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First I called the guy who recruited me.
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He spent all that time trying
to get me on board.
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So I let him know first.
Boeheim called me, and then.
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Boeheim's like, Darius, you
need to think this through.
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Little did he know, I'd been thinking
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about this for liketwo,
three months now. It isn't just.
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It isn't just I woke up the
next day, I'm like, yeah.
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I told him, I don't even know
how to put this right now.
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I'm, I'm not coming to Syracuse.
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We have breakingnews
here in Syracuse as Darius.
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Bazley has de-committed from the orange.
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I'm standing here with Darius
bazley, the first guy to jump
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straight from high school to
the g league.
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Darius bazley, let'stalk about this, the
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ninth-rated recruit in the.
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Class of 2018, according to
ESPN.Com, he has de-committed
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from Syracuse to play in the g league.
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We live in a society now where everybody
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abides by the rules.
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And people don't even
know whatthe rules is,
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or where it came from.
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They just abide by it.
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When garnet and Kobe
cameout I think people where still
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having a hard time, myself
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included, wrapping their
headaround the idea of a high school
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kid going into the NBA.
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I mean, to be honest, I don't even really
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remember exactly when the pushback
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started. I mean, LeBron James
is arguably the best player
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of all time, and a couple of
years after he goes pro we're
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going to ban people from doing that?
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Why are we considering holding
dudes back from making
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an honest living when we don't
do that in tennis
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we don't do it
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in golf, we don't do it when
itcomes to serving our country?
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Well, I, I think at the time, my own view
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was that we didn't want our scouts
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in a high school gymnasium.
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Just what a good look for the
NBA to kind of be chasing
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around kind of high school kids.
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Frankly, I don't know what the
difference is between that and
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seeing them in college at gyms.
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The NBA is saying, well, this
is really something the ncaa
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could fix. And we have the.
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Ncaa saying, weare
powerless because that's an
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NBA rule. A circular argument
going on there.
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But once that rule came into
effect, now it's like, all
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right. Now, let me, let me
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hone in on the college that fits me.
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Yes, athletes are paid in an
education, the only
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currency more difficult to
spend than bitcoin.
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With Kevin durant, man,
we was talking college
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because he committed to Texas
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and then I committed
to the university of Richmond.
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Michael beasley was on
theteam. Mike wasn't talking about
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college. He went from aau to
the, you know what I'm saying?
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Just because you're a really
good basketball player,
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doesn't mean you're ready, uh, physically
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emotionally and the like to
step into the NBA at age 18.
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But there is something
slightlytroubling about a billion
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dollar sports enterprise where
the athletes are not paid a penny,
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because they aren't. And
as thehead of the ncaa Mark.
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Emmert will tell you, they
don't want that to change.
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This was another way of us assuring
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that your pick wasn't based upon
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a grown man beating up on a
bunch of kids.
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Everybody in the
environment was like, I hope
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that he fail. People hoped
Darius
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failed because of the system.
People hope
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Darius failed because he's
represented by rich Paul.
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A lot of people when you
say, love the game, a lot of
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people love what they get from
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the game. It's a separating
factor.
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Look at all the top guys in
ourleague right now. All guys
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performing well. They love the
game. Kevin durant right now,
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today, will play basketball in
this room right now.
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He don't care. He just loves
the game.
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All right.
Take one.
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Wait a minute, this kid's 16,
he can handle, shoot,
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athletic and he loves the
game? Oh, you know what?
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Come on.
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I believe college is necessary
for most kids. Right?
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And most kids aren't one and done.
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It was truly about trying to
dowhat's best for Darius. And,
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when you take on this
responsibility, my mind was,
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just kept racing about environment
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and what is this kid going to
do for, you know, the next
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eight months and how can I put
him in the best position
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to where he's not behind?
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Give it to me! Give it
to me!
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He could never have done that.
Oh my god!
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In addition to Nike,
Adidas and under armour,
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we now have puma and new
balance coming back in,
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having abandoned the industry.
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There was a time
whennew balance was very much part
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of the NBA and on the feet of
lots of NBA athletes in the
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80's the times change. Goals
change. Businesses change.
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They were in a decent
Lane of performance running.
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They started to develop a bit
of a kind of
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dad shoe reputation.
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A handful years ago, there was a desire
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for the brand to be seen more
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as a global sports brand, not
just a running brand.
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It's hard to be a huge
global footwear brand
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if you don't have basketball.
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I know what Nike
standsfor. I know what Adidas stands
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for. There's kind of this
blankcanvas with new balance.
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Basketball. What are you going
to do next? Pphow are you
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going to come to market?
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Well, de-committed from Ohio
state or de-committed
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from Syracuse? Oh, I see. Okay.
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Uh, and then he de-committed
from the g league.
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So he's in the de-commitment stage.
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In my head I'm like, new balance?
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Guys his age don't even get this and I'll
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speak to him about how he feelsabout it.
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Then that'll help us
understandwhat's the next step.
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Darius bazley
is now participating in what
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could add up to a million
dollar internship with.
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New balance.
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He's going to be an intern. He
starts in
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January. It's for
three months.
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He'll live in Boston.
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New balance? Oh, they signed
Darius bazley. Oh, that's
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pretty dope. He's doing
something different.
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There aren't that many
internships that, where guys
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are offered a million
dollars tobe anppintern.
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He done finessed the whole situation.
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I like him. I don't know him,
but
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I like him. Damn, I
should've tried that shit.
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As far as just thinking, like,
dang you know.
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A million dollar intern.
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I mean, it's great. But it's
like for me, my life didn't
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change. You know, I, I'mwearing
new balances now, that's
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the only thing.
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For him deciding not to play
in the g league and saying, I'm
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going to take a year to train,
I thought was the
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most fascinating and
disruptivething I've ever
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seen in basketball.
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I do think it's possible
to bust your ass for eight
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months without being on a team
and not hurt your pro
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potential, but I'm sure it
takes a lot of discipline.
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People pay attention
toespn. People pay attention to
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all these different news sites. They hear
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what pundits say. They hear
what we talk about.
