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Does anyone know what show they've come to see? It's a story so about the scariest.
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Night of my life.
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This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Everyone thinks they'd never join a cult, but it happens all the time to people just like you and people just like us. I'm Lilla Blanc. And I'm Megan Elizabeth. We're the hosts of Trust Me, a podcast about cults, manipulation and the psychology of belief. Each week we talk to fellow survivors, former believers and experts to understand why people get pulled in and how they get out. Trust Me. New episodes every Wednesday on Exactly right. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Hold up.
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Every day, I wake up. Wake your ass up. The Breakfast Club.
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Y' all finished or y' all done?
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Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Lola Rosas here as well. We got a special guest in the building.
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Yes, indeed.
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Training to the NBA players and a host of other things he has going on. Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Brickley.
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Welcome back, man. Thanks for having me.
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How you feeling?
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I feel great. You know, I feel like coming to this show three times, it means, like, you're doing something right. To me, this is the dopest show. Got the biggest platform. What you guys do is amazing. So to come three times, it's dope. I'm a little tired. Last night, I went on a little drive, went to my old apartments, just like, you know, kind of like, celebrate where I'm at right now. And, yeah, I'm just thankful in the moment.
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What's important. Why'd you decide to do that? Why you wanted to go back. Most people go forward.
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Yeah.
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Why'd you want to go back and.
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See where you so, you know, going on The Breakfast Club was cool for the third time, so I'm like, okay, I'm literally Gonna Drive to 106 in Columbus. Then I drove to. I lived in Cliffside park, and then so I drove to all these. Just. I do that just sometimes when I feel like I might be losing motivation just to get that back. And then also sometimes in celebration mode type thing. Yeah. Yeah.
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Now, for people that don't know who you are, you're an NBA trainer. You play basketball for Louisville.
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Yeah.
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And what got you into training basketball? Why do people feel like you are the trainer that they should work with? Cause you work. We've seen you work with people like, of course, Melo. We've seen you work with LeBron. We've seen you work with Harden, Westbrook, just to name a few. So why are you the person that people say, I gotta train with, Chris?
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Man, that's a great question. I thank God every day. I think at the end of the day, I'm a good person. I study my craft, and the players know I care. And also, I'd be dumb not to say luck comes with anything. Anyone really successful. Some type of luck needs to come along the way. Yeah. So how much of a player's development is mental versus physical? That's a great question. That's so many players that if you watch the workout, they wouldn't miss a shot and you'd be like, they should be in the NBA. They play in Europe. Cause when the game comes, they just become like a mental midget. Like, they miss a shot, then they just pack it in. So, yeah, the mental aspect is huge. So, like, my job is a. I'm a trainer, teaching players how to play, but then also teaching players, like, don't get too down. Hold yourself accountable. A lot of mental stuff. Yeah. So mental was a big part of it. Huge. Huge. So outside of mental, what else do you look at with a player when you're like, okay, this player's gonna be a star and it's gonna work? So there's two ways I go about it. So sometimes I'll work with a player and he's already all star. So in those aspects, they still want to get better, but they'll be like, study my game. Try and figure out what I need to get better at. I'll tell them what I think, and then we'll attack it. But then you have situations like Donovan Mitchell. So I started working with Donovan Mitchell. He had like 700 followers on Instagram. He was like, in 11th grade. Now he's an NBA superstar. So to like to do that and see that is super dope. I did that with Kyan Anthony, Cole Anthony, and Recently Sierra Future Junior. He's 11 years old. Russell Wilson hits me up and he's like, yo, I want you to do what you did to Kian Cole Donovan to my son. So he's been in the gym.
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But let me ask you, when you like a player like LeBron, right? Who's probably one of the best players ever? One of, right? What do you train him to make him better? Like, what can make him better? Like, what makes you, like, he's the goat?
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So, yeah, you're right. It's like, so a he can get better at things. Like, even great players, they always have some flaws in their game. Once we started working, LeBron was like, all right, I want you to watch film tonight, come over to the workout tomorrow, and tell me two things that I need to get better at. So this is, like, nerve wracking going to LeBron.
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He put you on the test.
