Jeff Teague & Taj Gibson on Jimmy Butler-Timberwolves breakup, New York Knicks | Club 520

Jeff Teague & Taj Gibson on Jimmy Butler-Timberwolves breakup, New York Knicks | Club 520

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right we back another episode of Club 520 podcast I’m the host my name is DJ Wells we in a different location out of town with it special guest to my left introduce my man’s last to my far left my dog Bishop be here out the pearlies how you what nasty cool and nasty let’s get to it baby I know we out of town but you know what I’m saying you going you going to catch that fine the work uniform oh it’s cool it’s late night the ti I don’t know if you too familiar with his foot game but normally he got the black forces with the white laces on I know you know what I’m saying you’ve been around Fly Guy have you ever seen a black for coures with the white license before California yeah a few times just just knew it was just a different kind of dude you just knew like oh man well be careful of course lock your door no man you can’t do that what size you 16 uh 15 15 15 we’ll get you a 14 a running a sh size bigger I got you say list introduce that [ __ ] yeah get to me hey yo my right crazy my dog young nacho young T how you what I’m Chillin bro uh glad got got my guy in the building Taj wo hey it’s lit man but it’s cool to be in Orlando I get to see some of the guys man we have experience out here so it’s cool for sure man we are here in Orlando doing a little bit of L’s work got a special guest our left tene V one of the coolest dudes to ever play in the NBA been around a long time great teams great stores and everybody speaks nothing but high respect to this man we got T Gibson in the building t appreciate you pulling up on this big dog yo fellas it’s it’s a pleasure man been watching a lot of episodes I’m just waiting to see what y’all going to say today man who the most [ __ ] up person on the show you think if you had a guess oh damn the power rankers you you watch it bro you have me a little bit someday is he like that but come on but being being around the Midwest y’all yall some of the most coolest guys you got to understand it temperament I’ve been around a long time so I laugh with it I can take a joke so I ain’t going to make you pick it’s cool he made a decision it was just you decision was made he’s well prepared right he did for sure man listen man y’all got a crazy or story man nor we ask about you on your preps going obviously you know I’m saying you went crazy in high school want to fast forward a little bit they we you know we on the road we a used to this type I’m sitting like be in this [ __ ] get your posture together need SL get your post that [ __ ] P got some sprinters on it yeah take it out like you know this [ __ ] locked in shout out to the Sweet hey you know saying what SP time you was making a college decision and Y that’s when y first cross pass man yeah uh Tim Floyd was recruiting me at USC and Taj was already there and OJ mayo was uh me and him was the same year T was there um I went to campus and they like yeah everybody get a truck the Taj had the big boy Expedition I’m like yo they getting money my pops like you’re not going there they do not do things by the book I was like yeah I need I need to be there t had he had it already I like he’s shining hold hold whole time I’m thinking they cheap I’m like man wake fours got it no wait for no money we got some money but it was UFC money for us wouldn’t [ __ ] with that nil back then nah I mean eventually we was we was taken care of expeditions was fire back then 06 you went to 06 right yeah yeah that was it was Elite n he he was shining he was living different way no he was shining I got to ask y’all around that time period what was them cars that was like was obviously we all the time we was wishing we could get them with what was that car you was like I got a hat at or it was outside that was crazy cuz like back then the leak and Navigator was like the Cod of [ __ ] on Earth to me N I wanted um Bubble Caprice weest [ __ ] I want Bubble Capri I wanted the the H was the H2 that’s what I had legendary vehicle I had that I had H2 and I had a black one I had a H3 h a red one eat gas yeah do and the hoop sessions was legit in there [ __ ] that back seat laid down in that you going get some work done oh yeah you going get some real work done study by room bro hey imagine this [ __ ] sliding on you with the black forces with the white laces and a Hummer you don’t know what type of time he on I know I know for one he down for whatever for sure he down for whatever in them SPAC shout out to whatever your situation is now what I’m saying back then the 06 when [ __ ] was young you could have borrowed it bro we could have swapped it out something that’s crazy work is nasty nasty work bro nasty work bro Char I can take Edie b i on Santa Monica for a little bit while got this [ __ ] going that is I love we P out of ta Taj man how you get to USC man [ __ ] man um man I was waiting around a long time I didn’t know if I was going to even make a be honest with you um I was thinking