>> Bomani: CAM NEWTON THINKS
HE'S A HIGH-VALUE MAN,
PAUL GEORGE'S NEW NICKNAME IS
PROTOCOL P, AND ALBERT PUJOLS
BEEN TRYING TO STEAL THIRD BASE
SINCE THURSDAY.
RUN IT!
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: THANK YOU!
[LAUGHS]
IT'S SO WEIRD.
I'M OUT HERE BEING LIKE, THERE'S
NOBODY ON THE TV SHOT.
I'M WAVING AT NOISE.
THE NBA PLAYOFFS ARE HERE!
SOMEONE'S ALREADY ON
VACATION.
>> THE GREAT THING FOR ME IS
I GET AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO BE
AROUND MY BOYS AND WATCH THOSE
GUYS THROUGH THEIR AAU
TOURNAMENTS AND SUMMER BALL.
>> Bomani: LOOK OUT, UNDER 17
AAU TOURNAMENT, LeBRON'S COMING
AND HE'S READY TO UPSTAGE SOME
KIDS!
BRONNY'S TEAMMATES LOOKING AT
HIM LIKE, "DOES YOUR DAD HAVE,
LIKE, A JOB?
HE'S JUMPING IN THEIR LAYUP
LINES!
LeBRON HAS OFFICIALLY BECOME THE
OLD MAN AT THE CLUB.
BUT THAT CLUB IS TODAY'S NBA.
IT'S LIKE LeBRON'S ON
THE DANCE FLOOR AT 2:00 A.M.
ASKING THE YOUNGSTERS IF
THEY KNOW HOW ONE MIGHT
"WHIP AND/OR NAE NAE."
I MEAN THIS METAPHORICALLY,
BUT IT'S ALSO KIND OF TRUE.
♪ ♪
DANCING LIKE YOUR
FRIEND'S WHITE HUSBAND
AT A BLACK WEDDING!
THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING:
LeBRON JAMES IS STILL AN AMAZING
BASKETBALL PLAYER, HE'S ONE OF
THE GREATEST EVER.
BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT,
YOU GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO ACT
LIKE YOU'RE 37 YEARS OLD.
YOU AIN'T GOT TO LEAVE THE CLUB!
JUST GET OFF THE DANCE FLOOR AND
LET THE YOUNGSTERS HAVE IT.
GET YOU A BOOTH, SMOKE YOUR
CIGAR, AND STAY IN YOUR SECTION!
[APPLAUSE]
YOU DIDDY NOW,
YOU'RE NOT NBA YOUNG BOY.
BUT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS,
EVERYTHING IN BASKETBALL MEDIA
HAS BEEN ABOUT LeBRON.
THERE'S BEEN LITTLE ROOM
FOR NEWER, YOUNGER SUPERSTARS TO
SHINE.
EVEN WHEN THE NBA HAS A WEEKEND
MADE TO SPECIFICALLY CELEBRATE
THE BEST PLAYERS, IT'S THE
LeBRON SHOW.
>> YOU CAN'T TALK ALL STAR
WEEKEND WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT
THE RETURN OF THE KING,
LeBRON JAMES, TO THE CITY OF
CLEVELAND.
>> THE KID FROM AKRON,
LeBBRON JAMES!
>> YOU SEE JORDAN AND LeBRON
THERE SHARING A PRETTY COOL
EMBRACE.
>> LeBRON STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT
AT THE END WITH THIS
GAME-WINNING SHOT.
>> STEPH CURRY, BY THE WAY,
NAMED MVP OR MOST VALUABLE
PLAYER.
CONGRATS TO HIM.
>> Bomani: STEPH WON MOST
VALUABLE AND LeBRON WON MOST
TALKED-ABOUT.
I'M SURE IT'S A COINCIDENCE THAT
NBA 75 WAS IN LeBRON'S HOMETOWN.
RIGHT?
WE WERE ONE STEP AWAY FROM
THE ALL STAR LOGO SAYING
"WATCH "SPACE JAM 2"."
I WILL NOT.
BUT NOW?
THE BASKETBALL WORLD CAN
BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF.
BECAUSE LeBRON JAMES IS NOT
IN THE PLAYOFFS.
THANK THE LORD!
[APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER]
TOOK THEM A WHILE TO LOOK AT THE
SCREEN.
ALL RIGHT.
BUT LISTEN, GENERATIONS OF
PLAYERS HAVE HAD THE SPOTLIGHT
SKIP OVER THEM WHILE THE
LEAGUE'S BEEN FOCUSED SOLELY
ON LeBRON.
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT
THE NEW BLOOD,
THE FRESH-FACED DUDES --
JA, ANT MAN, LaMELO --
LeBRON'S MEDIA CIRCUS HAS ALSO
OVERSHADOWED GUYS IN THEIR
PRIMES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT SOME
MVP-CALIBER PLAYERS WHO HAVE
BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE!
JOKIC, GIANNIS, JIMMY BUTLER.
D-BOOK, AND TATUM ALL PLAYING
THEIR 20-SOMETHING ASSES OFF AND
ALL WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IS
LeBRON'S INCREDIBLE BODY.
>> LeBRON'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF
HIS BODY.
YOU KNOW, HE SPENDS "A MILLION
DOLLARS" OR WHATEVER IT IS.
>> LeBRON FAMOUSLY SPENDS
A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR
ON HIS BODY.
>> YES, HE SPENDS A
MILLION BUCKS ON HIS BODY.
>> WELL OVER A MILLION...
>> OVER A MILLION AND HALF.
>> LeBRON SPENDS TWO MILLION ON
HIS BODY.
>> YEAH, LeBRON, A LOT OF MONEY,
AN ENORMOUS...
