Miami Heat guard talks to Tobin and Leroy about Kentucky atmosphere, possible music in the future, how the Heat bounce back from loss to Celtics, chemistry with Terry Rozier, disagreement with being ranked 87th by CBS for Top 100 NBA players and favorite shows with his kids.
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00:00We'll be right back. Boy wonder
00:06himself Tyler hero joining the
00:08program. Hello Tyler. So it's
00:10good to have you again. Top of
00:11the top. We were just talking a
00:13little NCAA football. We were
00:15giving Leroy the business. He
00:18did. He did say oh I didn't
00:20know. You know you got to
00:21support. You know where you
00:22went to school. You say oh you
00:23went to get it. Yeah I got it
00:25in. And that's it. Do they even
00:26have an NCAA hoops. Like do
00:28they. What are you saying the
00:29basketball. Yeah if you play
00:31basketball. Is there even a
00:32college basketball NCAA. No no
00:34it shouldn't be. No. I don't
00:35know. Football just the
00:36football just makes so much
00:37more money. I feel like that
00:39is a staple that college
00:41football is football and
00:43basketball. But yeah football
00:44is. Everyone loves the
00:45football game. Those fans are
00:46rabid up there though. Like
00:47you got the Kentucky. My
00:49uncle's a rabid rabid
00:51Kentucky Wildcats fan. He
00:52actually told me about when
00:53you guys drafted. Bam. Like
00:55anytime you guys draft
00:56Kentucky I'm like I always get
00:57the scouting report from you
00:58guys. It is insane. Not is. I
01:01mean the whole Lexington just
01:04loves that whole Kentucky
01:06campus whether it's football
01:08basketball baseball whatever
01:09it is they're diehard fans.
01:11It's the only besides Louisville
01:12is the only real like sports
01:16team in the state. So they
01:17really support and come out
01:19hard for the for Kentucky. How
01:21was how was the summer. Any
01:22any. It looked like you had
01:24yourself a time man. Look you
01:26have an album come out. I
01:27thought you like you put like
01:28a little Instagram look like I
01:30saw a snippet. I think I saw
01:31you in the lab. No I had a
01:33great summer. Had a lot of fun.
01:36I'm definitely excited to be
01:37back though. Definitely. So no
01:39album. I'm not. I don't have an
01:41album. I like I like to dibble
01:43and dab. That's like it's like
01:44a hobby. Yeah. But I'm not
01:46releasing any music anytime
01:48soon. So this is like probably
01:49one of the longer off seasons
01:51you've had. Right. Yeah. I was
01:53it's been here. That's what I
01:54said. I was ready to get back
01:56and just into like a routine. I
01:57was felt like I was hanging out
01:58too long. So you feel like you
02:01start feeling uncomfortable. I
02:02was supposed to be doing
02:03something. I know I'm working
02:05out but I need to I need to I
02:06need to fill my day with a
02:08little bit more than just
02:08working out. So I'm excited to
02:10be back from your standpoint.
02:13Like how did you take the end
02:15of last year. Like you guys
02:16obviously didn't feel like you
02:17had all your horses there at
02:18the end. Such a bitter rivalry
02:20with Boston. So like when you
02:22reflect back on that like what
02:23did you I guess take from the
02:25ending of that season. I mean
02:28obviously the whole year we're
02:29kind of banged up from beginning
02:32to the end. So really we didn't
02:35we didn't have much of a you
02:37know a chemistry of me Jimmy
02:39Abam also didn't play much
02:40together and then you had Terry
02:42into the mix. He ends up going
02:43down or I went down first and
02:45he went down and then Jimmy goes
02:48down before the playoffs. So it
02:49was just it was a tough
02:50situation to be in. Obviously
02:52we were very motivated to win
02:54and you know try to beat the
02:55Celtics. We're one of the I
02:57think they were the only team
02:58that beat him once right. Us
03:00and did he get one. Someone
03:03else. But either way it wasn't
03:04good enough. But you know it's
03:07just it was a tough situation
03:09to be in obviously. But you
03:12know you reflect on it and
03:13everyone's back healthy and
03:14we're ready to roll. A lot of
03:16people have asked about like
03:17you and Terry because we never
03:18really got to see that. Like as
03:20soon as you got back he got her
03:21with the weird thing. Yeah.
03:23Did you guys like spend any
03:25time together this summer
03:26getting to know each other a
03:26little bit better or anything
03:28that you feel like will help
03:29mesh that that kind of unknown
03:31going into this year. I mean we
03:33definitely we hung out definitely
03:36if quite quite a bit in the
03:39summer. So I mean we were
03:41definitely friends. We don't
03:42hate each other. We'll see how
03:46it works on the court. But you
03:47know we we hung out and we you
03:50know I guess that we're cool.