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If you're playing behind
closeddoors, you don't have to go
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through that. Now that's a
giftin a way, but it's also a curse
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because we're not talking
about you. Now you're an enigma.
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The best high school
basketball players have
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had a level of fame
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going back to lew alcindor.
What has changed
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dramatically is how they
get toinfluence it. You know.
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It used to be just newspapers
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shaped how they were viewed.
Thanks to social media,
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if a fan is interested they
canget it right from the kid now.
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Kids are building brands at a lot earlier
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stages than we ever thought.
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LeBron is a brand, and then
Steph curry and Kevin durant
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and you name it. The players
have moved right in with their
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social media, et cetera.
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Very good. Breath.
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Perfect!
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No, I've definitely dealt with
young kids like this before
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just Darius was significantly
different coming straight out
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of high school.
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There's no question
but that 18 is young. 18
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is very young. I recall when I
was 18
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how much I thought I knew, and
I now know how little I knew.
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At 18, me personally,
going straight from high school
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to a office environment would,
uhh, would be a shock.
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You know what I mean? I feel
like it would be a
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definite culture shock for me.
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I can personally attest to the months
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and the weeks before
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he moved in, people asking me
almost every single day.
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Where's he going to sit? Who's
he reporting to?
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Is he actually going to do
work? Is this for real?
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We promised him, we promised his family,
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we promised rich that it was.
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This was going to be a real
deal thing. You're
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coming to work every day.
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Of course you're nervous,
you're concerned.
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And you get butterflies.
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When I became commissioner
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we came back to
the office, I was an adult,
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and I turned around to the
guysand said, what are we ...,
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and the girls. I said, what do
we do now?
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"Oh my god, what did we get
ourselves into?"
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It will be overwhelming for
some kids to be, okay,
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hi, you've graduated high
school. Now you're an intern.
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Coming from high school, I'm
used to going to school
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in a class filled around my peers.
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Hi. I'm Jamie. Nice to meet
you. I'm really short.
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I'm Linda. Great to meet you.
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You know, I'm able to
like clown around in the
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classroom, crack jokes, be on
my phone, you know, like,
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blurt out certain stuff here
and then, so you go to
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work, and it's just kind of like...
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You just want to be
professional, but you don't
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really don't know like what to do like,
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I just didn't want people to not like me.
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So in workday, you're going to
have to log the hours
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that you work every day.
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Umm, and there... I printed
this for you so it's just-
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So it's kind of like clocking
and clocking out? Ppyeah, clocking in
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I'm sure it was a crazy
cultureshock for Darius.
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What questions do you have?
Anything? Ppno, nothing right now.
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I know, it's probably a lot right now.
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But your tax forms and stuff.
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I don't know what tax is. I
mean, I know
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what tax is but I don't...
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Yeah, and that's why... so, I
can't legally
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tell you what to put here.
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Db!
B bro.
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What's up?
I am being sent home
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already, bro. You're
only 27 minutes into this
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- job. There's no way.
- No, I'm just playing,
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I was about to say, man, there's no way.
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I was about to say.
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No, but there's a forml got
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to fill out on here and
it's about taxes, and I
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don't know anything about
this. So I kind of need to know..
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These are all our like...
Employee handbook,
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the confidentiality agreement.
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At first, I thought, you know, a shoe,
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people are just putting
together random colors and
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selling them I learned that
that's not how it goes.
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In this blocking, I don't love.
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The language barrier, I think
sometimes happens in corporate.
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America where there's a
different vernacular that
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people speak at.
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What do you mean by blocking again?
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All this goes into the final
product of me having
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a shoe that I wear on the courtand
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you paying me a couple of
millions of dollars?
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This is harder then I thought.
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Oh. This is what work really
is.
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This is what the grind of work really is.
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It would have been different
for him going to
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college and dealing with
professors that he's never
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had to deal with or in subjectshe's never
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taken before or never contemplated.
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You know. Everything at that
age that you do is new.
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And so of course, I don't know anybody
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that goes into a first job and he says,
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well, I got this knocked.
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I'm going to have to figure this out.
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As much as I thought I knew what training
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was, I didn't know anything about my
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body. I just came from losing
the sweet
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16 or winning a championship
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the year before and having a
pizza after practice.
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You in high school, hanging
around with your friends,
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getting up shots for an hour.
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You think that's a hard
workout. That's not a workout.
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That is not the kind
ofconditioning your body needs in
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order for you to be successful
at the 0.0001% level.
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It's not the same as going to
gleague practice every day.
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It's not the same as going to
college practice
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every day. It's not the same
as going to
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practice in Europe every day.
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You're going to be playing in that spot,
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Trevor ariza, in that corner.
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And then, they're going to ask
you to come out of
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that corner, like Trevor ariza
and you got to make a play
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going downhill. You got to makea route
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coming off the screen.
It shows me
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how good and where you want to
be and what's at stake. Now, I
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got to be the one to be like, come on.
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This is what's at stake. Let's
go.
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I would say for Darius that
when I initially saw his game,
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he looked extremely thin.
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All I want you to do is make
that needle go as far as
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you can. Push down just far
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as you can. Nice. Because you
will do that for
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almost two minutes. Okay?
That's our goal.
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While breathing.
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I think one of the things that I worried
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about with him is, how about his sides?
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Hey, is this going to happen intime?
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Can he, you know, gain weight?
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Can you shoot the ball if
you play with James harden?
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Can you be that guy
that can shoot the ball
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consistently from the three
point line, because the
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defense is always going to collapse
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on a op three or a James
harden? But also, can you pace
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the game? Can you run?
And thenalso, are you long?
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Can you be a solid defender?
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Can I put you on a guy like
giannis and say, try?
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What happens with
theone and done rule, in my
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opinion, doesn't end the
conversation because there's
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still the question of what's
going on at the college level.
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There darn well ought to be
flexibility from the ncaa, but.
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Those two words don't seem to
go together.
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Ncaa and flexibility.
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For Darius bazley, him coming
to that school does wonders
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for that school for what they
will be like and ticket sales
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and Jersey sales and TV rights deals, and
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what's going to happen with the.
