May 6, 2026 • 37 mins
Dereck Lively II joins Breanna Stewart and Myles Turner for a open conversation on basketball, growth, and life off the court. They discuss the best big men still alive in the playoffs, Joel Embiid's resurgence and Dereck's Sixers fandom.
Lively reflects on the powerful role his mother played in shaping both his game and his mindset, and shares the moment he realized he truly had “game.” He also tells a behind the scenes story about his Mavs teammate and NBA Rookie of the Year, Cooper Flagg, that led to Cooper getting kicked out of his seat on the team plane.
The group dives into Lively’s recovery from foot surgery, detailing the mental and physical challenges of rehab and how building Lego has helped him stay locked in and even sharpen his focus and coordination on the court.
They close with a debate over the best Philly cheesesteaks in both Dallas and Philadelphia, plus some real talk as Lively opens up about fatherhood and what he’s learning along the way.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And since I wasn't like traveling because I have surgery,
he was having my seat, so he was he was
getting too comfortable. And then I started traveling again.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I said, good see, good for you man, good for
your young vet. I see, mane, I'll do what I can. Man,
I'm getting old over here. Welcome the game recognized game
all Miles Turner and joined on my coacht Bereonna Stewart.
And tonight, tonight we're luckily joined by a special guest.
(00:29):
I'm not gonna lie. I'll be waiting to have a
d Live on this for a minute. Y'all might know
him for his basketball, but uh, you know, talent to
play at that, But he's a fellow, a fall man
and uh you know ball, you know the ones that's
been collected lego for a minute. So it's twenty twenty
two Pennsylvania mister Basketball named Madonald's All American Team twelfth
overall pick of twenty twenty three. He made second Team
(00:50):
All Rookie twenty twenty four and got the NBA Finals
Man at a very young part of his career. So
welcome d Live to the show Man. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I know, I'm like, wait, Can I call you d
Live or should I call you.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Derek like a little bit you can cool with either.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
How's your off season, Ben, It's been good.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Being really good and spending time with my daughter. You know,
That's kind of one of the big things that I've
been focusing on because i know, like throughout my entire career,
I'm gonna be on the road and I'm gonna be gone
from the house. So I've definitely been spending as much
time as I killed my daughter. She's huge. She's nineteen months,
but she willin she's four, which is honestly kind of crazy.
Besides that, just staying in the gym, trying to make
(01:33):
sure my mental is good, make sure my foot's good.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, that's real, man. As you know, just the injuries
is never fun. And all of us, you know, Hoop
and goll have been through it. But I will say,
like this is a it's going to sharpen you, bro.
It might be a blessing in disguies and you get
to sit back, learn and observe. But I know it
sucks going through it, man, the tedious rehab process. And
I've seen you, you know, up there with Luke trying
to get it done, so you know, just to stay
(01:57):
with the process. Bro, that's it. Appreciate that absolutely so
what they'd like to do on the show. You know
it's called game recognized Game. What does that mean to you?
Game recognized game?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
You know, it just kind of shows all the work
you've been putting in, you know, from a young age
to even yesterday. You know other people out there who've
been doing the same thing, same type of work. They
kind of acknowledged you. You know, that sign of respect.
It shows a lot. You know, I really appreciate that
to be invited into this space. But you know, whenever
I first heard you know, Brihanna's name, I was like, oh,
my mom watched basketball and she always was like Brehanna
(02:34):
Stewart was like that soss I heard that. I'm like, yeah,
I definitely got to get out here.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Well we were. I was going to ask you about
your mom a little bit later, but since you brought
her up, shout out to her. She was a big
time hooper at Penn State, and I know she passed
away two years ago from cancer, So always thinking of you.
I actually saw your story a while back, But how
has she impacted your your playing for those that don't
(03:01):
know your entire story.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Oh, man, so funny story I could probably say is
my mom is the first person. First coach. She used
to coach me to kick me out of a gym.
She kicked me out of practice because I caught her mom,
And then I had to send the entire rest of
practice outside and couldn't get in the car locked out
and I just had to sit on the curb. So
(03:25):
you know, she was a loving person. But when it
came to basketball, she knew everything around the game. And
you know, she kind of taught me many things. You know,
no matter if it's as soon as you start a commitment,
you gotta finish it, no matter if you don't like it,
no matter if it's going bad, you got to finish
it throughout the whole thing. And another thing is, man,
I was playing sports, no matter what sport it was,
(03:46):
since probably like first grade kindergarten, I was always running around,
always had to get out the house and do something.
And that's kind of part of the reason where I've
gotten to where I am.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
I like that, man, she established that discipline.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
But your story is an inspiration not only to us
but to many. So really appreciate you kind of sharing
that that with us a little bit, because I know
it's probably not always easy.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I don't no problem. I love talking about her. I
almost feel like she's here again. There you go.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Let's love, I guess. And to respect of that, like
when is the first time you realize like yourself, like
like damn, I got game? Like when did it really
dis first hit you?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
You know, like i'd probably say so COVID hit my
sophomore year, going into junior year, and my freshman year
of high school. I was in a boot because I
had surgery on my left ankle, so you know, I
was getting back trying to you know, make a name
for myself, and then the whole world shut down, so
you know, I couldn't do nothing. All you could do
(04:49):
was just stay in the gym. So I had a
local YMC elsewhere, probably like fifteen minute drive from my house,
and I was in there Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, fourth
of July New Year's I was in there with people
who were five ten, five to seven, just trying to
do my best, you know, stay in front of him,
try to guard them, and you know, kind of create
my game around them. And then after that AAU happened,
(05:12):
and that was probably going into sophomore the junior year,
and it was one weekend. I remember I walked in
and I walked out I think like thirteen offers and
that was kind of like my first recognition like, oh, okay,
you know, the work I've been doing is actually kind
of you know, presenting itself. So and then I just
kind of just took that and I ran with it.
(05:33):
And then sixteen U when we won PGM, That's how
I knew, you know, I could really really be something
and try to get to the farthest level which I met.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Now that's fire bro. It all hits us at different times.
Uybl is a dope Like I didn't get a chance
of playing the Euybo. I don't even know student they
had Uibo like when you was comeing up in high school.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, I played for that. I played for the Philly Bells.
I'm not even from Philly but from Syracuse. But you know,
A you was kind of wild where it was like
you were recruited to play for all different teams.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Sound out of control? Now? All right, y'all, man, So
we all bigs, you know what I'm saying. And the
first round of the NBA Playoffs is over. You be
keeping up in the off season, and do love you
to be watching.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
I try my best, definitely try my best. It's been
a whole lot of good bump on.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
The TV, a whole lot of fast Who you think
the best big left in the playoffs? Like, I'm curious
for both of y'all, who's the best big left?
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I definitely gotta say I gotta put my man Jalen
during in there. You know it's my old teammate. Definitely
been holding down, got a good three want to come back.
And then the tandem between the Calves, you know, Evan
Mobley Jared Allen. Dealing with those two, you know you
all throughout the whole game. Seven game series is definitely
gonna be real, like real rough, and I'm trying to think,
(06:53):
who am I missing?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
The definitely gonna be Also say you're missing a big one, Doug,
and you had.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
A kind of appendectomy.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Hold on, it's sounds like it's beef.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (07:04):
It sounds like it's beef.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
When I get back to Philly, I gotta be courtsized
to see that game. I've been a Phillies fan. I've
been a fan since sixth years since what since I
was first starting to watch the basketball. I'm feeling with
AI in it. I definitely got to catch a game,
Yeah for sure.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Bro. I'm just to Stewet's point, I was just very impressed, Like,
you know, it be he's someone that, like I've had
trouble with in the past, me as many big as
you know I've had. He's one of the most skilled
guys out there. But I just gave respect fromm you know,
like you know, having the was appendext to me. That's
what you said, Stuy. Yeah, yeah, like having.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
That he had appendix removed for.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Real, having that coming back and playing and coming back
from a deficit like that. I was like, you know,
he's been quote unquote injury ridden his entire career. You know,
people give him a lot of ship for it, but
to you know, to play through all that and help
his team advanced against the team you ain't never beat before.