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Yeah, he did. And so I gave him two things. He liked them and. Yeah. So there's always weaknesses. There's always weaknesses, even in the greats.
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Now you call LeBron the goat. People will be like, lebron's not the goat. Jordan is the goat. So why do you have lebron as.
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Your goat man over Jordan? He's scored the most points in NBA history. That's just a fact. He holds so many records. I mean, I feel like doing it in this era, with the social media and all that, all the hate. It's just a lot, what he's gone through. He's won championships with three teams. His. His brand is Giant, so is. Was Jordan's, but Now I'm Team LeBron all day. How do you feel when people be coming for Bronnie? It's messed up. We can swear on this, right? That's fucked up. Because the end of the day, he didn't choose to be LeBron's son. Like, he. He's a great. He's literally like a great kid. And you could tell, you know, it's like a little. It's a sore spot for the family. I wouldn't want someone messing with my kid. None of you guys would. But Bronny's actually really good. I think that. I think he's just gonna peak, like, in a year or two.
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Do you think he should be in the league? Cause that's your training for sure.
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Because people don't understand. Before his freshman year, he had that hard stuff, right? Like, I think he had, like a. Was it a seizure or he passed out, Something major. Couldn't. So he played, like, half the season. So, yeah, he's an NBA player. Yeah. What. What made you pivot to being a trainer? Right. Rather than pursuing a career? Being a player. Yeah. So obviously, I wanted to be an NBA player, but I wasn't good enough, so I couldn't. I couldn't. Yeah.
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Train all these players, but you couldn't train yourself, Chris?
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Yeah, Nah, nah. Training some of the best people, so I made the most of them. So I grew up in New Hampshire. You know, I still hold the record. Many records there. Played at Louisville. I had two NBA guys in front of me. And, yeah, I could have gone overseas, but I was like, I played for Rick Pitino. And then. So my two mentors are Rick Pitino and Phil Jackson, who's actually on the shirt, two of the greatest coaches to ever do it. And so I'm like, okay, if I have the opportunity to know these guys, let's attack this coaching thing. So I did the coaching thing. I'm like, nah, it's not for me. So then I started the training thing.
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Who was the first player that believed in you as a trader?
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Said, you know, J.R. smith. Shout out to J.R. that's one of my. Some of my close friends. My first year when I was with the Knicks I was making $300 a week. He let me stay in his crib, in his couch. So I. I stayed on JR's couch for the whole year. Shout out to JR for that. He didn't have to do that. Yeah. Yeah. JR's a good guy. Did you see recently Don Staley was talking about she interviewed to be the coach of the Knicks? Yeah. What do you think about that? I mean, I think it's fire that would have been so. Fire. That would have been so. You know what I mean? I don't know if I feel like they would have known how to protect her in the way she might have needed. Right. Everything that would have came her way. And I would have hated to have seen that. But I don't know much about sports. I just know what it's like being a black woman. Yeah. Nah, for sure. I'm. I wanted to get the job. I think soon enough there'll be a coach in the NBA that's a girl coach. They already had girl refs. It's kind of funny when the players yelling at them, but. Yeah, no, I think it's coming soon for sure. What's the most slept on player in NBA right now to you? Slept on right now in the league. So, like there's levels, I guess, but I would say Ty Jerome. Ty Jerome? Yeah. He's like a. Another kid. I guess I'm being biased. I've worked with him since like 8th grade and just to see that there's no better feeling working with a kid and watching him like achieve his dreams.
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No.
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Have you ever trained somebody that you knew they were just going to be trash after you, even after you. That maybe if I do like favorite workouts, like, but like for like someone's some celebrity son. Yo, Clue. Clue is overly confident. He's like delusionally confident. But so he has. But to be a grand. That is so funny. So to be a good shooter you need to be delusionally confident, but he's. He's just not a great shooter yet.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Who plays basket? Who takes basketball seriously?
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I do these rapper runs and it'll be a Drake Quavo Bieber. And who's there? He's there.
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No, no. Clue plays well. For real. Like, he comes really, like. Yes.
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Like, I know his outfits be matching all the time. What do you think about his jump.
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Shot when he goes like from the side? It goes in though. So you can.
