James Worthy

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

BIG GAME JAMES is in the building, y’all! Knuckleheads ending the year strong with back-to-back Hall of Famers. Q and D sit down with one of the “Showtime Lakers” and a Top 50 Greatest Player ever to play in the NBA, James Worthy. James talks about what it was like playing with Michael Jordan at UNC, being part of one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports: the Lakers-Celtics, and what was so special about being a Laker. Tune in!

Getting to UNC and playing for Dean Smith [9:41]
First impression of Michael Jordan [17:58]
What it was like joining the Showtime Lakers and Magic Johnson [21:32]
Lakers-Celtics rivalry [48:00]
What was it meant to be named a Top 50 player [58:16]

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NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.

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0:00.0	First off, old Zeeve, like to thank you for coming and rocking with us.
0:04.3	Man, you poured our history, poured our memory.
0:06.7	You wanted the reasons that we played this game.
0:09.0	We watched you.
0:09.9	You wanted the reason I feel the lane.
0:12.0	The way I feel the lane.
0:13.4	I read that flow like trying to be like you running that flow.
0:17.7	But we definitely appreciate you coming down and rocking with us.
0:21.0	It's a pleasure, man.
0:22.2	You know, thanks for reaching back.
0:24.0	You know, it's always, it's always nice to recognize, you know,
0:28.9	those that came before you.
0:30.6	I know brothers that came before me, you know, I got a chance to say hello and thank them and share some memories.
0:37.6	Yeah.
0:38.0	And it's always nice to be appreciated too.
0:40.4	You know what I mean?
0:41.2	It's nice to be here, man.
0:42.6	Well, you first got to the lead.
0:44.3	Who's the first person to bust your ass?
0:46.5	First person to bust my ass was Alex English.
0:49.9	Alex English.
0:50.9	Okay.
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