The Untold Journey: From D2 Hooper to Global Star | Brandon Armstrong DSH #790

You know, the opponents doesn't, but the fans, they love it.

But other than that, it's a good culture.

It's a very, very good basketball culture.

Okay.

So you got to earn your respect as an American out over there.

Got to, got to.

Because there's a lot of Americans that come over to Australia and end up staying,

try to find a basketball organization, but really doesn't work out just because, you know,

just because you're American and you're athletic doesn't mean you're going to fit, you know, the piece that they need for their team.

I feel that.

All right, guys.

B.A...Brandon Armstrong in the building.

He pulled up in gloves, guys.

It's that cold out here.

Come on, man.

These are my Kanye gloves.

Hang on with me, dog.

What's good, man?

Thank you.

Of course, man.

Man, you've been hooping, huh?

Yeah, man.

Trying to, bro.

Yeah.

Trying to.

That's my first love.

That's what I'm known for.

So I let people know.

I still got it.

You still got it?

Because a lot of these impersonators, you know, they can't really ball like that, but you nice.

You played D1, right?

No, I played D2.

Me and my boy, Famous Lowe's, 32, we actually went to college together.

Oh, I didn't know that.

Yep.

And from there, I actually played with the Reno Bighorns.

Okay.

It was at the D League back then.

Damn, I seem old.

Back then.

It was the D League and then from there, Spain to Australia.

Damn.

Spain and Australia.

Which country did you like more?

Australia.

Yeah.

Spain was beautiful.

I played in Madrid, but spent majority of my time in Australia, Melbourne.

It's more Americanized.

And the love over there is OD.

Like, I'm good for there for life.

Like, if my family wants to go over there and move to Australia, we'll be taking Will Campbell.

Wow.

It's not too hot there for you?

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.

It gets cold, man.

It gets cold, yeah, especially in Melbourne.

Their summer, it's during like December.

I mean, it's just like February.

It's like December through February.

Yeah, so it's like, it's the opposite.

Oh, okay.

So when it's summer out here, that's when it's super cold out there.

I feel how different was playing out there compared to here because I know in Europe, they say it's a different game.

More physical.

You got to be able to, you got to be able to have a jump shot because there's no defensive three seconds.

Oh,

yeah.

Yep.

So the big sit in the paint.

Yep.

They play zones in the paint.

So you got to be able to have, you got to have a jump shot.

And it's way more physical.

And

they really don't like the showboating Americans.

You know, the opponents doesn't, but the fans, they love it.

But other than that, it's a good culture.

It's a very, very good basketball culture.

Okay.

So you ought to earn your respect as an American out over there.

Got to, got to.

Because there's a lot of Americans that come over to Australia and end up staying,

try to find a basketball organization, but really doesn't work out just because, you know.

Just because you're American and you're athletic doesn't mean you're going to fit, you know, the piece that they need for their team.

I feel that.

So are you still playing right now or you're done?

Yeah, I'm currently playing.

We just started a TBL team, the basketball league in California, the LA Ignite.

Nice.

So

I'm looking forward to that season.

We got Ty Lawson, my boy Bone Collector.

We got a lot of good guys that's on that team, former pros.

Fire.

Is that the 64 team tournament that I see that wins a million?

No, that's the basketball tournament.

Oh, God.

Yeah, yeah.

It's been a lot of, a couple NBA players actually play in the TBL.

A lot of overseas guys, Euro League guys.

Like, it's probably the third highest league behind the G League in America.

We get paid good.

Really?

Like, yeah, it's not like no ABA, nothing against the ABA, you know, but it's like a legit organization that you can use this film to get overseas because it's actually, you know, legit competition and not just some, you know, your local men's league.

Oh, that's dope.

I didn't even know the ABA was still around, to be honest.

Me either, man.

I know a couple teams in Arizona, but I didn't even know it was still like, you know,

a thriving organization.

That's crazy.

So I see you've been taking a break from the videos you used to make, right?

Is that because of your focus on basketball right now?

That and I'm a stay-at-home dad now, man.

You feel me?

I got three kids, another one on the way.

