It was either a 10 Million Dollar deal or the streets for Tony Allen 👀 Gang Affilications almost ruined his NBA Contract | Out The Mud Moment 1

One of our favorite moments from episode 2. Tony Allen and Chris Wallace have a REAL conversation about gang affiliations 👀

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Before we get into how we met, I want to
say I knew more about z Bo before he knew
about me on the simple strengths that you was Mickey
d You feel what I'm saying. But one thing I
always noticed, I say, Man, dude, one of the guys. Man,
I say, one of the guys from a part of them.

(00:26):
You know they they you know, then they the guy.
So it's like I'm seeing him like they like Man.
Man be seeing Zo. You see Zo? You knowee what
I'm saying. And I'll be like, yeah, I see Zo.
They like Man. He wanted the guys, so I would
hear that beforehand. You get you know what I'm saying. And
so when you was with the Knicks, you know, obviously
you know everybody knew about the infamous MTV crib. You

(00:49):
had the honorable, the most honorable on you know what
I'm saying, and that was the realist man. And so
just the even bump into you, because what we met,
we ran into each other that pulland nightclub club, Little
M's club man hanging up man. And it kind of
surprised me though, because I thought, you know, I was

(01:10):
being low. You know, I dug off from the team,
and there me go ahead and go this gentleman club
and showing up. I see mac Bow coming there with
that big old red pelly man with the furl and
that thing. Man, I say, man, it's got to be
z Boat's e bow coming that joint. We chopping up, man,
I say, Man, Joe. So it was it was it
was an honor to meet you because that when we

(01:30):
had really established like okay, we both the guys, but
we just on different sides of the fence, you see
what I'm saying. So, and I thought it was always
just came for a circle when we linked back up
in Memphis, you see what I'm saying. But I been
had knew how real you was. I ben knew how
solid you was, and for show my neighborhood that I

(01:51):
already knew who you was off the move anyway. So
and just to get there and see how solid and
how big your heart was for the community of the
man and and just always a solid individual. Man. You
know what I'm saying, No smut on your name, man,
stand up real one man. It always it made sense, man,

(02:11):
you know what I'm saying. But I don't know if
you remember before I came you know, it was a
little discrepancy with the general. Man shout out Chris Wallace too, man,
shout out the man, Chris Wallace. All you know, he
come to me, he say, hey at a man. He say,
I love to have you, man. I love everything you
did out here. Uh in the finals, man, he say,

(02:32):
but uh, you know having a research team on you,
and uh, is it gonna be a problem to play
with Zach Randolphine since you guys are two different disciples?
I said, what, man, you he got a nine point
seven million dollar deal on the table and he asked
me that I'm talking about both boats. It's got your
bro it blew me. I said what. And that's when

(02:56):
I knew. I'm like, man, hold on this d folk
really be having folk, Dude, they real live homework. And
I say, man hold on, man time. Imagine it's like
late August, so this around the town where you know,
the money drying up. So I gotta sign and I
ain't gonna let that be. You know, want love. So
I don't really know all one you know what I'm saying.
So I say, man, Chris water Man, give me that pen. Man,

(03:19):
I'm signing. Man. Then that's when we met again at
rest in peace. The man's a right that man feel
man at the funeral chopped it up. Man. The first
thing you said, well, we're gonna make some noise this ship.
And when you said that, bo I ain't gonna even lie,
bro I was like, damn man, both said both see

(03:41):
is about this and from that day for it, Man,
I ain't gonna lie. I went straight back to the
lab in the gym, I'm doing full sens of squads,
a thousand set up I'm talking about. I went and
worked on my body, man, so I get ready for
that year. Man.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
Now that I don't know how it was for your perspective,
but that's how it started my for me. You know,
I've been knowing about you. I knew about you and okay,
seeing from the guys, you know they already you're supposed
to being one of the guys. So that's put that.
Let's put that out there. You're supposed to really be one.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Of the girls. That's all I love.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
It's all one so uh no, so watching you at Okay, See,
I've been hearing about you, man, and I knew, like
you said, Man, I knew you was a real one.
Knew you was I me, and you had the same
type of values that you know that you you know,
you're a hard worker. You know it wasn't nothing given
to you. You know, this ship, it wasn't no silver spoon.
You see what I'm saying that you come from. You

(04:36):
know you you fail, you you got back up. You
you like me, You're resilient. You know you're done being
knocked down before. So that right there, like, okay, this this,
this is a guy right here that I can go
on the alley with and we're gonna go down fighting together.
So I knew you was that type of guy like
me and in the same value. So when I when

(04:57):
you came to Mephis, I was like, damn, it's cool,
come on, I got a dog with me. So, man,
just knowing how you are and the type of family
man you are and how you value your family, and
you'll give your shirt off of you know, you'll give
your shirt off your back, you know, to somebody, So
you know, it was all one