Jayson Tatum
Appearances
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
So, listen, I have so many.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
27.6.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I'm doing good. Thanks for having me.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I'm feeling good, man. It's a few benefits to being 27. You know, you recover a little bit faster. Let them know. Let them live.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
A different feel? I don't think so. I think the weirdest part was when I found out that the process was going to start.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
was like a few days after we won a championship so that was uh that was a weird conversation um but you know after i used to start to understand the process and uh you know the candidates and things like that and i actually got to meet bill last night he came to sacramento him and his wife um you know seeing my great people and we've had a few conversations uh so just looking to add to to what we have um you know obviously we have a really good thing going and
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
um like where our culture is that heck yeah all right well wikipedia has got you nicknamed the anomaly has anybody that is close to you ever actually called you the anomaly man twitter is not a real place i'll say that I concur.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Taco?
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I wasn't expecting that one.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
What's the connection there? That's my favorite thing that my mom used to make when I was growing up. I used to eat tacos all the time. Shout out, mom, for making some banging tacos.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I'm a real simple guy. Hard shell, ground beef.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
That's what I'm talking about, man. I'm a hard shell guy, too, man. And some sauce that I don't need much.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
To me, I would always tell people the best part, or the best part of, I guess... experiencing, you know, having money for the first time at such a young age, I could go to the grocery store and just buy whatever I wanted. Everything. I could go to CVS and I could get 10 bottles of soap. You get a lot of tacos. You get a whole lot of tacos with that. That's good shit right there.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
No. It does not work like that.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
It wasn't anything crazy expensive. It was just like, I remember going to the grocery store with my mom and, you know, having a budget to get one of each. Oh, yeah. And we go to the grocery store, we get what we want. The pantry's full. You know it, man.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Man, people ask me that all the time. I would like to think I would have, you know, still figured it out, but I benefited so much from going to college in the sense of like, uh, like when I got to college, that was my first time playing with, you know, other really good players. Right. I went to Duke, I was, we had a number one recruiting class and We had Grayson Allen and Luke Kennard.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Like we had like seven pros on our team. So it was the first time learning to like play off the ball, play with other really good players. Yeah. Being in those environments, lift weights, condition, learn about nutrition. I would do it all over again. Like I would go back knowing what I know now. I learned a lot and it prepared me for when I got to the NBA. Yeah, for sure, man.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Yeah, I mean, it was pretty easy for me.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Thank you
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Thank you. Thank you.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Thank you. Thank you.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Thank you.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Thank you.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Thank you.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
There you go.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Oh, man, I could write a book.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Do I feel like a vet? No. I just turned 27. You guys probably know. I feel like I got drafted yesterday. I remember what it felt like. But year after year, it's like when the rookies come in and you'll see their comments or interviews at the draft and like, you know, who did you monitor your game after? And now I'm starting to be one of the guys that they looked up to or they watched more.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
And that transition is like, whoa. You're still in your 20s, man. I remember looking up the KD. You looked up to me.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I guess I'm transitioning to an NBA veteran just because I've been in playoffs every year. I've played over 100 playoff games. So basketball terms, yes. But I just turned 27, so I still feel just as young.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Oh, man. I mean, Kobe was my idol. That was my favorite player. You know, kind of like why I fell in love with the game. Guys that I really studied, KD would be at the top of that list. Melo, Paul George. Then I get to the league. And, you know, you guys probably understand this as good as anybody.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Al Horford, from a professional standpoint, like somebody that came to work every day, had a routine, had a plan, whether it was a practice day, a game day, or off day, that was so beneficial to me of like, You know, when I was young, I just think I could show up, put my shoes on and get on the court. Of course.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
And Al really showed me, not even by telling me, just by like watching him go through his routine. And now he's in... Absolutely. Al's in year 18 and still a vital part of a championship team. I learned so much from him of, you know, what it is like to have a routine. And... Create your own and what works best for you. I think that's so important for any young guy coming into the league.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