I was going to go the JC route not that damn Pop I was just going to go straight to construction just try to just get a hustle maybe do what I got to do on make make a meets but that’s how that’s how most black men kind of figure it out when I was coming up I was just like damn like La is a little different my friends getting kicked out of the house left and right a lot of single families it was it was a little scary but I didn’t but by the grace of God that last day I got I I just so happen to get qualified I did not think I was passing that sat I did not think I was getting those grades I was like y it’s it’s up when I got to when I got in that door man it’s like God just work work with you on there so many different places and Faith was strong man be honest with you ab salutely and it’s like especially obviously we telling our age with this but to hear that time period how many talents of people had to rate for those type of tests when it’s just like a lot of them tests ain’t even built for us to even what for be successful in like not trying to be on a walk [ __ ] but that stuff wasn’t designed for us to EMB better ourselves so it’s just like for you to have to wait till that last decision yeah that [ __ ] is crazy that’s tough I’m glad it worked out for you but like to it on the lighter side like coming out of high school how much money you think you would have got off the nil even though they paid you a but don’t worry about that but if you would have been coming out right now lowball number least 500 fact 500 bro facts cuz we came up in a time where dudes was really official ni like like you look at it now it’s a little bit water down and we kind of contributed to that but coming up even looking back on some of the highlights I’m looking I missed the long shorts I miss this just the small stuff about it like that’s what I love about our um draft class like even though we we all doing our own things but we all love like we always made sure we showed each other love and class fact hard bro I damn near got everybody Jersey in our draft class besides uh Ricky Rubio fact coincidence N I asked him just a never get it shout out to R he get it to you bro forgave you by that I’ll take a Barcelona jersey for sure bro that’s right bro show love Ricky you good show love Yeah man the nil [ __ ] is so crazy cuz like working with some some of the top prospects going on now like they in high school seeing tickets before they even get to College yeah and like it’s so hard to keep them Reed in but at the same time it’s just like I’m making generational money at 610 what you really going to tell me and now they getting so much money off the social media sites it’s a totally different ball game now I think a lot of that comar is lost because everything is legitimately a business now that’s true yeah how do you combat that like as far as like keeping them like obviously you talking to the young kids like hey I’m already at this level but how do you keep them ground obviously what you coaching with the kids like how do y’all keep them somewhat focused when it’s so easy to get lost with this [ __ ] uh me I just try to it’s so tough CU I never been in that position to make money in high school so I don’t even know how to navigate it for him like I can speak from like the NBA experience like try to do this try to do that like as far as like saving and stuff but like to get money at 17 18 I don’t I can’t help you cuz I don’t know what I would have did at 16 with a $500,000 I know what I did working at Meer with $500 yeah and that [ __ ] was gone them Jordans and forces was every weekend so I can’t even imagine what they doing how they feel hell yeah my opinion you gotta think about you gotta look at the parents too you gota look at you got to zoom in on how the household is like half these kids not even checking that account moms and dad or either just moms got that account he may be do his little thing but the parents mostly getting all the money then you got a crew you got you got his uncle uncle cousins few guys so he already getting trained to be in that mindset of taking care of the family already at 17 before you know he’ll be 22 23 po broke trying to play overseas trying to do what he got to do and nobody’s teaching them nothing because once the money’s gone they don’t tell you that everybody falls back your homie can fall back off you off just telling you telling them no I I can’t I don’t got it right now but he don’t know you really messed up like that yeah the money go really quick fellas and I’m on the back in back end of the right now and I’m just looking like Dam man I got I’m preparing for the next level and I’m seeing a lot of guys really not not there like they really still trying to get back into the league wondering why I don’t want to be that kind of guy begging like yo pick me pick me yo please why why can i n just take it and keep it pushing this game is Twisted for real that’s that’s real without a ball just a court without your spirit it’s only a game so together with 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spirit it’s only a game 21 and over