Like that was big man.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
That was definitely big. And I saw I saw JT
wasn't playing. I was like, oh, they might actually get
it done then, you know, MAXI VJ. They was getting
it done. It was handling what they needed to handle
and me was just drawing all the odds and he
was just playing off no matter it's Kelly o Bray
or anybody else, you were just getting all the options done.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
His raids was was like, yeah, phenomenal. He did what
he had to do.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
I think if the Celtics had like five more second,
five more minutes though, they would have come back. It
was it was getting like to the point where the
team gets nervous, you know what I mean? That comeback
is mounting, and I was like, oh, they have a
little bit more time. This is going to be This
is going to be trouble.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
They live and die by that three.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Yes, they're gonna shoot fifty to fifty five a game.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Like that shit looked good when it's going in. But man,
you start missing like four or five in a row,
you start getting nervous. Boy, I already know what it is.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
That's the fact.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah. So another big that we ain't really you know,
throw out there. You know this is Hea from my
high school class and I battle him last year was
coming Anthony Town. And it's funny because you know kr
Anthony Town, Joel and b they actually got history, you know,
they got beef you know, they been shooting shots at
each other for years now. I mean they got that
big tussle, you know, a little while ago, and that's
(09:12):
a matchup. I'm kind of looking forward to myself and
what do y'all think about their games? And you know
what that matchup potential be, you know, between Philly New
York m my question is who's gonna score more? Because
they both don't get their shots regardless. I feel like
I feel like Philly's more set up to be scored
around in b while Kat gets his shots off Brunson,
(09:36):
off Bitch's corner three. You know, he do it like
a lot of He gets his a lot of top
of the key trail threes if you help on fake
getting right down at the REMP. I think I think
ND might get more shots, but oh, I don't even know.
I can't even call it, know what I'm saying, what
you think story.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
I think MBAT is definitely scoring more, especially after the
last game, Like they just get him to that block
and really let him work. So it's gonna be interesting.
Like I can't wait till it goes back to Philly.
Based on MB's comments about like telling it the fans
not to sell their tickets like this. This is gonna
be a tough series, and it's really close for both
(10:17):
fans to travel both ways. But you guys know how
Knicks fans show out.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Facts everywhere three hour drive too, So they gonna Nick
fans gonna be buying out Madison Square Garden. But they're
gonna be right down in Stable Centers for sure. They're
definitely gonna be up and down. Yeah, all right, switching
gears a little bit. Man, It's it's funny I say this, Man,
I'm a Maveracke fan. Bro, I've been a Mavericks fan
my entire life, you know, like yourself, you know, watching
you know, Philly, So I always keep up with y'all,
(10:44):
like just you know, just y'all in a different conference
so it's easier, but you know, I always keep up
with y'all what you guys got going on. Obviously, you know,
Cooper flag came out of nowhere. You know, I think
people were expecting to be good, but he just took
a I don't know, be shot out of the cannon
in the middle of the season, man, and get a
rookie of years huge, you know him and talking up.
But we were debating on this podcast a couple of
weeks ago. You know, who's gonna get a rooked year?
Speaker 2 (11:05):
And it was interesting, you know that he got it
over Con and uh, you know you being a Duke guy,
I know, you know those guys pretty good man. Uh,
you know what was it like, you know, being teammates
and him, You know what was it like watching his ascension?
You know, like just put the people out there, you know,
kind of want to know a little more about, you know,
being a teammate of his.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
You know, he was definitely saying real steady. You know,
no matter if he had good games, bad games, he
was always confident. He's always steady, and he's always proud
of whatever he was doing. You know, just having that
level of focus, having that level of just steadiness. It
takes a lot of a lot of mental stability to
get there, because you know, you've got you got media chirping,
you got the fans chirping, and you got you know,
his own self confidence that he got to make sure
(11:43):
he stays a part of and keep that up through
a certain level. But man, no matter what was going on,
he just was confident, no matter if it was a
good game, no matter if it's a bad game, close game, blowout,
he was gonna go out there and do what he
needed to do. And he always just had a smile,
had a good aura about him. He never took anything
(12:04):
too close to the chest. So he's definitely I gotta
say he asks order than definitely who he is because
he's definitely a young bull. Has n't lied, that's real.
What's he like off the court?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
You know, he's a pretty pretty chill or kind of
like the joke store, you're just pretty locked in all
the time jokes.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
He's definitely a joke. You know. He's definitely, you know,
going to try to make everybody smile around him, no
matter if it's teammates, coaches, staff, He's gonna do whatever,
try to feel the room. You know, he's gonna go
out there if it's a you know, real serious setting,
he's gonna you know, stay quiet, say what he needs
to say. But you know, behind course doors, he's definitely
one of the best people to be around, no matter
(12:43):
what's going on. On planes, he's cracking jokes. He's always
gonna try to steal your seat to get a better seat.
You gotta be like real, go back to what we're doing. So,
you know, you got to bring him back down to
earth sometimes. But he's definitely, you know, a great person.
He has a great character, nice mass man. Let's like
we in good hands. Man. I don't know that's for sure.
I could definitely say that.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
I'll wait. So you guys have like, like what do
you consider like top seats on the airplane? Because for us,
it's like I go to my same seat and like
nobody takes my seat, So I guess what seat is
he trying to take?
Speaker 1 (13:16):
So whenever he first got on the plane, he just
kind of took the first seat that was available. Yeah,
so like they'll be on the right side of the plane,
there'll be like two seats, but then there'll be like
a lone seat to the left that got a whole
bunch of leg room that you can recline back and
you gotta worry about nothing. That's that's probably the best seat.
That's the top seat. I sit in the back one. Yes,
(13:38):
And since I wasn't like traveling because I had surgery,
he was having my seat, so he was he was
getting too comfortable. And then I started traveling again.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
I said, see, good for you man, good for your
young VT.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
I see, man, I'll do what I can. Man, I'm
getting old over.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
Here literally sending sending young ones to the back speaking
of your recovery, like what's the latest? Where are you at?
You boom crutches, Like what where are you at?
Speaker 1 (14:03):
So I'm out. I'm out, no boot, no crutches, just
more more walking shoes and then slowly just like getting
back to you know, building my lower leg strength. You know,
I've been in the gym with Luke, put in the
gym with the masks, and man, I feel I feel
like I'm gonna fall over every day, no matter if
it's me, you know, doing half phrases. It's just making
(14:23):
me get like a found respect to what's what I
was used to be able to do and now I
got to work back to being one hundred percent. So
it's just taking day by day, get better every day,
no matter if it's some days hurt, some days it
don't hurt. But you always got to just do and
be a pro. You know, you got to take care
of yourself whenever you're not at the gym, you got
to do the things at home and make sure that
(14:43):
you're getting yourself ready for the next day.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
I love the mindset, man, I love the mentality.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
How long were you non weight bearing?
Speaker 1 (14:52):
So I had it like third week of December. I
was like I was on a scooter till I think February,
so around like sixty seven weeks non way bearing. And
then it slowly came like two crutches in a boot
and I was doing that for about a month, and
then one crutch, and then you finally got like as
(15:14):
soon as you get to just a boot, you feel
like you're free.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
An It's like, isn't it crazy when when they're when
they're like they're like, walk, I erupted in my achilles,
so like I did all of this, yeah, and then
like you take the first step and they're like just
walk and I'm like are you sure?
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Like I don't want to exactly. You know, it's just
kind of that's the mental battle, you know, just like
realizing that you can use your foot again, and then
you know, like it comes with just own mental battles,
like going through like you got to move your toes
and you're like I can't even move my toes, Like
what do you mean? So it's just like using that
part of your brain again that was turned off for
(15:50):
so long. It just you definitely get a new found
respect for just normal everyday life.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
That's a fact, man, that's a fact. I don't been there.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
I broke my ankle. I did the same thing, bro
six six six six or seven months? No, six months,
like you know, just non way bearing like you said,
and that rehab process and it tricks your brain. It's interesting.
So I don't know if anybody else out there that's
going through it. Man, it's you know, Darrick said, it's
a day by day process. You got to attack the rehab, man.
You can't. You can't mess around with it. It's real.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
So definitely can.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
What's a typical day look like for you? And shout
out to Luke Miller man. You know, if you don't know,
he's talking about Luke's or physical therapist. You know he
wanted the best in the game, athletic chain, whatever you
want to call him. He's a he want the real
ones down south. But yeah, tell tell the people what
like a typical day looks like for you?
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Right now? Just rehab it. Get up around eight o'clock,
you know, try to get some fuel, no matter if
it's a protein shade, try to get some food in
and then either head up to Looke, which is forty
five minute drive, but I cut it to thirty eight maybe,
or head over to the AAC and then start doing
work there. You know, we're just getting you know, localized
PT work, and this is just no matter. Some days
(16:55):
will be lower body, some days will be upper, some
days will be both. Right, then probably just stay there
till what one thirty two, so you're just in there
for four hours, probably just making sure right working, taking
your time and doing the right things. Come back home,
get another thing to eat. You know, I have the chef,
you know, probably meal prep on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
(17:15):
so I just have food and eating the right food.
