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Joakim Noah

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  1. “Always, always. I love this city. It's giving me so much. And the last thing I'd like to say is just if you hear this and you're against the violence in Chicago, just check out rockydrop.com. It's a necklace that represents a teardrop and it represents all the hardship and all the gun violence in Chicago trying to find solutions. And I think it costs like $30 or $40 to buy the necklace. It looks great. And if you buy the necklace, just know all the money goes to after school programs to help the kids. So we appreciate your help. Rock yourdrop.com.”

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  2. “Way too much, but it's real, it's a real thing. Like in America, actually, you know what? No, I don't think we talk about it enough, actually, here, because I think it's... The race thing is there So let's not act like it's not there because a lot of people, it's very, it's an issue.”

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  3. “My own racial identity, man. I don't even know what I am, but who cares? Who cares? I'm so past that. It's like it doesn't even mean anything to me. I just see people for what they are. I'm like a strong believer in just vibes. I can feel your vibe from a mile away. That's how I feel. I'm very comfortable being around poor people, being around rich people and suits or I can be in Africa. with the poorest people in the world it doesn't bother me. To me, I remember”

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  4. “Yeah, I mean, basketball has definitely brought me a lot of places and I'm really, you know, I feel so blessed to, you know, live out my dream.”

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  5. “And then Coach Heuberg is the complete opposite of Tibbs. But somebody who's hungry and wants to. Gives us a lot of freedom. But I think somebody who we're trying to all figure it out, figure out what we can do better, and somebody who's very open-minded to players coming in and talking to him about what we can do better and finding solutions. And someone who's played the game so. Somebody who I don't know, I just feel like the approach is, I mean, he's very, even the way he talks, you know, he's very quiet in the way he talks and stuff compared to Tibbs. It's unbelievable. It's like night and day. Day and night, night and day or day and night.”

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  6. “As nice, it's definitely an adjustment, you know, especially when you're used to playing for somebody for so long. You got to give a lot of credit to Tibbs because, you know, he was somebody who worked extremely hard and who lived and died basketball, lives and dies basketball every day, almost to a fault, you know I have nothing but good things to say about him, whatever happened in the past. That's between us, but I have a lot of respect for him. A lot of our success and a lot of the best times I had in my career were with him at the Rome. That it is what it is. I have nothing but respect for him for that.”

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  7. “Yeah, I mean, I think we have a lot of work to do. But overall, it's a lot of talent on this team, new coach, new philosophies. We just got to keep building. It's a lot of basketball left and it's going to be interesting to see how we can come together. Make it”

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  8. “But yeah, it's It's crazy because you grew up your whole life admiring these guys and now all of a sudden you're competing against them. And I remember with Kevin Garnett especially, it was. I admired this guy and I remember telling the game was over there was like 20 seconds left and I remember saying something to him and it didn't go well. So it's been on ever since. Uh huh.”

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  9. “I loved watching Kevin Garnett growing Those guys, Dirk Nawitsky, those are guys that I patent. I tried anyway to patent my game after.”

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  10. “And you know, and still, I'm sure that guy walks down the street in New York and he probably gets so much love just because he is what New York Knicks is supposed to be.”

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  11. “Sounds about right. Sounds about right I mean, to me, it's like he represents a guy like Charles Oakley, you don't hear about him too much, but he represents what, you know, Nick's basketball was all about to me”

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  12. “You know, for some reason, when I was younger, Always the Knicks teams. Because I just love their toughness. And I was always”

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  13. “It's just really sad. It's really sad what's going on. When you just hear people killing each other in the name of God. I mean, it's just hard to understand and, you know, just, you know, obviously your mind just goes there because this is like home. It's my second home, Paris. And just I lived in New York during the 9-11 and I was going to school in Brooklyn. And I just remember the conversations that we had and everybody's just, you know, obviously very passionate and sad and there's a lot of ignorance that comes after it. It's just a tough times. But at the end of the day, I think it also. Unites the people a little bit. And I think that's what's going to happen in Paris.”

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  14. “Brooklyn has changed a lot. My mother's lived in Brooklyn for 10 years now, and it's just unbelievable just going back every summer and just seeing how fast that city's moving. Yeah.”

