WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:05.400 Welcome back to EVE Sports Radio live from Panama City, Panama. 2 00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:11.359 It is a fantastic, beautiful morning in Panama City. Fantastic city. 3 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:14.679 If you've never visited here, you'll have to make if 4 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:17.600 you can get the opportunity, please come. You would be 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.600 amazed of the size, the beauty of the people, the 6 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:26.120 attitude of the people. It's a thriving city. They're building everywhere. 7 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.160 I'm not talking about three or four story buildings. I'm 8 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:32.719 talking about sixty and seventy story buildings. They're building everywhere 9 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:36.280 in Panama City. So welcome back to Eve Sports Radio. 10 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:40.920 It is June the twentieth, twenty twenty five. Phone numbers 11 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:44.359 five zero two five seven to one seventy nine hundred. 12 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:48.359 That's five zero two five seven to one seventy nine hundred. 13 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:51.439 I have got rip behind the glass. Shannon, of course, 14 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:54.679 is unremote. With Matt Jones, I'm gonna have to whip 15 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:57.200 Matt for taking Shannon every Friday. I'm gonna have to 16 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:58.960 whip Matt. That's all there is to it. I can't 17 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.399 whip Shannon, but I can get Matt Jones, so I 18 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:04.560 may have to just whip Matt. So I appreciate you 19 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:06.920 sitting in with us, Rick, how are you doing this morning? 20 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:09.760 I'm doing pretty good. Jerry wish I was down there 21 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:11.719 with you, no question. 22 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:13.719 How's the weather, Rick, I just need to know. Has 23 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:15.040 it been raining since I've left. 24 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:17.319 It hasn't rain in a couple of days. 25 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:20.239 It's gonna be close to ninety today and we're gonna 26 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:22.480 be in the mid nineties. 27 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.560 All weekend, so it's finally feeling like summertime. 28 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:28.760 Gotcha, I'm gonna have to have one of my brothers 29 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:31.319 water my grass because I can't have my grass that 30 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:33.159 I've been working on it too hard. 31 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:34.079 Rich, too hard. 32 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:34.480 Yep. 33 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:36.480 Here we are catching in my front yard that I 34 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:39.840 planted grass seed because I had two huge trees taken down, 35 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:42.280 so I've been trying to grow the grass in those spots. 36 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:44.120 So I'm gonna have to get after them. I was 37 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:46.439 hoping we got a little rain. I thought I saw 38 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:48.239 yesterday it was supposed to have gotten a little rain, 39 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:51.480 but we didn't. So anyway, Rick, appreciate you sitting in 40 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:55.159 with us and giving us that weather news or meteorologists today. 41 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:56.719 You just do a little bit of everything for E 42 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:57.599 Sports Radio. 43 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.920 Now let's get to my host first and foremost youngest 44 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:02.400 son anything, and he's sitting there with us. 45 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:03.719 Andy, how are you doing today? 46 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:07.840 Oh my god, I'm doing amazing this morning. We've got 47 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:09.960 a lot of stuff to get into later this afternoon. 48 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.759 And you know, all I can say is Panama has 49 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:15.719 been treating me well. Even the casino. 50 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.039 Trying to treat us well last night. 51 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:20.879 Just jump just a little bit, just a little bit, 52 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:25.879 you know, very very modest. God, It's it's been an 53 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:27.159 amazing trip so far. 54 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:28.240 It's crazy. 55 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:31.400 I actually was kind of just looking myself last night, 56 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:33.199 just I kind of looked on Google Maps to kind 57 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:35.680 of see how far we were from back home and 58 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.520 showing the distance. It's crazy that we're farther if you 59 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:40.400 look on the map, if you're looking dead at it, 60 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:43.439 we're farther east than we are Kentucky. But the timeframe 61 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.599 here is an hour behind back home, which is completely different. 