NBA All Star Fred VanVleet: Houston’s New $130M Man, Basketball Journey & Fatherhood

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Sports, Society & Culture, Football

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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FOLLOW THE PIVOT PODCAST: MERCH | https://pivotpodcast.com YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/thepivotpodcast INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/thepivot TWITTER | https://twitter.com/thepivot TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@thepivot FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/thepivotpodcast FOLLOW HAPPY DAD: https://www.instagram.com/happydad FIND HAPPY DAD: https://www.happydad.com/find Going from undrafted to playing his way through summer league into an All Star Point Guard and NBA Champion with Toronto Raptors, Fred VanVleet tested the free agency waters and landed himself a $130M contract with the Houston Rockets and is sitting down with Ryan, Fred and Channing to talk about his journey and what’s next. Sharing his story about how at age 5 VanVleet’s life changed after his father was killed and struggling with the pressures of not going down same path and creating a different life for him, VanVleet has always approached the game of basketball with a chip on his shoulder and betting on himself. This approach led him to score the most points in a championship game by an undrafted player in the 2019 NBA finals and help lead his team to a title. Struggling with the choice to stay in Toronto or have a fresh start with a struggling franchise, VanVleet accepted the challenge to start over in a new city and hopes to make an immediate impact as a leader with the young Rockets’ roster. Ryan asks him what he does for fun and if he ever smiles, as he’s known for his serious all work attitude but as usual Channing and the guys get him to break the ice and share a few laughs and stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, I mean, I look like a lot of people.
0:01.8	They call it like, like, like, what the hell was that?
0:03.4	I scan with a beer.
0:04.4	Yeah, they call them, they call them Drake for like the first three days.
0:07.8	Yeah.
0:08.3	They wonder the whole means called Van Vleet, Nejung Stutt.
0:10.8	I scan with a beer, that's Barrelal.
0:12.8	3,000 barbers that be DMing me.
0:16.1	They say they look like me.
0:17.6	Hey, number jealousy.
0:18.7	Yeah, you know what?
0:19.7	With your hustler shirt on.
0:21.0	And I got this.
0:21.8	Cool me and Angel went over there the other day.
0:23.4	That's when I bought it.
0:24.3	That's that nucky in the middle.
0:25.8	That's supposed to be a cool chick.
0:27.4	That's supposed to be a cool chick.
0:28.4	That's supposed to be a cool chick.
0:29.4	That's not cool, because hustler could be like, I'm hustler.
0:31.3	I'm grinding.
0:32.3	And if you really look at it, you'd be like, I think that's a cool chick.
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