You need a routine. You need a plan every day. And your plan is going to look different from other guys. But every single day, you should know what you need to attack, what you need to do. to get yourself ready for, you know, whatever it is to come up.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Yeah.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
They had the second pick. So there was a part of me that's just like, man, my dream of being in the NBA is about to come true. And then like, real dream of playing for the team that, you know, I grew up a fan of, you know, I was, it was so close, but it made me appreciate it a lot more.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Just like, I remember, I remember the first day I walked into Staples Center, like the first time we played the Lakers and I was in disbelief or just like, man, I, I watched so many of his games and,
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
in this building and now like i'm on the same floor in that moment it bridged the gap with like me and my favorite player like i got to share the floor you know of the place that he you know helped build that's pretty epic and man that's what sports is about like you guys understand our responsibility is to motivate and inspire the next generation somebody inspired you guys he inspired me and
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
You guys have inspired millions of kids to be the next Jason or Trav. And what's cool about what we do is, you know, there's somebody watching us that's going to grow up like, man, they really helped me, you know, motivate me. Even if we never met them before, right? They help motivate the next kid to chase their dream.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
And, you know, that's one of the coolest things about, you know, what we do, in my opinion, for sure. Yeah, hell yeah.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Before I got to Boston, I didn't know much or really pay attention. I grew up a Lakers fan, so I didn't really like the Celtics. I wasn't aware of the Boston sports culture. Patriots beat the Rams. So just growing up from St. Louis, the Red Sox beat the Cardinals. St. Louis, you just don't really like Boston.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Whether it's a TNT game, it's a preseason game, or a league pass game on Mondays, we always sell out. Majority of the time when we go on the road, Like every game is road trip. It's been three straight games. We hear let's go Celtics chants throughout the arena. Like our fans has traveled so well. They show up early and often.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
It was a relief and it was a special moment to win a championship in front of them. And then, you know, you guys have been on a parade. It was the best two hours of my life. And having two million people in green and white outside, you know, cheering you on and expressing their joy for, you know, what we accomplished, it was special for sure.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Joe is crazy. He seems like quite the character. Yeah. We actually talked about you. We played Portland the other day, and I got a tech. The game was basically over. I ended up getting a tech with like 30 seconds left. Yeah. I'm always here for a good fourth quarter tech. Right. So Joe, he comes up to me after the game. He's like, so if you get like 16 or 17 techs, you get suspended for a game.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I'm like, Joe, I think I'm done. He's like, I would much rather you just come punch me. I want to fight. He's like, you see, when Travis Kelsey ran into Andy Reid, do that to me.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I don't think coaches get enough credit for that because, I mean, you guys got 60 people on the team. I have no idea how you guys do that. You know, there's only 15 or so of us, but Joe does an unbelievable job of – Just managing all the personalities and the ups and downs throughout the season and getting us to buy in. Take care. That's really important.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
You know what I mean? What's the, he's on the D-line, Tershawn? Yeah, he's a St. Louis guy. I played football with him.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Turk just got a big contract. I think Carolina. I think he went to Carolina. He just got a huge contract. We play on the same football team. We grew up in the same neighborhood for like five years.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Oh, my God. So, you know, we had to ask.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I would I would venture to say no from both standpoints. Like the guys that get on TV and be like, you could just take this guy from the NBA and throw him in the game this Sunday. It's like, no, it does not work like that.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
No, it does not.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Not on a week's notice, and I love Russell Westbrook.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I think there are a handful of guys that played in the NBA that if they had an entire summer or a year to train and prepare, could they make an impact? For sure. But just drop a guy from the NBA and throw him in the game? No shot.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
So, listen, I have so much.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I got so much respect for you guys and what you guys do.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
There's nothing funnier than watching football guys play basketball. Oh, man.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
There's always a video that comes up on Twitter of somebody in the NFL, their high school highlights and stuff. And it's like, he could have been. And it's like, no, I think they chose him.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
So I think at that point, like in high school, if you... It's a different conversation. Yeah, like where you like in high school, you decide like, all right, instead of football, I'm going to go give my all to basketball. Then yes, then I definitely believe in that. But just like, oh, you've been focusing on football for the last 12 years and now... And vice versa.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I just don't think it worked like that.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I got one. Yeah, shoot. Hit us. What do you got? So this is my first year playing fantasy football. Oh, gosh. Oh, okay. All right, all right. So I was in two leagues. Who was your tight end?
