WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:07.799 Welcome in to Clippers Talk. I'm Adam Ausland. We have 2 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:10.759 a new episode for you again. I'm putting these things out. 3 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:11.199 I don't know. 4 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:13.800 I put out about five this week if you missed it. 5 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:17.760 Brian Seaman was on recently. Then Grant Mona came on 6 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.000 to talk about the Intuit Dome opening night. And now 7 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.920 we are joined by the most talented It would be 8 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:29.039 Kelly Johnson from Fox eleven, home of Arrested Development back 9 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:33.600 in the day, she works with Good Day La on Fox. 10 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:37.000 It's a fantastic job. Kelly. Thanks for joining me here 11 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:37.679 at Clippers Talk. 12 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:39.960 Thank you for having me, and thanks for hyping me up. 13 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:42.119 I'm like, you're my hype man right now. I love it. 14 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.960 I got you. Anybody that comes on, they deserve it, 15 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:47.719 damn it because I need help here. So you were 16 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:52.159 at the grand opening last night and I was maybe 17 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:56.159 following your account pretty closely on Twitter Kelly Johnston TV. 18 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.759 Correct, Yes, oh, thanks for the Kelly with an I. 19 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:00.000 You know, gotta get it right. 20 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:04.000 Yep, Kelly with an I. And you had great coverage 21 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:07.480 on the opening ceremony for Into a Dome. Obviously last 22 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:09.879 night was the Bruno Mars concert. I wanted to get 23 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:12.239 a little bit more in depth on that and just 24 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:16.000 how it happened, because I saw Steve Balmer was there, 25 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:20.280 Coach Lou Lawrence Frank walk me through a little bit 26 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:23.480 of the opening ceremony, everything that was done. I saw, 27 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.120 I think a champagne bottle or a bottle of wine 28 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:28.519 to Chris on the boat outside and the into a 29 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.879 dome plaza. Just walk me and the listeners through all 30 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:32.120 of it. 31 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:33.280 Yeah. 32 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:35.719 So I mean normally when I you know, usually when 33 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:37.799 you go it's just media, so it's not that big 34 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:39.959 of a crowd. You saw, you know, more people when 35 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.519 they opened the Flagship store. So even just like walking 36 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.879 up like oh shoot, like security is fully staff, like 37 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:49.319 this is what the you know now with the experience 38 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:50.680 is going to be. So that to me was I 39 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:52.640 was like, oh, this is for real now, this is 40 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:54.799 no longer like immediate like this is you know, we're 41 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:55.799 bringing in the public. 42 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:57.680 So there was that. 43 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:01.079 It took me probably an hour, and I have to 44 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:04.280 get there from Hollywood. I did give myself plenty of time, 45 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:06.480 and I guess not so anyone going to into like 46 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:09.439 if like however early you want to leave, give yourself 47 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:10.319 like an extra hour. 48 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:14.280 What's it gonna look like from Burbank. I'm intrigued. I 49 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:17.599 have to get there about five hours before the game starts, 50 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:20.360 but anything for there exactly. 51 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:22.080 I'm like, I'm gonna have to find like somewhere to 52 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:24.479 eat before and just be here like five hours before 53 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:27.280 and not deal with this. But anyway, so I got 54 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:30.199 there and it was really interesting because you had like 55 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:32.599 meet you know, the press event, and then you also 56 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.039 had like Bruno Mars fans starting to come in, so 57 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.120 it was hard to just like who's here for the concert, 58 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.159 who's here for the ribbon cutting ceremony? 59 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.039 So of course, you know, everybody went. The mayor. 60 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:45.120 Of course, Steve Baumer was the man of really the evening. 61 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.599 I don't even want to say the hour. And Steve 62 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:51.280 Baumer spoke for fifteen minutes because I was taking it 63 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:54.000 on my phone with no tripod, so I definitely know 64 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:55.360 how long. 65 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:57.039 But it's like he could have spoke for an hour 66 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:58.400 and I would have been okay with it. 67 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:01.599 And yeah, So then Jillian Zucker was you know, the 68 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:02.639 Clippers executive. 