03:52I always wonder how how that
03:53works because you know a lot of
03:56times people predetermine how
03:58it's going to fit together and
04:00you you guys are trying to make
04:02it work together. And so you go
04:04into it with a whole different
04:06mindset. You know you go into
04:08it like oh I like this you like
04:09this or whatever. How long does
04:11that really take because now
04:13that you have a personal
04:15relationship and you're friends
04:17it kind of helps with that
04:18right. Yeah. No for sure. I
04:20mean anytime you're you're
04:22you're playing with someone
04:23that you like is easier because
04:25you you want to see their
04:26success. You want them to be
04:28successful and ultimately you're
04:30happy for them when they're
04:31doing their thing. So at the end
04:34of the day I think there will be
04:36you know some things we have to
04:37work out as every year we we
04:39have to do that no matter who's
04:41on the team. So you know we'll
04:44work it out and we'll just
04:45continue to see how it goes and
04:46continue to get better with it.
04:47And we have two really good
04:49guards and obviously you had
04:51Duncan to it too and I think our
04:54backcourt is really really good.
04:56I would agree with that. I think
04:59I saw on your social media there
05:01was a posting of a ranking that
05:04you may have. I'm just
05:06interpreting so you tell me if
05:07I'm right or wrong. It could be
05:09something could be nothing. Did
05:11you find the ranking of 87 to be
05:13a slap in the face. Did you find
05:15that to be too low. What was the
05:17reasoning behind that. Yeah. I
05:20do. No I don't think it's too
05:22low. But I don't make the
05:24rankings. I made my rankings
05:27there'll be a little bit
05:28different than that. So everyone
05:30has to do it right. Everyone has
05:32their own opinion and you know
05:34it's cool. I'm cool with it. How
05:36much do you find stuff like that.
05:37Like do you find that stuff
05:39motivating anymore or is it like
05:41has become less so because
05:42you're a guy you're used to
05:44honestly dealing with the noise
05:45and you deal with it well. Yeah
05:47honestly it hasn't even got to
05:49I'm always motivated. I got two
05:51beautiful kids that motivate me
05:52enough. So like a ranking
05:54honestly is more of like a I
05:56look at that ranking and kind of
05:58just laugh like honestly. I'm
06:00gonna tell you what you do. You
06:01look at the list. You see this
06:07guy right here. I respect
06:10everybody on the list. But
06:12again it's from what you believe
06:14you are not from them. And so
06:16you look at the list ago. There's
06:18also players on the list that I
06:19seen throughout the summer. We
06:20played one on one. We shot. We
06:22did our thing and they don't
06:23know that. Right. And they don't
06:25know that. And those players
06:26might even tell you that they're
06:27not better than me from what
06:28I've done to them. So I'm not
06:31even going to wait in the summer
06:33in the summer. I'm not in the
06:35game. So you saw an accurate
06:38thing. Yes. Like I said you
06:40still remember. Oh yeah. Oh
06:44yeah. I remember when when they
06:45shipped me out of Baltimore and
06:47they brought in Bam Morris. I
06:48still got his stats. That's
06:51what makes us who we are. You
06:52know like I'm like you. It's
06:55OK. You know it's OK. You say
06:57oh no he better than me. And
07:00you go out there and see I told
07:02y'all like that's. Yeah. Like I
07:04said I respect everyone that was
07:06on the list and definitely
07:07excited to see how they perform
07:09as well. So yeah. Cool. You as
07:11a dad you have a number one
07:12cartoon you secretly like to
07:14like watch the kids Bluey
07:17Paw Patrol. Right now we're
07:20doing it. We didn't like a
07:21Mickey Mouse tour at Disney
07:23World. Oh yeah. Right now it's
07:25Mickey Mouse. We went through.
07:27There's a show called Coco. It's
07:30not Coco. No it's not. It's
07:32different. It's different.
07:32Yeah. Coco's here from Coco
07:33Mellon. Yeah. You got to know
07:37that. I guess it got out of that
07:39age range. You better not put
07:41the wrong thing on the TV for
07:42them kids. No man. This ain't
07:44Mickey Daddy. This is not Mickey.
07:46What are we doing. It's crazy.
07:48He's Kamuska. Tyler I appreciate
07:51the time man. Thanks so much.
07:52Thanks man. And we're done. I
07:53was having some fun. Thank you
07:54buddy. I appreciate it. I
07:56appreciate it. Yes sir. Y'all
07:57have a great day. Miami Heat
07:59Media Day. Hey tell you tell
08:01Dunst I'm looking for him. Oh
08:03gosh. Tyler here.