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Acc network. And now, we can
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do more features on Darius and
tell his story.
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Mind you, every time these young men hit
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the court, they face the
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possibility of a career ending
injury. So, I appreciate
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the fear of delayed entry
because it may mean no entry.
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If something happened to dariusand he
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really couldn't play, or it
turned out he wasn't as good
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as everybody thought, uh, the
school could pull the offer
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in a heartbeat. And I don't
think anybody
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would lose any sleep over it.
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It happens. It doesn't happen
all the time,
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but it happens. And we've seen
it before.
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With the mentality of somebody that been
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in the gym for the last 18
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years, now you putting them in an office
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environment with people that's not
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athletic, people that probably don't
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talk too much basketball. So
now,
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you all the way is awkward.
Andl mean, that's a place where
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you got to really try to fit in.
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I'm Darius. I'm with the
marketing team.
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To me, I thought everyone was just like,
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oh, look at this kid coming in to work.
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We think he only plays. Like,
this fancy kid,
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he got this camera crew
following him around.
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He got a cubicle near
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the window. I've been here for
three years.
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I don't even got that. So, I
try to do things that
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would make them like me. I
mean, obviously be myself.
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I don't know if you're doing
something important.
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I don't even know if you
reallydon't even want to talk to me.
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- Hello?
- Db!
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- Waz up?
- How are you getting.
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Along with your coworkers?
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We get along well. They all
gotgreat personalities. So...
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Are you interacting
with everybody? Ppyeah. I'm
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not saying everybody, but I
mean, I'm getting
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around to it. At first, I wouldjust walked
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through the halls and like,
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and I would try to keep my headdown
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so nobody said hello or anything.
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To go from work and
tocome home and you're just like,
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you have nobody to talk to.
Like you just...
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You're literally in a house by
yourself while
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you just chilling. There's
nothing to do.
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You're by yourself. I'm not
thetype to like go out and all
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that stuff. I'm literally
at myhouse by myself.
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These times, I don't even have
an appetite to eat.
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Wakey, wakey. Eggs
and bakey.
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Some days, I'll ask
7:00 ams.
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Head down. And then,
separate and knock it down.
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Then, you go to work
at 9:00 am.
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Then, you lift at
12:00.
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Yeah. It's heavy.
Good. Look up here. Four. So
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push right where my fingers are.
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2:00, 2:30, after I'm
done lifting and go get food.
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I go back to work until 5:00.
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And then I go home for about
hour and a half
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and I get ready to go to
basketball at 8:00.
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Or sometimes, I'll have
basketball at 10:00.
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And then, I get home
at like 12:00
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and then you got to get up and
do all over again.
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It's going to be hard
as hellpp..For you to go out
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and learn, what's a real work day?
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What's a real work daywhere
there are actually things
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that I need to make sure that I
accomplish throughout
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my work day while I am
training, while I am
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going, getting my head beat in
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by this trainer who is putting
me through drills
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I've never seen before, who is
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pushing my conditioning to a
level I've never
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witnessed before internally.
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No. I'm just not doing
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it as fast as you did, so I'm
not doing it right.
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So yeah, if you're nothaving some kind of
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breakdown, you're not experiencing.
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That shit because that shit is real, man.
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It was crazy being in an environment that
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I want to be one day because
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you know, you're just getting
aglimpse of it. Just didn't
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like, you know, it's right
there in front of you.
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And I can be here.
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All star we going up, man.
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We're all born with somesmall
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increment of entitlement and ego.
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This ain't no regular shit. We
at the spot, bro.
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But that can't be the majority of the
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glass. You don't know which
city you
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going to. You don't know what
your
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team mates look like.
You don'tknow what your
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coach is like because you haven't had any
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experience with him. There's a
possibility you may
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be sent to the g league. And
so, if
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you're coming into this league
with ego and entitlement,
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and that is what is your
foundation is built upon that,
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more times than not, the
building is going
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to crumble. And depending on
where you're drafted, you may
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not get a second chance around.
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Just texted Darius, checking
tosee if he's coming in today,
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but haven't heard back from him.
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With any employee, teammate,
team member, especially
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a young guy, he's got a lot of
stuff going on
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and a lot of attention.
Sometimes, you need
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to have some reminders about
staying on the path. How do
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you juggle going to all
starweekend one day where you're at
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huge parties with LeBron, Ben
Simmons and other superstars,
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and then literally a
day or twolater, you are
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being expected to follow up on
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projects that you've been
working on. I had to
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sit him down and be like, hey, you know,
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do you want to keep doing
this? Is this what you want?
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I purposely left him
alone. I purposely not
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babied him. I purposely not
flew to Boston every week to
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check on him, to see how he's
doing, purposely because
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you have to be responsible and you know,
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he's going into adulthood
wherehe has to be responsible.
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And he has to be professional
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and he's going to get paid to do a job.
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What's up y'all hey, what's up?
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Rock and roll live, what's up bro?
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You good? It's nice to
meet you bro. Bro.
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Damn, that hoodie is tight as
fuck. I'm so blessed
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to be working with you guys.
I'm so happy for this
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collaboration and I think it's
going to be awesome.
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00:27:08,799 --> 00:27:11,871
It was great meeting Jayden.
You know, he
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just wasn't like laid back and
it was just like, yeah.
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Okay that's fine. You can do
that. He really was like up,
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active. To see that, to see how he
interacted
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with people, to see how
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he carried himself. People
think of
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18, teenagers, like just immature.
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He's not immature, you know
what I'm saying, he loves is fun
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or whatever, but he's not immature.
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00:27:30,959 --> 00:27:33,444
And then you got me just coming from the
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immature and then seeing that it's just
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like, that's what you want to be.
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00:27:37,103 --> 00:27:42,695
I hate to interrupt. But I'm
about to dip.
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Pleasure meeting you.
Yeah!
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Mind if I get a picture of you?
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00:27:51,462 --> 00:27:54,707
Oh you about to dip?
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00:27:54,742 --> 00:27:58,021
That's lit, thank you for
coming through bro.
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To his credit. He waslike,
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no man, I'm in, I'm want to make this
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as fulfilling and gratifying asl possibly
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can for the last five, six weeks.
