Hey, man, good to have you here.

Good to be here.

You're always welcome.

All right.

So we got Joe Johnson's triplets against Stephen Jackson's killer threes.

Normally, I would do the game preview position.

Have you do the game preview?

What can we expect?

Ah, hard nose game.

You know, they're gonna really go at it.

Ah, the triplets.

They got the M v p.

Joe Johnson.

They got the coach of the year, right?

Lisa?

Leslie.

So, you know, everybody think it's a showing, but nominee killing threes, they scrappy, they led by Stephen Jackson.

Any time you got Captain Jack, Scrappy is gonna be a part of the square.

And they coaches Charles Oakley.

So, you know, defense a little bit of a little bit of that.

Ah, you know, stick.

Yeah, stick on him and it's gonna be a You know, it's gonna be a scrappy game, so everybody better be ready.

All right, Now, I know when you were putting this together, you probably had people who didn't think this would get to this level.

What made you know that three on three basketball could become what it's become with the Big Three?

Well, I know it's a lot of people out there that's like me.

You know that.

You know, in the summer they kind of hibernate, you know, in the Finals is over.

Before football season start.

I didn't know what to do with themselves.

So, you know, coming up with the big three.

I knew it was a game that people will recognize right away.

You know, it's like it's been a part of basketball forever, and it just needed to be elevated to the professional level.

So I don't mind being ahead of the curve.

Yeah, I just need everybody catch up.

All right?

Okay.

So now that it, it's established.

Which your vision?

Next year?

Five years?

10 years?

What do you want to see the big Three become, You know, more people looking at it as option.

You know, not You know, when you when you're not in the n b A.

That's not the end of your career.

Because the big three could be Ah, hold another beginning.

You know, we got guys that's in our league.

That's 27.

We got guys in our league, this 50.

So keep your game up.

It's a whole another career for you.

So I just want to be a part of sports.

And I just want to be something that people look forward to.

The Big three I want.

You know, people that toe love our athletes.

I want guys that walk straight out out of the MBA into the big three.

Um, and that's our vision, all right.

Speaking to that, their players retiring every year.

Okay, And some superstars retiring, Uh, periodically.

Who are the players who you would like to see Be a part of the big three moving forward if you had your wish list?

I mean, the way, way.

Yeah, my new Ginobili.

Tony Parker man, you know, I don't know if Jamal Crawford he's still bawling.

Yeah, when he's done, whenever they done come on, come see me.

Or when you When the MBA might think you done right, you want to show him that you're not.

I see the big three Joe Johnson getting some looks Jones from some MBA teams now M v p of the league.

He came in did his thing, scored the most points in league history and just showed that, you know, he could still play at a high level.

And I hope you get picked up.

So?

So you don't mind that if a player comes into the big three balls out of the big three, you don't You don't mind.

Hey, I mean, because obviously Joe Johnson a big asset for you.

Yeah, but if he goes back to the N b a so that he just comes back to the big three in the summer, Yeah, I mean, he could I don't see why not.

It's just a thing where we want to do with maker athletes.

Happy if our athletes are trying to get back into the big I mean into the MBA.

We want to do everything we can to help him and support him.

And, you know, we want to do anything we can to help them fulfill their dreams.

Yep.

Three on three is gonna be in the Olympics in Tokyo if you're putting together a three on three squad to go and win the gold medal, who you want in a squat, he better be from the Big Three, You know that.

I mean, but you can get our athletes.

You can create your own three on three team to send to the Olympics.

Who's on your team?

Give me Ah, Joe Johnson.

Yep.

You know, I'll take, you know, I'll take a Let me see.

Give me, um, you know, Somali will bite him.

Okay.

And, um, in the middle, and I guess I'll take march That of my okay.

All right.

Yeah, That's a squat.

That's the squad.

That's a squad.

All right.

Uh, let's talk about MBA teams now.

I saw your interview in the l A Times.

Yeah, I know your big Laker fans.

So let's talk about the clip.

Biggest Lakers.

Let's talk about the clippers because you said they should just stay just up and move.

They should.

And why you say that?

Because there's a lot of cities I need a n b a team.

