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Spurs Rookie Stephon Castle Gets Dunk Contest Advice From Vince Carter | NBA on TNT · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Being joined by one of those players, Stefan Castle. He
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  Speaker 1: was the fourth overall pick by the Spurs and they
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  Speaker 1: are off to a heck of a start. Stefan, what
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  Speaker 1: does it mean to you to come in actualize your
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  Speaker 1: dream and be recognized as a rising star?
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  Speaker 2: I mean it means the world, you know, just another
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to go out and compete, you know with you know,
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  Speaker 2: my peers, a lot of guys that are in the
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  Speaker 2: same class as me. But it's definitely an honor and
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  Speaker 2: I'm just super blessed to be a part of it.
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  Speaker 3: So fine, congratulations. As a kid, I was telling Vince
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  Speaker 3: Carter in the back that I used to just watch
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  Speaker 3: all the All Star Games and how old I was.
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  Speaker 3: I used to have it on VHS tape and rewatch
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  Speaker 3: it was that your experience as a kid growing up,
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  Speaker 3: just aspiring to be a part of All Star Weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. I mean for as long as I
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  Speaker 2: can remember, I've always watched really every event, so, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just to be a part of it in year one
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  Speaker 2: for me, I mean, it definitely means the world for sure.
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  Speaker 4: Stephan Schuk here, what will your mindset be? Also?
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  Speaker 5: We can just go just to be a part of
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  Speaker 5: or are you going to go and put everybody onloadice the
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  Speaker 5: type of basketball player right, and are you going to
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  Speaker 5: try to get the m v P.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like that's that should be the goal
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  Speaker 2: for everybody to try and go out and win the MVP.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'm not going to go out there and
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  Speaker 2: you know, try and go through the emotions. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: like I said earlier, it's just another chance to go
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  Speaker 2: out and compete and you know, showcase what you can
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  Speaker 2: do on the highest stage. And I feel like the
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  Speaker 2: biggest week of the NBA. So I'm gonna go out
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  Speaker 2: there and you.
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  Speaker 4: Know, really compete.
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  Speaker 5: Stefan, you had a lot of success in college. What
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  Speaker 5: has been the difference for you in your transition into
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  Speaker 5: the league and how long did it take you to
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  Speaker 5: kind of get comfortable to playing like you're playing now
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  Speaker 5: with this opportunity to go into the All Star Game.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like the biggest difference, I would say the physicality,
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  Speaker 2: the speed as well.
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  Speaker 4: Also watching more games as well.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like in college, when I was watching NBA games,
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  Speaker 2: I'll watch it because I'm a fan of somebody's game
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  Speaker 2: or I just like how a team plays. But now
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  Speaker 2: when I watch games, I kind of look at like
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  Speaker 2: more tendencies, uh, what guys like to do, what teams
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  Speaker 2: like to run, and you know, just just going out
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  Speaker 2: there just playing my game. I feel like it kind
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  Speaker 2: of it kind of took me a little minute to
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  Speaker 2: get adjusted to the speed and everything, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: just you know, having having that fallback with my coaches
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know, my teammates having the utmost confidence
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  Speaker 2: in me and in every game, it just allows me
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  Speaker 2: to go out there and you know, play mistake free
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  Speaker 2: and you know, just go out there and.
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  Speaker 4: Play a confidence play my game.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean it's been working for me and I'm
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  Speaker 2: just ready for what the rest of the season looks
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  Speaker 2: like for us.
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  Speaker 1: Stefan, I don't know if it's official yet. I just
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  Speaker 1: want to confirm are you participating in the Dunk Contest
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  Speaker 1: this year?
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  Speaker 4: I am participating in.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so we have Vince Carter here, so let me
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  Speaker 1: do this. Do you have any questions for Vince? And
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  Speaker 1: then Vince, I want you what questions would you ask Vince?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he is one of the goats.
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  Speaker 4: Uh. First of all, I do want to know, like
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  Speaker 4: missing dunks? Does that? Is that play a factory.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, it does. It does. But I also say dunk
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  Speaker 5: to win, meaning don't be afraid you want to. You
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  Speaker 5: just gotta kind of build yourself up. You want to
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  Speaker 5: make sure you secure yourself to the next round. But yes,
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  Speaker 5: missing dunks is uh is a factor for sure.
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  Speaker 3: What s just always wants to give people nines always
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  Speaker 3: what other advice?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, but he's got to try.
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  Speaker 4: You can try, just don't miss.
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  Speaker 5: But I mean, I think for him, I have a
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  Speaker 5: great appreciation for the want to that he wants to
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  Speaker 5: be in it. And I think what the dunk contest
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  Speaker 5: did for me is it took me to the next level.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, it was an opportunity on one of the
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  Speaker 5: biggest stages. So I just take tell you to take
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  Speaker 5: advantage of this opportunity and enjoy it. It's going to
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  Speaker 5: be a hectic but fun weekend mhm, and I'll be there.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Stefan, You're the man, dude. Congratulations, enjoy this
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  Speaker 1: rookie season and enjoy All Star weekend.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, sir, I appreciate you all. Thank you guys.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Man,