January 5, 2022 • 43 mins
Tim Alcorn and Jim Chones are joined by Cavaliers legend, Daniel "Boobie" Gibson on the latest episode of CavsHQ. They also chat with Golden State play-by-play announcer, Tim Roye, to preview Sunday's game.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome to Cavs HQ presented by bet Way. Thank you
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here your host, Tim Alcorn and Jim Jones. Good evening everybody,
and welcome to Cavs h G presented by Betway on
the Cavaliers Radio Network. Great to have you with us
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as we now enter twenty twenty two. And of course
the Cavs got the new year off with a nice
win on Sunday when they offended Indiana one oh wait
to one oh four. So Jim Jones has always great
to have you with us, and boy, we're gonna have
some fun on this week's show. We're gonna go back
in time a little bit, not too far back, but
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Gab's legend, Daniel Booby Gibson's gonna stop by and pay
us a visit. And then we'll hear from perhaps the
premier voice in the NBA on the radio side, Tim Roy,
the play by play voice of the Golden State Warriors. Yeah,
it makes for a very special time. Of course Booby
and six with the Cavaliers, and then of course Tim Roy,
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who became family. And the reason I say family is
because four straight years in a row. He had to
look at my ugly face when we made the shift
the Golden State. But some great insights, Champ, some great insights. Yeah,
we look forward to hearing from Daniel Booby Gibson. Of course,
his two thousand and seven Eastern Conference Finals performance against
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Detroit one of the greatest moments in Cavaliers history. I'm
sure we'll touch on that. And then again Tim Roy
talking about Golden State. What are resurgents for that team
this year? So we've got all sorts of ground to cover.
Stay with us when we come back. We'll get things
started with Daniel Booby Gibson. He's gonna settle into the
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Legends chair. Enjoy Jim Jones and yours, Trulie, Tim for
so stay with us. It's Cavaliers h Q presented by
Ben Wick on the Cavaliers Radio Network. Welcome Back Cams HQ,
presented by bet Way on the Cavaliers Radio Network. Great
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to have you with us. Jam Elbourne, along with Jim
Jones and Jim once again has opened up that black
book of his and settling into the Legends chair on
cabs HQ is Cavalier Legend. Daniel Booby Gibson who, of
course played seven years with the Cavaliers back in the
early two mid two thousands, you can say, and Booby,
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it is great to have you on this show, although
we understand we kind of had to rouse you a
little bit early out there in California before we talk
about your cabs playing days. What are you up to
out on the West Coast? Oh Man, Just you know,
enjoying life. I got a couple of couple of businesses
I'm invested in on this side of the world that
I've been taken care of. Um, spending some time with
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my AU team, trying to get my my kids to
that NBA level, and just preparing him as men, and
then being a dad. It's probably been the most fun
I've had the opportunity to watch my son grow up,
so that's probably been the most fun part. Booby, Uh,
I just want to commend you because you've been a
fundamental part of our Calves family and some of the
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great priests in history. I know you've got some viewpoints,
especially when you see the play of young Garland. Can
you talk a little bit about him? Oh man, I
just see the confidence just coming off of that kid
every single game, and the beauty of it is when
he first came in, I know he had injuries that
he was battling and a few different things, but it's
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just he's just been a sponge from the start. So
I didn't know exactly when that light with with switch on,
but I knew it was coming, just because I saw
the work that he would always put in, and we
always saw flashes, but now I just seen him putting
the total package together. I mean dropping downs, making plays,
making a game easier for all his teammates. I mean
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he covering all the basis. I said at the beginning
of the year, I was hoping that he would turn
into an our star, but I think he's He's stamped
that already. Booby, you mentioned the fact that you can
see Darius's confidence growing. Looking back on your career, how
long did it take for you to feel fully confident
in the NBA that hey, I belong on this floor,
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I can compete with these guys. But for me, I
think it kind of clicked in mid season my my
rookie year, because it was my journey was a little different.
In order for me to even having um to stay
on the team for the whole year, I had to
really earn my spot being a second round pick. So
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for me, my mentality was I had to outwork every
single guy on that roster every single day, so I
never took a day off as far as getting to
the gym first, so leaving the gym last. And like
mid season, Um, Coach Brown put me out there one
time and I missed the three in the corner and
we come to the time out and coaches life, I'm
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gonna put you in the game. I'm gonna need you
to make those shots. And at first I was like, well,
that's a tough way to kind of um motiv put
a little fear in my heart. But at the same time,
I knew how much work I had put in, and
I knew how much time I had invested, and that
the players on the team believed in me as well.
So the next opportunity, I got to shoot the ball,
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let it go, and um that's what I was talking about,
that confidence. And once she went in, I looked at coaching,
pointed at him, and from there I knew he had
the confidence and me as well. So I know, coach
biggerstaff giving him the ball and all that kind of
players into him just turning into that, you know, that
ultimate point guard that we are pretty sure I knew
he could be. Well, let's break that booby up just
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a little bit more, you know, because in this new game,
the way the game is played, that's all of the
shoulders of play. Yes, Uh, what are some of the
specifics that guards have to be responsible for? As far
as running a team? I think initially when you come
into the NBA, it's about pace because you come in,
you think you're thinking you got the game under control,
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but you're not understanding that these guys out on this
floor wings span sixteen eleven seven feet, so they cover
ground really quick, and at first it kind of catches
you off bard because pretty much your whole life, you've
been able to do what you wanna do whenever you
got the basketball. So I think understanding pace, understanding that
every single guy at this level is can really play.
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And I think once you adjusted to the pace of
the game and it starts to slow down for you,
which I saw it sawing down for him last year
and the year before that. But like I said, Andrews
kind of with with with take him off pace with that.
But this year I just see the game swing down
for him. He he's making reads before they happen, and
it's just making the rest of the team so confidence
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is giving him the ball and running and finding their spots,
you know, and just getting ready to attack because they
know at this point that DG Is probably gonna make
the right play for them to get the best shot. Boy.
Great Insights, Daniel Booby Gibson our guest UH and Kevin's
HQ presented by Bett Way has Booby settles into the
Legends chair and Booby just this team overall. As you
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look at this Cavalier team, Jim and you have referenced
Darius Garland, but uh, the entire basketball squad, They've opened
up a lot of eyes. I'm sure even on the
West Coast you're keeping track. Just your thoughts on the
way this team has performed so far this year. Man,
just the way that they've just come together as a unit,
and just the identity of the caste. That was a
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big thing for me, even when we were losing games.
I think that the reason why that the city badness
and they were in love because we represented that that
clock of the city. Just how hard you go, that
that grit, that grind and never giving up that just
mentality that you're gonna fight to the bitter end. And
that's what I see in this team right here. I
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see him coming together and just playing as a unit.
I mean, if you go to Evan Mobi, the young kid,
I feel like he to Rookie of the Year in
my opinion. Um, I feel like you get a guy
like Kevin Love who kind of settles into his role
and just lets all the guys you know, feel more comfortable,
Jared Allen stepping into that pain and making it a
problem for everybody coming around. I think every single player
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on the team from my vantage point, seems to have
accepted they role and just being a star in the role.
And I think that changes the dynamic of your team.
When everybody buys in no matter where you at on
the road or at home, and giving it, giving it
they are, that really gives God gives your team the
best chance to win every night in the league. Boy,
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what do you think our chances are as far as
making the playoffs and then getting past the first round
or or at my asking too much? He Jim, I'm
with you. I feel like right now we're figuring it
out as far as winning and so you know, winning
in the playoffs is also a little bit different. That's
a that's a different ball game when you get to
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the playoffs. But the first step that I know these
guys have is just that unity. They don't seem to
get flustered, no matter what arena they're playing in, no
matter what crowd they're facing. They seem to have that
fifteen guy in a bunk of mentality that we don't
care what the other team is doing. We know what
we can to do and as long as we do
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that to the best of our abilities, that will give
ourselves a chance to win. And literally every single night
watching these guys play, switching guys in and out of
the lineup every night, I just feel like they all
have that same mentality and that's how you build the culture.
So I want to come in UM coach on starting
that culture and getting guys to buy into the philosophy
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of UM really what it takes to win in the league,
because it's not easy. You don't matter if you're playing
the worst team or the best team, it's hard to
get w UM on that floor. Our guest is Daniel
Booby Gibson as he joins us in the Legends chair.