62 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.319 So we've always wondered because the sun is six o' 63 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.639 eight right now, and it will be looks like it's 64 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.520 fully daylight within the next fifteen minutes, but the sun 65 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:57.400 goes down so much earlier here in six thirty, six thirty, 66 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.319 seven o'clock, seven thirty comes around, it starts to get 67 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.080 pitch a black outside, so you think it's later than 68 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:04.520 what it is, and then you look at your phone 69 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.199 and it's not even eight o'clock. Back in the Louisville 70 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:10.039 and Son stays out until nine o'clock, eight forty five. 71 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:12.680 So that was something that kind of threw me off. 72 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:14.800 The first two days. I thought it was super late. 73 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:16.479 I'm kind of yawing and getting a little tired, and 74 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.599 I look at the phone and it's six forty five pm. 75 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:22.439 I was like, this add up. 76 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:24.680 Adding up, And then I kind of looked on the 77 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:26.159 map and just realized that. 78 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:32.639 No question, Let's bring on that other guy. Hey, George Williams, Hey, 79 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:34.960 have you been looking at your watch? Has the casino 80 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:35.560 been good to you? 81 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:36.120 George? 82 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.319 It's always good to meet Jerry. I'm always a winner. 83 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:42.039 I never to George. 84 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:46.039 I know, hey George, because we don't gamble, all right, 85 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:47.280 you knew. 86 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:53.000 That it be good to meet exactly. I watched other 87 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:54.840 people quiet, but I'm always happy. 88 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:56.240 I do to George. 89 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.439 I just did behind him and go help there those 90 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:03.560 twenty more dollars, No, but they all wasn't yesterday, George. 91 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:07.199 So everyone was happy last night. Everyone table was good. 92 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:09.360 Black jack table was good, George. 93 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:10.960 Everyone everyone was happy. 94 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.719 Yeah. I like to see no so much. I don't 95 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:15.599 even go in them. 96 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:20.480 Hey, George, I could walk to them every day. George. 97 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:23.360 I used to gamble, and after I lost money as 98 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:25.360 an NBA player, I said, that's enough. 99 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:26.959 We played eleven games. 100 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.120 I told people this, eleven regular season games in Las 101 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.079 Vegas in eighty three and eighty four with the Utah Jazz, 102 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:35.639 and George by game five or six, when I was like, 103 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:37.480 I'm losing money, that was it. 104 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:42.879 That was it been done. The thrill is gone. The 105 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:44.480 thrill is gone, George. 106 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.560 I was just talking about that. Jad. I just talked 107 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:49.800 to a friend of man. He has family to come 108 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:51.639 over their house and they play a little card game. 109 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.600 They put up like quarters and fidgets and stuff. They 110 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:56.399 always answered me, I don't even go to the house 111 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.879 when they gamble. I said her Man, I cannot lose 112 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:01.319 a nickel of my money and think I don't have 113 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:02.959 an attitude. Jee, I'll be ready to get up and 114 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:06.519 want to rumble. Dude, you want to know the more 115 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:07.759 personal than basketball? 116 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:12.160 You like that band, Uncle George, lose the diamond? Want 117 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:12.680 to go ad it? 118 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:20.560 That horble? Uncle Jay Bought is losing my money. But 119 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:22.680 I'm glad y'all won. I'm proud of you guys. Just 120 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:27.519 bring me something back, that's all I am. 121 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.399 Welcome back to the sports radio. Sorry for the technical difficulties. 122 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:34.759 Things do happen when you're out of the country trying 123 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:36.920 to host a sports talk show. 124 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:38.879 This is Jerry's of course, I'm. 125 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:41.600 In Panama City, Panama, and we're gonna hope to keep 126 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.680 the signal, but I can't promise you. We're just gonna 127 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:48.040 do the best we can. Now, George, before we introduce 128 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:50.879 our co host, we're gonna chop it up with Today 129 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.680 and George. This young man right here is a Baltimore, 130 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:57.680 Maryland guy. I don't know if you know anything about Baltimore. George, Uh, 131 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:03.680 you scared of people from Baltimore. You're scared of him, George. 132 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.959 Nobody know what Jerry I mean. They people, I mean, 133 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:08.959 I teat them canny. They treat me canny when I'm 134 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:10.600 good to you. 135 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:14.680 Don't treat me kindly. You don't treat me kindly. 