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Do you think this could be the last deal you ever sign as an NBA player?
Rich Paul told me leading up to you signing that deal that you'd be willing to take a pay cut to sign an impact player
But here we sit, Clay Thompson's with the Dallas Mavericks, Demarti Rosen's with the Sacramento Kings
What do you think happens?
Since 2020, as the team had its ups and downs, we've had some private conversations about just how much winning still matters to you
You have all the accolades
We talked about the stuff you've been able to earn through this game, but you still want to win
Can you do it here with the Lakers between now and the end of your career? Can it happen again?
What gives you that confidence?
That's it
This historic 2020 NBA championship belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers conquer the bubble, and banner number 17 will soon hang in the rafters
I am
I promise you
I have not mapped out how many seasons I have left
I know it's not that many
I also don't know if I will
I was asked this question a couple days ago
Will you kind of take the farewell tour, or were you kind of just Tim dunking it? I'm 50 50
I'm gonna be honest, because there's times where I feel like, I guess I owe it to my fans that's been along this journey with me for two decades plus to be able to give them that moment, you know, where it's every city and whatever the case may be, and, you know, they give you your flowers or whatever the case may be, you know, that seems cool
But the other side of, I've never been that great with accepting, like, praise
It's a weird feeling for me
I never really talked about it much, but it's just a weird feeling for me
So to go in each city, if that's the case, I don't know
I've seen Mike's, I've seen Kobe's
I've seen a lot of guys
I just don't know how much I
How I feel
I don't know if I will feel great about it
Maybe the only child in me, maybe, but I don't know
But I am a laker, and I am happy and been very happy being a laker the last six years, and hopefully it stays that way
But I don't have the answer to how long it is or which uniform I'll be in
Hopefully it is with the Lakers
It's a great organization and so many greats, but we'll see
I don't know how it's going to end, but it's coming
It does
It does
In the fact that, you know, when I was a kid, when I was in high school, I was growing up through the ranks
When Kobe came into the league, he was, you know, wasn't a dream of mine to come straight, you know, from high school at that point in time to the NBA
But I was like, wow, a 17 year old, 18 year old kid being able to make that leap, that's pretty damn cool
And as I started playing more ball and I went into high school, the things that he was doing on the floor, I admired and wanted to be a part of
I went to ABCD camp, and he came and talked to all the kids that was there, that happened to be one of the kids that was there
And I was just listening
I was just trying to soak everything up I could
And I remember one thing that he said
He was like, if you want to try to be, you know, great at it or want to be one of the greats, you got to put the work in
You know, there's no substitution to work
And I was a 15 year old kid at that camp
You can actually find the footage of him at that camp
And in 2001, I believe I was playing in New Jersey, and the all star game, if I'm not mistaken, and y'all can correct me, was in Philly, right? Yeah
That Saturday, me and Maverick drove to the intercontinental downtown Philadelphia, and he gave me a pair of his shoes, which I ended up wearing that following night
It was the red, white, and blue Kobe's
I was a 15 and he was a 14, and I wore him anyways
And I sat and just talked to him for a little bit
He gave me the shoes
I rocked him in the game
And it was the same night that we played Oak hill against Melo
And then I saw what he was able to do the very next night
Winning MVP here in Philly
That same
That following night as I got drafted, I still just admired him, you know, seeing what he was able to accomplish, winning championships, having, you know, being early in his career where, you know, he learned from the misses that he had against the series against Utah
And he just used that as motivation and got better and better and better to him winning multiple championships and continued to admire him throughout my high school rank and then as competitors, just seeing the work ethic, the work ethic that he put into the game
He had zero flaws offensively
Zero
You backed off of him
He could shoot the three
You body him up a little bit, he can go around you
He can shoot the mid range he can post, he can make free throws
He had zero flaws offensively, and, you know, that's something that I admired as well
Just being at a point where the defense will always be at bay, where they couldn't guard you at all offensively, where you just felt like you was just immortal offensively because of your skill set and your work ethic
We take it down to 2008, where we become the redeemed team, and it was a dream come true for me to be able to line up alongside of him, just admired him for so many years and him seeing him from afar and then being able to be in practices with him and, you know, me watching and learning so on
I mean, it's just, it's just too much
It's just too much
The story is just too much
It doesn't make sense
And just to make a long story short, now I'm here in the Lakers uniform in Philadelphia, where he's from, where I wanted, the first time I ever met him, gave me his shoes
He won an all star weekend
It's just, it's surreal
It doesn't make no sense, but the, the universe just puts things in your life, and when you, I guess when you live in the right way or you just given everything to whatever you're doing, things happen organically, and it's not supposed to make sense, but it just happens
Sorry
And I'm happy just to be in any conversation with Kobe being Bryant, one of the all time greatest basketball players to ever play, one of the all time greatest Lakers
The man got two jerseys hanging up in Staples center
It's just crazy
Braun? Let's do
I mean, let's do the Kyrie thing
Let's do that
Well, my initial thoughts, when I heard that Kyrie wanted to be traded, I had a ton of emotions
You know, I was wondering if something I could have did better to make him not want to be traded
Is it the way that the season finished or was it
Was it me coming back in the first place? Was it the coaching changes or the GM change or
I don't know
I had so many different emotions go through my head
And for me personally, you guys know, you guys are around for the guys that was around every day I try to do whatever I could do to help the kid out, be the best player he can be, try to help him be a better leader, be a better scorer, a better, a better floor general, a better defender, a better pastor, getting guys involved, a better leader
Vocally, I tried to give him everything and give him as much of the DNA as I could because, like I told you guys throughout the season, at some point when he was ready to take over the keys, I was ready to give them to him
So the only thing I'm upset about is that he took a lot of DNA into blueprints now to Boston
That's the only thing I'm upset about, really
Other than that
I mean, I wish the kid
Wish the kid great health and the kid wanted to do what was best for his, I guess, for his career

