Kris London shares his defining moment of self-affirmation

Put up 5K on this 1v1, and I was up. We were playing the 9. I was up like 7-3. I took the L, lost the 5K. You put up 5K like you were actually playing 1v1. Yeah, I was playing 1v1. Oof. What were you guys' most down-bad moments either on or off the court? This is Dropping Dimes. Let's talk about it. Down-bad. Everybody be there. I want to hear from y'all. For you, something you got something to get off your chest. Yeah, for you, talk about it. Talk about it for you. Okay. This happened recently, okay? I put up 5K on this 1v1, and I was up. We were playing the 9. I was up, like, 7-3. Oof. He came back. Oh, wait. You put up 5K. Like, you were actually playing the 1v1. Yeah, I was playing 1v1. So that sucked, you know? I was talking all ----. It was, like, 7-3. Came back, and I took the L, lost the 5K. It burned. And that was for, like, a series, so it was okay recording, whatever. Another one on the court in college, I was going to get a defensive rebound. You know, like, when you go to get a defensive rebound, your back is turned to all the offensive players coming to crash the offensive board and kick the ball. Yeah. That happened to me. I went up two hands and everything, looking at balls, like, right in my hands and everything. And just they grab it out of my hands and I just fall right down to the ground. was bad oh you fell on the ground yeah yeah it was bad i got i gotta find i have to find the footage i should post it i'll post it on instagram for sure yeah my down bad moment almost depressing right so this is in high school playing ball senior year all right i have about 10 division one offers on the line okay just put i'm just i'm just scoping it out that's crazy wow what a flex 10 10 division one offers right and we're playing this team it's a it's a rival we're in this tournament this is a pre-season tournament okay they suck every year like they're terrible we beat them by 40 every time in this game they they're their objective like their game plan was to get me under my skin like get me mad right so the whole game they're just hacking me doing everything they can to just piss me off get me out of my rhythm get me out of my zone and i'm not gonna lie there's two places actually one place on earth where i actually get mad enough to want to fight people like i'm not a fighter i'm a lover but when i'm on the basketball court when i was in my prime like i that was the only time where i could think mentally where i could want to actually physically hurt somebody right just you know just that competitive edge right so long story short i'm going up for a dunk right we're up 25 going up for a dunk and this dude just takes out my legs just takes no reason and i had the i had to like i wanted to fight so bad like i just wanted to fight right so i it was weird like i i got clipped the way i fell was like as soon as i get up i'm just gonna rock this dude we're up 30 like the game's over like i'm just gonna get so he's right he's like he's like right here and i go to swing and as i'm swinging i'll never forget this i just think if i connect i'm done like this like it's it's wraps for me all like there's college scouts in the stands like it's a big tournament i can't i can't do that so i purposely like i swear to god i purposely missed and hit the wall as hard as i could and what i did was i ended up fracturing my hand in that moment okay so the adrenaline's going through i punched the wall i'm like ******* ref like get this out of here he's been following me all game whatever so i go to the free throw line and all this adrenaline right i just hit the wall i'm like yeah all right i didn't hit him i'm good i'm good i look at my hand bro and my pinky was like in like it just looks shorter so i'm like so i'm like dude i'm like i'm done like there's i think i broke my hand but like i can't tell people that my hand's broken right now because if i do they're gonna know it's from me punching the wall like a dumb ass and looking like i got anger problems and so i go to take a free throw and i air ball it i air ball and everyone's like and i'm just like yo this is bad right and then i make the second one which is crazy enough and i and i call a timeout i didn't even like i just straight up called a timeout after so we go in the timeout and i said coach when we our next out of bounds play i'm telling the team like hey let's run the the alley-oop play right because in my head i'm like i need to go for a dunk so i can make it look like my hand got caught in the rim this is how like like like calculated i was in this moment because i needed to like have a story as to why my hand is broken so literally it's just so crazy how this worked out there was a turnover it's an out-of-bounds play the the play went perfectly i catch an alley-oop i dunk it i can slam it as hard as i can and then i'm just like ah ah my hand and i get subbed out and like then that was it right so then i i tell coach like oh my