Will Howard
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard Mar 2025
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you know we love ohio on this podcast we've got two for you Ty Jerome, one of my favorite stories slash favorite players in the NBA. His rough start to the career, to the highs of this Cleveland team, their long-term success. And just talking hoops with Ty Jerome. And Will Howard from Ohio State, the national champs.
Post-combine, we'll go over the season and get ready for his dream to be an NFL quarterback next month. And life advice. He's one of the best stories in the NBA this year, and look, I know he's not the headliner, but he's in the conversation for sixth man of the year, and the Cavs are just brilliant, and he's been a lot of fun. It's Ty Jerome. Good morning, man. Thanks for doing this. Of course.
Thanks for having me. Okay, so what's this season been like for you? Like having this stretch, having this run, putting up real numbers, having a role after some of the early transitions in the league for you?
Let's go through the resume here before the Cleveland part of it. So you're a first-round pick. Were you aware of what was going on with all of the trades? What did you know? Because you were basically traded on draft night, but then I think the Bain deal was already done as well, but then that was announced like a week later.
Yeah.
Okay. All right. So you knew that part of it. You get to Phoenix. What's going through your head on like, all right, how do I fit in? Like, how do I fit in as an NBA player?
Were you surprised he did so well in Detroit?
I'll keep it moving. It's a small, small world out there. All right. So did you ever get to brag to your friends? Be like, well, hey, at least when I was traded, I was traded for Chris Paul.
All right, so then you're traded again to Houston. You're cut immediately. Golden State picks you up. You have the groin injury, so the two-way expires. And then you sign with Cleveland, you know, in the start of 23. And I want all the listeners to know that. I mean, clearly, you know your own timeline. But at that point, you're like, man, I won a national championship. I was a first-round pick.
And, like, I don't even feel like I've even started. Like, that's going to be – was there ever a moment you're like, man, this might not work out?
I was talking to a player the other night. I can't name him because it was just somebody that had a mutual friend and we were talking. And I was really happy for him because he's a real guy now, right? He's a real guy.
And I look at you now and I'm just like, whatever this is, and I want to get into Cleveland in this awesome season and your teammates and that kind of stuff, but this has proved that you're a real guy. And for him, it was opportunity where they couldn't bench him anymore. They couldn't bench him because everybody was hurt. And so here's your situation where it's not because everybody's hurt.
Your team is incredibly deep, but it's very clear that Atkinson now trusts you in February and going into March. maybe even more so than he did at the beginning of the year. So that leash thing you're talking about is a very real thing in basketball where you know those are your minutes, you know those are your possessions.
It must just make you a better basketball player because you're not thinking about all the shit you've been thinking about for years.
All right, let's talk about your game, man, because it is different. And I know you were smaller, and then I think I see the smaller kid playing in a 6'4", 6'5 body now. So I think the other part for you is that when you were being evaluated as a draft pick, you're kind of like, all right, you know, is he going to be people off the dribble? You know, how's he going to play defense?
Like the same stuff that happens to anyone that you're like a little afraid of athletically. Cause I don't mind when GMs are kind of athlete snobs about it, you know? Cause it's like, look, if I'm going to screw up, I'd rather screw up with the athlete than everybody being like, how did you pick the non-athlete here? But athleticism is different.
You know, there are plenty of guys that can jump out of the gym and have these explosive traits. But when I think about like your, And I want you to try to make this sound better than I'm going to. But I think the thing that I love the most about your game is that I feel like every decision option is open later to you than most players. So when you drive it, you're still not 100% sure.
if you're going to hit the floater, if you're going to pull up. I think you keep passing options open later. It's a bit like a quarterback who some guys want to get rid of the ball at a certain time, and other quarterbacks will see a receiver being like, if I can just give him another beat, he might have a little bit more separation. You had a pass last night where Mitchell was cold.
He hit the three after it had been swung to him, but you started the action by swinging it out to somebody that I don't know a lot of other guards would have either tried. like would have even seen. Now I know in the NBA too, like the spacing rules, you're just like, Hey, make sure you stay in your spot. Cause I'll see some Luca passes, right?
Where people are like, I can't believe you found him in the corner. It's like, look, it's an awesome pass, but he also knows that that person has to be glued to the corner. Right. Right. Throw it to the corner. So I,
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