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Nasty
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DJ Wells
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Nasty
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DJ Wells
Nah, this is crazy.
Nasty
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DJ Wells
But they said it was nationwide.
Bubba Wallace
Just not in your hood. Your neighbor good, though. All right, man. We back another episode of Club five twenty podcast. I'm your host. My name is DJ Wells, man. We got a special, special guest in the building. We gonna introduce my man's lasso. To my far left, we got my dog Bishop B hitting out the prairies. How you. What, Nasty?
Nasty
What's happening, Nasty? Let's get to it, man.
Bubba Wallace
For sure, man. Camp, you know what I'm saying? Even though you keep your feet tonight, man, you got the AM ones on for sure. You know what I'm saying? Now, you grew up in Memphis, man. They rocking the black forces with the white laces out there, man.
Cam Jones
I don't know about the white laces. I had some black forces. I kept the black laces in there, though.
Bubba Wallace
Yeah, okay.
DJ Wells
Don't. Don't.
Nasty
I'm get you right, though, Ken. Welcome to the city.
Cam Jones
Okay.
Nasty
Welcome to the city.
Cam Jones
Appreciate that.
DJ Wells
Yeah, right.
Bubba Wallace
My dog, Young Nacho, Young T. He got you.
DJ Wells
What? I'm chilling, man. I'm chilling, bro. We got a newcomer to the league, man, to the association, man. So excited for him. Excited for his journey, man. Let you do the honors, dj.
Bubba Wallace
Come on, man. Welcome to his. Good to see you, Big Dog, man. All biggies, man. Hell, from Memphis, Tennessee, man, we got the one only Cam Jones in the building. Big Dog. Appreciate you sliding on us, man. And welcome to that My boy.
Cam Jones
Appreciate that. Appreciate y' all having me. I was excited to get on here for sure, man.
Bubba Wallace
I seen no saying, drafting. My boy said, nap Town, what's happening? I said, oh, yeah. He really tapped in because everybody else be like, I'm coming to Indianapolis.
DJ Wells
Yeah. I'm going to Indiana.
Cam Jones
Yeah.
Bubba Wallace
The city had to stay all the above, man. But welcome to that, man.
Cam Jones
Appreciate that.
Bubba Wallace
First of all, man, we gotta talk about your career, man. You went crazy and Marquette, man. But how did you get there, man? Going Crazy in Tennessee. What was that like hooping down there in Memphis, man?
Cam Jones
Man, growing up, Memphis had some good basketball, some good players that some went into the league. Some, you know, was good, very good college players. Growing up in Memphis, it was fun just being on the floor, being there. I knew I definitely wanted to get away with my college decision. It was actually crazy because my high school coach was old teammates with a coach who was on staff at Martette.
Bubba Wallace
Okay.
Cam Jones
And he basically ended up hitting them up. And then we went out there for a team camp. They recruited me for like a year, man. It took them a year to offer me. Now. I pretty much committed a week later. I knew that's why I was one. I knew that's where I wanted to go. Okay.
Nasty
I heard you play center at one point, bro.
Cam Jones
Yeah, I played center my senior high school, but I was the tallest player on the floor. For real. We had a big. We had a bigger football player, but he was a football player. He wasn't really, you know.
Nasty
Yeah, they own everybody football. I'm in everybody basketball team. He couldn't hoop. For real, though.
Cam Jones
He wasn't hoop won his main sport.
Bubba Wallace
He was.
Cam Jones
He had Clemson for football right now, so. Oh, yeah, he doing his thing.
DJ Wells
Yeah, he cool.
Bubba Wallace
He had a lot of play football.
Nasty
Get in here and foul my boy.
Cam Jones
Yeah, I definitely played the five, man. Did big man drills every day in practice with the skills balls. But it's crazy how that translated. Cause I made. I shot hella jump hooks this past year. Like just jump hook and spin jump hooks and you know, it was kind of just automatic just from all the work I put in that year.
Nasty
So did you play 1 and 5 in high school or did your coach let you know be?
Cam Jones
Yeah, a little bit. We had a younger point guard that was pretty good. So he had the ball most of the time.
Nasty
Okay, okay.
DJ Wells
That's crazy. He went from center to actually being a point guard. Now I'm about to be a point guard in the NBA. Ain't no way in hell a coach could have told me to play center.
Nasty
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I'm trying to figure out how you was finessing that, bro, with your game.
Cam Jones
I ain't gonna lie, bro. I was getting double like in the post, catching the post catch. Instant double like. Gotta make it work.
Nasty
Nah, bro, I ain't gonna lie, bro. I swear to God, you my new favorite player, bro. I didn' that, bro. For you play center, make it to the NBA as a pg, bro. That's a hell Of a journey, bro.
Bubba Wallace
I thought he was posted.
DJ Wells
I thought he was just jumping center and bringing the ball, you know, I.
Nasty
Mean going to the post, you might get the post cuz you bigger than everybody, you feel me? I got a smaller guard, but that for you to be a straight center. We got this guard. We don't need you bringing the ball.
