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Yeah, back to the on-court stuff. We're kind of reintegrating John back into basketball
related activities. By design, we had him take a couple weeks off at the end of the
season just to kind of let things get back to a good baseline let things heal
and so now when kind of that gradual ramp up period we're getting him back
into basketball related work so he's gonna be going to USA basketball in the
next couple days. He's made some really, really good improvements in terms of how
he's moving; his mechanic with his squat, his hinging pattern, the single leg
stability, all things that are very, very important and things that translate over
into basketball performance so there's very, very encouraging to see that he's
made strides in a short period of time
Good footwork!
Good footwork!
Quick move, bang on him!
Good J-Dub!
Haha, you can't do nothing with that move.
They don't know what to do.
Good move, good move Rodney.
I'm Rodney Purvis and I'm from Raleigh, North Carolina.
I play basketball in the NBA.
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I been knowing John since we was like little kids. Since we both had like cornrows in our head, dog.
Same neighborhood? Yeah, same neighborhood for sure.
Just getting back to the grind.
Rodney Purvis... Rodney Purvis is a beast. He's a monster. He been a beast since he was in 6th grade.
He was basically John mini-me, like, it was the upbringing of John Wall & Rodney Purvis.
And before they even had their name, it's been like that.
I mean John set the bar high for people in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Because we didn't get the respect until somebody like John laid
his foot down and said listen, there's really some hoopers, it's really some cats doing their thing out here.
And, after that, they had no choice but to look at Raleigh.
There's really some hoopers thats
doing their thing from Raleigh, North Carolina.
and I think that's how it al came together. And the reason why I think they here today
because, know what I'm saying, like Raleigh...
People that really hoop is like a family. Like a little family.
It was good for my first day.
Got in, competed a little bit,
went after it with Jeff & John.
I'm just happy to be out here man, I'm blessed. That's crazy man but even though that
that's what it's all about man you know supporting each other from the same city
same state all that type of stuff man just wants to each other do you know if
you'd only make the city the city look better
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Just think about it logically look who's on the court you know how could you feel
like you know you've been given a free ticket to you know sit on the front row
you know and a NBA game cost a lot of money and they're all here you know and
you get to be there and talk to them and coach them and laugh with them that's
big-time fun so it's pretty easy to enjoy it.
He's gotten better every year you know he came in pretty young and he's figured
out you know what's important in the game you know what what you need to do
to to be a professional and he's been doing that year in and year out and he
did the same thing here. He's a hard worker he wanted to be here he wanted to
play well and that goes for everybody that's here I mean they didn't come here
just to sit on the side and go to dinner in Vegas I mean we went four on four and
five on five and we did a lot of running and that's what they wanted to do you
know we didn't force that issue or anything they were they wanted to be
competitive they wanted to have contact and so you know John and everybody else
you know just jumped in and did it.
Aye fro nappy as - , that USA picture, I have no smile no nothing.
They tried to get me to smile...
Oh you talking about, on the, when y'all first got here...
Yeah the head shot.
You saw they went ham on your - ?
Yeah about my picture? What they was saying?
You look like Forest Whitaker.
They said you look like Forest Whitaker...
They said you look like Uncle Drew, Uncle...
On bleacher report, they said he look like Uncle Drew, Uncle...
No way.
They said he look like Forest Whitaker...
My favorite meme, it was a Mr. Glass from the movie Unbreakable.
That, Samuel L. Jackson in the wheelchair, definitely the best one by far man.
Uncle Drew, Uncle.
That was the funniest one and John Witherspoon.
Pop. Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!
He do look like John Witherspoon though, I been told him he look like John Witherspoon...
He look like Ike Turner, Ike Turner, John Witherspoon, Uncle Drew Uncle
All that, all that in one.
Truth be told, I'm a big Star Wars fan so the comparison between John and
Forest Whitaker's character in new Solo movie I had a hard time not laughing
with that.
Na they all was funny though. Most of them was funny.
Craig's dad from Friday, probably one of the better ones?
Yeah that was my favorite one. I like that one a lot.
I mean because it's my brother man, it's genuine.
to see someone that, you know, I played with my college you know make it to this level
and continue to be great, its unbelievable.
Do you feel like you get more out of a workout when you're with someone like him?
No question. I mean he's going to push you. As you can see
every time I'm missing a shot I know he's picking me so
you know, I love that.
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Na it's dope to get it from Pop. Ain't nobody like Pop. Yeah, Pop is dope.
I think one of the GOATS of coaching. Yeah like every time I go there like
even like, two years ago I think it was, when I went. I was just focused on defense and
trying to set people up cause everybody trying to be a scorer
at USA, that's not what it's all about
they got certain guys that you know gonna be scorers and these guys got to be
able to play defense said guys up and just being a knock down shots when you
get a chance that's what it's all about to me
That's my goal, have a Gold Medal.
You said the internet is undefeated, what'd you mean by that?
They just always going to win, no matter what, whatever they find
about you, good or bad, they always going to find out.
It's the social media world we live in now, especially with camera phones.
So that just makes it easier to take it with a grain of salt?
Yeah
So that whole picture thing to you, that was just all jokes? That was funny?
To me it was when I had seen everyone talking about it...
When did you notice?
After practice everyone was like, "did you see your picture went viral?"
I'm like, "Na.." and I ain't even know what the picture looked like.
So when you're sitting next to James, when they were doing all the interviews and you were scrolling through your phone, is that when you noticed?
Na I still hadn't seen it. I didn't see it until after I was done with media
But they were just talking about it.
Na I ain't seen it. I was like "oh damn that - looks crazy."
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