So my golf content is what I'm really focused on now.

It's a little bit more easier to, you know, do golf content.

And there's not many people that look like me that does golf content.

And plus, live golf giving that bag.

So, hey, Liv, you watching this, man.

Hey, come on now.

Were you at that tournament they just had here in Vegas?

Nah, nah nah nah but I am gonna try to be at the next one for sure my boy Christian Crosby he's the announcer for the Philly Deborah 76 is the in-game host yeah he ended up getting signed with live goff so god damn shout out to him yeah they'd be handing out here's a million here's a million

like oprah time stand you take a bag you take a bag man toss one my way that's the saudi money right man listen bro get man I need to put things on my head.

Come on, man.

I'm with you.

Yeah, I mean, because making money playing basketball, you know, if you're not in the NBA, it's tough, right?

Like, how big are the salaries overseas, you think?

It just depends on what type of player you are and

what league you are.

But it's

some really good contracts overseas.

Oh, there is?

Yeah, man, they'll take care of you, man.

They'll get you a car.

They'll get you a home.

Damn.

Stipend.

Yeah, man.

Yeah.

If we didn't end up having another baby girl, we'll be back over in Australia for like my second season.

I went out there my first season, we won the championship for the first year of their organization.

So they were offering me like really good, like a Mercedes car.

Holy.

And I don't even care.

I got a Honda man.

So like when they said we'll give you Mercedes I'm like

Okay, so other countries are stepping up now because I feel like when we were growing up It wasn't like that.

Nah, not at all.

Not at all.

Not if you especially if you weren't playing in Europe and the big time leagues, but it's gotten really, really well to the point where a lot of countries, they will definitely take care of you in the right organization.

But

it's some situations that people have been really bad in, man.

It's not so good situations.

Yeah, I've heard of some people going to Mexico.

Didn't Lamello go to Lithuania?

I don't know how to pay.

And that was iffy.

A lot of those countries, it's

very sketchy.

Very, very sketchy.

You won't get paid.

You won't get a trip back to America.

You got to find your way.

So you just got to have a right agent and a good team around you to make sure you're in the best situation.

Yeah.

And now these other countries are catching up to us in skill, dude.

Man, we just lost the worlds again.

People thought we would win it with the B team.

Listen, man, let's name the

top five NBA players.

I'm pretty sure four out of five or three out of those five are international players.

We've seen

Giannis, Luca, Embiid.

Oh, Embiid's international?

Yeah, Embiid, Embiid's African.

Oh, I didn't know.

But he does have his

French, and he's naturalized through French.

He has his French citizenship, but it's through his wife.

Oh, okay.

But Embiid, and

who we gonna?

Who you want to?

I don't even.

You can throw Jason Tate a minute.

My bad, we done forgot about Jokic.

How we forget about Jokic?

Bad.

I'm sorry.

So disrespectful.

all those five all international players crazy yeah like and we really thought we could send a b c team and win that man listen listen lebron said man we got to call the avengers man we gotta we gotta do this so it's gonna be real interesting i'm looking forward to that uh olympics to the man what yeah in paris man it's gonna be but we're old man it's gonna it won't be easy it's not it's not they're catching up to us the the iq of those guys is just second nature and before it was okay the europeans they can outthink us you know they wasn't as athletic, um, not as fast.

Nah, that's changed, right?

It's changed.

Now they're damn near the same athletic, more athletic.

And even if they aren't athletic, they think it way better than us.

Luca, Jokic, they can't jump over

this table.

Yeah.

And they over there, the two best players in the league.

It's nuts because you watch them play and you're like, oh, I could defend that.

He's not that athletic, not that quick, but these guys say that it's unguardable.

73 points, 10 to 6, 10 rebounds later, and Luca walking to go get a beer.

Nuts.

And Jokic going to check on his horses.

Yeah.

I mean, he plays so slow.

It's like, wow, how is he doing this?

Man,

when you're a high IQ player and how to use your body, great footwork, like, and your IQ literally is off the charts.

Yeah.

Man, come on, man.

You're going to make everybody around you look amazing.

