December 10, 2025 • 23 mins
Josh Minott joins VFTR on his birthday – and he’s bringing the gift of storytelling. The rising Celtics forward dives into his NBA journey, the grind of earning minutes on a championship-level roster, and why humor helps him stay locked in through the ups and downs of a season. He shares what wearing No. 8 means to him, how Celtics fans have embraced his energy, and why playing hard is non-negotiable. Minott also opens up about his role in Boston’s depth-driven rotation, learning through real NBA reps, playing alongside another sparkplug wing in Hugo Gonzalez, and feeding off team energy. He touches on what it’s like guarding star players (preparing for war), his Jamaican heritage, championship hunger, and the fiery dynamic between him and Joe Mazzulla.
00:18: A birthday surprise for Josh
00:55: Navigating an inconsistent role on a deep roster
02:45: Josh seeing his hard work pay off
04:29: Building a winning routine
05:34: Why Celtics fans fell in love with Josh’s energy
08:20: The meaning behind No. 8
10:19: Playing alongside Hugo Gonzalez & feeding off team energy
11:08: Defensive mindset: guarding the opponent’s best
13:08: Jamaican heritage & hopes for Jamaican hoops
17:45: Championship goals & fiery relationship with Joe Mazzulla
00:18: A birthday surprise for Josh
00:55: Navigating an inconsistent role on a deep roster
02:45: Josh seeing his hard work pay off
04:29: Building a winning routine
05:34: Why Celtics fans fell in love with Josh’s energy
08:20: The meaning behind No. 8
10:19: Playing alongside Hugo Gonzalez & feeding off team energy
11:08: Defensive mindset: guarding the opponent’s best
13:08: Jamaican heritage & hopes for Jamaican hoops
17:45: Championship goals & fiery relationship with Joe Mazzulla
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
All right, welcome into another episode of You from the Raptors,
presented by Exfinity Mobile. We got josh Mine Not on
the pod today, and most importantly, Happy birthday, josh Mine Not.
All our fans out there starts singing, start singing along.
Happy birth No one wants yeah, no, no, no one
wants that. But I did get you a present for
your birthday.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah, I don't even know about.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
This is going to start an interesting conversation. So here's
twenty bucks.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
For your birthday. Now, I'm gonna need you to give
it back to me. Give it back, you gotta give
it back. No, this is we got to open up with.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
This because just the other night you talked about getting
twenty dollars and then having it taken away. I'm just
curious to get more perspective on that, right, Like you
probably had a minute to think about that.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
What did you mean by that?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
And how challenging has this season been with just like
sometimes you're playing thirty minutes, times you're playing fifteen.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
In the role kind of changing pretty consistently.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I mean it's part of the process. Like I said,
we just have so much, you know, versus utility on
the team. You know something we expected. H you know,
Joe's kind of let us know about you know, how
you've used the team in terms of our depth and
just our interchangeability on any given night depending on the matchup.
And you know, I mean, I think we've all come
to accept that, uh it's twenty bucks thing. I just
(01:26):
like trolling.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Well, you nailed it.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
My favorite hobbists in this.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
That's why I like trolling too.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I say, it's like it's like it's like Katie and
then it's like me like right under in terms of
the trolling.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So this really is what's the best troll job that
you've ever had? What's like your favorite one that you've done.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Let's see here. I don't know. Whenever people are like
mad at like my performance something like that for like
you know the reasons, you know, like normally, I you know,
I just ignore them, but a couple of times might
respond just be like sucks to suck, you know, just
whatever it is, you know, Yeah, but I will not
just be vibing, you know, just humors how I get
(02:03):
by in life. You know, it's like, you know, making
people smile, making myself smile, just help time go by.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
How do you choose when to respond when based on
your mood. If you're a little time, if.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You win, for sure, because I really don't care, you know,
if you lose, and like you know, I'm like, if
you won, though, and I know, like you're blatantly just
hating because you know, lost a little bit of money,
I'm like, I could care less about your.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Well being, Like nor should you at all?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Like truthfully, nor did they actually care about your Yeah?
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
I've told people like enjoy Rahman that night, stuff like that,
like whatever it some rice. Yeah, I could care less.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Truthfully, trolling aside, you were in the starting lineup. The
opportunities that you're getting here with this team this season,
something that you have dreamed about and worked really hard for.
What does it meant to you to be able to
finally see that coming out on the floor.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Man, I mean it's everything. I thank God every day
for this opportunity. It's the blessing you to come into work,
get better learn. Obviously it's gonna be the ups and downs,
but you know, I mean there's no better development than
you know, NBA reps, you know, in games. So just
the opportunity to be able to do that, you know,
no matter for how long. It's just I mean it's
(03:17):
a big change for me, and you know it's a blessing.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
What has been the most eye opening difference?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I'd probably say just like changing my routine. Uh, you know, definitely,
I wouldn't say changing more just building an actual routine,
you know, like just understanding that now, you know, with
the responsibility at hand that I have to you know,
I responsibility to my team, my coaches, my teammates in
terms of like just what I put into my body,
you know, how I take care of my body, and
you know, I mean I don't want to letting down
(03:46):
to that end by you know, not being able to physically,
you know, bring my best every night.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Is that a you thing or was that like a
Celtics thing that like you guys talked about that or
is that something like I said that you just chose
on your own probably.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Say about eighty twenty me in terms of just like
understanding that you know, I have a lot bigger of
a role here and uh you know what that comes,
you know, responsibility. So you know, I can't really be
eating the same things I was, you know, the same
sleep habits or things like that, and now it's like
focusing a lot more on like recovery, whether that be
cold tub or you know whatever, just because it's like
(04:18):
with that extended you know workload. You know, I have
that responsibility to my team saying make sure I can
continue to do that throughout the season.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
What does it take to fulfill that role? Because the
point of Joe this season is saying, go out there
any every minute you're on the floor, I want you
to give it your absolute all and then we'll figure
out the rest as we go. What does that take?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
I mean for starters, it's preparation, Uh, for sure, you know,
just like I mentioned, like the recovery piece, stuff like that.