That's definitely a big change for me and being home
be and my family, you know, me and my daughter
and my girl, my dogs, and then probably she goes
to take a nap around three. I get to do
my own hobbies then, no matter if it's build a
new lego, you know, mess with my dogs, fish for
my carts.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Urge you man, urge, you sit, you don't set it, man.
We can know we got to get into it, you know, Stuie,
She's a she got new found respect for the Lego.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Man.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
You know she's part of the lore. And man, you
know me, man, this is I mean you're looking at
this is like my life, bro. Hundreds of thousands of pieces. Man,
I spent a lot of my spare time. Uh, it's
just a release for me, you know what I mean?
How did how did you get into Lego? Like what
was your you know, aha moment? You know, whether you
were young, whether it was recently like what happened?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
I mean, I feel like we all did it as kids.
You know, we didn't take it seriously. And then you
know you have a big old bend filled with you know,
different pieces. But I think my first year, first year Christmas,
you know, my mom got me the Home Alone House
and the National Museum. She got me those two sets,
and I finished them like three days. Yep. I was like, wait,
(18:26):
like I need another one. And then that turns from
one to me going to Target with two shopping carts
and I fill them all and then you know, I
feel I get done with those in two weeks and
then we're on a road trip and I gotta go
get another one, and I'm holding it right back on
(18:47):
the plane just slowly turned into an addiction. So it
probably turned from like five sets to I probably got
over one hundred completed and I have I have a
wall of them right here here. I don't know if
I should turn it because I don't want to mess
up the frame.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Yeah no, man, looks people see man fix that later. Yeah,
let's see we're working with. Yeah, that's you got a
lot too.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Yeah. And so this is room number one. In my
media room upstairs, I have the wall of cars, like
all the big old cars that's like probably like anywhere
from three thousand and six thousand pieces. And then in
the poolhouse that I have is the rest.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
So it's giving you money. I don't know how many
you got.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
I don't know how many you got, but listen, man,
he umble, he's on his way. I saw he put
out a video I think it was it might have
been last season and then that so I was like, oh, ship,
I got a competition.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
What's up? Yeah? No, you got more Star Wars for sure.
You definitely got way more Star Wars because I need
I'm missing the big sets of Star Wars, so I
need to get into it.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Yeah, and you said it, bro, you just run out
of places like to put everything, you know what I mean,
And like that's what I'm running into now. Like I
have my house here and bro, I have thirty seven
boxes over there, he counted the other day, like an
unopened like just Lego got to do. I just shipped
all my ones from Milwaukee. I can't really turn the
camera too much, but like you ship them all in,
like they all come apart and stuff like that. So
(20:23):
I'm in the middle of putting together. I had to
re put together the death stargets that came apart, so
it's you know, it's awesome. Then I got my house
in Austin that has like all the videos that you know,
I put out them with viral, Like those were all
in Austin. There's like sixty sets down there. Then I
have all the ones in Milwaukee and still got someone
in Indiana that I'm trying to get out. So like
it's just my shit's all over the map right now.
(20:44):
But man, like I think that's the coolest thing. Man
like yet to understand, Like that's Lego's cool now, right,
It's actually cool. When I first started doing this my
rookie year and pol these videos out, Oh you fucking weep,
you fucking dirt and it says and that it's Nigga
played with Lego blah blah blah blah blah. Like it was.
It was a whole thing, bro. Like I to me,
it didn't really bother me because obviously it was something
(21:05):
I loved and it was like something I was passionate about.
But like it is crazy washing this in the past
ten years. How Lego's gone, like you know, from a
kid's thing to now everybody in their mom is like,
you know, hopping on the wave.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Man, they use a beautiful iteration in their house now,
like the use of art.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Yeah, that's me, that's me. I got some decoration, some
Lego decoration.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
There you go, there, you go, see me all the way.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Yeah, how do you think you know, doing legos benefit
you like on the court or off the court. You know,
just you know, what is it? What does it do
for your mental.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
It slows you down? You know, it definitely slows you down.
You know, days go by so quick, helps you out
with and I coordination, Like I end up getting to
a point where like I drop a piece and before
it's the floor, I can catch it up.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Yeah, I already knows.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
And then like it gets to a point like you
do it with your dominant hand. M let me see
how quick I can do with my non dominant hand.
And then you start to get better with your left hand,
your non dominant hand, and then it translates to the game.
You know, I went from I went from not able
to use my left hand to being more confident with
my left and my right. So it's a different things
that you just don't realize until you really try, and
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then you know it becomes a weakness turns into a strength.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
Well, shout out to Lego.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
Facts, Lego, big shout out. They just send me the
the Nike Lego collab, and they just send me another
shoe that they made.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Yeah, they air Maax ninety five.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Yep, got to add that too. It's like that.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
I was just about to ask you, like, what are
some of your favorite sets. I know you're a big
Jurassic Park guy, but what other sets do you like
get into as well?
Speaker 1 (22:39):
Oh mhm, I probably got almost all of the like
dinosaur ones, like the big t Rex skeletons. Yeah, any
other little Drastic Park ones, the new Drastic movie that
came out. I still have all the sets I like
the I like the city ones, the ones that you
can connect down the whole tel that's that's kind of
(23:02):
like you make your own little Lego city, and it's
like humbles you because you make one level when it
took you two days because of the amount of detail
that's in it. You got to make the drugs, you
got to make the individual paintings and stuff, so it
takes you a little while to do between that and hmmm,
probably like the decoration parts, like the little houses, the
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packing machines is always fun.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Yeah, all right, stee, last thing, I'm gonna go to
break because you know, I can talk about this for
the next two hours.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
So I keep going, keep going.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
One thing I definitely encourage to do, bro, if you
have time in the summer is like to go to
like a brick world or a brick con or like
a comic con or something like that. Bro, that's when
you start getting to meet the people like in the
Lego community, because you got to realize that to them, well,
we're larger than life and it's like us like building
Lego us, like doing Lego play. That's such a huge
deal to them because it's like we're technically putting on
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for them. You know what I'm saying. You got these
guys that are building Lego. They don't have the platforms
that we have, don't have the statue that we have.
And if you get to meet these guys, bro, like
the people in the community are really dope.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
You know.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
I've learned a lot from them, and they, you know,
connect me with the other people, and you never know
what can come of it. So I just encourage you.
Got time in the summer, you know, trying to find
when those like brick Worlds and whatnot, or like the
big conventions, and you see people who really do it,
like without the instruction manual.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
It's just me and they's crazy. I was about to
ask when you open up when you open up a bag, yeah,
do you just let the pieces scatter and then you
go find the individual pieces or do you separate piece
like these pieces go over here, these pieces go over here,
and then build it.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Nah, bro, I'm very scrambled brain and I like that.
So like I literally like like put it all over
the floor and I look at it like a big
three D puzzle basically, like if I can't find a piece,
like I'm not stopping. I stop until I find the
actual piece itself. You know, I get this. There's people
to ocd the gotta like you know, separated by color
or by brick and stuff that's not me. Like I'm
literally just gonna dump my life. I might even dump
two backs out like at the same time, and just
(24:53):
like just go. I just enjoy like the challenge trying
to find a piece and put stuff together, and then
I'm so crazy with it. Bro like if one of
these drops or something like that, like I'm really, of
course I'll be frustrat at the time, but I enjoy
like putting it back together and like not having look
at the instructions, like finding the actual like break of
the dot, and just kind of like going piece by
piece by piece, level by level level. And that's what
I'm doing with like the death start right now, because
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it just tickles something I don't know, satisfy something in
my brain.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Oh yeah, that's a master right there, for sure. I
gotta bust out the instruction man, just for you know,
a little guy.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
I'm like, if my lego breaks, I'm just like gonna
put all the pieces to the side and be like
I don't know, I don't know, I'm not ready for
that I'm not ready for that challenge to put it
back together.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
You gotta try it once. You gotta try it one time.
I gotta say that, try it one time and then
you're gonna you're gonna surprise yourself.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
For to break and then put it back together.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Yeah yeah, all right, and see we know we talking
about rehab, we talk about the court means how it goes.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
That could be my off season plan. I'm like in
season now, so let's just figure that out later.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
That's true. That's true. Yeah, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
Time per quick break. Next up, we get into Derek's
best dunks and rapid fire questions. Please rate, review, and
subscribe to Game Recognized Game with Stuian Miles wherever you
get your podcasts. Welcome back to Game Recognized Game with
(26:28):
Stuian Miles. They were joined by Derek Lively the second.