only please drink respon responsibly and even I mean we ain’t going to fast forward too much but being a br in your house after you get drafted at 21 22 is like you said to be that at 178 that’s absurd amount of pressure cuz they don’t even know how taxes work yet n that’s a tough that’s tough well you going I mean you going to run through majority of it but [ __ ] hopefully they when they go to these universities giving them some type of financial leadership class or something at least bro yeah just give them somebody got to have a course bro that’s why I’m like excited about what the NBA pa is doing with this the top 100 Camp yeah they got classes they going to learn about that but being around guys like Taj who’s been in the league for 15 plus years it’s like they can give you that advice like him just saying that and somebody watching it goingon to be like yeah that’s that’s valuable you know what I mean for sure for sure we got to get back to the college though man cuz y’all had a whip you know what I’m saying you was in there with who would have been probably one of the biggest NL stars of all time the homie juice that’s my man shout out to juice big fan of the Pod hey man y you almost with there but y’all had something special man yeah man um it [ __ ] I we had Jeff man forget about it but it worked out how it worked out um juice when he came like people understand how good he was and I didn’t understand like money until juice really got there like I didn’t understand like the real perception behind money how to be a pro he’s he’s a freshman and I’m really figuring out like this the NBA lifestyle like this how you supposed to carry it like and I’m not as shame asham to say that cuz most cuz I’m always going to give guys this flower like I learned a lot from juice and a lot of dudes got learn a lot of juice is giving out bread making sure dudes ate and people ain’t going to never tell tell you that about juice they G to say he came he was nice he got the bread he took some bread and left no juice got that bread and Juice was making sure everybody on the team had money yeah if he went somewhere we was with him so like you got to look at the whole spectrum of this game this [ __ ] got to take what you can can take your family with you constantly smile cuz you suck his boy think it’s trying to pull you down every every minute of the game that’s a fact n we show love to juice for real like so it’s good to hear you say that cuz it be a lot of SMUD being put on his name for sure that’s that’s dope though but you had a chance to play with dear too so like to have like two like Premier shooting guards guards on your team like what was that like like having o then the next year dear come in and it’s like the crazy thing about it I came into situation was Nick Young I’m like swagy people understand like swaggy we had multiple Scouts in the gym that’s when I knew like all right if I got if I want to really work hard get to the league let me just try to just be next to him and I wasn’t one of those guys I’m one of those teammates like I’m if if I don’t know some I’mma ask you I’ve never been that kind of guy just like nah I don’t mess with him I just try to show as much life as I can because she we only got 24 hours on the day man we dropping like flies but first thing I had Nick Nick was the first one to go Lottery OJ came in I’m like damn it we coming in here so now step your [ __ ] up you g might have a chance to go to the league OJ come in he leave I’m like all third year I’m like I’m ready to go man like it’s not it’s not that many girls left on campus that you you know everybody it’s like the money is the money is not the same you looking around at your counterparts like I I ain’t feeling this you look at your head coach like he’s still making three4 million a year you starving so I got to get out of here then tomorrow come but that’s my brother rest in peace the Pops Pops it a lot for me is when I first moved to California I didn’t know nobody his dad one of the first OG’s say if you ever need anything call my phone if you ever feel a homick we here you come to compon you good like you know what I’m saying and I always remember that to this day and then the head that he passed a few years ago it kind of It kind of rocked me to my C it shows me like you never know who’s going to give you that words of inspiration you know what I’m saying you never know who going to like really look out for you cuz this man is comp like yeah I’m from Brooklyn New York I didn’t know nobody I’m mismatching I’m getting bang gang bang on where you from all time tell your story don’t let you go out like that nasty I can’t go out like that’s fa category my personal business man you know what I’m saying n that’s good that he pulled you said young kids back home you know them young kids but it’s it’s tough man like I don’t know how I’m here bro be honest with hard work bro yeah for green can’t many people say they’ve been in the league 15 years bro for real for sure bro gy like each day I wake up and I still get that phone call it’s still like why me I’m still saying that to myself this day