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VLOG 01: FIRST DAY IN BROOKLYN // Michael Porter Jr.


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00:00:00.440 | Man, just got to the hotel after a long flight out here to Brooklyn from Denver.
00:00:09.600 | Probably was like a four-hour flight, I want to say.
00:00:13.480 | But made it to the hotel, gonna chill tonight, gonna chill tonight and get to it tomorrow.
00:00:19.460 | Day one out here in Brooklyn.
00:00:20.740 | So we're gonna hit the white room, hit the court tomorrow morning, and finally see the
00:00:25.160 | facilities.
00:00:26.160 | I've heard some good things about the whole practice facility and everything, so I'm excited
00:00:31.100 | to see it.
00:00:32.100 | We're just gonna take it easy tonight, might get some dinner in the city, but man, just gonna
00:00:37.200 | try to adjust over the next couple weeks.
00:00:39.140 | So we'll see how it goes.
00:00:53.400 | The best part of what we got, parking lot over here.
00:00:59.340 | City.
00:01:00.340 | I'm just glad y'all got two courts, man.
00:01:02.280 | That's what Connor was telling me.
00:01:03.440 | Cause over there we had, we had the one court.
00:01:05.940 | Y'all always keep the windows up?
00:01:08.340 | As much as we can.
00:01:09.340 | When we start practice, sometimes the light from the sun is like too much.
00:01:13.340 | But this is, this is what everybody wants to see.
00:01:15.280 | Smooth though.
00:01:16.280 | You know, it's sweet.
00:01:17.280 | It's definitely, so that's all Manhattan right there, right?
00:01:21.280 | Yeah, so Manhattan is right there, Brooklyn is over here, and then Jersey is on the other
00:01:27.280 | side.
00:01:28.280 | All them builders is Jersey?
00:01:29.280 | Yeah.
00:01:30.280 | And that's Manhattan and that's Brooklyn?
00:01:31.280 | Yeah.
00:01:32.280 | Good job.
00:01:33.280 | Jersey is sweet.
00:01:34.280 | What are they renovating?
00:01:36.280 | So there's a lot of stuff going on.
00:01:38.220 | I don't know what's happening over there, but I know in the players' suite, they got the,
00:01:43.220 | they're redoing our hot tubs, cold tubs, that whole space back there.
00:01:48.220 | This is smooth.
00:01:49.220 | I'm about to be in here.
00:01:50.220 | Yeah.
00:01:51.220 | All the time.
00:01:52.220 | Yeah.
00:01:53.220 | This is our flag.
00:01:55.220 | Jordy talks about it all the time.
00:01:58.220 | Really different when you're ready to connect yourself.
00:02:00.220 | It's the beginning of the year, everybody's signing.
00:02:02.220 | So, it's always with us on the road.
00:02:04.220 | It's always with us at home.
00:02:05.220 | It's always with us at Barclays.
00:02:07.220 | That's brilliant.
00:02:09.220 | Oh my God.
00:02:10.220 | What you up?
00:02:11.220 | What's up?
00:02:12.220 | Yeah.
00:02:13.220 | Spend a lot of time in here before you get there.
00:02:16.220 | Obviously, you'll be looking for holiday, but it's another part of what we've got here.
00:02:20.220 | So, on this side, there are more offices that lead to the hydro room that's in the back room.
00:02:27.220 | Okay.
00:02:28.220 | So, back there is where all the pools and stuff are going to place.
00:02:31.220 | Five 30 clips.
00:02:32.220 | Video room style.
00:02:34.220 | And then, just the locker room.
00:02:37.220 | Showers, bathrooms over here.
00:02:39.220 | You're trying to walk around.
00:02:41.220 | Lock the room right here.
00:02:43.220 | You got you in the middle.
00:02:44.220 | Man, that means something.
00:02:45.220 | No, it don't.
00:02:46.220 | That means something.
00:02:47.220 | Nah, that's cool.
00:02:49.220 | That's where we at.
00:02:50.220 | This is nice.
00:02:51.220 | Pretty spacious.
00:02:52.220 | Yeah.
00:02:53.220 | So, y'all never practice at Barclays?
00:02:55.220 | On game day.
00:02:56.220 | That's the only time we're really over there.
00:02:58.220 | Go and do a little shoot around?
00:02:59.220 | Yeah, we'll do a shoot around and walk.
00:03:00.220 | Last year, we did a shoot around and walk through.
00:03:02.220 | It was there.
00:03:03.220 | And then, we just stayed there.