All right, we have a few rapid fire questions for you,
and like you got to be a little bit quick,
not too much time to think about this hardest player
to guard vic.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Mm quimby. Yeah all right. What's the loudest arena you've
been in?
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Boston Finals? Boston?
Speaker 3 (26:55):
Yeah, I'm sure, best passer you've ever played with Luca.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Put it on the dime and if you're not ready,
it's going to hit you for sure.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Give me one word to describe your game.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Lively, that's easy, like.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
A big dunker, clutch block.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Clutch block.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
With that, I got no arguments. Then it's the last
one NBA title or Olympic gold medal, NBA title personally wowed.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Personally, I haven't. I haven't played in the Olympics, so I
don't know how it feels. But I played in the finals,
so I know how it feels to lose.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Me and you both brother trus.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Me, same all right, but we heard it you here
first time for one more break. Next up, we go
off the court and get personal. Welcome back to the
(28:09):
game recognized game. We're Sullian Miles. We're joined by Derek
Lively's second and it's time to get a little personal.
So first of all, tell us about your blocks for
a cause partnership.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
So it was supposed to be. You know, I was
playing the whole season. Every time that I made a block,
I would donate one hundred dollars to a cause to
go towards, you know, families who weren't fortunate enough to
pay medical bills. You know, going through the situation my mom,
I definitely know how I could feel. And you know,
(28:39):
going throughout my journey, I've been approached by a lot
of people to say that I've inspired them, but you know,
still dealing with medical bills many years later, even after
they've gotten through and been in remission. So, you know,
one day, I was kind of thinking to myself, what's
the best thing that I could do. You know, I'm
(29:00):
making all this money, but where can I put it?
You know, I don't want to go out here get
change cars and all that, so I want to give
it back to people. So I think that was kind
of the destruct really closer home to me, you know,
kind of me and my agent, we decided that was
probably the best thing that I could possibly do, and
we're going to do it whenever I get back, We're
definitely going to continue it. But that was kind of
(29:21):
the first start of it. And you know, I'm trying
to make as many contributions to people in my community
and to people who you know, may not know me,
I may not have met, but it makes impact. That's
definitely what I want to do.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Of course, bro I love that doing it so young too.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Man.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
A lot of people look up to that's dope. You know,
whether it's Philly, whether it's stallus all over the world
that you just never know who you impact them. That's real,
you know, speaking of that, and know what was your
inspiration start to d live camp, you know, back in
your hometown in Philly.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
You know, every time I go back to Philly, you know,
I see kids at wad Wah, I see kids at targets,
see kids at wah Wah, I mean Walmart, and you know,
they always like, oh I beat you one on one.
I'm going to you. So it's like, you know, I
try to just make an impact in people. You know,
a lot of people in Philly, you know, they go
(30:14):
down the wrong route. And I was fortunate enough to
make it out, but a lot of people are stuck there.
A lot of people, you know, have bad mentors, bad inspirations.
So I try to go in there and just try
to teach them. You know, listen to your parents, you know,
stay in school. You know, it's not all about what
you think you want to be because you know, five
years later from now, you have no clue where you're
(30:34):
going to be. Or who you want to be. So
I just try to keep them level headed, try to
keep you know, try to put a little north Star
in the area, and you know we're going to go back.
I believe this summer. So trying to figure out a date.
But every time I touch down in Philly, I try
to do what I can impact the community.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
Can you get a good Philly cheesesteak in Dallas or no?
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Yeah, let me know something.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
You can get an okay one. So the best one
that I found so far is from Big Tony's Westerfilly
Chief Steak. You know, I think it's an Allen. I
order it a lot, but but nothing is like the
Chief Steaks in Philly. Man, definitely nothing.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Where's your spot in Philly? It is so.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
My go to with Delasandro's my dad, the Sneaky, My Sneaky.
Second is Angelo's. That's where it's definitely people in my
family love going to. So it's one of the two
spots that I hit up whenever I get back. Honestly,
I definitely need to do a segment where I just
go through all of them, go through all see what's
(31:39):
the best one.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
That's what I be on.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
So I heard Isha Bibbles is taking a nose dock.
But I haven't been there in a while, so I
can't be you know, I can't be the person to
say that, because you know, I got people in my family.
Angelo's is over bibles.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Yeah, that's you heard of Fred's friends meet eating bread
or something.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
No, I haven't heard that.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
No, that was That's a solid one like that one too.
I don't know if it's like, you know, real authentic Philly,
but that's that's what i'd be when I go to
when I go down the road. Now, I gotta check
it out, all right, So shifting gears a little bit. Man.
One thing we like to do on our pod is, uh,
get parenting advice. And I don't have any kids yet.
You know I'm gonna get there one day, but uh,
I know you two are parents, and I'm just curious, man,
(32:25):
what a what's a good parenting advice out there? You
know for someone like myself, who you know is gonna
be there one day?
Speaker 1 (32:33):
All the crying, the lion, all that, you know, dealing
with a baby. You know, at first you can be like,
you know, oh my god, why am I doing this?
While we gotta do this? Oh should I should I
not in the long runner. Definitely having someone you know,
you you walk in the room, you know you're having
(32:55):
a good day, you're having a bad day, you know
something could be going terrible. They meet you with a
smile like the best thing in the world as you
walk in and they run over to you, and it's
just everything everything goes away at that point, like you know,
no matter I'll walk out the room and I walk
right back in, She's meet me that same smile. So
(33:18):
you know, I really would to change that thing for
the world. And you know, I gotta be honest. When
my mom passed, it is kind of when I found
out that I was going to be a father. Wo
So that was kind of, you know, a blessing. You know.
At first, you know, it was kind of just like
a bunch of things stacked on, But now I could
definitely see it. It's a blessing because I play for her.
(33:39):
I live every day for my daughter, and you know,
she definitely keep me in a stable place where I
can you always move forward.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
Kids definitely give like a tremendous amount of perspective. I
think that, like you said, when I come home, it's
like my kids are the same. They're so happy to
see me, and they don't know if I want or
lost her or whatever the case may be. So I
think it's it's great to have that kind of balance.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Absolutely. Man, Well man, we've been we've done ran through
the whole pot. Man, you got any questions for us
or you know, we two vets in the game, been
doing this for a little bit. You're still young, buck.
It's anything, man to shoot it.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
What's y'all do with y'all money? That's y'all do with
y'all money. That's a real question.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
Okay, Oh there's different I feel like there's definitely different
avenues to go.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
You know.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
I think when I first got to the league, I
you obviously you are making you know, your first you
were a lottery pick, so you get you make a
lot of money very quickly. I kind of I didn't
take it as serious as I should have. I was like, oh,
someone else will handled it for me, you know what
I mean, Like I'll just pay financial adise, Oh, my
parents will do it this and that. And I realized
right away that that probably, like my third or fourth yearter,
(34:52):
that was the worst approach I could have taken because
all of a sudden, you start seeing money get moved
around that you know may not have been moved around properly,
or you start seeing money go to places where it
shouldn't have gone. And I all my vests were telling, man, man,
watch your money, you know, wake up every morning and
check your account. And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah,
And I wish I would do that earlier, because you know,
I had an advisor I worked with earlier and he
(35:13):
kind of scammed me out, you know, some bread, and
you know, it wasn't substantial, but it was enough to
you know, make me raise a brow. So after that,
I started waking up checking my accounts every single day,
seeing zactly when the money was flowing. And man, the
best thing you can do is just push your money
away and invest it, bro. Like you know, if you
have a you know, a part of your paycheck, you know,
(35:34):
I'd probably say, mind's a little overkill. But like I say,
like seventy percent of it, bro, and then the third
other thirty percent, Like that's you know, you do whatever
you want with that, but just keep saving, keep saving, saving,
and don't let your money sit you know, towards liquid.
You need to put that put it away towards working
for you. Like at all times, you know, whether it's
a stock market, whether it's real estate, whether it's land, find
(35:57):
something you're passionate about a niche and you know good
partners that would help be there, and just to let
your money sit too liquids. You know, it's let it
always get it work for you.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
I'm the same. I'm like, I'm investing that money, definitely
investing in my four owe K. I think that that's
something that seems like a struggle for people just because
you don't really understand or know what's happening. But between
the NBA and the w NBA, I think we both
have a great program where they match a certain percentage.
So trying to create like wealth for after you know
(36:29):
where that money is still coming in even after we're
done playing.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
I do the most amount every time. Like what I'm
i gonna do, I'm just blow it on something. This
makes no sense. Wow, this has been It's been sick.
It's been probably the best podcast I've ever been on.
