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Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

Peja Stojakovic

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week we got one of the OG long-distance sharpshooters, as Peja Stojakovic joins Q and D on Knuckleheads. The Kings legend discusses his journey from Yugoslavia to the States, how he got into basketball, and his quick rise to getting drafted by Sacramento. Peja looks back on those legendary Kings teams, the ’02 playoff series against the Lakers, and what it was like playing with Vlade Divac and Chris Webber, among others. He also touches on how proud he is of the state of international basketball and his thoughts on Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic. Peja was one of the coldest from 3 ever. Tune in! Peja’s draft process and getting drafted by the Kings (14:05) Vlade Divac helping Peja transition to the United States (18:00) Early 2000’s Kings teams (24:30) Winning back-to-back Three-Point Contests, those experiences (39:54) Legendary Kings-Lakers rivalry (42:44) Playing for the Hornets with Chris Paul (51:45) Winning the 2011 championship with the Mavericks (57:00) 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

First of all man we appreciate you being on our show been a long time coming. It just

0:06.9

brought fast back seeing you after going through them double screens off the

0:11.7

corner and stuff and chase you and stuff.

0:13.8

But we really appreciate you being on the show, bro,

0:16.3

and rocking with us.

0:18.0

Thank you guys.

0:18.6

Thank you for having me, man.

0:20.1

Yes, sir.

0:21.0

When you first got to the league, who's the first person to bust your ass?

0:24.6

It was definitely one of those moments. I think like first 10 or 15 games were like very challenging for me

0:40.1

My first shot at San Antonio I I remember opening game, my first game in NBA, my first shot was airball.

0:47.0

And I was, I was so nervous, man.

0:50.0

It took me a second, but it was one particular game we played against Portland.

0:59.2

Mike Dunleavy was the coach and that's a way when the Portland was at a big lineup Rashid played at a small forward and I got I got in from the bench and I had suppose to guard Rashid and it was one of those moments where

1:16.7

they didn't even call a play they went like go at this guy.

1:20.8

Straight up. Go go at him. So they post him up, you just, you know, turn around, shot over me, but I happened two or three times in a row and very soon I was on the bench.

1:35.0

So yeah one of those things like you know I'm sure you guys have experienced the same thing

1:40.7

like once you figure out the pace the length the

1:44.2

athleticism I mean everything gets different in the league oh yeah no it's definitely

1:49.6

first first first person bust my ass was Chris Weber've been playing against y'all and all I seen was

1:55.2

jump hook and jump hook and jump hook and it was like man I can't block it I can't do nothing I can't get around

2:00.8

them I can't front him I am just jump up I know I know what you're talking about yeah Yo, yo yo, we live on location. We are, hey, we crossing them international waters for this one, baby.

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