October 14, 2020 • 28 mins
Comparing NFL QBs and coaching styles
How tough it was for the Lakers in the NBA bubble
Guests: Emmanuel Sanders, Danny Green
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say I don't. I love the company. So Emmanuel Sanders,
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he had twelve tatches, yeah, the eleventh here, total pro
and he was in he was in Denver, and then
he went He'd fit right into the forty nine Ers
and the Super Bowl team. Then he goes to you know,
he's played with Big Ben Peyton, Manning, me Garoppolo and
Drew Brees. You could do worse. You could do worse,
and Emmanuel is joining us. Two time Pro bowler the way.
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He was also drafted by the Steelers, No team in
the NFL in my life and I'm in my mid
fifties has drafted wide receivers better than the Pittsburgh Steelers.
I don't know what it is, man, but everybody they
just got that Claypool kid. Now they got another kid
that can play. So let me ask you this. You've
been in this league for over a decade. Twelve catches
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on Monday. When you have that kind of output, when
are you not sore? Like? Can you play Thursday and
field ready to go? I mean, if if I had
to get my body ready to go Thursday, I definitely
can go. I think the most important thing is after
a game, no matter if you have two old catches
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or not. Even though you know, the more catches and
the more hits you take the worst and wors body
the worst and horseship body fields, I think the most
important thing is making year that you wake up the
next day and go and get a workout of you, oh,
you know, and and flush the lactic acid out of
your body. And so that's what I try to do.
By the way, there's a dog in the background. You
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want to make sure the dog's okay, it's not in
danger or anything. Isn't it. Yeah, you give me a second. Sure,
go ahead, go ahead. It's okay, Manuel, go ahead, go ahead,
do this. It's okay. People, listen, we do this on
our show. I got two dogs, so I'm totally okay
with a dog thing. All right, there's Emmanuel Sanders coming back.
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I got two dogs. My dogs bark all the time. Yeah,
we've done this more than one. You're not the first
athlete that's had dogs at bark. So when you play,
it's really interesting because you play with Peyton, you play
with Ben, you play with Breeze. These are all Hall
of Fame guys. Let's talk about the line of scrimmage.
One of them audible more? Does one of them rely
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more on gut instinct, like give me the differences? Bend
to Peyton and Drew. I think they was definitely then
audible guy. We went an up temple Um type offense,
so Paton was already always checking in and out of things.
I think Ben been playing with him. It was fun
as well. He's uh, he's very sneaky with his signs,
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like you're not gonna know what he's doing, so you
gotta keep your eyes on them. They had a like
a lot of different ways to uh you know, change
up to play in which like teams didn't know and
then playing with Drew. It's just it's just executing at
a high level, right. Uh. You take a guy who
you know, after I scored a touchdown, he walks up
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to me and he goes, he's teaching me the route.
I remember the game versus the Lions. I ended up
catching like a thirteen yard dig and you know, I
thought he's gonna walk up and be like, good catch,
and he goes, hey, look so next time, like get
a little bit deeper on that's then I can hit
you on the window. So he always wants to execute
a high level. But all three of them, you know
why they win because every single day they come to
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work and from a middle standpoint, they got the game.
Damn pack Sean Payton as a coach, people talk about
him as a play designer. He's obviously very special. What
is Sean? I mean Mike Tomlin was a defensive coach,
but but Sean Payton is known for offense. Is he
more demanding? Um? Is it more? Is it more academic?
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Is it harder? Like? What's Sean Payton? The difference between
him and said, Tomlin, what what you're what's being demanded
of you? Yeah, I think no matter what coach you have,
I think that they look at how they can do
better on that side of the ball better. Uh you know,
you know, I've had defensive coordinators who, you know, they
come in and the offense might not be playing well
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and they would be like, the offense is is doing okay,
but defensively, we gotta do this, this, this, this, this,
and so you know, Sean pay will come in and
if like, uh, you know, you know, the game is
close or something happening, He's always gonna point to the
receivers and be like the receiver's got to do this
or the quarterback has to do that. So, you know,
he's an offensive minded guy, so obviously he's looking at
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it from that perspective. But yeah, a majority of head coaches,
they rarely get on the opposite side of the bar.
They always try to come at the side of the
bar today familiar with coaching, and those are the players
to get attacked. So you know, at the end of
the day, I've been enjoying just being around Sean Pay
just his personality. Man, he's definitely a player's coach. He's funny,
and one thing about him is he loves to put
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up points. And I love his pregame speech is how
he comes in and just breaks down how we can
put up, you know, forty fifty points on the team,
and that's that's always our goal going in the games.
You left the Steelers and you went to Denver and
you won a super Bowl, and then you went to
San Francisco and you got to a super Bowl, and
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you could have gone to other places, and you went
to New Orleans. So clearly, Emmanuel, when you have a choice,
you look at the coach and you look at the situation.
I said this morning, I think Lavy and Bell would
still be a five running back. I think he should
not have gone to the Jets. There there's instability. They
had a crappy offensive line. And I and I look
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at you, and I want you to tell me, because
you keep ending up in like slightly better places, and
tell me what you go through. Your agent calls you
and he said, okay, Manuel, I got three teams. Are like, yeah,
what do you think about because you've made a lot
of good choices in your career on where to go. Yeah. Ultimately, uh,
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you know, I think that when you speak about longevity
in this league, at some point you got to go
to organizations who win, win and keeps you relevant in
this league. But the moment that you started losing, and
especially you take a guy like Levion Bill with the
salary cap he has, teams are ready to let you go.
And um, that's just how this league goes. And so
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you know, I've always been very uh I tuned in
on where I go. I remember I left Steelers, and
you know, I had an opportunity to go to a
couple of teams who were offering more money. I was like,
I don't know, because you know, I play I play
a position where yeah, I can make a difference, but
I can't make a huge, huge difference like the quarterback position.
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So you always got to look at that. And so
I looked at it like if I go there, you know,
and and and even though I might produce, so I
might not produce because it's based off the offensive coordinator
and the offense. You know, I could be in the
league another two years. But if I go to Denver
and play with pay Manning, and I know what they're
gonna do. You know, even after I even when pay
Manny retires, I'm gonna have the yards to go to
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a different team. And what team could that be? And
so now I'm out here with New Orleans and you know,
they're they're able to show showcase my talents because I
wish Sean Payton and people are seeing my talents, and so,
you know, I feel like, you know, if I stay
healthy and and and I be who I am in
this offense, you know it'll it'll lead to some another
that's great. And so I've always been mindful of that,
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and you know, it's a blessing as well to be
able to do that, because you know, I started my
career off with the Pittsburgh Stills with being Rossberger didn't
win to play with pay Manny, and now playing with
Drew Brees, and I had the privilege to playing with
Jimmy Garoppolo as well. Yeah, by the way, Jimmy struggled
last week. He's got a bad foot and he wasn't
pushing off in it, and it was pretty bad. It
was just a bad Sunday for him. Obviously, Peyton Bennon
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Brees to this point in their careers or a different
classification than Jimmy Garoppolo. He gets a lot of crap
and a lot of heat. He gets a lot of heat.
