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The Professor Interview (Early Access)

1:26 Being consistent with his content 

3:31 Early days of the professor, in the suburb of Portland, from a hoop family 

4:34 Learning the Iverson crossover in 4th grade 

5:36 Size definitely matters 

6:39 Copying his favorite players, tryna make the NBA 

8:30 Trying for different schools, looking hella young and got cut 

9:45 Improved after freshman year in a few months 

11:35 Getting into And1 

12:19 Quitting college to go with And1, went to try out a a fan 

14:13 2/3 weeks later after filming with And1, he realizes that he's the main star of the show and getting a contract with And1 

16:50 Getting cut from the varsity team was heartbreaking at the time, but he was already playing like a street baller 

18:04 Being white made him the underdog at first, pushed him to work harder, compares himself to Eminem's trajectory 

19:09 When And1 started and eventually ended due to lack of vision 

21:10 Professor went broke after And1, started his Youtube channel 

22:26 At this points And1 was bought a few times 

22:55 Professor's lifestyle at the peak of And1 

23:25 Going broke, start YouTube channel and using his And1 connections with other And1 reps in other countries 

25:25 Selling his And1 jerseys to make money 

26:20 Going around the country with other And1 reps 

27:25 "And1 was never a league" 

30:41 The Superman costume, first viral video 

33:19 By the time he uploads the video and fly to Chicago, the video is viral when he lands 

35:19 Doing vlogs a little while later with hoop content  

35:55 The nerd concept 

38:30 "All my videos are real! People do talk shit to me!" 

39:03 His biggest video in Laguna Beach, guy hurt his arm 

40:50 How he built his format kinda by accident, never had to fake anything  

42:22 Why Professor never played a NBA player on camera for Youtube 

44:22 People expectations for players who never made it to the NBA + Creating a business as a Youtube hooper 

46:09 Losing his best friend in 2011 

49:14 Still got the same love for the game, maybe even more 

50:55 Professor being flashy and technical at the same time 

52:24 The art of owning the crowd, start slow then when they're tired, then you can break ankles 

55:18 Playing with a tall guy in Asia who didn't know streetball and thought Professor was trying to disrespect him, dude threw Professor across the court, went viral on ESPN 

54:42 Moving around with security 

57:17 Professor had a full blown stalker, went to jail and still stalked the Professor 

1:01:35 Ups and down of the success and being recognized 

1:02:15 Working with Saweetie 

1:04:20 "Global Hooper goes crazy" 

1:07:26 Working with biggest brands!! 

1:10:02 Trying to get back to acting 

1:10:30 How he got his name The Professor 

1:11:15 Doing a vlog outta prison in Nebraska 

1:16:28 Has the professor even been schooled on camera? 

1:18:35 How Professor hurt his Achilles tendon

Comments

this interview is dope as fuck. 22 stays dropping bangers.

I really appreciate you doing this interview, very dope. Professor is the GOAT for sure

Prof is the goat...he been doin his thing for over a decade and still looks like a teenager

the professor who has a clean jumper on no jumper kinda fucked up my head real quick


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