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Mark Andrews.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I had two leagues. So in one league, I had Pat. I didn't understand all about fantasy football. I'm just like, oh, shit. You took a quarterback first? There you go, yeah.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Got to go running back. Yeah. Should have gone Saquon. Yeah.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Yeah. I'm like, let me go get the best player in the league. Let me go get Pat. And nothing but respect for you and Pat. It didn't work out.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
It was a different year for us. Yeah, it was a different year for us. 18 to 12. You got to get the running quarterbacks or the – you got to get –
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Lamar, Josh. Lamar's a great one. I have Lamar in my other league. Lamar's unbelievable, obviously, in the real game, but in fantasy football, too.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I love being 6'8". I ain't even lying.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I just threw my ankle last night wearing basketball.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I mean, like the short answer would be no, but would he adapt and still be effective? Yes. The game is not played like that today, but he was so talented and skilled that he would have found other ways to score the basketball for sure. That thing was unstoppable.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I feel like back in the day, they might have called the basket a goal. That part makes sense. The field part is never really thought about that.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Yeah.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I'm surprised nobody asked growing up in St. Louis, was I a Kansas City fan?
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Sam Bradford, Steven Jackson. So they won a Super Bowl in 2001. They lost in 2002 or 2003. And then after that, they didn't make the playoffs anymore. It was a little bit of a drought. For like 15 years. At least they didn't make themselves the rest of the time they were in St. Louis. So I was a Peyton Manning fan. That was my favorite player. You went north. Sheriff. Right down the street.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
But ironically, when the Rams left, the older people in St. Louis just became Chiefs fans. They did, 100%. We gathered everybody in Missouri. Pretty much. When they left, I wasn't like, all right. I'm a Chiefs fan now because it's like, I don't know, St. Louis and Kansas City just kind of always had this like Cardinals, Royals.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
There's like a little rivalry.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
You're just a fan of the league now. I don't have a team. I appreciate players. I appreciate, like, not to bring it up, but, like, when you guys played the Eagles this past, you know, Super Bowl, it was like, you know, Eagles, great team, great story. But me just winning the championship and, like, damn, we trying to win our second one. You guys trying to make history and win your third.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Like, I appreciate it, you know. potentially watching history being made.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Joe talks about all the time. It's, uh, He said, expect it to be tougher than you think, right? None of us have been in this position. Besides Drew, Drew won a championship with Milwaukee, but the rest of us, like, we don't know what it's like, you know, coming back after you just won a title.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
You know, you think it can go one way, and, you know, there's good stretches, and then there was a stretch where, you know, there was a 12-game stretch where we won one, lost one, won one, lost one, and we're playing against teams, and They have a guy that, you know, is a 30% three-point shooter, and that night he hit 11 threes. Yeah, everybody's getting hyped to play you guys.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Everybody's excited to play you. You're getting everybody's best shot. And then, you know, dealing with injuries and certain guys being out, it was tough, and we had to, you know, come together and get closer. But I would say... You know, we 22 and four in our last 26 games. Right. So we've definitely hidden our stride at the right time.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
And, you know, with 10 or so games left and getting ready for the playoffs, you know, this is when you want to feel your healthiest, want to feel your best, want to be the most confident, understanding that, you know, what's what's ahead and, you know, how. Tough it was last year, expected to be tougher this year. Yeah. Because of what we're trying to do. Hell yeah.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Ooh. My first two games. So, man, we get Kyrie. Our first game of the season was back in Cleveland, so... Kyrie's first game back. We playing LeBron. It's on TNT. I'm still 19 years old. And this atmosphere is unlike anything I've ever been a part of. I can't even fathom this for you right now. Oh, my God. I'm playing it cool, going through my routine.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I remember I go out for individual warm-ups, and I just look down the court, and it's Dwayne Wade warming up. And it's just like... It was just like, wow, like I'm really, I'm really here. Then I get, I put my uniform on. We go out for layup lines and I'm cool. I'm laying the ball up. Cleveland hasn't ran out yet. After like two minutes, they run out and I, and Brian runs out last.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
