Garrett Temple on His Wild NBA Journey | Raptors Show Clips

Garrett Temple on His Wild NBA Journey | Raptors Show Clips

RADIO NETWORK. I’M YOUR HOST, WILLIAM LOU. JOINING ME ON THE PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING GOES WELL, I THINK WE’LL HAVE HIM EVERY WEEK, RAPTORS VETERAN GARRETT TEMPLE, ALREADY THIRD TIME ON THE PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME. >> NO PROBLEM. IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE, MAN.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> Will: OF COURSE. I FEEL VERY RELIEVED YOU’RE NOT WEARING THE SUIT. I LOOKED DOWN AT MYSELF, I’M IN A HOODIE, OVO HOODIE. IF YOU HAD THE SUIT ON, THIS WOULD BE A MISMATCH. THAT’S ALL I’M SAYING. >> WE BOTH GOT THE HOODIES ON.

WE MATCHING TODAY. >> Will: EXACTLY. ONE OF THESE I WANT YOU TO PUT ON THE SUIT FOR THE INTERVIEW. I’M GOING TO DO THE SAME. WE’LL MAKE IT LOOK SUPER FORMAL. ANYWAY, SO ONE THING I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, JUST STARTING WITH THE TEAM RIGHT NOW, IS IN

THE RAPTORS — I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN PART OF THE SEASON LIKE THIS WHERE FOUR TEAMS IN ONE. THE STARTING OFF, YOU GUYS HAD THE ORIGINAL STARTING FIVE, AND YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO COMPETE. DIDN’T REALLY WORK OUT. O.G. GETS TRADED AND R.J. WITH

SCOTTIE AND PASCAL LEADING THE WAY AND THEN PASCAL GETS MOVED. NOW IT’S A NEW GROUP AND NOW YOU HAVE THIS INSTANCE WHERE A LOT OF INJURIES ARE HAPPENING. YOU’RE SEEING A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS COME IN. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A PART OF A

SEASON LIKE THIS WHERE YOU’RE FOUR TEAMS IN ONE? >> NO. I HAVEN’T. THIS IS DEFINITELY THE FIRST TIME I’VE EVER BEEN PART OF THIS MANY DIFFERENT LINEUPS, THIS MANY DIFFERENT SETS OF PLAYERS THAT ARE PLAYING THIS MANY DIFFERENT ROTATIONS. THIS IS NEW TO ME: IT’S A GREAT

LEARNING EXPERIENCE. I’M GLAD I’M ABLE TO BE PART OF IT. YOU LOOK AT GUYS LIKE GRADEY IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE THIS EARLY ON, IT WILL MAKE HIM — IT WILL ALLOW HIM TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER

ARE A LOT EASIER. IT’S BEEN INTERESTING, BUT WE’RE MAKING THE BEST OF IT. >> Will: I THINK IT’S INTERESTING TOO BECAUSE WITH DARKO HE’S USED A PHRASE, WE’RE TREATING IT LIKE A TRAINING CAMP. HE SAID AT THAT COUPLE OF TIMES. I’VE BEEN WONDERING, HOW WOULD

YOU COMPARE PRACTICES AT THE START OF THE SEASON VERSUS LATER ON IN THE YEAR, PRACTICES ARE GETTING LESS AND LESS ANYWAY? BUT WHAT PRACTICE IS LIKE NOW WITH A LOT OF NEW GUYS WHO ARE VERY, VERY NEW TO THE WHOLE CITY AND THE ORGANIZATION.

>> IT’S AS IF WE — THE NBA IS PRETTY SIMPLE IN TERMS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE DOT SAME THINGS. GETTING IN GUYS LIKE QUICK AND R.J. EARLY ON, JUST HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TERMINOLOGY, I THINK GETTING BRUCE AND JORDAN IN. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT

TERMINOLOGIES AND THEN GETTING KELLY IN AND OCHAI, KIND OF THE SAME THING, BUT WE ACTUALLY KIND OF SWITCHED — WE CHANGED OUR DEFENSIVE CONCEPTS AND OUR LANGUAGE. THAT WAS A WHOLE NEW THING. AND THEN WE OBVIOUSLY ARE HAVING JAHMI’US AND OBVIOUSLY JONTAY COMING BACK, IT’S A WHOLE

DIFFERENT DEFENCE THAN WHEN HE WAS PLAYING EARLIER IN THE YEAR. JEVOHN, THE SAME WAY. WE’RE DEFINITELY TREATING IT LIKE TRAINING CAMP. WE STILL AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE A YOUNG TEAM. YOU’RE GOING TO BE TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON.