136 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:20.360 Well, I said, people, Oh, my friend, my friend, you 137 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:22.199 my friend Jared. That's what it is. 138 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:23.680 Yeah, I know. 139 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:25.360 But George, let me tell you, we're gonna bring on 140 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:29.120 this young man, great person. I mean, his mom has 141 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:32.399 got the beautiful personality. You have to meet Michelle one day. 142 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:36.519 But Amien Lee or a cardinal from a dregs were great. 143 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:40.759 It's unbelievable how quickly time has passed. George, I can't 144 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:43.600 believe I'm looking at this. He left louis on twenty 145 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.399 fifteen sixteen. It's like he left Louisville three years ago. 146 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:48.920 Let's bring on the one and only. We'll get through 147 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:50.839 all the accolades because he's a co host. 148 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:53.160 I mean, George, I gotta pup him up. We're gonna 149 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:56.199 talk junk to him. Everybody. Welcome Damien Lee to E 150 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:57.160 Sports Radio. 151 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.920 Damen, how are you I'm doing? I'm going well. I 152 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.079 appreciate that because it definitely feels the same way. It 153 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:08.959 feels like it has not been almost ten years since 154 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:09.680 I've been gone. 155 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:13.480 It's crazy, Damien. I mean, I'm looking at you like 156 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.639 I told my son. Truly he pleaded the lords. I 157 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:17.600 can't believe that. 158 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:23.439 Fifteen sixteen, fifteen sixteen, con you're a University of Louisville 159 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.920 shooting at three, living a. 160 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:30.160 Life so Davien life. I got three kids. 161 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:33.040 Man, that's still living a life. That's a good deal. 162 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:35.240 I'm telling you that a best friend in life. 163 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:39.040 But George and I we're gonna get after you a 164 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:40.120 little bit today, Damien. 165 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:40.639 We have to. 166 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:44.120 We're gonna get you with tough questions. I appreciate your mom. 167 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:47.000 I told everyone. I didn't say that. George said your 168 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.360 mom got you up early. It's four fifteen in Phoenix. 169 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:51.920 I didn't say that. That's what George and Anthony said. 170 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:53.160 They you know I didn't. 171 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:55.279 I would never say anything like that, Damien. You know 172 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:56.480 that I wouldn't do that. 173 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:01.759 Yeah, I mean, but it's early. But you know, brother, 174 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:06.040 I got kids, so at some point, you know, the 175 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:08.360 time is the time. You'll figure out the time to 176 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.120 get in that you'll figure. 177 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:16.160 It out for itself. I thought you was crazy to 178 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:17.639 get up this time in the morning to come on. 179 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:20.360 That's that's what I thought. I said. If I had 180 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.720 anything to do with Moore in the morning, it would 181 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:27.000 not be helping Jerry with vacation in Panama and winning 182 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:29.279 money in it. Can see, no, Damon, that's not what 183 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:30.279 I see it. 184 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.000 Well, at least I can at least I can. At 185 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:36.240 least I can move my workout of earlier. So sooner, 186 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.639 as soon as off the phone, I could just I 187 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:41.000 can go right to the gym and work out. Get 188 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:41.440 it over with. 189 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:45.639 Yeah, you say being gafag your normal time. Damon, I'm 190 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:46.399 gonna tell you, bro. 191 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:56.000 George, let's just start with the tough part, even going 192 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.320 through a tough stretch, and we'll talk our way out 193 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.480 of the tough stretch. You've I've had major injuries the 194 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:04.519 last two years. You're bouncing back from them. You know, 195 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:06.960 you've had setbacks. I was reading all about you again 196 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:09.720 yesterday and some of the mental aspects you've gone through 197 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:12.759 trying to get back after all these injuries. Tell me 198 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:16.440 where you are physically and mentally with the basketball game. 199 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:17.600 Where are you right now? 200 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:19.320 Yeah? 201 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:20.360 No, So. 202 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:26.720 My major injury was two years ago. Had a knee injury. 203 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.399 Took about a year to recover. But then all last 204 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:33.600 year I was fully healthy. I was fully healthy. I 205 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:38.240 was available for all eighty two games. I was ready. 