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Cam: SIT ON DOWN!

Ashley: I HAVE TO SAY YOU

GUYS, NORMALLY CAM GOT THE MOST

GOING ON WITH HIS FIT BUT I

THINK YOU MIGHT BE OUTNUMBERED

TODAY.

Cam: THIS A LIGHT DAY.

Ashley: YOU LOOK LIKE YOU

JUST WAFTED OF SINNERS OR

SOMETHING.

Cam: YOU TRIED IT, WHAT?

ALL RIGHT!

I JUST TRIED TO EMULATE MEAN

MAKING A MESSAGE WITH MY OUTFIT,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I GET IT OUT THE MUD.

LISTEN, I HAD TO GET OUT THE MUD

TODAY.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUN

TODAY.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUN.

SO MAKE SURE YOU SIT BACK, RELAX

AND TURN UP.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

Ashley: IN ALL OF THE

EXCITEMENT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL

CROWD I FORGOT TO SAY WELCOME TO

106 & SPORTS WHERE WE --

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

WHERE WE ARE COUNTING DOWN THE

TOP FIVE MOMENTS IN SPORTS THAT

MATTER TO THE CULTURE.

I'M ASHLEY NICOLE MOSS.

Cam: AND I'M CAM NEWTON.

Ashley: OUTSIDE OF THE

PUPIL CROWD WE HAVE TONIGHT WE

ALSO HAVE A PACKED SHOW AS WELL

BECAUSE TENNIS ROYALTY, TAYLOR

TOWNSEND IS IN THE BUILDING.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

Cam: MY DOG PLAYING A PART

OF THE ONE AND ONLY DEMARCUS

COUSINS IS HERE AS WELL.

Ashley: AND ALSO YOU GUYS

HAVE THE SAME NICKNAME, BOGIE.

Cam: IT'S GOING TO BE GOING

DOWN TODAY SO PLEASE ACT

ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE ALREADY ON

STRIKE ONE.

Ashley: I HAVE NO PROBLEM

GETTING STRIKES TWO AND THREE.

PLUS A LOT MORE.

BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH

THE COUNTDOWN --

Cam: YOU ARE TRYING TO BIG

DOG ON NATIONAL TV!

Ashley: BEFORE WE GET

STARTED ON THE COUNTDOWN, HERE

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE HIGHLIGHTS

FROM THIS WEEK.

Cam: THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE

GOT A TIGHT ONE PULLING OUT A

26-23 WIN BEHIND A BIG DAY FROM

RJ JOHNSON.

HE THREW FOR 299 -- BUT YOU

COULDN'T GET ONE MORE YARD TO

GET UP TO 300?

BUT HE MADE IT UP WITH THREE

[APPLAUSE]

Ashley: THE BILLS AND THE

BUFFS ALSO GIVING US A BANGER ON

SUNDAY AND JOSH ALLEN DID WHAT

JOSH ALLEN DOES BEST AND THAT IS

PUT ON AN ABSOLUTE SHOW.

BREAKING ANOTHER ONE OF

CAM NEWTON'S RECORDS.

Cam: OH, NO,, IT'S, OKAY,,

IT IS OKAY.

AND I WILL NOT BE THE ONE THAT

IS GOING TO HATE.

I WILL BE THE ONE TO

COME ON NOW!

[APPLAUSE]

AFTER WEEKS OF WAITING AND

QUESTIONING AND NONSTOP

CONTROVERSY, HE FIRST GOT HIS

REAL TASTE OF THE NFL.

Ashley: WE KNOW YOU HAD

SOME STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT

YOU SAW, WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE,

POSITION AT THE GROUND.

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A LITTLE

BIT OF A SPRINKLING ON YOUR

THOUGHT PROCESS?

Cam: YOU'RE SAYING ALL OF

THE RIGHT THINGS IN FRONT OF

THESE CAMERAS!

BUT I ONLY LISTEN TO THOSE

THINGS IF YOU'RE SHOWING ME

DIFFERENT.

KEVON TO ME HAS SHOWN TIME AND

TIME AGAIN THAT HE DOES NOT WANT

HIM TO SUCCEED.

AND IT IS EVIDENT.

REPORTS HAVE IT THAT THE

OFFENSIVE LINE, THAT WAS THE

FIRST TIME THAT HE GOT REPS IN A

HOLD ON.

YOU LOOK AT WHAT HE SAID, THIS

BRINGS TO THE NFL PLATFORM.

YOU LOOK AT WHAT HE BRINGS TO

THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, IT IS

EVIDENT THAT HE IS EXTREMELY

TALENTED BUT IS STILL NEEDED

WHEN YOU NEED REPS, WHEN YOU

NEED HELP AND I DON'T THINK HE

IS GETTING THAT.

NOT ADEQUATELY.

SO THEN YOU START TO SAY, KEVIN

STEFANSKI SAYS PUBLICLY, DYLAN

GABRIEL IS STILL OUR GUY.

HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE CLEAR

CONCUSSION PROTOCOL.

DON'T TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK I

WANT TO HEAR!

OR LIKE MY DAUGHTER SAID, DON'T

TELL ME WHAT YOU THUNK WANT TO

DO HERE.

TELL ME, SHOW ME FROM MISSOURI

BY WAY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA,!

THEN YOU START TO SAY WELL HE

DIDN'T GET NO REPS WITH THE

FIRST TEAM.

THEN LET ME -- LET ME BRING IT

BACK EVEN MORE.

I'M TRYING TO TAKE YOU SOMETHING

NOW.

THESE DEFICIENCIES THAT SHEDEUR

SANDERS IS BEING DEALT, HE SAYS

HE DOESN'T GET NO REPS WITH THE

FIRST-TEAM BECAUSE DYLAN GABRIEL

NEEDS ALL THE FIRST REPS?

WILL YOU JUST HEARD EARLIER IN

THE SEASON, DID DYLAN GABRIEL

GET ANY REPS AS THE SECOND TEAM?

AS A SECOND TEAM QUARTERBACK, HE

GOT FIRST-TEAM REPS WHEN JOE WAS

THE STARTER.

SO DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T GIVE

A BACKUP OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU

WERE GIVEN A BACKUP OPPORTUNITY

WHEN THE SITUATION WAS

DIFFERENT.

LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN!

STOP ME WHEN I TELL A LIE!

Ashley: I WILL SAY THOUGH,

POINTS WERE MADE ABSOLUTELY.

