This week we got another straight-outta-high school high flier as Josh Smith joins Q and D on Knuckleheads! J-Smoove talks about his journey growing up in Atlanta, going to Oak Hill and dominating there, and what it was like to go straight to the league. He talks about playing for his hometown Hawks, his crazy shot-blocking ability, and why those Hawks teams with Joe Johnson and Al Horford were so successful. He also discusses going to Detroit and being on a really good Rockets team with James Harden and Dwight Howard. J-Smoove could throw it down! Tune in!

1. Going to Oak Hill, playing with Rajon Rondo in prep school (8:33)
2. Deciding to skip college and go straight to the NBA (18ish)
3. Winning the Slam Dunk Contest as a rookie (32:17)
4. Hawks becoming a perennial force in the Eastern Conference (36:38)
5. Al Horford’s impact on the Hawks, winning the Championship this year (38:03)
6. The Hawks almost beating the Celtics Big 3 in the playoffs (41:45)
7. Going to the Rockets, playing with James Harden during his prime (51:25)

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Straight outta Russia this week! None other than AK47, aka Andrei Kirilenko, joins the show. The trio talk about his unique journey from 15-year-old Russian Super League pro to 18-year-old NBA draftee, the rookie experience under Hall of Famers Karl Malone and John Stockton, earning an NBA All-Star selection and becoming a true trailblazer for Russian hoopers. Tune in for the full AK47 story!

1. St. Petersburg childhood, Super League at 15, drafted to the Utah Jazz (3:00)
2. D Miles in Russia, nickname origin story, Jerry Sloan’s system (14:00)
3. Malone and Stockton, NBA All-Star selection, becoming a leader in Utah (27:45)
4. 2005 blocks leader, NBA lockout, moving to Minnesota (36:55)
5. Joining the Nets, playing with KG and Paul Pierce, World of Warcraft (48:00)
6. 2012 Olympic bronze, the rise of international players in the NBA, recording two 5x5 stat lines (55:00)

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NBA Champ in the building! This week we got a Detroit staple, as Tayshaun Prince joins Knuckleheads. One of L.A.’s finest, Tayshaun discusses his road from Compton to Kentucky and eventually to Detroit. He looks back on his early years in the league, why the ‘04 Pistons clicked, and describes just how close those Detroit teams were. He talks about the impact of trading for Rasheed Wallace and why they knew they’d beat the Lakers in that classic series. Tayshaun was one of the league's toughest defenders during his reign. Tune in!

1. 1998 McDonald’s All-American class (12:42)
2. Freshman year at Kentucky (16:34)
3. Getting drafted by the Pistons, joining a veteran team in Detroit (22:10)
4. Larry Brown coming to Detroit to coach and his impact (29:35)
5. Pistons not drafting Carmelo Anthony (34:53)
6. Guarding Kobe and the Pistons winning the 2004 NBA Finals (41:50)
7. Winning a gold medal with Team USA in 2008 (1:00:13)

About Our Hosts:

NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.

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