Stephen Curry

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11/22/22 • 94 min

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Today's episode of The Old Man and The Three is a bucket list episode for us. Our guest is Golden State Warriors guard and greatest shooter of all time, Stephen Curry. Steph was gracious enough to give us almost 90 minutes of stories, insight and so much more. Topics include: the immediate importance of Klay Thompson's personal success as it relates to the team's success, Steph's thoughts on JJ "hating" on him on First Take, dissecting Steph's various forms of trash talking moves and the origin of his look-away three pointers, how he developed his confidence at an early age, what his recruiting process was like and how he ended up at Davidson, idolizing LeBron James in college, Steph almost getting traded to The Phoenix Suns on draft night, his rookie year struggles, JJ's favorite Steph moves, the time JJ made Steph fall on the court, The Golden State Warriors first NBA Finals and whether or not he feels he should've won Finals MVP over Andre Iguodala, what it meant to him to win Finals MVP last season, that legendary 2016 Warriors season and winning 73 games, getting beat by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in The NBA Finals, how he, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and The Warriors stayed motivated during the first dynasty, the dominance of The Kevin Durant era of The Golden State Warriors, a great story about Drake not remembering Klay Thompson's name at a concert in San Francisco, how he is able to reach the 'flow state' of basketball, why The 2022 NBA Finals against The Boston Celtics meant so much to him, breaking down the emotions of Game 4 of The 2022 NBA Finals and MUCH more.

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Lauri Markkanen

Our guest this week has one of the best NBA stories this season. He’s Utah Jazz star and Most Improved Player candidate, Lauri Markkanen. The episode begins with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter’s discussion about The Utah Jazz’s real changes to make the playoffs this season. Then we immediately get into our interview with Lauri. Topics include: A story about Lauri calling Brian Scalabrine to ask if he could wear his number with The Chicago Bulls, Lauri’s influences growing up and what his competition was like in Finland, adjusting to The NBA, playing against 17 year old Luka Doncic in The EuroLeague, how he’s been able to elevate his play on The Utah Jazz and whether the team feels as though they’re being underestimated, his experience playing for The Cleveland Cavaliers and The Chicago Bulls, Lauri shares a story from the tumultuous Jim Boylen era of The Chicago Bulls, how Lauri has adjusted to the business side of professional sports, his thoughts on so many international MVP level players such as Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and so much more.

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