Outside of that, man, it's just mental, I'd say, like
everything's mental. Like it's war, you know. I mean I've
had a dollar for every time I heard that one.
I might not need this job, but it's it's it's war,
or just we're out there, it's it's a battle, it's
(05:02):
a grind, it's you know, you want to mentally exhaust
their enemy, you know, before you know they can mensally
exhaust you. And I'd say that's our viewpoint for the season.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Sometimes it's literal war. During practice, right.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I mean, Joe, it just came out that he sometimes
during practice like blast literal war sounds.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Right, I don't recall, I don't know, blacked out during that.
I don't know what anyone's talking about, but.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Just here to not get fined.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Yeah, intense, you know it's well, listen the what you've
brought to the court. I've been here for seventeen years
with the Celtics, and like there's times when a new
player joins and gets out on the court and immediately
the Celtics fans fall in love with him. That has
happened not only with you this season, but also with Ugo.
(05:50):
And it's because of the all out effort and energy
that you guys bring to the table, like twenty four
to seven. Where does that come from for you? Like
when when did that start for you? That that was
kind of a hallmark of your game that you bring
to the table every time you take the court.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Well, I mean, I'd say it just started with, you know,
just being hungry, you know. I mean I feel like
I didn't really get the opportunity that I had wanted
my first three years in the league. But I mean
that just came with you know, just having a good organizations,
like you know, in my position. So I said, I
just kept that hungry, you know, just don't let that,
you know, dissuade me from trying to be the best
(06:28):
that I can be. And then it's like, man, we
you finally do get that opportunity. It's like now it's
like it's make or break, you know, like if I
was sitting that long, I didn't learn a thing, or
I didn't develop, or I wasn't you know, working, you know,
to be ready for this moment, then man, I'm gone,
I'm at this league, you know. So really just started
with that turns to the love. It's kind of crazy.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
It's like, yeah, do you feel it back?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Noah for a fact, And it's almost like a little
weird because I'd be like, why y'all lying Like.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
It's you know, like I'm telling you right now, it's
kind of crazy, like and it happens. Like there's something
about Boston where like there's just some people that they're
like literally like five minutes.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
In their grid.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
They're like that guy, Like I love the way that
that guy plays.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
You're in exactly you can't get me, Like, you.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Know, a couple of people told me like, oh, I'm
their favorite player. I'll be like, come on, man, like
come on bro, like you know it's it's crazy. But
like I don't know, like there was a game. I
think it was last game, Like someone actually had my jersey.
I'm like, he's like saying I was his favorite player.
I'm like, man, if you spend money on like that jersey,
I'm like, okay, like you might. Actually I might actually
be a favorite player. I believe him. But like, because
(07:35):
jerseys aren't cheap, that's that's true belief. So I'm like, man,
I just it for a fact, for a factor photo
all that. Man, that was love.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
You haven't seen a lot of jerseys.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Man, Man, I'm not gonna lie. Man, sixty percent of
these eight jerseys is a for Zingis. Well, I'll tell
you about probably about eighty percent.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
But I'll tell you this. There's a lineage of number eight.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
You know, there was Antoine back in the day and
then kemb But when Kemba came here, all the people
broke out their walker number eight yers and they just
recycled them. And then when Porzingis got here, they put
tape over the walker jersey.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I just got to say I'm like, man, y'all even
got to do too much. I gotta spend no money. Man,
Just take that duct tape. Do your thing, man, you know,
just tay the duct tape.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
Why not put mine?
Speaker 3 (08:16):
It's so lucky that eight is still available though, with
the amount of numbers who are retired. But tell everyone
the story behind eight and why.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
You wear that.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
So for me, I mean, it goes back so far
in terms of like when I actually started playing like
competitive basketball. You know, I was playing rec league, you know,
just bs wasn't really competing. I was tired and everybody,
so I was just so obviously, you know, your head
gets inflated. Then I got introduced to my travel coach.