He talked about the playoffs. Well, we're gonna take a
quick time out and when we come back, we'll talk
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about the two thousand and seven Eastern Conference Finals that
may have been, Daniel Booby Gibson the most legendary moment
in the Cavaliers uniform. We're gonna have some fun rehashing
and reliving that, so stay with us. Daniel Booby Gibson,
our guest on Cav's HQ, presented by bet waye More
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Jim Jones and our guest, Daniel Booby Gibson, seven years
a Cleveland Cavalier, was drafted in the second round, as
he alluded to in the first segment in two thousand
and six, and of course was a part of that
Cavaliers Eastern Conference championship team in the O six oh
seven season. His rookie campaign and Booby I teased it
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before we took the break. Boy that two thousand seven
Eastern Conference Finals and boy, your moment to shine. Game six,
the clinching game what was then dund Arena now Rocket
Mortgage field House, when you absolutely tore up the Detroit
Pistons thirty one points. One of Joe Tate's greatest calls.
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The Pistons just got booby trapped because that that whole
stage for us, and how that all unfolded after Lebron's
herculean effort in Game five to put the calves on
the customer of the Eastern Conference championship. Man, I'm literally
getting goose bugs just just thinking that. I literally go
back to that moment whenever, um, whenever we talked about it.
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But yeah, it really started from the brunt. You know,
he scored that tight points in a row the night before,
the night before. He came to me before that that
before the next game and was like, Hey, there's gonna
be some shots out there. Just be ready to shoot.
So now you rewind a little bit. Before the playoffs started,
I wasn't really getting consistent minutes like I would get
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put out there here and you put out there, um there.
But then we played when we played the Wizards, he
threw me out there the guard Gilbert the Rainish when
we had gotten a little bit of our trouble. And
again that was just me earning his trust throughout the playoffs,
and then we finally got to those pistons. I think
he had he we had for him to trust. And
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I really can't tell you that. The night before, I
just knew that I was gonna it's some open shots.
So I came in with the mindset that, you know,
if we want to win the game, other guys are
gonna have to make some plays. Because I knew that
they were gonna try to double and do some different
things with the Brund. Now I can't say I anticipated
knocking down all of the shots, but you know, as
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a shooter, once you get rolling and once you see
one go in and then that's that crowd. That night,
I just feel like they kind of just carried me
to the end. And once two or three of them
went in and we got to the got to the
end of the game, I knew that they would continue
to double brun because if you stop, you know, then
he's gonna go on a tear and so they had.
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They continued to double him and I just continue to
find every open spot on that floor, and all the
guys at that point started finding me with the ball,
and um, yeah, the rest is history. I mean, that
was that. That was the best night of my NBA career,
just because um, being a second round pick, not really
getting the opportunity or not not necessarily not getting the
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opper tunity, but wanting more of an opportunity and then
finally getting it. I just feel like, again, that's why
me and those cash fans have that we got that
connection because I feel like they felt what I was
going through and we we all kind of got over
the hump at at that game, Booby and two oh six,
Lebron James was in his prime, Yes, sir, what was
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it like to play with such greatness? Man? Lebron? I
think the best part about him, man is he never changed.
He was even when I was saying I was fighting
to be the first person in the gym, I was
fighting with Lebron to be the first the first person there,
And that says a lot with him being at that
still is the best player in the world. So um,
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he kind of set the example for myself and from
there it took me under his wing. And I any
opportunity I get to thank him, I come across any
of those guys, I tell him I appreciating him because
he let he gave me the blueprint on how to
last in that league movie. I want to go back
to Game six with the one or question, because every
kid who's ever dribbled a basketball in the driveway dreams
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dreams of a moment like that where you're just on
fire and the crowd is going crazy and you've got
a chance to literally take your team to the NBA Finals.
Tell everybody what that moment was like, what you were
feeling on the floor at that point when literally that
dream comes true. It's really like an out of body,
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out of body experienced um before the game, I was
with Chris jen and we were actually working out before
the game like it was a real game like men,
and they wouldn't anticipate me getting a whole lot of minutes,
so we try to keep you keep your addending up.
So I'm really working out, not I mean keep your
standing up. I'm really working out, not knowing that tonight
is gonna be one of those nights. But again, you
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get out there on the floor and you started making
shots and you just you fall into this zone. And
when you get into that zone and you have just
the arena and everybody do it's so loud, But to
me it was still real quiet, just because I had
I had tapped into this place there. Yeah, I don't.
I think a few people know what it's like, but
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when you get into that zone, there's nothing they can
take you out of it. And I'm just thankful that
it was on a night like that which you know,
changed my life and took to Cleveland to it entirely
different level. Well, Booby, I know now that you've come
in town and you've done some broadcasting for us, how
do you see yourself? I mean, you're so knowledgeable about
the game that you ever considered maybe coaching besides just
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doing the broadcasting. But coaching is a little different because
you gotta kind of at that point, you gotta convince
the other guy to do what you would do. And
I'm not I'm not big on that. I'm more of
a just a basketball junkie. I literally watched basketball all
day every day, probably the biggest castman in the world.
Now that I have stopped playing, but that's just that's
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that's my passion. I just love to talk about it.
You guy, ask about any player on any team game,
my probably can tell you what's going on. I just
love a game, and now I feel like that's where
I um, I can have my most effect is just
like this, just having conversations, abody getting getting into it.
I enjoyed this most of all. I think trying to
get somebody to play the way that I want to
play it might be a little a little frustrating for me. Bob.
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I want to ask you about the Cleveland fan base because,
as you said, you created that moment with Cavalier fans,
and yet uh, Cleveland, whether it's the Browns, the Guardians,
the Cavaliers, they might have the most passionate loyal fan
base of any city in the country. I may be
a little boy, but them not at all. Without a doubt.
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I've played in all the arenas. I've watched the games,
and I see the fans waver and go back and forth.
And like when I was there we lost twenty with
five three games in a row, we almost broke the
record for what once Brian left. But what I'm telling
you is still coming to the game, still feeling the
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energy and the fans of the fans. Well, it's just
it's just a different atmosphere when no matter whinning and losing,
when those guys come and support you and I attribute
my career tune, you know, like those the fans in Cleveland.
It's just it's a different one that you feel that
you feel with him, and you just understand how much
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they really care about the sport. Down there is to
me is different. You talked about coaching your son. Can
you play? Can you play? He shoot? Shoot? That's good,
that's the hardest thing. Would give me a full car.
I don't play, you know, he's still rather play video games.
But getting the workout, seeing it and listening to me
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in the drills. He issue here. He had knocked that
thing down, That's what he wold. How different is it
to watch players, especially your son, compared to play in
yourself take us through that role. It's amazing how they
just without you telling them how you played, or telling
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them how you move, or tell them how you shot
the ball. If they just pick up on little things
that you do and you start to see yourself come
out in their game. So that's that's been the coolest
part when I see him, when I see him shoot
a jump shot or here throw up is a little
goosey like I used to do. I didn't show you,
I didn't show you the three point side, but I
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guess it all cove natural and U the biggest thing
for me, man, You guys know, I used to had
the biggest smile on my face and I was playing.
Um and he does too, and so for me, that's
that's what it's all about, just that genuine love for
the game of basketball, not thinking about trying to make
it to the NBA or anything else. It's just really
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about genuine love for the game. UM. Yeah he has
that too. Well, we gotta close it out here as
the clock is running out. But I'll tell you what,
this has just been so enjoyable to relive with the
greatest nights and moments and Cavaliers basketball. And you made
that possible. And you just exemplified Cavaliers basketball when you
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wore that uniform. So we appreciate your spending the time
and anytime you want to join us again, you're more
than welcome. And like I said, man, you guys have
a special, special special place in my heart. I'm sure
I'll be down there around All Star weekend and um,
I just yeah, I just love for the fans of
you guys. Didn't know any time you need me to
do anything in the city of Cleveland and always got me. Favan,
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Right after this on the Cavaliers Radio Network, Welcome back
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to cavs HQ. It's presented by Betway on the Cavaliers
Radio Network Tim l. Gorn along with Jim Jones, And
again a huge thank you goes out to Daniel Booby
Gibson who joined us during the first segment of the
program reliving some great Cavaliers memories. And now we fast
forward to Cavaliers Present and of course this week uh
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Memphis here at Rocket Mortgage field House on Tuesday night,
and then the Calves will head west. They open up
a West Coast swing Friday night in Portland, and then
Sunday they go to Golden State. And it's always great
to talk to the voice of the Golden State Warriors,
Tim Roy, who now joins us on cavs HQ to
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talk a little bit about Golden States and this crazy
life we're all living in the NBA and present days. Tim,
Great to have you on and great to have you
join us again on cavs HQ. It's always great to
talk to you guys. Yeah, it's kind of been a
weird season for everybody, some more than most but I
think just about every team has been here. We just
saw Utah was in Salt Lake City and I couldn't believe.
