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  • A players can't compete on the court doesn't mean they can't virtually check out the n B A to K tournament $100,000 at stake for charity quarterfinals tomorrow night.

  • So let's welcome the host of ESPN.

  • The Jump.

  • Rachel Nichols and Cleveland Cavalier All Star Andre Drummond.

  • Thank you both for being with us and Andre.

  • I know you advanced to the quarterfinals after winning your first n b A to K Round one.

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  • 1 to 49.

  • How you feeling heading into tomorrow's game?

  • You know, I feel good.

  • It's a great game for me up in against the market's great great opponent.

  • But I had to get the win.

  • Looking forward to playing Pat tomorrow.

  • I know he's a tough opponent.

  • He talks trash on and off the court, and virtually so.

  • This should be a fun experience.

  • Yeah, yeah, it certainly should for fans watching, too.

  • Yes.

  • So, Patrick Beverley, trash talker both on the court and virtually how are your trash talk, talking skills or you're gonna go into that?

  • I'm gonna let my game speak.

  • I'm not talking.

  • I'm gonna let him do all the talking and win the game.

  • I like that.

  • I like that strategy.

  • Rachel talk a little bit about how important this competition is for the players and for the fans who are at home watching right now.

  • Well, for sports fans, they're binging old games the way most of the rest of us are binging old TV shows.

  • So ESPN has been showing the 2015 Super Bowl or the N B A Finals from 2016.

  • The problem is, you know how those end and sports fans are dying to get their hands on sporting events where they don't know the outcome.

  • You watch Star Wars.

  • You know who's gonna be the victor at the end of Star Wars?

  • You know who's winning the MBA finals from a past year.

  • Watching these n b A to K games.

  • They're finally getting back to competition, where they don't know what's gonna happen where guys like Andre could come out victorious.

  • That is so much fun to just get a little respect.

  • Yeah, And speaking of that, there are talks.

  • Rachel, I understand of the n B.

  • A and ESPN televising a horse competition involving several of the players who are in isolation, presumably using their at home gym.

  • So what would that mean for the league?

  • It would be great for the n b a.

  • The n b a was really stopped at such a critical time.

  • This was right before the n b A playoffs.

  • So this is a way to stay connected to fans.

  • Toe have those athletes and those personalities that are such a big part of the sport stay connected to fan.

  • So when the league can start back up, they're going to hit the ground running, going into their most critical time of the time.

  • They need those TV dollars.

  • They need fans to tune in.

  • So it just keeps those strings alive for people to be ableto see what Andre is doing it home.

  • That I was DeAndre.

  • How's your horse game?

  • Um, you know me.

  • I haven't played horse in quite some time, but I would love to do it.

  • I would love to do it and, you know, see what I come up with.

  • All right.

  • I'd love to see you do it too, And, ah, lot of uncertainty, obviously, about when the n b a will come back to you.

  • I know the players, air itching Just like fans, too, to get back on the court.

  • Are you prepared?

  • Or your fellow players prepared to go straight into playoffs?

  • If if there is that moment anytime soon, You know, for me, we're just trying to stay ready as best as we can.

  • You know, it's not much we can do.

  • It can't really go into teams to work on our games.

  • But a lot of guys have at home things that Jim like, half course or a bike or treading, liking like that keep our sun shaped.

  • If we do come back, you know it be interesting toe start up again.

  • But we're all athletes and, you know, start jobs.

  • I'm sure we'll come get you.

  • Figure it out.

  • All right.

  • Well, we certainly hope you D'oh!

  • Andre!

  • Rachel, Thank you both for joining us today.

  • The NBA two K tournament continues tomorrow night at seven.

  • Eastern on ESPN two's to check it out.

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