You basically like made me Insich the player and somewhat manned,
(08:44):
you know I am today, And I say that was
in like, you know, my life kind of changed for me.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
And what's his name?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
His name is coach Roosevelt Gray. Yeah, you know, I still.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Talk shout out Roosevelt GrITT.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Roosevelt Gray and man Florida. Yeah. So I talked to
him almost every day. And I was randomly assigned the
number eight, So I kind of considered like number eight
like the start of my my journey, you know, like
when I really started like really focusing on basketball. We
used to be in the gym from eight to three
every day in the summer. You know, I used to
eat lunch in the gym.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
And I mean it's just like, man, that numbers have
so much power and meaning to me. You know, my
son's born on eight twenty eight. Oh wow. So it's like,
that's crazy just following me. You know, I got to
Minnesota they had just traded Jared Vanderbilt. Number eight popped up. Crazy,
that's wild. I'm a free agent, you know, I choose
to go to the Celtics. You know, they just traded
Porizing it's number eight's available. It's like it's it's just
following me throughout my life. And it's just like, man,
(09:35):
you know, it's like I feel like it has to
be a meaning, you know. So yeah, it's not just
like a random coincidence.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
You know.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
It's like I really like feel like it's it's almost
choosing me as much as I'm choosing it.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
That just gave me goosebumps like that.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
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that you bring to the table on a nightly basis,
and I also mentored mentioned Ugo. What's it like playing
with him that there's another guy who does very similar
(10:29):
stuff to you in terms of like the energy that
you guys provide and kind of disperse to the entire
team every night.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
And I say it, I mean, you kind of hit
on the head, you know, just like we bank of
each other, and I mean the whole team. It's just like, man,
we're just always like you know, connected, and it's like,
you know, if one person has the energy at night,
you know, it's almost like his responsibility just you know,
share the wealth. So you know, we're just all locked
in on a string and we're trying to pick each
other up whenever we can. You know, you see your
(10:57):
brother on the floor, you know, it should be like
a race to go pick him up.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
You know.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
So just a lot of different traditions and uh, you know,
like a coach, we're trying to build here, and that
energy piece is definitely one of them.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
How much detail is required in the study and preparation
when you know that you're going to be thrown out
there to guard the opponent's best player ton.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
You know, and now you're watching, you know, their last However,
many games look at tendencies, understand you know, what they
like to do, what they don't like to do, try
and put them in uncomfortable situations based on you know,
what you know about their their tendencies. Do you enjoy that?
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Are you enjoying that part of it for a fact?
Speaker 2 (11:34):
I mean, you know, just all parts of basketba are enjoyable,
you know, just the ability to be out here truthfully
just playing it at the highest level, you know, studying
you know, the best players, stuff like that. I mean,
it's hard not to fall in love with them.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Who's the guy that you tried to study and model
your game after as you were growing up truthfully.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
Not backing those days with Coach Roosevelt.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
I mean i'd say, like my favorite player growing up
was like Ray Allen. Let's go Celtics fandom there play
for the Heat though.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
You know we don't talk about that. You bring that
up to KG.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Okay, It's kind of funny being from South Florida. It's like,
you know, all my friends and family like forced like
cheer for I guess like our rivals. Yep, I'm not
gonna call our you know what I mean. But you
know what I mean as a kid, as a.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
Kid, it's probably the best rival, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Like we all grew up as kids. You know, I
bleed green Now.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
You're on the right side of it.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Yeah, I grew up in there. You know, I'm here
now and I'm all green as long.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
As you can clear the air with that. But but yeah, no,
so like I still remember when he hit that that
shot for the Heat. He was running around the house,
you know, like screaming. I woke my mom up. It
was crazy. A lot of us.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Were like I mean we I loved it for Ray,
but like the big I just didn't want them to win.
I didn't want them to win. I wanted the Spurs
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Speaker 4 (13:51):
Hey getting into a little bit about your background.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Your your mom is Jamaican, right, Let's hear a little
bit about you know what that upbringing has been brought
to your life. And I know that you got back
there quite a bit during your time growing up.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Tell us some stories about your Jamaican background.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Uh, well, yeah, I mean, for instance, I mean, like
just starting out, you know, growing up, my mom definitely
want to like stress that culture. Like, you know, we're
definitely Jamaican, like, you know, just because I was born
and raised here.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
You know, it's you don't have the accent though, does she? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I mean at times, you know, so she she switches,
you know, like who she's talking to. Yeah, obviously I
don't sound like it, you know, just where I was
born and raised. But I can pick up on it
like very like easily, you know, like someone's talking to me.
Like it's funny enough. I was just in Target or
home depot the other day and one of the ladies
speaking to me, I'm like, where are you from? Because
(14:42):
I already knew like what country she was from, So
you said Jamaica. I'm like, I will part because I'm like, man,
I obviously knew that, you know, but like stuff like that,
I can just pick up and I'll be like, oh,
my fans from Obay, you know, my Tigo Bay. But
you know, just being able to you know, play for
that team, you know, you seventeen for the Central Basket.
I was really you know, I was blessing just last summer.
I had wanted to, you know, get out with them,
(15:02):
and I still play on getting out with them, you know,
for the men's league team, but you know, I just
want to like really just stress you know, this year
and the importance on this year, and you know it's
kind of my focus. But I definitely, in the near future,
very near future, I plan on, you know, definitely getting
out there with them. But yeah, growing up, you know,
he still have a bunch of family there. A lot
of them have either you know, moved here, passed on unfortunately,
(15:26):
but you know, I'm still you know, a few cousins
over there, stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Is there a big basketball culture, not at.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
All, truthfully. All they really like focus on track and
you know, soccer football and they have a netbo and
all that.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
You know what's cool though, is that like you potentially
playing for them moving forward in the national games, like
you can be an influence to those young kids and
say like, this is something you can accomplish. I mean,
similar to what Namias Keda has done for for a
country of Portugal. Obviously we're born in Jamaica, but you
play for a country like you can influence the youth.
(16:03):
That's that's pretty cool to potentially be able to do that.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Yeah, Norman Powell, I'd say he's kind of you know,
beat me to that. He's more like the captain and leader,
you know, kind of represented that Jamaica basketball. So it's
really like cool to see, you know, just like the
impact he's had, you know, trying to I guess bring
that culture to Jamaica, you know, especially considering like man,
we as a country, you don't really care about it.
Like truthfully, I'm just gonna be honest, you know, it's
(16:26):
nothing wrong with it. You know, you just have our
priorities elsewhere.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
You know, everyone's every country has to start somewhere.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
We're just trying to be the fastest, you know, and
you have gotten there.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
You mentioned Montigo Bay, you grew up in Miami. You've
told me the beaches here in New England not up
to your standard.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
I gotta say, Booker, it's on I'm sorry, I was off.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
Typically, I don't know what the beaches are like in
I've only been in Miami. Yeah, what's your favorite beach
and what makes a good north of Miami?