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And he's probably gonna get mad at me for what I've said.
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Me too.
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He's a Good guy.
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I wanted to ask, you know, when you train these players and you look at somebody like LeBron or you look at somebody like Chris Paul that. That are, you know, 40 year old, but they still play good ball.
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Sure.
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Why do you think they're able to play so good at this age where a lot of players at the age of 32 got to tap out? Is it the training? Is it their body in shape, or is it their iq?
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When it comes to basketball, it's the way they're approached. Like. So LeBron will do an 8:00am workout. He shows up at 6:00am every single time. Say, we've worked out 20 times, 10:00am workout. He shows up at 8:00am like, he's just, like, prepared. And I think these guys, I think the ones that make it so it's like 10 years, super hard to make it past 10 years to do that. You got to sacrifice sometimes family time. You got to sacrifice a lot. Yeah, it's tough. So you got this new shoe. Yeah. Coming out. You ain't coming here with no sneakers. Not so you guys. Now you guys got. So Ben's also. That's dope, by the way. Yeah. Mercedes. So she. You know that when I was at FDU, I was the youngest Division 1 assistant. She was a coach. You know, she coached.
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That's how I met her. She was coaching, and she was coaching against my son.
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Okay.
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And that's how we actually met. And then she started coaching my son.
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Yeah.
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And she coached a bunch of players. Actually, two made him to the league for sure.
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So she gave me all you guys sizes. So you guys are gonna have next week. So I have your size? Yeah. Your size? Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Thanks, Chris. Those are fire. So this. So I want them to be basketball shoes that you could wear off the court. And I feel like, you know, you. It's in. Yeah. You could wear them. Did you design them yourself? Design them everything. So the leather. It's leather and suede, which is kind of rare for a basketball shoe. Shout out to Rihanna. She did, like, a leather and suede Puma shoe. And I was like, ah, that's dope. Nice. You guys know what brown street signs mean in New York City? No. So, you know, most of them are green, so a brown one means, like, an historical landmark. So I did brown. So the whole thing's like a ode to New York City. Nice. 1948 is when Puma started like, legacy and then street signs. But I did.
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My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious.
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Oh wait a minute, Sam.
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Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his Young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age. Tends even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not?
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Not.
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To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Hello, it's Danielle Fishel, Ryder Strong and.
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Will Friedle from Pod Meets World.
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And we're bringing you Viva Las Content.
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That's right, we are back in Las Vegas, the city of sin and giving the people what they want. A full week of Y2K content.
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Wait, we're back in Vegas? Tell me why.
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Well, for the Backstreet Boys residency, it's Sphere, of course.
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We sat down with Kevin Richardson and AJ McLean just minutes before they took the stage. And our very own Will Friedle basically became the newest member of the band.
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Boy band, please.
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Plus, the man who has the longest running comedy show on the strip joins us and gets his props. It's Carrot Top, baby.
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Us to talk about her upcoming sold out Vegas residency.
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It's a full week of nostalgic interviews you don't want to miss.
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Street signs, like names in my gym, certain things that mean something to me. So yeah, I hope they do. Well, I got the 106 in Columbus Deli menu, you know, in the Seoul, it's like little dope things. Like my photographer did took this from my. From my crib. This is like my view shout out to the next subject. So you know, man, and how did you get to.
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How did you link up with Puma?
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So, man, when we first started, so no trainers ever signed a sneaker deal. Like a real sneaker deal, like an NBA player sneaker deal. I've never heard of a trainer even getting a sneaker. It's crazy. It's like a trainer influencer. Yeah, I hate that influencer Word. But no. I guess you could say that for sure. But so we. I seen someone wearing. Rudy Gay was wearing Pumas. I said, my manager, I'm like, we need to get this done. We end up getting it done. So then two years into it, I asked them for a sneaker. They're like, no. I remember being on the flight to Alex, like, yo, I gotta work harder. Like, next year. Got a sneaker. First sneaker, sold out, first day. I'm like, damn. I didn't even think people. Second sneaker, sold out, first day. Foot Locker, Dick's Sporting Goods all over the world. Now this is the third one. And, you know, I'm hoping it just does good. Hoping it sums up, man. It's dope. I heard you say earlier that you like to go back to some of the places that you live when you feel like you're not motivated or you want to celebrate. What about what you do? Yeah. Gets you in a rut where you're not motivated. Sometimes, man, just. I feel like I'm giving all my energy, right? I feel like. So say I have seven workouts a day. Every seven player that comes in. All seven players, they want the full Chris Brickley. So I feel like 7pm Comes and, like, my brain is done. Yeah. And sometimes that affects my personal life. Like, I'm not giving my girlfriend the energy she needs, or I'm not giving my family. I have. I have a big family. Or maybe I'm. It just. And I know you guys know how that. How that works, but. So just any job and then sometimes the players. One superstar player might not like it if I'm working another superstar player out. So keeping the politics and all that. Yeah.