00:03:04.220 | Smooth, man.
00:03:05.220 | Yeah.
00:03:06.220 | Yeah.
00:03:07.220 | You got the steam room right here.
00:03:09.220 | Little sauna type thing.
00:03:11.220 | Showers.
00:03:12.220 | These are our temporary cold tubs.
00:03:15.220 | Because in here, we're all the practice of hot tubs.
00:03:18.220 | Cold tubs, hot tubs.
00:03:19.220 | This is like, I didn't know how to describe it.
00:03:22.220 | It's like a little soft bath.
00:03:24.220 | You lay in the water and it keeps a little bit sour.
00:03:27.220 | Some of them.
00:03:28.220 | Yeah, yeah.
00:03:29.220 | Whatever that shoot is called.
00:03:30.220 | It's that.
00:03:31.220 | Is there people being here?
00:03:32.220 | Yeah.
00:03:33.220 | People going here?
00:03:34.220 | All the time.
00:03:35.220 | That's the float tank.
00:03:36.220 | Yeah, exactly that.
00:03:37.220 | Exactly that.
00:03:38.220 | So, that's pretty dope.
00:03:40.220 | We made it, man.
00:03:43.220 | Friggin' stay in Brooklyn.
00:03:44.220 | How does it feel to be here?
00:03:46.220 | Excited.
00:03:47.220 | Got my first lift today.
00:03:49.220 | My first little court workout.
00:03:51.220 | You know what I mean?
00:03:52.220 | So, came here to grind.
00:03:53.220 | Gotta get better.
00:03:54.220 | Okay.
00:03:55.220 | We were doing the game, my egg lunch.
00:03:57.220 | We were doing over here.
00:03:59.220 | And then, back here is where we got all of our food.
00:04:02.220 | So, we got chefs every day.
00:04:04.220 | They cook us breakfast and lunch.
00:04:06.220 | It's great.
00:04:07.220 | The fridges are stocked.
00:04:08.220 | Whatever we need.
00:04:09.220 | And then, this is it.
00:04:12.220 | We're recovering.
00:04:13.220 | Get our fuel.
00:04:14.220 | That's it.
00:04:15.220 | So, yeah, it's us, man.
00:04:16.220 | Yeah, it's strange, bro.
00:04:17.220 | It's us in a nutshell.
00:04:18.220 | Cool, man.
00:04:19.220 | Appreciate the little tour.
00:04:20.220 | Most definitely.
00:04:21.220 | Man, we made it, man.
00:04:22.220 | First day in Brooklyn.
00:04:25.220 | I'm excited to get to it.
00:04:27.220 | About to get this work on the weight room.
00:04:29.220 | Then, take it to the court.
00:04:31.220 | Good little views from the locker room.
00:04:33.220 | You know what I'm saying?
00:04:35.220 | So, let's do it.
00:04:37.220 | Starting off the day, man.
00:04:38.220 | Gotta get some good nutrition in me.
00:04:40.220 | Normally, I like to work out before I eat.
00:04:43.220 | But, who knows what these dudes gonna have me doing today.
00:04:46.220 | So, I'm gonna eat first.
00:04:47.220 | Got a little omelet.
00:04:49.220 | Some orange juice.
00:04:52.220 | Some oatmeal.
00:04:53.220 | A little hash brown.
00:04:58.220 | And a bagel.
00:05:01.220 | You know what I'm saying?
00:05:02.220 | Bagel with cream cheese.
00:05:04.220 | I'm not even gonna lie.
00:05:07.220 | It's a whirlwind getting traded.
00:05:09.220 | Getting traded after figuring out, you know, the new facility.
00:05:13.220 | Your new space.
00:05:14.220 | How you get to the arena.
00:05:17.220 | All that little stuff, like, it takes a minute.
00:05:21.220 | It took me about three years to learn how to get from my crib to the Denver airport with no GPS.
00:05:27.220 | So, it's definitely gonna be a little adjustment period.
00:05:31.220 | They got a float tank.
00:05:33.220 | They got a...
00:05:35.220 | That float tank.
00:05:36.220 | That's something we didn't have in Denver.
00:05:38.220 | You basically just go and you float in the water.
00:05:41.220 | And there's so much salt in the water that you just get to float.
00:05:44.220 | And chill in there.
00:05:45.220 | So, I'm definitely gonna utilize that.
00:05:47.220 | Do some...
00:05:48.220 | Some prayer in there.
00:05:49.220 | Some meditation.