fingers got caught in my my in the rim like i my hand up i was out i go home and my dad was like do you think i'm ******* stupid i know you punched like you broke it from punching that wall like like we're not dumb and to this day like or that season i had to tell all the coaches like yeah he as a broken hand and i missed the entire senior season i missed the entire senior season i lost every single offer on the table except one which is my dad's uh or Roberts they were the only school that kept every other school was like i need to go to a prep school you know wichita state was one of them you know i'm saying and so that was a down bad moment for me like it was just like and I tried to come back early it's just my my hand it was my shooting hand so there was just no hope for me and you know yeah man it was it was a tough time and it was a hard lesson and since then I've just never gotten angry in a game or if I do I just I it's you know it's one of those moments right has there been an instance where you've ever like lost your cool like that because you seem like the most chillaxed dude ever so have you had a moment where you're like yeah i'm pissed i think a lot of people can agree but like i just hate getting hit in my face like and something about it just like you know pisses you off i was actually at the park the other day ironically enough i was in detroit michigan i was playing in detroit right down in the city and i was just driving for a layup and like three people just come in like we're at the park so it's like you're not gonna score here you know yeah so i don't know i just try to drive and someone like swipes down and they're like forearm just catches me right in my nose and a year before this I caught an elbow to the nose in DC and broke it like snapped my nose and then um to this day like it's it's still like a little messed up I went to like the ENT, the ear nose and throat and everything's just still working on it to this day and just happened like a week ago and I was just So, like, I didn't talk to anybody for, like, two hours even at the run. I was just very upset. I was, like, pissed off, you know. Recently, I played a McDonald's All-American one-on-one. And I was playing, like, some pretty aggressive defense because I was trying to, like, hold my own. This kid's really good. He's, like, 6'8", really, really tough. Damn. And I just, like, kind of pressed up on him a little bit. Had my hand on his hip really close to him. and he just like purposely like throws a mean shoulder at me and it hits me right in the face and I was just like and then right when I'm like he drives right past me so I take a hold of his arm and I just fall to the ground and pull him with me and I regretted it right away like I felt really bad because it wasn't my intention to like be a part of possibly ending his career I made sure it was like more of a basketball foul than anything I just didn't want him to score so yeah there's moments I've gotten pissed off I guess this is a fantastic transition to ask you guys what are your biggest "I'm him" moments on the court like I've seen so many clips of both of you guys two that always stand out to me like that I have done there was this one in Philly it's actually the same day that happened that you're talking about I don't know what got into me actually white Hennessy got into me I did I took a shot after I did this it was the craziest thing I've ever done I did like a double behind the back Jamal Crawford move and then pulled it back and crossed over and hesi and the guy jumped so I threw it off the glass and caught it one arm and dunked it and it was like it was wild and then i like ran around the court while the whole crowd's chasing me and i grabbed somebody's white Hennessy and got down on one knee and like chugged like two or three shots worth and definitely i was definitely like damn i'm him yo that's crazy that's that's like you know if i hit it like that that's my nba finals i'm i'm retiring from basketball chris i know you have a story so i'm at oral roberts and i'm a red shirt freshman right so red shirts they don't travel right you're not like playing or anything like it's you just you're just there you're there for practice developing right but because my team at this time we were very good but everybody just kept getting hurt like all the centers like all the big men like torn acls like crazy hurt herniated hurt uh somebody had a disc issue like it was to the point where they were like begging me to drop my red shirt and i'm like bruh we go and we're in the conference tournament i didn't play all season like why would i waste my eligibility for like a conference tournament i'm sorry like i'll be on the scout team and like travel with y'all to practice but like i'm not playing and i got so much hate for this too but that's another story but anyway so i was like okay i'll travel or whatever just so like i love playing on the scout team like that was always fun to me um and one practice i