Bargnani talks about the power of Pick-Roll, playing with Jonas Valanciunas, and watching the Knicks evolve—plus thoughts on RHJ’s rising status.
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00:00The clock is ticking, hearts ignite
00:04Sportsbites Philippines we rise
00:08Through the coast of fields, the skies
00:12Loud and proud we chase the prize
00:16Okay, Andrea, first of all, I'm just curious about
00:20you and this app
00:24I heard about it from the CEO, but I'm just curious
00:28What impressed you the most about it?
00:32Is it that
00:36What lured you to it? What impressed you?
00:38Okay, well at first sight, what impressed me the most
00:42is that the app pick roll meets the most basic need
00:46of every basketball player, which is find the nearest basketball court
00:50and go there and play with friends and family
00:52which seems a pretty simple thing, but sometimes it's pretty hard
00:56in Italy, I don't know elsewhere
00:58because you never know
01:00where the nearest court is
01:02what's the shape of it
01:04many of them in Italy are not in a good shape
01:06maybe the ring is
01:08is not straight
01:10the floor is bumpy
01:12all these little things
01:16so I started using it
01:18because it's really comfortable
01:20so even if I have to go to shoot with my sons
01:22it's very easy to use
01:24and it's useful overall
01:26so that's what impressed me the most
01:28so this is simple
01:30future, but very useful
01:32Okay, being the global ambassador
01:34I mean moving forward
01:36can you provide us some things
01:38of the
01:40what things you plan for this app?
01:42I mean, how do you instead to market it?
01:44Yes, well
01:46I told you how it starts
01:48I think now it's evolving
01:50in a sort of
01:52online playground
01:54where different communities
01:56from different cities, countries
01:58are generated
02:00and they can interact
02:02with each other
02:04it can be through tournaments
02:06through random games
02:08so
02:10that's what we're starting to see
02:12and
02:13that's where the app is going
02:14I think
02:15you know
02:16it started just as a map
02:17to find playgrounds
02:18and it's going
02:19into
02:20something else
02:21it's growing into
02:22more of a
02:23community
02:24playground community
02:25and
02:26and overall
02:27it's an app that is very
02:29how can I say
02:31modern
02:32because it pushes
02:33young kids
02:34to play sports
02:35so it's not only something
02:36that is on the computer
02:37on the screen
02:38and you spend
02:39you know
02:40the entire day on the screen
02:41is something that pushes you
02:42to sweat
02:43to do
02:44critical activity
02:45which I think
02:46you know
02:47is something very important
02:49today in 2025
02:51How do you think this will impact
02:52I mean
02:53right now
02:54the number of battle players
02:55doing the game
02:58has been
02:59going crazy
03:00how do you think this will impact
03:02their chances of
03:03well
03:04getting us
03:05successful as they wanted to
03:08for the game
03:09I mean
03:10just like you
03:11maybe
03:12their dreams of being a pro
03:13someday
03:14I think it can be very impactful
03:16from that point of view
03:17I
03:18take a look
03:19at
03:20my story
03:21playing in the playground
03:22with friends
03:23and
03:24around Italy
03:25and different city
03:26where I was growing up
03:27something helps you to
03:29to keep your love of the game alive
03:31and to make it grow
03:32so
03:33more than anything
03:35I don't know about
03:36the technical part
03:37because that's something
03:38that you learn in the gym
03:40with professionals
03:41but
03:42about
03:43if you talk about
03:44the love of the game
03:45the passion
03:46for it
03:47and making it grow
03:48I think
03:49playground
03:50playing the playground
03:51with random people
03:52or with your friends
03:53helps you a lot
03:54so
03:55the idea that
03:56that can help somebody
03:57some young kids
03:58to keep the love of the game alive
04:00and make it grow
04:01and maybe one day
04:02this guy will become a pro athlete
04:03so that's something very
04:05attractive
04:06to me
04:07as an idea
04:08for your country
04:09for Italy
04:10how does this help?
04:11I mean especially now
04:12well I know you're competitive
04:13and you've been ragging
04:14and everything
04:15how do you think
04:16this will impact
04:17the kind of players
04:18you need for your national team?
04:21as far as the national team
04:23okay
04:24I don't think it's gonna have
04:25any impact honestly
04:26on the national team
04:28again
04:29that's
04:30there are two different sides
04:31the pro side
04:32and the amateur side
04:33so this is more
04:34on the amateur side
04:36but like I said
04:37somebody that plays
04:38is a young people
04:39like myself
04:40I played in the playground myself
04:41and then I ended up
04:42in the starting five
04:43on an NBA team
04:44so
04:45it doesn't matter
04:46where you start from
04:47so
04:48then when you become a pro athlete
04:49obviously you don't go to play
04:50at the playground anymore
04:51because you have a contract
04:52you have to go to the gym
04:53and before going to the national team
04:55you need to be a pro athlete
04:56you can't go from the playground
04:58to the national team
04:59but
05:00yeah
05:02the other good thing about this app
05:05is that it's definitely international
05:06so it's not about Italy
05:07it's not about Italian national team
05:09one of the focal points of that
05:11is that
05:12absolutely international
05:13they're downloading it
05:14from all over the world
05:15different countries
05:17and that's the strength of it
05:19that the fact that it has
05:20it has an international flavor
05:23so
05:24any ideas
05:25how you plan to market
05:26I mean how do you
05:28do you feel you can convince
05:30others to use the app
05:33I mean if you have anything in mind
05:35or plan
05:36well as of now
05:38the word of mouth
05:40is doing it
05:41is doing the biggest part
05:43other than that
05:44just like any other enterprise or company
05:46you know
05:47we have a commercial plan
05:49we have a budget for it
05:50and
05:51we just
05:52we just follow the
05:53the strategy
05:54on the commercial side of things
05:56so
05:57that can be anything
05:58paid advertise
05:59paying
06:00you know
06:01other
06:02paying influencer
06:03playing a
06:04brand ambassador
06:05make a campaign
06:07so
06:08we have different
06:09we have different things scheduled
06:11just like any other company
06:12that you know
06:13has a commercial plan
06:14to
06:15to market
06:16and
06:17to do branding
06:18and
06:19do you think
06:20there are more features
06:21that this app can offer?
06:23yeah definitely
06:25it will offer more features
06:26we're always thinking about it
06:27so we
06:28always trying to evolve
06:29and
06:30to give more perks
06:31to the users
06:32so
06:33can evolve
06:35it has
06:36it has to evolve
06:37it's not a
06:38if
06:39that's mandatory
06:40because otherwise
06:41especially in this
06:42in this kind of world
06:43in tech world
06:44you gotta evolve
06:45and get better
06:46otherwise you're gonna
06:47be left behind
06:48anything you have in mind
06:49I mean
06:50the first thing that you
06:51if you were to be asked
06:52the first feature
06:53that you'd add
06:54anything in mind
06:55mm-hmm
06:56I see
06:57I have in mind that
06:58for example the prizes
06:59for the seed now
07:00we have seasons
07:01where the user can
07:02subscribe
07:03and they play
07:04and they gain points
07:05and then there is
07:06a ranking
07:07and the
07:08first players
07:09they're gonna get
07:10a prize
07:11or reward
07:12so
07:13working on that
07:14so getting those
07:15prizes
07:16those rewards
07:17better and better
07:18and more attractive
07:19each day
07:20is definitely one of my
07:21of the things that I have in mind
07:22so those prizes
07:23have to be
07:24have to get better and better
07:25because you know
07:26to reward the user
07:27so that's definitely something I want to do
07:29and the
07:30and the other guys want to do
07:31we're working on that
07:33okay
07:34okay
07:35can I ask the NBA questions
07:36if you don't mind
07:37same
07:38of course
07:39okay
07:40first my first question is
07:41what's the experience of playing alongside Jonas Valanciunas in 2011
07:46well
07:48Jonas was very young
07:49in 2011
07:50obviously was his first year
07:51yeah
07:52you know
07:53a great guy
07:54a great effort guy
07:56so somebody that definitely leaves everything on the floor
08:00and
08:01keep pushing it to
08:03to get better
08:04to learn
08:05so when he arrived
08:06didn't have many moves
08:07it was very raw
08:08and
08:09if you look at the career that he had
08:11you know
08:12that says at all
08:13a hard-working guy that
08:15that build his own career
08:17okay
08:18current piece
08:19linked with the
08:20Denver Nuggets
08:21do you think
08:22how do you see that fit?
08:23I mean with the Denver
08:24Nicola and everything
08:25well
08:27I think Valanciunas fits
08:29fits pretty well in everything
08:30because he's a hard work
08:31again
08:32he's a hard working guy
08:33so he's not somebody that
08:34needs the ball to shoot 30 times
08:36so he's not
08:37you know
08:38a star player that
08:39is gonna
08:40drop or dives
08:41the game
08:42you know
08:43in there
08:44he takes rebound
08:45he defends hard
08:46he does everything else
08:47so I think
08:48this kind of guy
08:49fits well
08:50almost
08:51in every team
08:52would he be enough
08:53to bring back the Nuggets
08:54to the championship
08:55to the finals
08:56at the least
08:57well I think
08:58the beauty of the NBA
08:59now in this
09:00latest series
09:01is very
09:02how do you say
09:03it's very
09:04the level
09:05is
09:06it's very competitive
09:07everybody can win
09:08you know
09:09you don't start the year
09:10and you
09:11and you say for sure
09:12you know
09:13one of these two teams
09:14is gonna win
09:15that's the beauty of it now
09:16and that's why
09:17they're getting so many
09:18viewers now
09:19compared to the previous season
09:21yeah okay
09:22okay I'll move to the next question
09:24in 2010
09:25you had the chance to
09:26well you
09:27were with Chris Walsh
09:28for a time
09:29but he had to leave
09:30can I get your thoughts on his
09:32leaving
09:34Toronto for Miami
09:36well you know
09:38those are personal choices
09:39you know
09:40it's always
09:41complicated decision
09:42you have to put
09:43you know
09:44your career
09:45your family
09:46everything together
09:47and take a decision
09:48so I think
09:49nobody can judge
09:50another human being
09:51the season
09:52on a personal life
09:53things
09:54so
09:55if he needed
09:56I think he was
09:57happy with it
09:58it was definitely the right choice
09:59for him
10:00if he made it
10:01well how about for you
10:02did that have any impact
10:03on you
10:04because that meant
10:05for you more playing time
10:06for you
10:07more focus on you
10:08with the Raptors then
10:09no
10:10at that point
10:11it didn't really make
10:12more playing time for me
10:13because I was a starter
10:15so I wouldn't play anyway
10:16so it didn't really change much
10:18and
10:19it was losing a great player
10:21so which is never a good thing
10:22for us
10:23and so
10:24for me personally
10:25I would have rather having him
10:26than not having him
10:27obviously
10:28so
10:29but that's
10:30that's an easy
10:31that's an easy answer
10:32of course
10:33ok
10:34another team
10:35the Knicks
10:36what are your thoughts
10:37on them
10:38has
10:39has there been
10:40big change
10:41are you impressed with the change
10:42with what you're seeing now?
10:44first of all I'm very happy
10:45because Leon Rose
10:46the president of the team
10:47was my agent
10:48for my career
10:49and a good friend
10:50of mine
10:51so I'm very happy
10:52about
10:53how the Knicks are doing
10:54mostly for him
10:55because
10:56nobody left
10:57that I know
10:58at the Knicks
10:59so
11:00I don't know any other guys
11:01that are still at the Knicks
11:02so I'm very happy for the Knicks
11:03because I played there
11:04and because you know
11:05Leon is the guy there now
11:07so
11:08so
11:09so
11:10are you impressed with what
11:11they were able to achieve last season
11:13although they fell short
11:14are you impressed with the run?
11:16no
11:17I mean the team is good
11:18I mean the team is very good
11:19and
11:20and
11:21I think
11:22it's about time
11:23that they
11:24unleash
11:25the potential of the team
11:26because you know
11:27for many years
11:28also when I was there
11:29if you take
11:30every
11:31player
11:33the team
11:34has been very good
11:35for many years
11:36but it was never able
11:37to perform
11:38at an high level
11:39and be a winning team
11:41so now it is
11:42so
11:43I'm very happy for them
11:44ok
11:45one player you got to play with
11:46with the Brooklyn Nets
11:47Rondae Hollis Jefferson
11:49can you share something about him?
11:51currently
11:52he's here in the Philippines
11:54he's been doing good
11:55ok
11:56he's been
11:57well
11:58winning championships
11:59can you share anything about him
12:01your experience with Rondae?
12:04yes
12:05it was his first year
12:06so he was a rookie
12:07so again
12:08very young
12:09coming out of the league
12:10very enthusiastic
12:11about everything
12:12I can remember that
12:13so he was a very energy guy
12:14very enthusiastic
12:15and
12:16it was one of
12:17one of those players
12:18that
12:19he doesn't do anything
12:20specifically
12:21good
12:22at all
12:23perfect
12:24but
12:25he's one of those
12:26all-around players
12:27that can do everything
12:28he can do a little bit of everything
12:30you know
12:31he can play a little bit in the post
12:32he can shoot
12:33he can run
12:34he can dunk
12:35he can jump
12:36he can defend
12:37so he's one of those
12:38all-around players
12:39that
12:40in a team
12:41it can be very useful
12:42he's being
12:43gale listed
12:44well
12:45the south
12:46Kobe
12:47right now
12:48sorry
12:49he's being compared
12:50Kobe
12:51Kobe
12:52Brian
12:53what do you think
12:54what do you think about that?
12:55well
12:56yeah
12:57i'm gonna ask you
12:58what do you think about that?
12:59do you think there's...
13:00i'm asking you
13:01it's still different
13:02it's still different
13:03if you talk about Kobe
13:04it's still different
13:05you know
13:06i mean i think Kobe
13:08you know
13:09probably MJ
13:10and these kind of guys
13:11definitely
13:12they have to be left alone
13:14because i think they're on another level
13:16i agree with that
13:17i wouldn't compare anybody to MJ or Kobe
13:20okay
13:22okay
13:23okay
13:24i'm sure he will give
13:25i'm sure he will give the same answer
13:27ronda
13:28yeah well
13:29Kobe and MJ are different from Will's
13:31they're in a clash of their own
13:33you can imitate them
13:34there's no replacing them
13:35so blows the game begins
13:38sweat and grit
13:39where legends win
13:41the clock is ticking
13:42hearts ignite
13:46sports bites
13:47philippines
13:48we rise
13:50through the course that fills the skies
13:53louder crowd
13:54we chase the prize
13:57sports bites
13:58philippines alive
14:05the world crowns the clash of steel
14:08every play you fight you feel
14:11yeah
14:12it's not every day i get to talk to a legit NBA player man
14:18yeah and thank you for spending the time
14:20i told you even if it's
14:22of course
14:23it's only 4am here
14:24i'm gonna stay up
14:25just to talk to you
14:26oh man it's 4am
14:28yep but i'm gonna talk to you
14:30i'm gonna stay up for that
14:32that's dedication right there i love that
14:34yeah all right
14:36okay so let's start
14:37so i think don't take much of your time
14:39is that okay
14:40let's go
14:41all right
14:42okay
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