Derek Anderson

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

This week on Knuckleheads we have one of the NBA’s craziest stories of all time, as Derek Anderson joins Q and D. DA details his journey from Louisville to hoop stardom. Parentless at 10 years old, father to a son at 15, he used basketball to help carry him through. He describes what it was like getting a scholarship to Ohio State, transferring to Kentucky, and how the NBA became a reality. DA is one of the few to have won a championship on both the college and NBA levels and his roller coaster journey of getting there is truly inspiring. Tune in. Louisville, growing up without parents, how he survived without getting lost to the streets (6:45) College process, earning a scholarship to Ohio State (14:16) Transferring to Kentucky, Rick Pitino and winning a NCAA title (25:44) Getting drafted, starting his foundation after his first check (39:11) Becoming a part of Jordan Brand, starting the low-cut trend (53:15) Playing with San Antonio, Tim Duncan and Greg Popovich (1:03:02) Going to Portland, Jail Blazers era (1:06:40) Miami Heat, winning NBA Finals in 2006 (1:27:30) About Our Hosts: NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook

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0:00.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, Q.
0:02.8	This is one of my teammates, a baller, you know, the best two guard I didn't play with, especially over you.
0:09.6	You know what I'm saying?
0:10.5	My guy, DA, you know what I'm saying?
0:13.3	So, yeah, we got my guy in the building, man, DA, man.
0:16.6	We appreciate you coming to rock with us, man, you know.
0:19.5	I always love playing with you, man.
0:22.1	I love your career, your game, and all that, man.
0:25.0	Jordan Brand, brother.
0:26.2	Yes, sir.
0:26.7	So, man, we appreciate you rocking with us, bro.
0:28.6	Always.
0:29.1	I love y'all, man.
0:29.9	Y'all some good dudes.
0:30.8	Craze.
0:31.5	I love y'all.
0:34.3	First of all, when you first got to the NBA, who's the first person to bust your ass oh yeah oh you mean
0:41.1	besides mj nah if he was first i want to hear the mj yeah i always tell people like mj was always hard
0:47.8	because he was who he was but i'm gonna be honest man Mitch richmond kept me oh miss he was coming
0:53.4	across the land you know how to have a have the small guard screen, the other guard.
0:57.2	And I took Coach over on switch, but Mitch Richmond will elbow me trying to get to the
1:00.9	poster.
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