hold oh sorry this is Brian excuse me
one second if I don't answer he'll kill
me yeah I'm about to shoot this for
vice real quick and then I'll I'll meet
up all
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right I got a big family man I have an
older brother I have two older sisters
and I have two younger brothers so a lot
of
us my dad he had his own construction
business I work with my dad a lot that
that was one of the main reasons why I
think I've became so successful in in
basketball because if I had to do his
job I don't know I'll probably be
homeless that that that's a tough living
right
there my first couple years in New
Orleans was great 18 years old at this
point in time you're a high school kid
you listen to Lil Wayne you know you
watch Baron Davis and then you just go
from listening to him or watching him to
being right next to him and being with
them it was a shock for
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me when I got my first tat I was 16
how'd your mom react she took me to go
get it there's a picture of me Duncan
well it was a picture of Vince Carter
Duncan and I just changed the number and
put my name on the back
I always was one of the kids who like
man that looks ridiculous look at this
guy with all these tattoos and and then
before you know it I just became that
person how' you decide like when the
lock ahe you like I'm going to go to
China I wanted to play but they offered
me a shitload of money for 4 months so I
was like y'all going lock us out I'm
going to just go make this extra cash
and then come back when it's great
again they're huge tea drinkers over
there and this hot water theme I don't
know what it's about like they literally
boil hot water and just drink it hot
like no nothing else added into it it's
weird at first but once you do it it's
like it helps your body
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actually every person that plays in the
NBA should experience playing in New
York at least once a your career to play
the mecca basketball at the Garden every
night is probably the uh the greatest
decision I've ever made to go to New
York mow is probably my all-time
favorite person that I've been around
consistently over the course of x amount
of years the trade from New York to
Cleveland I was pissed honestly first of
all it's not my fault we're in this
situation we were in a locker room we're
about to play Memphis I just got off the
court warming up and the GM was on the
phone yeah we just traded you to
Cleveland I'm like like are you serious
I told sh yeah you kid we out of here
he's like what we just came off of a 50
plus one year second in the East we had
an unbelievable team unbelievable
chemistry and then it break everything
down to rebuild what like but more than
anything I was I was pissed because I
couldn't play with my best friend
anymore
I mean LeBron and Melo have a lot of
similarities a lot I feel extremely
fortunate to be able to play with two of
the greatest players to ever play the
game Melo is a pure scorer scores like
somebody breathes but LeBron is he does
everything rebounds passes scores
defends does it
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all in my eyes I think we're going to
win the championship
we just have to get everybody on the
same Accords but we don't work as hard
as we should to make it happen so it's
it's a difference in believing it and
working and striving to get it I believe
I'm the difference as as a teammate not
so much whether I hit threes or defend
whether it's playing 40 minutes and not
scoring or playing 40 minutes and
scoring all the points I just want to
win
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