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Right, probably like fifteen minutes close to the west, it's
probably like forty five to west Palm, and the beaches
down there are just the Bulcan beaches are nice. So
you have off you have Palmetto Beach. It's right off
Fla Meadow. So if you drive like fifteen minutes like
east of you know where I grew up right at
the beach. I me real nice, real laid back. I
(17:19):
used to go there like a night just chill, like
just watch the waves. Sometimes it's just the vibe.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
You know.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
It's not as busy as Miami beaches either, you know,
not as I guess. It's not like as much trash
stuff like that, Like you know, a bunch of like
populated areas, but they're just real nice.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
You know.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
You got a red Reef which is like the left
of you know, Palmetto. So uh, there's a lot of
like nice beach there for sure.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Is there anything negative that you'd like to say to
New England about the beaches up here?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
They don't exist.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Listen, I'm with you ever since I moved here. Everyone's
like the Cape the Cape, And I'm sorry people, but
like the cape's not that special.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
It's cold.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
What are you doing right now?
Speaker 4 (18:01):
It's cold water, it's not clear. I'm with you, That's
what I'm saying. Give me the Florida Beach, That's what
I'm all in. You give me water that's like below eighty.
I'm not going to the water never.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
That's but people are gonna It's okay.
Speaker 4 (18:20):
I'll stand out there, Josh.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
I gotta show my support, not take theater right now.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
So what's next for you in your career?
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Like, what do you think that next step is, you know,
having the opportunity here with the Celtics, Like, what do
you think that next thing is that you want to
accomplish and show the world that you can do.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
I'd say you just continue to impact winning probably just
say at the highest level. I mean, nice to get
a chip And that's kind of hard to celebrate with
you guys because it's like I was in the league
when you guys got the last chip. So it's kind
of like I'm not hating, but kind of you know.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
It's like Yeah, it's some great games by the way,
between us and you guys out in Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Yeah, I didn't really see it as like, you know,
you guys winning. I saw it was like me losing.
Now it's like I'm here, everybody's flexing their rings and stuff,
and just like I almost warm. Yeah, you know, I'm like, yeah, yeah, okay,
I would have walked out.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
But it's more motivation, right for a fact.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
So it's like walking in and seeing the banners, it's.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Just like it's cool. But it's just like, man, I
feel like I want my own you know. I'm selfish
like that.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
You know.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
It's like like how Timmy's dad being a Dnkleberg. It's
just like, man, she doesn't know what I'm talking about,
and you probably don't either, but with you, but yeah, no,
you know, like I'm hating a little bit. But it's
just like, you know what, that's in the past, and really,
you know, the president and man, it'd be nice to
just you know, win at the highest level for sure.
(19:46):
So I might say, just making my mark, continuing to
get better understanding what I need to do, you know,
to promote that goal and you know, go out there
and get it. Done.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Have you always had that mentality in terms of winning.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
For a fact? Yeah, no, I mean it's you know,
someone always asked me, like one of the questions I
was asked, you know, like the pre dry process, like
do I love to win or hate to lose? And
I hate to lose. It's like, man, it's just it's
a horrible feeling. I wish that on everyone. I was gonna.
I don't wish that name. I wish that on everyone,
like everyone exactly. I wish that on everyone. I want
(20:22):
them to feel that like, and I don't want to
you know, so even if there's night scene I might
have like a mid game, like a you know, below
average game, it's like, forget that wins. I'm just I'm
even you know, we get that lost though, and you
know it's like I contributed like negatively to that. It's like, man,
that's like the lowest that gets for me. Like it's
it's it's kind of tough. I'm trying to like balance
(20:42):
that too, especially being here like the new Opportunity. It's
like it follows me home and like I'm trying not
to let it, you know what I mean, because now
it's like I don't want to talk to my family.
I don't want to talk to my friends, you know,
like it's tough. I'm trying to like last shout on
like the people around me, you know. But it's just like, man,
you know, we get a win, though, Man, you would
have thought, I'm like, I just won a billion dollars,
(21:04):
you know, like next until the next game, you can't
talk to me. Man, I'm just is.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
That where you and Joe get along so well?
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Basically, I mean what told you to get along.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
At the beginning?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Can understand him and where I'd say so Yeah, No,
we share that ideal of just like, man, this is
life or death basically, you know, and shit funny, you know,
like it's my laughing joke with you guys.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Man.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Once I leave here, it's back to work, you know.
I mean, our last game was a win, so it's
it's feeling all right. Yeah, you know, I probably wouldn't
have been talking this much truthfully, you know. You know,
I'm not gonna lie. If I had like a game
on my birthday and we lost, like I probably wouldn't
be able to have a good night truthfully. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Well, before we let you go, you touched on your
relationship with Joe. I'm just curious how that's developed over
the course of the first couple of months of this season, Like.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Where are you guys now?
Speaker 1 (21:58):
How did he establish your relationship with you? And like
where have you guys gone over the last couple of
months together?
Speaker 2 (22:03):
You basically said, you know, there's a good opportunity for
you here if you take it. Nothing's gonna be handed
to me. Everything has to be earned. No one's gonna
bathe me here. It's killer be killed. So, uh, I
don't know. I mean now it's kind of just like
same mentality I understand a little bit more so, Like
now it's like I'm always coach, but I'm always gonna listen.
