Rich Kleiman | Ep 199 | ALL THE SMOKE Full Episode | SHOWTIME BASKETBALL
All The Smoke
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4.7 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson are back with another All The Smoke episode! This time, they welcome on Rich Kleiman, business partner and close friend of NBA superstar Kevin Durant.
In this wide-ranging interview, Rich dives into how he first met KD and built their special relationship. He provides rare insight into the formation of the Hampton 5 and Kevin's controversial move to the Warriors. Rich also discusses growing up in New York City and his journey into the sports business world.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to all the smoke we're here at the beautiful win hotel at the excess night club. |
| 0:30.6 | We got a really good guest. I've been chasing this guy down for a long time, but it's rare in this |
| 0:34.8 | business in this game to meet real genuine good people. And this dude that we have here today is |
| 0:42.4 | is at the head of the class when it comes to that. Welcome to the show Rich Climans. |
| 0:46.0 | My man. Appreciate you bro. Thank you for coming. Co-founder of boardroom, 35 ventures, |
| 0:53.1 | serial entrepreneur, just a really head smart business monster. We got to do something together, |
| 0:59.5 | bro. We sure do. Something. How's life right now? Obviously out here for summer league, |
| 1:03.3 | you guys are doing boardroom stuff. You guys have a party tonight. Yeah. What's going on? |
| 1:07.6 | Life is good, man. I'm enjoying what I do, which I think is like the biggest blessing for all of us. |
| 1:13.6 | I got an event out here tonight celebrating the WNBA boardroom coin base hosting it with |
| 1:18.5 | Jua Lloyd, Sabrina and SQ and Sue Bird. And you know, for me, it's just about extending the brand. |
| 1:24.8 | Kevin and I started together and helping formulate what his business was going to be and starting |
| 1:30.0 | to set the foundation for the rest of his life. And that meant building him a family office. And |
| 1:35.1 | that's what 35 ventures was. But as we were building it, there was this void for a storytelling |
| 1:40.4 | vehicle to tell the world what we were doing, but also something that embodied the two of us in our |
| 1:45.0 | partnership and the uniqueness of it. And that's kind of what boardroom was from the beginning. |
| 1:49.6 | Absolutely. We're going to get to boardroom in a little bit. Thoughts on the new look, sons. |
| 1:53.2 | You were able to acquire Bradley Beal, him, KD, book, building a supporting cast still, but you know, |
| 2:00.1 | what are the, what's the vibe over there? What's it looking like? |
| 2:03.4 | Yeah. I mean, well, I didn't acquire Bradley Beal, but KD did. So you're a part of KD. |
| 2:09.1 | But I'm happy for him, man. I mean, I think that's been our journey the last 10 years is, |
| 2:15.3 | you know, I haven't wrapped other players. So our business and our life and everything was |
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