I DON'T KNOW IF HE SPENDS MORE
THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T MENTION
HOW MUCH THEY SPEND.
>> Bomani: THAT MAN IS SO
OBSESSED WITH HIS BODY, THERE IS
A 99% CHANCE HE IS GOING TO BE
BURIED IN A HYPERBARIC CASKET,
JUST IN CASE JESUS WANT TO PLAY
ONE ON ONE BY THE PEARLY GATES.
LeBRON, THERE'S NO DENYING THAT
YOU STILL GOT MOVES, PEOPLE ARE
SICK OF HAVING TO TALK ABOUT A
SORRY TEAM JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE
THE ONE ON IT.
>> WE TEND TO GIVE THE LAKERS
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO
LeBRON AND TO THE LAKERS.
CAN THEY STILL DO SOMETHING?
>> POSSIBLY.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT.
AND THAT'S A TOUGH THING COMING
OUT OF MY MOUTH BECAUSE I FIRMLY
BELIEVE THE LAKERS ARE TRASH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: STEPHEN A. HAS
THE ENERGY OF A PISSED OFF
MOVIE CRITIC.
YOU MAKE A MAN WATCH TOO MUCH
TRASH, HE GONNA SNAP!
SO, LeBRON, I GOT TO ASK YOU,
WHY ARE YOU AT THE CLUB PUSHING
THE YOUTHS OUT THE WAY?
KNOW YOUR AGE, MAN.
TOM BRADY'S STILL PLAYING
INCREDIBLE FOOTBALL, BUT HE ALSO
ADMITS HE'S OLD AS DIRT.
BRADY CARRIES HIMSELF AS AN
ELDER STATESMAN.
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
YOUNG QUARTERBACKS AROUND
HIM ARE GROWING IN STATURE:
MAHOMES, ALLEN, BURROW,
LAMAR JACKSON.
BRADY WAS EVEN WILLING TO
STEP AWAY FROM THE GAME!
>> TOM BRADY, THIS WAS A DONE
DEAL, FOLKS.
HE WAS GOING TO TAKE AND ACCEPT
A FRONT OFFICE JOB WITH THE
MIAMI DOLPHINS.
>> Bomani: YEAH, THAT DEAL WAS A
LOCK UNTIL THE DOLPHINS GOT
SUED.
THAT DAMN BRIAN FLORES, THE
ONLY THING THAT COULD STOP TOM
BRADY.
OTHER THAN GLUTEN.
IN GOLF, TIGER WOODS IS GETTING
OLDER.
EVEN BEFORE THE LATEST ACCIDENT,
HE HAD BEEN FOCUSING ON FAMILY
AND NOT PLAYING AS MUCH.
>> AS I ALLUDED TO IN
A NUMBER OF PRESS CONFERENCES,
I WON'T BE PLAYING A FULL
SCHEDULE EVER AGAIN.
AND SO, IT'LL JUST BE THE BIG
EVENTS.
>> Bomani: THAT'S MAKING ROOM
FOR YOUNG PLAYERS LIKE
SCOTT SCHEFFLER.
>> IT IS NOW ABUNDANTLY CLEAR
THERE'S A NEW TOP DOG IN THE
WORLD OF GOLF.
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER SOARED PAST
THE REST OF THE FIELD TO CLAIM
THE 2022 MASTERS TITLE WITH A
SCORE OF 10 UNDER PAR.
>> Bomani: JUST LIKE THAT!
NEW TOP DOG IN THE GOLF WORLD.
IN ONE WEEKEND.
THE LESSON THE NBA -- AND LeBRON
-- CAN LEARN THIS POSTSEASON IS
THAT THE SPORT ISN'T ABOUT ONE
GUY ANYMORE, THE SAME WAY WE
AREN'T SURPRISED WHEN A EUROPEAN
DUDE KNOWS HOW TO CROSSOVER.
IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE THE NBA AS
IT IS, NOT AS IT WAS.
TO ENJOY THE STORIES AND STARS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES.
>> TYRESE MAXEY SCORES A
PLAYOFF CAREER HIGH 38 POINTS.
>> IT WAS NOT STEPH CURRY OR
KLAY THOMPSON WHO LED THE
WARRIORS TO A VICTORY, IT WAS
JORDAN POOLE.
>> TWO OF THE NBA'S TOP SCORING
OFFENSES AND YOUNGEST TEAMS,
THE TIMBERWOLVES MEETING
MEMPHIS.
>> JA, HE WAS GOOD.
32 POINTS, BUT ANTHONY
EDWARDS WAS EVEN BETTER: 36.
>> THIS IS FUN, MAN.
BASKETBALL IS FUN.
>> Bomani: THE ONLY THING THESE
DUDES CAN'T DO IS RENT A CAR.
SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THAT.
WE'RE SO OBSESSED WITH
"GREATEST OF ALL TIME,"
THAT WE'RE IGNORING WHO'S
GREATEST RIGHT NOW!
AND IF WE MAKE THAT MISTAKE?
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AS CORNY AS
THIS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN OTHER NBA PLAYOFF NEWS,
SATURDAY'S
GRIZZLIES-TIMBERWOLVES
GAME HAD AN UNUSUAL
COURT-STORMER.
>> TALK ABOUT A STRANGE PROTEST.
A WOMAN CHAINED HERSELF TO
A BASKET AS A FORM OF AN
ANIMAL RIGHTS PROTEST.
>> OH, WOW.
>> OF THE MINNESOTA OWNER.
THIS WAS IN MEMPHIS, THOUGH, AND
THE POOR MEMPHIS WORKERS HAD TO
CARRY HER OFF.
>> Bomani: HOW DID SHE
GET A CHAIN IN THE ARENA?
IF THAT AIN'T SOME WHITE
PRIVILEGE.
