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Andrew Yang Podcast

Life Lessons from the NBA - JJ Redick joins Yang Speaks

Andrew Yang Podcast

Andrew Yang & Audacy

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

JJ Redick joins Andrew to talk about becoming a leader in the NBA, the challenges of being a dad, and advice for players starting out in the league.

Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IYsf1FqMhLA

JJ Redick - https://twitter.com/jj_redick

Andrew Yang - https://movehumanityforward.com | https://twitter.com/AndrewYang

Zach Graumann - https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann

Transcript

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0:00.0

I've talked to a number of my friends that have retired in the last four or five years.

0:09.0

And the thing that they all say is they have yet to find something that fills the competitive void.

0:21.0

You know, I actually draw a comparison between what you described to being on the trail.

0:26.0

That's probably the close doll I'll ever get to an NBA game.

0:29.0

And then, and then, and then, that the, though I have been courtsides, so you know, there's that.

0:35.0

But certainly I can see people who in politics also chase that high again.

0:43.0

Right. Very happy to welcome to Yang speaks or appear on his podcast, depending on where you're listening.

0:58.0

The 15th most prolific three point shooter in NBA history, Mr. J. J. Reddick. J. J. Welcome.

1:05.0

And your thanks for having me on. I'm actually tied for 14th with LeBron.

1:10.0

Yeah, you're going to be LeBron in a minute as soon as games resume. That's true. You're tied for 14.

1:15.0

I'm just kidding. I'm only kidding. No, I'm excited to hopefully play some basketball.

1:23.0

I don't think anyone expected us to be potentially playing games under these circumstances.

1:29.0

So it should be a little, little weird.

1:33.0

Well, for you, I feel like for you would be a bit of a homecoming because you started your career in Orlando.

1:38.0

So it's going to be like going back to familiar haunts. Though I guess it's not in the arena.

1:43.0

It's over across the way and in Disney World. You were saying that this reminds you of AAU. Is that right?

1:50.0

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, so starting in eighth grade and then ninth grade, tenth grade, 11th grade, each summer after those grades,

1:59.0

you would go down to Orlando for like two, three weeks and just you'd stay at a hotel in like Kasimi.

2:07.0

And you'd shuttle back and forth between Disney Wild World of Sports.

2:12.0

And you'd play two or three games a day for weeks at a time.

2:17.0

The difference now is that we can't leave the property. So we're like quarantined in one place for potentially three months.

2:28.0

But it'll be very similar. The interesting thing is the league is now saying that if you're not playing in a game, you can go watch other teams play in person because there's going to be no fans in the crowd.

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