THAT’S WHERE WE’RE DEFINITELY DOING THAT EXCEPT TO, I GUESS, A HIGHER EXTENT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CHANGE WE’VE HAD. >> Will: SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THIS NEW DEFENCE. WHO ARE THE BROAD DIFFERENCES AND ALSO WHEN DID THIS CHANGE COME IN? >> WE’RE STRONGER IN TERMS OF

PICK AND ROLL. OUR PICK AND ROLL DEFENCE, WE WENT BACK A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL. WE’RE NOT SENDING EVERYTHING TO THE MIDDLE. LIKE WE WERE BEFORE. OBVIOUSLY TEAMS THAT HAVE WATCHED US ARE SAYING THAT. THIS IS NOT LIKE INSIDER INFORMATION. HOPEFULLY KEEPING THINGS ON THE SIDE OF THE FLOOR.

WHEREAS BEFORE WE WOULD SEND THINGS IN THE MIDDLE AND TRY AND RELY ON OUR HELP DEFENCE BUT TEAMS ARE SHOOTING THREES SO SO MUCH BETTER NOW. YOU HAVE TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS AND THE LEAGUE IS A LEAGUE OF THINGS CHANGE, TRENDS COME IN AND THEY GO OUT.

SO THAT’S THE BIGGEST THING, YOU’D UTILIZING OUR HELP, OUR LOW MEN MORE AND MAKING SURE WE K GUYS OUT OF THE PAINT. ESPECIALLY WITHOUT HAVING JAK. A BIG BODY IN THERE, WE NEED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO TRY TO KEEP GUYS OUT OF THE PAINT TO PROTECT

THE PAINT. THAT’S THE BIGGEST THING. >> Will: NO DOUBT. EVEN WITH SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES, YOU MIGHT STILL RUN INTO A GUY LIKE JALEN DUREN WHO I COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT GUY’S YOUNGER THAN GRADEY. >> IT’S INSANE. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT ON THE BENCH.

EVERY TIME I SEE THIS GUY, HE’S LIKE — HE’S BUILT LIKE A SUPER HERO. HE’S TWENTY YEARS OLD. IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL. WHAT DID HE HAVE, 24 AND 24 AGAINST US? HE’S A — A LOT OF INSTANCES HE’S A MAN AMONGST BOYS.

AND HE’S THE YOUNGEST ONE ON THE COURT. WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> Will: I KIND OF FELT BAD FOR KELLY A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW YOU’RE 32. YOU PLAYED A LOT OF POWER FORWARD IN YOUR CAREER. NOW YOU GOT TO DO THIS. >> EXACTLY. KO IS A STRETCH FOUR, YOU KNOW.

MOST OF HIS CAREER. WITH THE SITUATION WE’RE IN, YOU GOT TO BATTLE. HE DID A GREAT JOB. HE HAD A HELL OF AN ALL-AROUND GAME. THAT’S KELLY CAN REALLY PASS AND CAN REALLY SET THE TONE OFFENSIVELY. I WILL SAY JONTAY DID A GREAT JOB BATTLING.

JONTAY HAD HIS BEST GAME LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING ELSE BESIDES JUST SCORING, JUST THE WAY HE PLAYED THE GAME. THE ENERGY HE HAD. THE — YOU KNOW, HIS EFFORT. HIS COMPETITIVENESS ON THE DEFENSIVE END AND REBOUNDING. I WAS REALLY PROUD OF WHAT HE DID LAST NIGHT.

>> Will: NO DOUBT. I THINK TO ARE JONTAY, YOU COULD TELL, HE’S IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS. HE’S NO THE JUMPING OUT LIKE DUREN BUT HE’S IN THE RIGHT POSITION, MEETING GUYS. HIS ENERGY WAS GREAT. DARKO COMPLIMENTED HIM ON ALL THE DEFLECTIONS HE GOT.