Cam Jones
I used to bring it, I brought it up. I ain't bring it up that much. Sometimes I get a rebound and take it. But yeah, we coach used to be like four round cam. We trying to feed it.
DJ Wells
Wow, that's crazy. I ain't know.
Nasty
Wait, you, you got recruited? What if I au.
DJ Wells
Yeah, okay. It was different.
Nasty
Au, bro, you gotta. Look, I'm sorry, I don't wanna get ahead, but you gotta explain that it was different.
Cam Jones
I played like the one two aau.
Nasty
Ah, okay, okay. Cause I'm trying to figure out how the fuck you got recruited.
Bubba Wallace
Four decades of high school.
DJ Wells
Yeah, we need help.
Bubba Wallace
Six' four center.
DJ Wells
I was like, yeah. I was like, no wonder it took them a year to a see something. Hey.
Nasty
Oh, damn.
Cam Jones
It was fun though. It was definitely fun.
Nasty
Yeah.
Bubba Wallace
And I respect your mindset, bro. Cause you really locked in. For you to be like, hey, I'm going Marquette, bro, but you got another point guard, feed me the ball. I would have had a problem.
DJ Wells
Yeah, I would have been like, he got to come off the bench, coach. I got to play the five. I'm not, I'm playing the one, bro.
Nasty
We never heard that in my life, bro. We have sat down. I've known hella basketball players before. You destroy it. Play center in high school and run.
DJ Wells
The one to add you.
Nasty
You different, bro.
Cam Jones
Appreciate that.
DJ Wells
But for real, that probably helped you though a lot. Cuz you probably became a good rebounder.
Cam Jones
Most definite.
DJ Wells
You know what I mean? You can see the floor. You can play multiple positions. You probably know one through five obviously, but that probably helps your game expand. Definitely.
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure. Especially in the paint. Like scoring in the paint, finishing. Yeah, most definitely.
Nasty
Dang.
Bubba Wallace
That's Markel.
Nasty
Was the main people on you or did you have any other looks?
Cam Jones
I had some good mid majors. Okay. But yeah, I kind of. I knew I wanted to go high major and I knew it was possible for me. So once Martell offered, I was like, yeah, this is pretty much where I want to go.
DJ Wells
Memphis didn't offer?
Cam Jones
No.
Nasty
Was Penny there then?
DJ Wells
Yeah, he had to be.
Cam Jones
Yeah, it's all right, bro. I ain't tripping.
Nasty
It happens, bro. It happens.
Bubba Wallace
Is there a rumor is this rumor any true that Wake Forest was interested in you?
Cam Jones
I think Wake Forest might have shown interest. They weren't recruiting me for real.
DJ Wells
Okay, yeah, don't worry about it. We make mistakes all the time.
Nasty
Did they give you the ball right away or you had to come in and. You know what I mean?
Cam Jones
Marquette, man, Coach Smart was. He really let us play. So like he kind of seen what I could do. Yeah, he'd go, man, once he seen what I could do a little bit, you know, he would pull me to the side as a freshman, like, yo, when you get the ball, go score, go be aggressive, okay? And yeah, he be talking shit like scoring his ass, Cam. Scoring him? Yeah, it's funny.
Nasty
Nah, that's a player's dream dog.
Cam Jones
Most definitely. He definitely a player's coach. Like he said that in the games, like I had a ball on the dude, Fry his ass, Fry his ass.
Nasty
Like just go, that's him.
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure.
DJ Wells
For sure. Kill him. I'd be like, kill her, Kill her.
Cam Jones
Like she don't want to go.
DJ Wells
Yeah, facts.
Bubba Wallace
Hey, that used to be the teen team catchphrase before Fitzpike.
DJ Wells
Kill her, kill her, bro, kill her.
Nasty
That's dope. Cause a lot of people, they say, well a lot of people that I didn't met through this shit, they was like, when they get to school it'd be different than the actual recruitment. It's like, damn bro, this ain't how you came to my house and told me how shit was going to be. So for you to have that instant.
DJ Wells
Love then, one of my kids getting recruited by Marquette, I might have to tell them the truth now.
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure.
DJ Wells
Yeah. That's funny.
Bubba Wallace
Obviously man, you went to Marquette for hoop movie, you know what I'm saying? Boxing, was that your first love too?
Cam Jones
Nah, that was my first love. I pretty much picked up love for it. Being around my dad, he liked to watch a lot of fights, a lot of big time fights. He grew up a huge Mayweather fan. Watching a lot of pay per views. Yeah, for sure. I pretty much, when I got to Milwaukee, was able to find a good coach. Coach angel up there. A good facility up there, you know, I was just training up there for years. Who your favorite fighter, man? Errol Spence.
Bubba Wallace
Okay.
DJ Wells
Damn.
Cam Jones
Yeah, his last fight was rough, man.
DJ Wells
He got the shit beat out of him. Shout out to him. Bud went crazy though.
Cam Jones
Bud did go crazy. Yeah. I rock with Spence though. It's some good up and coming young fighters too.
DJ Wells
Like who? Who you like?
Cam Jones
I'm in the box, I Like Moten.
