Chapter 1: What was it like to guard Kobe Bryant and LeBron James?
was that like the toughest matchup you've ever had a guard uh him or kobe kobe for sure yeah kobe kobe was just like i don't know what i was doing i was calling for a double team yeah one-on-one against kobe what are you gonna do yeah yeah you gotta you know gotta ask for help so yeah i don't know why coach nelson asked me to guard well you were known as the guard the defender right yeah but i'm still a small point guard you know he's six six six seven so a lot different
Chapter 2: How did CJ Watson handle the challenges of parenting teenagers?
All right, guys, got CJ Watson here, Vegas local, former NBA player, children's author, children book author, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Chapter 3: What insights does CJ have about the evolution of the NBA?
What's new with you lately, man?
Nothing, man. Just getting ready for school. I got three kids, so they're about to start school again. So that time is coming around again. What grades?
Chapter 4: What are the biggest differences between college basketball and the NBA?
One's about to be a senior, fourth grade, and then pre-K. Which age range do you think is the toughest to parent? Right now I'm a teenager What makes teenagers so they just talk back? They think they know everything, you know, you can't really tell them anything, but you know, they'll come back eventually I feel like that's a rebellious phase for a lot of people right?
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, I wonder what what the science is behind that honestly It's a good question.
Chapter 5: How did CJ Watson transition from NBA player to angel investor?
Yeah. Yeah, I just even myself.
I just started talking back a lot Yeah, I mean I think as a teenager you're trying to get independency So you think you're you know, you know everything and just trying to go into it.
Chapter 6: What plans does CJ have for his children's books?
Yeah, I I think you know everything about the world, which you don't, so it's a lot to learn.
Chapter 7: How does CJ Watson give back to the community through his foundation?
Was basketball your main focus at the teenage years?
Chapter 8: What are CJ's thoughts on the current education system in Las Vegas?
Basketball, yeah, for sure. Basketball and just having fun with my friends. So you knew very early you wanted to hoop? I knew I wanted to go to college. I knew I wanted to help my parents on the financial side for not having to pay for college. So that was my whole focus of getting into basketball and just getting good grades and stuff like that. Okay, so college was your ceiling?
Yeah, yeah, for sure. So you didn't even think NBA? All my dad's friends, when I see them now, they said I did, but I don't remember it. I just remember just having fun, playing basketball, and then wanting to go to college. 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.
The stuff that they learned, I feel like you got to go out and search for it. Right. I feel like there should be a middle ground there. Yeah, there should be. I definitely think there should be more vets because, like I said, it makes the league better. It makes it last longer. It makes guys play for another four or five years. But also, just like I said, just learning from others' mistakes.
I think that's a good thing about life.
I wonder if the NBA is going to head towards a shorter career span like the NFL is right now. I hope not. Just based off the current, like, because now you need to be athletic. You need to shoot.
People are getting injured. Yeah, a lot more. I think they got to figure out the injury stuff. You know, it may be short in the season, you know. A lot of games being played, a lot of back-to-back. But I doubt that the back-to-backs at least will ever change. You don't think so? I don't think so. It wouldn't make sense for the calendar, I guess, right? Yeah, yeah.
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