I THINK THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WAS THE RAPTORS HAVE A LOT OF GUYS WHO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO RELATE TO BASED ON SORT OF YOUR PATH TO THE LEAGUE. COMING IN. YOU’VE BEEN — THIS IS A CRAZY STAT THAT I ONLY SAW THIS

MORNING — BUT YOU’VE BEEN ON EIGHT DIFFERENT TEN-DAY CONTRACTS IN YOUR CAREER WHEN YOU WERE STARTING OUT. THAT’S GOT TO BE A LEAGUE RECORD FOR A STOPPER. THAT’S A CBA LABOUR VIOLATION QUITE FRANKLY. >> I THINK IT IS A RECORD. >> Will: YOU’VE JOINED DIFFERENT

TEAMS MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON AND HAD TO ADAPT AND BEEN ON LEAGUE MINIMUM CONTRACTS, UNGUARANTEED CONTRACTS AT CERTAIN POINTS WHERE YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR FUTURE. I THINK THAT’S SIMILAR TO A LOT OF GUYS ON THE RAPTORS RIGHT NOW. MY QUESTION; LIKE, WHAT WAS IT

FOR YOU THAT ALLOWED YOU TO STICK NOT JUST ON COURT BUT MAYBE OFF THE COURT? AND HOW IS IT SOMEBODY IN THAT KIND OF POSITION MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON A TEAM AND ULTIMATELY CARVE OUT A LONG-TERM CAREER THAT I’M SURE THEY’RE ALL HOPING TO DO?

>> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION, WILL. THAT’S ONE REASON WHY I’M HAPPY I’M IN THE SPOT I’M IN BECAUSE THE GUYS LIKE DJ, BECAUSE OF OBVIOUSLY GUYS LIKE JAHMI’US, JEVOHN, JONTAY, JUST BEING ABLE TO POUR INTO THESE GUYS AND EXPLAIN TO THEM ON THE COURT,

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS BE THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF. NOT TRY TO BE ANY DIFFERENT. THEY BROUGHT YOU IN BECAUSE THEY LIKED YOUR GAME. DON’T COME IN IF YOU’RE A DEFENDER THAT GETS DOWNHILL, DON’T COME IN AND TRY TO SHOOT THREES AND LACK ON DEFENCE.

JUST BE YOURSELF. THEY BROUGHT YOU IN BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE. AND THEN BE VERY LOW MAINTENANCE. SO DON’T BE, YOU KNOW, A BAD LOCKER ROOM GUY. DON’T BE A GUY THAT COMPLAINS A LOT. DON’T BE A GUY THAT, YOU KNOW —

IF YOU HAVE A — JUST BEING HONEST — IF YOU HAVE A KIND OF A NAGGING LITTLE INJURY, YOU GOT TO PLAY THROUGH IT. UNLESS IT’S CRAZY, GOW TO THE PLAY THROUGH IT. IF IT’S A BAD ANKLE SPRAIN LIKE DJ HAD, OBVIOUSLY THAT’S DIFFERENT.

BUT JUST UNDERSTANDING THE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE AND HOW A LOT OF THEM DON’T COME AROUND. FOR GUYS LIKE US THAT WERE UNDRAFTED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. JUST BEING GRATEFUL FOR THE SITUATION YOU’RE IN. NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT PLAYING TIME WHEN THE COACH DOES PUT YOU

IN, WHETHER IT’S FOR A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, 38 SECONDS, 22 MINUTES, WHATEVER IT IS. PLAY AS IF YOUR CAREER DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DOES. MENTALLY, PLAY FREE. JAHMI’US, TEN-DAY. I DJ, DON’T THINK ABOUT MISTAKES. PLAY YOUR GAME. PLAY FREE AND YOU’RE PROBABLY

PLAY TO YOUR BEST ABILITY. MENTALLY JUST IF IT’S NOT FOR YOU, IF THIS TEAM IS NOT THE TEAM YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON, YOU’RE NOT PLAYING JUST FOR THIS TEAM. THERE’S 29 OTHER TEAMS LOOKING AT YOU AND THAT COULD SIGN YOU.