DJ Wells
Okay.
Cam Jones
I like Abdullah Mason. He's probably.
DJ Wells
He nice though.
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure.
DJ Wells
I just hope. Nevermind he nice. What you hope? I just hope it continue and I hope he has some good fight. I hope he fights some good fighters. You know how I go like no shade to Tank Davis and them, but they don't really fight the best fighters all the time.
Cam Jones
I feel what you're saying. Like.
DJ Wells
Like Shakur, he fought some fighters, but he ain't fought nobody that really nice.
Cam Jones
Yeah, he waiting on that big time fight. At least it seemed like it.
DJ Wells
It seemed like it.
Cam Jones
Yeah. I like to. I like boots too, man. Boots is nasty.
Bubba Wallace
Oh, yeah.
Cam Jones
One on one, I'm solid. I just fart a few times.
Nasty
Nobody ever knocks you out.
Cam Jones
No, I ain't never. I ain't never been knocked down yet. Okay, okay.
Nasty
You're a big bro.
Bubba Wallace
Yeah, I know.
DJ Wells
Yeah. My boy, my boy. Evan Turner boxing now. We got sent me the footage, man. He told me, set up the celebrity match for him and slay him and Lance.
Nasty
That's some good ones right there.
DJ Wells
I was like, I asked them.
Cam Jones
Celebrity matches make money, bro.
DJ Wells
N straight up, they the real. They the real boxing right now.
Bubba Wallace
Boys has tapped in with that.
Cam Jones
Man, that Tson White fight had me weak.
DJ Wells
You too.
Bubba Wallace
The way he jabbed you.
DJ Wells
That fight was. I a know we was going to talk about that, but that was a classic fight. That was the stiffest jab ever seen fight, bro. I was.
Cam Jones
When he did the ring, war walked.
Nasty
In them kept going.
DJ Wells
He might have to be a reoccurred guest. He act like us, man. He might just have to come give an update on the season.
Cam Jones
I bet. I would gladly do that.
DJ Wells
Yeah, for sure, for sure, man.
Bubba Wallace
Obviously you had a great career with Marquette, man, but like you said, freshman year, got acclimated. What was that time where you felt like, all right, I'm ready now.
Cam Jones
This is my team, man. Right when that. It took me a while to get over that sweet 16 loss my junior year. And, man, I'm still getting over how we went out senior year. But yeah, once I got over, pretty much, you know, coach pulled me into his office and was like, yo, Cam, I'm not gonna go in a portal and fish for no point guard. Cause I think there's something you can do for us at this level, for this team. So, man, I put in a hell of work over the summer, working on my game, watching individual film with teammates, getting our two man game, right? Learning how, you know, learning more about them as people. Learning more about what they like, what they like to do on the floor. And we was able to just, you know, go out there and do our thing. It was a lot of fun, for sure.
Bubba Wallace
Most definitely Big Easy. Definitely not an easy conference to play. What was one of your favorite games? One of your hot. Your favorite moments in college, you know what I'm saying? Obviously, you went crazy.
Cam Jones
Oh, just in college in general. Probably getting the triple double against Purdue, because Purdue, we owed them. They had beat us my sophomore year. We pretty much had them. We played them here, gave that game away. Then we lost to them in the Maui Classic Championship. That was painful. Very painful. It was. It's a story behind that. But, yeah, so we played in my senior year, and we was like, bro, y' all not beating us, bro. So that was pretty much our mindset.
Bubba Wallace
For y' all not to be the same conference for y' all to play em three times. It's crazy.
DJ Wells
It's crazy.
Cam Jones
Yeah. We turn it into a home and home after the Maui game. So my senior year. And they gonna play him here this year coming up.
Nasty
Okay. Okay.
DJ Wells
I watched y' all playing. We got a kid named Ryan. Damn. What's Ryan's last name?
Bubba Wallace
Conwell. I don't know.
DJ Wells
Yeah, Ryan Conwell.
Cam Jones
He a pike kid.
Bubba Wallace
Yeah.
DJ Wells
But I seen y' all have a little duel in the Garden.
Cam Jones
A real dude.
DJ Wells
Yeah, y'.
Nasty
All.
DJ Wells
Y' all going crazy.
Cam Jones
Yeah, I hate our opponents, honestly.
DJ Wells
Damn.
Cam Jones
I ain't gonna lie. He was front.
DJ Wells
Yeah, he was going crazy. He had 38.
Cam Jones
Yeah, y' all both was going that, uh, like 26. A few assists.
Nasty
Okay.
DJ Wells
Yeah, they had a duel. I was like, damn. I had seen you play before that, but I was watching Ryan. I ain't gonna lie.
Cam Jones
I was watching Ryan.
DJ Wells
Cause he little bro. And I was just like, damn. Damn. Hey, they going at it, bro.
Cam Jones
He was not missing, bro. Dendro. All threes, facts they was having.
Nasty
That was one of your toughest matchups.
Cam Jones
Right there this past season. Yeah, I liked Luis or Luis from St. John's he was all right.
DJ Wells
Yeah.