BUT WE CANNOT NEGATE THE FACT

THAT ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T THE MOST

IDEAL SITUATION,'S DAD WAS

EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL SEEING HIS

SON GET HIS NFL START AND HE

SAID THAT HE CRIED WHEN HE

WATCHED IT.

SO THAT WASN'T IDEAL, IT DID

MEAN A LOT TO SEE HIS SON OUT

THERE LIVING HIS DREAM SO I

THINK THAT IS A POSITIVE IN THE

SITUATION, NO?

Cam: IF I AM DION, I SEE

SITUATION WHERE IS PLAYING, YES.

BUT WEATHER IT IS MANAGEMENT,

WEATHER IT IS HEAD COACH, I

DON'T GIVE A DOGGONE WHAT IT IS.

SOMEONE AIN'T LOOKING OUT FOR MY

SON THE WAY SOMEBODY ELSE

LOOKING OUT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S

SON.

LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN!

Ashley: LOOK, BARS WERE

DROPPED IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT,

THAT IS NOT EVEN OUR COUNTDOWN

STORY.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO GET INTO THE

COUNTDOWN SO ARE YOU READY?

THERE WE GO.

Cam: TODAY'S NUMBER 5 STORY

IS ABOUT LOVING FASTBALL.

KLAY THOMPSON IS CLAPPING BACK

AT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO

SAY ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH

MEGAN THEE STALLION.

Ashley: KLAY THOMPSON SHUT

DOWN THE FORMER NBA PLAYERS

JASON WILLIAMS AND PATRICK

BEVERLY AFTER THEY CLAIMED HIS

RELATIONSHIP WITH

MEGAN THEE STALLION WAS HURTING

HIS GAME.

CLAY CALLED THEIR COMMENTS,

QUOTE, DISGUSTING AND DISTURBING

AND HE IS MAKING IT VERY CLEAR

THAT MEGAN ISN'T THE PROBLEM,

THE WAY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WOMEN

IS.

I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!

Cam: IT WASN'T JUST WHAT

WAS SAID BUT HOW IT WAS SAID.

JASON WILLIAMS SAID THIS ON HIS

INSTAGRAM.

QUOTE, IT ONLY TAKES ONE -- SOME

LETTERS -- TO TAKE IT ACROSS THE

DESERT, THAT'S HOW POWERFUL IT

IS.

Ashley: CLAY THEN RESPONDED

ON HIS INSTAGRAM SAYING

REFERRING TO MY GIRLFRIEND AS A

... IS SO DISGUSTING AND

DISTURBING, ESPECIALLY AS

SOMEONE WHO PLAYED IN THE NBA.

HOW WOULD Y'ALL FEEL IF I REFER

TO YOUR WIVES IN SUCH A WAY?

HE SAID DO BETTER FELLAS, VERY

[APPLAUSE]

FIRST OF ALL, OBVIOUSLY THIS

STORY ISN'T JUST ABOUT CELEBRITY

DATING, IT IS ABOUT DISRESPECT.

AND I KNOW AND CAM, YOU WILL

PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS

REFERENCE, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH

WOMEN ARE GIVEN THE BRUNT OF

WHEN AN ATHLETE IS NOT DOING

WELL.

IT IS AN EASY TARGET.

IT'S BECAUSE HIS GIRL, IT'S

BECAUSE HIS WIFE.

YOU REMEMBER THE JESSICA SIMPSON

CURSE WHEN TONY ROMO WAS DATING

HER ON THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

EVERY BAD GAME, TONY HAD IT WAS

JESSICA SIMPSON'S FAULT.

EVERY BAD GAME KLAY THOMPSON

HAD, MEGAN THEE STALLION'S

FAULT.

LET ME MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR FOR

PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT BE AS

ENGULFED IN THE NBA AS I AM.

KLAY THOMPSON HAS HAD TWO MAJOR

INJURIES.

NOT ONE BUT TWO.

KLAY THOMPSON IS ALSO OVER THE

AGE OF 30, WHICH IS YOUNG AND

EVERYDAY LIFE.

BUT A BASS CABAL YEARS IT IS

KIND OF OLD, HE IS GETTING UP

THERE AND GETTING OLDER EVERY

SEASON.

SO HIMSELF COULDN'T MAKE KLAY

THOMPSON PLAY BETTER THAN HE IS

PLAYING.

SO IT IS REAL LOW-HANGING FRUIT

TO SAY HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HER

IS A DISTRACTION AND THIS AND

THAT.

LAST TIME I CHECKED, PATENT BEV

WAS PLAYING OVERSEAS, HE IS NOT

EVEN IN THE NBA.

SO PAT BEV MAY WANT TO PULL OUT

OF THIS ONE IN MIND HIS

BUSINESS, I'M JUST SAYING.

[APPLAUSE]

I CAN AND I DID.

Cam: WHAT WAS SAID WASN'T

WRONG.

THIS IS WHAT I THINK.

AND NO WAY IN SHAPE OR FORM AM I

CONDONING CALLING A WOMAN OUT.

AND NO SHADE FOR MY AGREEING TO

CALL A WOMAN THAT NAME IN.

YOU SEE YOU'VE GOT TO

UNDERSTAND, YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR

POINT VERY CLEAR.

Ashley: THERE IS A HERE.

Cam: THERE IS NO WAY, SHAPE

OR FORM THAT MY TELLING CALLING

A WOMAN OUTSIDE HER NAME IS

OKAY!

Ashley: WHAT IS THE BUT

HERE?

Cam: BUT HE AIN'T DOING

NOTHING BUT DOING BRO TALK.

Ashley: BUT YOU WERE BRO

TALKING ON A PUBLIC PLATFORM.

Cam: THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE

IS YOU DON'T REFER TO HER OR HER

GOODS AS ANY TYPE OF EXPLICIT --

THE MESSAGE IS SKEWED BECAUSE --

IN NO SHAPE OR FORM -- BUT PROS

STILL TALK ABOUT BOROUGHS.

HOW YOU DO IT -- AND TO BE CLEAR

AS, OKAY,, THAT IS ACCEPTED,

THAT IS NOT ACCEPTED.

I FELT THEY GOT TWO COMFORTABLE.

AND WHY WITH THEIR TEAM GIVE A

SIGN-OFF TO SAY, OKAY,, WE'RE

GOING TO LET THAT FLY.

BUT IT OUT ON TWITTER, BUT IT ON

INSTAGRAM, PUT IT ON YOUTUBE.

NO, YOU GOT TWO COMFORTABLE

THERE.

BUT YOU THINK THAT WILL STOP THE

DEBATE OF WHEN DUDES TALK ABOUT

DUDES OR CERTAIN SITUATIONS IN

SPORTS, NO.