448
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There's a time and place to be
professional. There's a time.
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And place to, you know,
relax a little bit. Be yourself,
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laugh, trip out with your
friends. And
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I think that I've learned that.
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There's no quote on
quote, perfect way to prepare
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for going to the NBA. One of
the biggest things that I wanted
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him to align himself with is
needing to build good habits.
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Yeah, you put them on some new balances
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and they post in on their page.
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And they tell you like
I'm surethat it will get
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other people just more interested.
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That's so, this is so helpful.
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I developed habits. I developeda routine.
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I didn't realize how big that was.
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Come on. 6more. Last 5.
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Both legs equally. 4... 3...
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- Good. Let's do it then.
- Let's do it then. Pp..
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Yeah. Fair enough, get that
thing down. Okay.
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It's like, that's where
theinternship came in clutch for me
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because now it's just like I'm
building habits off the court,
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like, that I know that aren't
an everyday thing.
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When you think of new balance,
what comes to mind?
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What fabric do you prefer to train in?
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Cuz I don't mind working on a
cotton team,
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some people will
find that like, annoying.
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What matters to you more for a
workout, comfort or style?
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Where do you keep up with the
latest fashion trends?
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I think that's like really important.
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I think all the lifestyle
b-ball questions,
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those are really good here.
478
00:30:03,491 --> 00:30:05,424
So what teaches you how to network.
479
00:30:05,458 --> 00:30:07,495
Yes, I am Darius bazley, but also
480
00:30:07,529 --> 00:30:10,636
I am a guy that wants to
understand business.
481
00:30:11,775 --> 00:30:14,122
He's getting the opportunity
tolearn the business.
482
00:30:14,157 --> 00:30:16,193
Understanding what goes into
483
00:30:16,228 --> 00:30:18,126
making the shoe from a technology
484
00:30:18,161 --> 00:30:23,614
standpoint, fabric standpoint,
from the way they
485
00:30:23,649 --> 00:30:27,860
mold the foot. Why it's
important from a
486
00:30:27,895 --> 00:30:31,450
marketing standpoint, from a
rollout standpoint,
487
00:30:31,484 --> 00:30:33,728
from a demographic standpoint,
from a price
488
00:30:33,762 --> 00:30:35,868
standpoint? People don't even
understand that.
489
00:30:35,903 --> 00:30:38,215
It's a lot that goes into the business of
490
00:30:38,250 --> 00:30:41,425
making a shoe. He
understands that.
491
00:30:44,670 --> 00:30:46,430
Excited to talk to you
guys today. And
492
00:30:46,465 --> 00:30:48,605
lucky enough, I got to
bring my guy Darius here.
493
00:30:48,639 --> 00:30:50,641
He's going to talk to you guysand
ask you guys some questions.
494
00:30:50,676 --> 00:30:53,782
Did y'all know new balance got
stuff like this coming out?
495
00:30:53,817 --> 00:30:59,340
Do you guys like stuff like
this? Like this cammo vibe?
496
00:30:59,374 --> 00:31:02,136
Y'all like the zipper, like
the, like the pocket on this?
497
00:31:02,170 --> 00:31:05,173
Remove the zipper and
keep thatlogo on the side.
498
00:31:05,208 --> 00:31:07,210
Get rid of this little
patch right here? Yeah.
499
00:31:07,244 --> 00:31:10,869
This is more like workout,
thisis more lifestyle. Yeah!
500
00:31:10,903 --> 00:31:13,423
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. Before
he shows
501
00:31:13,457 --> 00:31:15,770
you this, there's some
shoes inhere that's better than
502
00:31:15,804 --> 00:31:17,772
any shoe that's on ya'll feet.
503
00:31:17,806 --> 00:31:22,742
That's not your size.
That one...
504
00:31:22,777 --> 00:31:24,434
You're going crazy, right?
505
00:31:24,468 --> 00:31:26,850
You like loud course shoes?
506
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:28,921
So for basketball shoes, you rather loud
507
00:31:28,956 --> 00:31:30,923
than like black, gray or whatever.
508
00:31:30,958 --> 00:31:33,339
- You stand out anywhere bro.
- Alright, cool.
509
00:31:33,374 --> 00:31:36,964
Well, all this is ya'lls, but
y'all got to win it.
510
00:31:36,998 --> 00:31:40,519
So we going to play knockout
for all this.
511
00:32:01,505 --> 00:32:04,405
I have zero influenceover the ncaa.
512
00:32:04,439 --> 00:32:05,958
I spent a little time wondering
513
00:32:05,993 --> 00:32:08,443
about what I can make them do
because I know
514
00:32:08,478 --> 00:32:09,513
the answer is nothing. But
515
00:32:09,548 --> 00:32:12,447
to the extent we all share,
and I think we do,
516
00:32:12,482 --> 00:32:17,418
the league, the union players
and the ncaa in improving
517
00:32:17,452 --> 00:32:20,662
the game of basketball. They
need to confront
518
00:32:20,697 --> 00:32:22,595
the issue of compensation for
these players.
519
00:32:22,630 --> 00:32:27,807
These players are worth a ton
of money, a ton of money.
520
00:32:27,842 --> 00:32:30,396
When I was commissioner,
I saidto the ncaa,
521
00:32:30,431 --> 00:32:32,260
you're worried about kids leaving school
522
00:32:32,295 --> 00:32:36,264
I got a great idea. How
about if the NBA ensures
523
00:32:36,299 --> 00:32:40,441
the top number of
prospects, sothat they're
524
00:32:40,475 --> 00:32:43,858
not afraid they'll be injured,
and if they get drafted,
525
00:32:43,892 --> 00:32:45,653
they'll pay us back. If they
don't get drafted,
526
00:32:45,687 --> 00:32:47,793
they won't pay us back. And thencaa
527
00:32:47,827 --> 00:32:51,659
came back and said, oh,
thatonly works if you do it for all
528
00:32:51,693 --> 00:32:55,387
sports. And we said, okay.