What does Jimmy Garoppolo in your opinion, do really well
that you liked and what does he need to work on?
I mean, Jimmy stays in the pocket, man. He stands
in the pocket, you know, and he's gonna deliver the football.
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I love the way that he comes to work every
single day. I mean, we're talking about a guy who
you know, I don't know why they's so hard on it,
because I mean last year was literally his first year starting,
and he took us all the way to the super Bowl.
And they can say, yeah, we had a run game,
but it was a couple of games with Jimmy just
went crazy. Yeah, he managed the game, he played well,
and so you know, it's crazy how one play could determine,
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you know, if you still like somebody or not. And
you know, if Jimmy, Jimmy goes and and and we
wins that super Bowl, they can't really say anything about
Jimmy g anymore. But the fact that you know, he's
lost the Super Bowl now they're they're gonna continue these
talks and I don't even know where these talks even
come from because you know, I don't I don't get it,
because you know, Jimmy G. If you look at his
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win percentage is win percentage is ridiculous, you know. And
so he's coming off a bad game, and who hasn't
come off a bad game. Michael Jordan has had bad games.
M Lebron James has had bad games. At the end
of the day, it's a bad game, But what is it.
I mean, another opportunity is coming up this Sunday, and
if he goes out of balls, everybody's gonna be like, oh, Jimmy,
Jimmy G. So it's crazy, how you know, it squays
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like this throughout the season. But at the end of
the day, he has just continuously being him because I
got a lot of respect for him in his game
and in San Francisco Night forty nine Ers organization, Emmanuel
Sanders joining us over a decade in the NFL on
Super Bowl champ, two time Pro bowler and a really
savvy veteran who does his business well as well. He
knows where to go and what quarterbacks to end up
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in with. And I look at COVID, and I looked
at the NBA bubble and it was tough on players.
And this year you didn't have an ota and he
didn't have preseason and a lot of guys are getting
dinged up. I just want you to tell the audience
how has COVID affected you mentally physically? Because you're you're
you had twelve catches Monday, You're doing you're doing great
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with it. But I'm sure not every teammate is doing
great with it. Has it been different? Has this been
the most difficult September early October of your career? Yeah,
it definitely has. I mean, uh, you know, coming to
a new city, not having a house, been in almost
two months in a hotel, not seeing your family, trying
to find a house out here, just just everything in general, right,
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just trying to get situated and then yeah, not knowing
if it's safer now, right, Like it's a risk every
day that I go out, you know, and bringing this
to my to my family and to the team, and
so you know, but you know, I look at the situation,
I say like, I'm blessed. You know, it's a lot
of people who who are going through way worse situations
than me. You know, someone wants to say I once
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thought I had it bad because I had no shoes
until I saw a man who had no feet, right,
And so that's my perspective and this whole COVID it's
just just make it through and don't don't do any
complaining and you know, and coming to the worlds and
didn't have to learn, you know, the offense with Sean
Payton and Drew that was definitely hard too. But now
I think like everything is starting to set the even
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with my family here in the house that we have,
and so I think that that's the reason why I'm
playing on my best ball, because I kind of got
it all out the way and I feel like I
handled it in a positive manner instead of looking at
the negatives of it. Well, you're a pro, You're a
total pro, and any team be lucky to have you.
You're gonna get some Hall of Fame votes, and you
got a lot of football left. By the way you start,
you keep making twelve catches, you're gonna you're gonna find
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yourself in this league for a long time. A man,
you know, I love having you on the shelf before
and now thank you again, all right, appreciate you call.
All right, Emmanuel Sanders, great NFL player, and again I
love bringing on guys who've been around the lake. Danny
Green's gonna be on guys pro he goes to New Orleans.
He told me off there, couldn't find a house for
two months. You got COVID going on. It's one of
the most complicated offenses. He got no preseason, you got
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no OTAs, and he's just here we go. He just
makes it work. And love having him on. Enjoy with
the news. No no turns. This is the herd line news.
A lot of dealing with that. As perspective, you can
be a problem person or a solution person. A lubricator
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or agitator really help you get you through. Speaking of
a lubricator agitator, talk about the New York Jets releasing
Levon Battle after failing to find a trade partner for
the running back. According to Fox Fat, the Bears are
the favorite to sign him at plus three fifty. Oh no,
that's an interesting place to go. They have the Montgomery kid,
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they need another offense, so you know, Levyan a good receiver.
They could use another back. That's an interesting place. Matt
Naggie's also clever, so Matt Naggie, give him a couple
weeks to can figure out how to use him. I
like him with the Bears. The Steelers have the second
best odds at plus five hundred, and the Browns at
plus six fifty, the Chiefs at plus seven hundred and
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the Bucks at plus seven fifty. Bucks don't need him.
They got Ronald Jones and Leonard Fernette and Shady I
could the Steelers is very interesting. I don't I don't
know about the things they have Snell maybe to go
back there. He only played in two games this season,
obviously due to the hamstring injury. At nineteen carries for
seventy four yards. I think Levion Bell has a lot
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of football left to play that. I think he was
the best he could be in New York considering the circumstances.
He was always a good soldier who's always talks about
in trade conversations. Players like him. Darnold likes him. Players
like him. I think you should stay with the Steelers.
I think the Seals was the best place for him. Yeah,
everything that Emmanuel was just talking about where you are matters.
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Sometimes a little bit more money seems like the way
to go in that situation. And all of us want
to get paid. H we're worth and you know, I
would rush in and I'd like to see what Matt
Maggie does with him in Chicago. That's an interesting place
to go. Well. At this Wednesday's press conference, Adam Gaze
was asked if he agreed with the perception that the
team misused Bell on offense, and Gays said it was
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irrelevance at this point. Well, maybe relevant if he goes
to Chicago and has a great last seven eight games,
that quote could turn on you very quickly. Yeah. So
the Braves continue to roll through the postseason, but the
Dodgers kept it close. In Game two of the NLCS.