Cam Jones
Yeah, man. The Big east, like you said, Big East, a tough conference. It's always tough every year, like, even, like, Seton Hall. Only win in the conference was against UConn. It's really like no game. You could just pull up and just BS Your way through.
Nasty
Yeah, Yeah.
DJ Wells
I be mad as hell. UConn, the yellow won one game against us. Like, yeah.
Cam Jones
In fact, they. Man, that ain't the first time they lost to C N all, honestly.
DJ Wells
But, yeah, it gets tricky.
Bubba Wallace
In the Big East.
Cam Jones
Back to back. Chance. Yeah.
Nasty
Could you play for a coach like that?
Cam Jones
Coach Early.
Nasty
Yeah. Keep it real.
DJ Wells
Yeah.
Cam Jones
I feel like he loves his players. I mean, he just a little. He got a little screw loose. All coaches gotta have a little screw loose. Especially in college, bro. Yeah, he different. Yeah. Obviously I'm not too fond of him, but, you know, I'm rocking with Coach Smart.
Nasty
Nah. Yeah, yeah, I was just saying that. Style.
Cam Jones
Yeah, sure. Yeah, he be on one. Yeah.
Nasty
I'm trying to get him to start acting like that. That's why.
DJ Wells
Nah, you ain't gonna do that. You ain't got that too cool, bro. I cuss you out. I say I'll make the joke afterwards. Like, boy, you sad as heck. All right.
Bubba Wallace
Boy, you look ugly.
DJ Wells
Ugly.
Cam Jones
That clip Bill was like. He was like, your stats. Don't worry about your stats because they suck, quite frankly.
DJ Wells
Yeah, that's me. That's me. Hey, boy, y' all all trash. That's what I be. Ain't none of y' all going to the NBA tomorrow, bro. They be like, what I'm like, y' all. They sophomore. Duh. Right?
Nasty
That don't even make sense.
DJ Wells
Like, none of y' all going to the league tomorrow. They be like, duh, I'm going to class. You stupid. Shout out to them boys, man. Sure.
Bubba Wallace
For sure. All right, man, before you leave off, Marquette, man, talk about the nil, man. What was that like, that first moment?
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Cam Jones
Nil was crazy, bro.
DJ Wells
Yeah.
Cam Jones
Yeah.
DJ Wells
It's the first time we got some real love about the Nil.
Cam Jones
Yeah, Nil was crazy.
Bubba Wallace
You fall 20 now.
Cam Jones
Yeah, nil was good, man. It was ran. It was ran real well at Marquette. Had a very good collective, very good people in doing that job in that profession, you know, Nil people to help put your name out there, get you brand deals or whatever. It was love, man, for sure.
Bubba Wallace
Nah, that's fire. When I seen my boy doing the Crush commercial, I said, okay, they tapped in now.
DJ Wells
Yeah, for sure.
Cam Jones
Yeah, that was love. That Crush commercial was love.
Bubba Wallace
It was bad.
Cam Jones
They chose a rough time. My cut was ass.
Bubba Wallace
But, hey, let you get prepared.
Cam Jones
Nah.
DJ Wells
Yeah, as long as you got it done, man.
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure. It was all good.
DJ Wells
Let me ask you this. Cause Marquette brand Jordan, right?
Bubba Wallace
Yeah. What's that like?
DJ Wells
Did Y' all get PEs? Y' all get special PEs. You got PEs every year, man. What y' all get?
Cam Jones
We got some sixes, some ones, some low ones, some fours and like some. Ooh, them fours crazy. 30. Like some 38s or something.
DJ Wells
Them fours is crazy.
Nasty
What color is the fours?
Cam Jones
The fours and the ones, I could pull them up. They like. They got all Martell colors on.
Bubba Wallace
Yeah, he gonna pull them up real quick.
DJ Wells
I hope it ain't the fours I'm thinking about.
Bubba Wallace
Yeah, I think it is. The pes that they got. Is it these fours?
DJ Wells
I hope it ain't the fours. I'm thinking of the blue ones.
Bubba Wallace
Yeah, I think the yellow, the.
DJ Wells
The m on the 12A joints.
Cam Jones
I ain't seen them. I think it.
DJ Wells
Them right there.
Cam Jones
Yeah, I think it is.
DJ Wells
Oh, is it them?
Bubba Wallace
We got them.
Nasty
Oh, them crazy.
Cam Jones
Hold on. I don't know. I don't know if you might not got them.
DJ Wells
Yeah, you ain't get them. You ain't get them. You don't know. You don't know if you got them threes.
Nasty
Nasty.
Cam Jones
I ain't seen them fours in long ass.
Bubba Wallace
You gotta tap in, man. You got Marquette take care of my boy.
DJ Wells
If I didn't, man is fire. Hold on, hold on.
Bubba Wallace
Tap in.
DJ Wells
Sure.
Bubba Wallace
Now that's a far part. Going to a Georgia school, they be lazy.
Cam Jones
These it right here.
Bubba Wallace
Ooh, did not see them.
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure.
Bubba Wallace
Them tough.
Nasty
Them freaky.
