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This is Scoot Henderson.
This is how I made, save and spent my first million dollars.
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I grew up in Marietta, Georgia.
It was always like a competitive atmosphere
with all my siblings.
We were going to court outside just having fun.
My first job, honestly
I tried to get a job when I was like 13.
I was talking to my mom one day and I was like
I think I should get a job like on some silly stuff.
And then she was like, "nah, you don't need no job".
Just keep working and you're going, you know
do whatever you want.
And my family's gym, Next Play 360. Marietta.
That was like my first kind of job, volunteer or whatever.
I was just helping. You know, growing up I would think
about getting a pair of shoes, like, you know
get in a car, stuff like that.
I want it so bad, but like, you know
I couldn't really get at the time, anytime I got some money
you know, I would definitely, you know
go to the snack store and get some snacks for sure.
I started playing basketball at a very young age
but it was more like a mixture
between basketball and football.
So I was like kind of switching
between sports every other season.
It was more like a football thing for me.
I wanted to play for the 49ers
like that was my ultimate goal.
When I got in high school
and I started to get serious with it, maybe eighth grade,
that's when I started to train a lot more.
But definitely like ninth grade I started to get serious
and actually focus on just one sport, which was basketball.
I was like, yeah, I think I could do this
at a very high level.
You know, my parents are really smart.
I feel like it was just never
like a point in my life where I was like,
"Dang, I don't know how to manage money".
They always told me to save up like for a rainy day.
They always told me that.
So you know, I had to learn a lot.
So me and my mom, like before I had went
out to Walnut Creek last year,
we had went on a wealth summit
and we just learned like that whole week straight.
We just learned about money.
I don't, I didn't see anybody my age
but I was locked in and I was just paying attention
just taking down notes with my mom.
I wouldn't say she was forcing me
'cause I was enjoying it, but she was then there
like "you taking notes?"
like "you gotta pay attention to this".
"This is important".
Here are the details of my NBA G League contract:
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The main thing that made me go to the team Ignite:
the competition level and the G League
is really right there.
You know, I wouldn't say the NBA is just
like the G League cause I know, you know
those guys up there are definitely more skilled
and obviously the best players in the world for a reason.
But I feel like they G League just gives you
that competitive edge that it brings you, it brings it out.
There was a lot of nice guys in the G.
I just wanted to play the best players I could play
at at my age and that was the best opportunity.
The Puma team, they, you know, they believed in me
and they believed in, you know, the work I put in.
They're all very cool and you know, I love them.
They support my dreams and you know, I support their brand.
So here go the details of my Puma contract.
You all wanted to see it.
Here it go.
All right, let's about how I made and saved my money.
Let's talk about how we spent the cheddar.
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Very first thing I bought,
well at least I the least I remember,
is my- the bag I bought my mom.
It's like a, like a fluffy blue Prada bag.
That's like something I always wanted to do,
but I didn't put no money in it.
So that's like what my sister told me.
She said "if you ever give a woman a purse or a bag
you gotta put something in it".
The bag was like a thousand, like 1,800 maybe.
All right, the bag and then probably a lot of snacks.
I bought a lot of snacks.
Snacks and a bag right there.
I feel like when I got the money it wasn't really
about spending, you know, of course I had my fun with it.
Nothing like too crazy
like hundred thousand dollars on this, two times now.
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Clothes.
Man, I got a lot of clothes.
I be putting it on.
As you can see, when I went
to New York my first time I had
went to the shops and I just, I shopped for a minute.
I was just so intrigued by all the stuff I was seeing.
It was like stuff you dream about, kind of.
Like all the clothes you could wear
and all the bags you can like carry around.
They are like city lights, it's crazy.
That might be one of my favorite cities.
Maybe like this much, all together though.
Some shoes.
I got a lot of shoes.
And then I got my dad the, the white NBA Louis bag.
Yeah, my sister is my stylist right now
and most like forever.
She helped me on my game day stuff
and the fit I got on right now, for real.
But you know, pair with love and you know, a high five.
A good high five and a hug.
50 grand on clothes for myself and a bag for my dad.
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Some of my money is spent on, you know, trips on,
you know getting my family here and back.
But a lot of, you know, my people take care of that stuff.
So all together for the whole year,
probably like 10,000 just on like getting them here and back
and I might go, go somewhere maybe I want to go back home.
Yeah, this the, this for the flights
and my trips, my family.
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I did buy a couple video games.
I got the P five, but definitely I buy VC, I can't lie.
I bought some VC for my, one of my players.
For the game, I might have spent 10,000 on that just for the
the VC and stuff like that like in-game money.
It's probably 10,000 right there for the games.
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I did buy a house.
You know, my brother's a real estate agent.
He was a basketball player too and a football player.
You know, he helped me find a house in Georgia
for me and my for, for maybe me and my family one day.
But we just working on that.
Yeah, that's about it right here.
250,000 for the house that my brother helped me with.
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No current investments right now.
I'm still working on you know,
trying to find things I'm really interested in.
You know, that's one thing that I
I learned at the wealth summit last year.
You know, you gotta be really interested in whatever it is.
You don't wanna just put your money in something
you're really not feeling or you just hearing from
the outside or people saying,
"yeah put your money in this, it's going up".
You gotta really feel it if you really, you know
wanna put your money into it.
Yeah, I did put put some, a percentage of my money,
my paychecks in Next Play 360.
It's a very community, welcoming place.
I don't want it to be seen as a gym or like
somewhere you just work out.
Cause the vibe is obviously different if you come in there.
You know, the coaches and trainers,
they're all cool and you know
it's just a community place, place for a community.
I wish I have had when I was growing up
like I seen the kids come in and walk out with a smile.
They might have a bad day at school and they
leave here like smiling hard and I just try to
make them feel welcome all the time whenever I'm in there
like I'm one of them.
Like I've been in that spot.
So yeah, about 130 goes into the
my family business Next Play 360.
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Then the rest of it, all in savings.
This all in the savings right here.
I feel like I've handled it pretty good.
You know, I, I was, I could have done better with, you know,
watching on what I spent it on like shopping-wise,
but you gotta have a little fun with it.
You get there, you gotta, you know, treat yourself
right for all the hard work you're putting in.
I have no regrets in whatever I did with my money
no regrets and looking forward to, you know,
getting some more things and getting drafted.
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One thing I will always say is, you know, to
always learn, learn about, you know, the green thing, man.
How to handle it and if you want to give back, give back.
It might not give you money back but,
you know, you you gonna feel good about it and especially
if you growing up around that area, you know
the person treated you right when you were younger.
I feel like I, that's just always a reason to, you know
give back to them or give back to the community.
And that's what I do.
Appreciate y'all for tuning in to see how I made
save and spent my first million dollars, man.
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