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  15. “My mom's an artist who's She's great. I was raised by my mother and we would go to Sweden a lot growing up, this farmland. I remember people used to look at me all weird because we definitely didn't look like they were all blonde with blue eyes like living in a farm and here we come and my sister looking like two avatars. And then the same thing we would go to Africa where my father was from And you know it's Is just we would just always look, we always were that we were always different. So when we moved to New York, it was kind of like the first time it's like, okay, melting pot, you know, perfect. This is a little bit more like... Like us, but you have to be, we were always comfortable wherever we were.”

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  16. “Ah, well, it's very different, but I was always able, my father was a tennis player, and I think we're pretty well off and very lucky enough to travel. And just, you know, I was always able to. Just see the different cultures. And really see the differences between them. And I think it just allowed me a chance to. To look at them for what they were, and it just, it was just, it's great. I'm able to be critical. And appreciate”

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  17. “I feel like I do. You know, I feel like my father was that way when he played. He was a dread tennis player, black guy. I think he always wore his rosta colors on his wrists, his African colors on his wrist when he played. And I think it gave him strength, you know, because I feel like he played for the people. And I try to do that when I play. I respect the working class because I feel like they work just as hard as we do. And I respect this city because it's given me so much. Unfortunately, you know, there's issues in the city that I'm not going to turn my back to. And I'm going to try to help the best way I can.”

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  18. “And you know, in the Bulls always do a great job of helping me, you know, they know what I'm doing, so they help me with that. And we have a lot of great people who are helping us and just being able to vibe with the kids. And, you know, it's a place, the Bulls Games is a place where I don't care what background you're from. People feel safe. It's a neutral ground. And you can have, you know, that's one thing with sports. It unifies people. That's the beauty in sports. It doesn't matter what background you're from. It doesn't matter what color you are. If you're a Republican or you're a Democrat, whatever you are, you know, with sports, you can always come together. And the same thing goes with these kids. So, I mean, we do it on a small, like I said, we do it on a small scale, but we're trying.”

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  19. “To me, it's not just ironic because I try to use that building to do Good things too. First of all, playing in that building, it's very special. You're playing for A franchise that has an unbelievable amount of tradition. And you can tell that a lot of people have a lot of pride when they come into that building. And also I bring a lot of kids into that building from different backgrounds, have them sit next to each other, talk to them sometimes after the games. And it's a place where you”

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  20. “Well, for six years, we've been working at this community center on the west side called Major Adams with my mother and that's where my mom goes and teaches two, three times a week. We have teachers who are there all the time doing the same art therapy classes with the kids and we have a basketball coach there, we have leagues over there. So we've been putting a lot of work in this one community center on the west side. It's funny I'll go into that building and I'm just seeing these kids just grow up. And so it's not like a one-time thing and I'm just coming in and talking to these kids one time. No, I'm watching them grow and I'm watching how these programs are changing them and helping them. So it's for me that's something I'm very proud of beyond basketball and representing the stage.”

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  21. “Yeah. And it's very hard. It's very hard. People I've worked with. This is what's going on here. It's very real. And it's something that I just want to keep finding solutions. First of all, for these kids, because at the end of the day, it's kids. And I really feel like community centers and investing in these community centers and investing in these kids is just everything.”

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  22. “I don't understand how kids are getting their hands on kind of weaponry. I mean, you know, I understand that in Nebraska or in kind of these States and Iowa or whatever. Don't have those inner city issues, so it's not a reality to them. They're more into hunting. But this is not a state problem. This is a national problem. These kids are killing each other at pretty crazy.”

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  23. “Definitely an issue everywhere. It's not just in America, but somehow it's just. Just so normal to me. I mean, it's just so normal to have a gun in America. I wasn't raised that way. I mean, I'm not saying it's right or wrong. It's just weird to me.”

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  24. “Kids are getting their hands on AKs. So, I mean, what are we doing about it? As leaders who can make, I mean, I don't know who makes those kind of decisions, but as leaders, these are the kind of weapons.”

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  25. “I think it's deep. It's very deep because now we're at a point where A part of the part of life in America. It's very political, obviously. I'm a basketball player, and I think right now it's way past just telling kids to. Know, put the guns down. These kids are losing brothers. Sisters, cousins, you know, retaliation. This is part of these kids' realities. And I think that guns are just such a big part of American culture.”

