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Dennis Smith Jr. says Dirk Nowitzki still owes him $10,000 after losing a footrace despite getting a half court head start
“Dirk still owes me some bread. Let me put that out there. Dirk, you owe me 10 bands, bro”
“We was on his ass one day talking about, ‘Oh man, ain’t no way you moving this slow.’ He was like, ‘Who wants to race me?’
“I don’t know who set it up. It might have been Wes Matthews, but the race was he start at half court and I start at full court, and we raced to the end”
“I won, and he still ain’t paid me. Don’t make me come down to Nowitzki Lane, bro. I need my paper. I need mine for real”
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Wesley Matthews says LeBron James is up in the morning with his knees iced, film loud, before anyone else and threw him a no-look bounce pass through the paint "on a rope"
"He's up in the morning, knees iced up, got the speaker loud as hell, doo-rag tight as hell and ready to go. 'Good morning. Hey, it's film time'"
"I was in a corner. I was on the right corner. He was on that block and he peeked over his shoulder. I'm like, 'This dude looking at me'"
"Bounce pass through the paint on a rope. I don't know if I made it or missed it, but I was like, 'I can't believe this ball' like, 'Why he do that?'"
"The fact that he's still playing is don't make no damn sense at all"
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⚡️THUNDER STORIES
JEREMY LAMB
Taken with the 12th pick in 2013, Jeremy Lamb came to OKC in the James Harden trade.
Check out how it went down and some of the reactions he received from fans.... 👇
🎧 Shout out @RunYourRaceTL
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Andre Drummond says he wanted to become the greatest rebounder in the NBA as a rookie and admits he intentionally missed shots to get more rebounds
“I'm looking through my Rolodex. What are you good at, Dre. What do you do. You're faster than most bigs. You're agile. You jump. You jump very high. You can rebound the ball. You're good with your hands. You get steals. You're not the best shooter. You're not the best ball handler at the time”
“Now we got to move to defense. Do I want to be the best shot blocker, be the best with steals. And so I asked one of my boys, ‘Yo, who's leading the NBA in rebounding right now.’ It was Dwight Howard. I think he averaged 12.3.’ I'm like, ‘Hmm, I'm currently averaging 8.9 as a rookie. I can beat that motherfucker.’ After I realized how not sexy rebounding was, I said, ‘That's it. I'm going to be the best rebounder to ever play this game.’ And I set out to do it”
Q: “How many years running did you have the crown?”
Andre: “Four years”
Q: “Were there times you were missing shots on purpose to get the rebound?”
Andre: “Yeah”
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Mark Cuban says his scouts had 2 VHS tapes of Giannis and still wanted to draft him, but he passed out of respect for Dirk and in pursuit of a superstar deal that never happened
“That was the year we tried to get up cap room for Dwight Howard, and to get cap room, we had to trade down a couple times, and some of our scouts and GM wanted to pick Giannis, and I was like, ‘I can’t do that to Dirk. We got a plan.’”
“Because all we had literally in our war room was two VHS cassettes of Giannis. That was it. There was no other footage, because he played in this B-League in Greece. There was no other video.”
“And they’re like, ‘You want me to give up on getting Dwight Howard?’ And I said no. And turned out, another bad decision. I’m making myself look like a real idiot, aren’t I?”
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⚡️THUNDER STORIES
DAKARI JOHNSON
Taken with the 48th pick in 2015, Center Dakari Johnson came to OKC for three seasons
He talks about the Organizational structure, Russ & his welcome to the NBA moment with Aquaman 👇
🎧Shout out to @RunYourRaceTL
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NORRIS COLE
Norris Cole was signed during the 2017-18 NBA Season for a finals run
He shares his thoughts on his time in OKC, specifically seeing Russell Westbrook in action 👇
🎧 Shout out to @RunYourRaceTL
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Theo Pinson says the G League should be the second-best basketball league in the world, but believes it can only get there if players are paid significantly more.