IF I TRIED ROLLING INTO
MSG WITH A LENGTH OF CHAIN,
THEY'D THROW ME OUT LIKE
CHARLES OAKLEY.
BUT CHAIN-LADY WASN'T ACTUALLY
THE FIRST PROTESTER OF THE
POSTSEASON!
AT TUESDAY'S PLAY-IN GAME,
SOMEONE FROM THE SAME GROUP
TRIED THIS.
>> SOME LADY TRIED TO GLUE
HERSELF TO THE FLOOR.
>> WHAT?
>> IT WAS A PROTEST OF SOME
SORT, I'M ASSUMING?
ALLIE?
>> I THINK THAT'S A FAIR
ASSUMPTION.
I'LL GET SOME CLARITY ON THE
PURPOSE OF IT OR MAYBE WE DON'T
TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN DEPENDING ON
WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
>> Bomani: YEAH.
SHE TRIED TO GLUE HERSELF TO
THE EMPTY END OF THE COURT
DURING A FREE THROW, IN PROTEST
OF TIMBERWOLVES OWNER
GLEN TAYLOR'S PRACTICES ON HIS
CHICKEN FARMS.
SOME PEOPLE COULD NOT EVEN
BELIEVE THEIR EYES.
>> I SAW IT.
I THOUGHT SHE FELL OUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
HER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, GLUE HERSELF?
>> IT WAS A PROTEST.
SHE GLUED HER HAND.
SHE TRIED TO GLUE HER HAND TO
THE FLOOR.
>> AH, NO.
>> Bomani: AY, MAN.
TY LUE WASN'T MESSING UP
HIS MONEY.
HE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
NOT TRYING TO MESS UP HIS GOOD
JOB 'CAUSE STICKY FINGERS WANTED
TO MAKE A POINT?
HELL NAW.
AS FOR THE PROTESTOR HERSELF --
YOU SHOULDA CALLED SOMEONE FOR
ADVICE ABOUT ADHESIVES!
THIS LADY.
SHE'D HAVE YOU ATOMICALLY BONDED
TO THAT COURT.
AND YOU JUST GLUED ONE HAND?
THAT'S IT?
YOU THOUGHT YOU'D GLUE ONE PALM
TO THE COURT AND NBA SECURITY
WOULDN'T YANK YOUR ASS UP AND
MAKE THE TOWEL-BOY SCRAPE UP
LIL BITS OF PINKIE?
DO NOT TRESPASS IN AN ATHLETE'S
WORKPLACE.
HARD AND FAST RULE.
BECAUSE IF YOU DO,
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GONNA
COME FOR YOU.
AND THIS MIGHT NOT BE ON BRAND,
BUT I'LL BE ROOTING FOR THEM.
[APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> NECESSARY FORCE!
♪ ♪
>> TRESPASSING!
♪ ♪
>> STOP AND FRISK A!K
LEAVE, ASSHOLE!
♪ ♪
>> YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
SILENT.
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE
USED AGAINST YOU IN THE COURT OF
LAW!
YOU ARE TRESPASSING!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: TONIGHT'S GUEST IS
HALL OF FAME PLAYER, THREE-TIME
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, AND COACH
OF THE CURRENT NCAA WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS,
SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS.
AND I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS
BECAUSE I SAW THE RATINGS.
EVERYBODY WATCHED THAT GAME.
WE GOT CHAMPAGNE ON ICE 'CAUSE
WE'RE STILL CELEBRATING
HERE AT "GAME THEORY."
EVERYBODY, LET'S WELCOME
COACH DAWN STALEY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
YOU GOT 'EM ON THEIR FEET!
THAT IS YOUR SECOND NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT A BIG THING ABOUT THIS STORY
WAS THE RATINGS.
HIGHEST-RATED GAME FOR ESPN
SINCE 2008.
AND THAT MEANS THEY ALL GOT TO
SEE YOU BEAT GENO AURIEMMA IN
FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LIKE, EVEN -- JUST ON THE
STRENGTH OF THE STATURE OF THE
UCONN PROGRAM,
FOR YOU TO WIN AGAINST THEM ON
THAT STAGE AGAINST THEM,
HOW BIG WAS THAT FOR YOU?
>> HUGE.
WE ACTUALLY WON IT IN 2017.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PLAY UCONN,
EVERYBODY VALIDATED IT.
SOMETIMES, IN 2017, GOD MOVES
MOUNTAINS SO YOU CAN WIN.
THIS TIME, THEY PUT THE MOUNTAIN
IN FRONT OF YOU TO CLIMB, THAT
WAS UCONN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: I MEAN, I WOULD MAKE
THE ARGUMENT THAT IF YOU WERE TO
ASK ME, WHO COACHED THE PREMIER
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE
COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE THE
ONE IN ALL THE LOUIS, AND YOU
ARE STUNTING ON US AGAIN.
I SAW THOSE SHOES.
THEN I SAW THE SHIRT WAS LIKE,
YOU SHOWED UP TO THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN THE LOUIS
JACKET AND PEOPLE STILL CAN'T
BUY BECAUSE THEY SAW YOU IN IT
AND THEY WANTED.
>> I GOT SOME PEOPLE IN SOME
HIGH PLACES AT LOUIS.
IT'S COOL.
I LIKE TO DRESS COMFORTABLY.
YOU FEEL GOOD, YOU PLAY GOOD,
YOU LOOK GOOD, AND THE MORE YOU
CAN RECRUIT NOT JUST WORRYING
ABOUT WHAT YOU WEAR, THE BETTER
FOR OUR PROGRAM.
>> Bomani: I JUST WANT EVERYONE
TO HAVE HEARD THAT FLEX WHERE I
ASKED ABOUT THE LOUIS JACKET,
LIKE, "I LIKE TO DRESS
COMFORTABLE."
