About this episode

Pierre Andresen interviews college basketball legend Robbie Avila about his journey and experiences in basketball.

Today on T’D Up Pierre welcomes college basketball legend Robbie Avila! Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an episode! CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:43 Summer League with the Lakers 2:32 NBA Dreams + the freshman-year grind 7:20 Following Coach Schertz to Saint Louis 8:48 Recruitment 12:31 Passing Big Origins 16:30 Basketball Influences 18:11 Defense 20:35 Film junkie 22:24 The goggles origin story 24:37 Unscoutable offense 28:24 March Madness 35:18 Nicknames 39:57 Chicago rapid fire Follow T'd Up on Social: TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@enjoytdup / IG: https://www.instagram.com/enjoytdup / X: https://x.com/EnjoyBBall #nba #lakers #t'dup #robbieavila #hoops See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Pierre Andresen

Guest: Robbie Avila

Topics covered

• basketball
• Lakers
• Summer League
• NBA dreams
• recruitment
• March Madness

Keywords

• Robbie Avila
• Lakers
• Summer League
• basketball influences
• March Madness
• goggles origin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lakers, Saint Louis

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