For real.

You got him winning MVP this season?

They probably won't give him MVP because he already won, I think, two already.

And it's kind of like he's going to get the LeBron treatment because they get so used to the numbers.

Like, whatever, 28, 10, and 12.

Like, bro, that is amazing.

Like,

all these guys is dropping 60 balls and 70 balls is like normalized.

No one is getting excited about it because it's like, oh, no one's playing defense.

Yeah.

So, but I think my MVP, man, I want to

get some love to my boy Shai, man.

I think he, get my boy Shai MVP, dog.

He's doing this thing.

He got OKC sitting top four in the West.

and averaging 30.

Yeah.

And man, them young guys, man, OKC gonna make some noise.

They're not even talking about OKC on any news channel.

They're not, just because of

the market they're in.

So, I mean,

like I said, they're going to make some noise.

He'll bring the cameras in there.

Yeah.

The West is tough, man.

I mean, I'm a Lakers fan, and I don't even know if they'll make the playoffs this year.

I'm sorry about that.

I don't know, man.

You know how the Lakers are, man, with LeBron.

They end up going on a little run.

They'll get the play-in game.

Yeah.

And end up, you know, see how far they make it, you know, in the West.

I give them the play-in game, and they'll make it to the semifinals of the the West.

That's what they did last year, right?

Yeah.

They made it to the semis and they were like the eighth or nine seed.

Got swept and then they're going, yeah, they're going to have to make some changes.

LeBron said he

he's, you know, he's deciding on signing that option, he ain't, you know, to come back to LA.

This is his last year, right?

On the contract?

So that'd be interesting.

Depends on what Bronnie does, I guess, right?

Yeah, yeah, it does.

Bronny, shout out to Bronny, though, for doing his thing.

Austin Rivers made a great point about it, how it's just tough, you know, playing with your dad,

being that name, and him just handling it so well.

So, hopefully, Brunny continues to do better this season.

I don't know if he entered the draft this year,

just because the numbers aren't adding up.

But when your father's LeBron, man, you got pulled.

You can do anything.

Yeah, I mean, look what Giannis did with his brothers.

He brought what, two or three of them?

Two or three of them, man.

And man, they thriving.

They're doing their thing, especially Thanis.

Yeah, he's like a meme now.

So you played against the best of the best growing up.

Which city in America had the best competition?

competition?

Woo.

Toughest city in America I done played in.

It had probably the best competition.

New York

and New York and California.

That's where you hear

those two, man.

New York, because

they dogs, man.

And I don't even want to just say New York, just up north in general.

I played in Boston.

And, man, them boys, man,

man, listen, man, them northern boys, they go at it.

Like, they don't matter.

It don't matter if you put 30 on their head, they coming right back at you, and they talking junk.

Dykeman, when I played in Dykeman, that was probably

my toughest environment, but I did my thing.

Just because you got who I am, so they're looking at me like, man, you can't hoop, you just impersonator.

You feel me?

Yeah.

The crowd, man, it was crazy.

People talking shit, man.

Man, it was OD, but me doing my thing and proving it, I got the respect

of the Dykeman, the Dykeman crowd and the Dykeman family.

Yeah, I feel that, though.

People don't respect these content creators usually.

No, they don't.

They don't.

But the thing is, I was playing professional basketball before I started the videos.

People don't know that.

They don't know that.

So, like, it's always fun to be able to still have fun in the court, but bust your ass at the same time.

Absolutely.

Dude, those videos blew up.

You got on Jimmy Kimmel because of it.

What was that like?

Man, that was OD, man.

That changed my life.

You know, I ain't going to lie.

I ain't watched Jimmy Kimmel before, then I ain't know nothing about it.

I was watching 106 apart.

That's some rich people.

So

just had the opportunity to be on Jimmy Kimmel with my boy KJ Hunter, KJ the Joker, via Instagram.

It was dope.

It was surreal.

It was like, okay, yeah, you stamped.

You done done something that no one's ever, you know, ever done before.

And you made it to like almost the highest level, one of the number one talk shows been on for probably the last 10 years.

