On this Friday’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three,’ we welcome Nicolas Batum of the Los Angeles Clippers back to the show! He opens up about so much, including: - How the Clippers turned their season around after starting 6-21 - Kawhi Leonard's dominance this season - The James Harden and Ivica Zubac trades - Addition on Darius Garland - Brandon Roy stories - His tough Charlotte years and the motivation that came from them - Victor Wembanyama …and much more. Let’s go! 0:00 Intro 1:11 Start of show 1:50 Dealing with outside noise 3:00 The Clippers terrible start 6:10 Kawhi this season 9:00 The James Harden trade 9:45 DG praise 11:30 When Nico was traded for James Harden 13:30 The Zubac trade 14:40 Dealing with rebuilding trades 16:20 The younger players on the Clippers 17:00 Brandon Roy as Nico’s vet and how good he was 22:00 The Charlotte years 26:30 What Brooke Lopez brings to the Clippers 28:40 Thoughts on the Celtics 31:25 Thoughts on the Knicks and Diawara 35:50 Russell Westbrook as a teammate 37:00 Maxime Raynaud breakdown 38:00 Victory Wembanyama breakdown 41:40 OKC thoughts 42:10 Approach to the rest of the season 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