69 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:03.719 We see her all the time. 70 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:07.319 She said that they did their research and the christening 71 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:09.159 of a new sail boat like if you see the 72 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:12.039 artwork outside the into a dome is to like break 73 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.400 a glass. And so they were gonna have Tylou do 74 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.800 the honors, which was awesome. He didn't do a speech, 75 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:19.120 but he did do that, so it was great. 76 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:21.400 Toe seemed like he was in really good spirits, which 77 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:23.240 I mean, he just won a gold medal. 78 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:27.560 So understandable. And then they did the ribbon cutting ceremony. 79 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.479 So after that there was a lot of people. They 80 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:34.360 were escorting the media over to the red carpet, and 81 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:36.520 then I noticed there was a lot of people. 82 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:39.759 I was like, what's going on? And I'm on cloud nine. 83 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.639 There was a red carpet starting to see you know 84 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:45.680 some people we see on TV, Victoria Justice. I had 85 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:49.080 my fangirl moment, you know, and I was like, these 86 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:52.719 people aren't moving. And I honestly had no idea what 87 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.800 was going on with the Bruno Mars situation until I 88 00:03:55.919 --> 00:03:59.080 got home and saw social media what was going on. 89 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:00.400 I wish someone would have me. 90 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.240 Like, hey girl, did you know why people have been 91 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:04.319 in line for hours? 92 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:05.400 Like I had no clue. 93 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:09.680 Look, yeah, Predictively, we all said this on Clips and 94 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.639 Dip with Chuck Macklin and Will Updyke. There's gonna be 95 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.000 some snags. It's in the system, a little bit ghosts 96 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.920 in the machine as you first start off. Any new 97 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:23.680 arena would have these issues, right what is technologically advanced 98 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.959 the marvel that is into a dome opening night. Of course, 99 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.120 there's gonna be a few hang ups here and there. 100 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:31.360 But we still have two months before the season so 101 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:33.399 you can get these little things out of the way now. 102 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:36.000 Right, Oh absolutely, And I know Steve Balmer, he's gonna 103 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:38.000 find out what went wrong and he's gonna correct it. 104 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:40.279 That man doesn't play any games, so I. 105 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:42.720 Will see what happens tonight, I mean, and then they 106 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:44.839 also have a lot of concerts after that, so I 107 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.759 think it's just repetition making sure the system is set up. 108 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:50.560 But I know Steve Balmer and the team, they'll get 109 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:51.680 it done and they'll figure it out. 110 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:53.720 And if there's a place you have to be stuck 111 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:58.040 outside at right now, into a dome, the plaza, it's beautiful, 112 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:02.600 the flagship store or that outside court, all the artwork, 113 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:06.920 this is modern art. As an arena, it is almost 114 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.319 like a theme park to basketball. In some ways, it 115 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:12.199 feels like Disneyland for Clippers fans exactly. I know that 116 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.959 you mentioned Steve Balmer there being up on stage. I 117 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.319 saw some of the video of him saying go clips 118 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:21.920 emphatically at the end. We got the Steve Balmer moment. 119 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:25.920 He was on Cloud nine two. Just give us a 120 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.519 few more of the excerpts. I guess from what he 121 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:30.920 said because I believe he cut a ribbon too. It 122 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.079 wasn't just the christening of the boat. Was there a ribbon. 123 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.240 That was when there was a ribbon cutting ceremony like 124 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:37.879 right after that. Of course, the mayor was there, Jillian, 125 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:41.519 the head of Into It, the CEO, so they were 126 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.759 all there all the you know, they were all there. 