Ashley: IF THIS WAS A

REGULAR PERSON BUT YOU PLAYED IN

THE NBA, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER

THAN THAT.

LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, LET'S

SHIFT IT TO THE NFL.

IS IT SIERRA'S FAULT

RUSSELL WILSON WAS BENCHED?

IS IT SIERRA'S FAULT

RUSSELL WILSON ISN'T THE

RUSSELL WILSON WE SAW IN

SEATTLE?

IS IT HER FAULT THAT HE WASN'T

WHAT HE WAS IN PITTSBURGH NOW?

IS IT HER FAULT THAT HE IS AND

WHAT HE IS NOW IN NEW YORK AND

HE IS NOT PLAYING?

YOU HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING?

SO IT IS LOW-HANGING FRUIT TO

BLAME THE WIFE, TO BLAME THE

GIRLFRIEND, TO BLAME THE

SIGNIFICANT OTHER, THE PARTNER.

IT IS LOW-HANGING FRUIT.

YOU KNOW WELL IT IS NOT HER

FAULT THAT CLAY IS NOT PLAYING

WELL.

THE MAN GOT AN ACHILLES AND ACL

INJURY.

HE IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD.

IT IS HARD OUT HERE WHEN YOU GET

OLDER AND SPORTS, YOU NOW.

YOUR GAME IS NOT THE SAME.

BLAMING MEGAN'S WHACK.

[APPLAUSE]

Cam: I HEAR YOU LOUD AND

CLEAR.

BOROUGHS IS GOING TO TALK,

REGARDLESS.

AND JUST LIKE WOMEN HAVE THEIR

CONVERSATIONS, DUDES ARE GOING

TO HAVE THEIR CONVERSATIONS AS

THAT'S MY POINT.

TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE.

Ashley: WE WANT TO KNOW

WHAT YOU THINK IS TRUE.

SO FOR YOU AT HOME, LET US KNOW

WHAT YOU THINK.

IS MEG AFFECTING HIS GAME OR IS

THAT JUST FOUL PLAY?

JOIN THE CONVERSATION USING THE

HASHTAG 106 & SPORTS.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE STILL

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, WE HAVE

YOUR FAVORITE TENNIS PLAYER, IT

IS ATLANTA'S VERY OWN, TAYLOR

TOWNSEND IN THE BUILDING.

Cam: AND THE ALWAYS

OUTSPOKEN DEMARCUS COUSINS IS

HERE AS WELL.

DON'T MOVE, MORE 106 & SPORTS ON

THE WAY.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

Announcer: TO SEE WHO WAS

UP NEXT IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS,

HEAD TO BET.com FOR OUR NEXT

UP SERIES PRESENTED BY JEEP

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Ashley: WELCOME BACK,

EVERYBODY, TO DEION.

WHERE CULTURE MEETS THE GAME.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING

ATHLETES IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS

ON AND OFF THE COURT, MAKES SOME

NOISE FOR YOUR VERY OWN TAYLOR

TOWNSEND!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

CAME HERE TO SHINE!

I'M DOING GOOD!

Cam: I JUST APPRECIATE --

TO GET RIGHT INTO IT, I THINK

WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

DISPLAY AS A STRONG BLACK WOMAN,

HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT US, AS

BLACK PEOPLE, CAN SMILE AND SAY

THANK YOU FOR THE

REPRESENTATION.

Ashley: ABSOLUTELY.

I KNOW YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT

THIS BUT WE SAW THAT FRONT AND

CENTER AT THE U.S. OPEN.

Cam: AND IT WASN'T -- I

DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY HER NAME,

THE QUOTE WAS, NO CLASS, NO

EDUCATION AND IT WAS ONE OF THE

THINGS THAT THE WORLD SAW.

AS IF TO SAY SHE WAS TRYING TO

CHECK YOU.

BUT OU BIG BAD.

THAT IS HONESTLY WHAT I

THOUGHT.

I WAS LIKE YOU ARE MAD FOR REAL.

BUT I HONESTLY HAVE BEEN -- I

GREW UP BEING TOLD TO LET YOUR

RACKET TALK.

AND THAT IS WHAT I SAID.

IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS

HAS HAPPENED.

NOT THE SECOND, NOT THE THIRD.

Ashley: HER IN SPECIFIC?

HER AND OTHER PLAYERS BUT SHE

PICKED THE RIGHT ONE.

Ashley: IT WASN'T JUST

BLACK PEOPLE OR BLACK WOMEN, IT

WAS LIKE AMERICANS AS WELL

BECAUSE THERE IS THAT THING SHE

SAID ABOUT AMERICA NEVER AND WAS

LIKE HOLD UP NOW.

SLOW DOWN NOW.

Cam: WHEN YOU HEAR THESE

WORDS COME OUT OF A BLACK PERSON

MOUTH, ALL RIGHT NOW.

IT CAN GO ANYWAY.

IT WAS ON FIRE ON SO MANY

DIFFERENT LEVELS AND I THOUGHT

THAT WAS THE CRAZY THING ABOUT

IT AND THAT'S A BIT OF A THING

ABOUT TENNIS.

WHEN YOU HAVE A GAME THAT

ENTERED WINES AMERICA WITH ALL

THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES,

AMERICA REALLY RALLIES FIND

THEIR OWN IN MOMENTS LIKE THAT I

THOUGHT THAT WAS DOPE TO SEE.

I LOVE HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT

LIFE AFTER MOTHERHOOD AND THAT

ADJUSTMENT AND FALLING IN LOVE

WITH YOUR BODY AGAIN AND HOW

HONEST YOU HAVE BEEN BECAUSE

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT KNOW

YOU'LL MEET OSAKA HAS BEEN VERY

OPEN ABOUT AND SHE HAS BEEN OPEN

ABOUT HER STRUGGLES WITH

POSTPARTUM AND HOW THAT HAS

AFFECTED HER GAME.

THESE TWO WERE ON A BOAT

RECENTLY AND A VIDEO WENT VIRAL

IF YOU DOING THE NICKI MINAJ

CHALLENGE WHICH WE LOVE TO SEE.

BUT I WANT YOU TO TALK TO ME

ABOUT THAT FRIENDSHIP, THAT

RELATIONSHIP.

BUT ALSO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO

KNOCK DOWN THAT BARRIER.

THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL OF

US AND WE ALL CAN KIND OF HELP

EACH OTHER IN THAT SPACE BECAUSE

ONLY US AS BLACK WOMEN IN SPACES

WHERE THERE IS NOT THAT MANY OF

US AN UNDERSTANDING CHARGE LIST

STRUGGLE.

