You know me on the court as a 610 saw of the NBA.

Today, I'm hanging out with Young Hollywood. It's Beyond the Athlete with their favorites. Well, I'm here at Zan's with Alva Legacy about to do a photo shoot. Yo, this is my first photo shoot.

All right, Derek, so what I want you to do is lean forward a little bit on your chest part. Yeah, like that and then look over to your left shoulder. Yep, just like that. That's it. Let's see it.

I'm doing the off season. I try to take at least two months off or well, a month and a half off. You know, just trying to enjoy myself, be with my friends and family, do a couple of things for myself and you know, after that, I get back in the gym start working.

And then you got a game coming up. You're thinking about the game, so you look at far deep thoughts on this. Don't look at y'all. don't get s like when you're ready to go.

Playing basketball make you competitive with everything whether it's talking to people or playing video games or you know, just meeting people or whatever. you know, it just make you very competitive and it's a good thing and sometimes it's a bad thing.

All right, like there.

For my first year, I think I got a lot stronger doing a couple years I've been in the league and I think my offensive game has got a lot better. And I think defensively I've got a lot better too. So overall from my rookie year, I think I'm a much better player than I was.

You save yourself that, man. Basketball feeds. Go ahead and look in the mirror. All right, let's do this.

Oh, my mom influenced me a lot. You know, she helped me stay focused, helped me stay humble, helped me stay grounded. You know, I talk to her almost every other day. Talk to her before the game, after the game. You know, she gives me um inspiration, motivation, everything and you know, she plays a big part in my life.