Thank you all for inviting me.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
Of course. Man, that's big ups man, we appreciate it.
We're pretty new to the podcast. Came again started. You know,
I appreciate you just taking one of the time, but
to just the vulnerability, you know, going on and talk
about you know, some occult things and just putting yourself
out there. So n man, we appreciate you one of
the better guess we've had as well. Appreciate the insight.
No problem, anytime you need something, hollered at me. All right, y'all,
(37:12):
thanks for checking us out. It's been game recognized game.
Please rate, review, and subscribe. It's a game recognized game,
and we'll see y'all next time.
And since I wasn't like traveling because I have surgery,
he was having my seat, so he was he was
getting too comfortable. And then I started traveling again.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I said, good see, good for you man, good for
your young vet. I see, mane, I'll do what I can. Man,
I'm getting old over here. Welcome the game recognized game
all Miles Turner and joined on my coacht Bereonna Stewart.
And tonight, tonight we're luckily joined by a special guest.
(00:29):
I'm not gonna lie. I'll be waiting to have a
d Live on this for a minute. Y'all might know
him for his basketball, but uh, you know, talent to
play at that, But he's a fellow, a fall man
and uh you know ball, you know the ones that's
been collected lego for a minute. So it's twenty twenty
two Pennsylvania mister Basketball named Madonald's All American Team twelfth
overall pick of twenty twenty three. He made second Team
(00:50):
All Rookie twenty twenty four and got the NBA Finals
Man at a very young part of his career. So
welcome d Live to the show Man. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I know, I'm like, wait, Can I call you d
Live or should I call you.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Derek like a little bit you can cool with either.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
How's your off season, Ben, It's been good.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Being really good and spending time with my daughter. You know,
That's kind of one of the big things that I've
been focusing on because i know, like throughout my entire career,
I'm gonna be on the road and I'm gonna be gone
from the house. So I've definitely been spending as much
time as I killed my daughter. She's huge. She's nineteen months,
but she willin she's four, which is honestly kind of crazy.
Besides that, just staying in the gym, trying to make
(01:33):
sure my mental is good, make sure my foot's good.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, that's real, man. As you know, just the injuries
is never fun. And all of us, you know, Hoop
and goll have been through it. But I will say,
like this is a it's going to sharpen you, bro.
It might be a blessing in disguies and you get
to sit back, learn and observe. But I know it
sucks going through it, man, the tedious rehab process. And
I've seen you, you know, up there with Luke trying
to get it done, so you know, just to stay
(01:57):
with the process. Bro, that's it. Appreciate that absolutely so
what they'd like to do on the show. You know
it's called game recognized Game. What does that mean to you?
Game recognized game?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
You know, it just kind of shows all the work
you've been putting in, you know, from a young age
to even yesterday. You know other people out there who've
been doing the same thing, same type of work. They
kind of acknowledged you. You know, that sign of respect.
It shows a lot. You know, I really appreciate that
to be invited into this space. But you know, whenever
I first heard you know, Brihanna's name, I was like, oh,
my mom watched basketball and she always was like Brehanna
(02:34):
Stewart was like that soss I heard that. I'm like, yeah,
I definitely got to get out here.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Well we were. I was going to ask you about
your mom a little bit later, but since you brought
her up, shout out to her. She was a big
time hooper at Penn State, and I know she passed
away two years ago from cancer, So always thinking of you.
I actually saw your story a while back, But how
has she impacted your your playing for those that don't
(03:01):
know your entire story.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Oh, man, so funny story I could probably say is
my mom is the first person. First coach. She used
to coach me to kick me out of a gym.
She kicked me out of practice because I caught her mom,
And then I had to send the entire rest of
practice outside and couldn't get in the car locked out
and I just had to sit on the curb. So
(03:25):
you know, she was a loving person. But when it
came to basketball, she knew everything around the game. And
you know, she kind of taught me many things. You know,
no matter if it's as soon as you start a commitment,
you gotta finish it, no matter if you don't like it,
no matter if it's going bad, you got to finish
it throughout the whole thing. And another thing is, man,
I was playing sports, no matter what sport it was,
(03:46):
since probably like first grade kindergarten, I was always running around,
always had to get out the house and do something.
And that's kind of part of the reason where I've
gotten to where I am.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
I like that, man, she established that discipline.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
But your story is an inspiration not only to us
but to many. So really appreciate you kind of sharing
that that with us a little bit, because I know
it's probably not always easy.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I don't no problem. I love talking about her. I
almost feel like she's here again. There you go.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Let's love, I guess. And to respect of that, like
when is the first time you realize like yourself, like
like damn, I got game? Like when did it really
dis first hit you?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
You know, like i'd probably say so COVID hit my
sophomore year, going into junior year, and my freshman year
of high school. I was in a boot because I
had surgery on my left ankle, so you know, I
was getting back trying to you know, make a name
for myself, and then the whole world shut down, so
you know, I couldn't do nothing. All you could do
(04:49):
was just stay in the gym. So I had a
local YMC elsewhere, probably like fifteen minute drive from my house,
and I was in there Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, fourth
of July New Year's I was in there with people
who were five ten, five to seven, just trying to
do my best, you know, stay in front of him,
try to guard them, and you know, kind of create
my game around them. And then after that AAU happened,
(05:12):
and that was probably going into sophomore the junior year,
and it was one weekend. I remember I walked in
and I walked out I think like thirteen offers and
that was kind of like my first recognition like, oh, okay,
you know, the work I've been doing is actually kind
of you know, presenting itself. So and then I just
kind of just took that and I ran with it.
(05:33):
And then sixteen U when we won PGM, That's how
I knew, you know, I could really really be something
and try to get to the farthest level which I met.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Now that's fire bro. It all hits us at different times.
Uybl is a dope Like I didn't get a chance
of playing the Euybo. I don't even know student they
had Uibo like when you was comeing up in high school.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, I played for that. I played for the Philly Bells.
I'm not even from Philly but from Syracuse. But you know,
A you was kind of wild where it was like
you were recruited to play for all different teams.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Sound out of control? Now? All right, y'all, man, So
we all bigs, you know what I'm saying. And the
first round of the NBA Playoffs is over. You be
keeping up in the off season, and do love you
to be watching.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
I try my best, definitely try my best. It's been
a whole lot of good bump on.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
The TV, a whole lot of fast Who you think
the best big left in the playoffs? Like, I'm curious
for both of y'all, who's the best big left?
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I definitely gotta say I gotta put my man Jalen
during in there. You know it's my old teammate. Definitely
been holding down, got a good three want to come back.
And then the tandem between the Calves, you know, Evan
Mobley Jared Allen. Dealing with those two, you know you
all throughout the whole game. Seven game series is definitely
gonna be real, like real rough, and I'm trying to think,
(06:53):
who am I missing?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
The definitely gonna be Also say you're missing a big one, Doug,
and you had.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
A kind of appendectomy.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Hold on, it's sounds like it's beef.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (07:04):
It sounds like it's beef.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
When I get back to Philly, I gotta be courtsized
to see that game. I've been a Phillies fan. I've
been a fan since sixth years since what since I
was first starting to watch the basketball. I'm feeling with
AI in it. I definitely got to catch a game,
Yeah for sure.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Bro. I'm just to Stewet's point, I was just very impressed, Like,
you know, it be he's someone that, like I've had
trouble with in the past, me as many big as
you know I've had. He's one of the most skilled
guys out there. But I just gave respect fromm you know,
like you know, having the was appendext to me. That's
what you said, Stuy. Yeah, yeah, like having.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
That he had appendix removed for.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Real, having that coming back and playing and coming back
from a deficit like that. I was like, you know,
he's been quote unquote injury ridden his entire career. You know,
people give him a lot of ship for it, but
to you know, to play through all that and help
his team advanced against the team you ain't never beat before.