IT IS FUNNY THAT YOU SAY THAT

BECAUSE THE INVITE WAS SO

RANDOM.

WE HAD SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER

MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE BEFORE THIS

TRIP.

AND ONE OF THE TIMES WE HAD A

VERY INTIMATE MOMENT IN THE

LOCKER ROOM IN CINCINNATI AFTER

SHE HAD JUST COME OFF THE COURT.

AND I JUST WENT UP TO HER AND

HUGGED HER AND I WAS LIKE YOU'RE

GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

LITERALLY, THAT'S ALL I SAID.

SHE WAS CRYING -- I COULD TELL

SHE WASN'T HAPPY AND I WAS LIKE

GIRL, YOU WERE GOING TO BE FINE.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

SO SHE INVITED ME TO THE

VACATION AND I WAS JUST LIKE --

AT FIRST --

Ashley: WAS KIND OF WEIRD?

[LAUGHTER]

WHAT WE GOT GOING ON HERE --

BECAUSE IT WAS SO RANDOM AND

THAT ALSO HAS LIKE NEVER

HAPPENED.

BUT WHEN I WENT AND LITERALLY --

I TOLD HER I'M TELLING YOU, WE

ARE GOING TO IN THE SAME

PLACES TO COME

WATCH YOU PLAY AND SHE SAID ME

TO.

IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT YOU SEE TWO

PEOPLE IN THE SAME DRAWS OF THE

SAME TOURNAMENT, DIFFERENT

PLACES IN THE EVENT GOING AND

SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

AND I WAS LIKE I REALLY FEEL

LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

US TO SHAKE THE ROOM A LITTLE

BIT.

AND BE FRONT AND CENTER BUT IT

IS NOT AN ACT.

AND I WANT TO SUPPORT YOU AND

YOU WANT TO SUPPORT ME.

[APPLAUSE]

Ashley: TAYLOR IS NOT GOING

ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL

COUNTING DOWN OUR TOP FIVE

MOMENTS.

I HOPE EVERYONE IS READY FOR

[APPLAUSE]

IT IS ALL ABOUT A NEW

DOCUMENTARY THAT HAS BEEN GOING

VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THIS

PLAYER IS -- I DO, BEING A

NEW YORKER BECAUSE HE WAS KING

IN NEW YORK.

THE HEADLINE IS VERY STARTLING.

Cam: ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA,

THE CLIP AND HEADLINED TO THE

DOT SAYS, FROM $20 MILLION, NBA

CAREER TO MOVING BACK TO THE

PROJECTS.

IT IS ABOUT SEBASTIAN.

Ashley: AT SOME POINT YOU

STOP PLAYING AND THE MONEY LOOKS

A LOT DIFFERENT.

AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO

MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT AND THEY

MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT SEAMLESSLY

AND ARE PREPARED FOR FOR LIFE

AFTER FOOTBALL, AFTER TENNIS AND

BASKETBALL AND THEN THERE ARE

PEOPLE THAT STRUGGLE WITH LIFE

AFTER THAT.

WHAT IS YOUR STANDPOINT OR YOUR

TAKE ON THIS?

I CAN SPEAK ON MY EXPERIENCE.

I HAVEN'T HAD AN ENDORSEMENT.

I JUST GOT A RACKET DEAL FOR THE

FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS.

I'M SELF FUNDING MY CLOTHING

LINE.

TO SPONSOR MYSELF.

I STARTED THAT IN MAY AND I

HAVE, FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS,

NINE YEARS, I HAVE BOUGHT MY OWN

CLOTHES, SHOES.

I AM JUST NOW GETTING IN A

POSITION WHERE DEALS ARE COMING

IN.

AND WITH TENNIS, IF YOU DON'T

HAVE THAT PACKING WHERE THOSE

SPONSORSHIPS OR WHATEVER, YOU

WERE LITERALLY LIVING OFF OF

YOUR PRIZE MONEY.

SO WHAT YOU MAKE -- AND IF YOU

ARE NOT, YOU WERE IN THE RED.

SO MY OUTPUT IS VERY HEAVY

BECAUSE ALL OF MY EXPENSES COME

OUT OF MY POCKET.

Ashley: CAM, YOU MADE THAT

TRANSITION.

TAYLOR TALKED ABOUT THINKING

ABOUT THAT TRANSITION WAY BEFORE

THE TIME IS READY TO COME.

I WONDER, THOUGH, WHEN DID YOU

HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH

YOURSELF, WITH YOUR TEAM THAT

I'VE GOT TO REALLY START

THINKING ABOUT LIFE AFTER

FOOTBALL?

HOW DID YOU PREPARE YOURSELF TO

BE IN A LUCRATIVE POSITION AFTER

YOU STOPPED PLAYING IN THE NFL?

Cam: I JUST WANT TO EDUCATE

PEOPLE TO HOW A SITUATION LIKE

THIS HAPPENS.

BECAUSE PEOPLE FIND OUT WHERE

THEY SEE $20 MILLION.

YOU GOT $20 MILLION IN THE

PROJECTS.

AND SOMETIMES IT MAY.

YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.

BUT THE OT WORD THAT US PEOPLE

NEED TO UNDERSTAND, TAXES.

THAT IS NUMBER 1.

AND NUMBER 2, IF YOUR OUTPUT IS

WAY MORE THAN YOUR INPUT, YOUR

OUTPUT WILL BE THE REASON WHY

YOU GO BROKE.

ALL RIGHT?

WE WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE GAME

THAT WE WANT TO CALL AND I NEED

THE CROWDS HELP TO REPEAT AFTER

ME, IT'S CALLED STAR BENCH

TRADE.

Ashley: AND WE WILL WALK

OVER TO THE FAN ZONE TO DO THAT.

Cam: ALL RIGHT!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

THIS IS HOW THE GAME WORKS.

WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE

NAMES AND YOU WILL START ONE,

BENCH ONE OR TRADE ONE.

ROUND ONE, THESE ARE OUR

OPTIONS.

FOR DOUBLES BUT NEW SCHOOL,

WE'VE GOT COCO GAUFF, WE GOT

NAOMI OSAKA AND WE HAVE STEPHEN.

I WILL GO WITH COCOA, SHE IS

STILL PLAYING DOUBLES RIGHT NOW.

I THINK I WOULD BENCH SLOAN,

WE'VE DONE WELL TOGETHER.