I HAD ONE SEASON WHERE I WAS ON THREE DIFFERENT NBA TEAMS MY ROOKIE YEAR. MY ROOKIE YEAR I WAS WITH THE ROCKETS AND THEN I LEFT THE ROCKETS. I PLAYED WITH THE SACRAMENTO KINGS TWO DAYS LATER IN HOUSTON. I LEFT SACRAMENTO AND PLAYED

WITH THE SPURS AGAINST SACRAMENTO. EVERYBODY’S LOOKING. EVERYBODY’S WATCHING. WHEN YOU’RE ON A TEN-DAY CONTRACT, NO’S THE JUST IT’S NOT JUST THE RAPTORS, IT’S THE WHOLE ENTIRE LEAGUE. >> Will: DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST BIG BREAK? THIS HAPPENED AND I GOT SOME PEACE OF MIND.

THE WAY YOU’RE DESCRIBING, IT YOU’RE GRINDING AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. >> NO CLUE. LUCKY FOR ME I DIDN’T HAVE — I HAD A GIRL MY ROOKIE YEAR BUT ANYBODY TO TAKE CARE OF. MY FIRST BIG BREAK, I WENT TO

TRAINING CAMP WITH MIAMI. AND THEY REALLY LIKED ME. THIS IS RIGHT AFTER THEY WON THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH SOMEBODY THAT WAS ON THE TEAM THE YEAR BEFORE. AFTER NINE GAMES IN THE D LEAGUE THEN, THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS CALLED ME UP FOR A WORKOUT.

I WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. THEY DECIDED NOT TO TAKE ME THEN. SIX DAYS LATER THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THEY WANTED ME TO SIGN WITH THEM. BUT I HAD — MY AGENT HAD TALKED TO MIAMI AND TOLD THEM, WE KIND OF WILL GIVE YOU FIRST RIGHT OF

REFUSAL. MIAMI SAID, WE WANT YOU. WE PICKED THE WRONG GUY. WE WISHED WE HAD PICKED YOU. AND I HAD ALREADY GAVE WASHINGTON MY — THEY CALLED AND SAID, DO YOU WANT A GUARANTEED CONTRACT? FOR SURE. THE IN EXDAY, MIAMI, WE WANT YOU. I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE

DEFENDING CHAMPION MIAMI HEAT OR THE 3-22 WASHINGTON WIZARDS TEAM. AND I WENT WITH MY GUT AND KNEW THAT EVEN THEY CALLED ME, TRY TO RECRUIT ME, I WENT WITH MY COGUT AND WENT TO THE WIZARDS BECAUSE OF THE FACT I WAS GOING TO HAVE

A CHANCE TO PLAY. AND I PLAYED — I WAS ON A NINE-GUARANTEED TEAL. IT WAS EARLY DECEMBER. THE GUARANTEE DATE HIT AND I MADE THE ROSTER. THE FIRST BIG BREAK WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND GAME OF THAT DEAL WHEN I PLAYED AGAINST THE ORLANDO MAGIC.

I WAS THE BACKUP POINT GUARD AND NEILSON HAD FOUR TOON POINTS AGAINST OUR STARTING POINT GUARD. THEY PUT ME IN A GAME THEY’RE DEFENDING. I PLAYED REALLY WELL AND I STARTED THE SECOND HALF AND THEN I STARTED THE REST OF THE GAMES. THEY DECIDED TO KEEP ME AND

RELEASE THE GUARD THAT WAS AHEAD OF ME. THAT WAS THE FIRST BIG BREAK AND I SIGNED GUARANTEED DEALS SINCE THEN. >> Will: DID YOU COULD ANYTHING TO CELEBRATE? >> NO, I DIDN’T. I MADE THAT TEAM AND THEN THE NEXT SUMMER I SIGNED A ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH D.C.

I WAS JUST EXCITED. I WAS ECSTATIC. >> Will: DO PLAYERS CHECK THEIR BASKETBALL REFERENCE PAGE? >> YEAH, I HAVE WE DEFINITELY CHECK BASKETBALL REFERENCE BECAUSE IT’S JUST SO SIMPLE. IF WE’RE LOOKING UP GUYS’ STATS, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT WHO’S BETTER OR WHAT THEY

TO, THAT GUY WAS THIS. WHEN DID HE AVERAGE 18 A GAME? IT’S VERY SIMPLE. THERE’S PLAYOFF STATS. ALL THAT STUFF. >> Will: THAT’S WHAT WE IN THE MEDIA DO. >> WE’RE FANS JUST LIKE Y’ALL. >> Will: I REALIZED, I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS. BUT YOU WERE PART OF THAT

WIZARDS TEAMS THAT SWEPT THE RAPTORS BACK IN 2015. >> YES. THAT WAS THE YEAR LOU WAS THERE. THE RAPTORS USED TO RUN BASICALLY THIS ALLEN IVERSON PLAYER FOR LOU TO GET DOWN TO HIS LEFT HAND ALL THE TIME. WE JUST TRAPPED IT. WE JUST RAN OUR BIG MAN.

