 What a treat we welcome in Senior Lead NBA Insider for the Athletic and Stadium. Also a member of the Fandal Family serving as co-host of the Run the Back NBA Show. Shoms is here! Hi Shoms! Hi, I'm happy to be here. I appreciate you guys having me. I love the set. It has such a homie feel. Thanks. So I appreciate you guys having me on. Long way to put it. What are you, how are you enjoying your time here? I am. It's fun to be in studio. We haven't done in studio. This is our first week in studio, so it's been fun. You know, Chandler Parsons, Eddie Gonzalez, Michelle Beto. Yeah. We've been taping every morning. It's been early mornings, you know. So you guys hang out like last night or anything? We did. We hung out at Chandler Parsons house last night. What did you do at Chandler Parsons house? We literally just had dinner, watched games and got to know each other. Did he have a chef? He had a chef, yes. What did you eat? I don't know if I'm giving up too much information. No, no, no. Chandler. Chicken, some fish. So it was diverse. It was a very diverse palette of food. And you just, you didn't think like, let me invite Kay? Oh my God. Oh, don't do me like that. Don't put it on me. She wants to go. You know, I would have invited you. It wasn't my home. Oh, so Chandler didn't want me to come. Okay, thanks, Beedle and Chandler. I'm mad at you guys now. Okay, so yes, you guys are here live in LA. Now, before we get going on this sound that we're getting to know you thing, I'm obsessed with you. I'm obsessed with you. I appreciate you. I'm obsessed with you. I got, oh my God. I'll faint. I got to get your thoughts on this guy's haircut because it's tragic. We're all making fun of it. So I just met Conrad. I think, I think, you know, I'm going to, I'm going to cut him some slack. You know, you can't, the one thing you can't do is cheat on your barber because your barber knows you best. And what I heard, you know, sources on the street say that Conrad cheated on his barber. I did. Is that true? Confirmed. That is not something that I would advise as someone that, you know, I get my haircut very, very frequently as well, so I will not advise that. Oh, well, I mean, he's monogamous. He's loyal. Trump is the best person there. He's loyal to his barber. Okay, a question for you. NBA known for famous iconic hairstyles. Rodman, of course. The dye jobs. The Birdman. Mohawk. The Dr. J. Fro. How does the Conrad stack up? I mean, it's definitely unique. Not much of a fade there. Do they got this on 2K? Can you get this on 2K, Shom? I think that's like a... It loves the attention, doesn't it? I don't know what that is. It's like Gordon Hayward. Do you guys see Gordon Hayward's haircut the other day? By the way, Gordon Hayward used to have an amazing fade. Like, definitely iconic and very something that I tried to model myself after at times, but yeah, that's very unique. Let's get to know Shoms. Here's what we're going to do. Maybe some prompts and give us quick details. What is your most irrational fear? Go. My most irrational fear? Oh, my God. Mine's coyotes lately. What's yours? I think I'm getting on the spot. Taking naps during the day. Oh, because you're going to miss something? Yeah. That makes me so sad for you. Or being off Wi-Fi. Like, not having Wi-Fi on planes. Like, I become really irritable, start losing it. You go on that PJ Live. Don't even talk to me. Okay. What is your greatest strength? My greatest strength? I think discipline, honestly. Like, I feel like I'm a very structured discipline person. I think it's because I have to... I have a very regimented lifestyle. Yeah. So, you know, I like that. I like that about me. Biggest risk you've ever taken? Not caring about school when I was in school, because I knew what I wanted to do. Yeah. Driving to Milwaukee, Indiana to cover games and, like, missing out on social life, missing out on school life. Yeah. So, when we have kids, I'm kidding. When you have kids, are you going to encourage them? I'm not even thinking about kids. I know, obviously. But you're going to encourage, like, just follow your dream. Like, that would be your advice to everyone out there. Follow your dreams. And at the end of the day, you have to be able to experience it. I think school is definitely very important. I wanted to be the first one out of my family in my generation to graduate. So, that was very important for me. But you have to be able to go through the experiences of whatever you want to do, whatever you're passionate about. Friends ask you for advice about what? A relationship building. And also, how can I get a job? Those are, like, the two questions. You know, in the industry that I'm working in. But, like, there's no, like, easy path, right? Like, I think there was a template of, like, probably people that came before me of, like, okay, you work as a high school newspaper, you know, writer, and then college, and then prose. Like, for me, I didn't really have that traditional path. So, it's hard for me to answer that question, but I think just find your voice. That's, like, the biggest advice I give people. That's really good advice. You guys can tweet questions at the Up and Atom show. Um, most controversial opinion is... Oh, my God. It's hard. Minds that there's no bad people. I'm gonna tie it back. I'm not a big naps person, so I'm, like, I don't, I don't, I don't like naps. I'm, like, anti-naps. But I have a lot of friends. There's a lot of studies that you should, you should nap and take time out of your day to, like, rest up and recharge. Sure. Um, and you were from three, sometimes six? How many last night after this Chandler Parsons that nutritional meal you guys had was wholesome family fun? Well, you gotta, you gotta remember, we gotta wake up early for our seven-day show. Yeah. You gotta wake up early, too. Yeah. So... How many hours did you get last night? Three and a half. Three and a half. The amount of concealer under my eyes would be insane. Okay. Mine too. Uh, yeah, okay. Uh, if loving this is wrong, what does that mean if loving this is wrong? What does that prompt? I'm sorry, I'm not on... What does that mean? If this is wrong, I don't want to be right. If loving what is wrong, I don't want to be right. These are hard. Oh, man. Is this, like, in a... What is this? Is this, like, in a relationship? Is this, like... This is getting weird. I already told you we're having kids together. This is okay. I think snuggling. I think... What? You love snuggling. Snuggling? Yes. That's a very key thing. That's a very key thing. Oh, my gosh. If loving this is wrong, I don't want to be right snuggling. It's my favorite. Okay, the dorkiest thing about you is... Ten seconds. I mean, I'm, like, I feel like I'm a nerd, for sure. So that's probably it. Like, that's the dorkiest thing. I'm a nerd. And biggest date fail quickly. I'm a nerd. I already said it. I already said it on your show. It's like when I left for 30 minutes on a date to take a phone call. I know. And then, but you, like, broke news. I know, but I didn't get another date with her. So it didn't work out for me. Well, you're an idiot woman. You're the Conrad Harecut of dates. All right. We'll be back tomorrow. I'm up and out. And watch Run It Back with Chubbs.