Josh Kroenke on Curious Mike… Drops later today! #mpj #interview #kroenke #podcast
00:00:00.000 | Josh Kronke, fellow Columbia Missourian.
00:00:02.520 | We're a rare breed up here.
00:00:04.040 | - We are a rare breed.
00:00:05.400 | - I did an internship right out of school
00:00:08.080 | with the NBA league office.
00:00:09.320 | Our group was in charge of the rookie transition program.
00:00:11.800 | - Did you hear what happened to me
00:00:12.680 | at the rookie transition camp in New York?
00:00:14.680 | - Was this the one where you posted Adam Silver's number?
00:00:18.160 | - I thought I was gonna get kicked out the league.
00:00:19.720 | - This comparison comes through
00:00:20.920 | and it's player A and player B.
00:00:22.360 | Player B's numbers were better in really every category.
00:00:26.080 | I was like, I'm gonna guess that player B is Nikola.
00:00:29.040 | And they're like, yep, you're right.
00:00:30.760 | And I'm like, all right,
00:00:31.600 | well then who are we talking about with player A?
00:00:32.840 | Is this some sort of comparison with Nurk
00:00:34.840 | or is this some sort of comparison
00:00:36.360 | with someone else in the league?
00:00:37.240 | And they're like, player A is Larry Bird.
00:00:40.080 | And I was like, oh.
00:00:41.480 | All of us kind of looked at each other like,
00:00:43.440 | because you know, sometimes when you talk
00:00:45.360 | to like a basketball purist even,
00:00:47.040 | Nikola's, his skill set and the way that he plays,
00:00:49.680 | you know, the eye test,
00:00:50.920 | he doesn't jump out at you right away.
00:00:52.480 | - There's a lot of talk about his number, number 15,
00:00:55.560 | and you know, him and Carmelo Anthony.
00:00:57.480 | You know, it's not anything that really ever crossed our mind.