DJ Wells
Them the yellow ones right there.
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure.
Nasty
Damn. Little lemon.
DJ Wells
All right. Yeah, them different right there.
Bubba Wallace
You know how nasty you got to.
DJ Wells
Be to wear a rare PE with some little.
Cam Jones
That's od.
DJ Wells
Nah, nothing, nothing. Them all right though, right there.
Cam Jones
Yeah, I ride with them. Them fours you talking about. I think a few like a while ago they got them.
DJ Wells
Ah, yeah, them. Them are kept them crazy.
Cam Jones
Yeah, I need them feeling fire. Yeah, for sure.
Bubba Wallace
Nah, them crazy, obviously. Man, you declare. How was that, that pre draft workout? What was that like, man?
Cam Jones
Man, my pre draft experience was a little interesting. Cause I got hurt in the combine. I had a grade 2 hamstring strain or tear, sat out for a few weeks. Then I was able to go to a few pre draft workouts and do like one on no shooting. So I was just pretty much there on the sidelines like giving energy, talking shit, just encouraging people. But yeah, it was cool. And then I shot at the end to work out, so it was a pretty cool pre drive process.
Bubba Wallace
So it was getting kind of similar to you. You're gonna say you had to sit at the last couple stops.
DJ Wells
That was mine right there. I had a sprained my mcl. I had a grade two sprain in my mcl. I had to sit out like that. I didn't really do no shooting drills or nothing, but very similar to yours.
Cam Jones
You went to some?
DJ Wells
Yeah, I went to Philly the day before the draft and I shot in Indiana. That was it.
Nasty
How many stops you do?
Cam Jones
Seven.
Nasty
Oh, damn. You went on a real tour?
Cam Jones
Yeah, real tour.
Nasty
Oh, wow. All right, you in the league now, man. So what's something you feel like you can work on on your game? What's one of your weaknesses?
Cam Jones
Man, first and foremost is getting stronger, getting my body stronger, you know, this dude's been in the league a long time. Bodies are much more mature. They know how to train. So you know, that's one area making sure. Just getting faster, getting stronger. Making sure my body's prepared and just cleaning everything up with both hands, passing, finishing around the rim, you know, my lateral movement for defense and. Cause, you know we finna be picking up full.
DJ Wells
Yeah, yeah.
Cam Jones
You know, just constantly working on that, getting reps in that, you know. Cause I'm looking forward to, you know, I'm already doing it. Just adapting to the pace of way and, you know, really embodying that and embodying what that means for sure.
Bubba Wallace
Obviously, we know you got drafted by the pace. I want to ask you.
Nasty
I ain't never seen a nigga catch up on.
DJ Wells
Hey, why you trying to make it.
Cam Jones
Why you trying to make it work?
Nasty
Dirt. Damn. Praise D. That's that mom. There it is, Mike.
DJ Wells
We got it. Griffy laughing hard back there rolling. My fault. This ain't about me, man. This ain't no.
Nasty
This about Cam today, man.
DJ Wells
You talking about King Griffey. He going in. All right.
Bubba Wallace
All right. But we know you got drafted by.
DJ Wells
The fact Rose, Rob, right?
Bubba Wallace
Now, where did you think you might go? Did you have any teams that was interested in you or any idea where you might got drafted at?
DJ Wells
Oh, a promise.
Cam Jones
I didn't get a promise. Well, I knew I was going to Indiana when they traded up to get 38. I kind of talked that out with my agent. We think this is a good spot for me to be at, and it's somewhere I wanted to go, but, like, I only wanted to. Well, not wanted to, I guess preferred. I really didn't care where I went. But if you would have had to ask me, it was a few teams that I preferred. Indiana was one of them for sure.
DJ Wells
So I try to get him.
Bubba Wallace
He's somewhere around.
Nasty
That's a cool way to do a Cam.
DJ Wells
Swat, motherfucker.
Nasty
I try to bring it in like a lightning bug.
Bubba Wallace
That's two.
DJ Wells
That's two. Hurry up. Listen, y' all know, I forget we on a. All right, that's two.
Bubba Wallace
But it's funny because your style of play is, like, perfect for the Patriots. Obviously, man. You in college getting awards. It's this turnover ratio. A team that gets up and down the court. Obviously you can make good decisions, man. You watch the team obviously in the finals, man, just like I can lock in with them for sure.
Cam Jones
Yeah, most definitely. That's what I was thinking, watching them the whole playoffs. Like, you know, I rock with this system. Just how they running and playing. Similar. A lot similar to Marquette.
Nasty
Yeah, you gonna get a Lot of opportunity.
DJ Wells
You gonna get an opportunity. I was about to say it's a big opportunity. With Tyrese being out for the season, obviously they got TJ McConnell and they probably got some other guards that we not thinking of right now. I'm not sure who they picked up. They probably picked up somebody in free agency. But you're gonna have a big opportunity though.
Nasty
It's open for you.
Bubba Wallace
That's one thing about this I wish you would have came pause on different circumstances, you know what I'm saying? A lot of turmoil going on right now, but you definitely get a chance to play. I love that for you, my boy.
