Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What does Zach Randolph say about starting his own record label?
How far are you guys from Chicago? Chicago, about two hours. Two hours? Okay, so you... Attached more to the Chicago scene too sometimes? Like when it's Twister, Do or Die.
Twister, all of them, Do or Die. Like I grew up, that was my era, you know what I mean? I grew up listening to that, you know what I mean?
Now, you was drafted to Portland at the time where you got there. They dubbed you out of jailblazers because of your style of play. Talk to that transition coming in from from college, coming in from Michigan State. Highly touted one of the best players in college coming out. When you got to Portland, who was the who was your vet?
Who was the guy that put his arms around you and kind of like helped you, helped you get your legs under you in the league?
Man, you know what? It was all the OGs from Buzzy Wells to Damon Stoudemire to Rashidi Wallace. All them guys took me under their wing some way or somehow. And I learned something from every one of them guys. You know, as a young man coming into the NBA, trying to find my way.
And looking up, and them guys looking up to the receipts and watching how they, Scottie Pippen, how they conduct being a professional, you know, showing up, being a person at practice, you know, in the weight room, doing things like this. So I learned a bit. I learned something from all them guys, man.
Now, a name you mentioned that's another, you know, revolutionized a powerful position, Rasheed Wallace. What was those battles like for young Z-Bo coming in and having to be in practice and having to guard Sheed and go at Sheed Wallace?
Man, that was tough, man. Like you said, coming in, you know, 18-year-old, 19-year-old rookie. looking up to them guys, you know what I mean? She was one of my favorite players coming, you know, growing up, you know what I mean? And so just getting to compete against him, you know, the bigs, Arvidas Sabonis, one of the best passing bigs to ever play the game.
And so just competing against them guys every day, you know, coming in, I didn't play my first couple of years in a league, but I got so much better. in practice, going at the boys, talking shit, going at she, she talking, you know, shit to me and all the other guys, but that making me compete harder.
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Chapter 3: How did Zach Randolph's time with the Memphis Grizzlies shape his career?
And not just... Team by team. It's like around the league unanimously. Everybody is playing the same. It's just shoot three, shoot threes. I read something that the commissioner is thinking about introducing a four point shot at some point in the next couple of years. Do you just feel like the game is kind of getting away from one, the physicality and two, just the essence of.
like, real basketball? Because, you know, you see guys get up and down and everybody stop at the three-point line and just shoot threes. It's like, okay, I get it, but that kind of takes away some of the fabric of the game, though.
Yeah, I definitely understand what you're saying. You know, the game has changed. You know what I mean? Like, it's a lot more shooting, a lot more three-point. But at the same time, I give the game credit because the fundamentals is definitely not where it was. It's more these guys are ā six, seven feet, shooting threes, picking and popping. Like, the game has changed.
But at the same point, you know, I feel like for me, like basketball, it's not like it used to be. But you're going to get that. It's like a revolving clock. I always say it all the time. I think it's going to always come back around. You're going to have a draft where ā maybe five years from now, six years from now, you're going to have six, seven footers. You know what I mean?
You're going to have two sacks coming in where guys like Zach Eady, you know what I mean, in a post and playing. So I think the game has changed. And a lot of guys ā A lot of teams' personnel want to play like Golden State. They're the ones who set this trend and started playing this way with the three-point shooter. And I think for that, you've got to have the personnel.
Now, if you've got a team, you've got some guys on that team that... you got shooters and you got nine down threes and you could play that way. That's understandable. But I feel like the teams need to play to their strength or what their personnel is on our, on our team. You know what I mean?
And some strength might be post player, pick and pop, shoot threes, but teams need to play to their strength of their personnel.
Now, a couple of seasons ago, the new face down there in Memphis, John Morant, ran into some troubles away from the court. Did you get an opportunity to kind of like tap in with him and reach out to him and kind of put your arm around him and guide him a little bit?
Oh, for sure. You know, that's a little bro. He's family, man. His dad's T, his sister's mother, you know, that's family. You know, Memphis is a small community and it's all love. And, you know, I've been through a lot of shit. You know, I don't tap my head a few times. That's all right, though. You know, how you bounce back is how you come. So that's how you be. Your bounce back is real.
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Chapter 4: What went wrong during Zach's time with the New York Knicks?
I definitely do. I like Mr. Dolan, but I think... You know, and I think that's what he's doing now. I think he's kind of understanding that because he brought great people in. You got Wes. You got, I think, Leon. Leon Rose. You got the great guys that's coming in. So I think now that, you know, it's different than when I was there, you know, because I heard all the talk. Dolan needs it.
Dolan's this. Dolan's that. But for me, I met Dolan a few times, and, you know, he had brought me to the Knicks. And, you know, I ain't got nothing but respect for him, but I think he's starting to understand now that, let other people, you know, take over and, you know, maybe him, maybe I step back a little bit, let these guys run the show. So I think this was going on now.
What was the difference?
New York, New York's the Mecca, bro. I mean, shit, that's the Mecca. You know, Nick's got a lot of history.
But Dolan, I think, I think Dolan's thing was because, you know, you, you played in the garden. It's sold out every night, no matter who's on the roster. It's in the middle of Manhattan. So I don't think that Dolan, he don't really have a, Like it's not broke. The brand sells itself. And no matter who I have on this team, who's coaching, every game is going to be sold out.
But that roster that while you were here, looking back, I'm like, I just don't understand how this team didn't like, you know what I'm saying? Like one of the greatest power forwards ever, the greatest sixth man ever, one of the greatest point guards ever. All of these guys, David Lee, like all of these guys.
And I'm just like, how the fuck did they not keep this core together and at least get to the finals?