Atlanta was up seven nothing when the Dodgers started to
get the offense going with a three run homer from
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Corey Seeger in the seventh and with a score of
eight to three in the bottom of the ninth. The
Dodgers came all the way back within one with the
runner on third and win two outs. Yeah, but grounded
out to end the game and fall to two in
the series. Game three is night at five Eastern on
FS one, and they are allowing fans into these games,
So you between the little piped in crowd noise and
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between the fake fans and some of the fans, it's good.
It's good watch. I think we we at Fox do
an amazing, unbelievable Joe Buck called the other day and
I was like, felt like seventh Game of the World
Series and pack stadium could not tell we're the best
we are. We're very good at our production. Here's very
good rhythe is it's so good, Like it's not affected
my viewing experience at all. I had this exact conversation
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this morning with everybody on the team. I'm like, I,
it's nothing against the fans. I was watching the Raiders
Chiefs and there was the other's some fans sprinkled in
and it might as well have been the I could
not I forget. I thought the NFL was gonna look weird,
but you know what, you put fake fans in the
end zone, You've sprinkle a few fans around. I watched
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the Texas Oklahoma game and I'm like, Joel and I
were just talking about it after the interview, and you know,
I was asking him how it was there, and he
was like, you know, you know, wish obviously because it
was such an amazing game that it was a full house,
and I was like, honestly, watching from home, it felt
like a full house. It did. I didn't even think
about it. Obviously, we all know that fans aren't there,
and we of course want everything to get back to normal,
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and fans are a huge part of the game, But
as far as viewership goes, I mean, it all started
with It all started with the MLS and Orlando, and
I remember watching the first couple of nights and I'm like, oh,
I'm okay with this. Yeah. MLS really was the test. Yeah,
because they were the first to come back, and it
was like, all right, how's this gonna look. But you
know what they did in Orlando. It's funny what they
did in Orlando is they had these big boards on
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the side that with nothing on them, and they put
like ads on them. Yeah, So if you were there,
it looked odd. But on television it's like what a
local weatherman does. They're standing behind a green screen. Yeah,
and that's what the MLS did. I was told and
so on television. But I imagine if you were there,
it just like giant blank boards everywhere. Even the NBA,
I had no idea what to esthetically expect, But after
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one or two games, I was used to it and
then I never thought about it again. They had it
was just a new normal. Yeah. Yeah. Finally, speaking of
the NBA, Kevin Durance an already dominant Golden State team.
He joined an already dominant Golden State team in two
out the sixteam won two championships. He's been criticized for
taking the easy road those titles, but he doesn't see
it that way, and it's still defending his decision to
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join the Warriors. Nah, what does that even mean? I
go through every rep and one hundred percent speed. You know,
I can understood if I didn't play well at all,
But I played the best that I can play in
both finals for that team. So I didn't. I felt
like I got up every day and was held myself
to a championship. He league player stat standard, and I
reached it ninety eight percent of the time in practice,
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in games and shoot around. Yeah I earned that. I'm
so tired of this conversation, I really am. I understand
he joined the Warriors and they were good before he
got there, but like, why about it? Would you? Okay,
the Warriors drafted that team they're just better at putting
together teams than you are. Would you and I be
better off if we work for a company that didn't
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have a history of doing really good television? Why didn't
we choose to work here because they have a history
of doing good TV. When people in sports choose better
team When Robinson Cano left the Mariners, he left the
Yankees for the Mariners. Now then I was like, that's
not smart, okay, because that one team wins a bunch
of the World Series titles and the airy team finishes
in third a lot like I'll criticize the guy if
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they take money to go to a bad organization, But
if you're gonna elevate and you've already been a winner,
but you're like, I want to play with this roster
will make me more efficient. I'll have your back a
thousand of a thousand times. You know, Kevin Durant could
have not gone there and never won a championship, and
then we've been killing him, and then everyone we'll be
talking about how Grady is, but he's never won a
championship by the way he left that team went to Brooklyn. Okay,
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So now he has to overcome that situation, which is
a good situation. But he's now responsible for getting them
to a finals and winning a championship. It just it's
like you don't have it hard enough in life already.
You got to add extra obstacles to reach Miss me
with it. He ends as he said, and he's right.
He earned it. He was great. It's not like they
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carried him in his finals. Good step, joy with the news.
Well that's the news, and thanks for stopping by the
Herd line. Danny Green and the Lakers. He's got another one.
Two years, two titles. He's joining us next live. Be
sure to catch live editions of The Herd weekdays in
noon Easter nine a Empacific on Fox Sports Radio FS
one and the iHeart Radio app. Danny Green won a
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title last year with the Raptors in Kauhi. He picked
up the phone. His agent said, go out to la
with the Lakers in Lebron. Second time, by the way,
playing with Lebron. He played in Cleveland with him once
right early on. And so Danny goes to the Lakers
and in the strangest NBA season ever, he won another championship.
He is nice enough to join us live now. Inside
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the Green Room is his podcast to Danny Green podcast, Well,
let's start with this last year. You're in Canada and
you win a championship, and then you got to Los Angeles,
very very glitzy, and then all of a sudden the
pandemic hits and you're in the bubble. I my gut
feeling for you guy. You tell me, was this the
hardest season of your life because of the pandemic in
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the bubble? For sure? For me personally, I would have
to say, because mentally and emotionally it's the toughest. It's
a roller coaster. Every obviously ride, every journey has a
roller coaster in its own sense, and the season's usually
the link. This is being an extra longer season and
having a pandemic with the passing of so many greats
that we've had, of course Cold and so many other
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celebrities that we've had in our area and David Stern.
It's been a rough mentally emotionally and being in a bubble,
being that type of atmosphere, trying to stay locked in.
I mean, obviously physically it drains you a little bit,
but more mentally emotionally, I think this roller coaster ride
has been the craziest of the one I've I've ever
been on for any season, for any year that I've
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been a part of. So I think it's the toughest
for me for sure. Danny. The Lakers did not play
great in the Bubble the first couple of weeks. Then
whatever happened, it clicked. What happened, what changed it? I agree,
I don't. I still think that our team, as deep
as we are and the talent that we have, we
can still play better. I think we had great spurts,
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We had great uh you know, glimpses of what we
can do. But I said the bubble for us, it
seemed like we were taking a while to get a rhythm,
to figure it out. We still didn't play or shoot
great throughout most of that season, the whole Bubble series. Um.
So yeah, I believe that we said we can reach
another level. Um, but yeah, it took us well. I
think we just mentally the chess match our coaching staff
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after they give them full credit, and obviously Broun and Rondo,
those are they start without the leading of our basketball
the two basketball geniuses Jared Dudley as well, Um, they
just led to I guess our group with figuring out
mentally of how to you know, beat teams, you know,
playing chess um But if we were just trying to play,
you know, to our highest level talent wise, I think
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we said we could have still been a lot better.
