Welcome to Paris Pizzeriere. Your blind dates is already at the table and here she is. Cousin Brenda, what are you doing here? You're married anyway. Substitution brought to you by Paddy Power. Cousin' Brenda makes me for Beth, the office crush. Oh, get in! You might not always pick the right starter, but your sub can still deliver. Because with Paddy's Super Sub, your bet rolls over to the player coming on. Paddy Power. Valid on selected leagues and markets only. Pre-match and in-play bets on qualifying player outcome selections only. T's and Cases and exclusions apply. 18 plus scumannaware. Dot-O-Wared. The Orlando Magic Desmond Bain isn't your typical NBA star. He's not the type of guy that's supposed to be here, raised by his great-grandparents because he had a mother that was in and out of jail and in and out of his life.

A father, he didn't even know existed until he was 13 and still isn't close to.

This is not the type of story that usually ends with a $207 million contract.

But for Desmond, it does.

He graduated with about 20 other people.

He played four years at a football school. But still, alongside Ja Marant in Memphis, he became a star.

Ja, who says that he and Desmond are forever, is still one of his closest friends, one of the most loyal

people that Desmond knows. And somebody he says that just needs to ball because that's what he does.

Desmond talks about the hardest time in his life when both of his grandparents passed,

a time that drew him closer to his now wife because she also dealt with a horrific tragedy.

Desmond tells us that his start in Orlando wasn't really what he wanted it to be.

There was even a fight that had him looking sideways as some of his teammates, but now things are

looking up. Four and O in the NBA Cup, Desmond with back-to-back 37-point games, which etches

his name in Orlando Magic lore with names like Tracy McGregedy. Now, this interview or sit down is extremely

fun and we laugh and we talk about how your game translates from Richmond, Indiana to TCU. And I'm not

talking about on the court. But eventually, Desmond makes the ultimate pivot and asks the three

boys how we're doing. This is one of the best sit downs we've ever had. One, I'd love to do all over again. So please enjoy as we pivot with Orlando Magic Desmond Bain for another Friday edition of your favorite show. The pivot starts now. I wore a 52 before I got to 10 though, because they booed me up. Hey, what? You know me. Hey, they moved me up. Hey, they moved me up. What's up? What's up? What, Dad? How you doing, boy? Appreciate you. I appreciate you. Hey, Dad. No, no, listen. What are you talking about? For real. He said he was a point guard. Yeah, number 52. That must have been the last number of mailings. 52 point guard. So then here's what happened. They moved me up my freshman year. So my first year I was on JV and then toward the end of the season, they moved me up to varsity. You got to get the jersey that's left. And it was 52. Yeah, I made it my own. Every time we're around ball, you gotta talk about them dreams. I can't. He was so good at basketball. I never said so good. You see how you had? You see how you had? You was the high school meta, meta world piece? No, like I was, I could actually hoop, man.

I don't know, you know what?

I'm not fin to talk fought the head to witness it Come my people feeling militant Desmond Bain Orlando Magic man Welcome to the Pivot Thank you for allowing us in your home man This is Channing Crowder This Fred Taylor and Ryan Clark Pivot fam thank y'all for pivoting with us, even though they'd be hating.

You know, when we start the show, man, we're always trying to figure out how can we introduce the pivots, viewers, and fans to the person we're sitting with.

And I go through all of these things in my head, and sometimes you sit down and God gives it to you.

I'm looking at your pictures on the wall, right?

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