00:05:50.220 | Stuff like that.
00:05:51.220 | I didn't eat too much 'cause I still wanna be light.
00:05:54.220 | Feel good for my workout.
00:05:56.220 | So, that's what we're going right now.
00:06:00.220 | We're going to get this lift in, man.
00:06:01.220 | Let's get it.
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00:08:14.220 | Open the door to the outdoor area.
00:08:21.220 | Amazing view of the city.
00:08:24.220 | The interior is nice and white.
00:08:27.220 | I like the white walls with the wood.
00:08:31.220 | Bedroom right here that opens out to the outdoor space.
00:08:36.220 | Beautiful view when you wake up.
00:08:39.220 | A nice little closet area.
00:08:42.220 | Good closet area.
00:08:45.220 | Good bathroom man.
00:08:48.220 | Big tub.
00:08:49.220 | Use that as an ice plunge.
00:08:52.220 | Cold plunge.
00:08:53.220 | I like how light and spacious it is.
00:08:58.220 | Back here you've got three rooms.
00:09:03.220 | Three guest rooms.
00:09:05.220 | So I'm thinking about making this a closet space with my shoes.
00:09:09.220 | You know what I'm saying?
00:09:10.220 | Put some shoes.
00:09:11.220 | Put some drip in there.
00:09:12.220 | Some game day fits.
00:09:13.220 | Set that up like that.
00:09:16.220 | I'm thinking I'm going to put my recovery modalities.
00:09:19.220 | You know, massage table.
00:09:20.220 | Hydrobaric chamber.
00:09:21.220 | All that.
00:09:22.220 | Go in this bedroom.
00:09:23.220 | And then make this an actual room.
00:09:26.220 | And then make this an actual room.
00:09:29.220 | If y'all ever wonder where I got grape from.
00:09:32.220 | This is the original grape man right here.
00:09:39.220 | Got a fire rooftop space.
00:09:42.220 | Put some furniture over here.
00:09:45.220 | Vibe out.
00:09:46.220 | A little grill.
00:09:50.220 | Some more chairs.
00:09:51.220 | I like that I can get some sun.
00:09:58.220 | Nice little garden area.
00:09:59.220 | And the good part about this place is it's 10 minutes from the arena.
00:10:08.220 | 10 minutes from the practice corner.
00:10:13.220 | What you think of the city great?
00:10:16.220 | Nice bike rides.
00:10:17.220 | Some nice shopping.
00:10:18.220 | Some good food.
00:10:19.220 | Good food.
00:10:20.220 | What you about to be on out here?
00:10:21.220 | I'm about to take a little video of y'all.
00:10:22.220 | What do you think of New York so far Nicodemus?
00:10:23.220 | Very excited.
00:10:24.220 | Very excited.
00:10:25.220 | It's dope.
00:10:26.220 | What are you excited about?
00:10:27.220 | New beginnings.
00:10:28.220 | New beginnings.
00:10:29.220 | I love the fact that everybody is very detail oriented.
00:10:31.220 | Everybody has a sense of urgency.
00:10:32.220 | Everybody gets to it.
00:10:33.220 | Everybody is getting straight to it.
00:10:34.220 | I love the fact that everybody is very detail oriented.
00:10:36.220 | Everybody has a sense of urgency.
00:10:37.220 | Everybody gets to it.
00:10:38.220 | Everybody is getting straight to it.
00:10:39.220 | I love the fact that everybody is very detail oriented.
00:10:44.220 | Everybody has a sense of urgency.
00:10:47.220 | Everybody gets to it.
00:10:49.220 | Everybody is getting straight to it.
00:10:50.220 | I just mapped it.
00:10:52.220 | Statue of Liberty right there.
00:10:54.220 | Find your groove.
00:10:56.220 | Find your rhythm.
00:10:58.220 | Find your cadence.
00:11:00.220 | The difference right now is that hard to stop.
00:11:02.220 | Jump.
00:11:04.220 | Jump.
00:11:06.220 | Reach out.
00:11:10.220 | Halfway right here.
00:11:14.220 | Halfway.
00:11:20.220 | Five.
00:11:22.220 | Eleven.
00:11:24.220 | Six.
00:11:26.220 | Eight.
00:11:28.220 | One.
00:11:30.220 | I'm not even going to lie.
00:11:34.220 | They got me working probably as hard as I've ever worked,
00:11:36.220 | but I'm making progress.
00:11:38.220 | I'm excited, man.
00:11:40.220 | It's an amazing opportunity.