But you know, we got it done in an unfortunate circumstance.
And I think it was more so just because our
coaching staff and our mental capacity of IQ, of high
IQ players we have on our team. Yeah, well no,
I totally agree. Rondo and Rondos are really unique player.
So game five, you haven't open three, you miss it.
You've made a lot of jumpers in your career, and
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everybody's banging on Danny Green and Danny Green can't hit
a shot, never bow Danny Green. And I'm sitting there
and thinking, yeah, that guy's got to go back to
his hotel room in Orlando and listen all that nonsense.
Did it wear on yet? Because you came out in
game six and you were hot, so it obviously didn't
affect you. But what was that like to be Danny
Green for about twenty four hours? I mean each game
is different. In the playoffs, you know, you can't to say, oh,
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because they won this game, the momentum is with them.
You know, you refresh, you circle back, you play another
game and figure it out. But yeah, that's that's twenty
four hours. Was tough. But because I've been in LA
all year, I've been conditioned to hearing that stuff all year,
So there's not nothing new to me. I wasn't surprised.
I wasn't taking too much on it. I wasn't harping
on it. You know, I just took it. As I said.
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I didn't miss a shot. I could definitely could shoot better,
could have made that one, could have better, all playoff,
all bubble, I know that, But I know that there
was another game he had an opportunity, and that you know,
this team now myself alone, but this team is, you know,
very resilient. You know, we have some some good character guys,
some guys that fight through some some mental, tough, emotional,
tough situations, and our championship of championship DNA. So I
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didn't you know, I wasn't shaking or worried by any
means for our group or myself. I knew that we
would bounce back. I knew myself a bounced back and
end of the day, regardless of hinting shots to night.
I know I'm gonna play hard and leave it all
out on the floor. I knew my teams would do
the same. Anthony Davis and Lebron got along the minute
this team was connected joint. I kept saying, the chemistry
on this team, like the first week was great. What
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and and what is it about A d and Lebron?
What is it about their personalities that it just seems
like it honestly, it looks like their family. I think
that chemistry, that relationship started with before they even d
even got here, which made it easier. They were friends
before they got here. They were close, and obviously then
being in the same city and living together, it became family.
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But because that friendship, because that relationship beforehand, it made
it easier for them to just, you know, gel and
it made everybody for us to fall suit easier. We
had so many different veterans on our team that knew
their role except their role embraced our roles that it
made it easy for everybody kind of just fall into place. Um,
you know, it started said with Dough Dwight, Jared Dudley, Um,
all those guys that Javelle McGee, all the guys that
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have so many years in this league, have played for
so many years and been to those final stages or
been in the playoffs to understand, you know what those
two guys needed, what we needed to do, what we
needed to be um in order to get this thing done. Yeah,
Danny Green is joining us. Started twenty one playoff games
for the Lakers. Um, you look at the bubble. I mean, listen,
I've been to Disney World before, but even on a vacation,
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after about six days, I'm done with it. We're there
moments Danny where you were like, man, I am just
I'm just done with this thing, Like we're there, We're
there days it was hard to get up and get
motivated to play. For sure. A plenty of moment especially
early on where we didn't have our families that the
first two months we weren't having I felt bad for
the coaches because they weren't able to see their wives
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and kids and their families until it was all done.
So definitely, the first two months it was definitely draining
on us not to see our family, not having our
kids or dogs whatever were used to having around us,
our support system, and towards the end, it's like man,
where the social media is getting to you and you're
trying to just want to get out, and you feel
you can see the light end of the tunnel, but
you know you have to get the job done. You think,
get that one more win, that two more wins. So
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towards the end, I feel like guys, it was kind
of really getting to them. You could tell the air
was changing. It was I think a storm coming. It
was I guess the rain season down there, so that
the air was kind of getting a little foggy for
most guys, and guys were just getting ansty to get
the hell out of there and get home. So, you know,
the last those last that last week. There was the
first couple of weeks I guess after the first month
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before our families got there, and the last couple of weeks,
the last two weeks, and so guys were just really
ready to really get home. I think we were more
focused on getting home than actually achieving the goal. It's like,
all right, we gotta get this one. We gotta get home,
we gotta get out of here. The ring and the
trophy is great, but we're like, yo, I want to
get home. But yeah, that's definitely the reward winning the
trophy and having a ring and celebrating for a city
(26:10):
before us. It would just be able to get out
of that bubble and be with our families and friends
and be able to just relax a little bit and
get some fresh air. But it was all worth it, man,
end of the day. We know it's gonna be a
tolling thing on our minds and our bodies, but you know,
you know, we went through it. Guys stayed locked in,
stayed focused, and we got to we achieved the goal.
We got the job done, and now we're able to
relax and be home. And I don't think guys even
(26:32):
need to celebrate. I think just being home and being
at their homes or just celebrating by relaxing is good
enough for us and all. We don't even need to party.
We just need to just be at home. Yeah. So
he won a championship, obviously with the Spurs. That's where
it all started. Then it was the Raptors, and now
it's Los Angeles. He signed a two year deal with
the Lakers for a lot of dough and he is
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he is living an NBA dream, A young guy who's
worked hard, played defense, hit shots, I don't know if
I believe in lock can, but listen, I think we've
all had good fortune in life. And your it seems
like your career is getting better the longer we got
a minute left, the longer you play, the better it gets.
Christmas every day. Man, I'm very lucky. But he said,
luck doesn't happen by itself. You do have to work hard.
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I do have to put a lot of hours, in
a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this game.
But I've been very fortunate man, to play for a
lot of great organizations, a lot of great teams, alongside
some great players and coaches. So I can't be thankful
enough for the situations opportunities that God has given me.
And you know this league has given me, so thank
you for having me on the show and everything. And
I said, I'm happy to be in LA just relaxing
(27:33):
with my family and happy to be a part of
this organization and also a part of history. So we
win another championship here in Los Angeles. Okay, it's called
Inside the Green Room. It's Danny Greene's podcast. What a
crazy nutty year. Congrats to you and your family and
thank you. Well, we'll call you a getting to have
you on. Thanks man, Thank you guys, appreciate you so much.
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Yeah you listen. He had Popovich and then he got
Nick Nurse, and then he got Frank Vogel, and all
I thought Vogel out of good. I thought they did
a really good job, really good job with this team.
The chemistry. You put a bunch of stars together and
old veterans and they got habits and it all worked.
And Vogeling and staff did a very nice job. Jason
Kidd tremendous. Don't give up. More energized, stay in lean.
