Like a twelve and.
Mama park is early sophomore?
Was you in high school sophomore year?
I was like six eight six nine's been around that?
How was you?
And your brother weren't able to beat you no more?
That's really right now?
He said, how was it?
Like?
Was it when he first beat you?
Take it over the ones?
No, No, he's lying.
I mean he don't got no mind.
So you know, I mean truth being back in like
eleventh grade, tenth grade, the same height when I was smoke.
Oh when you was in college. Oh I thought you.
Said brother when you was a college so you knew
when you at that moment, you knew like, yeah, it
would be all right.
Yeah, Okay, bro, that's crazy because he said he's still
stepping on you to capping.
Yeah, I've been hurt, so I really come and play him.
But before that, I was still busting that. So I
want you to fop the lineas you know what I'm saying.
Some of the big Georgetown Greens. What got you to Georgetown? Man,
I'll say, like really like the coaches, Like I had
a great Uh.
I had a great relationship with them.
You know.
I was having fun on all the visits that I
went over there, So I felt like I could just
go there and be myself and just be like the
same person I've always been.
Yeah.
One of my coaches that I played for Wake Forest
was coach Battle, Jeff Battle. I know he's over there
at Georgetown. He told me some great things about you.
Had high praise for you. Man, he teld me it
was gonna be a special player. So your freshman year,
I got a chance to watch your game and I
was like.
Bro, arms is dumb long. I don't know.
You probably got one of the longest wingspans, probably in
the draft for probably in the NBA. Now, your wingspan,
it's crazy. But he black a lot of shots. He's
good around the basket. You got a lot of game though. Yeah,
I didn't know my arms is that long? Toil like,
actually measure them. Ships ain't gonna.
That's the biggest strength to your.
Game, you said, my biggest strength? Uh, I'll say, like
just reading the game.
Like not a lot of people can like read the
game like I do. But I'll say, uh, rebounding and
terror scoring as well, moving out the jumper.
No, no, no, I gotta jump. Yeah. I haven't seen me, man, I've.
Been I've been the gym in the leg.
I only been working on form, surely, So that's all
I really.
Yeah.
So is that something we can work on that one
of the weaker part of your games?
Uh?
Yeah, it's OK. Yeah, I know.
I'an honest, got to tell you, obviously, you know what
I'm saying. We like the for work.
Is that from playing soccer growing up? What I'm saying,
no possible soccer. He's still that, y'all.
Early.
Yeah, so I was actually my first sport. Okay, that's
what was like the third woe I actually I picked
up on because now I played football for like two weeks.
My mom like.
Took me out of that. She ain't want me in
that for some reason.
But workshop, great did you play at first?
I was like it was when I was younger, So
I played striker and stuff like that.
But I played eighth grade and I was like a goalie.
I talked you in eighth grade six five, as you're coming.
I was good. I was doing good work.
Team, there you go take this ball.
Soccer do help a lot of said. Soccer and gymnastics
help a lot of.
Yeah, that's why this fool work is like that. But
come on sixteen soccer field where.
Yeah, toose knees all that.
Before mom took you out a football? What position was
you playing?
Oh? Q, yeah, I have throw?
Really you I was not that tall.
I was tall. I wasn't that. I'm bro we can
get the football right now. I show you.
It's a lot of up. It's crazy I definitely Yeah,
a friend, I.
Was a feeling, you know what I'm saying, The big
man is back in these guys a prominent position. You
look at all the teams going around right nowadays, solidifying
that front court for you coming in the way you play.
Are you excited you know what I'm saying, to get
the in the NBA where they like actually value the
big men again.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think like my type of skill set and
like the way how I play is like not as
like how the NBA is today, and I'm just like
bringing it so like it's just like a great feeling
that I get to, like, you know.
Help a team win and try to hope bring a
champions or something.
Any players you m out of your game after.
Uh a little bit, how like be reading the game? Uh,
I used to watch it beat a lot. Try to
get like a little bit of his big range post
game and stuff like that, and the way how the
intensity that band be playing with, Like try to like
just take a little bit from each different big.
That's three, that's three prominent players in the league who.
Are looking forward to matching up with no same.
Players, Yeah for sure. Yeah, I'll say another player.
Who Ki is the best, biggest league a lot. Yeah, bro,
I can withstand my stuff. I canna hold.
Your own against I mean, he killed a lot of people,
So I don't worry about.
You know, you know, don't worry.
About it your as well. Man, We're gonna take it
back a little bit. Man, you had a crazy you
know what I'm saying. You team, some guys might be
a draftings, but what's that like? Hooping guys and y'all
know what I'm saying. All put yourselves in a position
to be at the next level.
Yeah.
So I used to come out here to New York
like every every weekend back when I was like fifth
sixth grade playing with Jersey City Boys and Girls Club
AU so, like you know, it was just like playing
that competition up here like basically got me set, got
me ready like for moments like these. So just I guess,
like the top players ever since I've been.
Like a young kid like really helped me.
Out with Todd Pettiford.
Jersey City Boys and Girls Club. That was when we
was in like fifth sixth grade. We used to come
up here and stay at our French Crime in New.
York was like that then.
Yeah, his nickname used to be to give me three Pettiford.
Oh that's hard, yeah, bro that yeah, like North Jersey
rocking at a young age too.
That's hard.
That's what's up?
Yeah, man, that's dope.
See see y'all elevate all together. I know you go
through the process, you try to joy everything. Why you're
trying to figure out the business. But you know what
I'm saying, for y'all to be Tom Square met gonna
had got up on the billboard, what's that feeling like?
Man, it's a surreal feeling that it's crazy crazy.
It's like that as much as they want.
You here, that's gonna be crazy.
Man. Yeah.
I couldn't imagine all the foot traffic through here and
you a JD Sports with it. I gotta ask, man,
you know, you know what I'm saying, You get this
together and going to JD Sports.
What you grabbing?
Man?
What's what you're putting on? What's on the court, what's
the swagen? What's off the court?
On the court, probably do like a like a one
leg cast sleep or something like that, falthy, a little
little compression shirt on the court.
Off the court, stay warm?
What shoes you rocking on the court, on the court.
Ship hooping the fives.
I never it's he's comfortable though, he's comfortable, but like,
I don't know, Probably it's something Jordan shoe like because
I was just what Jordan brand teams off.
The court, though, look for something comfy like what he
got on.
I'm always comforting your.
Favorite, my favorite, George.
Damn, it used to be the forest class man. I
like this guy. Man, what we're going? It used to
be the forest.
You don't move on. He's is comfortable. That's why.
Which four?
Which forest?
Which forces?
Younger than?
All?
Right?
Like black cats?
I don't even got the black cats yet. I get
those with the black and yellow. What's the lightnings?
Mm hmm.
Nah, I probably say like the cement ones. I like
this with the class uh. I like, you went to
Georgia School, Georgetown. Please tell me. Don't say you got
blessed while he was there. Yeah, I got blessed with
a couple of a couple of drawings.
But I don't think I got the peas. Yeah, I
need I need to go back. I need to ask
coach Battle, give me coach ben Man, make sure of gear.
You ain't get a bunch of gear like Georgetown gear.
We ain't get that much like Jordan stuff, okay, because
he's got to represent.
The school, so both. Definitely.
Man, hey, man, check him out. Man, he's coming soon. Man.
Congratulations. Man, we're gonna be cheer for you along the way.
We're gonna catch our next time for show.
Appreciate it.
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