What was your favorite moment when you played at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks? Nate Robinson: Probably the fans, man. My favorite moment probably hitting a game-winning shot over Allen Iverson, and being able to shake and bake with Will Ferrell, one of the games that I had like 40 points off the bench. What a great night, and then to be able to shake and bake with Ricky Bobby was pretty f*cking awesome. It was one of my highlights of my life, man. Will Ferrell is one of my favorite actors and for him to sit courtside and every time I scored, I always say shake and bake, and he came to the game and I got a dope picture with him. Me and him shaking and baking after I got an and-one, four-point play, man. It was a dream come true. But just being in New York in the Garden was probably my favorite moment. The fans made it so memorable and I appreciate every second of it.
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Do you think a lot of higher caliber players not wanting to be involved has to do with not wanting to be embarrassed online? Nate Robinson: Yeah, man, ‘cause that’s what the world is now. It’s a social media era where the Internet runs the world. It’s like the Internet is the bully now. You’ll find clips and clips and clips of stuff where you look silly or you do something, and it’s gonna be on the Internet and the cyber world forever, and people just don’t want that. They rather do something because they don’t look silly or they don’t want the Internet to make a fool out of them. And I don’t blame them, I really don’t blame them, but it just sucks that this is the world we live in. Social media world is taking over, back in the day we didn’t have social media. So things weren’t highlighted so much, and we didn’t see certain things and now the whole world is under a microscope, it just kinda sucks that it hinders guys from wanting to do some cool things and make history. -via HoopsHype / February 14, 2024
With retired NBA players, some of them seem to be thriving having success in the podcast space. Some guys like Jeff Teague, Gilbert Arenas to name a few. Why do you think this is the case? Nate Robinson: As players, and I could probably speak for every player that’s ever played, we just got tired of the media saying stuff about us and saying stuff about our craft and what we do, and they’ve never done it. So now that we can be our own media source, it’s way better. Because we actually did it, we actually put in the work, we actually have done the things that we’re talking about and it’s not some things where you’re doing some studying and crunching some numbers and you’re just talking out of your ass because you’re crunching numbers. No, I actually done it and I’m a student of the game and I know what’s up and I encourage more players to do it because then that’s more opportunities and more jobs and more knowledge for us to have and listen to more stories from what the players are telling us, and not hearing it from you guys, the media. They always want to change your words. They always want to make you sound like you said something that you really didn’t. Now we can be our own source, we are the source, and I love that. Straight from the source, it’s the best thing out right now. I don’t even watch the news, watch Sportscenter anymore. I just go watch all my buddies talk basketball stories and watching all their podcasts. I rather go on their shows than go on ESPN and all the other crap. -via HoopsHype / February 14, 2024
Last year, you came out to talk about the kidney failure you have been dealing with. How are you going about your journey? Nate Robinson: My journey, man, every day, one day at a time. It’s difficult, but at the same time, I love a challenge. So every day is a new day for me. I just try to walk right with God. I just try to ask Him to give me the strength to be able to get through what I’m going through. I’m still looking for a kidney to this day. I go through dialysis three times a week for four hours. They clean my blood, they clean all my toxins out of my body, and I’m feeling better and better every day. Some days are worse than others, but I’m just blessed and I’m just happy that I can still be here to see my children and do the things that I love to do. So, it’s been rough but it’s been a great journey, great roller coaster. -via HoopsHype / February 14, 2024
