Tony Allen

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

This week we got a Chicago hooper on the show, first team All-D, and the Grindfather — Tony Allen joins Knuckleheads. TA sits down to discuss his journey: dropping out of high school, figuring it out in Chicago and finding his way to Oklahoma State. Tony looks back on getting drafted by the Celtics, winning a championship with the Big 3 in 2008, and moving on to Memphis. He talks about those legendary Grizzlies teams and what it was like to become one of the best defenders in the league. TA a real one. Tune in! Growing up in Chicago, dropping out of high school but meeting Will Bynum and going to Crane (7:30) Getting to Oklahoma State after Juco, dominating there (30:20) Draft process, getting taken by the Celtics (42:30) Becoming one of the best defenders in the league, learning from Paul Pierce (54:00) Boston forming the Big 3, winning the NBA Finals in 2008 (1:02:35) Celtics-Lakers rivalry, being tasked with guarding Kobe (1:16:56) Going to the Memphis Grizzlies, teaming up with Z-Bo (1:24:22) Becoming the Grindfather, getting All-Defense after All-Defense (1:29:25) About Our Hosts: 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. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook

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0:00.0	Man, first of all, we appreciate you, you know what I'm saying, first team all D.
0:05.0	Hold on a whole, hold up.
0:06.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:08.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:09.0	Shot Town in this building, you feel me.
0:11.7	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:13.0	This shot town today, baby.
0:14.8	D, yeah, man.
0:16.4	Long time coming, you know, you're our guy.
0:18.5	We go way, way back summer days and all that stuff man you know
0:23.0	you from the crib first team all deep yeah for sure we really appreciate you coming to rock with us man
0:28.6	on the show man much love i appreciate y'all having me man grand five then this piece for show that for show that
0:34.9	when you first got to the league who was the first person to bust your ass?
0:39.3	Man, that's a good question, man, because I mean, I played against a lot of two guards
0:46.3	that had that work, you feel me.
0:48.3	And, um, but it don't go unnoticed with Kobe.
0:52.3	Obviously, he the the first person.
0:55.4	That you felt.
0:58.1	I'm talking about to ask you, when you say bust somebody there, you got to put pressure on them.
1:00.0	And when I say that, man, Kobe had,
1:03.6	I played eight minutes.
1:05.0	Got six fouls and eight minutes.
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