529
00:32:55,421 --> 00:32:57,872
These guys are starting this at15, they
530
00:32:57,906 --> 00:32:59,115
don't see a payout until 19?
531
00:32:59,149 --> 00:33:02,428
Like, and everyone else is
getting paid off their back?
532
00:33:02,463 --> 00:33:06,432
So, that's the, that's the, that's the
533
00:33:06,467 --> 00:33:08,296
missing link. When
does this get
534
00:33:08,331 --> 00:33:12,093
turned into, when can
theymonetize their reach, basically?
535
00:33:12,128 --> 00:33:16,442
If Darius bazley had gone to
Syracuse, he would have
536
00:33:16,477 --> 00:33:21,413
been an unpaid billboard for
Nike. Instead, he took the
537
00:33:21,447 --> 00:33:23,001
deal with new balance and he
538
00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:25,451
was a paid billboard for new balance.
539
00:33:29,455 --> 00:33:32,872
It's finally here, I'm sending
out my seeding kit.
540
00:33:32,907 --> 00:33:37,429
As you see I got this dope
bookbag. These notepads, parking
541
00:33:37,463 --> 00:33:40,259
pass, portable charger. These
shoes here.
542
00:33:40,294 --> 00:33:42,434
Actually, these are going to
...Quavo.
543
00:33:42,468 --> 00:33:47,818
I got the new balance shoes
thelntern. Uh, yeah.
544
00:33:47,853 --> 00:33:50,476
Just as a thank you for
545
00:33:50,511 --> 00:33:54,860
following my journey and you
know, as hopes
546
00:33:54,894 --> 00:33:58,346
that they keep following my journey.
547
00:34:54,713 --> 00:34:57,647
Today's my last day. I thoughtl'd
read my seeding kid letter.
548
00:34:57,681 --> 00:35:03,204
I think it, um, really just wraps up, um,
549
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:08,658
reflects my time here at
new balance. I'm coming
550
00:35:08,692 --> 00:35:12,075
to the end of my internship at
new balance. In just
551
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:15,596
three months, I've learned so
much. When I first started,
552
00:35:15,630 --> 00:35:17,425
I thought that making a shoe was simple,
553
00:35:17,460 --> 00:35:19,910
but I couldn't have been more
wrong. The shoe
554
00:35:19,945 --> 00:35:22,085
has to hit milestones before
going into production.
555
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,157
We have to get prototypes,
style testing, record their
556
00:35:25,192 --> 00:35:27,021
measurements. At times a shoe
can get sent
557
00:35:27,055 --> 00:35:28,781
back to the designers
more thana hundred times.
558
00:35:28,816 --> 00:35:31,439
We have to find the right
materials, look into future
559
00:35:31,474 --> 00:35:33,959
trends and eventually hit our
margin targets.
560
00:35:33,993 --> 00:35:38,826
I hope you enjoy everything. I
have to get back to work, peace.
561
00:35:38,860 --> 00:35:41,656
Sincerely, the intern.
562
00:35:41,691 --> 00:35:44,418
It's funny. The
buildup before
563
00:35:44,452 --> 00:35:45,557
his arrival was so significant.
564
00:35:45,591 --> 00:35:49,216
And then he's here, and then
the novelty wears off
565
00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:50,803
a little bit after a while.
And then he's
566
00:35:50,838 --> 00:35:52,426
somebody who's part of the team,
567
00:35:52,460 --> 00:35:55,498
to him suddenly being gone.
It's sad,
568
00:35:55,532 --> 00:35:57,500
because he's super funny kid,
569
00:35:57,534 --> 00:35:59,674
that's really smart. And he's
brought a lot
570
00:35:59,709 --> 00:36:01,435
to the table and he's
contributed a ton. I,
571
00:36:01,469 --> 00:36:06,440
for one will be really sad
to see him go. But we've
572
00:36:06,474 --> 00:36:07,993
all valued his time here and
573
00:36:08,027 --> 00:36:09,236
hope that it has served him well.
574
00:36:09,270 --> 00:36:14,241
There's no one way
thatworks because there's now a
575
00:36:14,275 --> 00:36:20,868
fourth way. Don't go
to college, go to college,
576
00:36:20,902 --> 00:36:24,112
go to g league. I guess I'm
gonna, I guess I'm
577
00:36:24,147 --> 00:36:28,979
adding a fifth, go to g
league, go to international play
578
00:36:29,014 --> 00:36:32,017
or get an internship in a shoe deal.
579
00:36:32,051 --> 00:36:34,813
We'll see.
580
00:36:36,884 --> 00:36:39,818
The next two, three months for
Darius will be hell.
581
00:36:39,852 --> 00:36:45,030
A good hell, without the fire.
582
00:36:45,064 --> 00:36:47,757
With sun and ocean.
583
00:36:53,452 --> 00:36:56,110
We'll do everything. All court
work,
584
00:36:56,144 --> 00:37:01,495
strength and conditioning work.
Preparation in terms of teams
585
00:37:01,529 --> 00:37:04,670
and rosters and different
things like that, work.
586
00:37:04,705 --> 00:37:07,328
Bazley was sort of out of
sight, out of mind
587
00:37:07,363 --> 00:37:09,157
for a lot of people, myself
included. I wasn't,
588
00:37:09,192 --> 00:37:11,884
I wasn't calling new balance
saying, hey, how'd he do
589
00:37:11,919 --> 00:37:14,128
today. You got any footage of
his workout.
590
00:37:14,162 --> 00:37:16,924
So it's like a chess game. I
think 10, 15 years
591
00:37:16,958 --> 00:37:18,753
ago you would have a pawn and
you would have a bishop.
592
00:37:18,788 --> 00:37:22,412
You would have a rook
andeverybody did different things.
593
00:37:22,447 --> 00:37:24,449
I think you still have that to
certain degrees,
594
00:37:24,483 --> 00:37:27,417
but you have more queens on thecourt.
595
00:37:27,452 --> 00:37:30,627
You have more interchangeable
parts on the court.