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I'm looking at their injury report and they have not
lost a game to COVID so far. It's unbelieved. I
thought everybody had lost a game to COVID, but they
have it. So who knows these strange times? Indeed, Well,
let's start Golden State Warriors. Certainly, boy, when the year
got rolling, Uh, the Warriors were a hot of basketball
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team as anybody out there. Just take us through. What
has transpired with this Golden State team. Well, they made
a couple of adjustments last year with about twenty games
to go. Kelly Oubre was hurt, Wiseman got hurt, and
so Steve Kerr shortened his rotation and just went back
to playing the way the Warriors played before Kevin Durant,
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and it really worked. They went They won fifty in
their last twenty so at the start of this year
with a couple of interesting additions to the roster and
Gary Payton and again the Otto Porter Jr. And the
mind of the Elitza and improvement. But guys like Jordan
Poole in preseason you're looking around. Okay, it's preseason, but
they really looked pretty good, the balls moving, everybody seems
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to be, you know, accepting their roles. And uh. Once
the season began, it was really crazy because all of
a sudden, about ten games and you're going, this seems
pretty good. And it's continued to go. They you know,
face some adversity and you know they've got some people
coming back now. It's really been fun to watch. They
move the ball. They really share the ball, and that's
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a great way to play and I think that that
makes them fun to watch, but it also makes it
fun for the players because they know, you know, if
they're open, the ball is gonna get to him. You know.
I've always been amazed to him is how smart you
team was. I always felt that the three championships we
lost to you, everything else being equal physically, I always
thought you guys seem to be the smarter team. Talk
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a little bit about Steve Kerr and his approach to players.
You know, his approach to players is I think his
biggest strength. I think it's, you know, as good of
an X and O team as they've been at times,
but I think his approach to players has been really
good because he communicates with players constantly. You know, the
one guy I forgot that they brought back was Andrea Gadala.
And when you said about being a smart team, he's
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one of the smartest players I've ever seen. And and
he's really good. And he you know, he'll do stuff
like in practice or in games, you'll see him go
to a young player and he coaches on the floor.
You know, he's telling player, no, no no, that you have
to come at this angle, you have to do this,
you have to you know, show that. And he's really
good at that. And I noticed when he was acquired
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by the Warriors. One of the things he would do
is after practice, you know, Steph and Clay go to work,
they get their shots up. They you know, they have
a certain amount of makes they have to have and
and and they do that every day. What Andre would
do is he would grab the young players and say, Okay,
we're gonna work on our three point shooting. And they
would like go around the horn, around the three point
line and they would practice and everybody had to have
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a certain amount of makes and he would lead that squad.
So he helps Steve Kerr that way. By by taking
charge of the young players. And what Steve does is communicate.
I'll give you an example this year, John than kaminga.
You know, he's nineteen. He wants to play, you know,
he's he's you know, he's bursting at the seams. He
wants to get out there and play thirty minutes and
and he's just know the impatience of a young player.
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So the Warriors held back guys from going to Toronto.
They were afraid that if guys got tested positive in Canada,
they'd have to stay there for two weeks. So we
went up with our skeleton squad there in Toronto beat
the Warriors. Comenda starts in place. He scores twenty six points.
After the game, Steve Kirk pulled him aside and said, Hey,
you know what, if you got drafted by a bad team,
this is what you'd be doing every night. Everybody be
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telling you how great you are, he says, But you're
not learning that here. What you're learning here is how
to win. Yeah. And that's that's the kind of stuff
that he does with players. And I think he's so
good with players off the bench. Usually, you know, guys
will know, you know, if they're going to play a
lot in a particular game because Steve will pullm aside
and say, hey, I'm gonna need you tonight, or I'm
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not going to teat you tonight. We were gonna go
and play in a different direction. And so that communication
is key for him and I think it's a big,
big strength. So fabulous insight, Tim yr guest, he's the
voice of the Golden State Warriors. Talking there about Golden
State and head coach the Kerr and Tim just a
quick follow up on coach Kerr. Of course he's been
recognized now they'll lead USA Basketball. Just talk about that
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recognition for Steve and what it meant to him. I
think the fact that he's, uh, you know, taking over
for Greg Papovitch is a big deal to him because
he really is a pop disciple. He steals from Papovitch
and Phil Jackson all the time, you know, I mean
literally plays and you know, sayings and and things like that.
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So I think that's a really big honor for him.
He really enjoyed his time with Team USA and got
to know a lot of players around the league that
you know, otherwise he wouldn't know so well. And um,
it's a real big honor to him, and I think
he's really looking forward to the next go around with
Team USA. Had a lot of fun with that. You know, Tim,
They wants to find your style to play a small ball,
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but the way I've seen you guys plays not necessarily
small ball because then I look at your bitch, that's
all you got over there. But they're so highly skilled Wiggins.
You guys to change Wiggins. You developed Pool, and you
change Porter's career. Talk about the culture there, you know,
it's part of of of taking guys in. I think
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Jim and and and and finding the right role for them.
And I think the perfect example of that is JaVale McGee.
You know, before he came to the Warriors, he had
that that you know what people do him. He knew
him from shock to fool. He you know, he's kind
of kind of you know, he's kind of always looked
at us a little crazy and a little temperamental. And
Steve Kerr figured out, you know what, we're gonna play
you for short bursts. You'll win there and give us
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a good five minutes right now, good hard five minutes,
and I'm gonna pull you out, and then you're gonna
go back in and get good hard five minutes. And
he utilized what Javail could do, which is jump and
and you know, he set a pick and roll and
all of a sudden the ball be thrown to the
wing and there's Draymond throwing him a lob for a dunk.
And because everybody has to pay attention to the staff.
And so by showing what you know, Javail could do,
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I think it's added a couple of nice contracts for
Javail along the way that you know, he's now looked
that as a very uh usable piece and a guy
that you can win with. And so it's that kind
of a situation. You know, they went to Otto Porter
and they signed him and they said, okay, we're gonna
work on your body first. You know, we're gonna, you know,
try to make sure that you're healthy this year and
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and and get out there and compete. And so they
worked on his body, you know, in training camp and
things like that, and and and it's it's, you know,
he could tell he's just loving life down because he's
playing again. And you know the mind, you be, Elitza
is the guy that that they added because they wanted
a stretch for but you know, he wanted to handle
a little bit because he likes to play, make a
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little bit, and so Steve said, sure, go ahead, you know.
And and so I think they kind of look at
a guy. You know, we all we all do this
in the league, right We look at a guy and
he can't do this, he can't do that, And I
think Steve has a better and our Jeff Bob Meyers
who runs basketball offs. I think they kind of flip
it a little bit sometimes say yeah, he can't do
those things, but he can do this and this. What's
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what's you is this and this, And so I think
they're very good at leaving themselves open to possibilities with
players a great point accentuate the positive as they say,
we'll take a quick time out. When we come back,
we'll have more With Tim Roy, he's the voice of
the Golden State Warriors. Of course, the Calves and the
Warriors will meet Sunday when the Calves are out, West
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will fell further into this Golden State team. Following this
on Cavs HC presented by bet Way on the Cavaliers
Radio network, Boocome Back It's can presented by Betway, on
the Cavaliers Radio Network, Tim l Borne along with Jim
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Jones and of course Marty Allen doing a great job
on the other side of the window as he pushes
all the buttons and makes things work. And again great
to have Tim Roy joining us here on the show.
And Tim, will you talk Golden State? How do we
not ask you about Steph Curry. I don't know how
many adjectives and act of lads you have in your vocabulary.
This guy is just on the believable set the three
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point record earlier this season. Uh, boy, is he just
getting better and better and better? You know, it seems
that way. I'm I've run out of ways to describe him,
and uh, he's really you know, And I think we've
seen this with other guys. You know. Lebron is one
where they've really, you know, perfected the science of how
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to get your body right as you get older. And
I think that's a big deal. Steph is stronger, he's
he's you know, his body is is Uh. I think
it in in terms of the way he goes about
his business. How does he get ready for a game?
