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The first episode of The Pull Up With Scoop B drops Monday, May 18. This is the heartbeat of my media ecosystem.
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Beyond the Whistle: How Sean Sweeney’s pedigree and championship standard are reshaping the Orlando Magic.
"In Orlando, we want to do a great job of attacking each day and making sure that we build fundamentals and habits that are exemplary," Sweeney tells https://t.co/oVEBvvXC9x.
In my latest, I spoke with Sweeney, Magic President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman and former Magic head coach Brian Hill detailing Sweeney’s impact, work ethic, time with the San Antonio Spurs and how he's currently culture building with the Orlando Magic.
🔗My Story: https://t.co/WyB3r7qA3z
21 YEARS AGO TODAY
David Stern introduced the NBA dress code: https://t.co/ClJ3iNFnta
Phil Jackson: "The players have been dressing in prison garb the last five or six years. All the stuff that goes on, it's like gangster, thuggery stuff. It's time. It's been time to do that"
John Salley says Shaquille O’Neal once loaned him $70,000 when they were teammates and he needed money, and when he tried to pay him back Shaq refused to accept it, so he secretly wrote him in as an investor in his new business that’s equity he’ll get is worth way more
“And when I needed cash, he said, ‘How much?’ Seventy. Seventy thousand. And then this deal, I went back and said, ‘I’m going to...’ He said, ‘No, no, we're good.’”
“He didn’t want it back. And I was like, huh. And then somebody was like, ‘Yeah, people owe you, you still pay.’ And I was like, to this day, which I’m going to say on the show, because the cannabis business is becoming very, very good for us, I got him in my brain as an investor. You understand what I’m saying?”
“So when I kick back, it’s how many years ago was that? At this percentage, if you would've put it in the bank, it would’ve given you this. Yeah, well, I'm going to give you this and this, and you can do whatever you want with it.”
“When he was with Hoopz... Hoopz is one of my favorite people on the planet, she told him, she was like, ‘That’s a real cat.’ And he always knows it.”
Is the @KingJames comparison fair to Jeremiah Smith? 👑🏈
Mavs/BTN voice @MFollowill says no young player should carry LeBron-level expectations, but adds Smith:
"doesn't seem like he shies away from any sort of expectation."
- https://t.co/egOE93kY7a
#GoBucks#Sixers
Ralph Sampson has praised Kevin Durant as the veteran forward continues his career with the Houston Rockets. 👀
“I always love KD. Great talent, great player, great attitude about the game, works hard, and he’s the ultimate pro. So, I mean, you can’t hate on KD at all.” @ScoopB
More here: https://t.co/ayNKiF13g6
Lou Williams reveals to Allen Iverson that the Sixers front office benched him while averaging 20+ points, leading Iverson to reflect on how his pride and ego ultimately pushed him out of the league.
Iverson: "And I think I committed professional suicide by letting it be known that I had a problem with coming off the bench."
Iverson: "And that was my ego, that was my pride. You know what I mean? My whole life I've never, that wasn't my thing."
Lou: "They pulled me in the office and was like, look, AI going to start because we feel like in Philly he should start...and we going to have you come off the bench. I was averaging 20 plus points a game at that time."
Iverson: "So I started coming off the bench when he came back out of love and respect for him, and I never got a shot again after that."
[ via @undergrndlounge ft @TeamLou23 ]