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Are you surprised by your fame? Sometimes. Cause I know you came to the car show last week, and it was like people were taking pictures with you like crazy. Like, this show was, like, almost surprising to you.
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My boy next. So he's seen it all. He was. When no one knew me, he was there. So shout out to next. He was with me at the car show. So I'm looking at the BMWs. First off, your car shows fire.
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Thank you so much.
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Like, I'm gonna go back. And I was just trying to, you know, take pictures. And then, you know, one dude's like, yo, could we do an interview? We had some podcasting. Then another dude's like, we take a picture. There was just like, six people right away. And I was just like, it. It's. It's. It's amazing, right? To have that. But just sometimes like, where I live, it's an issue. I have to promote where my gym is and where I live. So as people waiting outside that want to propose stuff and it's just like, I want some privacy. Yeah, yeah. Because it started feeling like your car show and not his. I would direct him right over. Y' all see that DJ over there? Go head over there. But it was dope, though.
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Oh, thank you.
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That shit was fine.
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I wanted to ask, you know, when it, when it comes to these trainers and they seek you out, do these people pay you? So, like, does LeBron cut you a check for training or does these people, you be like, nah, I train LeBron for free.
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Yeah, yeah, no. So they'll all pay. Everyone I train pays, but I let it. I, like, leave it up to them. Especially, like the superstar players. I know I'm getting something out of it. So I'm like, whatever you think that you deserve, pay me. Now the young guys, I feel like some guys come to me because they just want an Instagram post. I have like a big platform and I'm like, nah, I'm not. If you want to work out a week or two weeks, we can do it. But I'm not doing the one workout, one Instagram post when I'm doing that.
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What's the most you got paid? You don't even got to say who it's from. Just the most you got paid to train with Chris Bricklin.
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Well, I guess I'll give you two answers. Gary Vee did it, like, did some like, charity thing. Someone spent. Was it $15,000 to train with me? But as far as, like, how much I charge someone, so usually it'll be like, I won't be in a good mood. I'm tired. Someone asked me to train and I just give some crazy number thinking I say no because you don't feel like it for sure. Oh, we got that for sure. So I got 24, 2500, like a 30 minute workout. That was the most for sure. Yeah. Which is fine. Which is cool. I mean. Yeah, it's not like. Yeah, now you did say you're, you know, sometimes your, your girlfriend and your kid doesn't get to see you like that. Who are you outside of your brand and what you do? Right. Because you definitely matter as a person for sure. I'm, I'm like super introvert. So I watched the first two, my two interviews here and I'm like, cringe. I'm like, damn. Because that's not me. I get mad, Chai. It's Funny. Like I'm like. But when I'm speaking to LeBron or I'm speaking to KD or these like, or Bieber or Drake in a workout, I'm like, I'm super confident. That's your passion. Yeah. But then I get become introvert. But now I'm just a super loving person, care about my people. That's my whole life. Like when I told my dad he could retire, that was like, like I made it like in my life and my. That's how I feel. So. Yeah. So I think I'm a good person. I take pride in that. I've learned though, as life is living, people take advantage of that. Yeah.
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How's Drake as a basketball player?
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He's gotten a lot better. He's done a lot better for sure. Last time he came, he had like 13 threes. So he still has on his page. It's funny, these rappers come and like. To me, like doing a show in front of 80,000 people is cool. They think a video, a workout video in my gym is cool. And I'm like, yo, out of all the things like, yes, that's. It's funny.