AND I LOVE NAOMI, I'M SORRY BUT

I GOT TO TRADE YOU.

Cam: I WAS GOING TO SAY ALL

JUST ON VACATION!

Ashley: A GOOD PARTNER

DOESN'T MAKE A GOOD DOUBLES

PARTNER.

I'VE ASKED HER TO PLAY AND

SHE IS LIKE, YEAH,, NO.

OUR LAST CATEGORY, CAM, YOU

WILL LIKE THIS ONE.

WOULD YOU CALL FOR A CLAP BACK?

WE HAVE ATLANTA'S VERY OWN MIMI,

QUEENSBERRY ON 50-CENT AND WE

HAVE THE BOOKIE DOWN BRONX THERE

YOUNG CARDI B.

FOR A CLAP BACK?

Ashley: YOU'VE GOT A CLAP

BACK AT A TROLL, A HATER,

ANYONE.

SO TO USE THEM AT THE U.S. OPEN

FOR SOME BACKUP.

[APPLAUSE]

Cam: HE IS A PROFESSIONAL

TROLL.

AND HE IS A BUSINESSMAN SO HE

UNDERSTANDS WHEN IT'S TOO MUCH.

LIKE I CAN GO THERE BUT THEN HE

KNOWS KIND OF HOW TO PLAY BACK

SOMETIMES.

Cam: I HAVE NEVER SEEN

THAT.

I AIN'T NEVER SEEN 50-CENT --

THE SHOTS HIT.

Cam: ALL OF THEM HIT!

HE OVER HERE TRYING TO TAKE A

SLEDGEHAMMER TO AN AND EVERY

TIME IT.

THAT'S WHY ONE ON MY TEAM.

I'M GOING TO BENCH CARDI B.

AND I'M GOING TO TRADE NINI.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

Ashley: BEFORE HE LET YOU

GO, ANYTHING YOU HAVE COMING UP

THAT WE SHOULD KEEP OUR EYES AND

EARS OPEN FOR?

WHAT IS IN THE WORKS?

OF US A SNEAK PEEK.

IN THE NEAR FUTURE I'M JUST

EXCITED TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH

MY SON.

I WAS GONE FOR SEVEN WEEKS AND

SO JUST BEING ABLE TO BE HOME

AND BE SETTLED BEFORE HAVING TO

PACK UP AND BRING THE SUITCASE

WITH MY FIRST TOURNAMENT, I'M

STARTING DOWN IN MELBOURNE FOR

THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN.

[APPLAUSE]

Cam: MS. TOWNSEND,

THANK YOU.

PLEASE KEEP GOING.

BECAUSE IT IS NOT A LOT OF US

THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN

REALLY RESONATE.

AND YOU STAY TRUE AND ARE

STAYING TRUE TO YOURSELF,

CHEF'S KISS, THANK YOU.

Ashley: ATLANTIC, MAKE SOME

NOISE FOR YOUR VERY OWN!

MORE 106 & SPORTS IS ON THE WAY.

Cam: MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT

MOVE BECAUSE DEMARCUS COUSINS IS

IN THE BUILDING AND YOU DO NOT

WANT TO MISS THIS CONVERSATION!

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Ashley: WELCOME BACK,

EVERYBODY, TO 106 & SPORTS WHERE

CULTURE MEETS THE GAME.

CAM HAS TO LEAVE THE COUCH TO GO

OVER THERE AND SHOW THAT SIDE OF

THE ROOM SOME LOVE.

THAT WAS ALL LOVE BUT THIS

ISN'T.

BECAUSE OUR NUMBER 3 TOPIC ON

TODAY'S COUNTDOWN IS ALL ABOUT

TEXAS A&M VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA.

THEY HAD A MOMENT THAT TOOK OVER

THE WEEKEND WHEN A TEXAS STATE

TROOPER WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO

BUMPING INTO SOUTH CAROLINA

PLAYERS IN THE TUNNEL.

THEN STEPPING TOWARD THEM LIKE

THEY WANTED -- OR HE WANTED THE

SMOKE.

THE CLIP WENT INSTANTLY VIRAL

AND HAD EVERYBODY TALKING,

INCLUDING LeBRON WHO CALLED

FOR HIS JOB.

LeBRON JAMES REPOSTED THE CLIP

AND SAID THE TROOPER SHOULD BE

SUSPENDED IMMEDIATELY, CALLING

THE WHOLE THING, QUOTE, CORNY

AND QUESTIONING WHY AN OFFICER

WOULD ESCALATE A MOMENT WITH

COLLEGE KIDS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

ALSO TWEETING THAT THE INCIDENT

WAS, QUOTE, UNACCEPTABLE AND

THAT THE OFFICER ALSO NEEDED TO

BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT THE

OPTICS OF THE ARMS TROOPER

CONFRONTING PLAYERS ARE A VERY

BAD LOOK FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

CAM, I WILL SAY THIS.

HE IS ALSO VERY LUCKY THOSE KIDS

WERE RAISED CORRECTLY AND DIDN'T

RETALIATE.

BECAUSE IF SOMEONE PUSHES YOU,

YOUR FIRST INSTINCT IS TO DEFEND

YOURSELF AND PUSH BACK.

THOSE KIDS TOOK THE HIGH ROAD

AND WALKED AWAY.

Cam: THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE

SEEN AND REST IN PEACE TO THE

LIKES OF GEORGE FLOYD'S OF THE

WORLD.

REST IN PEACE TO THE INDIVIDUALS

THAT WERE SENSELESSLY KILLED

BECAUSE THE POLICE BRUTALITY

THAT THEY HAD THE AUTHORITY TO

DO SO AND TOOK IT TOO FAR.

WHEN YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS LIKE

COLIN KAEPERNICK TAKING A KNEE.

NOT TO BE REBELLIOUS, IT IS TO

BRING LIGHT TO AN ISSUE THAT IS

STILL EVIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY.

SO YOU CANNOT TELL ME IN

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THAT

SPECIFIC OFFICER THINKS THAT

AFRICAN AMERICAN --

Ashley: THERE IS DEFINITELY

AN UNDERLINING ISSUE WITH HIM

FOR SURE.

BECAUSE NOBODY REACTS LIKE THAT

JUST UNPROVOKED OR UNLESS THAT

IS ALREADY IN THEIR SPIRIT.

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT,

FOR SURE.

Cam: THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

RACISM IS STILL EVIDENT.

BUT LET'S HIGHLIGHT INDIVIDUALS

THAT ARE BAD INDIVIDUALS.

THAT OFFICER IS A BAD

INDIVIDUAL.