WE RAN NENE OUT THERE TO TRAP HIM BEFORE HE CAUGHT THE BALL. AND COACH CASEY NEVER SWITCHED UP. HE KEPT TRYING TO RUN IT WITH LOU IN THE GAME. 4-0. WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT FIRST-ROUND — THE YEAR BEFORE

WE HAD A FIRST ROUND — WE BEAT THE BULLS 4-1, I THINK. WHEN NENE GOT INTO IT. BUT WE HAD A GREAT — SOME GREAT FIRST ROUND GAMES, YOU KNOW. BUT SECOND ROUND, WE COULDN’T GET PAST ATLANTA. BOTH TIMES, ATLANTA, BOTH TIMES. >> Will: YOU WERE ALSO THERE

WHEN — WHAT WAS THE ONE WHERE JOHN WALL JUMPED ON THE TABLE AFTER GAME SIX? >> I WASN’T THERE. THAT WAS JOHN WALL. I WASN’T THERE. I WASN’T THERE THEN. I WAS THERE WHEN PAUL PIERCE CALLED GAME. I WASN’T THERE WHEN JOHN JUMPED ON THE TABLE.

THAT WAS THE YEAR AFTER I LEFT. THAT WAS WHEN THEY PLAYED BOSTON AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO WATCH HIM PLAY GAME SEVEN IN BOSTON. >> Will: PAUL PIERCE, TWO YEARS IN A ROW, THEY SENT THE RAPTORS PACKING. THERE’S THIS INFAMOUS CLIP WHERE PAUL PIERCE — AS PAUL PIERCE IS

IT, HE LIKES TO TALK TRASH. HE TOOK OFF HIS HEAD BAND AND THREW IT INTO THE CROWD AND THE RAPTORS CROWD THREW THE HEAD BAND BACK. NO, GET OUT OF HERE! >> I LOVE IT. THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. I LOVE THE RAPTORS FANS. SHOUT OUT TO THE RAPTORS FANS.

>> Will: FOR SURE. >> EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE I’VE BEEN. DETROIT, THEY SOUNDED LIKE A HOME GAME FOR US. WE JUST SHOUT OUT TO THE RAPTORS FANS. CANADA, TORONTO, REALLY REPRESENTS EVERYWHERE WE GO. >> Will: I WANTED TO ASK YOU, SPEAKING OF YOUR CAREER NOW AND

AGAIN I WAS LOOKING AT BASKETBALL REFERENCE AND I REALIZED, HOW MANY PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW GOT M MORE TENURE THAN GARRETT TEMPLE? WHO’S OLDER THAN TEMPLE IN THE LEAGUE? I LOOKED AT THE LIST. YOU ARE FIFTH OF OLDEST ACTIVE PLAYERS.

I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS THE FOUR GUYS AHEAD OF AND YOU MAYBE THE REST OF THE GUYS IN THE TOP TEN. >> JUST AGE? AGE WISE? >> Will: JUST AGE WISE. NOT LONGEVITY IN THE CAREER. >> LEBRON. KYLE LOWRY. 3. J TUCKER.

>> Will: THAT WAS A TRICKY ONE. >> BECAUSE I PLAYED AGAINST PJ IN COLLEGE. I WAS A RED SHIRT FRESHMAN WHEN HE WAS A JUNIOR OR A SENIOR, I WANT TO SAY. I KNOW PJ’S OLDER THAN ME. CHRIS PAUL. >> Will: THOSE ARE THE FOUR. >> THOSE ARE THE FOUR.

FOR SURE. >> Will: I DIDN’T KNOW YOU GET KYLE — KYLE WAS ONLY OLDER THAN YOU BY A MONTH. >> WE KNOW EACH OTHER. WE ROOMED TOGETHER IN HIGH SCHOOL AT AN ALL-AMERICAN GAME. HE WAS BORN MARCH. HIS BIRTHDAY IT IS THIS MONTH. >> Will: AROUND THE TRADE DEADLINE.