206 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:41.519 Just you know, I was ready for whatever opportunity, whether 207 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:45.480 you know it's pick up games, you know, amongst the team, 208 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:49.440 throughout the season at home, on the road. Yeah, I've 209 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:53.559 been feeling really good about my game since let's say 210 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:57.519 about last December and then you know, this opportunity didn't 211 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:02.720 fully present itself, you know, throughout the year for whatever reason. 212 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:08.039 But yeah, I was. I've been healthy this whole past season. 213 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.000 Once the season ended, I took about a week off 214 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:13.600 and then just been back in the gym. So yeah, 215 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.519 I've been I've been grinding it out, man, Just you know, 216 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:20.879 kind of want to break that narrative of it's funny 217 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:25.799 you're you're like probably the third or fourth person to 218 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:28.240 be like, man, you've been hurt for two years, and 219 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.320 it's like, no, I was only hurt for one year. 220 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:34.279 That last year there was just a bunch of there's 221 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.799 just a bunch of you know, stuff that was going on. 222 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.759 So you know that. 223 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:46.360 But I mean, majority you have been Let's just be honest. 224 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:50.639 You've been fighting through this. You have broken your hand twice, yep, 225 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:55.399 acl twice. I never heard, George, have you ever heard 226 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:56.440 of a root repair? 227 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:57.480 Damian? 228 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:59.399 I had never heard of I was reading this. I'm like, 229 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.240 I've been lets my entire life. I've never heard of 230 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:07.600 a route repairer pastry. So you've gone through it, young man, 231 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:11.320 you have really gone through it. So last year you 232 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:14.720 did play twenty five games. Let's start then I'm gona 233 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:17.559 let George Teacher with one. But Kevin Durant the news 234 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:20.279 with Phoenix. Kevin Durant wants to be traded and is 235 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:24.360 leaving the team at Phoenix. Where are you all right now. 236 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:25.320 As a unit? 237 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:34.159 Well, I don't really know. I mean, obviously we know 238 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:36.720 it's reporter on the media and everything of that nature, 239 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:40.120 but like, I don't really try to concern myself with that. 240 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:45.600 Like I know, you know, something will happen, whether he 241 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:51.320 traded or whether he stays. But you know, I'm I'm 242 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:53.720 kind of in the business of you know, I'm a 243 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.159 free agent this summer myself, so I'm just trying to 244 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.600 make sure that, you know, everything's good with my family, 245 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:04.120 like know, with us having a newborn, having three three 246 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:07.559 kids four and under, and you know, just trying to 247 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.840 really concern myself with that. I mean, I know, obviously 248 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:13.519 I've known Kevin, I've played with him multiple years on 249 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:17.480 different teams, and you know, just understanding the talent that 250 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.600 he is, like he's one of the best players such 251 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.679 a basketball But you know, you also understand there's a 252 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:25.320 business side of things, So you know, I feel like 253 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.399 they'll figure it out, you know, at some point, if 254 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.480 you know, he gets traded, if he doesn't get traded, 255 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.639 whatever it's for. But I'm really concerned about what I 256 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.960 can do in my immediate future, knowing that, you know, 257 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:39.879 I still got some miles left on these left left 258 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.519 on these times. 259 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:45.159 I got George Williams go ahead, Yeah, damn, I got 260 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:47.240 a question. I know it doesn't come up quite often, 261 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.960 but I know what the trade deals like, the rants 262 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:53.679 going through, And you said you're a free agent. Do 263 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:56.360 you guys ever think about who has to be mixed, 264 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.440 who has to leave the team when you're trading a 265 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:01.399 superstar because you know the money some mess foot both teams, 266 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:03.240 and do you have a think about what you be 267 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:05.720 included in the deal? The players think about that if 268 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.000 a trade is going down, the players trade think that 269 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:10.360 they may be moving because another player is moving. 