Bilal Coulibaly on Guarding NBA Superstars & Wemby’s Growth + Trey Murphy on the Luka Doncic Trade & His Recent Hot Stretch

Bilal Coulibaly on Guarding NBA Superstars & Wemby’s Growth + Trey Murphy on the Luka Doncic Trade & His Recent Hot Stretch

Author: ThreeFourTwo Productions | Wondery February 6, 2025 Duration: 1:07:47
On this week’s episode of ‘The Young Man and the Three’ we welcome Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans and Bilal Coulibaly of the Washington Wizards. Trey and Tommy opens the episode with Trey sharing his honest thoughts about the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, as well as the San Antonio Spurs trading for De’Aaron Fox. Trey also explains what has led to his success over his recent stretch of games, which includes multiple 40+ games. Then, Bilal joins to discuss his journey to the NBA, including his insane growth spurts and playing on Metropolitans 92 with Victor Wembanyama. He then shares how he's tasked with guarding the best player on each team and his experiences with guarding stars like Jalen Brunson (New York Knicks) and Steph Curry (Golden State Warriors). He also recalls what the Paris Olympics, his takeaways from the French national team, and what it was like playing Team USA. Bilal also shared his immediate thoughts of the Luka trade while he heard about it at Rudy Gobert’s house. He shared what he’s focused on improving in his game and what he expects from the Washington Wizards going forward as well, and much more. Let’s go! 0:00 Intro 0:23 Trey Murphy 24:47 Bilal Coulibaly See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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