like when I got the call early in the year I’m I’m on the I’m really watching y’all like I’m chilling on the couch I’m like I don’t know like every player goes through that yeah like at one point after you get cut that right before the season starts you like I think I’m done you know what I’m saying like if you really work and you be like I don’t know like let me let me let me see and then you get that phone call I’m like man like am I am I doing something crazy like am I taking a spot that somebody needs when you you can’t think like that cuz [ __ ] told me nobody gonna give a [ __ ] about your mom and dad nobody gonna give a [ __ ] about your kids nobody G [ __ ] about your cousins do what you got to do yeah 100 y take that bread and run run get the bread and run recr you though I had most USC before USC most of my schools I want I wanted to stay on the West Coast by that time I had full hold on the west coast UCLA Arizona Texas teams I can run um Yukon teams on the East Coast was Yukon St John’s I had a few but my grades wasn’t there so I had to really I had to really take my time and figure out like what team is really going to like help me like SC was coming through making sure I had the tutors making sure I had to get through what I had to get through okay salute taking care of they own way supposed to n facts bro and as I Ain put two and two together but you was at SC when SC football was yeah man yeah it was a dragut so we all was you know hell of a time to be on campus they took care of us they took good care of us at that school man I tell you shout out to that see man I went to the right school for me but I ain’t going to lie I wanted to go there though I was like that [ __ ] hard my dad was like wait no no way I know that was hard passing up on Yukon and Syracuse and St John’s and it was tough because you look at Yukon they had Stanley Robinson rest in peace Kelly Kurt Kelly was raw [ __ ] forget about him had um Hashim to be they had they had a lot of bigs and then you got that Grace pi when you waiting for the sign in and you waiting she was going to come to your house early in the morning on one of those days when the draft doing a little recruiting process and then you be like oh they don’t really like me like that they a show up so you see who’s really like all right I’m here I’m here for you yeah for sure for sure obviously going through the draft process got to ask how was that you know what I’m saying waiting your turn to USC and now you get your big turn in the league how was that and what was that first thing you went crazy on you know I’m saying you smart with your money but what was that first like I’m here now I’m about to make that b boy purchas first thing draft process was crazy it was just like I’m already in La mhm most of the women go to my school that hang with all NBA players so I’m already really ACC committed to like the process but that whole draft process was so special because I got to see so many young men who never really had money really come into having money and it was a beautiful time seeing teren swims so many different guys juic so many different guys in our draft class James hardens everybody just starting to move and be their own person before they was that person and you like you just seeing like all right we starting to get to this bread now you see all right this a big game now you see grown women coming at you you see creu you see everybody just starting to form and that’s the process I wish I was a little bit more prepared for because I blew a lot of bread just having too much fun like just just not knowing what to expect buying change trying to fit the image like you trying to keep up the Joneses and it was it was a great time back then it was no it was no Instagram too so dam t you was tricking huh you was tricking hey man we was filthy listen we was got die got die never hurt financial literacy [Laughter] every got right listen I still remember I still remember our rookie pictures bro in New York damn that [ __ ] was I was like damn I still remember our shorts was big as [ __ ] that’s crazy still remember that day I remember seeing him like damn we in a league him and James they had the Bull jerseys and [ __ ] I was like damn that’s hard my Jers [Music] thatw Jersey blue was weak they had you know Jordan with the bull like you know we from n m West I’m seeing them in they Bull jersey I’m like damn that’s hard yo we’re this close to crowning a new NBA champion and with the playoffs coming to an end you got to have the advantage of the draft King Sportsbook and official sportsbooks betting partner of the NBA all you got to do download the draft teing Sportsbook app now and use code Club 520 that’s code Club 520 for new customer to get 150 in bonus bets when you bet just five bucks yep that’s code Club 520 for new customers to get 150 and bonus bets for betting just a minimum of $5 only on DraftKings the crown is yours I that’s funny I got to ask both y this both y know say play for a couple teams what was your favorite jerseys mine was my favorite Jersey team I was with Timberwolves we had some hard Jersey M