AND HE SHOULD NOT HAVE A JOB.

BECAUSE IF HE IS A DEPUTY, IF HE

IS A SHERIFF , IF HE IS A PERSON

OF HIGH REGARD, NOW EVERYBODY

UNDER HIM IS BEING TAUGHT BY A

BAD INDIVIDUAL.

[APPLAUSE]

THAT'S THE ISSUE, THAT IS THE

KEY.

SO FOR THAT, IT IS EXTREMELY

FRUSTRATING THAT HERE WE ARE IN

2025, SO MUCH HAS BEEN

SACRIFICED, EVEN DATING BACK TO

A HAVE A DREAM.

WE ARE STILL LIVING IN A MOMENT

WHERE BAD INDIVIDUALS EXIST.

AND CONTROL-ALT-DELETE THESE BAD

INDIVIDUALS FROM HAVING AN

OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT.

Ashley: ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN WE COME BACK, DEMARCUS

COUSINS IS HERE SO DON'T MOVE

BECAUSE MORE 106 & SPORTS IS

COMING UP.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

Ashley: HELLO EVERYBODY AND

WELCOME BACK TO 106 & SPORTS

WHERE CULTURE MEETS THE GAME.

WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEXT

GUEST.

LET ME MAKE SURE I GET THESE

ACCOLADES CORRECT.

FOR TIME ALL-STAR, A LIMPID GOLD

MEDALLIST AND WALKING

DOUBLE-DOUBLE.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

Cam: MAKE SOME NOISE FOR MY

DOG, DEMARCUS COUSINS!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

YOU GOOD?

Ashley: HOW ARE YOU?

Cam: THERE YOU GO.

Ashley: BOGIE, MEAT BOGIE.

FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, HOW

DID YOU GET THAT NICKNAME?

WALK US THROUGH THAT.

CAMPBELL AND TELL ME THE ORIGIN

OF HIS NICKNAME.

Cam: YOU NEVER ASKED.

Ashley: WHAT IS THE ORIGIN

OF YOURS?

I GOT THE NICKNAME ON MY

FRESHMAN YEAR, MY ONLY YEAR AT

KENTUCKY.

I HAD A COACH THAT WAS AN NBA

LEGEND AND WE WOULD DESCRIBE

ESKIMO PLAYERS WE WOULD SAY

THEY'VE GOT A CERTAIN BOGIE IN

THEIR GAME OR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT.

SO I WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT

WAS CONSIDERED TO HAVE A LOT OF

IT IN HIS GAME.

THE NAME ENDED UP STICKING.

Ashley: IS THAT HOW YOU GOT

YOUR NICKNAME?

Cam: I HAD TO GET MYSELF IN

ALTER EGO.

ONE THING ABOUT IT, DEMARCUS

CANNOT PLAY BASKETBALL AND BE

EFFECTIVE.

YOU HAVE TO BE GIVING YOURSELF A

LICENSE TO BE -- OKAY,, THIS IS

THE PERSON THAT IS THE BAD GUY.

THIS IS THE GUY THAT IS FROM

ATLANTA.

AND I GAVE MYSELF GRACE TO SAY

CAM IS ONE PERSON, BOOGIE IS THE

OTHER PERSON THAT I AM GOING TO

GIVE THAT PERSON THAT GRACED TO

REALLY BE THE SHOWSTOPPER.

Ashley: DID YOU FEEL THAT

WAY WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING THAT

DEMARCUS WAS ONE PERSON AND

BOOGIE WAS ANOTHER?

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS KIND OF PART OF MY ISSUE

FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN THE

AVERAGE PERSON IS WATCHING YOU

PLAY OR PERFORM OR DO YOUR ART,

THEY ONLY SEE YOU IN THAT FORM.

SO THEY START TO BELIEVE THAT IS

EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON.

I WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT

WHEN I'M ON THE FLOOR, I AM AN

ANIMAL.

I'M READY TO RIP YOUR HEAD OFF.

I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO

WIN THE GAME.

BUT ONCE THE CLOCK HITS ZERO AND

I'M OFF THE COURT, I'M A TOTALLY

DIFFERENT PERSON.

NO DIFFERENT THAN BEYONCE WHEN

SHE IS ON STAGE AND WHEN SHE

REFERS TO HERSELF AS SASHA.

IT IS ALL THE SAME THING.

WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE TRYING

TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOU ARE AS A

PERSON, LIKE I SAID, THAT CAN

CAUSE SOME SORT OF AN ISSUE IF

THE PERSON DOESN'T UNDERSTAND

WHO YOU ARE OFF THE FIELD.

Cam: I HAD TO FIND OUT THE

HARD WAY.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO YOU WERE IN A

CREATOR LEAGUE SO I WAS LIKE WHO

ALL IS GOING TO BE THERE?

THEY START LISTING DOWN PEOPLE,

THIS PERSON, THAT PERSON AND I'M

LIKE BOOGIE COUSINS?

BET!

BUT BEFORE MY TEAM PLAYED THIS

TEAM, HE HAD JUST GOTTEN

FINISHED SERVING ANOTHER TEAM

AND I WAS LIKE JOE HE ALMOST

COURT ALL THE POINTS.

BUT I SAID HE'D NEVER DO THAT ON

ME.

OWE MAMA!

WHAT DID HE DO?

SCORED ALL THE POINTS ON ME!

AND I SAID HOLD ON, HOLD ON,

HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

I KNEW THE TYPE OF WAY I NEEDED

TO PLAY HIM WAS NOT GOING TO BE

SAFE FOR THAT SITUATION.

I WASN'T TRYING TO BE PHYSICAL

AS MUCH.

BUT I WASN'T TRYING TO GET

EMBARRASSED EITHER.

WHICH LEADS ME TO THIS POINT.

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, HE HAD AN

INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF

BRITTNEY GRINER.

AND I ASKED HER THAT SAME

QUESTION.

COULD SHE BEAT BOOGIE COUSINS IN

A ONE-ON-ONE?

I DEFTLY WENT ON THE RECORD

AND I SAID I WOULD BE DEMARCUS

COUSINS IN A GAME WITH A

REFEREE, YES.

Cam: ON THE ONE THAT WILL

ASK THE QUESTION.

COULD SHE BEAT YOU IN

NO.

SHORT AND SWEET.

Cam: IS THERE A WORLD YOU

SEE WITH A WOMAN BEATING AMANDA

BASKETBALL?

ABSOLUTELY.

Ashley: IS NOT HER WITH

I'M DIFFERENT.