(22:24):
But you know, it's a little bit of push back. Now,
it's kind of like sometimes you know, movable object. It's
unstoppable for us, you know. So, I mean you ever
see us like going back and forth. You know that
it's all love. You know, we just trying to get
each other better, that's all. But it's it's a camaraderie,
you know with everybody on the team. You know, we're
just always trying to get each other better. And uh,
we all have the same goal in mind. That's how
(22:45):
you reach greatness, right. You don't do it without pushing
each other. So that's awesome. We appreciate you opening up
a little bit to us here. As I said again,
happy birthday, enjoy it tonight. I appreciate you coming on
and spending some time with us on your birthday. And
I know the fans out there love you like it
is real, so like so soak it all and they
don't fake that.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
You've earned that, so you know, keep doing the same thing.
They're going to love you the whole season.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Appreciate Have you heard that?
Speaker 1 (23:09):
M m hm.
All right, welcome into another episode of You from the Raptors,
presented by Exfinity Mobile. We got josh Mine Not on
the pod today, and most importantly, Happy birthday, josh Mine Not.
All our fans out there starts singing, start singing along.
Happy birth No one wants yeah, no, no, no one
wants that. But I did get you a present for
your birthday.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah, I don't even know about.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
This is going to start an interesting conversation. So here's
twenty bucks.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
For your birthday. Now, I'm gonna need you to give
it back to me. Give it back, you gotta give
it back. No, this is we got to open up with.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
This because just the other night you talked about getting
twenty dollars and then having it taken away. I'm just
curious to get more perspective on that, right, Like you
probably had a minute to think about that.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
What did you mean by that?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
And how challenging has this season been with just like
sometimes you're playing thirty minutes, times you're playing fifteen.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
In the role kind of changing pretty consistently.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I mean it's part of the process. Like I said,
we just have so much, you know, versus utility on
the team. You know something we expected. H you know,
Joe's kind of let us know about you know, how
you've used the team in terms of our depth and
just our interchangeability on any given night depending on the matchup.
And you know, I mean, I think we've all come
to accept that, uh it's twenty bucks thing. I just
(01:26):
like trolling.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Well, you nailed it.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
My favorite hobbists in this.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
That's why I like trolling too.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I say, it's like it's like it's like Katie and
then it's like me like right under in terms of
the trolling.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So this really is what's the best troll job that
you've ever had? What's like your favorite one that you've done.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Let's see here. I don't know. Whenever people are like
mad at like my performance something like that for like
you know the reasons, you know, like normally, I you know,
I just ignore them, but a couple of times might
respond just be like sucks to suck, you know, just
whatever it is, you know, Yeah, but I will not
just be vibing, you know, just humors how I get
(02:03):
by in life. You know, it's like, you know, making
people smile, making myself smile, just help time go by.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
How do you choose when to respond when based on
your mood. If you're a little time, if.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You win, for sure, because I really don't care, you know,
if you lose, and like you know, I'm like, if
you won, though, and I know, like you're blatantly just
hating because you know, lost a little bit of money,
I'm like, I could care less about your.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Well being, Like nor should you at all?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Like truthfully, nor did they actually care about your Yeah?
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
I've told people like enjoy Rahman that night, stuff like that,
like whatever it some rice. Yeah, I could care less.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Truthfully, trolling aside, you were in the starting lineup. The
opportunities that you're getting here with this team this season,
something that you have dreamed about and worked really hard for.
What does it meant to you to be able to
finally see that coming out on the floor.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Man, I mean it's everything. I thank God every day
for this opportunity. It's the blessing you to come into work,
get better learn. Obviously it's gonna be the ups and downs,
but you know, I mean there's no better development than
you know, NBA reps, you know, in games. So just
the opportunity to be able to do that, you know,
no matter for how long. It's just I mean it's
(03:17):
a big change for me, and you know it's a blessing.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
What has been the most eye opening difference?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I'd probably say just like changing my routine. Uh, you know, definitely,
I wouldn't say changing more just building an actual routine,
you know, like just understanding that now, you know, with
the responsibility at hand that I have to you know,
I responsibility to my team, my coaches, my teammates in
terms of like just what I put into my body,
you know, how I take care of my body, and
you know, I mean I don't want to letting down
(03:46):
to that end by you know, not being able to physically,
you know, bring my best every night.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Is that a you thing or was that like a
Celtics thing that like you guys talked about that or
is that something like I said that you just chose
on your own probably.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Say about eighty twenty me in terms of just like
understanding that you know, I have a lot bigger of
a role here and uh you know what that comes,
you know, responsibility. So you know, I can't really be
eating the same things I was, you know, the same
sleep habits or things like that, and now it's like
focusing a lot more on like recovery, whether that be
cold tub or you know whatever, just because it's like
(04:18):
with that extended you know workload. You know, I have
that responsibility to my team saying make sure I can
continue to do that throughout the season.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
What does it take to fulfill that role? Because the
point of Joe this season is saying, go out there
any every minute you're on the floor, I want you
to give it your absolute all and then we'll figure
out the rest as we go. What does that take?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
I mean for starters, it's preparation, Uh, for sure, you know,
just like I mentioned, like the recovery piece, stuff like that.
Outside of that, man, it's just mental, I'd say, like
everything's mental. Like it's war, you know. I mean I've
had a dollar for every time I heard that one.