that Jersey was hard them L green ones yeah Prince joints was hard the prince joints was crazy the gray ones was tough I still got that it was between probably Chicago and I would say New York oh yeah them iconic Jersey I just know just grew up watching those those teams P what about you uh me [ __ ] I probably I own some real [ __ ] when he was with the Hawks I shout out to you know big bro Terell he had that [ __ ] Hawks jacket I’m like yeah joints special I see you got the oh man still to me to this day D the Flyers jerseys is still that that that Penny Jersey the striped Orlando joints still like and the flojo I mean from that I got to hold it the flojo Pacers Jersey is crazy but that that black pin strip Orlando Jersey especially back in the day when [ __ ] had the starter joints was just different my favorite Jersey of all time is a little more on which one the Clippers jersey that’s when he was really littlear OD the one off the court that’s he like he session you and Lamar and the Hummer and the black forces shout out to L shout out to the Buddy Ranch man we run that two man that’s a hell of a that two man is nuts bro no assist we got fast forward a little bit man you talk about the season man it was crazy like to see you playing this year and like you know what I’m saying where you was at minutes when you get in the game you get in the game how was that man for you saying you having it like I don’t know if I’mma do it this year to you playing 30 minutes that that blew my mind in a way because when I got that phone call first off I seen the player get hurt and I’m like I know I know this fool ain’t gonna call me all I go to sleep I wake up it’s two it’s 3:00 a they like yo you get the yo you in shape tips but it’s like a yo you in shape yeah yeah yeah yeah I’m in shape uh can you be ready tomorrow like it’s it’s moving quick like oh I’m like all right grace period cool but you going we going to work you in you good pause you going to come in just take your time and we going to just work you in and get you in the swing at things with the team I’m like I no problem make you know I’m on the court that’s tibs broo on he don’t care he like stay out there I’m just like yo but you got three young fresh body guys ready to go keep your ass out there Taj don’t [ __ ] up your one thing about TBS I’m G tell you one thing about ttim he love Taj he like me a lot about say he look he like I got a lot to say Po and they can’t bro for the rest of they life Taj they Taj straight oh for sure for sure like Taj want to go work for New York if he want to hoop like whatever good him and D Rose tibs love me too because I remember I I told him he tibs called me to go play for New York and I I chose Boston he was like what are you doing said what are you doing you can we going be here for five more years we we going to be in this system hey work this work the system what you doing it’s going to be when I see him I said what the [ __ ] was I doing I got my [ __ ] out of there I should have went to New York had a cup of coffee at Boston I had a cup bro I was say he said what are you doing you know we gonna be here I was like you right damn and and a lot of people understand in Minnesota I first year like people people underestimated Jeff really was going through a lot of injury like I’m trying to tell you like he could never really fully like just rest that’s how much we needed him like a lot of stuff contribute like I’m telling you like without Jeff we wouldn’t have got we wouldn’t have made the playoffs bro once once Jimmy went down once everybody started going hay W that’s what made tips really like nah he different he different that’s what I he different yeah apprciate and that team like you said if Jimmy don’t get hurt obviously y still had a good seat but if Jimmy don’t get hurt it’s a totally cuz y’all was going crazy that it was a three seat yeah I text that [ __ ] before the season I said nah bro you on one of them teams now now when I se when he told me T was coming I’m like oh [ __ ] we got a squad I was just like like we gonna get TI too I said damn y was hard bro shout out to Jimmy Man Jimmy made that call he’s like yo where you at I was like I don’t know I think I might go back to OKC they give me some said what you doing you got know yo come we got some breath yo come I’m make tis I’m call you I was like yo whatever Jimmy my brother for life real Jimmy I swear I [ __ ] with Jimbo bro Jimbo T Jimmy Jamal they made my first year in [ __ ] Minnesota unbelievable now my second year ohra was Lucas there second year L John was there the whole time was had hell locker room L was there the whole time fre You Luke the real Somalian yeah John was dead and our team we had a really good team yeah but I mean everybody want to get paid you know how I go everybody want to get paid that’s all it really came down to everybody just wanted to get paid but sh though one thing I want to say a story about Taj when I knew he was like different everybody Lov Taj if you play on his team he’s the most Lov in the locker room he get along with everybody one through 15 so we we had a meeting one