Watching a basketball game

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about.

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>> And lastly, what are you up to tonight?

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>> I'm watching a basketball game on TV.

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I've got a friend who plays

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professionally in Italy.

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>> Oh, really? Wow.

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>> And unusually, they've got a midweek

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game this week, so I'll be tuning into

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that at 5:00.

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>> Wow, is that who got you into basketball

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then?

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>> No, no.

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Me and his mother were muckers when we

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were both playing for Sheffield

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30, 35 years ago.

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>> Wow.

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>> And it's my friend's son, so

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he's been brought up very much

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in the heart of the basketball family.

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But he's

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>> But he's in Italy now.

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>> He went over as a 16-year-old um

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as a as a professional. So, he has

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Italian papers and plays as an Italian

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in the Italian league.

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But still gets to play for GB

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internationally.

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>> Wow, good.

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>> seeing his rise from a skinny little kid

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about my height to now being 6'5" and 15

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stone, it's uh

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Yeah, it's been quite inspirational.

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It's helped me on my journey back to to

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trying to compete again at a high level,

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so

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>> That's great. It's a great to watch them

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live on television knowing him like

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>> Yeah, you know, I go to the shops and

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get some salami and Italian pizza and

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Italian all my stock cupboard has become

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desperately Italian over the past few

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years.

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And as a consequence, my diet's improved

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enormously.

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>> That's fantastic. I'm

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getting you looking forward to that.