Sports Mt. Rushmore, Yesterday x Today's Lakers & the Forgotten Ones with Mychal Thompson
The Athletic NBA Daily
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🗓️ 2 February 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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In this week's Hoops Adjacent, NBA legend Mychal Thompson drops in to talk with DA and Marcus about the trials and tribulations of the 2022 Los Angeles Lakers, thoughts on his son's return to the game and lessons from the Showtime Lakers. Much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Would you ask Pop that question? |
| 0:02.7 | Let's do it. |
| 0:03.6 | Welcome to the Athletic NBA show. |
| 0:05.4 | Monday through on the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:08.9 | In honor of Black History Month. |
| 0:11.7 | The incident happened in high school and all that was taken away. |
| 0:16.5 | No other teams, no other schools, or recruit me anymore. |
| 0:22.2 | My mom went to Georgetown and begged him. |
| 0:26.3 | You give me a chance. |
| 0:28.4 | And he did. |
| 0:34.0 | Think that you're the best football player in the world, which I did, and to be sitting up here as a Hall of Famer in basketball. |
| 0:47.3 | You tell me God ain't good. |
| 0:52.8 | After I left Georgetown, I was a high basketball player. |
| 0:57.4 | I had a talent. |
| 1:01.4 | But once I started to listen to Larry Brown, I learned that how much of a great, great coach that he is. |
| 1:14.0 | That's when I became an MVP. |
| 1:16.1 | That's when I became an all-star. |
| 1:19.0 | That's when I made the first team all-N-B. |
| 1:21.9 | Once I got the message from him and I followed his lead all the way man dr jay big shoes literally i got to Philadelphia |
| 1:36.9 | and man those were some big shoes to feel a size 10 foot. |
| 1:45.0 | You know, he was always supportive of me throughout my career, |
| 1:49.0 | always gave me words, wisdom. |
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