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What was the transition going to play with Braun in Cleveland? In New York, it was like trade knew first. In New York, you felt like they love the Knicks. In Cleveland, you knew you played LeBron. I wish I could sugar coat it. I can't. Real She does. It's that simple. It's that simple. strict program around this [ __ ].
It's not even a strict program cuz Braun, to his point, to give him credit to his point he made the other night, he is a 41 year old kid. Yeah. They say you act exactly how you act when they handed you money. You could tell LeBron got paid at 17. Yeah. Ben saw that [ __ ]. It's raw though. 17. No, that's You put that in a nice perspective. It's it's it's the reason that he that cold cuz he think like a child. Like when you was 17, I'm sure you probably was like it's like before you get to college and they break you where it's like that creative mindset where you like, "But why coach? We could just do this." And it's like the coach explain it to you and then you you stop like even questioning the coach. You like, "Let me just go out here and do what I'm supposed to do, handle my business, make sure we win, and then boom, I want to climb up the ranks. I don't want them looking at me like that." Braun went at 17 while he was still curious.
Yeah. and got to navigate through that [ __ ] now. He ain't get to keep one coach. But he got to navigate, you know what I'm saying? It's like now it make it make sense for me. Like damn, bro. Yeah, at that level now it's But that's how he got there. It's like us with our kids now. We ain't had none of this Instagram. We don't know what We ain't know what workout you got to the league with not knowing what the [ __ ] workout you was doing. You just hooping. Yeah. You feel me? We ain't at five. We wasn't at five with sleeves and all that dumb ass [ __ ] short was hoop shorts, under eye jeans, maybe a headband. You feel me? I'm taking my shoes. Oh, I'm b I'mma bust you in these. Then I'mma take these [ __ ] into any ba local bathroom and put them [ __ ] right under the hand dryer. I'm wearing these [ __ ] home like they raw as hell unlacing them, too. I might reace them at the gym. You know how it's going, shorty. That's how it's going. So, it's like you start realizing these kids got they already icing their knees at 8, nine. I ain't start doing this. You see what I'm saying? Memphis T.
Speaking of you. So you you you pretty much got there and just basically was I was winging it like you but I'm saying did he did did his preparation rub off on you? They say he spend a million dollars on his body. Did you did you at least Oh no. I ain't spend no million dollar. I ain't got no million dollars to spend on my body. Like that nigga's tweaking like that [ __ ] was playing with the max contract. He tweaking short. That me was going to my people. But uh it like with um with Braun, the most that I learned from was just like what I'm looking at in the game. Like the times that I'm thinking TA just trying to get a stop and Braun like no TA trying to speed you up or slow you down cuz it's a two for one situation and you just don't know. He taking advantage of you. Mhm. So you taking the bait cuz you don't know what the [ __ ] you doing. And he like like you know he he looking at me like Melo ain't teach you. But it's like anytime Melo said two for one I went but I don't know what the [ __ ] you talking about gang. Like I was embarrassed to tell Melo I ain't know what the [ __ ] Right.
For real though. This me being transparent at 21. Like Melo telling me some [ __ ] I don't know. But Melo not the type of [ __ ] that's going to grab you after the game, sit you down, say this was the play, la circle it. Melo kind of internalizes it and be like, "Damn, his young ass I can't expect his young ass to know that. So, I need to score another five points, right? I need to do a little bit more. I should haveh I can't miss this shot." Lead by example guy. Yeah. He like, "I can't. It can't be Shump fault." You know what I'm saying? And Braun kind of holds you accountable like, "Yeah, I'm going to throw a turnover if you're not in the spot I told you to be. I'm going to throw a blind pass over my head and if you not there I'mma tell coach take you out. Right.
But that's the pass and that's what you would say the the citary you know similar to LeBron and and Carmelo Lee by example LeBron and Tyson down the game like bro throw that [ __ ] to you. It's the right play and he going to show it to you five 10 times. Tell the video guy to send it to you. Yeah. When we do film tomorrow, he going to get up and say, "No, this what I was saying. This what I was doing." To where you damn near like even if you was mad, it was the times I was blue. Like shorty, you should have threw that ball to me. And then he explain it on the tape and I see it like why would he throw that ball to me? He got his shoulder past that [ __ ] I'm not throwing that ball to me. I'm going to dunk that [ __ ] It's just this [ __ ] happened to play perfect defense and come in there for a charge that they called for him. But I'm not passing that either. I would have thought my shoulders pass him. I won. You know what I'm saying? Smart as hell. In the game though, I'm like I'm blue. You bogus. Oh my god. YOU TRYING TO ICE ME? Why you won't pass to me TRYING TO GET MY GAME ON? But it was like once you see the tape, you be like, damn, Joe, you right. And it was like I I I always appreciated that. I think toward the end I ain't get to hold people as accountable because I had to keep going in and out for dumb ass injuries and [ __ ] that I planifasiitis scope here scope there finger surgery wrist surgery but I'm like the [ __ ] up part was I knew like if I don't play like this y'all ain't even going to want me to play so I'm going to get hurt.