THAT IS THE EXCUSE I USE TO WEAR
SWEATPANTS EVERY DAY.
THAT'S YOURS BREAKING OUT THE
JACKET ON THE BIGGEST STAGE.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW IS GOING TO GET
AS MUCH PUBLICITY AS IT DID.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA FANS -- I SAY
FANS, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
DON'T REALLY FOLLOW OUR PROGRAM,
WE CALL THEM FAMS,
LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS,
THEY LIKE TO WEAR OUR SCHOOL
COLORS LIKE GARNET AND BLACK.
EVERY GAME.
I FELT LIKE FOR THIS PARTICULAR
GAME, THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME, I WANTED TO STUNT ON THEM
A LITTLE BIT.
>> Bomani: JUST A TINY BIT.
JUST A TINY BIT.
[LAUGHS]
NOW I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS.
EIGHT WE HAD GONE AROUND THAT
SEEM TO LEAD YOU WOW BE
LEGITIMATE, THAT SAID THAT YOU
HAD AGREED TO BECOME THE MEN'S
BASKETBALL COACH AT KANSAS STATE
UNIVERSITY.
WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU HAD
HEARD OR SAW THAT?
>> I ACTUALLY SAW THAT TWEET,
STRANGELY, I LOOKED AT IT,
IT WAS LIKE, I STARTED TO USE MY
THUMBS TO JUST CORRECT THEM.
THEN I WAS LIKE, WHAT THE HELL,
LET THEM GO WITH IT.
LET'S SEE WHAT COMES ABOUT IT.
THE STRANGEST THING IS, BECAUSE
I THOUGHT IT WAS FRANK MARTIN
WHO USED TO COACH AT
KANSAS STATE, AND HE WAS IN THE
PROCESS OF ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR
ANOTHER JOB, SO I THOUGHT THAT
THEY GOT THE NAMES MIXED UP.
BUT I COULD HAVE CORRECTED THEM,
BUT I SAID, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO
LET THIS BE A DISTRACTION IN US
WINNING OR OUR QUEST TO WIN A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Bomani: WELL, WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THE IDEA OF COACHING
MEN?
IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE VIEW THAT
FOR WOMEN AND BASKETBALL AS A
PROMOTION ON GP.
>> I FEEL LIKE BASKETBALL IS
BASKETBALL.
I DO.
[APPLAUSE]
A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE, EVERYBODY CAN BE A
X AND O, LIKE, GENIUS.
LIKE, IT IS NOTHING.
YOU CAN STUDY THAT.
YOU CAN'T STUDY PEOPLE AND THE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU NEED TO
FORGE FOR PEOPLE TO BE GREAT.
ATHLETES WANT TO BE -- THEY'RE
CONFIDENT PEOPLE, AND IT'S A
FINE LINE, BECAUSE THAT
CONFIDENCE CAN BE SHAKEN WITH
ONE WORD, ONE CRITICISM, OR
IT CAN BE SWITCHED WITH SOME
POSITIVITY.
I LIKE TO BE MORE DIRECT.
I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD OF
THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER,
SO I WAS USED TO HAVING
TESTOSTERONE ALL AROUND OUR
HOUSEHOLD.
SO I FEEL LIKE, IF GUYS CAN --
IF YOU CAN HELP THEM, YOU KNOW,
SO BE IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME FROM
ANOTHER MAN.
IT CAN COME FROM A WOMAN.
[APPLAUSE]
I DO THINK MY CREDENTIALS WILL
ALLOW ME TO GET IN THE
LOCKER ROOM AND BE RESPECTED IN
THAT WAY.
AND ALSO, I JUST FEEL LIKE THE
RELATIONSHIPS I THAT BUILD WITH
MY PLAYERS COMES FROM A PLACE OF
LOVE AND RESPECT AND PEOPLE CAN
FEEL THAT AND RESPOND TO IT AND
REACT TO IT AND BE GREAT IN
THEIR CRAFT.
>> Bomani: I CAN SAY THIS
BECAUSE YOUR CREDENTIALS
ALSO GET YOU A BETTER JOB AT
KANSAS STATE.
[APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER]
ALL RIGHT.
YOU WON TWO NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WE CAN GO UP AND DOWN THE LIST.
DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS TOP THAT
ONE TIME THAT YOU WAS ON
"MARTIN," IN TERMS OF THE LEVELS
OF ACCOMPLISHMENT?
>> I WILL TELL YOU THIS, MORE
PEOPLE KNOW ME FOR APPEARING ON
THE "MARTIN" SHOW THAN ALL OF MY
BASKETBALL CAREER AND ALL OF THE
COACHING CAREER.
I HAD THE ABSOLUTE BEST TIME OF
MY LIFE APPEARING ON THAT SHOW.
ONE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
IT ALL ENTAILS.
WE GOT THERE A COUPLE OF DAYS
BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED.
THE NEXT DAY, WE JUST READ OUR
PARTS.
WE SAT AROUND THE TABLE AND READ
OUR PARTS.
AND THAT WAS IT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, PAM, GINA,
MARTIN, TOMMY, AND THEY DON'T
LIKE TO BE CALLED THEIR STAGE
NAMES.
BUT THAT IS ALL WE KNOW THEM AS.
PAM, I WANTED TO SAY PAM A LOT.
WHATEVER, PAM, NO, THEY WANT YOU
TO CALL THEM -- IT WAS ONE OF
THE MOST GRATIFYING, TO KNOW
MARTIN.
I WILL GO TO A MARTIN SHOW,
A COMEDY SHOW, AND WE WILL SEE
EACH OTHER IN THE BACK AND HE'S
LIKE, "DAWN MFING STALEY,
CONGRATULATIONS."