Like that was big man.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
That was definitely big. And I saw I saw JT
wasn't playing. I was like, oh, they might actually get
it done then, you know, MAXI VJ. They was getting
it done. It was handling what they needed to handle
and me was just drawing all the odds and he
was just playing off no matter it's Kelly o Bray
or anybody else, you were just getting all the options done.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
His raids was was like, yeah, phenomenal. He did what
he had to do.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
I think if the Celtics had like five more second,
five more minutes though, they would have come back. It
was it was getting like to the point where the
team gets nervous, you know what I mean? That comeback
is mounting, and I was like, oh, they have a
little bit more time. This is going to be This
is going to be trouble.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
They live and die by that three.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Yes, they're gonna shoot fifty to fifty five a game.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Like that shit looked good when it's going in. But man,
you start missing like four or five in a row,
you start getting nervous. Boy, I already know what it is.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
That's the fact.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah. So another big that we ain't really you know,
throw out there. You know this is Hea from my
high school class and I battle him last year was
coming Anthony Town. And it's funny because you know kr
Anthony Town, Joel and b they actually got history, you know,
they got beef you know, they been shooting shots at
each other for years now. I mean they got that
big tussle, you know, a little while ago, and that's
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a matchup. I'm kind of looking forward to myself and
what do y'all think about their games? And you know
what that matchup potential be, you know, between Philly New
York m my question is who's gonna score more? Because
they both don't get their shots regardless. I feel like
I feel like Philly's more set up to be scored
around in b while Kat gets his shots off Brunson,
(09:36):
off Bitch's corner three. You know, he do it like
a lot of He gets his a lot of top
of the key trail threes if you help on fake
getting right down at the REMP. I think I think
ND might get more shots, but oh, I don't even know.
I can't even call it, know what I'm saying, what
you think story.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
I think MBAT is definitely scoring more, especially after the
last game, Like they just get him to that block
and really let him work. So it's gonna be interesting.
Like I can't wait till it goes back to Philly.
Based on MB's comments about like telling it the fans
not to sell their tickets like this. This is gonna
be a tough series, and it's really close for both
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fans to travel both ways. But you guys know how
Knicks fans show out.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Facts everywhere three hour drive too, So they gonna Nick
fans gonna be buying out Madison Square Garden. But they're
gonna be right down in Stable Centers for sure. They're
definitely gonna be up and down. Yeah, all right, switching
gears a little bit. Man, It's it's funny I say this, Man,
I'm a Maveracke fan. Bro, I've been a Mavericks fan
my entire life, you know, like yourself, you know, watching
you know, Philly, So I always keep up with y'all,
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like just you know, just y'all in a different conference
so it's easier, but you know, I always keep up
with y'all what you guys got going on. Obviously, you know,
Cooper flag came out of nowhere. You know, I think
people were expecting to be good, but he just took
a I don't know, be shot out of the cannon
in the middle of the season, man, and get a
rookie of years huge, you know him and talking up.
But we were debating on this podcast a couple of
weeks ago. You know, who's gonna get a rooked year?
Speaker 2 (11:05):
And it was interesting, you know that he got it
over Con and uh, you know you being a Duke guy,
I know, you know those guys pretty good man. Uh,
you know what was it like, you know, being teammates
and him, You know what was it like watching his ascension?
You know, like just put the people out there, you know,
kind of want to know a little more about, you know,
being a teammate of his.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
You know, he was definitely saying real steady. You know,
no matter if he had good games, bad games, he
was always confident. He's always steady, and he's always proud
of whatever he was doing. You know, just having that
level of focus, having that level of just steadiness. It
takes a lot of a lot of mental stability to
get there, because you know, you've got you got media chirping,
you got the fans chirping, and you got you know,
his own self confidence that he got to make sure
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he stays a part of and keep that up through
a certain level. But man, no matter what was going on,
he just was confident, no matter if it was a
good game, no matter if it's a bad game, close game, blowout,
he was gonna go out there and do what he
needed to do. And he always just had a smile,
had a good aura about him. He never took anything
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too close to the chest. So he's definitely I gotta
say he asks order than definitely who he is because
he's definitely a young bull. Has n't lied, that's real.
What's he like off the court?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
You know, he's a pretty pretty chill or kind of
like the joke store, you're just pretty locked in all
the time jokes.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
He's definitely a joke. You know. He's definitely, you know,
going to try to make everybody smile around him, no
matter if it's teammates, coaches, staff, He's gonna do whatever,
try to feel the room. You know, he's gonna go
out there if it's a you know, real serious setting,
he's gonna you know, stay quiet, say what he needs
to say. But you know, behind course doors, he's definitely
one of the best people to be around, no matter
(12:43):
what's going on. On planes, he's cracking jokes. He's always
gonna try to steal your seat to get a better seat.
You gotta be like real, go back to what we're doing. So,
you know, you got to bring him back down to
earth sometimes. But he's definitely, you know, a great person.
He has a great character, nice mass man. Let's like
we in good hands. Man. I don't know that's for sure.
I could definitely say that.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
I'll wait. So you guys have like, like what do
you consider like top seats on the airplane? Because for us,
it's like I go to my same seat and like
nobody takes my seat, So I guess what seat is
he trying to take?
Speaker 1 (13:16):
So whenever he first got on the plane, he just
kind of took the first seat that was available. Yeah,
so like they'll be on the right side of the plane,
there'll be like two seats, but then there'll be like
a lone seat to the left that got a whole
bunch of leg room that you can recline back and
you gotta worry about nothing. That's that's probably the best seat.
That's the top seat. I sit in the back one. Yes,
(13:38):
And since I wasn't like traveling because I had surgery,
he was having my seat, so he was he was
getting too comfortable. And then I started traveling again.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
I said, see, good for you man, good for your
young VT.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
I see, man, I'll do what I can. Man, I'm
getting old over.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
Here literally sending sending young ones to the back speaking
of your recovery, like what's the latest? Where are you at?
You boom crutches, Like what where are you at?
Speaker 1 (14:03):
So I'm out. I'm out, no boot, no crutches, just
more more walking shoes and then slowly just like getting
back to you know, building my lower leg strength. You know,
I've been in the gym with Luke, put in the
gym with the masks, and man, I feel I feel
like I'm gonna fall over every day, no matter if
it's me, you know, doing half phrases. It's just making
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me get like a found respect to what's what I
was used to be able to do and now I
got to work back to being one hundred percent. So
it's just taking day by day, get better every day,
no matter if it's some days hurt, some days it
don't hurt. But you always got to just do and
be a pro. You know, you got to take care
of yourself whenever you're not at the gym, you got
to do the things at home and make sure that
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you're getting yourself ready for the next day.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
I love the mindset, man, I love the mentality.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
How long were you non weight bearing?
Speaker 1 (14:52):
So I had it like third week of December. I
was like I was on a scooter till I think February,
so around like sixty seven weeks non way bearing. And
then it slowly came like two crutches in a boot
and I was doing that for about a month, and
then one crutch, and then you finally got like as
(15:14):
soon as you get to just a boot, you feel
like you're free.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
An It's like, isn't it crazy when when they're when
they're like they're like, walk, I erupted in my achilles,
so like I did all of this, yeah, and then
like you take the first step and they're like just
walk and I'm like are you sure?
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Like I don't want to exactly. You know, it's just
kind of that's the mental battle, you know, just like
realizing that you can use your foot again, and then
you know, like it comes with just own mental battles,
like going through like you got to move your toes
and you're like I can't even move my toes, Like
what do you mean? So it's just like using that
part of your brain again that was turned off for
(15:50):
so long. It just you definitely get a new found
respect for just normal everyday life.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
That's a fact, man, that's a fact. I don't been there.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
I broke my ankle. I did the same thing, bro
six six six six or seven months? No, six months,
like you know, just non way bearing like you said,
and that rehab process and it tricks your brain. It's interesting.
So I don't know if anybody else out there that's
going through it. Man, it's you know, Darrick said, it's
a day by day process. You got to attack the rehab, man.
You can't. You can't mess around with it. It's real.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
So definitely can.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
What's a typical day look like for you? And shout
out to Luke Miller man. You know, if you don't know,
he's talking about Luke's or physical therapist. You know he
wanted the best in the game, athletic chain, whatever you
want to call him. He's a he want the real
ones down south. But yeah, tell tell the people what
like a typical day looks like for you?
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Right now? Just rehab it. Get up around eight o'clock,
you know, try to get some fuel, no matter if
it's a protein shade, try to get some food in
and then either head up to Looke, which is forty
five minute drive, but I cut it to thirty eight maybe,
or head over to the AAC and then start doing
work there. You know, we're just getting you know, localized
PT work, and this is just no matter. Some days
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will be lower body, some days will be upper, some
days will be both. Right, then probably just stay there
till what one thirty two, so you're just in there
for four hours, probably just making sure right working, taking
your time and doing the right things. Come back home,
get another thing to eat. You know, I have the chef,
you know, probably meal prep on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
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so I just have food and eating the right food.
That's definitely a big change for me and being home
be and my family, you know, me and my daughter
and my girl, my dogs, and then probably she goes
to take a nap around three. I get to do
my own hobbies then, no matter if it's build a
new lego, you know, mess with my dogs, fish for
my carts.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Urge you man, urge, you sit, you don't set it, man.
