An Honest Conversation About NBA Players Who Don’t Love the Game | DeMar and PG 

I think Paul George is good at podcasting.

DeMar a real one for sure

Paul George seems like a phenomenal locker room leader.

"Mention my boi" The way PG said Lamelo 😂

DeMar comes across as a solid dude and a good role model for basketball fans. I wish the best for him as his career progresses.

It’s impressive that there’s guys in the NBA who don’t practice but still made it. Just shows how talented they were. I bust my ass and didn’t make college ball.

Demar should be permanently on the pod

DeAndre ayton be like

Damn just yesterday these guys were the next generation now they talking about back in my day, time flies

Poole got 130mil and dropped ZERO points in an nba playoff game😂😂 if that’s not the heist of the century idk what is🤷🏽‍♂️

As a Raps fan, I’m still sad about how Derozan was treated when he was traded. He’s a top notch human being.

We all know they're talking about Bum Simmons 😂

That’s wild to me. I once thought most, if not all loved the game. If I’m getting paid millions & have a shot to get 1-2 max contracts, I’m staying in the gym. Especially if I’m young with no real responsibilities.

thank you paul george for this glorious insight on the game. it was greatly appreciated, especially that CBA part.

As a wolves fan, the fact that P mentioned Anthony Edwards by name as a guy who has the fire warms my heart. I’m old enough to remember when his biggest red flag pre draft was if he even loved basketball.

Once money, politics, media etc are involved I can see how the game can become a “Job” more than a “Loved hobby”. A high percentage of these guys have been playing the game so long with everyone around them noticing the talent immediately at young ages. Inconspicuously they start to push “NBA, NBA, NBA” into the players’ head never caring if they love the game or is doing it just to generate life altering money for loved ones that alone can kill the love of the game making it just another job just one with a large pay sum. Whole time the person is unhappy and rather be doing something else but carry on…

I remember when Jerry West was making 200,000 dollars a year, and people thought it was unheard of. The ball players back then would have real jobs when the season was over.

Demar really is one of those players where with every move you can tell how much time he takes to practice it.

Being in the gym constantly is a must. The assistant coaches are gonna be there while you work and they will most certainly be in the head coaches ear about your work and development.

Just found this love to hear nba players talk about off the court stuff to makes people appreciate their voices more! Respect ✊🏻

Great back and forth. Love the honesty between active NBA stars. Podcast P is here to stay !!

Great convo and yeah it definitely shows. Players like PG13 and Demar D are greatly appreciated!💯

It's kinda funny and awesome how Paul George's podcasting is as smooth as his game.

This is a great clip, this reminds me of when I’m having conversations with my friends from high school about the younger generation😂

Paul George seems like a guy that understands that he's more than a basketball player. While he's great at it, he seems like he understands the bigger picture in life. Just seems that way, I don't know him or anything. Like, he doesn't walk around like he's better than you because he has millions. Again, no idea, he just comes off as cool people.

They would rather sit on a video game rather than work on their own game that’s a bar 💯

Paul is the real deal. I enjoy watching him cook opponents. Definitely, one of the best to ever play the game!!!

love you from Argentina Paul, keep showing your good game! is amazing watching you playing.

I had no idea how well you communicate, PG...Great job, my brotha.👍✌️🙏

Demar is dropping knowledge in general here. Work hard folks and stop complaining about why you not getting that promotion or raise. The mindset should be it's not their fault, it's mine. Even if some of our destiny in our careers are out of control, it does us no good feeling sorry for ourselves. Go out and grind. Otherwise be honest with yourself and find something you love. 💯

DeMar definitely got better year after year. You could tell he was working hard.

Just say Karl-Anthony Towns

This is very interesting because in essence what it says is that no matter what level you are there is always an upper end, a middle and a lower end of performance. Your performance just shifts with the population. So just like a McDonald's has a super star kiosk worker and some have an average kiosk worker etc.

