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What's going on, y'all? This is Curious Mike back with another video. I know I haven't talked to y'all for a while, but something interesting happened. I'm out here in Capri right now, actually, with some friends and some family.

I was on the way out here when I got the news that I was traded. I was on a plane ride here and, yeah, I found out. I'm going to try to do this video in one take, so I might be a little all over the place, but I want to start off expressing my gratitude to the Nuggets organization.

I remember when I was first drafted. I remember draft night. I remember the whole week leading up to the draft, I was in a ton of pain, dealing with some back stuff that I had dealt with in college and then all the way leading up to the draft. I remember getting a phone call from Tim Connelly probably the day before the draft. I had no idea where I was going to land because of the injury history. Tim and I had our first conversation the day before the draft. We never had any interview. I interviewed with a lot of other teams and the Nuggets were not one, but I talked to Tim the day before and, you know, then draft night comes around. I always expected to be the number one pick in the draft prior to my injury history, so the draft night did not go as I expected as I kept kind of dropping, dropping, dropping until I got selected by the Nuggets with the 14th pick. In one of these videos, I'll go into more depth about that whole draft story, but the point of this video is to express my gratitude to the Nuggets organization. Tim Connelly, Josh Kroenke, Stan Kroenke, and the whole front office. They took a chance on me that day. They drafted me with the 14th pick and my life was forever changed. I went out to Denver and the journey started as a young kid. I think I was 18 years old, not even really experiencing college much because of the injury stuff that had gone on, and now I'm in the NBA. So my first thanks is to Josh, Stan, Tim Connelly, and the whole front office for taking a chance on me and changing my life.

From there, when I got to Denver, I had to deal with all the injury stuff that I had had prior to the draft and ended up having to get another surgery, my second back surgery, before I had played a game in a Nuggets uniform. So my second thanks, I want to thank the medical team and specifically the physical therapists and the trainers over there with the Nuggets: Steve Hess, my boy Dan, my boy Jay, who helped me a lot through this process, and everyone else who helped out. You guys were tremendous in getting me back into a place where I was able to play the game I loved. I just want to say thank you for that.

Then from there, it's all the "little people" as some would say, that I want to express my gratitude to. From the equipment managers to the ball boys to the chef every day. I developed a relationship with a lot of you guys and I just want to express my gratitude for every single day showing up for me and being there for me, and becoming my friends. Sparky, shout out to my guy Sparky, equipment manager who was there 40 years, who recently retired. Jean, I appreciate you, bro. Yeah, everybody. It's been a treat to grow up and play in Denver.

From there, I want to thank my teammates. I came in and I had a whole different group of teammates than the teammates I ended up with. But the two guys that were with me along the whole journey, Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic, I appreciate you guys accepting me coming into the team. You guys already had your two-man game going on, your very potent two-man game, and when I came there you guys immediately made me feel comfortable with my game and you guys put me in a position to succeed. So I want to thank all my teammates throughout the years over there in Denver. It's been great getting to play with you guys and eventually win a championship. So, I appreciate you guys.

I appreciate you, Coach Malone. Thank you, man, for just for helping me grow up, and teaching me how to play the game the right way. Like I said, I pretty much went from high school to the NBA because I never got to really play college basketball because of the injury. So, Coach Malone, I appreciate you helping me out, helping me grow as a player. I remember I really broke out in the bubble. It was really my rookie year. My rookie year I did not play, but then my second year in the NBA was really considered my rookie year because it was my first year playing. So we played for a while and then we had that hiatus because of COVID and then we went out to the bubble and I actually got a lot of playing time for the first time because a lot of guys were injured, or not injured, a lot of guys had COVID. So when I went out there, I immediately was starting and I really broke out. I think I had three 30-point games in a row. Coach Malone really threw me into the fire in those playoffs, really as a rookie. So I appreciate you, Coach Malone, as well.