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he had twelve tatches, yeah, the eleventh here, total pro
and he was in he was in Denver, and then
he went He'd fit right into the forty nine Ers
and the Super Bowl team. Then he goes to you know,
he's played with Big Ben Peyton, Manning, me Garoppolo and
Drew Brees. You could do worse. You could do worse,
and Emmanuel is joining us. Two time Pro bowler the way.
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He was also drafted by the Steelers, No team in
the NFL in my life and I'm in my mid
fifties has drafted wide receivers better than the Pittsburgh Steelers.
I don't know what it is, man, but everybody they
just got that Claypool kid. Now they got another kid
that can play. So let me ask you this. You've
been in this league for over a decade. Twelve catches
(01:29):
on Monday. When you have that kind of output, when
are you not sore? Like? Can you play Thursday and
field ready to go? I mean, if if I had
to get my body ready to go Thursday, I definitely
can go. I think the most important thing is after
a game, no matter if you have two old catches
(01:50):
or not. Even though you know, the more catches and
the more hits you take the worst and wors body
the worst and horseship body fields, I think the most
important thing is making year that you wake up the
next day and go and get a workout of you, oh,
you know, and and flush the lactic acid out of
your body. And so that's what I try to do.
By the way, there's a dog in the background. You
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want to make sure the dog's okay, it's not in
danger or anything. Isn't it. Yeah, you give me a second. Sure,
go ahead, go ahead. It's okay, Manuel, go ahead, go ahead,
do this. It's okay. People, listen, we do this on
our show. I got two dogs, so I'm totally okay
with a dog thing. All right, there's Emmanuel Sanders coming back.
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I got two dogs. My dogs bark all the time. Yeah,
we've done this more than one. You're not the first
athlete that's had dogs at bark. So when you play,
it's really interesting because you play with Peyton, you play
with Ben, you play with Breeze. These are all Hall
of Fame guys. Let's talk about the line of scrimmage.
One of them audible more? Does one of them rely
(02:53):
more on gut instinct, like give me the differences? Bend
to Peyton and Drew. I think they was definitely then
audible guy. We went an up temple Um type offense,
so Paton was already always checking in and out of things.
I think Ben been playing with him. It was fun
as well. He's uh, he's very sneaky with his signs,
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like you're not gonna know what he's doing, so you
gotta keep your eyes on them. They had a like
a lot of different ways to uh you know, change
up to play in which like teams didn't know and
then playing with Drew. It's just it's just executing at
a high level, right. Uh. You take a guy who
you know, after I scored a touchdown, he walks up
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to me and he goes, he's teaching me the route.
I remember the game versus the Lions. I ended up
catching like a thirteen yard dig and you know, I
thought he's gonna walk up and be like, good catch,
and he goes, hey, look so next time, like get
a little bit deeper on that's then I can hit
you on the window. So he always wants to execute
a high level. But all three of them, you know
why they win because every single day they come to
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work and from a middle standpoint, they got the game.
Damn pack Sean Payton as a coach, people talk about
him as a play designer. He's obviously very special. What
is Sean? I mean Mike Tomlin was a defensive coach,
but but Sean Payton is known for offense. Is he
more demanding? Um? Is it more? Is it more academic?
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Is it harder? Like? What's Sean Payton? The difference between
him and said, Tomlin, what what you're what's being demanded
of you? Yeah, I think no matter what coach you have,
I think that they look at how they can do
better on that side of the ball better. Uh you know,
you know, I've had defensive coordinators who, you know, they
come in and the offense might not be playing well
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and they would be like, the offense is is doing okay,
but defensively, we gotta do this, this, this, this, this,
and so you know, Sean pay will come in and
if like, uh, you know, you know, the game is
close or something happening, He's always gonna point to the
receivers and be like the receiver's got to do this
or the quarterback has to do that. So, you know,
he's an offensive minded guy, so obviously he's looking at
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it from that perspective. But yeah, a majority of head coaches,
they rarely get on the opposite side of the bar.
They always try to come at the side of the
bar today familiar with coaching, and those are the players
to get attacked. So you know, at the end of
the day, I've been enjoying just being around Sean Pay
just his personality. Man, he's definitely a player's coach. He's funny,
and one thing about him is he loves to put
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up points. And I love his pregame speech is how
he comes in and just breaks down how we can
put up, you know, forty fifty points on the team,
and that's that's always our goal going in the games.
You left the Steelers and you went to Denver and
you won a super Bowl, and then you went to
San Francisco and you got to a super Bowl, and
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you could have gone to other places, and you went
to New Orleans. So clearly, Emmanuel, when you have a choice,
you look at the coach and you look at the situation.
I said this morning, I think Lavy and Bell would
still be a five running back. I think he should
not have gone to the Jets. There there's instability. They
had a crappy offensive line. And I and I look
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at you, and I want you to tell me, because
you keep ending up in like slightly better places, and
tell me what you go through. Your agent calls you
and he said, okay, Manuel, I got three teams. Are like, yeah,
what do you think about because you've made a lot
of good choices in your career on where to go. Yeah. Ultimately, uh,
(06:30):
you know, I think that when you speak about longevity
in this league, at some point you got to go
to organizations who win, win and keeps you relevant in
this league. But the moment that you started losing, and
especially you take a guy like Levion Bill with the
salary cap he has, teams are ready to let you go.
And um, that's just how this league goes. And so
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you know, I've always been very uh I tuned in
on where I go. I remember I left Steelers, and
you know, I had an opportunity to go to a
couple of teams who were offering more money. I was like,
I don't know, because you know, I play I play
a position where yeah, I can make a difference, but
I can't make a huge, huge difference like the quarterback position.
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So you always got to look at that. And so
I looked at it like if I go there, you know,
and and and even though I might produce, so I
might not produce because it's based off the offensive coordinator
and the offense. You know, I could be in the
league another two years. But if I go to Denver
and play with pay Manning, and I know what they're
gonna do. You know, even after I even when pay
Manny retires, I'm gonna have the yards to go to
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a different team. And what team could that be? And
so now I'm out here with New Orleans and you know,
they're they're able to show showcase my talents because I
wish Sean Payton and people are seeing my talents, and so,
you know, I feel like, you know, if I stay
healthy and and and I be who I am in
this offense, you know it'll it'll lead to some another
that's great. And so I've always been mindful of that,
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and you know, it's a blessing as well to be
able to do that, because you know, I started my
career off with the Pittsburgh Stills with being Rossberger didn't
win to play with pay Manny, and now playing with
Drew Brees, and I had the privilege to playing with
Jimmy Garoppolo as well. Yeah, by the way, Jimmy struggled
last week. He's got a bad foot and he wasn't
pushing off in it, and it was pretty bad. It
was just a bad Sunday for him. Obviously, Peyton Bennon
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Brees to this point in their careers or a different
classification than Jimmy Garoppolo. He gets a lot of crap
and a lot of heat. He gets a lot of heat.