I didn't understand that, man. I really didn't because, you know, like I said, the squad that they had and the squad that we had when I was there that short period of time, we had a squad, bro. Yeah. And we all got along and we all believed. Like, that year we got traded, we was like, oh, yeah, we about to whoop their ass. Okay, oh, yeah? Come on. Like, it was... You could see it.
Yeah. What was the difference like playing in New York as opposed to Portland, Memphis, et cetera?
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Chapter 5: How does Zach Randolph feel about the evolution of hip-hop and its connection to basketball?
That'll wake you up. Yeah, Halle Berry turned me up. Man, you were born to it.
Okay. Remember your stats from that night?
Man, you know, my stats in New York was good. I had plenty too. I think that game probably 20 and 15. I had to show off that game.
Yeah. Halle Berry night.
Halle Berry night. But you know, every night, every home game, New York. Turned up. It's star-studded. You know what I mean? Yeah. Shit, it was like, damn, damn. You know what I mean?
Yeah. How has it been? Because you have a personality. I think a lot of people know that, you know, obviously your personality is big, as big as your game. But how has it been transitioning into the pod, like doing podcasts with you and T.A.? Y'all get to sit around, talk shit, tell some stories.
And from two players who were very, very aggressive on the court, now get to sit down and talk to guys that you played against, relive some of the battles and some of the moments you had. How has podcasting been for y'all?
Man, it been good, man. It been good. Just like getting a lot of feedback from our peers, from, you know, from Matt and from Stack Jack and, you know, guys that we talked to, Gil and D Miles and the guys that's in the space, which I think every one of the guys should be in the space from Draymond, like Draymond, Baron, all them guys, them guys are motivation.
So for us, we rough around the edges, you know what I mean? Like, It ain't no, we ain't give it to you perfect. We give it to you raw. You feel me? Like, this is us. Like, it ain't going to be no, we giving ponies they love, showing love. But we're going to talk about some real shit too. But it ain't never to get on there. And I ain't never try to, you know, talk down on nobody.
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Chapter 6: What insights does Zach provide about signing Moneybagg Yo?
the artists, they want to, they used to play basketball.
So it's like a perfect, you know, man, it's always, it's always rappers and ballplayers.
Yeah. Yeah. So it's crazy like that, you know, that, you know, if you, each artist probably didn't play ball, black money bag, he got a jump shot. He ain't good. You know what I mean? So I just think all these guys, all the, all these guys love music, man. Um, All the NBA players, you know, that's all we, you see, we got our, listen to, warming up with our headphones on now.
And it just, it fits good with us, man, with the athletes, you know what I mean? And vice versa.
Who was trying to rap in the locker room?
Mike Conley. Mike Conley used to rap a little bit. What? I can't see Mike Conley rapping. He'd say a few little bars. You know, he'd say a little J. Cole. He'd say a little J. Cole bars or something. Okay, okay. I thought you meant he rapped.
Mike's so laid back and quiet, man.
Yeah, he laid back and quiet. So you get to know him. Who else? A lot of guys rap, man. Whether it be rappers or any game. I can't do no rapping, though.
You ain't doing no rapping?
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Chapter 7: How does Zach Randolph view the current state of the NBA?
Dumb decision gave him half. Zach Randolph.
Three clips.
It's a tough one. That's Baby Tron, CatDog.
Subscribe to Baby Tron, man. Yeah. I think my son might have told me about him.
Yeah. Yeah, Baby Tron, cool. Let me see. Let me give you one more. The last one. The last one? All right. Living my best life. Shorty, you can never get attached. Went to the plug. Got a couple P's. Then I ran off like Zach. My boy, Rowdy. Rowdy Rich.
Rowdy, Rowdy Rich. Shout out to my boy, Rowdy Rich. Rowdy Rich.
Everyone did the runaway scheme. Yeah, so Zach, Zach, you listen. So you hear when these niggas got your name out there, Zach. You might as well go with this one too. Man, that's love, man. Which one is that one? Okay. One more. Wall to wall, the beat slapping like I'm playing handball. In the jungle, I'm a grizzy like I'm Zach Randolph.
No, that one.
I'm going to give it to you one more time. Wall to wall, the beast slapping like I'm playing handball. In the jungle, I'm a grizzy like I'm Zach Randolph.
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Chapter 8: What advice does Zach give to young players like Ja Morant?
I'm not saying it was a personal thing between Jokic and Coach. I'm not going to go that route. But I do think that he had to know something. I think that it was more surprising ā For Luka to get traded than it was for Coach Malone to get fired from Denver. I think the Luka trade was absolutely, I don't think nobody, you know, I don't think Luka didn't even know about that.
But I think that, I think that, I think that Jokic definitely knew about Coach Malone being let go before they obviously did it. What did you think about the Luka trade?
You know, it was surprising when I heard it, but I'm like, you know, what the hell? You know what I mean? Just like everybody else was. And, you know, Nico, that's my man, too. You know what I mean? So, like I said, Nico seen the vision, too. You know what I mean? That, you know, he saw and the owners or whoever above him saw and they went with the move. Like I said, this is the NBA, man.
Anything can happen. You know what I mean? Shit.
Yeah.
you know, some of the best go to different teams. So like I said, it was God's plan. Like I said, this is probably what God wanted for Luca and it's working out the best now.
Being from Indiana, how do you feel about Freddie Gibbs?
Man, I fuck with Freddie. Freddie the homie, you know what I mean? Freddie got a great talent. You know, he putting on for Indiana, putting on for GI, you know what I mean? So, in a number of respects, you know, you got an Indiana guy coming out and hard like he is, you know what I mean? So, I fuck with Freddie.
Have y'all connected before? Oh, for sure.
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