LIKE, MARTIN, WE STILL KNOW EACH
OTHER, WHICH IS COOL.
>> Bomani: DAWN STALEY,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: RIGHT HERE, I GOT
REAL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
ASKED IN REAL JOB INTERVIEWS.
THINK ABOUT WHAT THE JOB IS.
ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU ON A TRACTOR?
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE KNOW FOR
ME PERSONALLY.
>> Bomani: DO YOU BUY YOUR
MOTHER A TRACTOR?
I'M JUST SAYING, THIS IS REALLY
HAPPENING IN A JOB.
SO WHAT JOB DO YOU THINK IT IS?
>> DAVE & BUSTER'S.
>> Bomani: WHEN DID YOU LOSE
YOUR VIRGINITY?
>> YOUTH PASTOR.
>> Bomani: YOU ARE ON A
MOUNTAIN IN ALASKA ON A BUS
GOING 100 MILES AN HOUR.
WHERE ARE YOU SITTING ON THE
BUS?
>> I WOULD BE SITTING IN THE
FRONT I GUESS, I CAN SEE THE
INEVITABLE DEATH.
>> Bomani: I DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY DO THAT IN ALASKA, THEY
MIGHT PUT US IN THE BACK.
ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
DO THEY FEEL DEGRADING?
>> YES.
>> Bomani: WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE NFL DRAFT ON THE SHOW.
THESE ARE ACTUAL QUESTIONS THAT
NFL GMs HAVE ASKED COLLEGE
PROSPECTS IN ADVANCE OF THE NFL
DRAFT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> Bomani: YES.
>> WHY?
>> Bomani: GOOD QUESTION.
>> WHY DO YOU NEED TO ASK SOME
OF THOSE QUESTIONS TO YOUNG
PEOPLE?
THEY ARE IN COLLEGE.
THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO THINK
ABOUT THE MILES BEING HIGH
PRAISE.
WHEN I DON'T THINK ALL PEOPLE
ARE TRYING TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS NOW THAT YOU BRING
THEM UP.
THESE ARE ASK ALL QUESTIONS THAT
PROSPECTS ARE ASKED BEFORE THE
NFL DRAFT.
>> THAT LOOKS LIKE SOME RICH
DUDE GOT IN OFFICE, I GOT TO
HIRE THESE PLAYERS, SO WHAT THE
FUCK AM I GOING TO DO?
HOW DO I MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE I
STILL OWN THEM, CAME UP WITH
THAT SHIT.
WELL, MAYBE YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHECK THEIR
TEMPERAMENT.
>> Bomani: YEAH, THAT'S THE
EXCUSE THEY USE.
I THINK IT'S THE FIRST ANSWER.
>> I WAS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE 11 DAYS FROM
THE 87TH EDITION OF THE NFL
DRAFT.
NOW SEEMS LIKE A GREAT TIME TO
CHANGE THINGS UP A LITTLE.
NOTHING SHOULD STAY THE SAME
FOR 87 YEARS, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE
McDONALD'S HASHBROWNS.
THEM SHITS IS GOOD.
THE DRAFT?
TRASH.
SO I HAVE A PROPOSAL:
ABOLISH THE NFL DRAFT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YEAH.
END ALL THEM MOCK DRAFTS.
SCRAP THE "WAR ROOMS."
GET RID OF THE COMBINE.
STOP THE WONDERLICS.
I'M SICK OF HEARING
"THE BROWNS ARE ON THE CLOCK."
THE BROWNS BEEN ON
THE CLOCK MY WHOLE LIFE.
THEY SHOULD CHANGE THEY
NAME TO "THE CLEVELANDS ON
THE CLOCKS."
DUMP THE UNNECESSARY TYLER PERRY
"BLACK TRAUMA" SOB STORIES.
SAT AS A BROKE DOG.
I HATE THEM!
AND CANCEL THE HUGS.
ESPECIALLY THE HUGS!
>> NOW HAS BRAGGING RIGHTS.
[LAUGHTER]
LOVES TO GET DOWN.
ROGER, NO OFFENSE, YOU'RE
FEELING THAT TOMORROW.
>> Bomani: HEY, MAN, I SAID
ABOLISH THE DRAFT, NOT MAUL THE
COMMISSIONER.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT EPISODE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT INTRICATE DAP
HIDES?
THE FACT THAT THOSE PLAYERS
ARE PROBABLY MAKING LESS MONEY
THAN THEY SHOULD.
OWNERS MIGHT AS WELL BE HUGGING
A TV THEY GOT FOR HALF PRICE ON
BLACK FRIDAY.
BUT, YEAH, THE NFL DRAFT IS AN
ANNUAL THREE-DAY EXTRAVAGANZA OF
BILLIONAIRES SAVING MONEY ON THE
HELP.
IT IS TELEVISED WAGE
SUPPRESSION, WITH COMMERCIAL
BREAKS AND A JINGLE.
[ESPN DRAFT ALERT CHIMES]
AND WITH THE NUMBER 7 PICK,
WE'RE GONNA EXPLOIT A RUNNING
BACK FROM GEORGIA.
DON'T VOTE FOR HIM, THOUGH.
IN NO OTHER REALM BUT SPORTS
WOULD PEOPLE TOLERATE ANYTHING
LIKE A "DRAFT" SETTING THE BASIC
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT.
AND WE HARDLY EVER STOP TO THINK
ABOUT IT!
THAT HAPPENS A LOT.
SHITTY THINGS GET NORMALIZED IF
THEY HANG AROUND LONG ENOUGH.
LIKE THE NCAA.
OR DRUG TESTING.
OR SUGAR ON GRITS.