What does Jimmy Garoppolo in your opinion, do really well
that you liked and what does he need to work on?
I mean, Jimmy stays in the pocket, man. He stands
in the pocket, you know, and he's gonna deliver the football.
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I love the way that he comes to work every
single day. I mean, we're talking about a guy who
you know, I don't know why they's so hard on it,
because I mean last year was literally his first year starting,
and he took us all the way to the super Bowl.
And they can say, yeah, we had a run game,
but it was a couple of games with Jimmy just
went crazy. Yeah, he managed the game, he played well,
and so you know, it's crazy how one play could determine,
(09:02):
you know, if you still like somebody or not. And
you know, if Jimmy, Jimmy goes and and and we
wins that super Bowl, they can't really say anything about
Jimmy g anymore. But the fact that you know, he's
lost the Super Bowl now they're they're gonna continue these
talks and I don't even know where these talks even
come from because you know, I don't I don't get it,
because you know, Jimmy G. If you look at his
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win percentage is win percentage is ridiculous, you know. And
so he's coming off a bad game, and who hasn't
come off a bad game. Michael Jordan has had bad games.
M Lebron James has had bad games. At the end
of the day, it's a bad game, But what is it.
I mean, another opportunity is coming up this Sunday, and
if he goes out of balls, everybody's gonna be like, oh, Jimmy,
Jimmy G. So it's crazy, how you know, it squays
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like this throughout the season. But at the end of
the day, he has just continuously being him because I
got a lot of respect for him in his game
and in San Francisco Night forty nine Ers organization, Emmanuel
Sanders joining us over a decade in the NFL on
Super Bowl champ, two time Pro bowler and a really
savvy veteran who does his business well as well. He
knows where to go and what quarterbacks to end up
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in with. And I look at COVID, and I looked
at the NBA bubble and it was tough on players.
And this year you didn't have an ota and he
didn't have preseason and a lot of guys are getting
dinged up. I just want you to tell the audience
how has COVID affected you mentally physically? Because you're you're
you had twelve catches Monday, You're doing you're doing great
(10:27):
with it. But I'm sure not every teammate is doing
great with it. Has it been different? Has this been
the most difficult September early October of your career? Yeah,
it definitely has. I mean, uh, you know, coming to
a new city, not having a house, been in almost
two months in a hotel, not seeing your family, trying
to find a house out here, just just everything in general, right,
(10:52):
just trying to get situated and then yeah, not knowing
if it's safer now, right, Like it's a risk every
day that I go out, you know, and bringing this
to my to my family and to the team, and
so you know, but you know, I look at the situation,
I say like, I'm blessed. You know, it's a lot
of people who who are going through way worse situations
than me. You know, someone wants to say I once
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thought I had it bad because I had no shoes
until I saw a man who had no feet, right,
And so that's my perspective and this whole COVID it's
just just make it through and don't don't do any
complaining and you know, and coming to the worlds and
didn't have to learn, you know, the offense with Sean
Payton and Drew that was definitely hard too. But now
I think like everything is starting to set the even
(11:35):
with my family here in the house that we have,
and so I think that that's the reason why I'm
playing on my best ball, because I kind of got
it all out the way and I feel like I
handled it in a positive manner instead of looking at
the negatives of it. Well, you're a pro, You're a
total pro, and any team be lucky to have you.
You're gonna get some Hall of Fame votes, and you
got a lot of football left. By the way you start,
you keep making twelve catches, you're gonna you're gonna find
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yourself in this league for a long time. A man,
you know, I love having you on the shelf before
and now thank you again, all right, appreciate you call.
All right, Emmanuel Sanders, great NFL player, and again I
love bringing on guys who've been around the lake. Danny
Green's gonna be on guys pro he goes to New Orleans.
He told me off there, couldn't find a house for
two months. You got COVID going on. It's one of
the most complicated offenses. He got no preseason, you got
(12:17):
no OTAs, and he's just here we go. He just
makes it work. And love having him on. Enjoy with
the news. No no turns. This is the herd line news.
A lot of dealing with that. As perspective, you can
be a problem person or a solution person. A lubricator
(12:37):
or agitator really help you get you through. Speaking of
a lubricator agitator, talk about the New York Jets releasing
Levon Battle after failing to find a trade partner for
the running back. According to Fox Fat, the Bears are
the favorite to sign him at plus three fifty. Oh no,
that's an interesting place to go. They have the Montgomery kid,
(12:58):
they need another offense, so you know, Levyan a good receiver.
They could use another back. That's an interesting place. Matt
Naggie's also clever, so Matt Naggie, give him a couple
weeks to can figure out how to use him. I
like him with the Bears. The Steelers have the second
best odds at plus five hundred, and the Browns at
plus six fifty, the Chiefs at plus seven hundred and
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the Bucks at plus seven fifty. Bucks don't need him.
They got Ronald Jones and Leonard Fernette and Shady I
could the Steelers is very interesting. I don't I don't
know about the things they have Snell maybe to go
back there. He only played in two games this season,
obviously due to the hamstring injury. At nineteen carries for
seventy four yards. I think Levion Bell has a lot
(13:40):
of football left to play that. I think he was
the best he could be in New York considering the circumstances.
He was always a good soldier who's always talks about
in trade conversations. Players like him. Darnold likes him. Players
like him. I think you should stay with the Steelers.
I think the Seals was the best place for him. Yeah,
everything that Emmanuel was just talking about where you are matters.
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Sometimes a little bit more money seems like the way
to go in that situation. And all of us want
to get paid. H we're worth and you know, I
would rush in and I'd like to see what Matt
Maggie does with him in Chicago. That's an interesting place
to go. Well. At this Wednesday's press conference, Adam Gaze
was asked if he agreed with the perception that the
team misused Bell on offense, and Gays said it was
(14:23):
irrelevance at this point. Well, maybe relevant if he goes
to Chicago and has a great last seven eight games,
that quote could turn on you very quickly. Yeah. So
the Braves continue to roll through the postseason, but the
Dodgers kept it close. In Game two of the NLCS.
Atlanta was up seven nothing when the Dodgers started to
get the offense going with a three run homer from
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Corey Seeger in the seventh and with a score of
eight to three in the bottom of the ninth. The
Dodgers came all the way back within one with the
runner on third and win two outs. Yeah, but grounded
out to end the game and fall to two in
the series. Game three is night at five Eastern on
FS one, and they are allowing fans into these games,
So you between the little piped in crowd noise and
(15:07):
between the fake fans and some of the fans, it's good.