I might not need this job, but it's it's it's war,
or just we're out there, it's it's a battle, it's
(05:02):
a grind, it's you know, you want to mentally exhaust
their enemy, you know, before you know they can mensally
exhaust you. And I'd say that's our viewpoint for the season.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Sometimes it's literal war. During practice, right.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I mean, Joe, it just came out that he sometimes
during practice like blast literal war sounds.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Right, I don't recall, I don't know, blacked out during that.
I don't know what anyone's talking about, but.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Just here to not get fined.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Yeah, intense, you know it's well, listen the what you've
brought to the court. I've been here for seventeen years
with the Celtics, and like there's times when a new
player joins and gets out on the court and immediately
the Celtics fans fall in love with him. That has
happened not only with you this season, but also with Ugo.
(05:50):
And it's because of the all out effort and energy
that you guys bring to the table, like twenty four
to seven. Where does that come from for you? Like
when when did that start for you? That that was
kind of a hallmark of your game that you bring
to the table every time you take the court.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Well, I mean, I'd say it just started with, you know,
just being hungry, you know. I mean I feel like
I didn't really get the opportunity that I had wanted
my first three years in the league. But I mean
that just came with you know, just having a good organizations,
like you know, in my position. So I said, I
just kept that hungry, you know, just don't let that,
you know, dissuade me from trying to be the best
(06:28):
that I can be. And then it's like, man, we
you finally do get that opportunity. It's like now it's
like it's make or break, you know, like if I
was sitting that long, I didn't learn a thing, or
I didn't develop, or I wasn't you know, working, you know,
to be ready for this moment, then man, I'm gone,
I'm at this league, you know. So really just started
with that turns to the love. It's kind of crazy.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
It's like, yeah, do you feel it back?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Noah for a fact, And it's almost like a little
weird because I'd be like, why y'all lying Like.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
It's you know, like I'm telling you right now, it's
kind of crazy, like and it happens. Like there's something
about Boston where like there's just some people that they're
like literally like five minutes.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
In their grid.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
They're like that guy, Like I love the way that
that guy plays.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
You're in exactly you can't get me, Like, you.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Know, a couple of people told me like, oh, I'm
their favorite player. I'll be like, come on, man, like
come on bro, like you know it's it's crazy. But
like I don't know, like there was a game. I
think it was last game, Like someone actually had my jersey.
I'm like, he's like saying I was his favorite player.
I'm like, man, if you spend money on like that jersey,
I'm like, okay, like you might. Actually I might actually
be a favorite player. I believe him. But like, because
(07:35):
jerseys aren't cheap, that's that's true belief. So I'm like, man,
I just it for a fact, for a factor photo
all that. Man, that was love.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
You haven't seen a lot of jerseys.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Man, Man, I'm not gonna lie. Man, sixty percent of
these eight jerseys is a for Zingis. Well, I'll tell
you about probably about eighty percent.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
But I'll tell you this. There's a lineage of number eight.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
You know, there was Antoine back in the day and
then kemb But when Kemba came here, all the people
broke out their walker number eight yers and they just
recycled them. And then when Porzingis got here, they put
tape over the walker jersey.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I just got to say I'm like, man, y'all even
got to do too much. I gotta spend no money. Man,
Just take that duct tape. Do your thing, man, you know,
just tay the duct tape.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
Why not put mine?
Speaker 3 (08:16):
It's so lucky that eight is still available though, with
the amount of numbers who are retired. But tell everyone
the story behind eight and why.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
You wear that.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
So for me, I mean, it goes back so far
in terms of like when I actually started playing like
competitive basketball. You know, I was playing rec league, you know,
just bs wasn't really competing. I was tired and everybody,
so I was just so obviously, you know, your head
gets inflated. Then I got introduced to my travel coach.
You basically like made me Insich the player and somewhat manned,
(08:44):
you know I am today, And I say that was
in like, you know, my life kind of changed for me.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
And what's his name?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
His name is coach Roosevelt Gray. Yeah, you know, I still.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Talk shout out Roosevelt GrITT.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Roosevelt Gray and man Florida. Yeah. So I talked to
him almost every day. And I was randomly assigned the
number eight, So I kind of considered like number eight
like the start of my my journey, you know, like
when I really started like really focusing on basketball. We
used to be in the gym from eight to three
every day in the summer. You know, I used to
eat lunch in the gym.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
And I mean it's just like, man, that numbers have
so much power and meaning to me. You know, my
son's born on eight twenty eight. Oh wow. So it's like,
that's crazy just following me. You know, I got to
Minnesota they had just traded Jared Vanderbilt. Number eight popped up. Crazy,
that's wild. I'm a free agent, you know, I choose
to go to the Celtics. You know, they just traded
Porizing it's number eight's available. It's like it's it's just
following me throughout my life. And it's just like, man,
(09:35):
you know, it's like I feel like it has to
be a meaning, you know. So yeah, it's not just
like a random coincidence.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
You know.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
It's like I really like feel like it's it's almost
choosing me as much as I'm choosing it.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
That just gave me goosebumps like that.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
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that you bring to the table on a nightly basis,
and I also mentored mentioned Ugo. What's it like playing
with him that there's another guy who does very similar
(10:29):
stuff to you in terms of like the energy that
you guys provide and kind of disperse to the entire
team every night.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
And I say it, I mean, you kind of hit
on the head, you know, just like we bank of
each other, and I mean the whole team. It's just like, man,
we're just always like you know, connected, and it's like,
you know, if one person has the energy at night,
you know, it's almost like his responsibility just you know,
share the wealth. So you know, we're just all locked
in on a string and we're trying to pick each
other up whenever we can. You know, you see your
(10:57):
brother on the floor, you know, it should be like
a race to go pick him up.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
You know.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
So just a lot of different traditions and uh, you know,
like a coach, we're trying to build here, and that
energy piece is definitely one of them.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
How much detail is required in the study and preparation
when you know that you're going to be thrown out
there to guard the opponent's best player ton.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
You know, and now you're watching, you know, their last However,
many games look at tendencies, understand you know, what they
like to do, what they don't like to do, try
and put them in uncomfortable situations based on you know,
what you know about their their tendencies. Do you enjoy that?