I'm really excited for this next chapter out here in Brooklyn. I think over there in Denver, I felt like my ceiling had kind of plateaued. We just have a way of playing, how Joker plays, how Jamal plays, that two-man game is very potent. That's how we play and I'm so appreciative of the way we play. We ended up winning a championship. But I do feel like my ceiling in Denver kind of plateaued a little bit and I'm excited for this next chapter in Brooklyn for sure. It's crazy because me and Cam are actually boys. We're pretty cool. We're even having talks of swapping homes. He might stay in my crib in Denver. I might stay where he lived in Brooklyn. But anyways, obviously Denver got a great player and a great dude and I'm excited for him to be able to finally compete for a championship over there and I myself am excited to expand my game and be able to do what I do.

I want to get into the story of how I found out I got traded. I actually was on a plane over here to Saint-Tropez, and I'm over here trying to enjoy my time before I get back to work, before I head back to Denver and get back to work. I'm laying down on the plane and I got on the Wi-Fi and I saw a text I got from my agent and from someone in the front office over in Denver. I think it was John Wallace, just saying, "Yo, can you get on a phone call? It's urgent." I immediately knew what was up. I immediately knew what was going on. I couldn't get on the phone with either of them because I'm on the plane, you know. I just started texting back and forth with my agent and I was like, "Man, where are we going? Like, where am I headed to?" And he told me Brooklyn. My first thought was just kind of shock honestly because I think two days prior I was walking around my home in Denver. I actually was staying at the Four Seasons residences and I was down there at the bar or something and I ran into John Wallace. I didn't even know he was the newly appointed GM because I'm off social media so I had no idea. I ran into him. We sat down. We talked for a while and he started telling me how we're going to build the team, who he wants to get, who he wants to surround us with, and who he wants in the second unit. He wants to find a point guard that could feed me the ball in the second unit. All this stuff getting me really excited. But I also think he heard in my voice that I kind of wanted to grow my game. I didn't want to plateau. I want to keep getting better throughout my career. And I think he also heard that. But I had no idea, you know, from that conversation, I'm thinking we're going to make some changes. We're going to move some things around. I'm going to feel more comfortable next year, coming back in with that second unit. I was excited for it. So when I heard the news, when I got the text from John Wallace and my agent, I was shocked, but at the end of the day, that's the NBA, that's the business, and I have no hard feelings.

I'm excited for the Nuggets organization because like I said previously, I think it was a clip that went viral last year. But yeah, if we don't win a championship within this next year or two after winning, they're going to make some changes. Nikola is in his prime, Jamal's in his prime. And if we're not stacking the championships, we may have to make a change. For me, it was tough because I wasn't able to play the way I wanted to play. I wasn't able to hoop the way I wanted to hoop in the playoffs because of my shoulder. It's still a little messed up. You can kind of see it's a little popped out still. It's still healing up, but I was severely limited in what I could do in the playoffs. That was hard. That's the taste that I left with the Nuggets fans and organization. I really felt like I let the team down this past playoffs. I went out there and I tried, but I was playing with one arm, like legitimately. My whole shoulder was popped out, torn. I was putting a needle in it every other day trying to get the pain down. But regardless, I went out there and I tried to play after the shoulder injury and I just wasn't able to be myself and I wasn't able to help the team, and that hurts. That's how my journey with the Nuggets ended.

But everything happens for a reason. If you know me, you know I'm a man of faith. You know, I believe in God and I try to put my faith into him in these situations. I know that he's not going to abandon me. There's a verse that says, "Those who he began a good work in, he's going to complete." And I do believe that. So I'm excited for this next chapter. I know I'm just rambling, but it's good to be able to get this out before I go to Brooklyn tomorrow and meet with everybody. It's just good to express my gratitude to the Nuggets and everything and kind of tell y'all how I'm feeling with everything. I'm very excited and I'm ready to get this next chapter of my life rolling. Yeah. So, I got this little camera, you know what I'm saying? I'm going to be dropping more videos once in a while whenever, you know, something comes to mind. I'mma try to get back on this Curious Mike thing a little bit. So I appreciate y'all tuning in. Curious Mike out.