We can know we got to get into it, you know, Stuie,
She's a she got new found respect for the Lego.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Man.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
You know she's part of the lore. And man, you
know me, man, this is I mean you're looking at
this is like my life, bro. Hundreds of thousands of pieces. Man,
I spent a lot of my spare time. Uh, it's
just a release for me, you know what I mean?
How did how did you get into Lego? Like what
was your you know, aha moment? You know, whether you
were young, whether it was recently like what happened?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
I mean, I feel like we all did it as kids.
You know, we didn't take it seriously. And then you
know you have a big old bend filled with you know,
different pieces. But I think my first year, first year Christmas,
you know, my mom got me the Home Alone House
and the National Museum. She got me those two sets,
and I finished them like three days. Yep. I was like, wait,
(18:26):
like I need another one. And then that turns from
one to me going to Target with two shopping carts
and I fill them all and then you know, I
feel I get done with those in two weeks and
then we're on a road trip and I gotta go
get another one, and I'm holding it right back on
(18:47):
the plane just slowly turned into an addiction. So it
probably turned from like five sets to I probably got
over one hundred completed and I have I have a
wall of them right here here. I don't know if
I should turn it because I don't want to mess
up the frame.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Yeah no, man, looks people see man fix that later. Yeah,
let's see we're working with. Yeah, that's you got a
lot too.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Yeah. And so this is room number one. In my
media room upstairs, I have the wall of cars, like
all the big old cars that's like probably like anywhere
from three thousand and six thousand pieces. And then in
the poolhouse that I have is the rest.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
So it's giving you money. I don't know how many
you got.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
I don't know how many you got, but listen, man,
he umble, he's on his way. I saw he put
out a video I think it was it might have
been last season and then that so I was like, oh, ship,
I got a competition.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
What's up? Yeah? No, you got more Star Wars for sure.
You definitely got way more Star Wars because I need
I'm missing the big sets of Star Wars, so I
need to get into it.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Yeah, and you said it, bro, you just run out
of places like to put everything, you know what I mean,
And like that's what I'm running into now. Like I
have my house here and bro, I have thirty seven
boxes over there, he counted the other day, like an
unopened like just Lego got to do. I just shipped
all my ones from Milwaukee. I can't really turn the
camera too much, but like you ship them all in,
like they all come apart and stuff like that. So
(20:23):
I'm in the middle of putting together. I had to
re put together the death stargets that came apart, so
it's you know, it's awesome. Then I got my house
in Austin that has like all the videos that you know,
I put out them with viral, Like those were all
in Austin. There's like sixty sets down there. Then I
have all the ones in Milwaukee and still got someone
in Indiana that I'm trying to get out. So like
it's just my shit's all over the map right now.
(20:44):
But man, like I think that's the coolest thing. Man
like yet to understand, Like that's Lego's cool now, right,
It's actually cool. When I first started doing this my
rookie year and pol these videos out, Oh you fucking weep,
you fucking dirt and it says and that it's Nigga
played with Lego blah blah blah blah blah. Like it was.
It was a whole thing, bro. Like I to me,
it didn't really bother me because obviously it was something
(21:05):
I loved and it was like something I was passionate about.
But like it is crazy washing this in the past
ten years. How Lego's gone, like you know, from a
kid's thing to now everybody in their mom is like,
you know, hopping on the wave.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Man, they use a beautiful iteration in their house now,
like the use of art.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Yeah, that's me, that's me. I got some decoration, some
Lego decoration.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
There you go, there, you go, see me all the way.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Yeah, how do you think you know, doing legos benefit
you like on the court or off the court. You know,
just you know, what is it? What does it do
for your mental.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
It slows you down? You know, it definitely slows you down.
You know, days go by so quick, helps you out
with and I coordination, Like I end up getting to
a point where like I drop a piece and before
it's the floor, I can catch it up.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Yeah, I already knows.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
And then like it gets to a point like you
do it with your dominant hand. M let me see
how quick I can do with my non dominant hand.
And then you start to get better with your left hand,
your non dominant hand, and then it translates to the game.
You know, I went from I went from not able
to use my left hand to being more confident with
my left and my right. So it's a different things
that you just don't realize until you really try, and
(22:15):
then you know it becomes a weakness turns into a strength.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
Well, shout out to Lego.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
Facts, Lego, big shout out. They just send me the
the Nike Lego collab, and they just send me another
shoe that they made.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Yeah, they air Maax ninety five.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Yep, got to add that too. It's like that.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
I was just about to ask you, like, what are
some of your favorite sets. I know you're a big
Jurassic Park guy, but what other sets do you like
get into as well?
Speaker 1 (22:39):
Oh mhm, I probably got almost all of the like
dinosaur ones, like the big t Rex skeletons. Yeah, any
other little Drastic Park ones, the new Drastic movie that
came out. I still have all the sets I like
the I like the city ones, the ones that you
can connect down the whole tel that's that's kind of
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like you make your own little Lego city, and it's
like humbles you because you make one level when it
took you two days because of the amount of detail
that's in it. You got to make the drugs, you
got to make the individual paintings and stuff, so it
takes you a little while to do between that and hmmm,
probably like the decoration parts, like the little houses, the
(23:24):
packing machines is always fun.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Yeah, all right, stee, last thing, I'm gonna go to
break because you know, I can talk about this for
the next two hours.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
So I keep going, keep going.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
One thing I definitely encourage to do, bro, if you
have time in the summer is like to go to
like a brick world or a brick con or like
a comic con or something like that. Bro, that's when
you start getting to meet the people like in the
Lego community, because you got to realize that to them, well,
we're larger than life and it's like us like building
Lego us, like doing Lego play. That's such a huge
deal to them because it's like we're technically putting on
(23:55):
for them. You know what I'm saying. You got these
guys that are building Lego. They don't have the platforms
that we have, don't have the statue that we have.
And if you get to meet these guys, bro, like
the people in the community are really dope.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
You know.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
I've learned a lot from them, and they, you know,
connect me with the other people, and you never know
what can come of it. So I just encourage you.
Got time in the summer, you know, trying to find
when those like brick Worlds and whatnot, or like the
big conventions, and you see people who really do it,
like without the instruction manual.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
It's just me and they's crazy. I was about to
ask when you open up when you open up a bag, yeah,
do you just let the pieces scatter and then you
go find the individual pieces or do you separate piece
like these pieces go over here, these pieces go over here,
and then build it.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Nah, bro, I'm very scrambled brain and I like that.
So like I literally like like put it all over
the floor and I look at it like a big
three D puzzle basically, like if I can't find a piece,
like I'm not stopping. I stop until I find the
actual piece itself. You know, I get this. There's people
to ocd the gotta like you know, separated by color
or by brick and stuff that's not me. Like I'm
literally just gonna dump my life. I might even dump
two backs out like at the same time, and just
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like just go. I just enjoy like the challenge trying
to find a piece and put stuff together, and then
I'm so crazy with it. Bro like if one of
these drops or something like that, like I'm really, of
course I'll be frustrat at the time, but I enjoy
like putting it back together and like not having look
at the instructions, like finding the actual like break of
the dot, and just kind of like going piece by
piece by piece, level by level level. And that's what
I'm doing with like the death start right now, because
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it just tickles something I don't know, satisfy something in
my brain.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Oh yeah, that's a master right there, for sure. I
gotta bust out the instruction man, just for you know,
a little guy.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
I'm like, if my lego breaks, I'm just like gonna
put all the pieces to the side and be like
I don't know, I don't know, I'm not ready for
that I'm not ready for that challenge to put it
back together.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
You gotta try it once. You gotta try it one time.
I gotta say that, try it one time and then
you're gonna you're gonna surprise yourself.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
For to break and then put it back together.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Yeah yeah, all right, and see we know we talking
about rehab, we talk about the court means how it goes.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
That could be my off season plan. I'm like in
season now, so let's just figure that out later.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
That's true. That's true. Yeah, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
Time per quick break. Next up, we get into Derek's
best dunks and rapid fire questions. Please rate, review, and
subscribe to Game Recognized Game with Stuian Miles wherever you
get your podcasts. Welcome back to Game Recognized Game with
(26:28):
Stuian Miles. They were joined by Derek Lively the second.
All right, we have a few rapid fire questions for you,
and like you got to be a little bit quick,
not too much time to think about this hardest player
to guard vic.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Mm quimby. Yeah all right. What's the loudest arena you've
been in?
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Boston Finals? Boston?