You probably had grand deals up the wazoo.

Oh, man.

I was in LA, man.

You here.

You get the ball.

You want to go to this club?

We're going to crazy stone.

Come on, man.

I was going crazy in L.A.

Hallison, Malibu.

All that, man.

It was good times.

Hell yeah, man.

Those videos blew up.

Did any of the players ever hit you up after those?

Oh, man, man.

Every player that I did end up was like, man, that was funny, man.

And it established a relationship to this day with all the players.

I'm good friends with James, D-Wade, Steph,

C.

LeBron.

And they weren't pissed.

They didn't acknowledge me.

No, no, they liked it because it was more like, oh, shoot, that is how I play with a comedic twist.

They like, man, do me, do me.

Like, so I just kept building on it.

And just to know that, to let them know that, hey, man, I'm not trying to make fun of y'all.

This is just, you know,

how I just put my comedic twist on y'all games of appreciation I'm showing you.

I feel that.

I feel that.

I love that.

Yeah.

When you look at the current content basketball creators on YouTube, is there anyone you think that is really good that can match up with you?

I mean, of course, my boy Max is nice.

You know, he was like my, that was like my little apprentice.

And now he taking over the impersonation world.

YPK Ray is hilarious.

He's blown, blown up on TikTok.

He's kind of taking over that, like the basketball content crowd for the, for the, for this new millennial generation.

Yeah.

Um,

of course, my boy, you know, famous Los, but um the guys that are coming up, uh,

that the kid Gowie,

yeah, man, he, he, he does, he does, he does everything, man, but, but super hilarious, man.

It's a lot of guys that's doing their thing and women.

Um, that's another part that's super dope, man.

I love seeing the women in the sports, getting their sports content creation on, and they're getting super brand deals and notice because, you know, they can do it on and off the court so yeah dude someone told me about jenna brandy i think yep jenna brandy snaking bags and but jenna always jenna was around um when i was doing my videos but she just stuck to it because she's a very athletic female that can do everything a man can do yeah her brother um is in the mlb as a catcher oh i didn't know yep yep played with the i think with milwaukee brewers at one time and but jenna football baseball soccer golf basketball and she matches up up with the man.

She just had a video the other day catching like

12 footballs like all at one time.

Damn.

Like she putting one ball between her legs, catching another.

That's insane.

Man, shout out to Jenna, bro.

That's my homie.

That's the dog.

Those athletic girls were always scary, man.

Yeah, man.

They were different.

Well, especially, and they get on the court and bust your ass.

Yeah, that's embarrassing.

I can't let that happen on camera.

At all.

I need that footage.

I need LeBron Cena to delete all that.

He's never going out there.

And there's always that debate about can a normal guy guy be that WNBA player, right?

What do you think about that?

Hell no.

Hell, man.

Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum,

Isa Wilson, man.

No.

Brittany Griner, like, no.

A regular person, everyday Joe, player L.A.

Fitness, thinking, you know, doing this thing, then they can, nah, dog.

These women are nice.

Yeah.

Man, you've seen the video.

I don't know if you've seen the video of Liz Cambridge.

She's a three-point shooter?

Nah, Liz Cambridge, the Australian basketball player, played in WNBA.

She's about six eight six ten damn like I think she about six eight six nine busing busing grown men ass post moves hitting them like and she can dunk too like

women's sports is revolutionizing and it's and it's changing it's changing the way the game is played

I don't want them to lower the rims.

You feel me?

Because

they respect the game just as much as we do.

And now it's getting to the point where

they are able to dunk.

Like two hands, girls going, man, I can't even do that.

And so, and I have three daughters.

So it's like the more support we give to women's basketball you know the more the more the more better is going to get yeah i did see that debate about lowering the rims what did they want to lower to nine it's a not like nine five so they want to be able to dunk more uh yeah but that was the out not not the women the women don't want to do it they're like they're like man hell no you know because at the end of the day they can compete you know on the same level as you know yeah as you know they feel as a lot of men so um and professional men nba players so they're like we we respect the game just as much as you guys do Nah, don't lower the goal.

We want to keep it.

