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The sound of peacefulness right there, just silence out here, serenity.
I like what you got here, bro.
You off-grid up here for our fans.
They don't know where we at.
We're in a if-you-know-you-know type place, but it's definitely a little hideout.
I appreciate y'all pulling up on me.
Come on, bro.
You all never find another like me.
I'm the last of my kind.
We just got this.
Dollar sign, dollar sign.
Hey, man.
We out here.
Robbie's going to put Lowie in book to do a nice little workout.
We got the FIBA boss preparing for the Olympics.
I mean, I'm just here to enjoy the show, man.
Not everybody gets to see some dope shit like me, y'all.
I ain't going to eat gouda.
I'm going to eat gouda.
I'm going to show love.
I don't want to give that.
I don't want to kick back.
Take tricks, make hits, make big chips.
Back to they dollars, Chris Stapps.
Me and your spotters, Mitch Tapps.
And your cats, they strung up to follow Mitch Tapps.
And you know the bitch mad if I pull the bitch back.
And the chick rides thick like I saw her with Scrapps.
Thought I went last when they saw I went past.
And like, OK, I see you, bitch.
How could you not?
I drove to CBS.
Got the plan B. And I watch as she swallow.
Bitch, I'll get you now.
Can't take no risk in this game.
When did y'all boys first link up, though?
Y'all been rocking for a minute.
When we linked?
No pun intended?
Man, I think it was NBA Top 100 for sure.
He got me in trouble.
They tell us we got to be in that curfew at 10.
We want to see what's happening at 11.
That's it.
What was your earliest memory of seeing Book on the court?
Seeing him on the court was probably against me.
I think I was just like, bro, what's your name type shit?
Like, bro, you cold, bro.
Like, what's your name?
Because I remember we was guarding each other.
And he just was going, oh, I'm going to dunk that.
He was just polished, you know what I mean?
So I was a fan.
Every camp, we found a way to be like roommates.
And the older we got, the more we would just dominate shit together.
Look at you, son.
Look at what you've become.
I noticed that competitive edge right away, though.
It's not gone anywhere.
Yeah.
I mean, it's on steroids now.
Came around short, so that's just how I swim.
Came around short, so that's just how I swim.
I thought you were going three on drive night.
I ain't going to lie.
I did too, bro.
I thought it was Philly.
Really?
That was Philly, right?
Yep.
Jalil?
Yep.
I mean, y'all did the whole draft process together, right?
Yeah, bro.
Let's talk about that, bro.
Let's talk about Agoura Hills, California, and our careers.
Do you even know what a draft process looks like?
When you're top three, you do two workouts and decline all the other ones.
I'm out there in the trenches.
I've got bad news for you.
That's great.
You knew it was Phoenix, though, leading up to it?
Oh, no.
I thought you was going to Miami.
That's where I was hoping.
Because Miami was my best workout.
And then I remember, I think Pat Riley came into it.
He did an interview, and he's like, we're looking for a Klay Thompson type player.
We need to up our shooting.
I just shot 40 in college.
I'm like, oh, yeah.
I'm looking at spots right down there by the arena.
Draft is crazy, though, man.
Your life changes like that.
You have no control over it, really.
He tells the story all the time that the cameras gave it away.
Oh, yeah.
I was looking at behind me, talking to the folks.
And when I turned around, I just seen the cameras rush me.
And Adam Silver's walking out.
And I'm like, they about to do that.
My brother's looking at me.
My dad's clapping.
I'm like, oh, this is crazy, bro.
This is real.
I remember going through my workouts, and then I ended up getting drafted.
And then my practice with my team, I got drafted.
It was all about Kobe and farewell tour and all of this.
What do you remember vividly about your practices your rookie year?
Because I remember vividly about your practices.
I remember you used to call me and tell me about this shit.
What you remember?
P.J. Tucker rang a bell, let me know.
Remember those days?
Man, P.J. Tucker, he made a shoe about it, the Mexican flag, when we were down in Mexico City.
And we're practicing.
There's like a little crowd in there, too, because it's like NBA Cares event.
There's an audience in there.
And we are not worried about the people that are watching.
We get into it like we usually do.
This is probably the most physical one.
He come in, soft headbutts to my chin.
So I had to get him off me real quick.
They separate us.
We both take different buses back to the hotel.
I remember I click the hotel floor, go up to the players.
Before I get off, it's a long hallway, like 50 yards.
Turn the corner.
It's just P.J. right there.
P.J.'s coming down.
We just walk head to head.
I'm like, I don't know what's about to happen.
We about to just finish.
We're just having that practice.
He comes in, just wraps me up, just grabs me like,
Rook, I can't let you be a part of this, man.
It's losing shit, man.
This ain't the real NBA.
That's what you need.
You're too good for that.
You need somebody that's going to push you every day.
I love that.
Yeah, so that's a small example where people are like, yeah, I was getting my head beat in the first few years.
But you can't replicate those moments and the type of vets.
You know, I just, my situation, I love how I win it.
So every day, you see the two best mid-range shooters in the league going at it.
That's special.
Go Phoenix!
It's written.
Peace out, guys.
This way.
Oh, my sky.
Year 10, though, y'all saw yourselves here?
Hell yeah, I saw wherever the book was at,
I got to be there.
I got to be in the same room or something.
Because they kept raising the bar, bro.
Like, when we first came out, obviously, cat number one pick.
Rookie of the year.
Averaging 20, like, I'm not kidding.
Rookie of the year.
Averaging 20, like, book's weight was a little different.
He wasn't playing.
He had to earn it.
Mine was different, I was number two pick.