596
00:37:30,662 --> 00:37:33,320
And this is a really, really intense
597
00:37:33,354 --> 00:37:34,976
time for guys that are entering
598
00:37:35,011 --> 00:37:38,394
the draft. I mean, no mistakes
on social media,
599
00:37:38,428 --> 00:37:42,294
no incidents off the court.
And then on the court,
600
00:37:42,329 --> 00:37:44,986
you just got to bust your ass
and play well.
601
00:37:45,021 --> 00:37:48,196
So we haven't been
talking about Darius bazley.
602
00:37:48,231 --> 00:37:51,165
Yes, he'sbeen very disruptive in the way
603
00:37:51,199 --> 00:37:52,580
he's going about it, but we
haven't talked about
604
00:37:52,615 --> 00:37:54,272
him all year, the same way we
talked about
605
00:37:54,306 --> 00:37:56,343
a ja morant, the same way we
talked about a.
606
00:37:56,377 --> 00:37:58,414
Rui hachimura,
the same way we talked about.
607
00:37:58,448 --> 00:38:00,347
Rj Barrett or cam reddish or
608
00:38:00,381 --> 00:38:01,934
Zion Williamson. So now you're
coming out
609
00:38:01,969 --> 00:38:04,903
to the scene. We get a chance
to see you for the first time.
610
00:38:04,937 --> 00:38:07,457
So how are you psychologically
going to be
611
00:38:07,492 --> 00:38:10,253
able to handle
taking criticism from people?
612
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:13,808
Agents are trying to do what's best
613
00:38:13,843 --> 00:38:15,672
best to put their clients in the best
614
00:38:15,707 --> 00:38:19,607
positions, but as much as you
try to manipulate it,
615
00:38:19,642 --> 00:38:23,231
this is what I believe, it's
really hard to fool the NBA.
616
00:38:23,266 --> 00:38:26,096
It's really hard to fool them.
Everybody makes mistakes
617
00:38:26,131 --> 00:38:29,514
on players, but they make very few.
618
00:38:35,071 --> 00:38:38,730
Hour long jog, got some chik-fil-a,
619
00:38:38,764 --> 00:38:41,526
about to go hard.
620
00:38:45,115 --> 00:38:48,429
Because I didn't have a chance
to put anything into my body.
621
00:38:48,464 --> 00:38:49,499
Let me see.
622
00:38:49,534 --> 00:38:51,812
Because we were rushed out of
the house. So I
623
00:38:51,846 --> 00:38:53,020
grabbed chik-fil-a for everybody.
624
00:38:53,054 --> 00:38:54,953
Well, at least you were thoughtful.
625
00:38:54,987 --> 00:38:58,128
Very thoughtful. I appreciate
that.
626
00:39:06,551 --> 00:39:10,969
Gm's, presidents,
headcoaches, scouts, they all
627
00:39:11,003 --> 00:39:14,144
gathered in one gym to watch mework out.
628
00:39:15,318 --> 00:39:18,494
I kind of felt
like myshot was a bit flat.
629
00:39:18,528 --> 00:39:20,427
Flat. I'm just like, aw, man,
630
00:39:20,461 --> 00:39:22,670
it's tingling through
mebecause it's just like, this is
631
00:39:22,705 --> 00:39:28,366
big. This day matters just likethe
combine, these days are big.
632
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:29,850
We know how tall you are, your
633
00:39:29,884 --> 00:39:32,335
vertical, your wingspan, your hand size.
634
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:36,408
We know all those things. What
we don't know is
635
00:39:36,443 --> 00:39:40,412
how you think on a daily basis. And what
636
00:39:40,447 --> 00:39:43,933
buttons push certain
things andhow it affects you.
637
00:39:43,967 --> 00:39:46,418
We don't know that. That's so
hard to
638
00:39:46,453 --> 00:39:47,902
evaluate. So when
people get on these.
639
00:39:47,937 --> 00:39:51,423
Gms about picking certain...
They don't know that.
640
00:39:51,458 --> 00:39:56,601
For Darius, the biggest thing
that I've always been harping
641
00:39:56,635 --> 00:40:00,432
on him is to understand how to
think to gain.
642
00:40:00,467 --> 00:40:04,402
Build good habits, think to gain.
643
00:40:08,923 --> 00:40:10,856
Definitely I learned a lot and didn't
644
00:40:10,891 --> 00:40:12,893
realize I was
learning. Interviewing with
645
00:40:12,927 --> 00:40:14,446
teams, when they ask me about new balance
646
00:40:14,481 --> 00:40:15,861
and I have all this stuff to tell them.
647
00:40:15,896 --> 00:40:18,312
I was talking to Sam presti
today. I was telling him
648
00:40:18,346 --> 00:40:20,452
about the focus group. Those
clothes,
649
00:40:20,487 --> 00:40:22,454
how many of those that they're making.
650
00:40:22,489 --> 00:40:23,455
Some stuff they already have for
651
00:40:23,490 --> 00:40:26,562
fall 2020. Even with shoes, youhave to
652
00:40:26,596 --> 00:40:29,012
make at least two years ahead of time.
653
00:40:29,047 --> 00:40:31,463
You have people who look into
future trends
654
00:40:31,498 --> 00:40:33,327
to make the color ways of this
655
00:40:33,361 --> 00:40:35,467
shoe, to see what'd be hot. Andl went in,
656
00:40:35,502 --> 00:40:38,436
on and on and on and eventuallyl'm like,
657
00:40:38,470 --> 00:40:39,816
all right, he's probably sick of me
658
00:40:39,851 --> 00:40:43,786
talking about this. Let me
close it up.
659
00:40:46,651 --> 00:40:48,618
There were 20-some guys that were invited
660
00:40:48,653 --> 00:40:51,034
into the green room with 30
first round picks,
661
00:40:51,069 --> 00:40:54,313
and bazley wasn't one of those invited.
662
00:41:01,562 --> 00:41:05,463
As far as I know,
he's still anticipated to be
663
00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:07,223
drafted into the NBA.
664
00:41:07,257 --> 00:41:12,366
It's great for the
league, it's not designed for
665
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,542
the faint of heart, though,
because these young men don't
666
00:41:15,576 --> 00:41:17,336
know exactly where they're going.
