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Giannis says he showed up EARLY to work out with Kobe, and the Black Mamba made him pay for it “Working out with Kobe, I showed up before him. I love that I did it, but it was a mistake” “Kobe came and said, ‘What are we gonna do?’ I said, ‘Whatever you tell me to do.’ He said, ‘Go right, make 25.’ I usually make four or five. I said, ‘Yeah… make 25.’ I made 25. ‘Okay, go left, 25.’ Then, ‘Go right, two dribbles’” “We worked out for two hours, intense, and I’m thinking, I shouldn’t have shot before this, I’m tired, I wanted to show him my best version” “But here’s what players won’t do today: they won’t be vulnerable. They won’t show weakness, or show appreciation to somebody better. If you always think you’re the best, you can never learn” “I had my notebook, I asked a lot of questions, he answered every single one, and never made me feel like we were running out of time. It was one of the best experience in my career”

Rookie Giannis says he didn’t know what a “per diem” was, so he pocketed the cash, rented a limousine, and took his whole family to Walmart “They had this limousine in front of the Pfister, I’d never seen a limousine. I went inside and asked if I can order food. They gave me a “per diem” but I didn’t know what a “per diem” was” “I said, ‘Oh, this is my money.’ They said, ‘Yes, your money.’ I put it in my pocket. Then I asked, ‘Can I order room service?’ He said yes but he meant with the “per diem.” I didn’t know” “So I ordered everything, ice cream, pizza, chicken wings. Everything I couldn’t have as an athlete, I wanted it” “Then when I picked up my family from Chicago, I called my agent: ‘Can you get me a limousine?’ He said, ‘Why?’ I said, ‘Because I want my family to have the same experience I had’” “So I took them in a limousine, but I didn’t know where to take them. I said, ‘Mom, what do you want to do?’ She said, ‘Let’s get groceries.’ We went in a limousine… to Walmart. Southside Walmart”

Allen Iverson says he scored 55, then got suspended the next game because somebody told his coach they saw him out at 5AM “Let me tell you what this dude [Jim O’Brien] did to me. I had 55 in the game the night before, then he called me in his office” “My friend said he seen you out at 5 in the morning last night. I’m suspending you for the game in Miami. I mean… you trying to keep us from winning too?”

Giannis says never ever let your lawyer, agent, and financial advisor meet “They should never be boys, cool. Because then they can keep one another accountable” “Oh, that guy’s doing X, Y, Z wrong, your lawyer can look at your agent’s contract, he put this in so he benefits, not you”

Dwyane Wade says he gave up $20,000,000 to team up with LeBron only to learn one brutal lesson: you can never get that money back “Part of me was a little pissed, I’m human, I don’t want to lose the best player in the game” “Now I gotta figure out my future, because I've given up a lot of my startup, and I've given up my place for you to step in and help lead us” “Money don't come back people, you can make more but you ain't getting that money back, you can’t recruit that money”