127 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.839 And his speech, I mean, really it should have. It 128 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:50.120 was his night, but he made it about the fans. 129 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:52.720 And one thing I really loved is when he said 130 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.319 I want people to feel welcome here. I'm more than 131 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:57.920 certain he got word on how Clipper fans were treated 132 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.399 or how they felt at Crypto, so he did not 133 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:02.759 want to create that, and he probably wants like visiting 134 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:05.720 fans to phil welcome, he said everybody. I really liked 135 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.120 how he spoke about that, and I was like, that's 136 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.439 really important. It's really nice that he cares and that's 137 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:14.360 something that really stuck out to me, and just his 138 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:16.959 passion and like I said, it was like about him, 139 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:19.240 but he really made it about the fans and who 140 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:20.959 the Intuitdome was built for. 141 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:24.639 I believe his message speaks to that too. On the 142 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.079 walkway as you're heading in there, Steve Baumber letting everyone 143 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.920 know that he's a super fan just like you and 144 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:35.120 he appreciates Clipper Nation. It's amazing to have someone who 145 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:37.199 I know, Brian Seman speaks to this a lot. But 146 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.680 it's much more than just having the richest owner in 147 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.879 North American sports, one of the top five riches people 148 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.680 in the world. It's about his passion and how much 149 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:50.319 he cares about this team and winning and bringing Clipper 150 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.439 Nation what they have been longing for for some time now. 151 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:57.399 So this is as special as it gets. And I 152 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:59.519 always like to say, you know, and you can speak 153 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:01.759 to this too. Kelly Kelly Johnson is our guests here 154 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.560 from Fox eleven with Good Day LA. She was at 155 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:06.879 the ceremony last night with Into It Dome opening up 156 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:09.439 with Bruno Mars the first concert. What I like to 157 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:12.319 say is, you know, in some ways, the Clippers just 158 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.920 became a franchise ten years ago when Steve Balmer took over, Right, 159 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:20.240 they became a legitimate franchise because if you adhere to 160 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:23.680 that phrase or that saying, that adage, that axiom, the 161 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:27.720 biggest advantage of sports ownership is the biggest advantage in sports. 162 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:29.839 That means they were at a disadvantage for over forty 163 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:33.720 years until Steve Balmer came along. So this is a 164 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:35.759 franchise that if you look at it, within ten years, 165 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:38.800 they've made such huge strides, already. 166 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:41.040 Major strides, and they're continuing to build off that. And 167 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:43.279 that reminds me. I had a conversation with a coworker. 168 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:45.879 He's from, like I believe he's from Australia, so he 169 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:48.879 doesn't know too much about American sports. He's and he 170 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.399 you know, he's like asking me about the Clippers. 171 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:53.720 He's like, well, they're better than the Lakers, right. 172 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:55.759 I was like, oh, I was like, well they have 173 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:57.399 seventeen you know, I kind of had to explain. 174 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:59.240 He's like, no, but they're better. 175 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:02.079 So it's just really interesting how that message is, Like 176 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:05.040 you know, maybe some fans or some Angelinos would not 177 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.160 like it, but someone who's new from another country you know, 178 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:10.480 was like, oh, but this team is better, and I 179 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:12.160 was like, well, yeah, we did win more games. 180 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:13.279 You know, we did be you know. 181 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:17.800 Than the Lakers, but you know, like at Crypto, you know, 182 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:19.279 overall when we faced each other. 183 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:20.920 So I just thought that was really interesting. 184 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.040 And it goes to speak and when I did that 185 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:27.399 documentary one question I'd ask everyone, it didn't quite make 186 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:30.720 the directors cut. I was asking people, I'm like, how 187 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:35.000 do you feel because I moved to la again. It 188 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:36.879 is like my third time here. But you know, in 189 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.559 twenty nineteen, I always joke like me pg Kawhi, we 190 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.919 all came together and just the change I see. It's 191 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:46.399 not just purple and gold when you go out, it's 192 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:48.480 like you're seeing more Clipper fans and they're wearing it 193 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:49.120 with pride. 194 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:51.679 And when I'm hiking run in, I'm always like running. 