Was he doing a day off? All those things I
think contribute to it. But I think because he's stronger,
he's taking the bumps better. You know, he gets knocked
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to the floor a lot because of his size, and
well certainly not the way you know what in in
your here at Jim, I mean, you know, but but
in today's here he he gets knocked to the floor
a lot. Uh So, but he's just he's just remarkable.
And I think the other the other part about step is,
and I know I've told you guys just before, is
that he's so unselfish that he makes it I think
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easier for guys to play with him. They know, if
you know, Gary Payton hits the three and he's probably
gonna get the ball back in the corner, and and
you know, and Steff will try to find him again,
or somebody will try to find him again. So I
think Steph, Steph kind of plays into that part of
their their culture, and I think it makes it easier.
And and uh, you know, he's really also become a
much better defender and he's taking a lot more pride
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in that side of the floor. This year. His defensive
numbers are up, and he can tell he's a little stronger.
He can battle, he can hold his position, a little
bit better, and so so I think he's really trying
to send an example on on that side of the floor.
And really that's where the Warriors have been really really
good this year, and that's been on defense. Yeah, you
know what they talk about Curry and everybody seems to
struggle outside of his basketball ability defining what he is.
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But he has become a coachal icon. Guys that could
only shoot now I can play in our league and
play at a high level just because of the effect
they have on the game, the three points shot. But
what kind of person is he? You know, as you
see him with pictures with his family, But that's only
part of it. Can you give us a couple of
points or maybe a story about what kind of person
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he is? So years ago, his wife through a surprise
thirtieth birthday party for staff, really elaborate. It was in
San Francisco and like a kind of a warehouse deal,
and they had you know, a DJ and the whole bit,
and so we all kind of hid in the warehouse
and they came up. They came across the bay on
a boat to San Francisco and pulled up at his dock, right,
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and so we all were there and surprised him in
the whole bit. And you know, the whole team was
there and everybody, and so being that my wife and
I are a little bit older than the players, we were,
you know, checking out at a very respectable hour. So
I said, look, I'm I'm just gonna go up and
say goodbye to him. Right. So we walk up and hey,
thank you for so much for having us. And I
went to to thank you so much for inviting us,
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and he goes, oh, no, you gotta get in the
way without that, and he walks over to my wife
gives you the this huge hug, right, this huge hug.
And it meant so much to my wife that he
would take time to come over there and say hey,
you know and and you know, so it just shows
his you know, generosity of spirit, if you will. And
the other thing is that and I've never seen anybody
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do this, and it's it's very selfish for me to
tell this story. But he comes and he'll do interviews.
I mean there have been times like a National TV
games where he'll do National TV, he'll do ESPN radio
and he'll still come over and do us after that.
You know, if he's had like a momentous game, like
a huge game, or set of record, like in like
in New York. In New York, he went back and
you were the the the radio interview for for fans listening,
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the spot in New York is way back in the
locker room. You can't see him in a whole bit.
So he did all this stuff. And I told our
PR guy, Raymond Ritter, I said, you know, if he's
got too much going on afterwards, don't worry about it.
You know, I don't want to bug him. And he
and he texted me in the post, you know, Steph
wants to do it, but just be patient. And so
after about ten minutes, you know, we we took a break,
came back and here comes Steff puts a headset on
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afters and and still does the interview. And it's and
and and every time Jim he does the interview, guys
that he always tells people he shouts out by Twitter handle.
He'll say, hey, don't forget followed him at Warriors Box
on Twitter. You know, every time I love that who
does that, it's like he's he's I mean, you know,
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I'm there's a good part of me that when he retires,
I better retire because it's not gonna get better than that.
So both on and off the floor. So, but tim,
doesn't that also speak to the overall warrior culture you
mentioned Bob Meyers, Steve Kerr Uh, they this tone has
been set that even though we play at a high,
(35:53):
high level, Uh, we still have to establish a culture
where we relate to everybody. Yeah, you know, it's it's
one of the things when the new ownership took over,
and you know, I've been around long enough, thank thankfully
to be in good situations and bad situations, and so, uh,
when the new ownership took over, they did not want
a wall between basketball and the rest of the organization,
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and so they made a real point of that that
this is one organization and so uh so that I
think that kind of helped set that that kind of
tone that you talk about, that everybody's approachable, everybody is
likable and and and so it's it's very easy, you know,
to do your job in this situation. You know, I mean,
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you got Steve Kerry's head coach. I mean he's one
of the nicest guys, a former cavalier. You know, you
got you got Steph you got you know, Clay is
one of the more likable players around the association. So
it's it's um, you know, it's it's a real good
situation that we have right now, and and and it's
I have to tay. I really believe that that attitude
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really helped during the the five year you know run
that they had because because it it didn't the Warriors
didn't splinter too much, you know, maybe the last year
obviously kdu had his mind on other things and and
other opportunities, but but they didn't splinter as an organization.
I think that helped him get to five straight finals.
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You know, Tim, I was just thinking about there's so
many things to think about because you know, we almost
became families. I mean four straight years, Tim, I mean,
come one. A little tired of seeing you guys, be honestly,
that's that's right. You gotta look, you gotta look at
my ugly face. You know, I'm bound away from you.
But uh, but you know, I was just thinking, you know,
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what a rivalry that was, you know, the greatest player
at that time, and then the up and coming uh
Curry and a different style of play, the revolution nice
how our game is played. Talking just a minute or
two about that. You know, I thought it was really
good because it combined what we wanted, what we want
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MPRE in pro sports. You know, it had star power
on both teams. Okay, so you have stars to to
look at, and it had good role players on both teams.
You know, neither neither team gets to the finals without
guys contributing, especially guys off the bench. And then the
other thing was there was just enough dislike in this
era that made a rivalry, and I think we need
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a little bit of that, you know, I think, you know,
the Warriors have always had, you know, a rivalry with
a Chris Paul team wherever he's been, Clippers, Rockets, wherever
it is now, the Suns, and I think with with
Lebron and the Cavaliers, there was that there was a
lot of there was respect there, there's no you know,
but there was just enough dislike there to make it
a little contentious. And I think that's that's a little
(38:47):
spice that makes the great rivalry that it was. And
let's face it, you know, the Warriors were were fortunate.
You know that very easily could have been a two
two uh four year run, could have been a one
three four yr run. But they know they were maybe
it's a little deeper. And and you know with with Kevin,
I mean that was you know, that's when the Warriors
were ridiculous because you know he had you know, Steph
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and Clay and and and I mean and Kevin, I
have to say, you know, Lebron, I'm sure is like
this is well for you guys, But the shot clock
could be at seven and he would get the ball
and he's well guarded, and but you knew he was
going to get a good look up somehow, some way
he was going to get shot up. It's just he's
just ridiculous that way. Well, Tim, unfortunately we won't see
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you on Sunday. We did have the chance to see
you when Golden State was here in Cleveland, but always
enjoyed the opportunity to chat. And certainly you're regarded as
one of the best in the NBA as far as
the play by play role is concerned. I admire your
work and so we appreciate you spending the time with us. Well,
you guys know, and Tim, Tim knows because I I
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texted him once in a while as I listened to
you guys all the time, and I can tell you
I was loving watching the Cavaliers. I know you guys
have had a of injuries and situations that have kind
of shifted things a little bit. But that's a good
group you guys have there, and I think, yeah, good
good times are ahead for the Calves. That's a nice punch.
We look forward to it as well. Tim. We'll we'll
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talk soon. We appreciate you stopping by. Always fun, Always,
Tim Roy, he's the radio boys of the Golden State Warriors,
as he joins us on cav's h D presented by
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the Cavaliers the radio network. That's gonna do it. For
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this week's edition of Cav's h Q presented by bet Way,
what what a great show. Daniel Booby Gibson got things
started in the first segment reliving some great Cavalier moments
and how about the passion that he still has for
the Cleveland fan base and the love of Cavaliers basketball.
That was great to hear. And then of course, like
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huge thank you goes out to Tim Roy, one of
the great NBA play by play voices, as he calls
all the action for the Golden State Warriors, and the
Calves will be seeing the Warriors on Sunday on their
upcoming West Coast road swing. But when those were two
great guests on this week's edition of cabs h Q,
all sorts of thank You's Marty Allen, A great, big
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thank you to you, Jim Jones, A huge thank you
goes out to you, thanks to Booby Gibson and Tim Roy.