They make a good point about how if a generation all slack off the nba as a product will suffer and league revenue will shrink meaning less money for the next contract, and it hurts the next generation and the sport itself. Same thing with load management becoming widespread

Love this conversation

Dope podcast with great guest...We need Lance as a guest soon!

The faces in the thumbnail bruh 😹😹😹

DeMar and PG have some of the best footwork in the game. You can tell they work hard on that.

Lol at the Ben Simmons shade in the first 2 min

Thumbnail looks crazy 😂

kobe was right, why would he pass the ball to someone who doesn't put the work in and loves the craft

He talking about Ayton

Love the basketball discussion but Jackie Long’s personality on this show is lightning in a bottle 😂😂😂

It's rare to come across a job where all workers are passionate about their work. For a lot of people, their job is solely a source of income to sustain their livelihood.

Thank you❤ for this talk

These some young OGs man Time is an illusion

Love DeRozan. He is one player I truly admire. Like Jimmy Butler he just works his ass off to be best at his job.

1:03 a good point by DeMar. Players playing a video game rather than working on their own game.

As much as the NBA and the media like to make it all seem like hard work and loving the game will get you to the NBA, the truth they don't tell kids is that if you don't have talent and size you're not going regardless of "love of the game" and "hard work beats talent". The most successful have love and competitiveness but plenty are probably still in the league on talent alone.

Never mind loving the game. Sounds like a lot of guys don’t even take playing in the NBA as an actual job. They don’t approach it as professionals. That turns me off from the NBA even more.

DeRozan's quite insightful. He might not be the most articulate person, but I enjoy listening to him speak.

Probably the best basketball podcast out right now

it’s crazy to think someone can make it professional in a sport and not care or love what they doing

this thumbnail with the closeups got me crying lmao

It's true & you can tell who those players are by watching them play. Regardless of their God-given talent, fans respect seeing a a player get as much as they can out of their gifts. Players used to realize that their $ comes directly from fans in the community (not from owners, even though they technically write the check). So players worked hard to do right by those fans. Michael Jordan when asked why he played hard, "it might be a young fans 1st time seeing me play, so I want to show them what I'm about." Effort was part of the responsibility that came with getting a dream job. However, if pride & effort cease to exist in this younger 'next gen' of players, then they risk the entire guaranteed pay for the NBA. Owners will not continue to guarantee salaries if this trend of young max players not caring continues. Injuries happen, slumps happen, losses happen. As a fan, we can live with it. But don't ask us to accept apathy. You wouldn't accept apathy from the guy who cooks your food to the mechanic who fixes your breaks to the surgeon who repairs your knee. Stakes are different in NBA, but the principal is not.

Loved this insight

Thank you PG! Appreciate you!

Demar is the best and underrated

Speaking of that olympics team, if Demar would've made that 360 poster I would've cried bro no 🧢

I feel like DeMar gonna be around league for a min his game is smooth and that mid range oh my goodness 🔥

Man the new Carl Johnson graphics is insane!

Real hoopers!! I'm happy Derozen played with my spurs, wish him the best!

At the end of the day, the NBA is like any other work place. You have coworkers at your job who certainly don't love the job they're in.

This is why the overseas players like Jokic Giannis Luka and Wembayana are the future...people like Zion and Morant are embarrassing to American basketball

PG should’ve teamed up with DeMar instead of Kawhi

I see why DeMar is so respected around the league, aside from his outstanding play

I couldn’t imagine making it there and not having that extra drive to work and get after it at that level cause that’s crazy to even get to college let alone NBA

When he brought up Melo and PG was like “yeah aight” 😂😂

I feel like as the newer generation comes and Players are getting paid for everything they do, You can really see how people don’t love the game and you can tell who actually loves the game of ball. Kyrie Irving says he doesn’t Play basketball or watch basketball outside of the nba sometimes you can see that he doesn’t love the game, even tho he’s just so talented and naturally gifted, Ben simmions you can see that he doesn’t love the game. But players like Lebron, Giannis, Russ, Demar, Paul George, even Pat Bev you can tell they actually love the game of basketball cause of the chip they put themselves through. And I feel like the nba not penalizing players on certain shit just further ingrave that players don’t love ball like they claim they do. For example Ja morant who’s about to get damn near 200m, I feel like yeah he loved basketball until he become a superstar and got money now he wants to act up and do all this stupid shit, and It’s like If you really love basketball and understood that you can get kicked out the nba if you keep it up then you would know to stop