[APPLAUSE]
AND THAT GETS APPLAUSE.
BUT IMAGINE IF REGULAR-ASS JOBS
WERE LIKE THIS.
IMAGINE LEAVING COLLEGE AND
HAVING NO SAY IN WHERE YOU WORK
OR WHOM YOU WORK FOR -- AT LEAST
NOT FOR THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
ACTUALLY, I CAN THINK OF ONE
GROUP OF GUYS WHO DIDN'T HAVE TO
IMAGINE IT.
YOU THINK ABOUT IT: CAN'T
CONTROL WHERE YOU WORK.
CAN'T ASK FOR MORE MONEY.
AND NOW A BUNCH OF NARCS IN
SUITS ARE GOING ON TV TALKING
SHIT ABOUT YOU, A COLLEGE KID,
BECAUSE YOU GOT CAUGHT SMOKING
WEED OUT OF A GAS MASK.
>> IN FOOTBALL, THE FACEMASK
PENALTY IS 15 YARDS, BUT WHEN A
PLAYER FILLS HIS MASK WITH A
CLOUD OF MARIJUANA SMOKE, THE
PENALTY IS MUCH GREATER.
>> LAREMY TUNSIL WAS SELECTED
13TH LAST NIGHT BY
THE MIAMI DOLPHINS.
>> TUNSIL STARTED FALLING IN THE
DRAFT AFTER A VIDEO POSTED TO
HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT SHOWED
SOMEONE SMOKING A SUBSTANCE OUT
OF A BONG-TYPE GAS MASK.
>> THAT DROP RIGHT THERE
BECAUSE OF THAT VIDEO COST HIM
ABOUT $8 MILLION IN SALARY OVER
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
>> Bomani: THEY MAKE A GAS MASK
WITH A BONG ON IT?
MINE DOESN'T HAVE A BONG!
I KNOW, AT SOME POINT THESE
PLAYERS REACH FREE AGENCY.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE BIG BUCKS
START ROLLING IN.
BUT KEEP IN MIND, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
MOST OF THESE DUDES WILL BE CLUB
SECURITY BEFORE THEY HAVE A
CHANCE TO TEST FREE AGENCY.
THE PROMISE OF THE BIG PAYDAY IS
LIKE THAT SCHEME THEY PULL ON
THOSE LADIES SELLING MARY KAY.
YOU AIN'T NEVER GETTIN' NO
PINK CADILLAC, MISS BETTY, STOP
LETTING THEM LIE TO YOU!
THE NFL FLAT OUT TREATS PLAYERS
LIKE ANIMALS.
>> I WAS IN THE NFL COMBINE AND
YOU KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE?
IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE IN A CATTLE
AUCTION.
YOU HAVE THIS RANDOM NUMBER
SLAPPED ON YOU.
YOU ARE PARADED AROUND IN YOUR
UNDERWEAR AND SCOUTS ARE
STANDING THERE WITH CLIPBOARDS
SIZING YOU UP.
THERE IS NOT ANOTHER JOB
INTERVIEW ANYWHERE ON EARTH LIKE
THE NFL COMBINE.
>> Bomani: WASN'T THAT THE SAME
INTERVIEW PROCESS IN
"MAGIC MIKE?"
LOOK, EVEN NFL EXECUTIVES KNOW
WHAT'S UP.
SORT OF.
GEORGE YOUNG, THE FORMER
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GIANTS,
ONCE REFERRED TO THE COLLEGE
SENIOR BOWL WEIGH-IN AS A
"LIVESTOCK SHOW...
DEHUMANIZING, BUT NECESSARY."
ONLY THING THAT'S "DEHUMANIZING
BUT NECESSARY" IS THE MIDDLE
SEAT ON A FULL FLIGHT.
ONE OF THESE ARMRESTS IS MINE,
GODDAMMIT.
AND I WILL CUT YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
OF COURSE, THIS IS STARTING TO
EVOKE ANOTHER SORT OF CHATTEL.
>> FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK
COLIN KAEPERNICK'S NEW NETFLIX
SPECIAL IGNITING DEBATE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER IT COMPARED
THE NFL'S DRAFTING PROCESS AND
ITS WORKOUT PERFORMANCE REVIEW,
CALLED THE COMBINE, TO SLAVERY.
>> THEIR MUSCLES ARE MEASURED,
THEIR STRENGTH IS CALCULATED.
THIS IS A VERY INVASIVE
PROCESS FOR THE BLACK BODY TO GO
DETERMINE WHAT THE POTENTIAL FOR
PROFIT IS.
>> Bomani: SEE, THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE
COLIN KAEPERNICK
MAKING FILMS INSTEAD OF WATCHING
FILM.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.
NOW NOTHING BRINGS OUT
THE LEMON BOOTY FROM CERTAIN
KINDS OF WHITE FOLKS LIKE A
COMPARISON BETWEEN PRO SPORTS
AND THE SLAVE TRADE.
THEY HATE THAT SHIT.
NOT THE SLAVERY.
JUST BEING REMINDED THAT IT
HAPPENED.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEIR POINT,
TOO.
THE METHODS OF THE DRAFT PROCESS
SOUND LIKE YOU'RE PLAYING A GAME
OF TABOO.
HERE ARE THE CLUES: EXPLOITING
MOSTLY BLACK MANUAL LABORERS BY
WAGE SUPPRESSION,
THE RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT,
CHOICE, AND EXPRESSION.
THEN THE PERSON ON YOUR TEAM
SCREAMS...
>> OOH, OOH, THE HISTORY OF
RACIAL CAPITALISM IN AMERICA!
>> Bomani: OH, DAMN, ALMOST.
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
THE NFL DRAFT.
[APPLAUSE]
OH, YEAH.