This is how we've been playing our whole life.

You know, you lower the 9-5, they may mess up your jump shot.

You know,

you got to redo the whole, you know, some of your mechanics.

But, man,

keep the game the way it is, man.

Can you dunk on a 10?

Yeah, I can dunk.

Yeah, yeah.

I still can dunk my little Rondo.

One hit on a stretch dunk, throw a little alley up, catch it off one.

But them things, them things back there, they worth three.

And that's what I like.

Yeah, you like three.

Yeah, three more.

It's a different game, right?

You've probably seen it evolve as you played.

because back when we were growing up, no one shot threes.

Man, heck nah, man.

We got yelled at.

We watching games with Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryan, and the max score is 95, 97.

And he's some of the best scorers to ever play the game.

Now, you see games, man, the final score of 132 to 145.

You like, man, what kind of Indiana Pacers versus whoever?

They letting, man, the game.

It's changed for more for the fans.

Yeah.

You know?

People lighten it up, man.

People just set a pick at you open on a three.

You can't even guard it.

Not many sets are being run.

They're run, you know, they're ran in certain, you know, certain aspects of the game, but it's, you know, majority pick and roll.

I like what the LA Clippers are doing.

Yeah.

The way they run their offense, Tyron Lou.

Like, the other day they had a play where they made like at least seven passes, barely dribbled the ball right into a right into a jump shot or right into a score.

Wow.

And you're like, man, I ain't never seen nothing.

There's some Dean Smith shit going on.

I ain't never seen this in NBA.

You got James Arn pass the ball, coming off screen, off ball.

I'm like, hold on.

I ain't never seen James on down screen before.

So it's dope to see, you know, when you are able to see those

fundamental mechanics of basketball.

But, man,

I love the way the game's going.

Really?

It's cool to see that perspective, right?

Because you see a lot of people hate on it, right?

A lot of the older guys, but you're a true fan of the game.

Man, I'm a true fan of the game and the evolution of it.

Come on, man.

We went from James Naismith shooting the ball in the wooden basket.

We weren't going to do that forever.

The game's going to

revolutionize, man, to the point where we're about to see everybody on the court is going to be 6'8 and up.

Yeah.

So guys like me, you know, hey, keep working.

It's coming to an end soon, fellas.

It's coming to an end.

But I don't feel, man, whatever your height is, your height advantage, that doesn't have anything to do with it.

I hate that.

I hate that report that a lot of guys get is, oh, Isaiah Thomas can't play in the NBA because...

He can't play defense.

Man, they ain't playing no damn defense like that that much.

You feel me?

And if they are,

they trying their best and they still getting 50 balls on their head.

Yeah.

People are so good now that you can't even do much.

You cannot, bro like we just said the slowest guys in the nba are the best players in the league so let's think when you get an athletic guy that can shoot dribble defend and jump man it's it's that's something hard to play defense against yeah for sure especially when you don't have any help yeah people say the league's soft now because there's no hand checking what do you what do you think about that

Man, I don't want to say it's soft.

It's just, like I said, the game is, you know, it's evolving and it's going to what the fans want to see.

Right.

You know, we're not trying to see somebody, you know

it's i i i love a competitive person that plays really great defense you know i.e patrick beverly yeah um he don't care he gonna handshake you regardless he's gonna put that put that put that forearm in you but a lot of guys like man come on we want to see the offensive flare so i can see it from both sides i can see it from both sides

i don't want to say it's soft it's just no one's about to lose any brand trying to beat somebody up yeah yeah kevin garner did you see kevin garden i interviewed the commissioner uh i didn't bro yeah it was like a week ago He was pissed.

Really?

He was like, do you think you're going to bring back the hand check?

Because he's a fan of physical

Kevin Garnett.

But Commissioner doesn't seem like, like you're saying, he wants an offensive game.

It's better for the fans.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, Adam Silver,

he knows what he's doing and got to do.

And a lot of guys, they start complaining about the hand check.

Come on, man.

That's what we train for our whole life.

You hand check, man.

I'm slapping the hand out of the way, going to that side, or I'm crossing over, moving their hand out the way.

