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YOU PREFER KYRIE?

OR KYRIE?

>> KYRIE, PLEASE.

>> Jimmy: IS IT IRVING OR VING?

>> IRVING.

>> Jimmy: OKAY, GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

THANKS FOR COMING, IT'S GREAT TO

HAVE YOU HERE.

CHARLES BARKLEY WAS HERE LAST

NIGHT, TALKING ABOUT THE

ALL-STAR GAME.

THIS IS YOUR FIFTH ALL-STAR GAME

WHICH IS GREAT, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> Jimmy: CHARLES SAID THAT THE

GUYS DON'T PLAY HARD DURING THE

GAME.

AND IF THEY DO PLAY HARD,

THEY'RE IDIOTS.

WHICH CAMP DO YOU FALL INTO ON

THAT?

>> WELL, I HAVE A DEEP AND

COMPETITIVE SPIRIT.

WHEN I GO OUT THERE, IN SPECIFIC

MATCHUPS YOU WANT TO GO AT, YOU

WANT TO BE KIND OF PREPARED AS

BEST YOU CAN.

SO IT'S BEST TO GET YOUR SLEEP

THE NIGHT BEFORE.

>> Jimmy: REALLY, SO YOU'RE

TAKING IT SOMEWHAT SERIOUSLY?

>> SOMEWHAT, SOMEWHAT.

HAVING SOME FUN AT THE SAME

TIME.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO HAVE

THAT "I WANT TO DESTROY YOU"

ATTITUDE, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET

EMBARRASSED.

>> Jimmy: THEY'RE DOING IT

DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.

IN THE PAST, EAST VERSUS WEST.

NOW THEY'VE PICKED TWO CAPTAINS.

LeBRON AND STEPH CURRY ARE THE

CAPTAINS.

LeBRON PICKED YOU TO BE ON HIS

TEAM.

STEPH CURRY HAS HIS TEAM.

AND FIRST OF ALL, WERE YOU

HAPPY/SURPRISED THAT LeBRON

PICKED YOU?

>> I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A GREAT

CHOICE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> Jimmy: AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT

NUMBER YOU WERE PICKED?

I WOULD IMAGINE IN YOUR WHOLE

LIFE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN PICKED

ANYTHING MORE THAN NUMBER ONE.

SCHOOL SPORT OR ANYTHING LIKE

THAT.

DO YOU KNOW?

BECAUSE I KNOW KEVIN DURANT

THINKS HE WAS PICKED NUMBER ONE.

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: BY LeBRON.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW THAT HE

KNOWS THAT I THINK HE MAY

JUSTING SAYING IT.

>> IN MY MIND I WANT TO SAY I

GOT PICKED NUMBER ONE.

IN ACTUALITY, PROBABLY NO.

I'M FINE WITH THAT, I'M FINE

WITH THAT.

>> Jimmy: YOU DIDN'T ASK

LeBRON -- DO YOU TALK TO HIM AT

ALL?

>> WE'VE TALKED, YEAH.

>> Jimmy: DO YOU SEE YOURSELF --

ANY CHANCE THAT ONE DAY YOU GUYS

WILL BE ON THE SAME TEAM?

NOT JUST IN THE ALL-STAR GAME,

FOR REAL?

>> I MEAN, IN PROFESSIONAL

SPORTS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

>> Jimmy: I DO ARE YEAH, OKAY.

INTERESTING WAY TO ANSWER THAT.

ARE YOU ENJOYING BEING IN

BOSTON?

>> YEAH, IT'S NEW FOR ME.

>> Jimmy: WHAT'S NEW ABOUT IT?

>> WELL, MY ROLE.

JUST GETTING THE UNDERSTANDING

OF WHERE I WANT TO BE GOING

FORWARD WITHIN OUR TEAM.

MY LEADERSHIP ROLE.

MOVING TO A NEW CITY.

I HAD TO UPROOT MYSELF, SIX

YEARS IN CLEVELAND, THEN GOING

TO BOSTON.

