Digital Social Hour
NBA Veteran Exposes Truth About Modern Basketball | Jason Terry DSH #984
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🏀 NBA veteran Jason Terry pulls back the curtain on basketball's dramatic evolution, sharing raw insights from his incredible 19-season career. From intense practice battles to championship glory, Terry reveals how the game has transformed from a physical, defensive-minded era to today's offensive showcase. Experience firsthand accounts of playing alongside legends like Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce. Terry breaks down what made the 2011 Championship Mavericks special and shares untold stories about competing against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. Get the real scoop on what it took to succeed in the NBA's most physical era, and hear Terry's honest take on why today's game is completely different. From defensive strategies to shooting evolution, this veteran tells it straight about the NBA's transformation. Want to know what it was really like guarding Allen Iverson? Or how practice was actually harder than games? Terry holds nothing back in this eye-opening conversation about basketball's past, present, and future. 🏆 #NBA #Basketball #JasonTerry #Basketball #SportsTalk #NBAVeteran #DigitalSocialHour #nba #nbahighlights #nbaveteraninsights #spalding #wilsonevolution CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Jason Terry 01:40 - Favorite Year in Basketball 02:47 - 2011 Mavericks Championship 05:01 - BetterHelp Mental Health Support 08:30 - Evolution of the Game of Basketball 10:48 - Early Career Minutes Experience 12:59 - Toughest Player to Defend Against 15:21 - Greatest Shooter in NBA History 16:19 - Where to Find Jason Terry Online APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Jason Terry https://www.instagram.com/jasonterry31/ http://jasonterry31.org/ SPONSORS: BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/DSH LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 3: Who was the toughest player Jason Terry had to defend?
Yeah, I had to. You know, I'm coaching now, so letting that go is a big part of your evolution, and I had to let it go. Wow. Still hate the Miami Heat. That's just me. I mean, obviously, but. Yeah, I feel that, though. Some people don't ever let it go. Nah. You know? You played 19 seasons. What was your favorite year where you had the most fun?
Whew. Couple years, right? My first year, 1,000%, because it was your rookie year, and I look across the locker room and I see Isaiah Ryder, Dikembe Mutombo, Jim Jackson, Lafonso Ellis. Those were my veterans. So you always remember the first year. It's like the year you were born. You got to remember that. So then I will have to say my... The year after I left Dallas, I went to Boston.
And I played with Kevin Garnett, right? My high school classmate, 9'5". Paul Pierce, my high school classmate, 9'5". And then Rajon Rondo and then Hall of Fame coach Doc Rivers. Like that was, to me, that team of all the teams I played with, was a symbol to win a championship. Ray Allen had left, I replaced him.
We had a good young nucleus, but playing with guys like Kevin Garnett, Ray John Rondo, and Paul Pierce, it was a dream come true for me. It didn't last long enough, for sure. Obviously, the Dallas teams, my favorite team, obviously the team I won it with, Hall of Famers, Tyson Chandler, Jason Kidd, Karam Butler, who was injured, You know, those guys, like, what can I say?
Sean Marion, the Matrix, like, J.J. Barea, those guys, those are Hall of Fame guys. Peja Stojakovic, just, that team was epic. Legends, yeah. And you guys were sixth seed that year, right? Man, I couldn't tell you what seed went where, but I could tell you who we went through. Yeah.
And when you beat Portland, right, with LaMarcus Aldridge, Andre Miller, who was a draft classmate of mine. Yeah. They have Dame at the time. Our rivalry. No, Dame wasn't there. But then you beat them and in the second round you play against, they're going for a three-peat, the two-time defending champion Lakers with Lamar Odom, Paul Gasol.
But my idol, one of my rivals, like Kobe being Bryant, one of the greatest players of all time, and then Phil Jackson, the greatest coach of all time. Like playing against them in that series, but it wasn't a series. Like we swept them. Damn.
Yeah, we swept them, and that doesn't happen. You know what I mean? Not to Kobe. No, not a Kobe-led team. Never happens. And, you know, for us to do that in the fashion we did it in and then for me to play one of the greatest games I've ever played in my life, like all the years of basketball I've ever played in, game four at the house, solidified a sweep, Record number threes.
The basket was so big. Every time I just threw it up, it was going in. It's just one of those moments. And it was on Mother's Day. I took my mother to breakfast that morning. I just knew something special was in the air. But we beat them. And then to go play the Oklahoma City Thunder, who obviously, if that team stays together, who knows? You talk about four, five, six.
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Chapter 6: What is Jason Terry's take on the evolution of basketball?
And then I had to play against him, and I won my first NBA championship against him and Mario Chamos were sitting across the bench. Wow. It was incredible. You got to reminisce about the old times. It was dope. Nice. You still have any bad blood with anyone you competed against? Not at all. You let it all go?
Yeah, I had to. You know, I'm coaching now, so letting that go is a big part of your evolution, and I had to let it go. Wow. Still hate the Miami Heat. That's just me. I mean, obviously, but. Yeah, I feel that, though. Some people don't ever let it go. Nah. You know? You played 19 seasons. What was your favorite year where you had the most fun?
Whew. Couple years, right? My first year, 1,000%, because it was your rookie year, and I look across the locker room and I see Isaiah Ryder, Dikembe Mutombo, Jim Jackson, Lafonso Ellis. Those were my veterans. So you always remember the first year. It's like the year you were born. You got to remember that. So then I will have to say my... The year after I left Dallas, I went to Boston.
And I played with Kevin Garnett, right? My high school classmate, 9'5". Paul Pierce, my high school classmate, 9'5". And then Rajon Rondo and then Hall of Fame coach Doc Rivers. Like that was, to me, that team of all the teams I played with, was a symbol to win a championship. Ray Allen had left, I replaced him.
We had a good young nucleus, but playing with guys like Kevin Garnett, Ray John Rondo, and Paul Pierce, it was a dream come true for me. It didn't last long enough, for sure. Obviously, the Dallas teams, my favorite team, obviously the team I won it with, Hall of Famers, Tyson Chandler, Jason Kidd, Karam Butler, who was injured, You know, those guys, like, what can I say?
Sean Marion, the Matrix, like, J.J. Barea, those guys, those are Hall of Fame guys. Peja Stojakovic, just, that team was epic. Legends, yeah. And you guys were sixth seed that year, right? Man, I couldn't tell you what seed went where, but I could tell you who we went through. Yeah.
And when you beat Portland, right, with LaMarcus Aldridge, Andre Miller, who was a draft classmate of mine. Yeah. They have Dame at the time. Our rivalry. No, Dame wasn't there. But then you beat them and in the second round you play against, they're going for a three-peat, the two-time defending champion Lakers with Lamar Odom, Paul Gasol.
But my idol, one of my rivals, like Kobe being Bryant, one of the greatest players of all time, and then Phil Jackson, the greatest coach of all time. Like playing against them in that series, but it wasn't a series. Like we swept them. Damn.
Yeah, we swept them, and that doesn't happen. You know what I mean? Not to Kobe. No, not a Kobe-led team. Never happens. And, you know, for us to do that in the fashion we did it in and then for me to play one of the greatest games I've ever played in my life, like all the years of basketball I've ever played in, game four at the house, solidified a sweep, Record number threes.
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