Biggest thanks goes to you, the listeners. We'll talk to
you again tomorrow night when the Calves take on Memphis
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as we now enter twenty twenty two. And of course
the Cavs got the new year off with a nice
win on Sunday when they offended Indiana one oh wait
to one oh four. So Jim Jones has always great
to have you with us, and boy, we're gonna have
some fun on this week's show. We're gonna go back
in time a little bit, not too far back, but
(00:53):
Gab's legend, Daniel Booby Gibson's gonna stop by and pay
us a visit. And then we'll hear from perhaps the
premier voice in the NBA on the radio side, Tim Roy,
the play by play voice of the Golden State Warriors. Yeah,
it makes for a very special time. Of course Booby
and six with the Cavaliers, and then of course Tim Roy,
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who became family. And the reason I say family is
because four straight years in a row. He had to
look at my ugly face when we made the shift
the Golden State. But some great insights, Champ, some great insights. Yeah,
we look forward to hearing from Daniel Booby Gibson. Of course,
his two thousand and seven Eastern Conference Finals performance against
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Detroit one of the greatest moments in Cavaliers history. I'm
sure we'll touch on that. And then again Tim Roy
talking about Golden State. What are resurgents for that team
this year? So we've got all sorts of ground to cover.
Stay with us when we come back. We'll get things
started with Daniel Booby Gibson. He's gonna settle into the
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Legends chair. Enjoy Jim Jones and yours, Trulie, Tim for
so stay with us. It's Cavaliers h Q presented by
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(02:18):
to have you with us. Jam Elbourne, along with Jim
Jones and Jim once again has opened up that black
book of his and settling into the Legends chair on
cabs HQ is Cavalier Legend. Daniel Booby Gibson who, of
course played seven years with the Cavaliers back in the
early two mid two thousands, you can say, and Booby,
(02:40):
it is great to have you on this show, although
we understand we kind of had to rouse you a
little bit early out there in California before we talk
about your cabs playing days. What are you up to
out on the West Coast? Oh Man, Just you know,
enjoying life. I got a couple of couple of businesses
I'm invested in on this side of the world that
I've been taken care of. Um, spending some time with
(03:02):
my AU team, trying to get my my kids to
that NBA level, and just preparing him as men, and
then being a dad. It's probably been the most fun
I've had the opportunity to watch my son grow up,
so that's probably been the most fun part. Booby, Uh,
I just want to commend you because you've been a
fundamental part of our Calves family and some of the
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great priests in history. I know you've got some viewpoints,
especially when you see the play of young Garland. Can
you talk a little bit about him? Oh man, I
just see the confidence just coming off of that kid
every single game, and the beauty of it is when
he first came in, I know he had injuries that
he was battling and a few different things, but it's
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just he's just been a sponge from the start. So
I didn't know exactly when that light with with switch on,
but I knew it was coming, just because I saw
the work that he would always put in, and we
always saw flashes, but now I just seen him putting
the total package together. I mean dropping downs, making plays,
making a game easier for all his teammates. I mean
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he covering all the basis. I said at the beginning
of the year, I was hoping that he would turn
into an our star, but I think he's He's stamped
that already. Booby, you mentioned the fact that you can
see Darius's confidence growing. Looking back on your career, how
long did it take for you to feel fully confident
in the NBA that hey, I belong on this floor,
(04:29):
I can compete with these guys. But for me, I
think it kind of clicked in mid season my my
rookie year, because it was my journey was a little different.
In order for me to even having um to stay
on the team for the whole year, I had to
really earn my spot being a second round pick. So
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for me, my mentality was I had to outwork every
single guy on that roster every single day, so I
never took a day off as far as getting to
the gym first, so leaving the gym last. And like
mid season, Um, Coach Brown put me out there one
time and I missed the three in the corner and
we come to the time out and coaches life, I'm
(05:10):
gonna put you in the game. I'm gonna need you
to make those shots. And at first I was like, well,
that's a tough way to kind of um motiv put
a little fear in my heart. But at the same time,
I knew how much work I had put in, and
I knew how much time I had invested, and that
the players on the team believed in me as well.
So the next opportunity, I got to shoot the ball,
(05:31):
let it go, and um that's what I was talking about,
that confidence. And once she went in, I looked at coaching,
pointed at him, and from there I knew he had
the confidence and me as well. So I know, coach
biggerstaff giving him the ball and all that kind of
players into him just turning into that, you know, that
ultimate point guard that we are pretty sure I knew
he could be. Well, let's break that booby up just
(05:54):
a little bit more, you know, because in this new game,
the way the game is played, that's all of the
shoulders of play. Yes, Uh, what are some of the
specifics that guards have to be responsible for? As far
as running a team? I think initially when you come
into the NBA, it's about pace because you come in,
you think you're thinking you got the game under control,
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but you're not understanding that these guys out on this
floor wings span sixteen eleven seven feet, so they cover
ground really quick, and at first it kind of catches
you off bard because pretty much your whole life, you've
been able to do what you wanna do whenever you
got the basketball. So I think understanding pace, understanding that
every single guy at this level is can really play.
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And I think once you adjusted to the pace of
the game and it starts to slow down for you,
which I saw it sawing down for him last year
and the year before that. But like I said, Andrews
kind of with with with take him off pace with that.
But this year I just see the game swing down
for him. He he's making reads before they happen, and
it's just making the rest of the team so confidence
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is giving him the ball and running and finding their spots,
you know, and just getting ready to attack because they
know at this point that DG Is probably gonna make
the right play for them to get the best shot. Boy.
Great Insights, Daniel Booby Gibson our guest UH and Kevin's
HQ presented by Bett Way has Booby settles into the
Legends chair and Booby just this team overall. As you
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look at this Cavalier team, Jim and you have referenced
Darius Garland, but uh, the entire basketball squad, They've opened
up a lot of eyes. I'm sure even on the
West Coast you're keeping track. Just your thoughts on the
way this team has performed so far this year. Man,
just the way that they've just come together as a unit,
and just the identity of the caste. That was a
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big thing for me, even when we were losing games.
I think that the reason why that the city badness
and they were in love because we represented that that
clock of the city. Just how hard you go, that
that grit, that grind and never giving up that just
mentality that you're gonna fight to the bitter end. And
that's what I see in this team right here. I
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see him coming together and just playing as a unit.
I mean, if you go to Evan Mobi, the young kid,
I feel like he to Rookie of the Year in
my opinion. Um, I feel like you get a guy
like Kevin Love who kind of settles into his role
and just lets all the guys you know, feel more comfortable,
Jared Allen stepping into that pain and making it a
problem for everybody coming around. I think every single player
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on the team from my vantage point, seems to have
accepted they role and just being a star in the role.
And I think that changes the dynamic of your team.
When everybody buys in no matter where you at on
the road or at home, and giving it, giving it
they are, that really gives God gives your team the
best chance to win every night in the league. Boy,
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what do you think our chances are as far as
making the playoffs and then getting past the first round
or or at my asking too much? He Jim, I'm
with you. I feel like right now we're figuring it
out as far as winning and so you know, winning
in the playoffs is also a little bit different. That's
a that's a different ball game when you get to
(09:12):
the playoffs. But the first step that I know these
guys have is just that unity. They don't seem to
get flustered, no matter what arena they're playing in, no
matter what crowd they're facing. They seem to have that
fifteen guy in a bunk of mentality that we don't
care what the other team is doing. We know what
we can to do and as long as we do
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that to the best of our abilities, that will give
ourselves a chance to win. And literally every single night
watching these guys play, switching guys in and out of
the lineup every night, I just feel like they all
have that same mentality and that's how you build the culture.
So I want to come in UM coach on starting
that culture and getting guys to buy into the philosophy
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of UM really what it takes to win in the league,
because it's not easy. You don't matter if you're playing
the worst team or the best team, it's hard to
get w UM on that floor. Our guest is Daniel
Booby Gibson as he joins us in the Legends chair.
