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I'm an orange. An orange man from back
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>> Why didn't you go to Syracuse?
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>> This is a true story. So, Kenny
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Anderson, as you know, Kenny Anderson
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was like the best point guard in the
0:10
country when I was in high school. And
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me and Stephon Marbury was like close
0:14
friends. Like real like almost like best
0:16
friends growing up in high school. And
0:17
we both played with the same AAU team.
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And of course you know Pearl Washington
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that went to Syracuse was like
0:24
basketball royalty. So, we both looked
0:26
up to Kenny Anderson and Pearl
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Washington. I went to the Syracuse for a
0:30
visit and I was with uh Baye Fall and uh
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Wayne Morton was the recruiter. And they
0:34
was like, "Man, you you could come to
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Syracuse." I was like, "Man, I'm ready
0:38
to sign right now at Syracuse." And they
0:40
was like, "Well, we want you to sign,
0:41
but we've been recruiting Steph since
0:43
the the sixth grade."
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>> But But they was like, "Y'all both can
0:47
play together and like y'all do in AAU."
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And I was like, "Nah, AAU is different
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from college." And I was like, "If I
0:53
sign right now, then you know, if y'all
0:55
don't recruit Steph, I'll sign right
0:57
now." And they was like, "Nah, we still
0:58
want to get him. You got to wait." So,
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Georgia Tech said the same thing, right?
1:03
>> So, uh I had Maryland, Providence, uh
1:06
Michigan. So, then uh Providence, they
1:08
wanted me how Syracuse wanted Steph,
1:10
Providence wanted me. Like So, like in
1:12
the sixth grade, Providence was
1:14
recruiting me. So, I said, "You sure?" I
1:16
was like, "Cuz you know I want to come
1:17
here. Me and Pearl Washington play
1:19
similar styles. We both dribblers and
1:21
you know, a lot of showmanship." And
1:24
they was like, "Yeah, but we got to wait
1:26
And I'll never forget cuz we laugh I
1:28
laugh about this to this day.
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>> Me and Steph used to hang out every day.
1:32
So, I'm like, "Man, where are you
1:33
going?" And at this point, I mean, I
1:34
understood what they wanted. Steph was
1:35
the number one player in the country. He
1:37
was the number one point guard in the
1:38
country. I was number two. Chauncey
1:40
Billups was number three. Wayne Turner
1:42
was number four. So, I was like, I
1:43
understood it. So, it wasn't like any
1:45
animosity. I understood it. But I was
1:46
just like, "Man, I'm ready to commit
1:48
right now." And they was like, "Yeah, we
1:49
going to wait for Steph." And I'll never
1:50
forget cuz I always tell him he did this
1:52
on purpose. So, I was like, "Well, I'm
1:54
about to sign next week. I want to go
1:55
into my senior year without worrying
1:57
about college. So, I signed with
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Providence on like a Tuesday and then
2:02
Steph signed with Georgia Tech like ON A
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AND JIM BOEHEIM was so hot and I never
2:11
forget my first Big East game was
2:16
>> And I had and I had 20 points and 12
2:18
assists and I was yelling at Boeheim, "I
2:19
told you. I told you you should have
2:21
took me. I told you you should have took
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>> So, that's why Syracuse
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>> Oh, man. That's too good. Wow, yeah.
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Boeheim must have been so upset he
2:31
missed on both of you guys because of
2:33
>> was he was so mad. He was so mad.
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>> What an unbelievable conversation with
2:42
God Shammgod. That was so much fun. I
2:44
could talk old school Big East with guys
2:46
every single day and not get sick of it.
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