Jeremy Pargo : "I've been saying that for the last 10 years, easily."
AJ Richardson : "When you say 'if they do it right,' what do they need to do right?"
Theo Pinson : "Pay. Exactly. They don't make shit."
Jeremy Pargo : "That's really, that's simple."
Theo Pinson : "So, let me ask you... $90,000 his first year. That is amazing compared to what they make in the G League."
AJ Richardson : "I agree. Let me ask you this: if they do get paid more..."
Jeremy Pargo : "You have more people home."
AJ Richardson : "...would you lose that grit and grind?"
Jeremy Pargo : "Absolutely not. Because you're still trying to get into the NBA."
Theo Pinson : "Yes! And you're right here! And I think it would be more accessible for guys to even make it. The fact that we're no offense to everything, we're investing in so much other shit. I'm like, dog, there's a... there's a hotbed of... we are the fucking basketball at this point. You know what I'm saying? There'd be more guys from overseas coming here."
Jeremy Pargo : "That's a fact."
Theo Pinson : "Yeah. You see what I'm saying?"
Jeremy Pargo : "And I'm not saying and I'm not saying pay guys in the G League a million dollars. You give them 250, you'll get way more players here. Because at 250 in the G, guys that's on the cusp ain't going overseas for 200 or 300 if they get 250 in the G. You're going to give everything you got at that point."
"And I tell guys all the time, man..."
Theo Pinson : "If we get paid 250, we both still playing in the G! For real! Ns go overseas 'cause it's more bread! You can't live off the 45K they giving you. You know what I'm saying? To not go 10 months? Ns playing..."
Jeremy Pargo : "That's a fact. That 10 months is a grind."
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Perry Jones Jr. was selected with the 28th Pick in 2012.
He talks about how OKC traded him to BOS.
Listen to the way it went down 👇
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Jamal Crawford says he walked away from a guaranteed $5,000,000 because he’d rather play than sit
“I hate to say it like this, but I could die on the court and I'll be alright. I just love the game so much…”
“I didn’t play to change nobody’s circumstances I, didn't play to get paid. I played because I love the game that’s why I played til 40 something because I love the game.”
“Now looking back I was crazy, I gave away $5,000,000 to say I’m out of Minnesota. I’m not playing enough, I gotta go play, I just love to hoop, I just love it.”
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“James be out all night, 4, 5 in the morning, and that man up at 7 working out… he gon go home, power nap, then he in that gym.”
Harden’s former teammate Robert Covington talking about Harden’s lifestyle 😭
(via @RunYourRaceTL)
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Norris Cole on LeBron James’s legendary Game 6 performance vs the Celtics in 2012:
“Like live in real life — that might’ve been the best performance I’ve ever seen…I saw him get 61 against Charlotte but that’s a regular season game — this (game 6) if we lose the season is over and the big 3 is broken up. If we don’t win it’s over…LeBron could’ve went for 50…there was no answer for him that night…that was the first time I never seen him laugh or smile before the game. Not once. Not that day…his legacy was on the line and he did what he needed to do to secure any talk…”
(via @RunYourRaceTL)
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Grant Williams opens up on getting OWNED by Jimmy Butler in Game 2 of the ECF:
“We’re up by 8, I’m playing well. Jimmy says ‘Hell nah, he ain’t here.’ So I hit the 3 and said ‘hell nah MF I’m here!’ — Next thing you know the next play Jimmy gets And 1. He says ‘I’M HERE TO MOTHERF*CKER!’ We’re going back and forth. I’m not backing down. That’s what we were missing in that series. They were punking us the entire time…. They ended up winning the game but if that doesn’t happen, nobody brings that up. No one says ‘poke the bear.’ — Jimmy knows it’s all love and we’re just competitors. We ended up losing that series.”
(Via @RunYourRaceTL)
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Jeremy Pargo knew that Kyrie Irving even from a young age was the most skilled person to ever touch a basketball.
Can’t wait until Kai gets back 🙏🏽
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