(00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:10) - Current Life/Family, Growing Up In LA (00:07:50) - High School Hoops, Schea Cotton (00:11:20) - UCLA, Mens Gym Runs (00:16:00) - Training With Rico Hines (00:19:00) - Drafted by Knicks, Isiah Thomas Story (00:25:55) - Orlando Run, Young Dwight Howard, Stan Van Gundy (00:28:28) - Traded To Lakers, Playing With Kobe (00:33:02) - 2008 Finals Loss, Winning in 2009 (00:36:26) - Houston Run, Prime James Harden (00:42:00) - Career Retrospective, Today's NBA (00:47:55) - Trevor Outside The NBA (00:49:07) - Quick Hitters (00:55:48) - End
One of the Most important players of the Western Conference Finals in 09 against the Nuggets with those clutch steals. Lakers don't win it all that year without Ariza
I love Trevor as much as the next Laker fan but saying he deserved the MVP of the WCF when Kobe averaged 34, 6, and 6 that series is just hilarious. Everyone always tries to make it seem that the 2008-2010 Laker team was some super team when in reality it was just the same Laker team from 2006-07 with Gasol added.
@@aiyachristianwhere did he mention he deserved the mvp of wcf over kobe? Unless he edited it but the comment I’m looking is saying he was one of the most important players and he wasn’t lying…
@@cristianlopez6801 i edited it because of that comment. I said Ariza was the Mvp of the conference finals because of the clutch steals but didn't feel like getting a bunch of replies saying no Kobe was. The whole point of my post was to give Ariza his flowers
@@Lakeshow82 well kobe definitely was the mvp no discussion about but Ariza was easily the 2nd most important player from that series. I personally felt gutted when he left but he deserved to get the bag after that
Man love seeing y'all give Trevor his flowers, he was important on that 09 run. Always liked him and when he played with Houston he was a bucket every time.
@williamjohnson9158 yes he did, he was also on fire with the Lakers specially in the playoffs.. i was sad when they let him go cuz he was a great role player w/ potential
why is he on a press run? dope interview, way better than that bullshit Shannon did, just asking this man about other people the entire time and ignoring him as an individual.
relaying personal experience in a conversation is not the same as inquiring about other people for an entire interview. Stak deviates but ATS as a whole dive into the guest and their experience on how it relates to a question, where Shannon is straight up just asking segment questions from ESPN. @@McNetDeck
I’ll never forget when Trevor cleared a 6 ft brick wall in middle school and gave a dude the coldest 1-2 combo after he got hit by a donut that was suppose to hit someone else. Classic sh*t lol
@@R-Killa1337 lol naw, it was the wall that surrounded the patio area behind the library. Oh boy tried to run back into the library but Trevor caught his a*s. 😂
Trev is a real one...One of the guys he mentioned was John Williams who I played with everyday during the summer in 1999. We used to workout everyday at the Clippers practice facility. John was a mentor of mine, and helped my game out tremendously. When he said there were too many great players out of L.A., he wasn't lying.
I have Ariza's Lakers jersey. I wore it all the time in 08 and 09. I was crushed when he wasn't signed by Lakers. But Artest was my favorite non Laker at the time so I was excited to see it happen. Both signed for like $6M. Wish Kobe got his contract restructured to afford both. Send Luke Walton to D League. I have Artest Lakers jersey too. Still wear it to this day.
Bro watching this actually make me feel like shit changing a lil too fast I remember being a kid playing with the lakers on 2k and dishing it to Trevor in the corner with Kobe
My nigga Trev... i loved this guy Same play style(granted i was more O than D but he made me respect my length & body) he was a Tayshaun on the West but always played his ass off Trev u earned it & deserve ur respect
Yall notice everyttime someone does in interview with someone it seems like every podcast always drops they interviews with that person at the same time. Wonder if these people just go on a pod tour of interviews back to back
Love and respect the show. I was here since the beginning BUT I’m tired of interviews. I would love for y’all to break down current games and news from y’all perspective. Interviews are nice every now and then but y’all episodes with KG and Paul are legendary. The OG’s talking pure basketball is my favorite. But I’m just a fan from the stands. Continue to do you.
The whole point of this show is long-form interviews with legends and near- legends, and it's one of the best, along with 'Knuckleheads. There are plenty of highlight and breakdown channels on RU-vid, but that's not what folks come to 'All the Smoke' for.
@@bluegregory6239 spoken like a producer of the show. Well said! It was the best thing on RU-vid until other platforms came to compete. Great work doe!
Ron took the mle where as Trevor took the 10 mil yearly . Otherwise nobody wanted Trevor gone we just couldn’t afford the money. Between Kobe pau, Bynum Lamar. Lamar and Ron technically took pay cuts for their current market value at that time
Losing Trev and getting Artest was a mixed bag for me as a fan... i absolutely loved Ariza and thought without him... they wont go deeper into the playoffs beyond 2-3yrs Kobe was peaked and he needed young legs that had his same mentality
Stack was good for 20, 5, 5, and a steal or two when he had the opportunity. He played with the ball in his hands more than off ball. He adapted ro stay in the league and took lesser roles. Not bad for a 42nd pick.
Steven Jackson thanks for defending MJ against the LeBron James fans. If you compare the first 13 years in the league for both players, are we still having the GOAT debate. No because it's not even close. Real talk.
Bruh Carson and Compton had some hoopers.. we thought we were dope in first place in our city , then joined some all city tourney . We won 1 game to advance… then we got Compton .. at 12/14 yrs old these mofos were all dunking and clapping us by 30 😅