got to be the the all-star of the team right so the coach was like okay chris i think you're ready to like you know be the the player who the best player on the other team on scout right so anytime i got the ball i just i cook right like i just i just go at it and i don't know what was it i don't know if it's because i a good breakfast that morning or what but i just did not miss bro like it was crazy and uh i'm getting the chills just thinking about it but so i i'm going against the starters and the coach it was coach Sutton right he's yelling at him because I just like they can't stop me and it's like you're letting this red shirt freshman cook y'all and there was one play where I'm coming off the baseline to get a rebound and I jump as high as I can and I actually grab it bro like I thought I levitated but it's because like I put my hand on the center shoulder and I cocked it back slammed it and i'm not even kidding you bro my legs are on his shoulders and he he carried me out of bounds and the practice went crazy coach like he shut down the practice like it was over he's like no this i can't watch any more of this y'all are just gonna have to like we'll we'll come back tomorrow this is done like he's like i have to end it off that and then he pulls me to the side and this is what made me feel like him it wasn't even all that it was like this guy coach all-american coach he's like chris you know after today you're gonna you're gonna be that guy and i promise if you stay here for play all four years you're gonna be an all-american i can guarantee you that and then like from that moment on like that's when i was like damn bro like yeah i'm i'm him you know like i'm gonna be the man, i think it's time we transition over to TikTok time honestly your last segment is gonna be a TikTok too from b-roll that was beautiful first one we're gonna start off with what NBA team would you want to be drafted by today no roster changes i would love to be drafted by the Denver Nuggets because i think oh my goodness i think they will go back to back and i'd love to be a champion let's go i you stole the words right out of my mouth Chris uh i was gonna say the Nuggets as well i feel like i would like to uh play as a part of that system just i would be running off as many screens as possible cutting back door for Jokic he don't even have to throw me the ball i love team basketball too Nuggets are a great answer uh team like the Spurs they cheeks right now but they will be nice team like the Warriors just i would never want to play for the Spurs bro that city like you got to look at the city the coach the org the city is ass it is boring there is nothing to do in San Antonio except eat churros and play basketball that is it what NBA star would you hate to play with is there is there you're like oh man i wouldn't want to play with me personally i would hate to play with LeBron James every single night that he has a bad game or you play with him in a semi-important game spotlight is on you you miss a wide open three, you're getting death threats the next day to your mom, to your mom, your wife your kids your dad your neighbors everyone who's facilitating anyone who's has any relatable relatability to you, they're done and you're probably listen, you know what i say to that Mo, you know what i say to that? Don't be ass, just don't be ass and then you make your shots bro, like just make a shot bro, like just don't miss, like and you're fine, like you know, um no i feel you on that, i think there's a like you're you're through a microscope uh when you play with LeBron but oh i don't know because like some players tendencies he's like for a minute i would say Westbrook just because i think like under pressure and like late game situations he has brain farts which would frustrate me dude, i i don't really i wouldn't want to play for the Rockets at all, i don't really like the way their style of play, i don't know i think i think they're they're a chuck like a chucking team this type ball yeah it's just like i i just i don't know like nah i'm good another team off the top of my head that i would hate playing for only because he don't play has to be the Pelicans, Zion doesn't play ever, it's like bro like what are we doing at this point if you're not being the monster that you're supposed to be yeah there's there's like there's a lot of now i think about there's just there's a lot of players that i like i feel like i wouldn't really want to play with just due to like be on a team with yeah like just because of off-court stuff or just like the way they carry themselves you know the nuggets is the only correct answer here the only correct answer like i would i would be asking Jokic if i could fly out i think the warriors i think the warriors are a good squad to play with okay yeah yeah yeah yeah well that is a great time for me to say guys i'm christopher london i'm here with mo and frigo we just dropped some dimes that's it see y'all make sure you like and subscribe peace