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Are you enjoying that part of it for a fact?
Speaker 2 (11:34):
I mean, you know, just all parts of basketba are enjoyable,
you know, just the ability to be out here truthfully
just playing it at the highest level, you know, studying
you know, the best players, stuff like that. I mean,
it's hard not to fall in love with them.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Who's the guy that you tried to study and model
your game after as you were growing up truthfully.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
Not backing those days with Coach Roosevelt.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
I mean i'd say, like my favorite player growing up
was like Ray Allen. Let's go Celtics fandom there play
for the Heat though.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
You know we don't talk about that. You bring that
up to KG.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Okay, It's kind of funny being from South Florida. It's like,
you know, all my friends and family like forced like
cheer for I guess like our rivals. Yep, I'm not
gonna call our you know what I mean. But you
know what I mean as a kid, as a.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
Kid, it's probably the best rival, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Like we all grew up as kids. You know, I
bleed green Now.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
You're on the right side of it.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Yeah, I grew up in there. You know, I'm here
now and I'm all green as long.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
As you can clear the air with that. But but yeah, no,
so like I still remember when he hit that that
shot for the Heat. He was running around the house,
you know, like screaming. I woke my mom up. It
was crazy. A lot of us.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Were like I mean we I loved it for Ray,
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I didn't want them to win. I wanted the Spurs
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Speaker 4 (13:51):
Hey getting into a little bit about your background.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Your your mom is Jamaican, right, Let's hear a little
bit about you know what that upbringing has been brought
to your life. And I know that you got back
there quite a bit during your time growing up.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Tell us some stories about your Jamaican background.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Uh, well, yeah, I mean, for instance, I mean, like
just starting out, you know, growing up, my mom definitely
want to like stress that culture. Like, you know, we're
definitely Jamaican, like, you know, just because I was born
and raised here.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
You know, it's you don't have the accent though, does she? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I mean at times, you know, so she she switches,
you know, like who she's talking to. Yeah, obviously I
don't sound like it, you know, just where I was
born and raised. But I can pick up on it
like very like easily, you know, like someone's talking to me.
Like it's funny enough. I was just in Target or
home depot the other day and one of the ladies
speaking to me, I'm like, where are you from? Because
(14:42):
I already knew like what country she was from, So
you said Jamaica. I'm like, I will part because I'm like, man,
I obviously knew that, you know, but like stuff like that,
I can just pick up and I'll be like, oh,
my fans from Obay, you know, my Tigo Bay. But
you know, just being able to you know, play for
that team, you know, you seventeen for the Central Basket.
I was really you know, I was blessing just last summer.
I had wanted to, you know, get out with them,
(15:02):
and I still play on getting out with them, you know,
for the men's league team, but you know, I just
want to like really just stress you know, this year
and the importance on this year, and you know it's
kind of my focus. But I definitely, in the near future,
very near future, I plan on, you know, definitely getting
out there with them. But yeah, growing up, you know,
he still have a bunch of family there. A lot
of them have either you know, moved here, passed on unfortunately,
(15:26):
but you know, I'm still you know, a few cousins
over there, stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Is there a big basketball culture, not at.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
All, truthfully. All they really like focus on track and
you know, soccer football and they have a netbo and
all that.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
You know what's cool though, is that like you potentially
playing for them moving forward in the national games, like
you can be an influence to those young kids and
say like, this is something you can accomplish. I mean,
similar to what Namias Keda has done for for a
country of Portugal. Obviously we're born in Jamaica, but you
play for a country like you can influence the youth.
(16:03):
That's that's pretty cool to potentially be able to do that.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Yeah, Norman Powell, I'd say he's kind of you know,
beat me to that. He's more like the captain and leader,
you know, kind of represented that Jamaica basketball. So it's
really like cool to see, you know, just like the
impact he's had, you know, trying to I guess bring
that culture to Jamaica, you know, especially considering like man,
we as a country, you don't really care about it.
Like truthfully, I'm just gonna be honest, you know, it's
(16:26):
nothing wrong with it. You know, you just have our
priorities elsewhere.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
You know, everyone's every country has to start somewhere.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
We're just trying to be the fastest, you know, and
you have gotten there.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
You mentioned Montigo Bay, you grew up in Miami. You've
told me the beaches here in New England not up
to your standard.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
I gotta say, Booker, it's on I'm sorry, I was off.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
Typically, I don't know what the beaches are like in
I've only been in Miami. Yeah, what's your favorite beach
and what makes a good north of Miami?
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Right, probably like fifteen minutes close to the west, it's
probably like forty five to west Palm, and the beaches
down there are just the Bulcan beaches are nice. So
you have off you have Palmetto Beach. It's right off
Fla Meadow. So if you drive like fifteen minutes like
east of you know where I grew up right at
the beach. I me real nice, real laid back. I
(17:19):
used to go there like a night just chill, like
just watch the waves. Sometimes it's just the vibe.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
You know.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
It's not as busy as Miami beaches either, you know,
not as I guess. It's not like as much trash
stuff like that, Like you know, a bunch of like
populated areas, but they're just real nice.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
You know.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
You got a red Reef which is like the left
of you know, Palmetto. So uh, there's a lot of
like nice beach there for sure.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Is there anything negative that you'd like to say to
New England about the beaches up here?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
They don't exist.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Listen, I'm with you ever since I moved here. Everyone's
like the Cape the Cape, And I'm sorry people, but
like the cape's not that special.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
It's cold.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
What are you doing right now?