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Who's the best celebrity baller, man?
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So I would say I got a girl in it, guys. So I, I worked with her, the singer, for like six months.
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She gets busy.
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She's nice because she wanted to do her. She is. So, yes. You know, she wanted to try and make the wnba. So basically the singer. Yeah. So if you guys Google it or her successor. No, this is two, two years ago for like almost a year straight. If you Google it, there's pictures of it. So we, we train the go. The goal was she's like, I'm gonna make a WNBA roster. And then she had a label switch, some personal stuff. And she's like, I just gotta get this album. And she's been in that mode. But we were training every day. She had it. She was making 15 threes in a row.
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Really?
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Wow. Her NBA threes.
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Her make some of my songs. They said yes. I seen her. When I seen her one time on these island. She never said basketball. Now I'm gonna see if I can post up.
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And then who's the guy? The guy best J. Cole. Yeah, because I mean he, he came to me and he's like, yo, I know I'm 10 years too late, but I'm willing to give you three months. Can you get me to become a pro basketball player? And he played in NBA Africa and then he played in the Cant. So that was Dope. He would put his kids to sleep, get on his bike, Jake, you know, the whole bike. He would ride his bike to my crib. We work out for two hours. We get instructed. His jump shot. Yeah. He made NBA Africa. Have you ever played Chris Brown? So you know Chris Brown, that was my best friend in the world for like four years. Oh, my God. Mine too. Yeah, that's my man. So to a point where best friend.
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But I'm sorry.
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Go ahead, please, Chris, go ahead. So to a point. When I was working with the Knicks, every day off we had, I would fly out to LA and we'd chill, we'd kick it. He'd fly in for my birthday. That was my man. That's like. I think so. The whole music stuff. I started meeting all these artists through Chris. So I'd come to New York with Chris. He was like, he's already. He's prime Chris. But he was like super Prime Chris. And you know, I got Casanova on tour with him. I got Dave east his only plaque. I got him a song. I got so many artists songs through Being Cool. That's definitely a cool thing. But CB is nice. If he like, wanted to be from like an 18 year old. I got a story for you. So I coached a ludicrous weekend. Nine NBA players. One artist, Chris Brown, he scored 30 points.
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Wow.
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This is like six years ago. Yeah. Really? Yeah.
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How's Dirk? People say Dirk.
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Yeah, Dirk. Dirk's good too. Dirk. And shoot. Shout Dirk. You know everything that's going on, I hope. Yeah, I hope he gets out soon. I spoke to him last night.
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Last night?
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Yep, yep. Really? He's in good spirits. It was actually like really, really good spirits. And he's like, yo, bro. He's like, when I get out, I'm coming to the gym. We're training, I'm going league. And he said that. So. Yeah. Shout out Derek, man. It's one of my good friends. Does he check in with you all the time? Yeah, we're super close. We're super close. And I was super close with Vaughn, too. Me and. Me and my guy next. The night before that happened, I remember we're at the. I was at my house, I'm like sleeping. He's FaceTiming me. Vaughn, over, over. He's like, come on, pull up on me. Pull up on me. We pulled up on them, got pictures. And then the next day that happened. That was messed up. Yeah.
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Wow. Damn.
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Yeah. Life, huh? I said, you live a life. No, thank you. Well, for yourself. You guys too. You Guys, you guys have amazing job, extra humble, cool as hell. I love what you do.
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That's right.
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Don't forget my shoes, Chris.
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That's right.
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Facts. Yeah. Are you really going to rock them, though?
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Hell yeah.
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I'm really so. So I what I did. Cuz I'm like, damn. I don't know if kids will like them. So I added, they better have these in here. Here we go. So for like if you're a kid and you want to be loud, add these laces. So it does like a little accent here. So yeah. So if you want to be loud, you could do that. Would you rock these off the court?
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I'm not gonna rock them. I gotta put them on my wall up here, you see?
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Okay. What are those big yellow ones? Those are in. What's his name?
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Those are the Monica Air Force ones. Yes.
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Yeah. Fat Joe's.