YOU THINK ABOUT THE GAME OF

BASKETBALL, IT IS THOUGHT ABOUT

AND DIFFERENT WAYS.

IT CAN BE THOUGHT ABOUT IN THE

ASPECT OF ONE-ON-ONE, 212, THREE

ON THREE, FIVE ON FIVE OR

WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE

BRILLIANT IN THE GAME OF FIVE ON

FIVE.

AND ALSO ATROCIOUS IN ONE-ON-ONE

AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU KNOW I'M SAYING?

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT LIKE

THAT AND YOU BREAK THE GAME DOWN

LIKE THAT, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK A WOMAN CAN WIN.

Ashley: YOU ACTUALLY FORGOT

TO TELL THE FULL PART OF THE

STORY WHEN YOU PLAYED DEMARCUS

IN THE CREATOR LEAGUE.

HE DROPPED YOU AND YOU DROP YOUR

HAT.

I DROP YOU FOR SURE.

Cam: GIVE ME YOUR

EXPLANATION BY WHAT YOU MEAN

DROPPED?

Ashley: YOU HIT THE FLOOR

UNDER HAD FOLLOWED.

Cam: NO.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DROP TO

[LAUGHTER]

WHO TAKES A CHARGE OF THE

THREE-POINT LINE?

Cam: LISTEN, WHO TAKES A

CHARGE IN GENERAL?

I'M TRYING TO GET THE BALL BACK,

BROTHER!

I WAS LOSING ALL TYPE OF AUCTION

SO I SAID LET ME JUST TAKE A

CHARGE.

Ashley: YOU ARE ADMITTING

YOU DROP INTO THE FLOOR.

Cam: WELL, LISTEN -- THAT

THERE WAS DIFFERENT.

Ashley: 'S BEING OF DROP,

WILL KEEP IT MOVING WITH OUR

COUNTDOWN BECAUSE IN AT

NUMBER 2, IT IS ALL ABOUT

SOMEBODY WHO WAS DROPPED FROM

THE DALLAS MAVERICKS.

Cam: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

NICO HARRISON, THE REASON HE

FIRED THE GM AS A DISASTROUS RUN

OF PLAYERS TRADES AND INJURIES

THAT LEFT THE TEAM SPIRALING.

MOST NOTABLY, THE TRADING OF

LUCCA TO THE LAKERS FOR ANTHONY

DAVIS.

A LOT OF US WERE TAKEN UP A

BACK WOULD TRADE A PLAYER OF HIS

MAGNITUDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE

DALLAS MAVERICKS WERE JUST FRESH

OFF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE

FINALS.

SO IT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE

WONDERING IF THERE WERE

UNDERLINING ISSUES BETWEEN NICO

AND LUCA BECAUSE IF YOU

REMEMBER, EVERYTHING THAT COULD

POSSIBLY DEFAME A PLAYERS

REPUTATION, HIS WORK ETHIC

SEEMED TO JUST BE COMING OUT OF

THE WOODWORK ONCE THAT TRAIT

HAPPENED AS A WAY TO JUSTIFY IT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CALLING FOR

HIS JOB BACK THEN.

HE MADE A TEAM, YOU REMEMBER HE

WENT ON THIS ENTIRE MEDIA TO

HER.

THE TEAM GOT BETTER, THIS WAS A

BETTER DECISION AND THEY ARE

DOING THAT WELL.

WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE ENTIRE

SITUATION?

WHEN IT IS A MOVE THIS BIG,

THERE IS NO WAY IT DOESN'T COME

FROM THE HIGHER-UPS.

OBVIOUSLY NICO IS A GM OF THE

MAVERICKS OR WAS THE GM BUT

EVERYBODY HAS SOMEBODY THAT THEY

HAVE TO ANSWER TO.

Cam: THE ISSUE IS ALSO THAT

THERE WERE INJURIES THAT TOOK

PLACE.

ANTHONY DAVIS.

WITH YOU ADD IN IF THOSE THINGS

WENT RIGHT, WOULD HE STILL HAVE

A JOB?

I DO THINK THAT ON PAPER,

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ROSTER

AFTER THE TRADE, IT LOOKS GOOD.

WAS IT A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM?

THAT IS STILL IN THE AIR.

BUT THAT IS THE ONLY PART I

DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE FIRING OF

NICO.

DIDN'T REALLY GET AN OPPORTUNITY

FOR HIS PLAN TO COME TO WORK.

Ashley: IF YOU WERE GOING

TO FIRE HIM IT SHOULD HAVE

HAPPENED AFTER LUCA, NOT AFTER

THE TRADE WHERE HE DOESN'T GET

TO SEE IF THE TRADE WORKS OR

NOT?

LIKE YOU WERE ALREADY IN IT, YOU

MIGHT AS WELL STICK IT.

YOU MAY AS WELL SEE IT

HAPPEN.

IS A PERSON WHO WAS THE FACE OF

THE FRANCHISE, A LOTTERY PICK, A

PERSON THAT REALLY MOVED THE

NEEDLE FOR A FRANCHISE, WHEN YOU

SEE SITUATION LIKE JA MORANT

TAKE PLACE, WHAT WOULD BE THE

MESSAGE YOU HAVE?

THE ONE I PUT MY ARM AROUND,

YOU CAN TELL HE IS IN NEED OF A

REAL VETERAN PRESENCE.

BUT THAT IS ONE OF MY ISSUES

WITH THE LEAGUE.

YOU BRING IN THESE YOUNG TALENTS

FROM ALL TYPES OF BACKGROUNDS

AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING

THE TALENTS IN DON'T RELATE TO

THESE KIDS FROM THESE DIFFERENT

BACKGROUNDS.

SO THE MOMENT IT BECOMES

UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE PERSON

THAT BROUGHT THEM IN, THEY

AUTOMATICALLY GET A BAD LABEL.

WHEN IN ACTUALITY YOU JUST CAN'T

RELATE.

OUR FOUNDATION IS DIFFERENT FROM

THOSE COMING FROM -- WE JUST

GOING TO LABEL AT THE PWI.

ONCE THAT SITUATION COMES TO A

HEAD, IT WILL ALWAYS BE A

DIFFERENCE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

LOOKING AT NOW.

Ashley: WE WANT TO KNOW

WHAT YOU ALL THINK SO MAKE SURE

YOU ARE USING THE HASHTAG, 106 &

SPORTS.

Cam: COMING UP, THE

NUMBER 1 TOPIC PLUS MORE FROM

OUR VERY OWN DEMARCUS COUSINS.