time and I ain’t going to talk about what happened in the meeting but he was like all I can remember you know I think everything funny he was like we not doing that yo son we not doing that the New York came out no son we not doing that and all I can hear D saying in the back like yo fam chill fam yeah he he saying no son no no son we not doing that no stand the [ __ ] up the [ __ ] up I said y hey going tell what happened but it was so funny bro them two talking and they never talk like Taj she laugh Joy but when they serious like you listen him and D Ro was both like nah fam he like no son I was crying I’m rolling on the ground laughing [ __ ] making it worse no me I care Jimmy mad I was like a this [ __ ] is crazy I knew it was over very y locker room was [ __ ] up bro it was messed up at that time but yeah y really yall really had a far ass team man nah it was a fun team though it was fun it it was what you think wrong went wrong Tosh you can speak on it now hey man uh n far as like the line of far as guys getting money everybody was young guys got paid first yeah um we was trying to give they was trying to give Jimmy some bread but it wasn’t enough money it wasn’t that kind of money Jimmy was basically like yo show me like I’m Alpha show me I’m the guy and respectably he was he was the guy that was taking all the big shots set guys up yeah but not only that he was chest doing dudes too yeah yo if you do that again I’m beating you up I’m like oh he was on that’s what you want I just was in Chicago with you Jimmy you ain’t but then who ER come like all right that’s when when that didn’t happen I said oh man but I thought it was it could still be men but as the year went on that’s when it got then that that around that time when Jimmy was like I’m ready to go I’m like oh man come on Jimmy we about to come on man we got something good we be here for a couple years I’m trying to re up say like if you pay attention to the game like you pay attention like who we like like guys be looking out for God like yo come on we I got you bro so when I seen I’m like yeah we got one like facts coach got the whole joint we got win a few game all Jimmy like I’m out of here I don’t want I don’t want to talk to you you you who me all I a know I ain’t know he want to swing on come in it was just it was crazy but I’m just happy it worked out for him though because at the end of the day we all family everybody you know yeah yeah say I’m glad y still got your relationships though Jimmy Jimmy that’s my guy we was I’m in the meetings bro it’s me bro now I tell y’all know how we do meetings imagine me trying to convince somebody to stay somewhere like come on bro he like you don’t even give a [ __ ] like I do I do like where you going I want to leave you going to take me what you do I’m out of here I’m done I’m done I’m done I’m like that’s funny as hell I wanted to ask you bro when you got drafted like he said being from Brooklyn like everybody want to play in New York you got draft in Chicago you play in Minnesota you go to OKC you play in Minnesota then you get a chance to go back home to New York like what’s that like playing for the Knicks bro you wake up angry every day I didn’t expect that St no I mean in a way like it’s it’s amazing but far as your temperament and being like every day you waking up like in Minnesota you’re not going to see anybody yeah going wake up you going to just go in your car it’s freezing cold you’re not going to see anybody going to go straight into the gym and to see your teammates go home you ain’t going to see nobody New York man my first day my first year day I’m in the elevator every morning I’m running into somebody every morning like what H what the hell happened you go to the truck you go get a bod go to the bod across the street get a sandwich garbage truck guys there at 5:00 a.m. 6: a.m. they like yo what happened yo y then you got people in Street regular y’ suck I hate you every day but literally every day damn good bad a no n you got to wake up like every day I was waking up like even when we won I couldn’t be like let’s go I got to be like I had to look at him like I had look at I had looked at the fan like don’t say nothing to me on that type of time [ __ ] where’ you live Manhattan I was live in Manhattan every El elevator don’t get me start my elevator was stopped literally 20 stops before we got to the but that’s home so I’m used to it so I’m like every person like good or bad gonna say something so you got to have some tough skins some days you didn’t want to deal with that [ __ ] I was trying to describe to people like how it is playing in the garden like I know not playing for the Knicks but when you go there like you want to have the best game of your life like the fans the arena the environment like everybody fresh on the cour side girls it’s everything you want and you try to have your best game and I can imagine playing for the Knicks like y’all get everybody best game yeah yeah what’s the best performance you seen good question bro great question at the Garden yeah [Music] H there’s been so many especially at fourth quarter like