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You see Fat Joe sneakers there?
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Shout out to Fat Joe man. He might be the funniest slash joke. I don't know if he's telling a real story or not type of guy. No, just from watching. I'm like that. Didn't I get to say no, I'm not hating because this is a big show. I'm not hating Shell Fat Joe, man.
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Have you ever trained Khaled?
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No.
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Basketball.
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He looked like what he was. He's ever been trained?
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No, but Calico shoe. Calico play ball.
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Yeah. Khaled's funny though. His whole slob. He's hilarious. You know he's hilarious. Yeah.
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All right, well, the shoe comes out September 5, which is next Friday. Make sure you go pick him up. And where can people get him?
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So Foot Locker, Dick's Sporting Goods, puma.com. they're gonna sell out quick. So they'll be on Grail. Hell yeah. And yeah. All over the world. All pro nitro twos.
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Chris Brickley, ladies and gentlemen. Make sure you pick up the sneakers that come out this Friday. Charlemagne's already waiting online at Dick. So he's there already. It's Chris Brickley.
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Appreciate you every day I wake up.
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Wake your ass up. The Breakfast Club.
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Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor and I'm Drew Phillips and we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD D oh my God. Perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness psycho babble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercoms, the podcast for you. Open your free iHeartradio app, search emergency Intercom and listen now. What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a.
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Maximum security prison or the most brutal.
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Boot camp designed to be hell on Earth? Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said, you are a number, a New York state number, and we own you. Listen to shock incarceration on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Everyone thinks they'd never join a cult, but it happens all the time to people just like you and people just like us. I'm Lola Blanc. And I'm Megan Elizabeth. Where the hosts of Trust Me, a podcast about cults, manipulation and the psychology of belief. Each week we talk to fellow survivors, former believers and experts to understand why people get pulled in and how they get out. Trust me. New episodes every Wednesday on Exactly right. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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This is an iHeart podcast.
Air Date: September 1, 2025
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
Guest: Chris Brickley (NBA Trainer, Entrepreneur)
The Breakfast Club hosts sit down with Chris Brickley—renowned NBA trainer, coach, and entrepreneur—for his third appearance on the show. The conversation spans his journey training NBA superstars, the importance of mental toughness in player development, his relationships with celebrity athletes and artists, and the launch of his new sneaker with Puma. The episode offers candid insights into the pressures and rewards of Brickley's unique career, the evolution of basketball culture, and tales about working with the best in sports and music.
"Sometimes when I feel like I might be losing motivation just to get that back. And then also sometimes in celebration mode type thing." — Chris Brickley [03:27]
Why Top Players Trust Him:
"At the end of the day, I'm a good person. I study my craft, and the players know I care. ... I'd be dumb not to say luck comes with anything. Anyone really successful, some type of luck needs to come along the way." — Chris Brickley [04:12]
Mental vs. Physical Development:
"So many players that if you watch the workout, they wouldn't miss a shot ... but when the game comes, they just become like a mental midget. ... The mental aspect is huge." — Chris Brickley [04:21]
Player Development Approach:
"To like to do that and see that is super dope." — Chris Brickley [05:26]
Working With LeBron James:
"LeBron was like, all right, I want you to watch film tonight, come over to the workout tomorrow, and tell me two things that I need to get better at ... there's always weaknesses, even in the greats." — Chris Brickley [06:11–06:37]