195 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:53.720 Up to people like go Clippers, like I Mike Steve 196 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.039 Bohmer like almost like comes over me and at that 197 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:58.799 enthusiasm and just like you know, we see each other 198 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.360 like yeah, like you know, we're really building something in 199 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:03.440 the city and it's really been exciting to be a 200 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:04.200 part of it. 201 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:06.519 It's funny to me because Lakers fans. Of course, they're 202 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:09.000 going to spin it their way. And they have the history, 203 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:11.759 there's no denying that. We'll see who has the future here. 204 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:14.360 But they like to make jokes, Oh Clippers fans and 205 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.240 they're twenty nine fans. Well, there's been a sellout streak 206 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:20.320 at Crypto right the Clippers during Love City. I think 207 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:23.720 it was seven straight years or something like that. This 208 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:26.559 is this isn't anything new that just because they're opening 209 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:28.639 up a new arena which is definitely going to be 210 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:32.080 selling out, that the Clippers all of a sudden have 211 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:35.240 this level of fanship. It's been around for a while now. 212 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:37.679 It has, Yes, it has, and it's growing. 213 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.320 And I just really love how, you know, the people 214 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.759 when they move because there's a lot of transplants. We 215 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:45.720 got to, you know, give credit to our transplants, and 216 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:47.240 they're like, I relate to the Clippers. 217 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:48.000 They're like that Hall. 218 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:50.039 You know, they do associate the Lakers more so with 219 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.559 Hollywood or the glamor of La and I really like 220 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:55.440 that they attract kind of that like real La, that 221 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:58.480 grittiness to it, and I love that and just talking 222 00:09:58.480 --> 00:09:59.840 to people about it. 223 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:03.759 So you mentioned your documentary. It's a documentary short. It 224 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:08.919 could quality best No, No, Best Documentary Short is a 225 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.720 category at the Academy Awards, and I'm saying you should 226 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:14.240 submit this, Kelly. It is that good. You did it 227 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:18.159 for Fox eleven. Of course, where can people find it? 228 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:19.600 And just what can they expect? 229 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:22.360 So you can find it on Foxla dot com. You 230 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.759 can just like Google, let's get into it, Clippers dock. 231 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:29.000 It should pop up somewhere Foxla dot com YouTube, that's where. 232 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.159 You can find it. And what was what did you 233 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:31.559 ask me? 234 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:31.919 Like? 235 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:35.440 Lost my You had a lot of different ways to 236 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.799 cover it. You were speaking with the fans. You're getting 237 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:40.000 their perspective on into it, Dome. I think it was 238 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:43.440 about fifteen minutes long. Just give people an idea of 239 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:45.559 exactly what they're going to see here in this short. 240 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:48.519 So what you're gonna see is I really wanted to 241 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.879 tell things from a fan experience, and I was able 242 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:54.360 to ask Deve Bomer, like what you know, why did 243 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:55.600 the Clippers need their own home? 244 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:56.080 Fans know? 245 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:58.080 But I really wanted to hear it from him, like 246 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:01.159 why did you put so much work, carts, blutz, wet 247 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:03.799 and tears into this project? And I was surprised to 248 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.200 learn that he knew within six months of acquiring the Clippers, 249 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:08.320 like these guys. 250 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:08.720 Need their own home. 251 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:13.600 He's very well aware, very well aware of the scheduling issues, 252 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:17.679 the treatment, and he promised Clipper Nation he would build 253 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.360 their own arena and he delivered on that. And you're 254 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:23.759 just gonna hear basically about that process. I was also 255 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:26.039 at the groundbreaking, so we have some footage from that. 256 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:29.320 So just telling as best as I can the story 257 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:32.960 of why this was needed. I don't think people understand it. 258 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.360 I mean, I'm sure you're on social media. You see 259 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.799 those comments as well. They're like, oh, there's only going 260 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:40.440 to be twenty nine people our great facility. Wrong team, 261 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:43.840 and it's like no, like we deserve this, we earned it, 262 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:45.799 and this is why. And I really felt like there 263 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:48.200 was just a lot that people didn't understand. So I 264 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:50.519 really tried to bridge the gap in and explain it 265 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.799 the best way I could from the people who will 266 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:53.879 be attending the games. 