ONE YEAR EVERYONE THOUGHT KYLE WAS GOING TO GET TRADED AT THE DEADLINE. >> THE TAMPA YEAR IT WAS DEADLINE BECAUSE IT WAS FROM THE BACK. HIS BIRTHDAY’S MARCH. WE ALWAYS JOKE ABOUT WHO’S OLDER BY A FEW MONTHS. YOU SAY THE OTHER FIVE, THOUGH. >> Will: GO AHEAD. >> WES MATTHEWS.

>> Will: THAT’S A DEEP CUT. SHOUT OUT. GOT THE STAR LAST NIGHT FOR THE HAWKS. >> I SAW THAT. I GOT TO GO WITH JEFF GREEN. I WANT TO SAY JOE INGLES. >> Will: THAT’S A GREAT PULL. NUMBER TEN. >> NEXT I’M GOING TO GO WITH —

I GOT TO GO WITH PATTY MILLS. >> Will: I GOT UP TO TWELVE. I DON’T SEE HIS NAME. >> DANG. OKAY. WHO ELSE WE GOT THEN? >> Will: IF YOU WANT, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME HINTS. I’LL GIVE YOU GOOD HINTS. NOT LIKE — >> GIVE ME A HINT.

>> Will: NUMBER NINE WAS A RAPP TWICE IN HIS CAREER. TWO SEPARATE STINTS WITH THE RAPTORS. >> JAMES JOHNSON. >> Will: YEAH. >> JAMES FOR SURE. >> Will: THE OTHER ONE, THIS PLAYER IS, QUICK MATH HERE, 26 DAYS YOUNGER THAN YOU. AND HAS SPENT BASICALLY HIS

ENTIRE CAREER IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE. >> SO HE’S BORN IN JUNE. >> Will: A GREAT COLLEGE CAREER AND A REALLY GREAT NBA CAREER, MULTIPLE TIME ALL-STAR. >> IS HE IN THE ROTATION FOR SOMEBODY? >> Will: YEAH. HE’S IN THE ROTATION FOR SURE. HE’S COMING OFF THE BENCH BUT

HE’S LIKE A GOOD PLAYER. HE’S BEEN A GOOD PLAYER FOR A LONG TIME. >> TRIPPING. HE’S BEEN IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE? IS HE IN THE EAST RIGHT NOW? >> Will: HE’S IN THE EAST RIGHT NOW. >> WHAT POSITION? >> Will: HE STARTED OFF AS A

POWER FORWARD AND AS MOST POWER FORWARDS BECOME, THEY BECOME CENTRES. >> WOW. I’M TRIPPING. I’M BIG TRIPPING. WOW. MAN. AL HORFORD. OF COURSE. >> Will: THERE YOU GO. >> D ROSE GOT TO BE UP THERE. >> Will: I ONLY GOT UP TO TWELVE. THIS IS MIKE CONLEY ON HERE.

>> Amit: I’M TRIPPING. MIKE. >> Will: JaVALE MCGEE. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU GUYS OVERLAPPED IN WASHINGTON OR NOT. >> NO. I CAME AFTER HIM. JaVALE IS MY GUY FOR SURE. WHAT ABOUT TAJ? >> Will: TAJ WAS WITH THE PISTONS LAST NIGHT. I FORGOT HE WAS ON THE LIST.

>> TAJ IS AROUND MY AGE. >> Will: LISTEN, NO OFFENCE TO TAJ, BUT YOU LOOK WAY YOUNGER THAN TAJ GIBSON. >> WHEN WE GOT DRAFTED, TAJ IS YOUNGER THAN ME? HE’S A JUNIOR? HE’S A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. I DON’T UNDERSTAND. TAJ HAS BEEN BALD FOR A MINUTE.

THAT’S MY GUY, THOUGH. >> Will: THEY CAN’T ALL BE BLESSED LIKE YOU, MAN. THE HAIR LINE IS STILL VERY MUCH INTACT. THIS IS A GREAT TIME. I GOT TO CATCH UP WITH YOU NEXT WEEK AS WELL. I’LL COME WITH QUIZ, MAYBE NOT JUST ABOUT OLDER PLAYERS.

WE’LL CALL YOU NEXT WEEK.

Will Lou is joined by current Raptors guard Garrett Temple to discuss Toronto’s season and changes to the team’s defensive philosophy, along with the various teams he’s played on over his career.

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