Talon Horton Tucker podcast with Euro Insiders
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In this episode we spoke about:
00:00 Trailer
01:40 Growing up in Chicago: the mentality that shaped everything
05:09 Basketball as his safe place when everything fell apart
07:11 Growing up with Kendrick Nunn: Chicago vs New York hoopers
10:00 How his mother made sure nobody could tell him he couldn't do it
14:40 The NBA draft night: from Orlando to the Lakers in one call
18:00 Being 18 years old in LA with LeBron, AD and Rondo
25:52 The NBA bubble: the purest form of basketball he ever played
29:27 Rondo called him to his room every night to watch film
32:19 Does the NBA actually respect the EuroLeague?
33:28 Team USA got lucky at the Olympics and he's not taking it back
36:00 The player that impressed him the most: Paul George and Wade Baldwin
40:36 His goals for the season: one target only
41:02 The first seed curse in the EuroLeague? His honest answer
42:00 What he tells every American player coming to Europe
44:00 NBA vs EuroLeague: which one is actually harder to play in?
45:46 The craziest arena moment of his season
46:41 When Wade taunted the whole Partizan bench and he knew it was coming
47:04 Is anybody able to guard him one on one?
50:00 His grandmother stopped a gang fight just by showing up
57:49 What he wants to be remembered for when it's all said and done
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