Speaker 3 (26:55):
Yeah, I'm sure, best passer you've ever played with Luca.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Put it on the dime and if you're not ready,
it's going to hit you for sure.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Give me one word to describe your game.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Lively, that's easy, like.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
A big dunker, clutch block.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Clutch block.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
With that, I got no arguments. Then it's the last
one NBA title or Olympic gold medal, NBA title personally wowed.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Personally, I haven't. I haven't played in the Olympics, so I
don't know how it feels. But I played in the finals,
so I know how it feels to lose.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Me and you both brother trus.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Me, same all right, but we heard it you here
first time for one more break. Next up, we go
off the court and get personal. Welcome back to the
(28:09):
game recognized game. We're Sullian Miles. We're joined by Derek
Lively's second and it's time to get a little personal.
So first of all, tell us about your blocks for
a cause partnership.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
So it was supposed to be. You know, I was
playing the whole season. Every time that I made a block,
I would donate one hundred dollars to a cause to
go towards, you know, families who weren't fortunate enough to
pay medical bills. You know, going through the situation my mom,
I definitely know how I could feel. And you know,
(28:39):
going throughout my journey, I've been approached by a lot
of people to say that I've inspired them, but you know,
still dealing with medical bills many years later, even after
they've gotten through and been in remission. So, you know,
one day, I was kind of thinking to myself, what's
the best thing that I could do. You know, I'm
(29:00):
making all this money, but where can I put it?
You know, I don't want to go out here get
change cars and all that, so I want to give
it back to people. So I think that was kind
of the destruct really closer home to me, you know,
kind of me and my agent, we decided that was
probably the best thing that I could possibly do, and
we're going to do it whenever I get back, We're
definitely going to continue it. But that was kind of
(29:21):
the first start of it. And you know, I'm trying
to make as many contributions to people in my community
and to people who you know, may not know me,
I may not have met, but it makes impact. That's
definitely what I want to do.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Of course, bro I love that doing it so young too.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Man.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
A lot of people look up to that's dope. You know,
whether it's Philly, whether it's stallus all over the world
that you just never know who you impact them. That's real,
you know, speaking of that, and know what was your
inspiration start to d live camp, you know, back in
your hometown in Philly.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
You know, every time I go back to Philly, you know,
I see kids at wad Wah, I see kids at targets,
see kids at wah Wah, I mean Walmart, and you know,
they always like, oh I beat you one on one.
I'm going to you. So it's like, you know, I
try to just make an impact in people. You know,
a lot of people in Philly, you know, they go
(30:14):
down the wrong route. And I was fortunate enough to
make it out, but a lot of people are stuck there.
A lot of people, you know, have bad mentors, bad inspirations.
So I try to go in there and just try
to teach them. You know, listen to your parents, you know,
stay in school. You know, it's not all about what
you think you want to be because you know, five
years later from now, you have no clue where you're
(30:34):
going to be. Or who you want to be. So
I just try to keep them level headed, try to
keep you know, try to put a little north Star
in the area, and you know we're going to go back.
I believe this summer. So trying to figure out a date.
But every time I touch down in Philly, I try
to do what I can impact the community.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
Can you get a good Philly cheesesteak in Dallas or no?
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Yeah, let me know something.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
You can get an okay one. So the best one
that I found so far is from Big Tony's Westerfilly
Chief Steak. You know, I think it's an Allen. I
order it a lot, but but nothing is like the
Chief Steaks in Philly. Man, definitely nothing.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Where's your spot in Philly? It is so.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
My go to with Delasandro's my dad, the Sneaky, My Sneaky.
Second is Angelo's. That's where it's definitely people in my
family love going to. So it's one of the two
spots that I hit up whenever I get back. Honestly,
I definitely need to do a segment where I just
go through all of them, go through all see what's
(31:39):
the best one.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
That's what I be on.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
So I heard Isha Bibbles is taking a nose dock.
But I haven't been there in a while, so I
can't be you know, I can't be the person to
say that, because you know, I got people in my family.
Angelo's is over bibles.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Yeah, that's you heard of Fred's friends meet eating bread
or something.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
No, I haven't heard that.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
No, that was That's a solid one like that one too.
I don't know if it's like, you know, real authentic Philly,
but that's that's what i'd be when I go to
when I go down the road. Now, I gotta check
it out, all right, So shifting gears a little bit. Man.
One thing we like to do on our pod is, uh,
get parenting advice. And I don't have any kids yet.
You know I'm gonna get there one day, but uh,
I know you two are parents, and I'm just curious, man,
(32:25):
what a what's a good parenting advice out there? You
know for someone like myself, who you know is gonna
be there one day?
Speaker 1 (32:33):
All the crying, the lion, all that, you know, dealing
with a baby. You know, at first you can be like,
you know, oh my god, why am I doing this?
While we gotta do this? Oh should I should I
not in the long runner. Definitely having someone you know,
you you walk in the room, you know you're having
(32:55):
a good day, you're having a bad day, you know
something could be going terrible. They meet you with a
smile like the best thing in the world as you
walk in and they run over to you, and it's
just everything everything goes away at that point, like you know,
no matter I'll walk out the room and I walk
right back in, She's meet me that same smile. So
(33:18):
you know, I really would to change that thing for
the world. And you know, I gotta be honest. When
my mom passed, it is kind of when I found
out that I was going to be a father. Wo
So that was kind of, you know, a blessing. You know.
At first, you know, it was kind of just like
a bunch of things stacked on, But now I could
definitely see it. It's a blessing because I play for her.
(33:39):
I live every day for my daughter, and you know,
she definitely keep me in a stable place where I
can you always move forward.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
Kids definitely give like a tremendous amount of perspective. I
think that, like you said, when I come home, it's
like my kids are the same. They're so happy to
see me, and they don't know if I want or
lost her or whatever the case may be. So I
think it's it's great to have that kind of balance.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Absolutely. Man, Well man, we've been we've done ran through
the whole pot. Man, you got any questions for us
or you know, we two vets in the game, been
doing this for a little bit. You're still young, buck.
It's anything, man to shoot it.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
What's y'all do with y'all money? That's y'all do with
y'all money. That's a real question.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
Okay, Oh there's different I feel like there's definitely different
avenues to go.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
You know.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
I think when I first got to the league, I
you obviously you are making you know, your first you
were a lottery pick, so you get you make a
lot of money very quickly. I kind of I didn't
take it as serious as I should have. I was like, oh,
someone else will handled it for me, you know what
I mean, Like I'll just pay financial adise, Oh, my
parents will do it this and that. And I realized
right away that that probably, like my third or fourth yearter,
(34:52):
that was the worst approach I could have taken because
all of a sudden, you start seeing money get moved
around that you know may not have been moved around properly,
or you start seeing money go to places where it
shouldn't have gone. And I all my vests were telling, man, man,
watch your money, you know, wake up every morning and
check your account. And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah,
And I wish I would do that earlier, because you know,
I had an advisor I worked with earlier and he
(35:13):
kind of scammed me out, you know, some bread, and
you know, it wasn't substantial, but it was enough to
you know, make me raise a brow. So after that,
I started waking up checking my accounts every single day,
seeing zactly when the money was flowing. And man, the
best thing you can do is just push your money
away and invest it, bro. Like you know, if you
have a you know, a part of your paycheck, you know,
(35:34):
I'd probably say, mind's a little overkill. But like I say,
like seventy percent of it, bro, and then the third
other thirty percent, Like that's you know, you do whatever
you want with that, but just keep saving, keep saving, saving,
and don't let your money sit you know, towards liquid.
You need to put that put it away towards working
for you. Like at all times, you know, whether it's
a stock market, whether it's real estate, whether it's land, find
(35:57):
something you're passionate about a niche and you know good
partners that would help be there, and just to let
your money sit too liquids. You know, it's let it
always get it work for you.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
I'm the same. I'm like, I'm investing that money, definitely
investing in my four owe K. I think that that's
something that seems like a struggle for people just because
you don't really understand or know what's happening. But between
the NBA and the w NBA, I think we both
have a great program where they match a certain percentage.
So trying to create like wealth for after you know
(36:29):
where that money is still coming in even after we're
done playing.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
I do the most amount every time. Like what I'm
i gonna do, I'm just blow it on something. This
makes no sense. Wow, this has been It's been sick.
It's been probably the best podcast I've ever been on.
Thank you all for inviting me.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
Of course. Man, that's big ups man, we appreciate it.
We're pretty new to the podcast. Came again started. You know,
I appreciate you just taking one of the time, but
to just the vulnerability, you know, going on and talk
about you know, some occult things and just putting yourself
out there. So n man, we appreciate you one of
the better guess we've had as well. Appreciate the insight.
No problem, anytime you need something, hollered at me. All right, y'all,
(37:12):
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