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We welcome Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets & Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers on this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’!
In this episode, they discuss the intricacies, similarities, and differences of becoming an NBA and MLB player, and what they think it takes to be a great pro — which was really interesting to hear given the dynamics of Kon just finishing his rookie season and Yelich being an MLB veteran.
Kon discussed his background growing up in the Milwaukee area and Wisconsin as a basketball state, going to Duke, a new approach he took over the last year, and his thoughts on his impressive rookie season on the Hornets.
Christian also discussed his background making it to the majors, his career on the Brewers, what he changed during his MVP season, his thoughts on the new MLB rules (pitch clock & ABS), Shohei Ohtani, getting thrown out of games, and much more.
Let’s go!
00:00 Intro
1:06 Start of show
2:40 Yelich’s trade to Brewers and MVP season
12:24 Building confidence in NBA and MLB
17:30 Realizing they are in the league moments
22:06 Yelich’s baseball background, path to majors changing
25:00 Dealing with the MLB schedule
30:15 The Cubs vs Brewers rivalry
33:20 Kon’s basketball background growing up
36:57 Getting recruited to Duke
42:05 Drafted to Charlotte, differences in NBA and MLB drafts
46:02 Thoughts on NIL
49:44 Yelich’s thoughts on Ohtani
52:40 Kon on Giannis and Wemby
55:30 Yelich on pitch clock, ABS, new MLB rules
1:00:47 Ejection stories
1:04:58 Etiquette around talking to player in game
1:08:45 Flow state in NBA and MLB
1:14:50 Building culture on Brewers and Hornets
1:25:40 Kon’s new approach this last year
1:26:55 Yelich’s charity
1:28:58 Professional lessons to young generation
1:31:10 Outro
Subscribe to The Young Man and The Three podcast aka YM3 YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights.
Previously The Old Man and the Three w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter
We welcome Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets & Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers on this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’!
In this episode, they discuss the intricacies, similarities, and differences of becoming an NBA and MLB player, and what they think it takes to be a great pro — which was really interesting to hear given the dynamics of Kon just finishing his rookie season and Yelich being an MLB veteran.
Kon discussed his background growing up in the Milwaukee area and Wisconsin as a basketball state, going to Duke, a new approach he took over the last year, and his thoughts on his impressive rookie season on the Hornets.
Christian also discussed his background making it to the majors, his career on the Brewers, what he changed during his MVP season, his thoughts on the new MLB rules (pitch clock & ABS), Shohei Ohtani, getting thrown out of games, and much more.
Let’s go!
00:00 Intro
1:06 Start of show
2:40 Yelich’s trade to Brewers and MVP season
12:24 Building confidence in NBA and MLB
17:30 Realizing they are in the league moments
22:06 Yelich’s baseball background, path to majors changing
25:00 Dealing with the MLB schedule
30:15 The Cubs vs Brewers rivalry
33:20 Kon’s basketball background growing up
36:57 Getting recruited to Duke
42:05 Drafted to Charlotte, differences in NBA and MLB drafts
46:02 Thoughts on NIL
49:44 Yelich’s thoughts on Ohtani
52:40 Kon on Giannis and Wemby
55:30 Yelich on pitch clock, ABS, new MLB rules
1:00:47 Ejection stories
1:04:58 Etiquette around talking to player in game
1:08:45 Flow state in NBA and MLB
1:14:50 Building culture on Brewers and Hornets
1:25:40 Kon’s new approach this last year
1:26:55 Yelich’s charity
1:28:58 Professional lessons to young generation
1:31:10 Outro
Subscribe to The Young Man and The Three podcast aka YM3 YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights.
Previously The Old Man and the Three w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter
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Subscribe to The Young Man and The Three podcast aka YM3 YouTube channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights.
Previously The Old Man and the Three w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter")