267 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:57.720 It's beautifully done and articulated. Again. The documentary, the short 268 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:02.240 doc is Get Into It by Kelly Johnson from Fox eleven. 269 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:04.519 So I want to talk about the red carpet because 270 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:09.279 you were there, there were players there, celebrities. I saw 271 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:12.639 my friend Paul Sheer there on the red carpet. Tell 272 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:15.120 me who you talk to because I retweeted you having 273 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:18.200 a conversation with Mobamba and I found this to be 274 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:20.720 an interesting tidbit. I did the emojiis for it to 275 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:24.360 let people know. But he spoke about with you Mobamba, 276 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:27.200 new Clipper, big Backup, big Man. He said he had 277 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:31.279 been working out with Kawhi and San Diego. He elaborate 278 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:34.600 a little bit on that conversation. Did he given details there? 279 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.440 He didn't. First of all, he's very lovely, like sometimes 280 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:39.559 you just never know he is. 281 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.080 I'm going to say, like just a teddy bear. He's 282 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:45.080 so sweet and just such a pleasure. So we're on 283 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:47.159 the red carpet. I'm like, you know, how is this 284 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:49.759 and he's just so excited not just to see Bruno Mars, 285 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.440 but to see the arena he's going to be playing 286 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:54.519 on for the first time. So it's just like everyone 287 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:56.159 on the carpet just was like a kid on the 288 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:56.840 candy store. 289 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:58.720 So I was like, I told him, I said. 290 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.759 I'm probably gonna ask you this again media day, but 291 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.120 I was like, can you expand on your relationship with Kauhi, 292 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:05.559 and he told me, like, yeah, he reached out to 293 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:07.320 him when he was in high school. He was going 294 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.799 through some family stuff and it was something that Kawhi 295 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:12.639 could relate to and they've maintained that relationship. 296 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:14.279 Apparently, Kawhi had reached. 297 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:17.399 Out to him this off season and they had to 298 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:19.120 work out together in San Diego. 299 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.080 And I love that. 300 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.519 I love that we don't hear too much about qu 301 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:24.879 but when we do hear about him, he's really painted 302 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:27.080 for where he really is a leader. I know a 303 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:29.039 lot of times that comes into question, but it's like 304 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.879 he's doing things behind the scenes and he genuinely cares 305 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:34.879 about this team and the people who are on it and. 306 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.799 A meniga coal worker. We have heard about the workout 307 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:40.360 stories with Kawhi Leonard, so I'm guessing Mobamba is in 308 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:43.279 great shape currently because it takes that to make it 309 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:46.000 through a workout with Kawhi. We've heard the stories from 310 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:49.480 Patrick Reverley on his side right over the years of course, 311 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:51.759 thinking I thought I was a hard worker and then 312 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:54.679 I work out with Kawhi Leonard. There's just a different 313 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:57.120 level to this. Who are some of the other guys. 314 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:59.000 Maybe you had a chance to chop it up with 315 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:00.679 a little bit and have a converse with I saw 316 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:04.600 Camp Christie was there, Koby Brown, Jordan Miller fresh off 317 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:07.279 what should have been Summer League MVP. I won't get 318 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:08.960 too far into it, but what were some of the 319 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.759 other Clippers there? 320 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:13.200 So who else? So Trenton Flowers was there? Love his hair. 321 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:14.720 I got to I'm like, oh, he might have the 322 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:17.799 best hairstyle on the team, just you know, very you 323 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:20.879 can't miss him with that hair. And then yes, speaking 324 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:23.600 of Derek Jones Junior for the first time was like 325 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.519 I was like, oh my gosh. And I think he's 326 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:27.720 kind of my personality twin where he you know, he 327 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:29.840 comes across as really shy, but when you listen to him, 328 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:32.840 it's like, oh, like he's really funny, you know. So 329 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:35.320 I'm not saying that I am, but I was like, okay. 330 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:37.840 So it was great and the way, you know, a 331 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:39.639 lot of people were loving how we said we have 332 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:41.480 our own arena. They're like, he just got here, but 333 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:44.720 fans were loving that that