CJ Watson

But I think once I got to college, I figured out that NBA was close.

So I was like, hey, I'm going to take it serious.

Was that transition from high school to college pretty tough?

No, not really.

I think it was just more so just learning the game, learning the speed of the game, and then learning the ways I can score, you know, ways I can, you know, get to my spots on the court and also help my teammates out.

Nice.

What about college to NBA transition?

Very tough.

It was more so on the business side, I think, just trying to figure out, you know, how to have a long career and not just, you know, have a two- or three-year career, but have like a 10-, you know, 12-year career.

Right.

And back then when your era, they valued the vets, right?

So they were straight on over the new guys.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Vets were always playing.

The rookies were never playing.

So it was very hard as a rookie to get on the court unless you went to like a terrible team when they knew you had a lot of playing time.

Now I feel like it's the opposite, right?

Yeah, yeah, for sure.

Yeah, there's no vets hardly.

There's no coaching, like no one to really show you the game or give you the wisdom or knowledge of the game.