And I was like, oh shit. This is, this is real. First shot, first shot attempt I got, he blocked that shit to like the fifth row. And I was like, yeah, this is what it's about. All right. Man, that's a great fucking story. Made it.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Yo, I love George Nguyen.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Me and you both. That's my dog. Yeah. All right. And shot the three at home.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I did. I haven't seen it in a long time.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
So like say something to him or just all the antics that guys do.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Are you an antics guy or are you a verbal? There's different. Yeah, there's different. I don't really talk much when I play. Like I really, like we have to have a relationship. Like Bam Adebayo, like I've known Bam since eighth grade. Donovan Mitchell, like guys in my draft class, like if I know you, like, you know, we'll have friendly conversations.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
trash talk or whatever, but I'm not just like, if I score on you, I'm not going to say that. I'm just going to run back on defense. But always having the other team's best defender guard you throughout the years, seeing the different things that guys will do to try and get you off your game has It's funny. I remember one time playing against Patrick Beverly when he was with the Lakers. Oh, man.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
He is the king at this. Go ahead. I love Pat Bev. I love how he competes, talk trash with the best of them. But I don't say much. So I remember it was one game we was playing with the Lakers, and they was waiting to take the ball out of bounds. And he, like, started, like, tickling me. All right. Interesting strategy. I, like, smacked his hand. He was like. You got stronger. You got stronger.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
But just like as a defender, any little thing that they can try to do, pull your sock down, untuck your jersey at the free throw line. I wear an armband. People pull my armband down to my hand all the time. Oh, man. These are all great moves, yeah. Back to back of your neck. Just like all type of things that, you know, it's part of. And I'm pretty sure there's things like that in football too.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
We went to school together from seventh grade to 10th grade. So yeah, two years of middle school, two years in high school. And then after our sophomore year, I think the rules are different for hockey. He ended up leaving and going off professional or whatever. Me and Matt, we had classes together that year.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
That picture that we took, I think we was going on a field trip to like Chicago or something. Nice. Yeah, we had projects together. So it's just cool to, you know, see both of us. We won a championship in the same year. Wow. That was fucking awesome, man. Great dude, man. Unbelievable person. His brother is amazing, too, and comes from a great family as well.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
So couldn't be happier for him and his family. Hell yeah, man. Did you ever get on the ice? No, no, no. No?
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
We would play hockey in gym class, but like in the gym.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
I would try to be goalie because I was like the tallest kid, but that's it.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
He's another kid in our class named Jacob. He wasn't a sports guy, but he was cool. Nice. The Cardinals ended up flying him in. I think he lived in like San Diego or something. They ended up flying him in so we could recreate the picture. That's so funny, man.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
A lot of things got to go right for that.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
sounds cliche to say like I never like force Tim to play basketball obviously he's always been around it and um even like at home I like I would just want him to naturally if he wanted to play basketball then we can so I was saying the last man like the last like six to ten months he's really like fell in love with the game and been more attentive at the games he asked questions he
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
He plays basketball now every Saturday. And I can honestly say, like, I haven't ever had more fun in a gym than going to his peewee game Saturday morning. It's the most fun I've ever had in a basketball gym. That's awesome, man. You can see him going crazy. Is he chucking it? He shoots every time.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Yeah, Brian ended up following me back. It was funny because they brought this tweet up when we played him in the conference finals my rookie year.
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Keeping Football Outside, Travis' Hoop Dreams & Jayson Tatum Goes From Duke to NBA Champion | EP 131
Yeah, he followed me back out on Instagram after that. Nice. Many of battles against each other and been on Olympic team. And so Bron is a great friend of mine and somebody that I got a really good relationship with. But I made that tweet. That was like when I first got Twitter and.