你好，各位！我是Curious Mike，又带来了一期视频。我知道我有一段时间没和大家聊天了，但是，发生了一些有趣的事情。我现在在卡普里岛，和一些朋友家人在一起。

我在来这里的路上，接到了自己被交易的消息。我当时正在飞机上，然后就知道了。我会尽量一次性完成这个视频，所以可能会有点语无伦长，但我首先要向掘金队表达我的感激之情。

我记得我第一次被选中时，记得选秀之夜。我记得选秀前一周，我一直忍受着剧痛，处理着大学时期就有的背部问题，直到选秀前夕。我记得选秀前一天，我接到了Tim Connley的电话。因为我的伤病史，我完全不知道自己会去哪里。Tim和我在选秀前一天进行了第一次对话，我们之前没有任何面试。我面试了很多其他球队，但掘金队不是其中之一。但我在前一天和Tim聊了聊，然后选秀之夜就到了。在我的伤病史之前，我一直都期待能成为状元秀，所以选秀之夜并没有像我预期的那样，我一直在往下掉，直到掘金队在第14顺位选中了我。在未来的某个视频里，我将更深入地讲述整个选秀故事，但这个视频的重点是向掘金队表达我的感激之情。Tim Connley、Josh Kroenke、Stan Kroenke以及整个管理层，他们在那天给了我一个机会。他们用第14顺位选中了我，我的生活从此改变了。我去了丹佛，作为一个年轻的孩子，我开始了这段旅程。我当时18岁，因为伤病问题，我甚至没有真正体验过大学生活，然后我就进入了NBA。

所以，我的第一份感谢是献给Josh、Stan、Tim Connley和整个管理层，感谢他们给了我机会，改变了我的生活。从我到达丹佛开始，我不得不处理选秀前就有的所有伤病问题，最后在穿上掘金队球衣之前，我不得不做了第二次背部手术。所以我的第二份感谢，我要献给医疗团队，特别是掘金队的理疗师和训练师们。Steve Hess，我的好哥们Dan，我的好哥们Jay，他们在这个过程中给了我很大的帮助，以及所有其他帮助过我的人。你们在帮助我恢复到能够再次从事我热爱的运动方面，表现得非常出色。我只想为此说声谢谢。

然后，我要感谢所有那些“小人物”，我要向他们表达我的感激之情，从设备经理到球童，再到每天的厨师。我与你们中的许多人建立了关系，我只想表达我的感激之情，感谢你们每天都支持我，陪伴我，并成为我的朋友。Sparky，向我的哥们Sparky致敬，那位在掘金队工作了40年，最近退休的设备经理。Jean，兄弟，我感谢你。

是的，每个人。能在丹佛成长和打球真是一件幸事。接下来，我要感谢我的队友们。我刚来的时候，我的队友和后来一起打球的队友完全不同。但是，一路陪伴我的两个人是Jamal Murray和Nikola Jokic，我感谢你们接受我加入球队。你们已经有了非常默契高效的二人组配合，而当我来到这里时，你们立刻让我对自己的打法感到自在，并让我处于一个能够成功的境地。所以我要感谢这些年来在丹佛的所有队友。能和你们一起打球，并最终赢得一个总冠军，真是太棒了。所以，我感谢你们。感谢你，Malone教练。谢谢你，伙计，感谢你帮助我成长，并教我如何正确地打比赛。就像我说的，我几乎是从高中直接进入NBA的，因为伤病，我从未真正打过大学篮球。所以，Malone教练，我感谢你。感谢你帮助我成长为一名球员。我记得我真正爆发是在“泡泡”里。那其实是我的新秀赛季。我的新秀赛季我没有上场，但我在NBA的第二个赛季才真正被认为是我的新秀赛季，因为那是我第一次上场打球。我们打了一段时间，然后因为疫情，我们有了一个停顿，我甚至不知道我说“hiatus”对不对，但我们因为疫情停赛了，然后我们去了“泡泡”，我第一次获得了大量的上场时间，因为很多球员受伤或者说，很多球员感染了新冠。所以当我上场的时候，我立刻成为了首发，然后我真正爆发了。我记得我连续三场比赛得了30多分。而Malone教练在季后赛中，作为一名新秀，他真的把我推向了火线。