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  26. “Horrible. It's horrible, man. It's disappointing. But I mean, I feel like the issues, I mean, the resentment and the connection between police and the community. Has been non existent before this tape, you know? I don't know what happened in that tape is horrible. Words can't even describe, you know. But I mean, there has to somehow, there's got to be a way to build a trust because right now there's absolutely no trust.”

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  27. “We have to find solutions. We have to somehow, we got, just like we were talking about, we have to find ways to build a stronger relationship. With the people in the neighborhood and the policing, I mean, I think this is a big issue right now”

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  28. “As much as I can. For right now, it's a very small what we're doing. It's a couple community centers, one on the west side, one on the south side. But, I mean, it's a lot of kids out there, you know, and I feel like it's hard because I feel like our hearts are in the right place and we're trying, but the truth is... You see the numbers and you see everything that's going on, we're losing. losing and you know you can get love from people and you know all you're doing such great work and you know I am proud of the work that we're doing but the truth is in the back of my mind I always know that we're losing”

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  29. “We do a lot of different ages. But from six to eighteen. And then we have the basketball leagues. And I think the basketball leagues are important. And it's not just about the art and the basketball. Keeping the kids busy. We're all about. Whoever is, you know, there's a lot of people, a lot of heroes in this city putting in a lot of work in the community, a lot of great social work. And I think it's just important to be as supportive as we can for those groups. Just getting midnight basketball leagues and just keeping the kids off the street and keeping them busy.”

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  30. “Very, it's very powerful because a lot of these kids have a lot of Lot of things That are deeply rooted inside of them that they might not ever talk about and just throw a sculpture they're able to express themselves in ways maybe they thought wasn't possible because they might have felt it made them soft or for whatever reason it's not something that you would really talk about in a classroom your feelings you know For some reason, in a sculpture, a lot of the kids feel more comfortable speaking about it because it's not them directly, it's a sculpture. And I think it's awesome.”

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  31. “My mother's very involved in creating this foundation that we did five years ago. And I think this is on a small scale. But my mother that's very involved with doing art with the kids, art therapy where kids can through a sculpture. Can speak about, can talk about their feelings or how they're feeling that day Whatever they're feeling, and my mom's able to get that out of the kids It's very beautiful every time I go into our room and see her work with the kids. It's something that's very special.”

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  32. “We don't like to talk about it. It's like you turn on the news and it's like people in Chicago are like numb to it because it's every day. But we have to find solutions where everybody can. Be able to say, okay, I did my part. I did my part.”

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  33. “It's not just gang members, but just kids from different commun Because at the end of the day, they're kids when you see. 13 year old or a 12 year old, I mean, for me, seeing them from different areas playing against each other, I grew up in New York City. That's normal. It's not normal here. For some reason. So just having them play basketball with each other and then eating a slice of pizza and talking. A big deal because it doesn't happen. It doesn't happen here. That's how divided these neighborhoods are. That's how violent these neighborhoods are. And right now, you know, with everything that's going on, with the police and everything that's going on, it's just, we just got to find ways to unify this thing because it's just, it's out of control. And I know it's something that”

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  34. “I'm trying to bring as much unity to this as possible and to Just trying to do, I'm a basketball player at the end of the day, you know, and I'm not saying that I have all the answers to this.”

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  35. “Well, I think I think it's not being. Worked on enough, I mean We have to find more solutions, more social programs for these kids because right now I feel I personally feel like there's not enough, there's not enough for them. There's a lot of going on. We can point the fingers at families, at The parenting and whatever, but we have to find ways to help the kids because it's getting to a point where it's almost like I feel like they're getting failed a little bit.”

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  36. “And you know, a lot of it is not even being in a gang. Coming from this block or coming from this area. And you know, I think it's something that If you're not from the inner city and if you're not from certain neighborhoods You don't understand, but you know, for a 10 year old kid who has to walk to school or, you know, walk a couple blocks to go get to his school bus or go to a certain park, that's very real, you know.”

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  37. “A lot and uh. I try not to talk down on anybody. I try not to preach too much because I never came from. World that a lot of these kids in Chicago have to deal with. There's a lot of Division in this city A lot of A lot of invisible lines that we don't see that are very real to these kids two blocks up that way because I could get hurt. I can't go”

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  38. “So I have one more year left, and it's definitely something that. I want to accomplish and finish when. My basketball career is over.”

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