So, like I said, it just makes the game more fun.

Yeah, it is what it is, right?

Who you got winning this year?

Have you got a team?

Yeah, man,

I'm a Dame fan.

Okay.

So I'm rooting for the Milwaukee Bucks, and I think that it's going to be the Milwaukee Bucks and the Denver Nuggets.

The Boston Celtics, yeah, they do their thing.

I love Boston and what they're doing, but it's just like...

They just can't get over that hump.

They're always so good in the regular season, man.

And then they just, I don't know, semifinals comes around and they fold.

Somebody, one player is not doing what they're doing.

I don't know.

Jason Tatum, he started, you know, he chills, chills a little bit,

let this teammates do their thing, but they have a great team this year.

Yeah.

So it's going to be very interesting to see they have a championship point guard and Drew Holiday.

Derek White has emerged.

Man, it's

now Porzingis, man.

Porzingas had like 40 the other night.

They might have the best starting five, honestly, in the league.

But hands down, they do.

On paper,

yep, between them and the Clippers.

Oh, yeah.

Clippers are nicer.

But if we're talking about, you know, youth-wise, ah, shit, the damn Clippers.

I'm surprised because when harden first came they lost like what eight straight yeah yeah they had to find it they had to find harden said i'm the system but he didn't mean it in a selfish way he's just saying like if you let me do my thing everything else is gonna flow right yeah you know kawaii pg they're not trying to be no point guard yeah they want to be able to catch get in that mid-range pg want to be able to pull up do his thing so yeah that's gonna be man the clippers and the denver nuggets and the western conference finals that's tough i got the clippers though to be honest yeah if everyone's healthy right right i don't know, man.

It's hard to go against Jokic and the boys, man.

They're just such a good team, man.

Mike Malone is such a great coach, and you have to play defense

against them when you have so many moving parts.

Jokic got the ball.

You got seven people cutting.

And there's only five people on the play.

You feel me?

You're not used to that in the NBA game.

You're used to somebody just

standing for an ISO ball and maybe having one quarter, having one cutter, man.

And that's a big thing, right?

Because now you're using energy on defense,

which drains you if you're running around.

Like when people guard Curry, they're running like a mile a game at least it's crazy yeah it's crazy so that's that's definitely that's definitely going to factor in to when they do play those guys and it's i think it'll go seven i hope so man

oh man i got the i you got the nuggets still man russ russ and dame them my guys they're my two favorite point guards yeah like that's why i did the whole video without without if i didn't do the video if i didn't do the russell westbrook video i wouldn't wouldn't be sitting here today that was the first one that was my very first one that video popped me off because he was my favorite player still is one of my favorite players and so I'm rooting for Russ, man.

I like him a lot, dude.

He gets a lot of hate, and it's sad to see, honestly.

It's crazy how you go from one L.A.

team to another, and it's the complete opposite reactions.

The Clipper fanbase freaking love him.

L.A.

Lymp fanbase, they booing him.

They were torturing him.

Shannon Rice saying he was the problem.

He leave.

I told you, they go to the Western Conference Finals.

They get swept.

So I'm happy for Russ.

I'm happy that him and his family are able to be in a community and a family organization, and he loves it.

Yeah, he took a step back, too, come off the bench.

Took a step back,

took the vet minimum.

He got paid like 2.2 million.

Oh, that's it?

I thought he was on Supermax.

No, hell no.

Two years ago, he was, though.

Yeah, this year he signed for like 2.2 million.

You got to understand that ain't really shit when you're getting taxed in every city you play.

Oh, yeah.

Plus, he was on a Max before, so that's a huge drop.

He really wants that chip, man.

Yep, and

he's in a situation where he's at home in Los Angeles, and they love him.

Yeah.

Yeah, Russ has been the game changer for this LA Clippers team.