667
00:41:17,371 --> 00:41:19,442
Their agents think
that they'regoing to help
668
00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:23,446
them get some place or
someplaceelse, and often
669
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:28,589
they're disappointed. So it's
an interesting time.
670
00:41:41,844 --> 00:41:45,261
With the first pick in the 2019
671
00:41:45,295 --> 00:41:48,436
NBA draft the New Orleans pelicans
672
00:41:48,471 --> 00:41:52,717
select Zion Williamson from
Duke university.
673
00:41:55,478 --> 00:41:59,586
2019 NBA draft the Memphis grizzlies
674
00:41:59,620 --> 00:42:02,485
select ja morant.
675
00:42:09,665 --> 00:42:13,151
With the sixth pick in the 2019nba draft
676
00:42:13,185 --> 00:42:17,500
the Phoenix suns select
jarrettculver. The Atlanta.
677
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:21,262
Hawks select Jaxson Hayes. The
Minnesota timberwolves
678
00:42:21,297 --> 00:42:26,440
select Cameron Johnson from
theuniversity of north Carolina.
679
00:42:30,755 --> 00:42:34,482
With the 13th pick, the Miami heat select
680
00:42:34,517 --> 00:42:39,108
Tyler herro. With the 14th pickthe Boston.
681
00:42:39,142 --> 00:42:42,490
Celtics select Romeo Langford.
682
00:42:46,494 --> 00:42:49,739
With the 15th pick of the 2019 NBA draft
683
00:42:49,774 --> 00:42:54,917
the Detroit pistons select
sekou doumbouya.
684
00:42:54,951 --> 00:42:56,539
When you decide you're going to go
685
00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:58,437
into the NBA, that's big boy school.
686
00:42:58,472 --> 00:43:00,681
You're saying, all right, evaluate me.
687
00:43:00,716 --> 00:43:03,235
And if you think
I'm really good, take me.
688
00:43:03,270 --> 00:43:05,030
If they don't take you, they'resaying,
689
00:43:05,065 --> 00:43:06,998
I think somebody's better than you.
690
00:43:07,032 --> 00:43:09,276
That's what you ask them to do.
691
00:43:09,310 --> 00:43:10,760
You put yourself in that position.
692
00:43:10,795 --> 00:43:15,558
The 22nd pick in the 2019 NBA draft
693
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:19,666
the Boston celtics select grantwilliams
694
00:43:19,700 --> 00:43:23,117
from the university of Tennessee.
695
00:43:31,470 --> 00:43:35,129
With the 31st pick in the 2019 NBA draft
696
00:43:35,164 --> 00:43:38,892
the Utah jazz select Darius bazley
697
00:43:38,926 --> 00:43:42,447
from Cincinnati, Ohio.
698
00:43:42,481 --> 00:43:46,451
I'm proud of you. I knew you
would do well.
699
00:43:46,485 --> 00:43:50,973
Thank you. Thank you.
I'm proud of you, bro.
700
00:43:51,007 --> 00:43:53,354
Thank you.
Yeah boy!
701
00:43:53,389 --> 00:43:54,666
Thank you.
702
00:43:54,701 --> 00:43:58,049
It did sort of surprise me when he
703
00:43:58,083 --> 00:44:00,085
was taken kind of
middle of the first round.
704
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:03,675
Uh, that was, that was above
where I had him,
705
00:44:03,710 --> 00:44:06,436
that was above where, uh I
706
00:44:06,471 --> 00:44:07,714
think most people had him slotted.
707
00:44:07,748 --> 00:44:12,511
I'm in the NBA, bro. I'm
in thenba. I got drafted.
708
00:44:12,546 --> 00:44:16,792
Let's go, bro. I can't wait to
get to work.
709
00:44:16,826 --> 00:44:19,415
That's all I can think about
isgetting to okc. Like.
710
00:44:19,449 --> 00:44:24,523
I really want to go tomorrow,
just get to work, bro.
711
00:44:24,558 --> 00:44:26,629
I really loved it there. They
seemed
712
00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:29,425
seemed really genuine
like they had a classy
713
00:44:29,459 --> 00:44:31,047
organization, everybody cared.
714
00:44:31,082 --> 00:44:32,670
I just can't wait to get to work,
715
00:44:32,704 --> 00:44:37,709
man. This is crazy, man. This
is crazy. This is wild.
716
00:44:37,744 --> 00:44:38,917
You're now in the NBA, bro.
717
00:44:38,952 --> 00:44:40,401
I'm in the NBA.
718
00:44:40,436 --> 00:44:42,403
Now looking back at everything,
719
00:44:42,438 --> 00:44:43,750
what do you have to say?
720
00:44:43,784 --> 00:44:47,512
It was all part of the plan.
Itworked. You know, it worked. I'm
721
00:44:47,546 --> 00:44:51,758
here, that's all I can
ask for. I'm here. I won
722
00:44:51,792 --> 00:44:53,483
tonight. I won. Mr. Presti.
723
00:44:53,518 --> 00:44:56,452
I just want to congratulate
youand tell you
724
00:44:56,486 --> 00:44:58,454
how excited we are
to have you. And the
725
00:44:58,488 --> 00:45:02,838
main thing that I want to make
sure that you understand is,
726
00:45:02,872 --> 00:45:06,565
we're looking at you because
of your maturity and your
727
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,430
understanding that you've
got a lot of work ahead of you.
728
00:45:09,465 --> 00:45:10,431
Right!