270 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.519 Oh yeah, definitely. I mean the other you know, the 271 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:16.679 guys that are free agents that are trying to wait 272 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:20.519 out to see who the team brings in for a 273 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.879 guy that they're trading for. If you know they're trading 274 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:28.080 for obviously you know some of the better players you 275 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.679 know in this league. That means that you're trying to 276 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:34.080 trade them to get multiple players back. So some guys 277 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.960 definitely see like, all right, there's the money match, especially 278 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:41.399 with the new CBA and the restrictions. You know, whether 279 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:44.000 you know teams are in the luxury tax, they're not 280 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:47.279 in the luxury tax if they're hard cap first apron, 281 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:50.600 separate second apron. Sorry, I'm throwing all this jargon out there, 282 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:53.879 but there's the stuff that I study, you know, throughout 283 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:57.000 because that's just the way of the league. Like you see, 284 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:58.840 all these guys are getting paid a lot of money, 285 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:03.039 so some guys may be thrown in deals, but there's 286 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.960 also certain restrictions that come with that, which if the 287 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:10.360 team is in the second apron, then they can't put 288 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:16.039 together two contracts to get one guy back. So yeah, 289 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:18.600 there's a whole bunch of stuff that's going on and 290 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:20.600 everyone in the league is still trying to figure it 291 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.399 out in real time. 292 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.600 Yes, the players agreement is very complicated. A lot of 293 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:29.000 people say too complicated. But at the same time, George 294 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.559 Teacher with a great question as being a free agent, 295 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:34.080 is that saying that you cannot be part of a 296 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:37.120 trade deal now that your contract is expired with Phoenix. 297 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:45.120 Yeah, so it'll technically expire on June thirtieth. But yeah, 298 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:47.600 so the only way that I could be included in 299 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:50.240 a deal is if I would if I re sign 300 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:56.679 with Phoenix before I guess that trade would go through, 301 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:59.120 then that would be the only way. 302 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:04.639 Come again, Oh, I want to hit you with a 303 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:08.039 follow up to that you were talking about that the move? 304 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:12.080 All right, then do some teams sign you back just 305 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:14.919 to make the dollar value match? So they may not 306 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:16.879 we're gonna keep you, but they'll sign you back just 307 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:19.200 because the dollar value and they can move you as 308 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.039 well as the player they want to move. Yeah. 309 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:25.840 Yeah, so some teams do that, or some teams will 310 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:31.440 sign you to an inflated number in the off season, 311 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:34.559 so like after summer, I mean after free agency starts 312 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:37.879 with like the intention of trading you down the line, 313 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:40.720 or the possibility to trade you or to add you 314 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:44.639 into a trade down the line, because guys, there's like 315 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:48.039 a sweet spot. There's like a sweet spot number guys 316 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:52.120 making between like you know, say in that mid level 317 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:55.039 area between six to ten that is viewed around the 318 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:57.720 league as easily tradable contracts. 319 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:02.480 It's just a tough business. Now that you've been in it. 320 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:06.399 You understand the old Dallas saying. When players call it 321 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:08.440 a game, the owners call it a business. When the 322 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:12.200 owners call it a business, the players call it a game. So, David, 323 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:15.559 about the luck, when do you think that you'll be signing. 324 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:17.919 Are there any teams that you're looking at that you 325 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:20.519 can tell us about before we get into your golf outing. 326 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.399 Uh, No, nothing, nothing at the moment. I mean, really 327 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:28.759 just taking it day by day, that's all my When 328 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:31.080 I last talked to my agent at the beginning of 329 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:34.000 the month, I was like, let's just you know, reconvene 330 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.440 towards the end of the month. I don't you know, 331 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.759 it's it's it's good to hear that people like you. 332 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.639 But also you have to produce, and you know, knowing 333 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:45.639 me what I've you know, been through two years ago 334 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:47.759 and in this past year not playing as much, I 335 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:50.799 know I have to show and produce. So I'm willing 336 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:54.480 to go anywhere and everywhere and show that I'm still healthy, 337 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:56.559 that I can still play the game at a high level. 