yeah it get crazy um D that’s a tough question they ask so many guys uh you seen Steph go crazy you seen break the record on our court okay break the all time record and he and what’s crazy is he was supposed to break that rep Indianapolis but he didn’t play that game he purp in theard for the man listen I seen that man coming in hit that one shot and just like like the garden one thing about the Garden is like it different like they show you love if you real if you nice like some cities I don’t care but G they GNA show you your love they gave him his grace that was one person who who else sh you seen brown go crazy Atlanta uh Trey young Trey young came gave us the business oh yeah they made me four so I was like I had to give him his prop like yo he you with a crossover tibs was like yo we we sending a double team to help charg I said no don’t send the double team playing crazy that’s cook me cook me then I look at him like where my double team you be tough guy huh yeah you thought you could guard Trey he h you with that okie dokie hey man that crowd that crowd have you feeling young and Youthful oh [ __ ] I ain’t going to lie T the best defenders ever though for sure you remember when we played uh Denver that year and uh jish was going crazy the last game to go to the playoff play joint y yo yish was going crazy that [ __ ] TP said Taj you got him I said damn Taj it’s me and you the pick and roll killer oh [ __ ] no help no help I like kill her no help we got you got to get back they throw it into like I can’t a I was like Jimmy I need to guard Gary har like bro this R crazy bro Dam that’s funny to see T take that challenge bro we get that win bro I was like yeah he man that thing that people understand we caught them while they was still on the verge of being like pups like and that next year man I could it was nothing I could do just I’m just I’m just standing here just you know but players like that like I I can honestly just say I’m just thankful to honestly get a chance to not serious get a stop him because that next year he was a whole different animal guys like him just I I call guys like him alligators [ __ ] tall big Pauls and they know how to move and then the first move they got that’s spin yeah him DeMarcus Cousins like certain guys when they spin them Shoulders hit you you can’t stop them out to play that’s why I want to ask you as a hell of a Defender who was the toughest your toughest matchup depends on what eraa BS I’m talking about kg BS the beginning of your career the you start getting plans on Dirk kg that’s back when it was more like far physicality you had to be like at least 240 and up power forward Big Carlos Buller Josh Smith it was always but back then it was just unpredictable because you had different lineups like go it was so many forwards like Josh Smith uh Dirk kg you got stat it’s then you go west you still got on the um you still got pal you got L come off the bench everybody was LE 240 and up yeah then now this era is just like you got a few bigs but it’s like the top three big I can say like four Bigs off off top my Dome and be he pick and choose when he want to destroy you he can just really just kill you instantly but he just like a finessa till you get him mad but if you play it psychology like he all midi Joka he’s just like I’m what I’m sunning you and I’m destroying you and I’m letting you know like n you’re not on my level he different that’s crazy and I at one point I was like cat is different yeah yeah I tell him in practice cat C is like he’s different like bro speak high on cat all the time for sure but people keep SL I ain’t goingon to never slide on DeMarcus Cousins n I’m trying to tell you that’s his favorite player the best that’s that’s my favorite favorite big pause he like if bro would have got hurt and they wouldn’t have play with him like that in the NBA I wish he would have signed that cont cont track in newans but he was a dog bro 23 and 12 easy alligator cuz my I say allig I’m saying he at least over 250 yes he got moves and you can’t stop that spin when the alligator grab you he’s doing that spin take you underneath it’s over that’s what he doing right away now I remember one time we played him in New Orleans they had Anthony Davis and they had CU right so before the game we about to play tb’s like you got ad to uh to Taj you got [ __ ] with you like C you got CU he like the first person to get one foul switch cat cuz get the ball first play cat just grabing Taj switch Taj Y what you even try to go him I start I said yo Dam I’m like d cat you ain’t going to try like no no he had me [ __ ] with him you seen that me Demarcus cous Taj had to go had to go everybody I’m like yeah uh switch theck it’s something with them uh those UK UK guys they be they be having some little in a beef I was like damn right when I switched on uh CU I’m like he go to ad yo give me the B give me the what the hell I’m like yo they prop I swear give me the ball give me the ball I’m like oh yeah they got beef but that’s crazy and know what we asked um about the know I’m saying the performances in the garden you guys to see a lot of