Cam Jones
Yeah, looking forward to summer league getting to know those guys and building those relationships on the floor.
Bubba Wallace
Most definitely. Hey, summer league, man. We was talking about the OG days. Boyce used to hooping at Orlando side gym. That was low key to fire in summer league situation.
DJ Wells
Pacers used to play in that too. Yeah, yeah.
Cam Jones
I don't n everybody in Vegas now.
Bubba Wallace
Oh, it's another one too. Like in Utah still Utah.
DJ Wells
Y' all going to Vegas, right? Yeah, yeah. Y got be there for woo.
Cam Jones
Well be ready for that weather boy out there.
Bubba Wallace
Two weeks.
Nasty
Yeah.
Cam Jones
Just wear the beater for sure.
Nasty
Out. That's my swag.
DJ Wells
Real baby boy. Swag.
Bubba Wallace
If you wear the beater, you definitely.
DJ Wells
Need a black forever.
Nasty
Don't wear no gray beater.
DJ Wells
He got a black one.
Nasty
You got a gray beater. I knew that had a great beater. That's crazy. No gray beaters in that. No gray beaters for the family union at the crib.
Cam Jones
I'm gonna lock in. I normally. I keep the. I keep like. I order fresh packs on rotation. I'm gonna just slide the gray ones off.
DJ Wells
Just gonna hang white, bro. Okay.
Nasty
Ordering a multicolor package of beaters is crazy. Okay. If you are not 55.
DJ Wells
A gray beater, like white draw.
Cam Jones
Yeah, it's a. I get black. A pack of black, a pack of white, and then it's a. It's another pack like with variety in there.
Bubba Wallace
Okay.
DJ Wells
Yeah, we going to cut the variety.
Bubba Wallace
Yeah, we.
DJ Wells
No more zombies. The variety pack gotta go. Just add extra white with it though.
Bubba Wallace
Hey, man, we heard it right away, man. You a big R B guy, man. Who one of your favorite R and B artist who you rocking right now.
DJ Wells
Man?
Cam Jones
Ride way. My favorite of all time.
DJ Wells
Okay, That's. That's okay.
Nasty
Yep. My new favorite player, bro. We locked in, bro.
Bubba Wallace
You cannot be wearing a gray beater listening to R Way, bro. We going to call the hotline, make sure you okay?
Nasty
That outside singing. Great light.
DJ Wells
But it don't seem right. And the great beater crazy with some.
Cam Jones
Forces that would be weak.
Nasty
What about old school R and B, anybody you grew up on Mike's old.
Cam Jones
Some bullshit today. What?
DJ Wells
What's old to us, though? Praise like.
Nasty
That's why I'm trying to. He about to age us, so go ahead.
Cam Jones
I was just. You, I f G.
Nasty
Hey, all my.
Bubba Wallace
Mama.
Nasty
You good no matter what.
DJ Wells
This he is officially part of.
Nasty
Why he was over here looking nervous. You was confusing me. But don't ever be ashamed to say we scream chaos on here.
Bubba Wallace
20K, do you have your passport? Do you have your shots?
Nasty
He is part of the team 5:20k, my guy.
Bubba Wallace
Listen, man, Kels did what he did, boy. He started to go. We don't.
DJ Wells
We don't celebrate.
Nasty
I said, listen. He tell you, listen, man. Robert did that.
DJ Wells
Yeah, we don't like Robert.
Nasty
Give Robert the chair. Just bring Kelly back at AI version.
DJ Wells
Yeah, we just want R. Kelly. We don't want Robert.
Nasty
We don't want Robert. We don't care about Robert did that. He was over here like, oh, Lord.
DJ Wells
Yeah, you can say it on here. Because we can rock with R. Kelly. We don't rock with Robert.
Bubba Wallace
We don't rock with Robert. Default Robert R. Kelly, he still gets locked in the weird boy show.
Nasty
How you feel about the rappers, though, man? From your city?
Bubba Wallace
Like, got some dope ones from Memphis.
Cam Jones
Yeah, it is definitely a good amount.
Nasty
Is that like, a thing? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, I know yo Gotti does his birthday bash and stuff there, but y' all got bag. Y' all got youngster, Y' all got glow.
DJ Wells
Come on.
Bubba Wallace
Dolph.
Nasty
Dolph, everybody, bro.
Cam Jones
Glock for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Keeglock one of them that I can get into. Poosheisty, real catchy. Free Poosheisty Emmy. Still lucky.
DJ Wells
Still. Yeah.
Bubba Wallace
He live his raps.
DJ Wells
Yeah, boy still come on. He on his way, though.
Nasty
I just didn't know what I wanted to add, like, what that music scene was like, though.
Cam Jones
Like, man, it was like around my junior senior year of high school, Memphis was on a crazy run. Yeah. All these people that you just named was kind of on the up, up and coming. That's all you heard. Just in cars, riding around throughout the day in the gym. Yeah, I ain't gonna lie. When I'm in the gym, I'm more of a, like, a mellow type guy. Like, I play like, no cap. I play Kels in there. Drake.