Don't the Seattle Clippers sound great?

Las Vegas Clippers on sound nice.

I mean, it's a Kansas City Clippers.

Yeah.

I mean, it's a lot of places that to use a team we don't need to.

And that's just the rial.

Uh, I mean, I'm as they say, No disrespect, right?

It is just the really OK.

Eso are you Are you worried at all about the Clippers this year in terms of what they put together toe to challenge for the title off L A steam?

No, I mean, they got to homegrown guys coming back to play for the Clippers and Kawai Leonard and and Paul George.

I mean, those guys are going to be motivate.

You're not worried at all about them surpassing the Lakers way Got our squad too.

They got chopped liver over there, Right?

Right.

Okay.

So players that can play.

So how are you feeling about the Lakers?

What they have around LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

I think they got some nice pieces.

Nice players, but but, you know, it's all about how they jail, how they play together.

You got a new coach New team s.

Oh, we gotta give ourselves a little leeway, Teoh.

Meshing altogether.

Are you saying you're not expecting the championship this year?

Is that what I'm here?

Um, if they don't win the championship, I wouldn't be disappointed, but we got to go deep into the playoffs.

And what was the conference finals semifinals with past the second round, past the second round.

Okay, Alright, Lakers, you're on notice.

Ice cubes expecting past the second.

Or then I need to chips after that.

Okay, so so two championships.

And what's the window?

All right.

2020 and 2020 21 in 2022.

Okay.

All right.

All right.

Cool.

Now the Rams are back under your so big raider fan.

Yeah, but the Rams are back here.

They've been to the Super Bowl, but you say l a still a raider time?

Yeah.

I mean, the rams, You know, they Ah, they left us.

They came back.

Yeah.

No, it's, like, girlfriend and leave and come back.

You know, you never know if it's going to really work out.

We'll see.

Um, it's Ah, it's a good squad.

Yeah, you know, I think by winning and putting up a beautiful new stadium, you know, they got a great chance toe captured the city back.

But, you know, I feel like, you know, it's right in nation all day.

And now what made you such a raider fan?

I know this goes all the way back to the to the end of your days.

You guys kind of took on the the all the Raider paraphernalia and everything that became a part of your look was Was that just Ah, the whole silver and black?

Yeah.

I mean, I think it was a mystique.

And them coming to l.

A.

At a time where, you know, I think they represented South Central L.

A.

And where we came from, you know, more than the rams at the time who moved toe Anaheim, you know, So we felt like, you know, the Raiders were our team in our city that wanted us, and you know that the only, ah l a team to win the Super Bowl.

So you know what's not to like?

How you feeling about the squad this year?

I feel good about it.

You know, I think, uh, Gruden is, you know, kind of moulding a team into his, you know, image.

You know what he wanted?

First year, he didn't really have pieces or the players that he felt like he needed.

This year, he's getting a little closer.

What?

He wants, what he needs.

He got a 10 year contracts.

We've got to be patient Antonio Brown Throw it out there.

Just like that.

Antonio Brown, you say what?

Let him do what he does.

That man alone.

Let's see what you do.

Game one.

You know me, you know a good game.

One nice catches, you know, yardage, touchdown to everybody.

Forget about the feet into him.

Yeah, you said that you expect to trophies for the Raiders in the next five years.

Now Vegas has them winning only six games.

According they're projecting this year.

Yeah.

So I saw you expected trophy this year.

I mean, you said they Oakland one before they leave, you know, we'll be nice.

Yeah.

You know, I don't know if they're gonna get it.

We'll see.

You know, Listen, I count him out because, you know, I think they have almost become like the West Coast Raiders now because they still have a fan base here.

You have a fan base in the bay, another building a fan base in Vegas.

So it's almost like there the whole West Coast steam.

Yeah, they've taken over writing nation, man.

You know, I'm the president, so you gotta come see me.

All right.

And he also heads up the Big Three.

Yeah.

Championship game coming up Sunday at Staples Center.

Hey, man, it's sportscenter from L.

A.

So, you know, you're always welcome here.

Thank you, bank.

All right.

Thank you.

You, too, man.

Always.

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