Damn, I want them to to win now bro me too i mean me too now we done now you done got me j guys damn man russ and dame lord we gonna we gonna see that's gonna be tough um what do you think about these refs man they're getting some heat is there any fix there or you think it's just human error man it's human error it's it's some fix also man especially at the end of the day as players we look at film refs you got to go back and i'm pretty sure they go back and watch film and see like oh shit okay i got oh they do yeah man oh i didn't know that okay hell yeah they got a whole i forgot what it's called but they literally go back Refs will sit there and watch film.

The NBA will too, and they'll say, okay, this call we had on Giannis,

it wasn't a travel.

You feel me?

Or

it wasn't a foul.

And that could change the whole game, especially now we got instant replay.

You know, we gotta, you know, we gotta do something about the refs, how we do something about the players.

You know, we find the players from, you know, making

outrageous remarks or, you know, fights, technicals.

We got to start getting refs technical.

Let's start fighting the refs.

You feel me?

Like, they need something to worry about.

But they got the the hardest jobs, man.

It's tough.

I mean, I've never ref, so I can't speak from experience, but I feel like I'd be decent.

Yeah, I think as a player, like you're athletic, you good, you can get up to court.

It's just, you know, it's human error.

And if this is really a foul call, or if it's not, if it's a violation, it's tough.

It's tough because a lot of players flop.

Yes, and a lot of players exaggerate, they make noises, so it gets tough, right?

Yeah, and I got to say, man, a lot of refs got a lot of good patience because these players, they be cursing their ass out.

Like,

they'll say some shit to to them and like the ref be like,

okay, number two, foul.

When the ref really want to be like, man, look, we can square up.

We can get your ass out the band.

You feel me?

So

it's tough, dog.

Keep it professional.

I will say, I think they're throwing out a bit too many techs.

Yeah, that's the one thing I don't.

They got a really quick, quick trigger to just tech the players up and change the whole way of the game when you're getting jokers thrown out the game in the third quarter.

Yeah.

Come on.

I'm not a fan of the dunk techs and the talking techs.

Right.

Like, come on, man.

Like, this is how we play.

You get pumped.

No one's about to fight each other.

Let me talk my joint.

Let me dunk on somebody and yell at them.

Don't tech me for dunking the ball and hanging on the rim because somebody is running under me.

Now you're teching me for not trying to get hurt.

Yeah, I 100%.

Some people get energized from that shit, and now you're taking it away from that player.

And you tech them up, you change the whole aspect of the game.

Energy's down.

Like, it's, yeah, refs got to do better.

Do better, refs, please.

Are you a big sports better?

I saw you post some sports betting stuff.

Yep, yep.

I'm signing with prize picks.

I do a little dib and dabble, make my little my player props.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You got that inside scoop.

You got the players' phone number.

James, James, what you gonna do now?

Okay, bet, I bet.

Were you at the club last night, James?

Oh, I'm not betting on you tonight.

Shit, if James were the club last night, I'm betting on James.

Oh, he plays better?

Come on, man.

Post-club, James, next day, going for 50.

Damn, so he's AI with it.

Man, what?

Lemon Pepper Lou?

Oh, that's not playing.

I heard Lou has his own section at the club.

Man, Lou, Lou, man, that's my dog.

Yeah.

From the same city, man, Lou.

Shout out to Lou Williams, man.

Probably, if not the greatest six-man of all time.

He might be, dude.

They had a conversation the other day.

Should he be in the Hall of Fame?

Man, from what he did from the bench aspect, man, hell yeah.

He averaged 20-game, right?

For like 10 seasons.

Come on, yes, bro.

Like, he got a song.

Drake, he got a whole song.

Drake got a song about him.

Yeah.

Drake got a Drake.

If you got a song about Drake, you automatically should be in the Hall of Fame.

Absolutely.

Stamped.

Yeah, I don't disagree with that.

He's not going to write a song about you unless you're like that.

Exactly.

Have you talked to him and asked him if he ever wanted to start?

Lou?

Yeah.

I never asked him personally, but I think

he was content at what he knew his role was, that he was going to run that second squad.

Because if he started, he wasn't going to be able to

do what he's able to do.

If he started, I don't think he averaged the amount of points he did off the bench

just because of who else is on the court.

When he When he got that bench model with him, he's the main guy.

The offense runs through him.

