Tyrese Maxey Talks Backcourt Partnership with James Harden and Previews Upcoming Season

Tyrese Maxi welcome back thank you, I'm glad to be here. There has been a lot of talk about his relationship with James Harden. I know they spent some time together over the summer. How's the chemistry going? He has been a great man. You know, I love James dearly. brother to me, man, it's crazy, growing up watching them play and now I've been on the same team as him and having a real friendship relationship and, you know, a teammate

partnership

, that's a word I can create with him and it's really cool. I've heard some people talk defensively that that might be the only place the defensive zone might have problems, but I know you and I know you've been working on that, so how important is it for you to show that people are wrong, yes?

I know it's always been important to me to prove people wrong and, honestly, I want to say that I put this in the way and I put it as, you know, working defensively, just, for us as a team man, I really care, coach doc said something today, this is it. a little

season

, not a

season

for me, and that's a big season that impacted me because I just want to go out there and help us win. I just want to win games and be the best team we could be last year. I made one of the biggest jumps of any player in this league, how can you continue that this year?

Just continue to help my team win, let my team win. I mean, we're doing whatever it takes to win. The most important thing is to get out. helping and competing the best you can because, at the end of the day, it's the competition. I love basketball. You will always see me smiling. You will always see me having a great time, but at the end of the day. I'm very competitive and I like to win and I think I hate losing more than I like winning and that means something. I think we have a lot of guys on our team that had the same mentality.

I owe you an apology because last time. The year you came on George and Yang's podcast and we gave you a little grief for your positivity. How much you smiled. You could have called yourself cheesy. We talked about your mottos. And in retrospect, we were wrong. You were right. That's really who you are. It's so I apologize, no, don't worry, how are you, how are you, you know, I grew up with both of my grandmothers in the house, so it's like, um, you know, both of their perspective on life, especially the one who died. Now she had an outlook on life that was second to none and I think I learned a lot from her.

She was the one who watched and took care of me when my parents were at work and she never took anything for granted. I always told myself that every morning when I woke up, I would make sure to pray and thank God because we have another opportunity to be blessed in this world and now I am blessed to be able to do what I love every day, it is my passion. I know it's the best, you know, the best life I could ever dream of, so I go out and show everyone that I'm having the time of my life.

Honestly, what was your grandmother's name? My grandmother's name was Mildred Maxie, but I called her Mimi I have a bracelet on my hand that represents her name which is Mimi long so I have her with me at all times and we appreciate Mimi for the way she taught you have you talked about basketball we know What you love is what's important to you right now, although as a person, what's really important to me is that I've been a huge influencer on Young The Young's youth, honestly because even though I'm still young, I didn't have to nobody.

That I could go back to South Garland and give back as much as I can, and in order to do that, I'm trying to do it in Philadelphia. I try to do it as much as I can in Dallas and Garland and then a little bit of Lexington and, you know, I've been trying to do that too and it makes me happy to see that the younger kids have been happy with the kids' parents, so That's something I've really been big on lately. I had the privilege of coming to one of those camps and I will tell you that you are a great public speaker.

Where do you think that comes from? I think that came from my mom sending me to her at a young age. She was sitting me down at the time about qualifications, but her ultimate goal was for me to be able to talk and have a conversation with anyone in the world, whether it was the president, our owners, you know. I'm trying to make a business deal and I feel like you know I've done that and that's why I think I took school very seriously while I was there, even my first year of college. I took it extremely seriously and you know, I think. who really helped me help me with my speech and helped me with my communication skills mission accomplished I agree she is the best who on your team this season do you think could surprise people honestly I think uh From Anthony Melton and uh and Shake Milton are the Two guys that could really surprise some people this year, one because I think Melton is a guy that provides the things that we really needed last year, which is shooting, toughness on defense and another guy that could play with the ball in his hands. and he plays very well off the ball with guys like Joe, guys like James and Tobias because he can make open shots and then Shake because I think Shake has a new mentality this year and he knows we all know when we play with James, he's in Joe Wells and Tobias, that's everyone who's going to be in a game, so we need to be a knockdown point, so I think that's something he really worked on and put some muscle into it. defensive end, you and Joelle have also developed a great

partnership

.