DJ Wells
Yeah.
Nasty
Yeah, yeah.
DJ Wells
Okay.
Cam Jones
But when I didn't have the orc, especially in Memphis, you know, it wasn't that. So I learned a lot of songs from that. So, yeah, I definitely learned about a few artists just listening around.
Nasty
Okay, okay.
DJ Wells
Yeah, chill. He chill. He like us. He like me more like, they like. They like new shit. I don't like nothing new.
Nasty
I love Rod Wave.
DJ Wells
I like Rod Wave.
Nasty
NBA.
Cam Jones
I'm rolling, bro.
DJ Wells
He gets no play in my ride. It ain't no disrespect. I don't know him yet. I ain't tapped in my playlist. Don't go past 2007.
Nasty
Yeah, get wicked, bro.
DJ Wells
You come to one of my parties. You invited. But it's definitely.
Nasty
What was you born in? 0102 02.
Cam Jones
Oh, yeah, bro.
DJ Wells
When you was born, boy, I was turning.
Bubba Wallace
I was turning.
DJ Wells
I was going crazy, boy. I was listening to Lil John. Oh, what, the Click.
Nasty
B in China White? What?
DJ Wells
We was going crazy. Damn. 2002.
Nasty
We. Oh, his.
Bubba Wallace
That was an anthem for a lot of ass whoopings.
DJ Wells
Damn. What? 2002? He's what, seventh, eighth grade?
Nasty
Yeah.
DJ Wells
Dang.
Cam Jones
Literally crazy times, man.
DJ Wells
If I went to school, I want 03. You want 02?
Nasty
02?
DJ Wells
Yeah.
Cam Jones
No.
Nasty
Damn.
Bubba Wallace
King, growing up in Memphis, was you a Grizzly fan by chance or what team? Who'd you rock with?
Cam Jones
I was never really a Grizzlies fan. I kind of grew up a players guy.
Bubba Wallace
Okay.
Cam Jones
I used to like Kobe a lot, for sure. Steph. So those are my top two players that I really liked. But that grit and grind era was. It was cool like that with Tony Allen. Them. Tony Allen, Zach Randolph, Marcus, that big three. Yeah. They turned Memphis up for real.
DJ Wells
They really did.
Nasty
Mike Conley from our city.
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure.
DJ Wells
I heard.
Cam Jones
Yeah, he from Shout Out. Mike.
Nasty
They had a crazy run. Who you would model your game after, or do you see yourself similar to anybody in the league right now?
Cam Jones
Yeah, for sure. I was thinking, like, in my interviews, I always gave comps like Derrick White.
Nasty
Okay.
Cam Jones
Kind of like a. I was in my interviews, I was actually saying Nemhardt, kind of guys like that, that can play the one and the two, do what you need. Can catch and shoot.
Nasty
Okay.
Cam Jones
Can handle the ball. Make the right. Play with the ball, don't turn it over. Those are two of my main guys, for sure, man.
DJ Wells
That's a valuable player right now. I ain't gonna lie. Everybody want a Derrick White or a Nemhardt. So the Mario game after them. Yeah, you definitely them are the ones guaranteed Bags, baby. All them people that can guard multiple positions and play multiple positions.
Cam Jones
People love them most definitely, man.
Bubba Wallace
Before we got out of here, T, you got any advice for the youngster? Man, going into his rookie year, man.
DJ Wells
Be the first in the gym, last to leave. That's just like be a gym rat. Like, I swear to God, everything that you thinking you want to do is gonna be there in year 10, 12, 15, 20. My biggest advice, the girls ain't going nowhere. That was my kryptonite. I lived in Atlanta as a rookie, I went out. So I'm telling you, they gonna be there in the summer, they gonna be there everywhere. So throughout that year, stay in the gym. First to leave. I mean, first to first to get there. Last week I was the first to leave. Don't be me. The first, the first to get there, last to leave, every single time, man. Live in the gym, bro.
Cam Jones
Yeah, definitely. I'm gonna do that.
DJ Wells
Yeah. Living there, bro. It ain't nothing else to do. Especially you and Indy. I'm gonna tell you, you can call us anytime we be down here. We'd be chilling, but we'll come shoot with you too. I'll probably bust your ass in one on one still.
Cam Jones
Okay?
DJ Wells
We gonna see that shit light. Oh, listen, listen. I'm old, but I still can hoop.
Cam Jones
Sure.
DJ Wells
No, but just live in the gym, bro. All jokes aside, bro, that's why Indiana like a perfect place to come. Because it ain't too much going on, you still can get out and but live in the gym.
Nasty
Call me for all your off court activities, bro.
Bubba Wallace
Yeah, so yeah, bro, you got any questions, bro, you need to know where to go, where to eat. We got you, bro. Just step here, bro. Make sure you take care of the show, man.
Cam Jones
Yeah, I appreciate y' all having me on, man.
Nasty
It's easy, bro.
DJ Wells
Everybody in the city gonna rock with you too. Just cause you came, man. A lot of people don't come on the show when they first get here, you know what I mean? They don't do that.
