Well, the season is over, I got some rest, things started to get clearer, and I thought I\u2019ll share something with y\u2019all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m gonna be honest with y\u2019all. Not gonna be shy about it or anything like that, I\u2019ll just tell you things as they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ever since I started this journey, this career as a basketball player, I always felt comfortable. Like, I knew I could play. I knew I could play well. And you know, this league is all about talent. If you want to play, and you want to lead in this league, you need to have talent. And I\u2019m fine with that, cause people always told me I have got talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second thing they tell you is that you need to work hard. Very hard. Like, very very hard. You need to develop your talent. \u201cHey, look at Kobe\u201d, they tell you, \u201cHe had talent, for sure, tons of it, but he never stopped working. Never. And look where it got him\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are right. Damn right. And this is something I told myself from the start. And I Kinda looked at Kobe, and then at Lebron, KD, and those guys. Cause those guys, you know, they don\u2019t let nobody work harder than them. I mean nobody. And that\u2019s what makes them who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, you know, I felt like I had the talent, and I was willing to work as hard as I needed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then I got to Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jee whiz\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, I ain't gonna tell you what the Celtics are all about. You have already heard the stories just like I did, you know – Bill Russell, Havlicek stole the ball, Larry Bird, Paul Pierce, K.G – the list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First guy I spoke to was Danny Ainge. Tons of respect. I mean \u2013 Danny Ainge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listen, I knew the guy was like a top executive, you know, that\u2019s how I got to Boston in the first place – Danny Ainge doing his thing. And I knew his was a baller. You don\u2019t get to start for a Celtics Championship team If you ain\u2019t. You don\u2019t get to play against Magic if you ain\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can honestly tell you, not just because he was my boss or anything, that I respcted Danny Ainge. I knew I can learn a lot from the guy. And I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But not always. Not always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes he would tell me this, or tell me that, and I was like \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d. You know what I mean? Like, sometimes, I would feel bad about it. Like, he would tell me \u201cJayson, you need to this\u201d or \u201cJT, you could have done that\u201d, and I would feel like \u201cOK, but it wouldn\u2019t necessarily work\u201d, and like \u201che\u2019s just saying that cause he\u2019s a smaller guy. If he had my size, he would see it the way I see it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n