He looks at you like a brother. How do you look at Joel Embiid? Yes, he is like my older brother. I mean, he's funny because I had to sit next to him. I sit in front of him. rookie year on the plane and uh huge so his legs are literally touching my eyes and it's like you know we had some crazy conversations up there you know he's a great guy I really appreciate it man you know before I reach. Before you get on this team, you know he has all these kinds of Outsiders calling him this and that, but once you meet him and listen to him, sit down and talk to him, he's a down-to-earth guy.

I know my little cousin, my little cousin loves Joel and you know, I told you all about Joel. I'm about to do it. I'm about to say it. Tell my little one why I'm calling Joe. If you answer, I'll leave you. you talk to him, Joelle responds, he

talks

to my little cousin about video games and life for like 15 minutes, so it's like who was doing that, you know, he, you know, he pushes with his time, you know, him to take 15 minutes of your day to talk to my little cousin. I really appreciate it. I try to do the best I can to help him.

Joelle talked last season about trying harder. He knows he's a more reserved person, but he came to more team dinners. appreciate the chemistry that you guys are building, what does that mean to you to see him making an effort to hang out with you more, yeah, when he's your leader, when he's a leader and your MVP and your workhorse, he's um. he attends these things, these team meetings and these team dinners and all these team camaraderie events, it really makes you want to go out and shoot extremely hard for the team because, uh, your big dog is doing it and when the big dog can do that means everyone can do it can be on time means everyone can be on time and, you know, we really appreciate what he does on the court and now what he's doing, you know, with us you mentioned it too. the big dog, how's your big dog, my big, oh, my dog ​​is amazing, he's doing great, my son, I call him my son, so my son is doing great.

I'm a little sad, you know I'll be gone for a week, but you know I quit? with a lot of food and a lot of toys and different things like that and he is doing very well, now he is a year and a half, it's almost time for me to get him a little sister or something, so we'll see, this is the question that has asked me I've been very excited to ask someone all day, Tyrese, who do you think should sit on the Iron Throne? Oh my gosh, that's a great question. I'm going to get closer.

I mean, that's how it is. I know a lot of people don't like her because of what she does and how she presents herself, but I love, I love, I love the way she is, um, you know, she's like a rebel, but it's like she's tough, she's lasts and in this last episode, you know that she is finally returning to Dragonstone, so it's like I want her to sit on the throne. She reminds me a little of Khaleesi and then I feel like she has a little bit of Jon Snow in her with the rebels. act like that it's like you know I'm rooting for her, I'm rooting for her and you know everyone doesn't like Damon, but I like Damon too, he's a good character on the show together, uh, you know, hey, I.

I don't know, but you know, I just like it, I like the whole idea of ​​the show, the direction they're going in, it's really, it's great, last question for you, what is the one thing you wish you had known when you started your journey? to the NBA? Oh, that's a good one, um, I wish I knew that I wish I knew that everyone has their own personal feelings and emotions, like a lot of people on the outside who watch the NBA, they just see us as basketball players and, uh, even me when I was young man, I just saw them as basketball players, I didn't see them as real people and then once you get here and you see you know everyone has different personalities, you know, we have bad days, we have good days, Have a great day, we're human beings too, so I wish I knew that coming in, I wish some people that you know from the outside could know, just like we're still human beings, we have bad days, we have great days, uh, it's the life we ​​go through life It's the same way you do, we put our shoes on, we put our clothes on the same way you do, so you know, you know, you know, we go out and we could pee hard every night.

Sometimes we have bad nights, you know, we try to bounce back from them, so I really appreciate you know all the people who understand that and I appreciate my teammates for, you know, sticking together. One of my greatest professional privileges has been to observe your career. and I'm excited to see you again this season thank you Tyrese, thank you Miss Rosie.