Welcome to All the Smoke, a production of the Black Effect and our hard radio in partnership with Showtime.

Welcome back man, season two of All the Smoke.

We got a real special, guys.

What's up with you Brody, with the virtual handshake?

I'ma tell y'all something that I never told you about.

I wanna out of smoke.

Welcome back to a special edition of All the Smoke, All Star, with the All Star Game Rider on the corner.

We wanna take a second to kinda reflect on our experience last year, Jack's experience in the rookie game, this coming All Star selections and memorable moments through All Star games in the past.

Jack, let's start with your rookie game experience.

You know, it's no secret your journey was a wild one to get to where you're at and you finally land on your feet and you make the rookie team your first year.

What was it experience like and what tells a little bit about the journey and what you learned.

It was a bit of a sweet experience for me Matt because you know the journey I've been through with getting cut by set by at least 16 NBA teams before I got into the NBA.

Breaking both of my feet before I get to the NBA, all these things and to finally make it where I start my first rookie game.

I make it to the rookie All Star game and the experience was unbelievable because it was the All Star game and it may be one of the top five All Star games because I got a chance to see.

Steff and AI really take over all some game and bring them and bring a team back in DC and to beat the Western conference.

That was one of the best All Star games that I've ever seen.

So to be able to play in that game with guys like Baron Davis, Steve Francis, Darryus Miles, Quim Richardson and then again Matt, my team was the only team in the NBA that was starting to rookies at the time.

And I was leading all rookies and scoring going into the All Star until all star weekend.

So it was a great experience. I never thought I'd be there. But coming back after All Star, I didn't start no more, didn't play again the rest of the season.

So I don't know if it's making the All Star team was a bad thing for me, you know, because it made my value go up.

But it was a great experience and I'm glad to say I experienced it one time.

Now that's dope. I mean those rookie sophomore games are always so exciting because you could see the, you know, obviously the stars of tomorrow.

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