It's good watch. I think we we at Fox do
an amazing, unbelievable Joe Buck called the other day and
I was like, felt like seventh Game of the World
Series and pack stadium could not tell we're the best
we are. We're very good at our production. Here's very
good rhythe is it's so good, Like it's not affected
my viewing experience at all. I had this exact conversation
(15:31):
this morning with everybody on the team. I'm like, I,
it's nothing against the fans. I was watching the Raiders
Chiefs and there was the other's some fans sprinkled in
and it might as well have been the I could
not I forget. I thought the NFL was gonna look weird,
but you know what, you put fake fans in the
end zone, You've sprinkle a few fans around. I watched
(15:52):
the Texas Oklahoma game and I'm like, Joel and I
were just talking about it after the interview, and you know,
I was asking him how it was there, and he
was like, you know, you know, wish obviously because it
was such an amazing game that it was a full house,
and I was like, honestly, watching from home, it felt
like a full house. It did. I didn't even think
about it. Obviously, we all know that fans aren't there,
and we of course want everything to get back to normal,
(16:12):
and fans are a huge part of the game, But
as far as viewership goes, I mean, it all started
with It all started with the MLS and Orlando, and
I remember watching the first couple of nights and I'm like, oh,
I'm okay with this. Yeah. MLS really was the test. Yeah,
because they were the first to come back, and it
was like, all right, how's this gonna look. But you
know what they did in Orlando. It's funny what they
did in Orlando is they had these big boards on
(16:35):
the side that with nothing on them, and they put
like ads on them. Yeah, So if you were there,
it looked odd. But on television it's like what a
local weatherman does. They're standing behind a green screen. Yeah,
and that's what the MLS did. I was told and
so on television. But I imagine if you were there,
it just like giant blank boards everywhere. Even the NBA,
I had no idea what to esthetically expect, But after
(16:58):
one or two games, I was used to it and
then I never thought about it again. They had it
was just a new normal. Yeah. Yeah. Finally, speaking of
the NBA, Kevin Durance an already dominant Golden State team.
He joined an already dominant Golden State team in two
out the sixteam won two championships. He's been criticized for
taking the easy road those titles, but he doesn't see
it that way, and it's still defending his decision to
(17:18):
join the Warriors. Nah, what does that even mean? I
go through every rep and one hundred percent speed. You know,
I can understood if I didn't play well at all,
But I played the best that I can play in
both finals for that team. So I didn't. I felt
like I got up every day and was held myself
to a championship. He league player stat standard, and I
reached it ninety eight percent of the time in practice,
(17:40):
in games and shoot around. Yeah I earned that. I'm
so tired of this conversation, I really am. I understand
he joined the Warriors and they were good before he
got there, but like, why about it? Would you? Okay,
the Warriors drafted that team they're just better at putting
together teams than you are. Would you and I be
better off if we work for a company that didn't
(18:01):
have a history of doing really good television? Why didn't
we choose to work here because they have a history
of doing good TV. When people in sports choose better
team When Robinson Cano left the Mariners, he left the
Yankees for the Mariners. Now then I was like, that's
not smart, okay, because that one team wins a bunch
of the World Series titles and the airy team finishes
in third a lot like I'll criticize the guy if
(18:23):
they take money to go to a bad organization, But
if you're gonna elevate and you've already been a winner,
but you're like, I want to play with this roster
will make me more efficient. I'll have your back a
thousand of a thousand times. You know, Kevin Durant could
have not gone there and never won a championship, and
then we've been killing him, and then everyone we'll be
talking about how Grady is, but he's never won a
championship by the way he left that team went to Brooklyn. Okay,
(18:45):
So now he has to overcome that situation, which is
a good situation. But he's now responsible for getting them
to a finals and winning a championship. It just it's
like you don't have it hard enough in life already.
You got to add extra obstacles to reach Miss me
with it. He ends as he said, and he's right.
He earned it. He was great. It's not like they
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carried him in his finals. Good step, joy with the news.
Well that's the news, and thanks for stopping by the
Herd line. Danny Green and the Lakers. He's got another one.
Two years, two titles. He's joining us next live. Be
sure to catch live editions of The Herd weekdays in
noon Easter nine a Empacific on Fox Sports Radio FS
one and the iHeart Radio app. Danny Green won a
(19:28):
title last year with the Raptors in Kauhi. He picked
up the phone. His agent said, go out to la
with the Lakers in Lebron. Second time, by the way,
playing with Lebron. He played in Cleveland with him once
right early on. And so Danny goes to the Lakers
and in the strangest NBA season ever, he won another championship.
He is nice enough to join us live now. Inside
(19:49):
the Green Room is his podcast to Danny Green podcast, Well,
let's start with this last year. You're in Canada and
you win a championship, and then you got to Los Angeles,
very very glitzy, and then all of a sudden the
pandemic hits and you're in the bubble. I my gut
feeling for you guy. You tell me, was this the
hardest season of your life because of the pandemic in
(20:10):
the bubble? For sure? For me personally, I would have
to say, because mentally and emotionally it's the toughest. It's
a roller coaster. Every obviously ride, every journey has a
roller coaster in its own sense, and the season's usually
the link. This is being an extra longer season and
having a pandemic with the passing of so many greats
that we've had, of course Cold and so many other
(20:32):
celebrities that we've had in our area and David Stern.
It's been a rough mentally emotionally and being in a bubble,
being that type of atmosphere, trying to stay locked in.
I mean, obviously physically it drains you a little bit,
but more mentally emotionally, I think this roller coaster ride
has been the craziest of the one I've I've ever
been on for any season, for any year that I've
(20:53):
been a part of. So I think it's the toughest
for me for sure. Danny. The Lakers did not play
great in the Bubble the first couple of weeks. Then
whatever happened, it clicked. What happened, what changed it? I agree,
I don't. I still think that our team, as deep
as we are and the talent that we have, we
can still play better. I think we had great spurts,
(21:13):
We had great uh you know, glimpses of what we
can do. But I said the bubble for us, it
seemed like we were taking a while to get a rhythm,
to figure it out. We still didn't play or shoot
great throughout most of that season, the whole Bubble series. Um.
So yeah, I believe that we said we can reach
another level. Um, but yeah, it took us well. I
think we just mentally the chess match our coaching staff
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after they give them full credit, and obviously Broun and Rondo,
those are they start without the leading of our basketball
the two basketball geniuses Jared Dudley as well, Um, they
just led to I guess our group with figuring out
mentally of how to you know, beat teams, you know,
playing chess um But if we were just trying to play,
you know, to our highest level talent wise, I think
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we said we could have still been a lot better.