gou on this year close and personal JB went crazy this year how was that to see like the energy like back in New York like obviously they was decent like but this year to have the season ah had and to see him kill the way he killed like that energy back in the city I mean even though we went at him this year we still beat him but it was just dope to see how was that being on the team I get to your team that’s my my boys over there too t [ __ ] them you he guys cause J like JJ that’s that’s my brother man like you know he can call me anytime any any place I’m running I’m not packing no back I’m just pulling up that’s that’s how deep it is but far as that JB like JB really came up under us like I’m like when you look you really dig deep into the tibs thing like guys really got real relationships and like once you break that Bond it’s over here going make sure you good but JB I like he’s just a good I want to I don’t want to say kid cuz I knew him his whole life but I’m say great God man like yeah you want to celebrate guys like that because he all like I’m I’m I’m with him I’m with them for that few months and I’m just watching them like I’m used to him being uh the younger kid like being around now I’m around him as an adult now I’m the older guy in the crew now I’m hanging out where where y’all going where we going like and I’m seeing how they moov and I’m just like yo I want my son to be like him for real that’s hard compliment right there hell yeah and like speci and to see him playing kill and like to see his repor he has everybody it’s like you can’t do nothing but support you can’t do nothing but celebrated cuz he went crazy this year y lucky Jr wasn’t there bro get well soon King cuz Julius Renda was there y was getting sweat bro man that’s that’s one thing about that Nick team like I like when I got there like we we sucked so bad like people like we was terrible bro like we we just didn’t have it in order we had RJ we had we we just the city was just on us far as like just kicking us down they don’t understand the level of like how we really guys built that up and Julius was the main thing to get that joint going he need to get a lot more caise than what he got but everybody love you got to be a crazy mother lover to go to the next because you got to be built different that city is tough that city is tough and you just got to be you got to be molded in it that’s one thing about it it’s tough to play but once you get through those those Woos and eyes and and really figure it out it’s one of the best places to play man I ain’t going to hold you so know though I know we got to get up out here though what’s the dirtiest place in New York City what’s the dirtiest City damn the dirtiest City don’t do that what you think [ __ ] you from there I want to hear you what you say I want to see what I want to hear what you say Manhattan Manhattan you think so I’m not gonna let you do the Bronx like that if you think hey man some of the dirtiest places got the best food it do it do I [ __ ] with when I say the Bron I say I’ll say maybe you could say maybe the Bronx but the Bronx is the old school real New York if you think about it like Brooklyn is changed manatt is changed that’s where Peter grun just fromong like Legend I [ __ ] with the legend I [ __ ] with Washington Heights OH we can keep it Hoops good over there good great food Vibes Good Vibes that’s the pro the summer hoop session I it man’s move forward oh man we got to get up out of here before we go man to we you slide man what you got going on next year I know You’ been doing some contemplation but we going to see you on the court next year man God willing we’ll see man right now just at top 100 Camp learning how to coach these kids um just letting God leave letting God leave me and um just trying to have as much fun as I can we can’t take this for granted every day I wake up and I’m just trying to just smile man because I did not think I was going to be here so if I get the call I’m calling y’all for sure for sure my dog for sure list man we going to have to do this again man have too much fun man we going to get up out of here be here and tell the people they can grab some merch at shop Club 520c baby for your latest merch we out this ho

We’re back with Season 2, Episode 76 of Club 520 where Jeff Teague is joined by Taj Gibson to discuss playing college basketball at USC, the collapse of the Jimmy Butler Minnesota Timberwolves, playing for the New York Knicks, and much more!

Timeline:
00:00 – Introduction
03:00 – Taj Gibson meeting Jeff Teague in college
06:00 – Choosing to play at USC
08:30 – NIL Deals in college
12:00 – OJ Mayo
15:00 – DeMar DeRozan
20:00 – 2009 NBA Draft
22:15 – Favorite NBA jerseys
25:00 – Getting a call to play with Knicks
26:30 – Thibs called Jeff to play in New York
29:30 – Jeff’s Taj Gibson story
30:30 – Taj and Jeff in Minnesota
33:00 – Playing for the Knicks
35:45 – When Trae Young crossed up Taj Gibson
37:00 – Teague’s story of Gibson guarding Jokic
39:45 – Toughest matchup
41:00 – Demarcus Cousins story
42:15 – Jalen Brunson

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