He talked about the playoffs. Well, we're gonna take a
quick time out and when we come back, we'll talk
(10:13):
about the two thousand and seven Eastern Conference Finals that
may have been, Daniel Booby Gibson the most legendary moment
in the Cavaliers uniform. We're gonna have some fun rehashing
and reliving that, so stay with us. Daniel Booby Gibson,
our guest on Cav's HQ, presented by bet waye More
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Jim Jones and our guest, Daniel Booby Gibson, seven years
a Cleveland Cavalier, was drafted in the second round, as
he alluded to in the first segment in two thousand
and six, and of course was a part of that
Cavaliers Eastern Conference championship team in the O six oh
seven season. His rookie campaign and Booby I teased it
(11:25):
before we took the break. Boy that two thousand seven
Eastern Conference Finals and boy, your moment to shine. Game six,
the clinching game what was then dund Arena now Rocket
Mortgage field House, when you absolutely tore up the Detroit
Pistons thirty one points. One of Joe Tate's greatest calls.
(11:47):
The Pistons just got booby trapped because that that whole
stage for us, and how that all unfolded after Lebron's
herculean effort in Game five to put the calves on
the customer of the Eastern Conference championship. Man, I'm literally
getting goose bugs just just thinking that. I literally go
back to that moment whenever, um, whenever we talked about it.
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But yeah, it really started from the brunt. You know,
he scored that tight points in a row the night before,
the night before. He came to me before that that
before the next game and was like, Hey, there's gonna
be some shots out there. Just be ready to shoot.
So now you rewind a little bit. Before the playoffs started,
I wasn't really getting consistent minutes like I would get
(12:34):
put out there here and you put out there, um there.
But then we played when we played the Wizards, he
threw me out there the guard Gilbert the Rainish when
we had gotten a little bit of our trouble. And
again that was just me earning his trust throughout the playoffs,
and then we finally got to those pistons. I think
he had he we had for him to trust. And
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I really can't tell you that. The night before, I
just knew that I was gonna it's some open shots.
So I came in with the mindset that, you know,
if we want to win the game, other guys are
gonna have to make some plays. Because I knew that
they were gonna try to double and do some different
things with the Brund. Now I can't say I anticipated
knocking down all of the shots, but you know, as
(13:16):
a shooter, once you get rolling and once you see
one go in and then that's that crowd. That night,
I just feel like they kind of just carried me
to the end. And once two or three of them
went in and we got to the got to the
end of the game, I knew that they would continue
to double brun because if you stop, you know, then
he's gonna go on a tear and so they had.
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They continued to double him and I just continue to
find every open spot on that floor, and all the
guys at that point started finding me with the ball,
and um, yeah, the rest is history. I mean, that
was that. That was the best night of my NBA career,
just because um, being a second round pick, not really
getting the opportunity or not not necessarily not getting the
(13:59):
opper tunity, but wanting more of an opportunity and then
finally getting it. I just feel like, again, that's why
me and those cash fans have that we got that
connection because I feel like they felt what I was
going through and we we all kind of got over
the hump at at that game, Booby and two oh six,
Lebron James was in his prime, Yes, sir, what was
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it like to play with such greatness? Man? Lebron? I
think the best part about him, man is he never changed.
He was even when I was saying I was fighting
to be the first person in the gym, I was
fighting with Lebron to be the first the first person there,
And that says a lot with him being at that
still is the best player in the world. So um,
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he kind of set the example for myself and from
there it took me under his wing. And I any
opportunity I get to thank him, I come across any
of those guys, I tell him I appreciating him because
he let he gave me the blueprint on how to
last in that league movie. I want to go back
to Game six with the one or question, because every
kid who's ever dribbled a basketball in the driveway dreams
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dreams of a moment like that where you're just on
fire and the crowd is going crazy and you've got
a chance to literally take your team to the NBA Finals.
Tell everybody what that moment was like, what you were
feeling on the floor at that point when literally that
dream comes true. It's really like an out of body,
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out of body experienced um before the game, I was
with Chris jen and we were actually working out before
the game like it was a real game like men,
and they wouldn't anticipate me getting a whole lot of minutes,
so we try to keep you keep your addending up.
So I'm really working out, not I mean keep your
standing up. I'm really working out, not knowing that tonight
is gonna be one of those nights. But again, you
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get out there on the floor and you started making
shots and you just you fall into this zone. And
when you get into that zone and you have just
the arena and everybody do it's so loud, But to
me it was still real quiet, just because I had
I had tapped into this place there. Yeah, I don't.
I think a few people know what it's like, but
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when you get into that zone, there's nothing they can
take you out of it. And I'm just thankful that
it was on a night like that which you know,
changed my life and took to Cleveland to it entirely
different level. Well, Booby, I know now that you've come
in town and you've done some broadcasting for us, how
do you see yourself? I mean, you're so knowledgeable about
the game that you ever considered maybe coaching besides just
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doing the broadcasting. But coaching is a little different because
you gotta kind of at that point, you gotta convince
the other guy to do what you would do. And
I'm not I'm not big on that. I'm more of
a just a basketball junkie. I literally watched basketball all
day every day, probably the biggest castman in the world.
Now that I have stopped playing, but that's just that's
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that's my passion. I just love to talk about it.
You guy, ask about any player on any team game,
my probably can tell you what's going on. I just
love a game, and now I feel like that's where
I um, I can have my most effect is just
like this, just having conversations, abody getting getting into it.
I enjoyed this most of all. I think trying to
get somebody to play the way that I want to
play it might be a little a little frustrating for me. Bob.
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I want to ask you about the Cleveland fan base because,
as you said, you created that moment with Cavalier fans,
and yet uh, Cleveland, whether it's the Browns, the Guardians,
the Cavaliers, they might have the most passionate loyal fan
base of any city in the country. I may be
a little boy, but them not at all. Without a doubt.
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I've played in all the arenas. I've watched the games,
and I see the fans waver and go back and forth.
And like when I was there we lost twenty with
five three games in a row, we almost broke the
record for what once Brian left. But what I'm telling
you is still coming to the game, still feeling the
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energy and the fans of the fans. Well, it's just
it's just a different atmosphere when no matter whinning and losing,
when those guys come and support you and I attribute
my career tune, you know, like those the fans in Cleveland.
It's just it's a different one that you feel that
you feel with him, and you just understand how much
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they really care about the sport. Down there is to
me is different. You talked about coaching your son. Can
you play? Can you play? He shoot? Shoot? That's good,
that's the hardest thing. Would give me a full car.
I don't play, you know, he's still rather play video games.
But getting the workout, seeing it and listening to me
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in the drills. He issue here. He had knocked that
thing down, That's what he wold. How different is it
to watch players, especially your son, compared to play in
yourself take us through that role. It's amazing how they
just without you telling them how you played, or telling
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them how you move, or tell them how you shot
the ball. If they just pick up on little things
that you do and you start to see yourself come
out in their game. So that's that's been the coolest
part when I see him, when I see him shoot
a jump shot or here throw up is a little
goosey like I used to do. I didn't show you,
I didn't show you the three point side, but I
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guess it all cove natural and U the biggest thing
for me, man, You guys know, I used to had
the biggest smile on my face and I was playing.
Um and he does too, and so for me, that's
that's what it's all about, just that genuine love for
the game of basketball, not thinking about trying to make
it to the NBA or anything else. It's just really
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about genuine love for the game. UM. Yeah he has
that too. Well, we gotta close it out here as
the clock is running out. But I'll tell you what,
this has just been so enjoyable to relive with the
greatest nights and moments and Cavaliers basketball. And you made
that possible. And you just exemplified Cavaliers basketball when you
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wore that uniform. So we appreciate your spending the time
and anytime you want to join us again, you're more
than welcome. And like I said, man, you guys have
a special, special special place in my heart. I'm sure
I'll be down there around All Star weekend and um,
I just yeah, I just love for the fans of
you guys. Didn't know any time you need me to
do anything in the city of Cleveland and always got me. Favan,
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to cavs HQ. It's presented by Betway on the Cavaliers
Radio Network Tim l. Gorn along with Jim Jones, And
again a huge thank you goes out to Daniel Booby
Gibson who joined us during the first segment of the
program reliving some great Cavaliers memories. And now we fast
forward to Cavaliers Present and of course this week uh
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Memphis here at Rocket Mortgage field House on Tuesday night,
and then the Calves will head west. They open up
a West Coast swing Friday night in Portland, and then
Sunday they go to Golden State. And it's always great
to talk to the voice of the Golden State Warriors,
Tim Roy, who now joins us on cavs HQ to
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talk a little bit about Golden States and this crazy
life we're all living in the NBA and present days. Tim,
Great to have you on and great to have you
join us again on cavs HQ. It's always great to
talk to you guys. Yeah, it's kind of been a
weird season for everybody, some more than most but I
think just about every team has been here. We just
saw Utah was in Salt Lake City and I couldn't believe.