729
00:45:10,466 --> 00:45:13,952
And that this is a place where players
730
00:45:13,987 --> 00:45:16,058
get better and they improve, but it's
731
00:45:16,092 --> 00:45:19,199
all going to come down to your
attitude, your work ethic,
732
00:45:19,233 --> 00:45:22,650
and a lot of the things you
learned at that internship,
733
00:45:22,685 --> 00:45:24,756
quite frankly. You know. Real
734
00:45:24,791 --> 00:45:26,758
life experiences, but we're really
735
00:45:26,793 --> 00:45:29,450
excited about having you. You
fit the profile of the
736
00:45:29,485 --> 00:45:31,107
players that we've had success with,
737
00:45:31,142 --> 00:45:33,627
and um, you know, we'll have a
great plan for
738
00:45:33,661 --> 00:45:35,146
you. At the end
of the day, a lot of
739
00:45:35,180 --> 00:45:36,734
it's just going to come
down toyour commitment
740
00:45:36,768 --> 00:45:38,494
and your persistence. And I
have a lot of
741
00:45:38,528 --> 00:45:41,773
confidence that that's going to
work out. Pp.. Yeah. Well I
742
00:45:41,808 --> 00:45:45,397
just want to say thank you
onmy behalf, of taking this chance
743
00:45:45,432 --> 00:45:48,055
on me. And I'm excited
to come in and get to work.
744
00:45:48,090 --> 00:45:53,026
As long as guys have
a choice and they're able to
745
00:45:53,060 --> 00:45:57,133
make that choice unconstrained,
that's fine. Unfortunately,
746
00:45:57,168 --> 00:46:01,793
they don't have the choice
ofcoming straight into the league.
747
00:46:01,828 --> 00:46:07,350
I'm a by-product of a college
education. Let's throw the
748
00:46:07,385 --> 00:46:08,662
education part out the door, because
749
00:46:08,696 --> 00:46:10,008
who really knows if you're
actually getting
750
00:46:10,043 --> 00:46:12,700
education or not. I'm a
by-product of
751
00:46:12,735 --> 00:46:14,737
the network that comes from
752
00:46:14,772 --> 00:46:17,775
the value of an education. But
I think if a kid wants
753
00:46:17,809 --> 00:46:19,466
leave from high school, leave
from high school.
754
00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:20,881
If you want to come to college
for one year,
755
00:46:20,916 --> 00:46:23,435
come to collegefor one
year. I don't understand
756
00:46:23,470 --> 00:46:28,061
why there has to be a ceiling
on, hey, you have to do this.
757
00:46:28,095 --> 00:46:33,273
One and done has not been a
problem. What one and done has
758
00:46:33,307 --> 00:46:36,621
been is a convenient
scapegoat. Jordan spieth
759
00:46:36,655 --> 00:46:39,451
was one and done, anybody have
a problem with that?
760
00:46:39,486 --> 00:46:43,421
Anybody think that Jordan
spieth was making a mockery
761
00:46:43,455 --> 00:46:45,768
of education by only
going to college for a year?
762
00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:50,531
I think you have a more
open-minded culture, you have
763
00:46:50,566 --> 00:46:52,948
a more principled head of the player's.
764
00:46:52,982 --> 00:46:55,398
Association in Michelle Roberts.
765
00:46:55,433 --> 00:46:59,126
The tide is shifting on
whetherguys should get paid,
766
00:46:59,161 --> 00:47:00,610
and it's like, if that's not
going to happen,
767
00:47:00,645 --> 00:47:03,441
well obviously
the other option is let them
768
00:47:03,475 --> 00:47:05,650
go pro and only make guys play in college
769
00:47:05,684 --> 00:47:07,445
that want to play in college.
770
00:47:07,479 --> 00:47:10,137
As long as the status quo remains that
771
00:47:10,172 --> 00:47:11,345
these young men are not being paid,
772
00:47:11,380 --> 00:47:16,419
then the attraction of the
college option,
773
00:47:16,454 --> 00:47:18,042
in my view, isn't going to diminish.
774
00:47:18,076 --> 00:47:23,737
It seems clear that the NBA is
going to go the route
775
00:47:23,771 --> 00:47:26,636
of allowing high school playersto
come into the league again.
776
00:47:26,671 --> 00:47:31,434
I think many people in college
are applauding that,
777
00:47:31,469 --> 00:47:34,437
that's going to take this off
our plate now.
778
00:47:34,472 --> 00:47:39,442
Now that's the NBA's problem,
when college's problems
779
00:47:39,477 --> 00:47:40,788
are going to be exactly the same.
780
00:47:40,823 --> 00:47:42,445
They're not going to change one iota.
781
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:47,450
You wonder, when do the kids,
and I say kids,
782
00:47:47,485 --> 00:47:49,970
the players, profit? And so
maybe
783
00:47:50,005 --> 00:47:55,079
it should have changed in a
strong way a long time ago,
784
00:47:55,113 --> 00:47:58,427
but I'm sure that Adam silver will figure
785
00:47:58,461 --> 00:48:00,015
it out, because he's a smart
786
00:48:00,049 --> 00:48:03,915
guy. And whatever the NBA
doesl'm going to support completely.
787
00:48:03,950 --> 00:48:05,813
Darius is someone, and again he
doesn't know
788
00:48:05,848 --> 00:48:08,092
know this yet, who will addressthe first
789
00:48:08,126 --> 00:48:11,336
rookie class, the next rookieclass,
and help them understand
790
00:48:11,371 --> 00:48:15,444
the options that exist and why
he took the path he took.
791
00:48:15,478 --> 00:48:20,656
He is a trailblazer of sorts.
Again, he's not the first but
792
00:48:20,690 --> 00:48:23,417
he's the most recent. And his
story, I'm glad you're
793
00:48:23,452 --> 00:48:26,489
telling it, but I'd like to
hear him tell it as well on
794
00:48:26,524 --> 00:48:28,422
this basketball court to our
next class of
795
00:48:28,457 --> 00:48:30,183
rookies, because it's a story
that should be told.
796
00:48:30,217 --> 00:48:35,119
Something to take
awayfrom this, definitely, is bet
797
00:48:35,153 --> 00:48:40,124
on yourself. You know. Take,
take a risk. I think
798
00:48:40,158 --> 00:48:44,438
with me, this whole thing,
I'vealways thought positive.
799
00:48:44,473 --> 00:48:50,513
We did it. We conquered the
mountain.
800
00:48:50,548 --> 00:48:54,000
Be open minded, open to all newthings.
801
00:48:54,034 --> 00:49:00,213
Umm, you know. That's
it, really.
802
00:49:49,676 --> 00:49:53,473
Hello. Hello.
803
00:50:14,839 --> 00:50:18,532
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
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