I workout 2 hours a day at skill more half an hour on mentality/the way to see the game/see clips, work hard on my body 1.5 hour, half an hour on handles, and enjoy with my family, do the little things to become a better person overall and rest

Amazing podcast

I can imagine. I played tennis for a long time, and hit a level where I just didn’t like it anymore. I can imagine the pro levels can be a physical and mental grind.

This an issue with football/soccer as well. Players now are getting paid for their potential rather what they currently performing

PG just laughed it off when dude brought up Lamelo💀💀💀

Thumbnail lmaooo

I agree. Honestly I don't care for basketball like I used to. For me it's just different. I blame the media who hype these kids up. Good for business and it goes to their head. Then you got Matt Bradley better than most. But the media chooses the narrative. Will he make the association. That's the question.

5:40 bruhh y PG laugh at that🤣🤣🤣

Hi from Indy. PG always was and always will be my favorite player. It was too bad we had such haters like Dan Dakich and JMV in our local media hating on him, one of them is fired for Brittney Griner comments so go figure. He was saying she should’ve been left in Russia, that’s the type of media we have here unfortunately.

as a ja fan that contract shit is right at him you saw his documentary in the offseason up until the contract every episode was in the gym and i didn’t see much after that contract now look at him.

Paul george goes both ways on the court and at the club 😳👨‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨😂😂

Demar needs a podcast FRRRR

This is what's different about today's game vs. how it was in the nineties. Players today get paid so much money that the game becomes secondary. They become infatuated with living the LIFESTYLE that comes along with being a professional basketball player rather than being a professional basketball. Mansions and fancy cars and buying out the club has become way more appealing than leaving it all out on the hardwood. Meanwhile players back in the nineties didn't have all that. Sure they were making good money but it wasn't obscene like today. All they had was the game. If they lose they didn't have a private plane to take to their villa in Tuscany. They had a nice Range Rover and a fully paid-off house but their source of happiness was playing basketball. If they lost it hurt. And winning meant so much more to them

I hope PG understands how big a deal it was to see him come back to this level. DeMar didn't just choose him because he's sitting there, PG has just as much drive as Bird, MJ, LeBron, Steph etc... He may never win a ring, and will still be an example of how to approach the game.

It’s hard to believe you can be one of the best 450 in the world at something & not love it … Crazy

Podcast-P got that podcast game! 😅

Maybe I'm biased as a Magic fan, but it really seems like every member of the Magic roster really loves the game and wants to put in the work

Great content. But if you are wearing headphones, you can hear them touching the mic all the time. Would be good to give them something else to hold so they stop doing that. Thanks

I love dis podcast

Just shows how talented the league actually is

Anthony the man he is and the mentality he have i think he would finish as SOMETHING and probably with at least a ring

The way that question was worded... Less than 50% of NBA players do not love playing basketball...

1:03 deebo takin shots at... zion three months in the future 😂😂😂

I miss the years of PG and the Pacers going to battle against Miami in the playoffs. Good times.

It's probably safe to assume that the 2 teams in the finals got alot more of the type of player that is driven to get better

Jordan Poole & Andrew Wiggins won a 🏆 in (2022) with the Warriors, they get paid $ 💵last Summer with an Extension and then missed allot of Games this past season, and didn't perform to expectations in the playoffs.

Demar need to be a guest more than once

Yo P I've been thinking that as well who is going to pay 200m for a guy who doesn't treat it like a job, I have my targets at work and work hard for 100k, the bosses in the NBA are soft as hell.

DEMAR &PG a good combo

ily P

demar i say it