He had Blake Griffin, so he had DeAndre in his prime.

Come on, man.

You're not going to score 20 with us.

Nah,

you're not going to be a two-guard, even though he naturally is a two-guard, but we're the same size.

So let me, I can come off that bench, run that squad, and the offense runs through me.

I feel that.

I saw you on Baron Davis' show.

How'd you get tight with him?

Yeah,

celebrity game, NBA Celebrity Game in 2016.

We established a great relationship, had our first television show, WTF Baron Davis, and looking to ramp up a season two.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, okay.

It's been a while.

It's been a while.

That was 2019, right?

Yep, yep, yep.

But we've

thrown, you know, recycled some clips and people like, damn, yeah.

When y'all gonna do a season two?

So me and BD, we working on something.

Hell yeah, dude.

That'll be fun.

Three daughters, right?

Yeah, three daughters.

Wow.

Girl dad to the max.

One on the way, man.

Oh, another one on the way?

Yeah, well, this would be my third one.

Oh, got it, got it.

And you know it's a daughter already?

Yeah, we know know it, yeah.

Damn.

Did you want a son?

Well, I have an older son.

My oldest is a boy.

I was happy with whatever,

you know, we got just as long as he or she is healthy.

Yeah.

Yeah, man.

Three girls, dog.

That's wild, bro.

I love it, though.

My wife, she comes from a big family of girls.

She's a daughter of five.

Damn, so it runs in the family.

Yeah, I think four girls, and they have

seven siblings total.

Holy.

Yeah.

Two boys, yeah, two boys, five girls.

That's a big big family mexican man that's that's that's small in the mexican culture seven nah you need about 16 of them things damn those mexicans be uh in the bedroom huh man listen fur toe fur fur toe

geez you want more or you good at three man i'm i'm good i uh well i got four total

yeah i'm i'm good i got i got my i got my hands full man got my final four man i think one of them one of them got to make it to the league one of them got to get us out the hood i feel that you feel me so you out the hood though man

right right right but it's it's better places than where we at right now.

Feel that.

It's always better.

Yeah, man.

But I'm overall blessed and happy with my children, man.

And I wouldn't change it.

I wouldn't change it or do it different.

I love that.

Any type of way, man.

I love that, dude.

What are you working on next?

Right now, like I said, I'm working on this golf content, which is, you know, which I'm loving.

That's like my next big venture is my golf.

I'm still DJing.

Still doing my thing, DJing and playing basketball also.

At the end of the day, I want to be the biggest entertainer that's ever done it.

And I think an entertainer is someone that does it on multiple aspects, not just that one single thing.

I can entertain you on a basketball court.

I can cook personal chef, entertain you in a, you know, with your stomach.

Shout out to Dot East.

Go check the IG page out.

Do music.

I'm a comedian, so just be able to, you know, make somebody feel good in many different ways.

Love it, man.

You're versatile.

Trying to be, man.

Swiss Army knife.

I think that's what they call it, man.

Heck yeah, bro.

It's a balance, though, because you can't do everything.

You can't.

You can't.

Can't do everything

at a people always say you can't do everything great.

You know, if you got so many things on your plate, you got to be able to focus on one thing.

If I can do five, six things good as hell, man, what?

I'll take it.

Yeah, because you got a new audience in each lane.

And different revenue.

That's what I do with the pod.

I don't just have on athletes.

I have on all sorts of people.

And I love that, bro.

I love that.

You have different people, different

from the dope film stars, from the crypto to your top athlete to your top lawnmower.

I love what you got going on here, man.

I appreciate you for allowing me to be on here, bro.

We've been friends for what, going on?

Yeah, bro.

Three, four years now.

We finally be able to like sit down and have a conversation, man.

I appreciate that.

Absolutely, dude.

Where can people find you?

Man, you can find me Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, everywhere, man, at b.a.5.

New golf tent coming, new golf content coming, man.

Be on the lookout.

It's going to be some funny stuff, man.

Let's go.

Thanks for coming on, bro.

Dottie Woods, man.

Sir.

Thanks for for watching, guys.

See you tomorrow.