Ashley: MAKE SURE YOU DON'T

MOVE BECAUSE MORE 106 & SPORTS

IS COMING UP.

[APPLAUSE]

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[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

Ashley: WELCOME BACK,

EVERYBODY, TO 106 & SPORTS.

WE HAVE REACHED THE NUMBER 1

STORY AND OUR COUNTDOWN BUT

BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT,

RECENTLY THERE WAS A STORY ABOUT

LaMELO BALL AND WHEN HE WAS

GOING THROUGH THE DRAFT PROCESS

, HE HAD SAT DOWN WITH THE

TIMBERWOLVES AND I ASKED HIM,

HEY,, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN

YOU RETIRE FROM THE NBA?

AND HE SAID, I WANT TO BE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

RIGHT?

OKAY!

LISTEN, HIGH ASPIRATIONS.

BUT THEY BASICALLY SAID THAT WAS

SOMETHING THEY USED TO DETERMINE

THAT HE WAS NOT THE PLAYER FOR

THEIR ORGANIZATION.

THEY ENDED UP DRAFTING ANTHONY

EDWARDS WHICH WORKED OUT

PHENOMENAL, WE LOVE ANT-MAN,

ATLANTA'S VERY OWN.

BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE

BOTH OF YOU, IS THERE TOO MUCH

EMPHASIS ON THE RIDICULOUS

QUESTIONS, THE NONSPORTS RELATED

QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE

DRAFT PROCESS AND DETERMINING

WHETHER OR NOT A PLAYER IS READY

TO EITHER PLAY OR LEAD

ORGANIZATION?

ALSO WITH YOU.

I THINK IT'S YES, AND.

THIS IS A BILLION-DOLLAR

BUSINESS, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER.

THEY ARE DECIDING ON WHO THEY

ARE WILLING TO INVEST THEIR

MONEY IN.

THEY WANT TO KNOW EVERY THING

ABOUT YOU, FROM YOUR FAVORITE

COLOR TO YOUR FAVORITE FOOD TO

WHO YOUR FAVORITE ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL TEACHER WAS.

IT DOES GET A BIT RIDICULOUS,

SOMETIMES IN THE INTERVIEWS AND

I HAVE WITNESSED IT FIRSTHAND SO

I KNOW.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT ALSO

MAKES SENSE.

IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN

QUALIFYING FOR ANOTHER JOB.

Ashley: YOUR THOUGHTS?

OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT FROM THE NBA

BUT STILL A DRAFT PROCESS AND WE

HAVE SEEN STORIES COME OUT OF

THE RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS.

Cam: JIM HARDBALL WAS WITH

THE 49ers AND HE ASKED ME --

STRAIGHT INTO IT, WE SAT DOWN,

SHOOK HANDS, COOL.

HE SAID IF WE DRAFT, IS HER

DADDY GOING TO BE AN ISSUE?

I SAID WHAT?

HE JUST CAME AND FLUTTERED ASKED

ME THAT QUESTION AND NOT GIVEN

THE CLIMATE OF THE QUESTION WENT

THROUGH NCAA INVESTIGATION.

ALLEGEDLY.

AND CAME OUT UNSCATHED.

BUT THE REALITY OF THAT WAS THEY

DO THAT BECAUSE THEY CAN BUT I

GET WHY THEY DO.

THEY NEED TO SEE IF THEY ARE

GOING TO GET AN ROI.

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T

UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS, THEY

WANT TO SEE IF THEY WILL GET A

RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT.

Ashley: YOU BOTH MENTIONED

THE MONEY INVOLVED IN

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, WHICH LEADS

US TO THE NUMBER 1 TOPIC OF THE

WEEK.

AND THAT IS ALL ABOUT

STEPH CURRY.

AFTER 13 YEARS, HE IS PARTING

WAYS WITH UNDER ARMOUR AND THE

BRAND IS GOING INDEPENDENT.

Cam: WHEN YOU SEE THIS TYPE

OF SITUATION HAPPENED YOU SEE TF

SITUATION HAPPEN WITH PRAYER

REPRESENTATION, DO YOU SEE MORE

PLAYERS GETTING INVOLVED WITH

REPRESENTING THEMSELVES FROM THE

APPAREL SIDE?

I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT

IS HAPPENING.

THERE HAS BEEN A FEW GUYS THAT

KIND OF COME OUT ON THEIR OWN

AND TRY TO CREATE THEIR OWN

BRAND.

I THINK THE BIGGEST RIGHT NOW

WOULD BE SOMEBODY LIKE JAELYN

BROWN, IN BOSTON.

I THINK IT IS A DOPE THING.

COMPARED TO THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

Cam: I KNOW YOU ARE NOW IN

THE MEDIA GAME AND YOU SAID YOU

ARE LOVING IT.

HOW DO YOU BALANCE BEING AN

ATHLETE AND HAVING TO CRITIQUE

ATHLETES?

AND IS IT EVER UNCOMFORTABLE FOR

YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF THE

BROTHERHOOD, YOU DON'T SAY

CERTAIN THINGS --

CAN I SAY --

Ashley: GO AHEAD, ASK IT.

HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN THE HE

IS BETTER OR HE IS HATED FROM A

PLAYER?

FROM A PLAYER, NEVER.

Cam: IS COMING.

AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO GO THROUGH

THAT.

MY MAN THERE IN THE BACK, I

AM TEAM, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

FANS --

I'M A JALEN HURTS FAN, BY THE

WAY, ROLL TIDE, I DON'T

APPRECIATE THAT.

WHAT COLLEGE DID YOU GO TO,

BROTHER?

I WENT TO KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU!

YOU GOT TO PICK AT BIRTH,

HARBOR OR ALABAMA.

WE BEAT THEM, TOO.

RINK KEY DINK.

Ashley: THAT'S GOING TO DO

IT FOR US HERE AT

"106 & SPORTS."

BIG THANK YOU TO OUR GUESTS,

FIFIRST AND FOREMOST -- AND BOOE

COUSINS.

USE THE HASHTAG #106AndSports.

YOUHAVETHELAST.

Cam: SPEAKING LIFE INTO

EACH OTHER.

I WOULD CHALLENGE EVERYBODY TO

REPEAT AFTER ME.

HEY, YOU!

HEY YOU!

Cam: HEY YOU!

I LOVE YOU!

AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, ONE HAND

OUT, ONE FINGER, ONE PINKY, ONE

THUMB COME ALTOGETHER, ONE LOVE!

"106 & SPORTS," WE OUT OF HERE.

♪ ♪