338 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:03.480 And yeah, so there's nothing. I'm not even concerned about 339 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:05.920 that just yet, because you know, waiting for the finals 340 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.359 to get over and then once some trades start going through, 341 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:11.359 then I know, you know, things will uh, things will 342 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:12.160 start opening up. 343 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.559 Gotcha. 344 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:16.640 Well, let's talk about something good because that part is 345 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:20.599 very difficult, going through which I did myself, and waiting 346 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:22.880 to get a contract, waiting for a team to call you. 347 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.519 I went to the CBA and played, got called back 348 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.559 up with Sacramento. It's a tough thing, but of course 349 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:30.880 you've been doing it quite a while. Now you're a 350 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.640 professional and ultimate professional, and you're going to come out 351 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:35.880 on the right side for sure. Let's talk about your 352 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:39.319 golf outing, coming back with your foundation to the city 353 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:40.079 of Louisville again. 354 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.720 Tell me the time, the place. What's going on with 355 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.440 your golf outing. 356 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:49.279 Yeah, so we're back again fourth year, which is crazy 357 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.599 to think. How you know, we had an idea four 358 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:54.799 years ago to start it, but this is our fourth year. 359 00:17:56.640 --> 00:18:01.599 It is a Damien Lee Family Foundation Golf Scramble. It's 360 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:05.359 August fourth and Louisville, Kentucky at the uf L at 361 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:09.920 Cardinal Club. The registration link is on the website, which 362 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:15.319 is Damian Lee Samilyfoundation dot com. It's also on my Instagram. 363 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:18.279 We still have some spots available for anyone that wants 364 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:21.480 to sign up in the Louisville or you know, Indiana area, 365 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.000 so anyone that wants to come from out of town 366 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:27.160 as well. Uh, and then yeah, we also have some 367 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:32.279 sponsorship slots available as well. So yeah, it's August fourth. Yeah, 368 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:34.880 where it's it's it's it's a great time. We you know, 369 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:39.880 auction off items, we have you know, sponsors there as well, 370 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.839 we have you know, celebrities come by, come play as well. 371 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:46.440 It's it's truly an amazing time. Everyone that's come for 372 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:48.960 the past three years always you know, show up and 373 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:50.880 show out and uh, you know, they say that it's 374 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:53.920 one of the best events you know that they come to. 375 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:57.200 So I'm just super excited to have it again. You know, 376 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:01.440 some of the proceeds that you know, we have, we'll 377 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:06.119 go back into the Louisville community, to the West end, 378 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:08.440 you know, some of the schools that we've been working with, 379 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:12.519 and you know, the y m C a great James 380 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:15.119 Academy that we've been working with since the Inargole year 381 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:18.319 in twenty twenty. So we're just you know, we're just 382 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.440 super excited about it. 383 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:24.200 Well again I'm gonna participate George of course, and Damian 384 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.759 you didn't have. 385 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.279 To call me out of celebrities. 386 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:26.920 I didn't hear that. 387 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:31.839 I wanted the celebrities. I wanted the celebrities. George, of course, 388 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.240 well I. 389 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:34.440 Can thank you. I thought you said you were gonna participate. 390 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.480 I didn't think you said celebrity. I thought you said participate. 391 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.000 Celebrities. 392 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:44.599 It's not a golfer. You're just not a. 393 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:48.440 Golfer celebrity in my own mind, George, I understand. 394 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:51.079 Love it about we all love you. 395 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:54.920 The fans hate him Damon, but he's not a golfer. Damon, 396 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.759 you got you got bad golfer journey to be in 397 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:00.119 that with those guys. Put him over with the he 398 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.720 was out there. That's the guy I know. 399 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:04.160 See, Damon and I played, George, we've played together. See 400 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:06.119 you can't get in between its George. 401 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:09.519