But you know, we got it done in an unfortunate circumstance.
And I think it was more so just because our
coaching staff and our mental capacity of IQ, of high
IQ players we have on our team. Yeah, well no,
I totally agree. Rondo and Rondos are really unique player.
So game five, you haven't open three, you miss it.
You've made a lot of jumpers in your career, and
(22:16):
everybody's banging on Danny Green and Danny Green can't hit
a shot, never bow Danny Green. And I'm sitting there
and thinking, yeah, that guy's got to go back to
his hotel room in Orlando and listen all that nonsense.
Did it wear on yet? Because you came out in
game six and you were hot, so it obviously didn't
affect you. But what was that like to be Danny
Green for about twenty four hours? I mean each game
is different. In the playoffs, you know, you can't to say, oh,
(22:38):
because they won this game, the momentum is with them.
You know, you refresh, you circle back, you play another
game and figure it out. But yeah, that's that's twenty
four hours. Was tough. But because I've been in LA
all year, I've been conditioned to hearing that stuff all year,
So there's not nothing new to me. I wasn't surprised.
I wasn't taking too much on it. I wasn't harping
on it. You know, I just took it. As I said.
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I didn't miss a shot. I could definitely could shoot better,
could have made that one, could have better, all playoff,
all bubble, I know that, But I know that there
was another game he had an opportunity, and that you know,
this team now myself alone, but this team is, you know,
very resilient. You know, we have some some good character guys,
some guys that fight through some some mental, tough, emotional,
tough situations, and our championship of championship DNA. So I
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didn't you know, I wasn't shaking or worried by any
means for our group or myself. I knew that we
would bounce back. I knew myself a bounced back and
end of the day, regardless of hinting shots to night.
I know I'm gonna play hard and leave it all
out on the floor. I knew my teams would do
the same. Anthony Davis and Lebron got along the minute
this team was connected joint. I kept saying, the chemistry
on this team, like the first week was great. What
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and and what is it about A d and Lebron?
What is it about their personalities that it just seems
like it honestly, it looks like their family. I think
that chemistry, that relationship started with before they even d
even got here, which made it easier. They were friends
before they got here. They were close, and obviously then
being in the same city and living together, it became family.
(24:03):
But because that friendship, because that relationship beforehand, it made
it easier for them to just, you know, gel and
it made everybody for us to fall suit easier. We
had so many different veterans on our team that knew
their role except their role embraced our roles that it
made it easy for everybody kind of just fall into place. Um,
you know, it started said with Dough Dwight, Jared Dudley, Um,
all those guys that Javelle McGee, all the guys that
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have so many years in this league, have played for
so many years and been to those final stages or
been in the playoffs to understand, you know what those
two guys needed, what we needed to do, what we
needed to be um in order to get this thing done. Yeah,
Danny Green is joining us. Started twenty one playoff games
for the Lakers. Um, you look at the bubble. I mean, listen,
I've been to Disney World before, but even on a vacation,
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after about six days, I'm done with it. We're there
moments Danny where you were like, man, I am just
I'm just done with this thing, Like we're there, We're
there days it was hard to get up and get
motivated to play. For sure. A plenty of moment especially
early on where we didn't have our families that the
first two months we weren't having I felt bad for
the coaches because they weren't able to see their wives
(25:07):
and kids and their families until it was all done.
So definitely, the first two months it was definitely draining
on us not to see our family, not having our
kids or dogs whatever were used to having around us,
our support system, and towards the end, it's like man,
where the social media is getting to you and you're
trying to just want to get out, and you feel
you can see the light end of the tunnel, but
you know you have to get the job done. You think,
get that one more win, that two more wins. So
(25:29):
towards the end, I feel like guys, it was kind
of really getting to them. You could tell the air
was changing. It was I think a storm coming. It
was I guess the rain season down there, so that
the air was kind of getting a little foggy for
most guys, and guys were just getting ansty to get
the hell out of there and get home. So, you know,
the last those last that last week. There was the
first couple of weeks I guess after the first month
(25:50):
before our families got there, and the last couple of weeks,
the last two weeks, and so guys were just really
ready to really get home. I think we were more
focused on getting home than actually achieving the goal. It's like,
all right, we gotta get this one. We gotta get home,
we gotta get out of here. The ring and the
trophy is great, but we're like, yo, I want to
get home. But yeah, that's definitely the reward winning the
trophy and having a ring and celebrating for a city
(26:10):
before us. It would just be able to get out
of that bubble and be with our families and friends
and be able to just relax a little bit and
get some fresh air. But it was all worth it, man,
end of the day. We know it's gonna be a
tolling thing on our minds and our bodies, but you know,
you know, we went through it. Guys stayed locked in,
stayed focused, and we got to we achieved the goal.
We got the job done, and now we're able to
relax and be home. And I don't think guys even
(26:32):
need to celebrate. I think just being home and being
at their homes or just celebrating by relaxing is good
enough for us and all. We don't even need to party.
We just need to just be at home. Yeah. So
he won a championship, obviously with the Spurs. That's where
it all started. Then it was the Raptors, and now
it's Los Angeles. He signed a two year deal with
the Lakers for a lot of dough and he is
(26:52):
he is living an NBA dream, A young guy who's
worked hard, played defense, hit shots, I don't know if
I believe in lock can, but listen, I think we've
all had good fortune in life. And your it seems
like your career is getting better the longer we got
a minute left, the longer you play, the better it gets.
Christmas every day. Man, I'm very lucky. But he said,
luck doesn't happen by itself. You do have to work hard.
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I do have to put a lot of hours, in
a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this game.
But I've been very fortunate man, to play for a
lot of great organizations, a lot of great teams, alongside
some great players and coaches. So I can't be thankful
enough for the situations opportunities that God has given me.
And you know this league has given me, so thank
you for having me on the show and everything. And
I said, I'm happy to be in LA just relaxing
(27:33):
with my family and happy to be a part of
this organization and also a part of history. So we
win another championship here in Los Angeles. Okay, it's called
Inside the Green Room. It's Danny Greene's podcast. What a
crazy nutty year. Congrats to you and your family and
thank you. Well, we'll call you a getting to have
you on. Thanks man, Thank you guys, appreciate you so much.
(27:53):
Yeah you listen. He had Popovich and then he got
Nick Nurse, and then he got Frank Vogel, and all
I thought Vogel out of good. I thought they did
a really good job, really good job with this team.
The chemistry. You put a bunch of stars together and
old veterans and they got habits and it all worked.
And Vogeling and staff did a very nice job. Jason
Kidd tremendous. Don't give up. More energized, stay in lean.
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