he's already really embracing himself 334 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.399 as a Clipper, which we love to see. And I, 335 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:50.000 you know, I didn't get Brandon Miller Unfortunately. I was 336 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.879 so upset because I did want to talk to him 337 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:54.039 about Summer League, but it's like they all showed up 338 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.159 around the same time, so you just kind of grabbed 339 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:59.240 who you could. And he looked great, by the way, 340 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:03.039 but I wasn't able to ask him any questions. Kobe Brown, 341 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.200 that was very short. He seemed like he was in 342 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.159 a hurry. But one thing I did notice, the young 343 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:10.440 guys have a lot of chemistry. You know, no matter 344 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.000 how fans feel about you know, kwoh or James Harden. 345 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:15.759 I was like, this young unit is really really special. 346 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.120 They already forming like a friendship, and I think that's 347 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:21.200 something we need to watch. I'm like, they can keep 348 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:25.399 these guys together. The future looks really really good for 349 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.080 Clipper Nation. 350 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:28.759 Yeah, regardless of how many of them are called up 351 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.919 this season that are on two way contracts, they're gonna 352 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:34.480 be running the G League, I think just a bit. 353 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:37.039 I mean, Jordan Miller this past season was eighth and 354 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:40.399 scoring in the G League. Brown was putting up numbers. 355 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:44.279 They have a stronger, I think, youth movement going on 356 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.000 than people would realize with some of the criticism over 357 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.600 Clippers drafts over the years. But you look at it. 358 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:53.440 You know, Terrence Man, second round pick, was starting for 359 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:55.840 them in the playoffs and Mere Coffee was starting out 360 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:58.360 of necessity an undrafted player like that. So I think 361 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:01.240 it's been a little bit o overlooked, just that they 362 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.440 have had contributors that they have been able to steal 363 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:05.480 late in the draft, and we're hoping a few more 364 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:10.399 now with Jordan Miller, with Kobe Brown and Cam Kirsty 365 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:10.799 to me. 366 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.000 Oh, he's fantastic. 367 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.279 Was Max there with him or do he go? 368 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.159 So he was not? 369 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.320 And then also I can't forget Kai Jones. I mean, 370 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:22.559 this is the one, you know, like he so. 371 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:24.240 Much Hi Jones hive demands it. 372 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:26.799 Yeah, his manners just blew me away. 373 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:29.279 His man's and thinking like I was like, oh my goodness, 374 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:31.360 Like I really appreciated that. 375 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:33.200 And he just seems so grateful. 376 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:35.279 And I asked him, I said, hey, you know, like 377 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.759 this team, you're really stepping into a new era and 378 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.879 getting a fresh start. 379 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.799 And I think he appreciated that. He's like, I've been 380 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:43.320 working really hard this offseason. 381 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:46.279 He seems so grateful for getting another opportunity to play 382 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:48.120 in the league. And I think he has a lot 383 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:50.399 to prove, and I really hope that we see him 384 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:51.840 do that on the court this season. 385 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:55.919 I'm rooting for him big time. It's a position of need. 386 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:59.519 If he could come in and somehow steal minutes this 387 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:02.600 season and as a backup big for the Clippers, whether 388 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:05.720 he's playing the four maybe or playing the five for them, 389 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:09.000 I think it would be huge. That infusion of athleticism 390 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:12.599 in youth is something needed, especially in the front court 391 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:15.359 for this team. Who was best dressed? Who wore better? 392 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.960 You know what? 393 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.279 Besides you, Kelly Flowers, You're so kind. 394 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.039 Oh my god. 395 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:24.200 I came to Sleigh and I mean I had to 396 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:27.079 put a look together. I was like, my favorite outfit ever. 397 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:29.880 I went with the more bold choice, but thank you. Anyway, 398 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.599 best dressed, you know what? They were all just pretty, 399 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.160 you know what. Ky Jones he had the sailor had on. 400 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.359 I got to give it to him. 401 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.599