00:11:42.220 | The staff over here is great.
00:11:44.220 | They're getting me right already.
00:11:46.220 | We've been in here probably four hours more.
00:11:50.220 | Isn't that right, Greg?
00:11:51.220 | Four.
00:11:52.220 | Four long hours.
00:11:53.220 | Getting it in.
00:11:54.220 | Man, but we getting better.
00:11:55.220 | So that's all you can ask for.
00:11:57.220 | We're out here in Brooklyn, man.
00:12:00.220 | Walking around.
00:12:01.220 | Trying to see what's up with the city.
00:12:03.220 | You know what I'm saying?
00:12:05.220 | Get the view.
00:12:08.220 | We're going to go to dinner in a minute, but decided to walk around and see what's up, man.
00:12:14.220 | Look at the view, Greg.
00:12:16.220 | Need a fit check, Greg.
00:12:20.220 | Fit check?
00:12:21.220 | Fit check.
00:12:22.220 | You know what I'm saying?
00:12:23.220 | Got the Jumbo Jumbo Chanel on.
00:12:25.220 | Got this and Saint Tropez.
00:12:27.220 | You're not finding the Jumbo one like this anywhere.
00:12:30.220 | Nowhere else.
00:12:31.220 | Got the...
00:12:32.220 | Got the, uh...
00:12:33.220 | You know what I'm saying?
00:12:34.220 | The Louie Kicks on.
00:12:36.220 | The Rick Owens pants.
00:12:37.220 | Poked out, Jones.
00:12:38.220 | Everything else in the Mia's.
00:12:39.220 | Mia's shirt.
00:12:40.220 | Mia's hat.
00:12:41.220 | Got the Pepsi Roley on.
00:12:44.220 | You know what I'm saying?
00:12:46.220 | Had to throw a little bit of ice on.
00:12:48.220 | Nothing too crazy tonight for dinner, but...
00:12:50.220 | You know what I'm saying?
00:12:51.220 | That's it.
00:12:52.220 | We out here in New York.
00:12:53.220 | First night out here.
00:12:54.220 | Just chilling.
00:12:55.220 | Just chilling.
00:12:56.220 | Capped the night off.
00:12:58.220 | With a good dinner, man.
00:12:59.220 | After a tough day in the lab.
00:13:01.220 | We pulled up to Tao.
00:13:03.220 | It's a nice little spot.
00:13:04.220 | It's my first time at this one.
00:13:06.220 | I've been to the LA one.
00:13:07.220 | And I've been to the Vegas one.
00:13:08.220 | See what the food's talking about.
00:13:11.220 | Good little ambiance.
00:13:14.220 | We just gonna kick it.
00:13:15.220 | Get some good food.
00:13:16.220 | And get ready for another day in the lab tomorrow.
00:13:19.220 | We got a couple appetizers, man.
00:13:21.220 | If you know me, you know I love some edamame.
00:13:24.220 | Some shishito peppers.
00:13:26.220 | Got a little mocktail.
00:13:28.220 | This joint right here is fire.
00:13:30.220 | Waiting on the main course.
00:13:34.220 | Man, here goes some of the main courses.
00:13:37.220 | We got a little sea bass right here on the skewer.
00:13:39.220 | Fire.
00:13:40.220 | Got the chicken wings.
00:13:42.220 | Some fried rice, man.
00:13:43.220 | Some orange chicken.
00:13:44.220 | We about to dig in.
00:13:46.220 | Good little meal to finish the day.
00:13:49.220 | Man, it's been a long but productive day.
00:13:52.220 | Got that working this morning.
00:13:53.220 | Then got to, you know, enjoy the city a little bit.
00:13:56.220 | Check out Brooklyn.
00:13:57.220 | Check out New York City.
00:13:58.220 | Got to tour a couple places.
00:14:00.220 | See where I wanna...
00:14:01.220 | See where I wanna live while I'm out here.
00:14:03.220 | Got some good food in me.
00:14:05.220 | And now we back in the room.
00:14:07.220 | About to get some rest.
00:14:08.220 | Probably about to find a little show on Netflix.
00:14:11.220 | And get me some sleep.
00:14:12.220 | Get ready for tomorrow.
00:14:13.220 | So, like I told y'all, I'm gonna be doing this little vlogging thing.
00:14:16.220 | I hope you liked it.
00:14:17.220 | I hope you enjoy watching.
00:14:19.220 | Curious Mike out, man.
00:14:20.220 | He's Mike out, man.