LeBron vs. Jordan GOAT Debate:
"He's scored the most points in NBA history. ... I'm Team LeBron all day." — Chris Brickley [06:44]
On Bronny James:
"That's fucked up. ... He's a great kid. ... I think he's just gonna peak, like, in a year or two." — Chris Brickley [07:01–07:27]
Career Pivot:
"If I have the opportunity to know these guys, let's attack this coaching thing. So I did the coaching thing. I'm like, nah, it's not for me. So then I started the training thing." — Chris Brickley [08:10]
First Player Believer—J.R. Smith:
"He let me stay in his crib, in his couch ... I stayed on JR's couch for the whole year. Shout out to JR for that." — Chris Brickley [08:47]
Who Pays the Trainer:
"Everyone I train pays, but I let it ... I like, leave it up to them. Especially, like, the superstar players. ... Some guys come to me because they just want an Instagram post. ... I’m not doing the one workout, one Instagram post." — Chris Brickley [20:23]
Fame and Privacy:
"It's amazing ... but just sometimes like, where I live, it's an issue. ... I want some privacy." — Chris Brickley [19:19]
Payment Peaks:
"So I got 24, 2500, like a 30 minute workout. That was the most for sure." — Chris Brickley [20:55]
Rapper Runs & Celebrity Ballers:
"I do these rapper runs and it'll be a Drake Quavo Bieber ..." — Chris Brickley [10:37]
Best Celebrity Athlete:
"She is. So, yes. You know, she wanted to try and make the WNBA ... she was making 15 threes in a row." — Chris Brickley [22:51–23:36]
"He came to me and he's like, yo, I know I'm 10 years too late ... can you get me to become a pro basketball player. ... He made NBA Africa." — Chris Brickley [23:46]
"LeBron will do an 8:00am workout. He shows up at 6:00am every single time ... You gotta sacrifice sometimes family time. You gotta sacrifice a lot." — Chris Brickley [11:19]
"I want them to be basketball shoes that you could wear off the court ... The whole thing's like a ode to New York City." — Chris Brickley [12:14–13:03]
"Foot Locker, Dick's Sporting Goods, puma.com ... they're gonna sell out quick. ... All pro nitro twos." — Chris Brickley [27:34]
Superstar Politics:
"One superstar player might not like it if I'm working another superstar player out. So keeping the politics and all that." — Chris Brickley [18:53]
Struggles of Giving Too Much:
"I feel like I'm giving all my energy ... 7pm comes and my brain is done ... sometimes that affects my personal life." — Chris Brickley [17:23]
On Being an Introvert:
"I'm like super introvert ... But when I'm speaking to LeBron or ... Bieber or Drake in a workout, I'm super confident. That's your passion. ... I take pride in that. I've learned though, as life is living, people take advantage of that." — Chris Brickley [21:41]
| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|---------|-------| | 03:27 | Chris | "Sometimes when I feel like I might be losing motivation just to get that back. And then also sometimes in celebration mode type thing." | | 04:12 | Chris | "At the end of the day, I'm a good person. I study my craft, and the players know I care." | | 06:28 | Chris | "LeBron was like, all right, I want you to watch film tonight, come over to the workout tomorrow, and tell me two things that I need to get better at." | | 06:44 | Chris | "He's scored the most points in NBA history. ... I'm Team LeBron all day." | | 07:27 | Chris | "That's fucked up. ... He's a great kid. ... I think he's just gonna peak, like, in a year or two." (About Bronny James) | | 08:47 | Chris | "He let me stay in his crib, in his couch ... I stayed on JR's couch for the whole year." | | 11:19 | Chris | "LeBron will do an 8:00am workout. He shows up at 6:00am every single time ... You gotta sacrifice sometimes family time. You gotta sacrifice a lot." | | 12:14 | Chris | "I want them to be basketball shoes that you could wear off the court ... The whole thing's like a ode to New York City." | | 19:19 | Chris | "It's amazing ... but just sometimes like, where I live, it's an issue. ... I want some privacy." | | 21:41 | Chris | "I'm like super introvert ... But when I'm speaking to LeBron or ... Bieber or Drake in a workout, I'm super confident. That's your passion." | | 22:51 | Chris | "She is. So, yes. You know she wanted to try and make the WNBA ... she was making 15 threes in a row." | | 23:46 | Chris | "He came to me and he's like, yo, I know I'm 10 years too late ... can you get me to become a pro basketball player. ... He made NBA Africa." | | 27:34 | Chris | "Foot Locker, Dick's Sporting Goods, puma.com ... they're gonna sell out quick." |
This episode offers an open look at what it means to be the NBA's top trainer, with Brickley blending humility, hustle, and heartfelt stories—from NBA gyms to celebrity artist runs, and his unique foray into sneaker culture. Listeners get practical industry wisdom, human anecdotes, and a sense of what it takes to lead quietly at the intersection of sports, hip-hop, and business.