I was starting, in and out of rotations, like, whatever.
But all our stories were different to find a way to be at the top of this damn mountain with the homies, you know what I mean?
Like, I wasn't going to get left.
That was always my mentality.
I wasn't going to get left.
I was going to keep up somehow.
Only a few make it.
We were in top 100 camps.
There's probably five or six of us still left in the league.
I can think about.
Our class, right?
And I knew everybody.
One through 150.
You was 151?
Nah, they,
I wasn't ranked for a while, but then the first time they put me in in high school, it was like 25.
After that.
Shout out, I think it was Dave ESPN.
He was the first one to put me in.
All this shit going to come out in the future.
So like all his shit's going to be, next 10 years is going to be his shit.
So, to have it and see like, a new front row at it now.
Yeah, imagine Jordan talking about Jordan.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.
That's what I'm saying.
Who dat?
Who dat?
Give me some of the best coffee you have, brother.
Why not?
Protect your own wrist.
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Trying to get to my level.
Two, four shots of some Casio.
Thank you, sir.
How do you know he's going to act right around dogs?
How do you know he's going to act right?
Because he's reading my temper, man.
Thank you.
You know what I'm saying?
You got to read the other owners too.
I don't trust him like on a walk, just off lease or nothing like that.
Shit.
But he's a healthy dog.
I know he's not, he wouldn't try to kill no other dog.
Dollar sign, dollar sign, dollar sign, dollar sign.
You guys don't understand the power of a camera.
For sure.
I've collected over time, but talking in front of people, you guys know I don't do that.
At all.
Very much at all.
At all, I already know.
I'll play this back, I'll listen to it.
No matter, we cut it up.
It'd be hard for me to even put in words how much you've meant to me in my career, dead ass.
And I'd be like, man, I listened to it back, like, nah, I didn't.
That wasn't it.
That's not it.
You mean more to me than that.
I didn't get my point across.
They didn't feel the emotion in that because that shit is deep, for real.
Nah, facts.
We know, we know.
You can put it in words.
It ain't supposed to make sense.
The feeling's always been mutual.
♪ Birds sing flying around ♪ ♪ You never see them too long on the ground ♪ ♪ You wanna be one of them, yeah ♪
How big was your dad for you growing up, man, when you first started playing?
He put you on a regiment at a young age?
Yeah.
Like, what would that look like?
Make your bed, shots at night, smoothies, and what was that?
All those go hand in hand.
Yeah.
Well, I'd leave a sock on the floor.
He'd walk by.
Chores.
My room was the first one, when people would come through the garage,
I'd have a sock.
He'd be like.
Right.
So this is what we're gonna do.
♪ Hey, Mr. Ranger, Mr. Ranger ♪ ♪ Tell me where you're going ♪ ♪ Tell us where you're heading ♪
Door wide open, clothes everywhere.
It's a sock.
Shout out Mel, man.
It's a sock.
Sock go a long way, man.
We come a long way from you.
Nah, for real.
Knowing him over on the court and off the court over time,
I found myself following that, following his blueprint in a way.
Like how he talks to people, how he communicates, how he compliments.
You know, how good of a person he is.
You know what I mean?
And just, you find like ways like that that people offer and they don't know they're offering it.
And you recognize that you put it in your own little bag.
And I always appreciated this relationship for that.
Cause I always feel like I'm learning something when we link.
Man, that's real.
Flowers, my boy.
Oh!
That's why they say opposite the track.
Talk to him.
I was on the other side like, dang, I wish I could just go do that.
Be outspoken like that.
Type shit.
Be that funny.
Control the room like that.
Everybody's watching him.
Hey nigga, this shit crazy, bruh.
I don't care what you saying, this shit crazy, nigga.
This little aura we create,
I'm gonna sit in this little bubble for a little longer.
Y'all don't care, it's crazy, man.
This is awesome.
Let's get it.
Let's go, let's get it.
You know how we coming, baby.
We so close.
I got the limitations.
Word, though.
Nah, I heard all you surprised the fuck out of me.
I'm not surprised.
I'm not surprised.
I'm not surprised the fuck out of me.
Any questions you have to do, go up to his ass, man.
Keep all hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
He's really looking forward to it.
He's not gonna break his swim in the dark.
Oh, nice to meet you, man.
Nice to meet you, man.
I love this motherfucker.
Bigger dog, you know what I'm saying?
Let him go get to it, son.
Go get that punch.
Let him get to it right now.
We can wrap this, bro.
I ran out of balls.
Me too, we ran out of balls.
It's called a good day at the range, yo.
Boy, I done hit about 500 balls.
Here comes the two to the three to the four.
Tell him bring another round.
Welcome to Cribs, located at 17 Cribs, New York's Association.
Oh my good lord.
Someone pull me up a double shot of whiskey.
They know me and J. Dale's got a history.
There's a party downtown near Fifth Street.
Everybody at the bar gets it.
He earned it.
Like, wow, it's quiet in here.
He earned it.
Yeah!
He did it.
Everybody at the bar gets it.
It's quiet.
Here comes the two to the three to the four.
When his last call and he kick us out the door.
It's getting kind of late, but the ladies want some more.
Oh my good lord.
Tell him bring some more.
Someone pull me up a double shot of whiskey.
They know me and J. Dale's got a history.
There's a party downtown near Fifth Street.
Jordan here, man.
It's getting hot.
What's up, man?
Appreciate you all for having me, man.
I'm Chris Ogden.
I survived.
I'm about to go miss me.
Everybody at the bar gets it.
Look at all the stars on the line, man.
Happy birthday, homeboy.
Happy birthday, homeboy.