You adapted you adapted cuz I ain't going to lie over the years man I I don't think I probably could have played on LeBron team cuz [ __ ] he throw that [ __ ] to me I ain't knocking down many threes like that. But I'm saying it's a mental, but it is a mental. How was it to prepare [ __ ] How was it for it to prepare to play for somebody that's high of statue, not only on the in the media, but the face of the league? Let's just say the face of the league. And he expect a lot of you, you know, it's not it's not really pressure on you. And it's like that disrespect is the pressure. Show up. They make you want to show up like so so like they it's all about dude coming in you know. Check it out. Y'all coming in to play us. Y'all like all we got to do is handle this [ __ ] Exactly. We going to live with Iman. [ __ ] Well, that hurt a lot of people feelings a lot of time. It is what it is. Yeah.
But it's also even more [ __ ] up if you could feel y'all saying we going to live with Iman. They man get and they still playing through what defense y'all got for them. They not taking the bait. We know you want Iman to shoot 20. He's not shooting 20. That mental preparation is insane cuz you are at that point you are insane. No, you like you going to do the same thing over and over and you going to expect a different [ __ ] result. They not giving you this ball. So what you gonna do mentally? You got Yeah. You got to then they tell him, "Now, now think. I'm still I'm the I'm the [ __ ] that came from doing the tip dunk in New York." Mhm. Don't go to the board. You're our best defender. Oh, we don't need you flying to the board every time. We need you to get back. Look at your numbers against a twoon-one. Look at your numbers against a threeon-one. Like, you like lead the league in these random statistics. Like, it's like, bro, I don't give a [ __ ] They pulling you to side by you. Like, but as soon as we get in the playoffs, I felt it like I could see what was going on. Like im immediately it's like a [ __ ] like Kyle Cora check in. Oh, look like I get 30 minutes tonight. Kyle Corv just hit two. You got a secret where the minutes coming from. Y'all going to see I start understanding. But this is what Braun explaining to me the whole time. Mhm.
But I ain't never been to the playoffs through a run like this, [ __ ] We went all the way to the finals, [ __ ] [ __ ] was like, "Oh, this [ __ ] cahoot, man. That's interesting. He keep in tune with his troops like that." But the whole season I I'm like the throw in. That's how they made me feel. When we first get traded, they act like JR to throw in. [ __ ] up his head. So now Jr. acting like, you know what I'm saying? Like I pressure on me to kill. Soon as he start getting off, I'm like, damn. Now I can't score. I can't do nothing. They just on some like it don't matter if you score. Like even coach Lou, like it don't matter. Like whatever you could do sh on offense being cool but we got so many [ __ ] that scored over here. Like we don't care if you score. Come be a piece to the puzzle. Yeah, real talk. That's what they on. But remember I come over there with this dislocated shoulder. But it's like that's your mental battle when playing with LeBron. You're always in a win now situation. You always every year. The Lakers right now are in fifth. They're playing better than anybody gives them credit for. But this nigga's 41 and people are asking every day, "Do you feel like they're contenders? Do you feel like they contenders? Do you feel like they contenders?" It's like, "Bro, if it was just Luca over there, would y'all be doing this?" Literally, cuz this [ __ ] is standing over there, they are contenders. That's insane to think about. But it's like people don't think about the pressure. Like as I saw other players go through it, like when they went over when Russell Westbrook went over there and they was like, "Oh, Russ just lost it." I'm like, "No, he's playing with LeBron, right? Like it's a different game. Like people don't understand that. A lot of people can't adjust their game to that. And it's like if you can understand that you can play on anybody team gang. Like Kyrie want reason why Kyrie is so cold to me cuz he was able to function on a team with Brun. Like you know how cold you got to be like for that. Both y'all ball dominating. It's insane. That's the difference though.
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