I AIN'T LETTING THIS $9,000
SUIT STOP ME FROM TALKING THAT
TALK.
BUT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T PICK UP ON
ANY OF THOSE "AMISTAD" VIBES IN
THE DRAFT COVERAGE.
PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU WERE
TOO DISTRACTED BY ALL THAT
"EXPERT ANALYSIS."
>> THERE'S BIG GUYS, THERE'S
STRONG GUYS, THERE'S LONG GUYS,
THERE'S FAST GUYS.
>> GUYS THAT ARE FAST.
GUYS THAT ARE EXPLOSIVE.
>> BIG BODY GUYS WHO ARE
SUPERSIZE.
>> GUYS WHO HAVE GOOD FEET.
>> GUYS THAT CAN DO A LITTLE BIT
OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
>> GUYS THAT CAN BALL NOW.
THEY CAN ALL BALL.
>> LET'S GET INTO SOME OF THE
GUYS WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO YET.
>> GUYS THAT ARE NASTY AND
PLAY HARD.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE A RAVEN.
HE'S TOUGH LIKE A RAVEN.
>> LIKE HE'S GOT A BIRD FACE?
>> WELL, NOT LIKE A BIRD
FACE.
MORE LIKE A FOOTBALL PLAYER
THAT THE RAVENS WOULD DRAFT.
>> OH, FIGURATIVELY.
>> Bomani: DAMN, THEY NAMED ALL
THE GUYS.
FIVE GUYS, GUY TORRY,
TEDDY RILEY, AND GUY,
AY, THIS FUCKING GUY,
PEOPLE JUSTIFY THE DRAFT BY
SAYING WE NEED IT FOR THE SAKE
OF COMPETITIVE BALANCE.
YEAH, LIKE PURSUING FAIRNESS FOR
ONE GROUP JUSTIFIES TAKING IT
AWAY FROM ANOTHER.
HERE'S HOW NFL FILMS PUT IT.
>> THE DRAFT WOULDN'T EXIST HAD
IT NOT BEEN INVENTED BY EAGLES
OWNER BERT BELL BACK IN 1936.
>> HE EXPRESSED IT
IN A WAY THAT THE STRONGEST HAD
TO GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
LIST AND THE WEAKEST AT THE TOP.
>> THE FIRST COLLEGE ALLOCATION
EVENT WAS STAGED AT THE
RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL OWNED BY HIS
FATHER.
>> Bomani: HIS DAD OWNED THE
RITZ!
WHEW.
COME ON, MAN.
WE KNOW WHAT THIS REALLY WAS.
A BUNCH OF OLD COOTS IN AN
HONEST-TO-GOD SMOKE-FILLED ROOM,
MIXING THEMSEVES COLDIES AND
CONSPIRING WITH ONE ANOTHER TO
HOLD THE WORKERS DOWN.
CAPITALISTS HAVE BEEN RUNNING
THAT GAME SINCE THEY STOPPED
PAYING PEOPLE WITH LITTLE BITS
OF GOLD.
ONE HISTORIAN RAN THE NUMBERS
AND CONCLUDED THAT THE DRAFT HAD
"NO IMMEDIATE IMPACT" ON PARITY,
AND THAT ITS MAIN EFFECT WAS TO
DEPRESS PLAYER SALARIES.
YEAH, TURNS OUT THE DRAFT JUST
GAVE THE SHITTY ORGANIZATIONS
A NEW THING TO BE BAD AT.
BUT IT HUNG AROUND ANYWAY
BECAUSE THE OWNERS WERE SAVING
MONEY ON PAYROLL AND KEEPING A
TIGHTER LEASH ON THE PLAYERS.
SOON ENOUGH THE DRAFT BECAME AN
INSTITUTION.
AND SOON ENOUGH THE INSTITUTION
BECAME A BIG OLD DUMB SPECTACLE.
[ESPN DRAFT ALERT CHIMES]
NOW IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS
ABOMINATION NOT ONLY PERSISTS,
BUT SEEMS TO GROW IN CULTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE YEAR AFTER YEAR,
IT'S BECAUSE THE LEAGUE, WITH
THE HELP OF CABLE TELEVISION,
TOOK SOMETHING THAT USED TO BE
AS BORING AS MOREHOUSE'S OWN
HERMAN CAIN'S TWEETS WHEN HE WAS
ALIVE INTO SOMETHING AS EXCITING
AS MOREHOUSE'S OWN HERMAN CAIN'S
TWEETS AFTER HE DIED.
>> THE DALLAS COWBOYS SELECTION?
ED JONES, DEFENSIVE END,
TENNESSEE STATE.
>> WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE!
100,000 PEOPLE.
TAYLOR SWIFT IS HERE.
LOOK AT TAYLOR!
WHOO!
YOU WOULDN'T MISS THIS PARTY.
>> NO, THIS IS AMAZING.
>> Bomani: COME ON, TAYLOR,
ADMIT IT.
YOU'RE ONLY THERE TO HEAR THE
SAD LIFE STORIES
SO THEY CAN INSPIRE YOUR SONGS.
SO NOW WE HAVE ALL THIS
PAGEANTRY FOR WHAT AMOUNTS TO A
"PEOPLE RAFFLE."
THIS IS A PROBLEM.
ANY ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE THE
DRAFT NOW HAS TO CONTEND WITH
THE FACT THAT FANS ABSOLUTELY
LOVE IT.
IT'S PRE-PRESEASON FOOTBALL!
ABOLISHING THE DRAFT WOULD
BE TANTAMOUNT TO CANCELING
"JEOPARDY!"
WE LOVE THAT SHOW EVEN IF NOW WE
GOT WHAT'S HIS FACE AS THE HOST.
OH, YEAH, AND WE GOT BLOSSOM,
TOO.