所以我也感谢你，Malone教练。

我对在布鲁克林的下一个篇章感到非常兴奋。我觉得在丹佛，我的上限似乎有点停滞不前了。我们有一种固定的打法，Joker和Jamal的二人组配合非常强大。我们就是那样打球的，我对这种打法非常感激。我们最终也赢得了一个总冠军。但我确实觉得我在丹佛的上限有点停滞不前了，我非常期待在布鲁克林的下一个篇章。很疯狂，因为我和Cam其实是好朋友。我们关系很好。我们甚至还在谈论互换住所。他可能会住我在丹佛的房子，我可能会住他在布鲁克林的地方。但无论如何，显然丹佛得到了一位伟大的球员和一位很棒的家伙，我为他终于能够在那边竞争总冠军而感到兴奋，而我自己也很兴奋能够拓展我的比赛，做我擅长的事情。是的，但我想讲讲我是如何得知自己被交易的。

我当时正在一架飞往圣特罗佩的飞机上，我正想好好享受假期，然后再回去丹佛工作。我躺在飞机上，连接了Wi-Fi，然后我看到了我的经纪人以及丹佛前台某人（我想是John Wallace）发来的短信，他们都说：“嘿，你能打个电话吗？很紧急。”我立刻就知道发生了什么。我立刻知道是怎么回事。但我无法给他们任何一个人打电话，因为我在飞机上。我开始和我的经纪人来回发短信，我说：“伙计，我们要去哪儿？我要去哪儿？”他告诉我布鲁克林。我第一反应是震惊，因为大约两天前，我还在丹佛的家里散步。我当时住在四季酒店的住宅区，我在那里的酒吧什么的，然后我碰到了John Wallace。我甚至不知道他是新任命的总经理，因为我不玩社交媒体，所以我完全不知道。我碰到了他。我们坐下来聊了很久，他开始告诉我他们将如何组建球队，他想引进谁，他想让谁围绕在我们身边，以及他想让谁加入第二阵容。他想找一个能给我在第二阵容传球的控卫。所有这些都让我非常兴奋。但我也觉得他听出了我声音里，我有点想拓展自己的比赛。我不想停滞不前。我希望我的职业生涯能不断进步。我想他也听出了这一点。但我当时完全不知道，从那次谈话中，我以为我们会做一些改变。我们会调整一些东西。我明年会感觉更舒服，回到第二阵容。我当时很兴奋。所以当我听到这个消息时，当我收到John Wallace和我的经纪人的短信时，我感到很震惊，但归根结底，这就是NBA，这就是生意，我没有任何怨恨。我为掘金队感到兴奋，因为就像我之前说的，我想去年有一个视频很火，但如果我们在赢得总冠军后的这一两年内没有再次夺冠，他们就会做出一些改变。Jokic正值巅峰，Jamal也正值巅峰。如果我们不连续夺冠，我们可能就不得不做出改变。对我来说，这很难，因为我无法按照自己想要的方式打球。因为我的肩膀，我无法在季后赛中按照自己想要的方式打球。它仍然有点脱臼。它还在恢复中，但在季后赛中，我的能力受到了严重限制。这很难。这是我留给掘金球迷和球队的印象。我真的觉得我在上一个季后赛中让球队失望了。我上场了，我努力了，但我基本上是单臂作战。我的整个肩膀都脱臼了，撕裂了。我每天都打针，试图减轻疼痛。但无论如何，我在肩膀受伤后上场努力比赛，但我就是无法发挥出自己的水平，也无法帮助球队，这很伤人。这就是我与掘金队的旅程的结局。但一切都有原因。如果你了解我，你就知道我是一个有信仰的人。我相信上帝，在这些情况下，我努力把我的信念寄托在他身上。我知道他不会抛弃我。有一句经文说，他所开始的善工，他必成全。我确实相信这一点。所以我对这新的篇章感到兴奋。我知道我只是在胡言乱语，但在我去布鲁克林与大家见面之前，能够把这些说出来真是太好了。能够向掘金队和所有的一切表达我的感激之情，并告诉你们我的感受，真是太好了。我非常兴奋，我已经准备好开启人生的下一个篇章了。是的。所以，我有这个小摄像机。你们懂我的意思吧？我会在偶尔，每当有什么想法的时候，发布更多的视频。我会努力重新投入到“Curious Mike”的事情中去。所以，感谢大家的收看。Curious Mike 告退。