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I'm looking at their injury report and they have not
lost a game to COVID so far. It's unbelieved. I
thought everybody had lost a game to COVID, but they
have it. So who knows these strange times? Indeed, Well,
let's start Golden State Warriors. Certainly, boy, when the year
got rolling, Uh, the Warriors were a hot of basketball
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team as anybody out there. Just take us through. What
has transpired with this Golden State team. Well, they made
a couple of adjustments last year with about twenty games
to go. Kelly Oubre was hurt, Wiseman got hurt, and
so Steve Kerr shortened his rotation and just went back
to playing the way the Warriors played before Kevin Durant,
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and it really worked. They went They won fifty in
their last twenty so at the start of this year
with a couple of interesting additions to the roster and
Gary Payton and again the Otto Porter Jr. And the
mind of the Elitza and improvement. But guys like Jordan
Poole in preseason you're looking around. Okay, it's preseason, but
they really looked pretty good, the balls moving, everybody seems
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to be, you know, accepting their roles. And uh. Once
the season began, it was really crazy because all of
a sudden, about ten games and you're going, this seems
pretty good. And it's continued to go. They you know,
face some adversity and you know they've got some people
coming back now. It's really been fun to watch. They
move the ball. They really share the ball, and that's
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a great way to play and I think that that
makes them fun to watch, but it also makes it
fun for the players because they know, you know, if
they're open, the ball is gonna get to him. You know.
I've always been amazed to him is how smart you
team was. I always felt that the three championships we
lost to you, everything else being equal physically, I always
thought you guys seem to be the smarter team. Talk
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a little bit about Steve Kerr and his approach to players.
You know, his approach to players is I think his
biggest strength. I think it's, you know, as good of
an X and O team as they've been at times,
but I think his approach to players has been really
good because he communicates with players constantly. You know, the
one guy I forgot that they brought back was Andrea Gadala.
And when you said about being a smart team, he's
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one of the smartest players I've ever seen. And and
he's really good. And he you know, he'll do stuff
like in practice or in games, you'll see him go
to a young player and he coaches on the floor.
You know, he's telling player, no, no no, that you have
to come at this angle, you have to do this,
you have to you know, show that. And he's really
good at that. And I noticed when he was acquired
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by the Warriors. One of the things he would do
is after practice, you know, Steph and Clay go to work,
they get their shots up. They you know, they have
a certain amount of makes they have to have and
and and they do that every day. What Andre would
do is he would grab the young players and say, Okay,
we're gonna work on our three point shooting. And they
would like go around the horn, around the three point
line and they would practice and everybody had to have
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a certain amount of makes and he would lead that squad.
So he helps Steve Kerr that way. By by taking
charge of the young players. And what Steve does is communicate.
I'll give you an example this year, John than kaminga.
You know, he's nineteen. He wants to play, you know,
he's he's you know, he's bursting at the seams. He
wants to get out there and play thirty minutes and
and he's just know the impatience of a young player.
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So the Warriors held back guys from going to Toronto.
They were afraid that if guys got tested positive in Canada,
they'd have to stay there for two weeks. So we
went up with our skeleton squad there in Toronto beat
the Warriors. Comenda starts in place. He scores twenty six points.
After the game, Steve Kirk pulled him aside and said, Hey,
you know what, if you got drafted by a bad team,
this is what you'd be doing every night. Everybody be
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telling you how great you are, he says, But you're
not learning that here. What you're learning here is how
to win. Yeah. And that's that's the kind of stuff
that he does with players. And I think he's so
good with players off the bench. Usually, you know, guys
will know, you know, if they're going to play a
lot in a particular game because Steve will pullm aside
and say, hey, I'm gonna need you tonight, or I'm
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not going to teat you tonight. We were gonna go
and play in a different direction. And so that communication
is key for him and I think it's a big,
big strength. So fabulous insight, Tim yr guest, he's the
voice of the Golden State Warriors. Talking there about Golden
State and head coach the Kerr and Tim just a
quick follow up on coach Kerr. Of course he's been
recognized now they'll lead USA Basketball. Just talk about that
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recognition for Steve and what it meant to him. I
think the fact that he's, uh, you know, taking over
for Greg Papovitch is a big deal to him because
he really is a pop disciple. He steals from Papovitch
and Phil Jackson all the time, you know, I mean
literally plays and you know, sayings and and things like that.
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So I think that's a really big honor for him.
He really enjoyed his time with Team USA and got
to know a lot of players around the league that
you know, otherwise he wouldn't know so well. And um,
it's a real big honor to him, and I think
he's really looking forward to the next go around with
Team USA. Had a lot of fun with that. You know, Tim,
They wants to find your style to play a small ball,
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but the way I've seen you guys plays not necessarily
small ball because then I look at your bitch, that's
all you got over there. But they're so highly skilled Wiggins.
You guys to change Wiggins. You developed Pool, and you
change Porter's career. Talk about the culture there, you know,
it's part of of of taking guys in. I think
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Jim and and and and finding the right role for them.
And I think the perfect example of that is JaVale McGee.
You know, before he came to the Warriors, he had
that that you know what people do him. He knew
him from shock to fool. He you know, he's kind
of kind of you know, he's kind of always looked
at us a little crazy and a little temperamental. And
Steve Kerr figured out, you know what, we're gonna play
you for short bursts. You'll win there and give us
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a good five minutes right now, good hard five minutes,
and I'm gonna pull you out, and then you're gonna
go back in and get good hard five minutes. And
he utilized what Javail could do, which is jump and
and you know, he set a pick and roll and
all of a sudden the ball be thrown to the
wing and there's Draymond throwing him a lob for a dunk.
And because everybody has to pay attention to the staff.
And so by showing what you know, Javail could do,
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I think it's added a couple of nice contracts for
Javail along the way that you know, he's now looked
that as a very uh usable piece and a guy
that you can win with. And so it's that kind
of a situation. You know, they went to Otto Porter
and they signed him and they said, okay, we're gonna
work on your body first. You know, we're gonna, you know,
try to make sure that you're healthy this year and
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and and get out there and compete. And so they
worked on his body, you know, in training camp and
things like that, and and and it's it's, you know,
he could tell he's just loving life down because he's
playing again. And you know the mind, you be, Elitza
is the guy that that they added because they wanted
a stretch for but you know, he wanted to handle
a little bit because he likes to play, make a
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little bit, and so Steve said, sure, go ahead, you know.
And and so I think they kind of look at
a guy. You know, we all we all do this
in the league, right We look at a guy and
he can't do this, he can't do that, And I
think Steve has a better and our Jeff Bob Meyers
who runs basketball offs. I think they kind of flip
it a little bit sometimes say yeah, he can't do
those things, but he can do this and this. What's
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what's you is this and this, And so I think
they're very good at leaving themselves open to possibilities with
players a great point accentuate the positive as they say,
we'll take a quick time out. When we come back,
we'll have more With Tim Roy, he's the voice of
the Golden State Warriors. Of course, the Calves and the
Warriors will meet Sunday when the Calves are out, West
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will fell further into this Golden State team. Following this
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Radio network, Boocome Back It's can presented by Betway, on
the Cavaliers Radio Network, Tim l Borne along with Jim
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Jones and of course Marty Allen doing a great job
on the other side of the window as he pushes
all the buttons and makes things work. And again great
to have Tim Roy joining us here on the show.
And Tim, will you talk Golden State? How do we
not ask you about Steph Curry. I don't know how
many adjectives and act of lads you have in your vocabulary.
This guy is just on the believable set the three
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point record earlier this season. Uh, boy, is he just
getting better and better and better? You know, it seems
that way. I'm I've run out of ways to describe him,
and uh, he's really you know, And I think we've
seen this with other guys. You know. Lebron is one
where they've really, you know, perfected the science of how
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to get your body right as you get older. And
I think that's a big deal. Steph is stronger, he's
he's you know, his body is is Uh. I think
it in in terms of the way he goes about
his business. How does he get ready for a game?
Was he doing a day off? All those things I
think contribute to it. But I think because he's stronger,
he's taking the bumps better. You know, he gets knocked
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to the floor a lot because of his size, and
well certainly not the way you know what in in
your here at Jim, I mean, you know, but but
in today's here he he gets knocked to the floor
a lot. Uh So, but he's just he's just remarkable.