WE DO HAVE BLOSSOM.
[APPLAUSE]
BUT I HAVE A SOLUTION.
STAY WITH ME HERE.
TIME AFTER TIME,
THE COURTS HAVE AGREED WITH THE
PLAYERS THAT THE DRAFT IS AN
ILLEGAL RESTRAINT OF TRADE.
AND TIME AFTER TIME, THE DRAFT
HAS BEEN KEPT ALIVE BY THE
PLAYERS IN THEIR LABOR
AGREEMENTS WITH THE LEAGUE,
IN EXCHANGE FOR OTHER FREEDOMS
THEY'D BEEN DENIED,
LIKE FREE DRINKING WATER DURING
PRACTICE.
BUT LET'S SAY THE PLAYERS
FINALLY DECIDE TO BURY THE DRAFT
FOR GOOD.
HERE'S WHAT I ENVISION.
WE LOSE THE WAGE SUPPRESSION.
BUT KEEP THE TV SHOW.
LET THE ROOKIES ENTER THE
LEAGUE AS FULL FREE AGENTS, ABLE
TO NEGOTIATE WITH ANY TEAM.
AND THEN LET'S MAKE A BIG DUMB
OLD SPECTACLE OF IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HEY, MAN,
WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE A
SPECTACLE OUT OF ANYTHING.
THE WORLD CUP DRAW COULD HAVE
BEEN PULLING NAMES OUT OF A HAT,
AND INSTEAD, THEY TURNED IT
INTO THE MINI OSCARS HOSTED BY
IDRIS ELBA.
OH, HEY, IS THAT
STRINGER BELL?
RUN IT!
>> GET ON WITH IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: OH, YEAH, IF YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS,
LET'S FLIP IT.
HOW ABOUT WE SEE THINGS THROUGH
THE EYES OF THE PLAYER INSTEAD
OF THE OWNER?
LET'S KEEP THE COMBINE AND THE
DRAFT, BUT NOW IT'S FOR THE OLD
COOTS.
WE ALREADY HAVE NATIONAL SIGNING
DAY, RIGHT?
WELL, WE CAN DO THAT,
BUT BIGGER.
WE INVITE YOU TO WATCH THE FIRST
EVER NFL OWNERS' DRAFT.
>> THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER.
THE NFL OWNERS DRAFT IS COMING
TO HBO AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO
BE THERE.
TERRY, JEFF, AND ALL THIS TO
YOUS.
32 SUPERSTARS OF THE AMERICAN
ELITE ARE TRYING TO GET CHOSEN
TO BE FOR THE INAUGURAL OWNERS
DRAFT.
ALL PRESENT QUESTIONS GET
ANSWERED.
WILL JERRY JONES BREAK AWAY PLAY
FOR THE COWBOYS?
WILL THEY GET ANOTHER HAPPY
ENDING TONIGHT?
WILL CINCINNATI BE SCARED AWAY
BY THE CHEERLEADERS AT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDAL?
THE ALLEGATIONS OF FINANCIAL
PROPRIETIES STEMMING FROM
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OR
THE OTHER CHEERLEADER
SEXUAL-HARASSMENT SCANDAL
SCANDAL?
>> IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> THE OVER DOG STORY, THE OLD
MONEY BAGS WHO CAME FROM
EVERYTHING AND INHERITED THEIR
OFF TO GET WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.
JOIN ME, BOMANI JONES, AND LENA
DUNHAM, AS WE BREAK DOWN THE NFL
OWNERS DRAFT ONLY ON HBO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW
FOR THE NIGHT.
THANKS FOR TUNING IN THIS
SEASON.
WE HAVE A GREAT CREW OF PEOPLE
THAT I'VE HAD A GREAT TIME.
I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A GREAT
TIME.
SHOUT OUT TO YOU!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF MY GUYS!
WHICH GUYS?
ALL OF EM.
>> THERE'S BIG GUYS, THERE'S
STRONG GUYS, THERE'S LONG GUYS
THERE'S FAST GUYS.
♪ ♪
>> Bomani: HOW DID YOU GET
HIRED?
>> I GOT INTERVIEWED.
>> DID THEY ASK YOU RIDICULOUS
QUESTIONS?
>> NO, I AM IN I.T.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I GOT
AN I.T., SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THOSE DUMB-ASS
QUESTIONS.
>> Bomani: HAVE YOU EVER
GOTTEN A JOB INTERVIEW WHERE YOU
GOT PARADED AROUND IN A
ONE-PIECE LEOTARD, 325 OTHER
APPLICANTS?
>> VERY THANKFUL TO SAY NO.
>> Bomani: IMAGINE IF YOUR JOB
JUST TOLD YOU, YOU ARE
TRANSFERRING TO JACKSONVILLE.
>> NO.
[LAUGHTER]
NOBODY IS MAKING ME GO ANYWAY.
TO BE WHEN THEY AIN'T MAKING YOU
GO.
WHAT IF YOU DO, YOU CAME IN,
SOMEBODY COME TO YOUR DESK AND
SAY, YOU ARE TRANSFERRING TO
JACKSONVILLE.
>> YEAH, I WOULDN'T GO.
>> Bomani: NO, YOU HAVE TO GO.
>> UM, PERSONALLY, I AM IN A
PLACE IN MY LIFE OR IF I DON'T
WANT TO DO SOMETHING, I WILL NOT
WORK AT THAT JOB.
BUT IF I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO
GO, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Bomani: YOU ARE AT THE
PLACE IN YOUR LIFE OR YOU ARE
NEVER GOING TO JACKSONVILLE?
>> I AM NOT.
>> Bomani: [LAUGHS]
THAT IS WHAT I WAS WAITING ON.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT.