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Frank The Tank | Frank Walks
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00:00I think Frank the Tank is acting now.
00:01I think I'm on to him.
00:03I heard he's a skinny guy and he just unzips his fucking suitor every day.
00:07I'm on to Frank the Tank.
00:08Yeah?
00:09Yeah.
00:09He's acting.
00:10It's hyperbole.
00:11He'll be like, the Mets are going to lose 162 games next year.
00:15It's like misery sells, you know?
00:18No.
00:20He faking.
00:21He faking.
00:22Ain't nothing wrong with him.
00:25He's not sad?
00:26He's not actually sad?
00:28Right, right.
00:28Ain't nothing wrong with Frank.
00:30Frank.
00:34Frank Waltz.
00:35Frank Waltz.
00:36It's time.
00:38Frank Waltz.
00:39All right.
00:41Thanks for joining us, Pat.
00:42You know, when I saw you play, you reminded me of the old players.
00:48You know, the players that, like, bruisers.
00:51Okay.
00:52Aggressive.
00:53Tough.
00:53Strong.
00:53I could have played back in the day.
00:55Oh, yeah.
00:56Okay, okay.
00:56You would have been a star back in the day.
00:57You would have been bigger.
00:58Okay, nice, nice.
01:00I'm pretty big now, though.
01:02Yeah.
01:02Perspective, but.
01:03Yeah, but I'm talking about.
01:05I think Barstool made me bigger than basketball, though.
01:09Of course, Barstool makes everyone big.
01:10Yeah, that's true.
01:11But I'm talking about the bruising.
01:14Uh-huh.
01:14The type, the rebounder, the hungry nose for the ball.
01:17Uh-huh.
01:18Like, perfect team player in the mold of Dennis Rodman.
01:22You think I could have played for the Knicks?
01:25Oh, yeah.
01:26Heck, I wouldn't mind seeing you suit up for the Knicks this year.
01:29Ha-ha-ha.
01:30The Knicks pretty good, though.
01:32Yeah, they are good.
01:34But, you know, you've got to take some breaks sometimes.
01:36And, uh, Kat's going to be on the outside, but we could have somebody helping Kat.
01:42I like Brogdon.
01:43I like the addition of Brogdon.
01:45I like the addition of their new coach, too.
01:48Do you think the Knicks actually have a chance?
01:51I mean, I think it's wide open for them.
01:53No, you can walk through.
01:54I think they, uh, I don't know, I think they got a chance this year.
01:58I mean, unfortunately, there's been a lot of injuries.
02:01Yeah, we can't game playing that.
02:03But, uh, I think the Knicks have as good a chance as anyone in the East.
02:08I agree.
02:09Hey, you know what I heard, though?
02:12And I heard this through the Chicago office.
02:14And they told me to tell you this because it might piss you off.
02:19If the Cubs win, that means the Mets automatically forfeit.
02:25Yep.
02:25And they can't get in.
02:27Yep.
02:27No, the Mets don't want to be in.
02:30They actually are writing a book, The Joy of Losing.
02:35The Joy of...
02:36Hey, you lost a shoe.
02:43That's the second straight time that's happened.
02:45That's what happened to the young generation.
02:47They don't tie their shoes.
02:47No, they don't.
02:48See, look, mind-tied, you, no shoe strings.
02:51Yeah.
02:51What's up, bro?
02:52You all right?
02:53Nice to meet you, bro.
02:54Nice to meet you, baby.
02:55What's your name?
02:55I'm great, yo.
02:56My name is Amir.
02:57Amir, nice to meet you, gang.
02:58I like that.
03:00I like that.
03:00You being great, pal.
03:01Thank you, bro.
03:02Good defense, too, by the way.
03:03See?
03:04Now, you just met from Chicago.
03:06Uh-huh.
03:07That's where you're from.
03:07That's your hometown.
03:08Uh-huh.
03:09And you were known as just a tough, tenacious player back in Chicago.
03:14Uh-huh.
03:15You played against some great players.
03:17And Chicago's got a great legacy.
03:19Uh-huh.
03:19What was it like playing high school ball in Chicago?
03:22Uh, I don't know.
03:24I just, I kept thinking, like, I had to make it out.
03:26You know what I'm saying?
03:27So I wasn't, like, the highest-ranked guy.
03:30But I've been playing professionally than, you know, guys that were ranked ahead of me.
03:34John Shire, Derrick Rose.
03:36And I played more years professionally than all those guys.
03:38So, I, it's like, I always had to, like, work, work, work, work, work.
03:42Well, and you did work.
03:43Yeah.
03:44You went overseas.
03:45How many, you played in, like, five different countries?
03:47Yeah, I stayed, what, I started off in a second division in Ukraine.
03:52Uh, left there.
03:53I got drafted.
03:54You won a dunk contest there.
03:56Yeah, I did win a dunk contest.
03:57I keep forgetting about that.
03:58I won a dunk contest there.
03:59I don't think there was a lot of good Ukrainian second division dunk contest participants.
04:05So, I won that, uh, got drafted, uh, went to Greece, left Greece, went to Russia, left Russia, went to the NBA.
04:17Now, of all the European leagues you played in, which one would you say is the most legitimate?
04:23Uh, I like the, uh, the year I was in Russia, that was, you know, Andrzej Karolinko was there from top to bottom.
04:30That was, uh, that was a really good league, top to bottom.
04:33Oh, yeah, I had a ton of fun in Russia.
04:37Now, have you ever been to Russia?
04:38I've never been to Russia.
04:40Oh.
04:40I've only been to Canada.
04:41That's the only, uh, other country I've been to.
04:44Who's called?
04:45I don't know.
04:46Huh.
04:48Are you, so you the iPhone on the watch type of guy?
04:50Uh, Android.
04:52Oh, okay, nice, nice, nice, nice, nice.
04:54But, uh, now.
04:56Hey, tell me about the walks, though.
04:57Like, you've been killing this shit.
04:59Yeah, it's, it's, uh, nearing, uh, two straight years of walks.
05:03Two straight, so you walk every day?
05:05Every day.
05:07I started small, but now I'm averaging 20,000 steps a day.
05:10Wow.
05:12That's impressive.
05:13Good for you, dawg.
05:14I mean, I, I, in 2015, I weighed at least 520 pounds.
05:19That's as high as the scale went.
05:22Now I'm, uh, under 300.
05:25And I gotta get a lot of skin removed.
05:26Okay, so what's the, what's the go-to?
05:29I don't know, whenever I, whatever I get to.
05:31I, I, I don't have any goals.
05:33I've already got, I've already reached goals.
05:35You want to get, like, 190?
05:35I've already reached some goals.
05:37Right.
05:37It's, I, I, I set a goal and then I set a new goal.
05:41Right now my, uh, goal is 290.
05:43When I get under 290, I'll set a new goal.
05:45Oh, I like that.
05:46And that's, that's how I do it.
05:47I get a new goal.
05:48My initial goal is to hit to, uh, get to 325.
05:52I got to 325 and then I went to 310.
05:54Then after that, 300 and, uh, now it's 290.
05:58Hey, man, that's, hey, that's a vibe, dawg.
06:00Good for you, man.
06:01Good for you, dawg.
06:02Good for you.
06:02Now, in the NBA, you, you play for a lot of teams.
06:04Uh-huh.
06:05You're basically trade deadline guy a lot of times.
06:09Yeah.
06:10Trying to get that last piece.
06:11Only once.
06:12Twice.
06:13Only twice.
06:14But you were, like, the, a lot of teams trying to find an extra defensive piece.
06:17Yeah.
06:17What's up, brother?
06:18You all right?
06:19What's it like to be that rugged a player that you, that people know that they can get you
06:24and that will bring some toughness into the team?
06:26I just always knew that I'll, I've been putting myself, mighty Ishma, happy new year, happy
06:30new year.
06:32The guy's Jewish, she doesn't understand this, how to speak Hebrew.
06:36But, uh, no, just always a good vibe, always feeling wanted, knowing you're going to have
06:40a job, you know.
06:42It's hard for guys to even get 10 years in the NBA.
06:46Yes, you, you work hard.
06:48Yeah, 12 years, baby.
06:48You worked hard to get there.
06:50You, uh, sacrificed a lot to get there.
06:53I paid to get there.
06:55I had to pay my own money.
06:57I think I paid, like, uh, maybe 1.1, 1.2 million just to get a buyout.
07:03I paid my own money to get to the NBA.
07:04That's a lot of things.
07:06That's a, that's, that's one of the biggest things people keep forgetting.
07:09Uh, I think the, the buyout at the time was only like $450,000.
07:14I had to pay the rest.
07:15Now, how much?
07:16And you don't want to go, you don't want to go owing Russians, neither.
07:18Oh, no, you don't.
07:19You do not want to go owing Russians.
07:20No, you don't.
07:21No, you do not.
07:22You know what they have in Russia?
07:24A lot of faulty windows.
07:25Yeah, yeah, you feel me?
07:26Yeah, yeah, I don't want to, I don't want to owe no Russians, I'll tell you that.
07:30So, yeah, I had to, I had to pay the Russians to get up out of there.
07:33And then once I paid them, I was able to leave, you know?
07:36But, uh, what type of player, who, in today's game, reminds you of yourself?
07:42Uh, in today's game?
07:46In today's game.
07:50In today's game.
07:52Uh, Bronny.
07:56Really?
07:57Bronny James.
07:58Yeah.
07:59A guy who can, a guy who can obviously, uh, his, his whole career, he's been, you know,
08:05offensive minded, you know, putting the ball in the hole, explosive, very athletic.
08:09Uh, that was me early in my career.
08:11And getting to the NBA and having to adjust to a whole different role, uh, bringing energy,
08:16uh, second round pick, nothing's guaranteed, you gotta go get it on your own.
08:20Uh, for sure, Bronny.
08:22Now, Bronny, wouldn't he benefit from just a year in the G League to develop and just play?
08:30Yeah.
08:31But I played in the G League too, my first couple games, you know?
08:33I was just, it was just very different for me.
08:35I was, uh, I think I was with Jeremy Land and Jeremy Land got hurt.
08:39So, that, uh, I was able to kind of play immediately, but.
08:43I don't know, maybe it's because I'm a baseball fan.
08:45I look at the G League as a developmental thing.
08:49And I think that it should be utilized more by teams.
08:53And nobody should be afraid to go there.
08:55Nobody should be afraid to send players there who are like these second round picks and have them develop into a player.
09:01Yeah, but as a player too, right? As a player, you don't want to be the G League guy.
09:07You all, you know, you want to play in the big show.
09:09No, but.
09:10You know, so like, I think that's the discourse of like players actually wanting to be there and understanding.
09:16And then GMs who were looking at everything from a bird's eye view, you know, knowing what's the best thing for the future was for the team.
09:24I think just for a player that's riding on the bench to play in the G League, maybe he could become a star.
09:33Yeah, I had a, like I had a bunch of teammates that was, you know, 14, 15 men on the bench, 13 men.
09:38And that's the first thing they said, man, Pat, you know, I like traveling with y'all.
09:42I like practicing with y'all.
09:43I like hanging out with y'all, but man, I like to play basketball.
09:45They can send me down to the G.
09:47So I think in a lot of cases you have guys that kind of want that.
09:50But, you know, when you get to the NBA and you're that, you know, end of the bench guy, you don't have a lot of control or say so.
09:57No, you don't.
09:58So you got to do what you got to do.
09:59Put your head down.
10:00You played for a lot of teams.
10:01And work.
10:02Who are some of your favorite teammates?
10:04Some of my favorite teammates have to go Kawhi.
10:06You would love Kawhi.
10:07You would actually love Kawhi.
10:09I have to go Kawhi.
10:10I have to go, you know.
10:13You know.
10:14Lou Wheel.
10:15Lemon Pepper Lou.
10:16Kawhi would he differ to Toronto.
10:18Only one year and brought him a championship.
10:20Yeah.
10:21You know, even though he played for them only one year, I think you got to give him a statue.
10:26Yeah.
10:27Oh.
10:28Statute.
10:29You think statue?
10:30I mean, he made the Raptors.
10:31I mean, the Raptors.
10:32Will he ever win again?
10:33I don't know.
10:34That's a great question.
10:35I don't think so.
10:37I mean, he gave the Raptors something special.
10:42No time soon.
10:43I'll say that.
10:44He gave him something special.
10:45Meanwhile, their hockey team hasn't even been to the Santa Cup Final since 1967.
10:49See, look.
10:50I know very little about hockey.
10:52You know they ranked hockey the hardest sport to play?
10:55It's the number one hardest sport to play.
10:58Well, you got.
10:59Basketball is too.
11:00You got to skate.
11:01Well, with basketball, you just have to be an athlete to play basketball.
11:04You can't be a schlump.
11:06Yeah, I know.
11:07But black motherfuckers can't skate neither.
11:09Oh, that's not fair to P.K. Subban.
11:12Okay, yeah.
11:13Well, very limited.
11:14I'll say that.
11:15Very limited culture that can not only skate, skate on ice.
11:19Seth Jones just won the Stanley Cup.
11:21Who's that?
11:22It's Popeye Jones' son.
11:24Oh, yeah?
11:25Yeah.
11:26I know that.
11:27See, I told you.
11:28I'm very little informed about hockey.
11:30But it's the hardest sport to play, so I respect that.
11:33So, looking ahead to this season, what teams you think are going to have a good chance to be the teams that beat in the NBA?
11:42The East, the West?
11:43Obviously, you got to say OKC because they won it, right?
11:46Yep.
11:47So, I like OKC.
11:48I like Denver.
11:49I like the pieces they put around Yokech.
11:51I like Bruce Brown coming back.
11:52I like Tim Hardaway Jr.
11:54From the East, I like New York Knicks.
11:56I like Cavs, right?
11:57Because they lost in a fashion where they think they're number one team, have the overall best record.
12:03So, in their minds, they feel like they kind of feel short.
12:06So, if there was, and my ghost team, my dark horse team had to be the Clippers.
12:12I tell you what, if the Knicks win a championship.
12:16The city is going to erupt.
12:17The city will be.
12:18Yeah.
12:19It will be the biggest party ever.
12:22Yeah.
12:23I saw what they did when they won the second round series.
12:25I mean, if the Knicks ever won a championship, it might end New York if we know it.
12:31Legend.
12:32Yeah.
12:33How's it going?
12:34Hey.
12:35What's up, brother?
12:36You alright?
12:37But, uh, now.
12:39People know you more than they know me, Frank.
12:42Eh.
12:43Daddy is 50-50.
12:45But, uh.
12:48Did you play any sports growing up?
12:50No, I sucked.
12:51I was always out of shape.
12:53Okay.
12:54Do you wish, if it was one sport you would, like you wish you would have played growing
12:58up, what do you think it would have been?
12:59I wish I could have been a good baseball player.
13:01Okay.
13:02You love baseball, huh?
13:03Yes.
13:04Yes, I do.
13:05Even though it rips the heart out of my chest each and every day.
13:09In each and every way.
13:10Really?
13:11Yes.
13:12Well, what, what, what, what, if you, your ideal position, like what would you, shortstop pitcher?
13:16I want to be a pitcher.
13:17Oh.
13:18Because pitchers have brains, uh, as opposed to the hitters who just go out there and try
13:22to hit the ball 900 miles.
13:24Uh-huh.
13:25Pitchers, pitchers, and they got rid of the pitchers with brains too.
13:28Because now they want pitchers just to troll hard.
13:31Analytics has ruined sports.
13:33You think so?
13:34Analytics has ruined every sport.
13:36It really has.
13:37Not every sport.
13:39Ah, there's too much, there's too much of these MIT nerds who have never played a sport
13:44telling teams how they should operate and they took the heart out of the sports.
13:48Wow.
13:49I agree with that.
13:50I like that.
13:51I'm, I don't totally agree with it, but I agree with it for some, for a little bit.
13:56Now you look like you could still play.
13:58If someone calls, are you ready to lace them up?
14:01If someone calls, I'm already laced up, Frank.
14:04My boots are laced.
14:05My helmet is on.
14:06My lunch pail is in my bag.
14:08I'm ready to go.
14:09Well, hopefully you get that call.
14:12And I hope you have a, it's going to be a great season.
14:14Hey, thanks for having me, baby.
14:16I appreciate it.
14:17Thanks for joining us.
14:19Tight.
14:33Tight.
14:34Tight.
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