And I think the other the other part about step is,
and I know I've told you guys just before, is
that he's so unselfish that he makes it I think
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easier for guys to play with him. They know, if
you know, Gary Payton hits the three and he's probably
gonna get the ball back in the corner, and and
you know, and Steff will try to find him again,
or somebody will try to find him again. So I
think Steph, Steph kind of plays into that part of
their their culture, and I think it makes it easier.
And and uh, you know, he's really also become a
much better defender and he's taking a lot more pride
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in that side of the floor. This year. His defensive
numbers are up, and he can tell he's a little stronger.
He can battle, he can hold his position, a little
bit better, and so so I think he's really trying
to send an example on on that side of the floor.
And really that's where the Warriors have been really really
good this year, and that's been on defense. Yeah, you
know what they talk about Curry and everybody seems to
struggle outside of his basketball ability defining what he is.
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But he has become a coachal icon. Guys that could
only shoot now I can play in our league and
play at a high level just because of the effect
they have on the game, the three points shot. But
what kind of person is he? You know, as you
see him with pictures with his family, But that's only
part of it. Can you give us a couple of
points or maybe a story about what kind of person
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he is? So years ago, his wife through a surprise
thirtieth birthday party for staff, really elaborate. It was in
San Francisco and like a kind of a warehouse deal,
and they had you know, a DJ and the whole bit,
and so we all kind of hid in the warehouse
and they came up. They came across the bay on
a boat to San Francisco and pulled up at his dock, right,
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and so we all were there and surprised him in
the whole bit. And you know, the whole team was
there and everybody, and so being that my wife and
I are a little bit older than the players, we were,
you know, checking out at a very respectable hour. So
I said, look, I'm I'm just gonna go up and
say goodbye to him. Right. So we walk up and hey,
thank you for so much for having us. And I
went to to thank you so much for inviting us,
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and he goes, oh, no, you gotta get in the
way without that, and he walks over to my wife
gives you the this huge hug, right, this huge hug.
And it meant so much to my wife that he
would take time to come over there and say hey,
you know and and you know, so it just shows
his you know, generosity of spirit, if you will. And
the other thing is that and I've never seen anybody
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do this, and it's it's very selfish for me to
tell this story. But he comes and he'll do interviews.
I mean there have been times like a National TV
games where he'll do National TV, he'll do ESPN radio
and he'll still come over and do us after that.
You know, if he's had like a momentous game, like
a huge game, or set of record, like in like
in New York. In New York, he went back and
you were the the the radio interview for for fans listening,
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the spot in New York is way back in the
locker room. You can't see him in a whole bit.
So he did all this stuff. And I told our
PR guy, Raymond Ritter, I said, you know, if he's
got too much going on afterwards, don't worry about it.
You know, I don't want to bug him. And he
and he texted me in the post, you know, Steph
wants to do it, but just be patient. And so
after about ten minutes, you know, we we took a break,
came back and here comes Steff puts a headset on
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afters and and still does the interview. And it's and
and and every time Jim he does the interview, guys
that he always tells people he shouts out by Twitter handle.
He'll say, hey, don't forget followed him at Warriors Box
on Twitter. You know, every time I love that who
does that, it's like he's he's I mean, you know,
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I'm there's a good part of me that when he retires,
I better retire because it's not gonna get better than that.
So both on and off the floor. So, but tim,
doesn't that also speak to the overall warrior culture you
mentioned Bob Meyers, Steve Kerr Uh, they this tone has
been set that even though we play at a high,
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high level, Uh, we still have to establish a culture
where we relate to everybody. Yeah, you know, it's it's
one of the things when the new ownership took over,
and you know, I've been around long enough, thank thankfully
to be in good situations and bad situations, and so, uh,
when the new ownership took over, they did not want
a wall between basketball and the rest of the organization,
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and so they made a real point of that that
this is one organization and so uh so that I
think that kind of helped set that that kind of
tone that you talk about, that everybody's approachable, everybody is
likable and and and so it's it's very easy, you know,
to do your job in this situation. You know, I mean,
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you got Steve Kerry's head coach. I mean he's one
of the nicest guys, a former cavalier. You know, you
got you got Steph you got you know, Clay is
one of the more likable players around the association. So
it's it's um, you know, it's it's a real good
situation that we have right now, and and and it's
I have to tay. I really believe that that attitude
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really helped during the the five year you know run
that they had because because it it didn't the Warriors
didn't splinter too much, you know, maybe the last year
obviously kdu had his mind on other things and and
other opportunities, but but they didn't splinter as an organization.
I think that helped him get to five straight finals.
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You know, Tim, I was just thinking about there's so
many things to think about because you know, we almost
became families. I mean four straight years, Tim, I mean,
come one. A little tired of seeing you guys, be honestly,
that's that's right. You gotta look, you gotta look at
my ugly face. You know, I'm bound away from you.
But uh, but you know, I was just thinking, you know,
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what a rivalry that was, you know, the greatest player
at that time, and then the up and coming uh
Curry and a different style of play, the revolution nice
how our game is played. Talking just a minute or
two about that. You know, I thought it was really
good because it combined what we wanted, what we want
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MPRE in pro sports. You know, it had star power
on both teams. Okay, so you have stars to to
look at, and it had good role players on both teams.
You know, neither neither team gets to the finals without
guys contributing, especially guys off the bench. And then the
other thing was there was just enough dislike in this
era that made a rivalry, and I think we need
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a little bit of that, you know, I think, you know,
the Warriors have always had, you know, a rivalry with
a Chris Paul team wherever he's been, Clippers, Rockets, wherever
it is now, the Suns, and I think with with
Lebron and the Cavaliers, there was that there was a
lot of there was respect there, there's no you know,
but there was just enough dislike there to make it
a little contentious. And I think that's that's a little
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spice that makes the great rivalry that it was. And
let's face it, you know, the Warriors were were fortunate.
You know that very easily could have been a two
two uh four year run, could have been a one
three four yr run. But they know they were maybe
it's a little deeper. And and you know with with Kevin,
I mean that was you know, that's when the Warriors
were ridiculous because you know he had you know, Steph
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and Clay and and and I mean and Kevin, I
have to say, you know, Lebron, I'm sure is like
this is well for you guys, But the shot clock
could be at seven and he would get the ball
and he's well guarded, and but you knew he was
going to get a good look up somehow, some way
he was going to get shot up. It's just he's
just ridiculous that way. Well, Tim, unfortunately we won't see
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you on Sunday. We did have the chance to see
you when Golden State was here in Cleveland, but always
enjoyed the opportunity to chat. And certainly you're regarded as
one of the best in the NBA as far as
the play by play role is concerned. I admire your
work and so we appreciate you spending the time with us. Well,
you guys know, and Tim, Tim knows because I I
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texted him once in a while as I listened to
you guys all the time, and I can tell you
I was loving watching the Cavaliers. I know you guys
have had a of injuries and situations that have kind
of shifted things a little bit. But that's a good
group you guys have there, and I think, yeah, good
good times are ahead for the Calves. That's a nice punch.
We look forward to it as well. Tim. We'll we'll
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talk soon. We appreciate you stopping by. Always fun, Always,
Tim Roy, he's the radio boys of the Golden State Warriors,
as he joins us on cav's h D presented by
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the Cavaliers the radio network. That's gonna do it. For
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this week's edition of Cav's h Q presented by bet Way,
what what a great show. Daniel Booby Gibson got things
started in the first segment reliving some great Cavalier moments
and how about the passion that he still has for
the Cleveland fan base and the love of Cavaliers basketball.
That was great to hear. And then of course, like
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huge thank you goes out to Tim Roy, one of
the great NBA play by play voices, as he calls
all the action for the Golden State Warriors, and the
Calves will be seeing the Warriors on Sunday on their
upcoming West Coast road swing. But when those were two
great guests on this week's edition of cabs h Q,
all sorts of thank You's Marty Allen, A great, big
(41:18):
thank you to you, Jim Jones, A huge thank you
goes out to you, thanks to Booby Gibson and Tim Roy.
Biggest thanks goes to you, the listeners. We'll talk to
you again tomorrow night when the Calves take on Memphis
six thirty with the free game seven o'clock tip off
on the Cavaliers Radio Network. Until then, so long, everybody,
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Tim Alcorn
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