Pretty good number

Do you think this could be the last deal you ever sign as an NBA player?

Rich Paul told me leading up to you signing that deal that you'd be willing to take a pay cut to sign an impact player

But here we sit, Clay Thompson's with the Dallas Mavericks, Demarti Rosen's with the Sacramento Kings

What do you think happens?

Since 2020, as the team had its ups and downs, we've had some private conversations about just how much winning still matters to you

You have all the accolades

We talked about the stuff you've been able to earn through this game, but you still want to win

Can you do it here with the Lakers between now and the end of your career? Can it happen again?

What gives you that confidence?

That's it

This historic 2020 NBA championship belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers conquer the bubble, and banner number 17 will soon hang in the rafters

I am

I promise you

I have not mapped out how many seasons I have left

I know it's not that many

I also don't know if I will

I was asked this question a couple days ago

Will you kind of take the farewell tour, or were you kind of just Tim dunking it? I'm 50 50

I'm gonna be honest, because there's times where I feel like, I guess I owe it to my fans that's been along this journey with me for two decades plus to be able to give them that moment, you know, where it's every city and whatever the case may be, and, you know, they give you your flowers or whatever the case may be, you know, that seems cool

But the other side of, I've never been that great with accepting, like, praise

It's a weird feeling for me

I never really talked about it much, but it's just a weird feeling for me

So to go in each city, if that's the case, I don't know

I've seen Mike's, I've seen Kobe's

I've seen a lot of guys

I just don't know how much I

How I feel

I don't know if I will feel great about it

Maybe the only child in me, maybe, but I don't know

But I am a laker, and I am happy and been very happy being a laker the last six years, and hopefully it stays that way

But I don't have the answer to how long it is or which uniform I'll be in

Hopefully it is with the Lakers

It's a great organization and so many greats, but we'll see

I don't know how it's going to end, but it's coming

It does

In the fact that, you know, when I was a kid, when I was in high school, I was growing up through the ranks