END OF THE SUMMER WHILE SHOOTING

A MOVIE, "UNCLE DREW."

A LOT OF NEWNESS GOING ON.

>> Jimmy: IS THAT SOMETHING THAT

YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, MAKE A

MOVIE?

I KNOW THIS CHARACTER, UNCLE

DREW, STARTED IN A SERIES OF

PEPSI COMMERCIALS.

THEN HOW DID IT BECOME A MOVIE

FROM THAT?

I DON'T THINK THIS HAS

HAPPENED -- DO YOU REMEMBER

"ERNEST GOES TO CAMP"?

>> NO.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I

RECOMMEND IT.

[ LAUGHTER ]

SECONDLY, ERNEST, HE DID CAR

COMMERCIALS HERE IN THE SOUTH

LAND.

THEN SOMEBODY SAID, HEY, YOU'D

BE GREAT IN A MOVIE.

AND THEY WERE RIGHT.

[ LAUGHTER ]

SO HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

>> WELL, IT STARTED IN MY

HOMETOWN, BLOOMFIELD, NEW

JERSEY.

[ APPLAUSE ]

SHAUTOUT TO BLOOMFIELD, NEW

JERSEY.

A FAMILY ORIENTED PEPSI SPOT,

PEPSI MAX.

THEN WE GOT ABOUT FOUR CHAPTERS.

AND THEN LIONSGATE APPROACHED

ME, THE WRITER AND DIRECTOR.

IT GOT GOING, TWO-YEAR PROCESS.

I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I HAVE

"ACTOR" ON MY --

>> Jimmy: YOU SURE DO.

SHAQ IS ONE OF MY COSTARS.

IS IT INTIMIDATING TO ACT

ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE GREATS?

HE WAS IN "KAZAM."

>> I TOOK SOME NOTES FROM HIM.

TOOK SOME NOTES BACK.

>> Jimmy: WE HAVE A CLIP IN THE

MOVIE "UNCLE DREW," WHICH COMES

OUT JUNE 29th.

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>> OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

NEW RULE, YOUNGBLOOD.

NONE OF THIS RABBITY HIPPITY-HOP

NONSENSE.

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S CALLED,

IT'S CALLED HIP-HOP.

>> MY CALL, MY VERSION.

TALKING ABOUT STYLING.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> FIRST OF ALL, I CAN TELL YOU

DON'T HAVE STYLE, YOU ALWAYS GOT

ON JOGGING SUITS.

>> TALKING FROM THE HUSTLE WITH

THE FAKE CHAINS.

>> THESE ARE REAL, I GOT THESE

FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

>> THREE CHECKS.

>> THOSE COST 50 CENT APIECE.

>> THREE CHECKS.

>> MY TEETH COST MORE THAN THAT.

>> Jimmy: IS THAT A CUSTOM VAN?

BY THE WAY, YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO

WEAR MAKEUP WHEN YOU DO THESE

MOVIES, YOU LOOK VERY OLD IN

THAT.

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

>> Jimmy: THAT WAS A FUN THING

TO DO, EXCEPT FOR THE MAKEUP,

WHICH IS PROBABLY TERRIBLE.

>> IT WAS AWESOME.

THE COMMITMENT AND SACRIFICE TO

BE AN ACTOR.

I NEVER KNEW.

I SAW IT FROM PLAYING

BASKETBALL.

THAT WAS SOMETHING I WENT INTO

JUST -- JUST SO -- IT WAS JUST

SO AMAZING TO EXPERIENCE.

JUST BEHIND THE CAMERA, IN FRONT

OF THE CAMERA, THE LONG HOURS.

MY FINAL SHOOTING DAY, I DIDN'T

STOP SHOOTING UNTIL ABOUT 12:00

P.M. THE NEXT DAY.

STARTED AT 4:00 P.M., ENDED

12:00 P.M. THE NEXT DAY.