Speaker 4 (18:01):
It's cold water, it's not clear. I'm with you, That's
what I'm saying. Give me the Florida Beach, That's what
I'm all in. You give me water that's like below eighty.
I'm not going to the water never.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
That's but people are gonna It's okay.
Speaker 4 (18:20):
I'll stand out there, Josh.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
I gotta show my support, not take theater right now.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
So what's next for you in your career?
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Like, what do you think that next step is, you know,
having the opportunity here with the Celtics, Like, what do
you think that next thing is that you want to
accomplish and show the world that you can do.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
I'd say you just continue to impact winning probably just
say at the highest level. I mean, nice to get
a chip And that's kind of hard to celebrate with
you guys because it's like I was in the league
when you guys got the last chip. So it's kind
of like I'm not hating, but kind of you know.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
It's like Yeah, it's some great games by the way,
between us and you guys out in Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Yeah, I didn't really see it as like, you know,
you guys winning. I saw it was like me losing.
Now it's like I'm here, everybody's flexing their rings and stuff,
and just like I almost warm. Yeah, you know, I'm like, yeah, yeah, okay,
I would have walked out.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
But it's more motivation, right for a fact.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
So it's like walking in and seeing the banners, it's.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Just like it's cool. But it's just like, man, I
feel like I want my own you know. I'm selfish
like that.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
You know.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
It's like like how Timmy's dad being a Dnkleberg. It's
just like, man, she doesn't know what I'm talking about,
and you probably don't either, but with you, but yeah, no,
you know, like I'm hating a little bit. But it's
just like, you know what, that's in the past, and really,
you know, the president and man, it'd be nice to
just you know, win at the highest level for sure.
(19:46):
So I might say, just making my mark, continuing to
get better understanding what I need to do, you know,
to promote that goal and you know, go out there
and get it. Done.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Have you always had that mentality in terms of winning.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
For a fact? Yeah, no, I mean it's you know,
someone always asked me, like one of the questions I
was asked, you know, like the pre dry process, like
do I love to win or hate to lose? And
I hate to lose. It's like, man, it's just it's
a horrible feeling. I wish that on everyone. I was gonna.
I don't wish that name. I wish that on everyone,
like everyone exactly. I wish that on everyone. I want
(20:22):
them to feel that like, and I don't want to
you know, so even if there's night scene I might
have like a mid game, like a you know, below
average game, it's like, forget that wins. I'm just I'm
even you know, we get that lost though, and you
know it's like I contributed like negatively to that. It's like, man,
that's like the lowest that gets for me. Like it's
it's it's kind of tough. I'm trying to like balance
(20:42):
that too, especially being here like the new Opportunity. It's
like it follows me home and like I'm trying not
to let it, you know what I mean, because now
it's like I don't want to talk to my family.
I don't want to talk to my friends, you know,
like it's tough. I'm trying to like last shout on
like the people around me, you know. But it's just like, man,
you know, we get a win, though, Man, you would
have thought, I'm like, I just won a billion dollars,
(21:04):
you know, like next until the next game, you can't
talk to me. Man, I'm just is.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
That where you and Joe get along so well?
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Basically, I mean what told you to get along.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
At the beginning?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Can understand him and where I'd say so Yeah, No,
we share that ideal of just like, man, this is
life or death basically, you know, and shit funny, you know,
like it's my laughing joke with you guys.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Man.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Once I leave here, it's back to work, you know.
I mean, our last game was a win, so it's
it's feeling all right. Yeah, you know, I probably wouldn't
have been talking this much truthfully, you know. You know,
I'm not gonna lie. If I had like a game
on my birthday and we lost, like I probably wouldn't
be able to have a good night truthfully. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Well, before we let you go, you touched on your
relationship with Joe. I'm just curious how that's developed over
the course of the first couple of months of this season, Like.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Where are you guys now?
Speaker 1 (21:58):
How did he establish your relationship with you? And like
where have you guys gone over the last couple of
months together?
Speaker 2 (22:03):
You basically said, you know, there's a good opportunity for
you here if you take it. Nothing's gonna be handed
to me. Everything has to be earned. No one's gonna
bathe me here. It's killer be killed. So, uh, I
don't know. I mean now it's kind of just like
same mentality I understand a little bit more so, Like
now it's like I'm always coach, but I'm always gonna listen.
(22:24):
But you know, it's a little bit of push back. Now,
it's kind of like sometimes you know, movable object. It's
unstoppable for us, you know. So, I mean you ever
see us like going back and forth. You know that
it's all love. You know, we just trying to get
each other better, that's all. But it's it's a camaraderie,
you know with everybody on the team. You know, we're
just always trying to get each other better. And uh,
we all have the same goal in mind. That's how
(22:45):
you reach greatness, right. You don't do it without pushing
each other. So that's awesome. We appreciate you opening up
a little bit to us here. As I said again,
happy birthday, enjoy it tonight. I appreciate you coming on
and spending some time with us on your birthday. And
I know the fans out there love you like it
is real, so like so soak it all and they
don't fake that.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
You've earned that, so you know, keep doing the same thing.
They're going to love you the whole season.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Appreciate Have you heard that?
Speaker 1 (23:09):
M m hm.
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