When Kobe came into the league, he was, you know, wasn't a dream of mine to come straight, you know, from high school at that point in time to the NBA

But I was like, wow, a 17 year old, 18 year old kid being able to make that leap, that's pretty damn cool

And as I started playing more ball and I went into high school, the things that he was doing on the floor, I admired and wanted to be a part of

I went to ABCD camp, and he came and talked to all the kids that was there, that happened to be one of the kids that was there

And I was just listening

I was just trying to soak everything up I could

And I remember one thing that he said

He was like, if you want to try to be, you know, great at it or want to be one of the greats, you got to put the work in

You know, there's no substitution to work

And I was a 15 year old kid at that camp

You can actually find the footage of him at that camp

And in 2001, I believe I was playing in New Jersey, and the all star game, if I'm not mistaken, and y'all can correct me, was in Philly, right? Yeah

That Saturday, me and Maverick drove to the intercontinental downtown Philadelphia, and he gave me a pair of his shoes, which I ended up wearing that following night

It was the red, white, and blue Kobe's

I was a 15 and he was a 14, and I wore him anyways

And I sat and just talked to him for a little bit

He gave me the shoes

I rocked him in the game

And it was the same night that we played Oak hill against Melo

And then I saw what he was able to do the very next night

Winning MVP here in Philly

That same

That following night as I got drafted, I still just admired him, you know, seeing what he was able to accomplish, winning championships, having, you know, being early in his career where, you know, he learned from the misses that he had against the series against Utah

And he just used that as motivation and got better and better and better to him winning multiple championships and continued to admire him throughout my high school rank and then as competitors, just seeing the work ethic, the work ethic that he put into the game

He had zero flaws offensively

Zero

You backed off of him

He could shoot the three

You body him up a little bit, he can go around you

He can shoot the mid range he can post, he can make free throws

He had zero flaws offensively, and, you know, that's something that I admired as well

Just being at a point where the defense will always be at bay, where they couldn't guard you at all offensively, where you just felt like you was just immortal offensively because of your skill set and your work ethic

We take it down to 2008, where we become the redeemed team, and it was a dream come true for me to be able to line up alongside of him, just admired him for so many years and him seeing him from afar and then being able to be in practices with him and, you know, me watching and learning so on

I mean, it's just, it's just too much

It's just too much

The story is just too much

It doesn't make sense

And just to make a long story short, now I'm here in the Lakers uniform in Philadelphia, where he's from, where I wanted, the first time I ever met him, gave me his shoes

He won an all star weekend

It's just, it's surreal

It doesn't make no sense, but the, the universe just puts things in your life, and when you, I guess when you live in the right way or you just given everything to whatever you're doing, things happen organically, and it's not supposed to make sense, but it just happens

Sorry

And I'm happy just to be in any conversation with Kobe being Bryant, one of the all time greatest basketball players to ever play, one of the all time greatest Lakers

The man got two jerseys hanging up in Staples center

It's just crazy

Braun? Let's do

I mean, let's do the Kyrie thing

Let's do that

Well, my initial thoughts, when I heard that Kyrie wanted to be traded, I had a ton of emotions

You know, I was wondering if something I could have did better to make him not want to be traded

Is it the way that the season finished or was it

Was it me coming back in the first place? Was it the coaching changes or the GM change or

I don't know

I had so many different emotions go through my head

And for me personally, you guys know, you guys are around for the guys that was around every day I try to do whatever I could do to help the kid out, be the best player he can be, try to help him be a better leader, be a better scorer, a better, a better floor general, a better defender, a better pastor, getting guys involved, a better leader

Vocally, I tried to give him everything and give him as much of the DNA as I could because, like I told you guys throughout the season, at some point when he was ready to take over the keys, I was ready to give them to him

So the only thing I'm upset about is that he took a lot of DNA into blueprints now to Boston

That's the only thing I'm upset about, really

Other than that

I mean, I wish the kid

Wish the kid great health and the kid wanted to do what was best for his, I guess, for his career