>> Jimmy: KOBE IS NOMINATED FOR

AN OSCAR FOR A SHORT MOVIE HE

MADE.

>> "DEAR BASKETBALL."

>> Jimmy: RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> I'M EXCITED FOR HIM.

>> Jimmy: HE'S VERY EXCITED

ABOUT IT TOO.

YOU ARE -- I READ THIS ABOUT

YOU, I THINK IT'S VERY

INTERESTING.

A LOT OF THE GUYS WERE TALKING

ABOUT WHAT MUSIC THEY LISTENED

TO IN HIGH SCHOOL.

ONE OF THE GUYS SAID EMINEM,

OUTKAST, YOU SAID YOU LISTEN TO

MUSICALS.

WHAT MUSICALS DO YOU LISTEN TO?

>> MY FAVORITE IS "RENT."

>> Jimmy: "RENT" IS YOUR

FAVORITE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'LL TRY TO

PLAY IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND TRY

AND GET THE GUYS GOING?

>> I'VE TRIED.

I'VE TRIED.

I GET THE SAME USUAL STARES.

>> Jimmy: NOT INTO IT?

>> NOT INTO IT.

>> Jimmy: 8,000 -- 8,526

MINUTES?

[ LAUGHTER ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

I'M NOT A STATS GUY.

YOU HAVE A TATTOO, CORRECT ME IF

I'M WRONG, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE

I'M NOT, OF THE "FRIENDS"

TELEVISION SHOW LOGO ON YOUR

BODY.

>> YES, I DO.

>> Jimmy: WHERE IS THE TATTOO?

>> LEFT FOREARM RIGHT HERE.

>> Jimmy: OH, YEAH, THERE IT IS.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS?

>> I MEAN -- I MEAN, ONE, WHO

ISN'T A "FRIENDS" FAN?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> Jimmy: YOU REALLY ARE A

"FRIENDS" FAN.

>> AND THEN SECONDLY, ONE OF MY

BEST FRIENDS, TWO OF MY BEST

FRIENDS, WE HAVE TATTOOS

TOGETHER.

>> Jimmy: ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS

NAMED JOEY AND --

>> NO, NO, NO.

>> Jimmy: ARE THESE REAL FRIENDS

OR IMAGINARY?

>> NO, NO.

I HOPE THEY'RE NOT IMAGINARY.

>> Jimmy: YOU'RE ASKED ABOUT

THIS A MILLION TIMES BUT I'M

PARTICULARLY INTERESTED.

YOU WENT ON A PODCAST, YOU SAID

YOU BELIEVE THE EARTH WAS FLAT.

DO YOU ACTUALLY -- DO YOU WANT

TO REEL THAT?

OR STILL BELIEVE THE EARTH IS

FLAT?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'VE ALWAYS

TRIED TO COME BACK, TAKE THE

STATEMENT BACK.

>> Jimmy: YEAH.

>> THAT PODCAST, I WAS REALLY

LIKE, MAN, WHAT'S GOING ON

WITHIN OUR WORLD?

JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF TRUTH AND

CONSPIRACY, I WAS JUST LIKE,

WHOA, THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME.

I COME OUT AND SAY THAT.

THEN, WHOO!

THE REACTION IT GO.

>> Jimmy: YEAH.

>> THE REACTION IT GOT.

>> Jimmy: PEOPLE THINK MAYBE

YOUR BRAIN COLLAPSED OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> NO, IT DIDN'T.

>> Jimmy: IT DIDN'T?

>> NO.

>> Jimmy: YOU SEEM LIKE A PRETTY

BRIGHT GUY.

I GAVE YOU THIS.

MAYBE AT WORK YOU CAN LOOK AT

THIS.

THIS IS A GIFT FOR YOU.

IT'S ONE OF A KIND THERE.

>> WOW.

>> Jimmy: YOU CAN JUST PONDER

THE POTENTIAL REALITIES OF THE

WORLD AND ITS POSSIBLE