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May 2023
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DeMar DeRozan Goes Deep On LeBron’s Long...

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This week, 3x All-NBA & Bulls All-Star Guard DeMar DeRozan joins Paul George and his co-host Jackie Long and Dallas Rutherford to discuss playing PG for the first time in High School (8:30). Then DeMar explains his relationship with Master P and Romeo (13:21) and also shares some advice to USC Basketball’s newest commit Bronny James (22:26). PG and DeMar then hit on Playoff storylines including LeBron’s evolution (31:04), being on the other end of classic buzzer beaters (yes, including the Damian Lillard shot 39:55), the Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown partnership and advice for Jordan Poole (44:00). Plus, their honest take on the amount of NBA Players that don’t love the game (49:10) and advocating for mental health within the NBA (58:42). Finally, we hear stories about their time at the 2016 Rio Olympics together (1:22:32), how DeMar became one of the elite midrange players in the game, and what Kobe Bryant’s influence meant to them (1:31:48)..


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