Nasty
You're actually the first Pacer. We said you are.
DJ Wells
You are the first Pacer. So second. Who else? Miles. Miles sat down. Miles?
Nasty
Our guy Miles had the script in his head. He's planning on leaving anyway. We hope you stay here for at least 10 years.
DJ Wells
You know I'm happy for you, Congratulations. But we got a new Pacer in the building.
Bubba Wallace
Come on, man.
Cam Jones
Appreciate it.
Bubba Wallace
Tennis squid, man. You know what I'm saying? Pacer, friend, flight, man. Happy to have you, man.
DJ Wells
What number we gonna wear Crazy seven.
Bubba Wallace
Okay, okay. Big number.
DJ Wells
Yeah, it is number in our city. Held that seven down, didn't he?
Nasty
Yeah. Defensive player of the year.
Bubba Wallace
Big seven.
DJ Wells
All NBA in that seven.
Nasty
Yeah.
Cam Jones
That's why I'm gonna be a gym rat.
DJ Wells
Yeah, you gotta be a gym rat. Hold that seven down. Don't pull that 44 out.
Nasty
You don't want that 44 league.
Bubba Wallace
Now that be fire.
Nasty
Go.
DJ Wells
Crazy 44 legendary. Boy. Leave that one alone.
Bubba Wallace
For sure, man. City Love the cat, man. Tap in, man. Have a great summer league. Have a great rookie year, man. We going to be rooting for you. Can't wait to see you on board, man.
DJ Wells
Along the whole journey, bro.
Nasty
We'll see you down there too, bro.
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Club 520 Podcast Summary: Episode Featuring Cam Jones on Pacers NBA Draft, High School Career, and Derrick White Comparison
Podcast Information:
The episode begins with DJ Wells introducing the special guest, Cam Jones, a newly drafted player for the Indiana Pacers. The hosts express excitement about Cam joining the league and the association, setting a welcoming tone for the conversation.
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Cam Jones discusses his high school basketball career in Memphis, highlighting his transition from playing center to point guard. He shares insights into his recruitment process, influenced by his high school coach’s connections with Marquette’s coaching staff.
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Cam elaborates on his time at Marquette, mentioning the competitive environment in the Big East Conference. He reflects on key moments, such as a standout triple-double game against Purdue and the emotional impact of their Sweet 16 loss. Cam praises Coach Smart for his player-centric approach and how it helped him develop as a versatile guard.
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The conversation shifts to Cam’s pre-draft experience, where he faced a hamstring injury that limited his participation in workouts. Despite the setback, Cam remained optimistic and engaged with the draft process, ultimately being selected by the Indiana Pacers. He discusses his draft night strategy and how he and his agent navigated the draft to secure a favorable position.
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The hosts delve into Cam’s NIL experience at Marquette, praising the program's support in securing brand deals and enhancing his personal brand. Cam shares his positive interactions with NIL representatives and how it benefited his marketability.
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Cam discusses his basketball philosophy and draws comparisons to Derrick White, emphasizing versatility, ball-handling, and defensive prowess. He admires White's ability to play both guard positions and his effectiveness on both ends of the floor.
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The hosts provide insights into what Cam can expect as he joins the Indiana Pacers. They discuss the team’s current roster, the impact of Tyrese Haliburton's absence, and the opportunities Cam has to establish himself in a supportive environment. The importance of staying dedicated to training and being a "gym rat" is emphasized.
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The conversation takes a lighter turn as the hosts and Cam discuss personal interests, including boxing, favorite fighters, and music preferences. Cam reveals his love for boxing, influenced by his father’s fandom, and shares his favorite fighters like Errol Spence and Abdullah Mason. They also touch on R&B music, reflecting on the artists that have shaped their tastes.
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As the episode winds down, the hosts offer Cam advice for his rookie season, emphasizing the importance of hard work, dedication, and maintaining focus amidst distractions. They express their support and excitement for his journey with the Pacers, encouraging him to leverage the opportunities ahead.
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Versatility in Play: Cam Jones’ transition from center to point guard highlights the importance of adaptability in basketball. His ability to handle multiple positions makes him a valuable asset.
Supportive Coaching: The influence of Coach Smart at Marquette played a crucial role in Cam’s development, showcasing the significance of player-coach relationships.
NIL Impact: Effective NIL programs can significantly enhance a player's marketability and provide valuable brand partnerships, as evidenced by Cam’s positive experience.
Preparation and Dedication: The hosts stress the importance of relentless training and dedication, advising Cam to embody the “gym rat” mentality to succeed in the NBA.
Cultural Integration: Cam’s interests in boxing and R&B music provide a well-rounded persona, indicating the diverse interests athletes often maintain outside of their sport.
This episode of the Club 520 Podcast offers an in-depth look into Cam Jones’ journey from a versatile high school player in Memphis to a promising rookie in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers. Through engaging discussions, Cam shares his experiences, challenges, and aspirations, while the hosts provide valuable insights and support. The episode not only highlights Cam’s basketball prowess but also his personal growth and readiness to make an impact in the league.
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