Episode 39. (Knox Raiders NBL1 Player Series) Nate and Farren Langmaid

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Welcome back to the Big Easy Basketball Podcast. Today we have well some double trouble in Nate and Farron Langmaid from the Knox Raiders. Welcome, boys.

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Thank you for having us. Thank you.

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Now, gentlemen, if um we can just you've played in under 18s last year and you've transitioned into youth league and into the MBL1 space. Just give us a bit of an overview of your basketball journey so far.

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And then in our under 16s year was um at Keelaw, which was probably a big jump from place to place, but our older sister played there. And then under 18-1s, uh that year was probably probably the best basketball year for the both of us. In saying that, easily winning VC championship and obviously classic. And it was a it's it's been a really probably a bittersweet journey, especially playing with like a lot of the boys against each other through that under-12s to under-16s space, and then obviously end of juniors was you know sort of the together thing, especially with Hayden Morris coaching against, you know, him coaching against us juniors-wise as well. So yeah, it was good.

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Yeah. And how have you found the transition this year stepping into that MBL one space?

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Um yeah, just everyone's so you know skilled, and it's a lot um to take in at first, and you feel a bit out of place at the start, but you slowly find your way once you once you get to know the other boys and stuff, and it's a lot um a lot more physical. And yeah, no, just it's it's um the dog fight as well.

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So you know have you found the intensity of it? Is it a lot quicker?

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It's so much quicker, especially even the jump from 18s to youth league, it was um just so much uh so much more quicker, especially in trainings-wise, not even just playing as well, just training obviously pre-season with the youth league guys and um and MBL one, especially just training with them is a whole nother ball game. So yeah. It doesn't help when you've got Aiden Morris giving you um a lot of chirp half the time.

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So but still he still does that, does he?

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Yeah, he loves to chirp, non-stop, yeah, chirping it.

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Okay, and um like this year, how how have you found the the difference in the coaching styles? Because obviously, coming from juniors, there's a the way you coach juniors, and then there is a way you coach seniors. Have you have you guys adapted to that?

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Um I feel like we have a lot. Like obviously you've got to expect the least, obviously, with um when it comes to um your position and roles on on teams, especially in youth league and MBL level, where expect the least because you know you you're gonna get coached in a completely different way than juniors, uh yeah.

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Okay. Yep. So with your transition into MBL One, have you found that the players have embraced you? Like obviously they're a fairly much older team than than than you boys. How have you found the the boys the the team embracing you or and accepting you into their sort of nest?

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Oh well, it's been it's been really good. It's really scary at the start because you don't know half obviously you see them train and stuff um early in juniors, but um you just realise slowly that they're just people, so you know, just try to get to know them, um have a bit of a laugh with them, and yeah, you sort of slowly get to know them a bit more and yeah, they're just people. So it's um yeah, it's been really good for me and Faz, you know, given it to Brody Nunn and Um troll and traz a bit. So it's good, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:15

Yeah. And and look, obviously you put when you play juniors, it you don't get you get your following. Yeah. And then when you play youth league, you get a bit more of a following. But playing in MBL One, particularly at Knox, you do get a following. What's the some of the things you've noticed about the spectators or the people after the games? What's what's the the the thing that's sort of made you feel good the most?

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Um, well, it was it's just um it's pretty cool, obviously, especially after the game. Even if you didn't play much, it's still um obviously it feels really good getting that high five from that you know that little boy that probably once was once you back in back in under 12s. Yep. And even especially even at work and stuff at my retail job, I get recognized and um little kids come up to me and say, Oh, do you play for Nox? I'm like, Yeah, I do. And then it's it's pretty cool. It's really cool actually.

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Do you do you work in a major chain there? No, I just work at Coles. Just yeah. Where at which store? At Stud Park. Okay, we'll pop in there and say hello.

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I'll tell them come through. What about you, Nate? Um, no, it's good signing autographs and um I just got a story for you. After the game, one time I was um signing autograph, and this girl named Emily came up and she wanted to give me a hug. So I was a bit surprised because you know no one's ever done that. So yeah, no, it was a good good feeling. So yeah, I was happy about that. But no, just signing autographs and um inspiring the little ones is um really good.

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So yeah. Now, just a couple of questions about your team. Who who's the chirpiest in your team? Chirpiest. Yeah, like who's got who talks the most trash, both at training and at games?

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Are we is does staff count? Yeah, yeah. Uh nunny being that nun chats a lot, but uh Hayden Morris and Traz. Traz, I feel like Traz is especially in-game and and training, yeah. It's it's good fun. It's good fun watching him chirp, to be fair. Just watch out for Brody Nunn because he he loves to get on. Who coming in to sneak sneak at your Brody Nunn will? So he calls me Faz on purpose. Yeah, so mate, so it's like yeah, but okay.

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Who's secretly the funniest on the team? Outside of you two boys, of course, because I'm pretty sure you'd think you guys are the funniest. Yeah.

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Um Brody, Brody Nunn or Cobe Williamson, both oh just both idiots, really. So I I I I'll give Iggy that because he just comes up with some uncalled for stuff, he just comes in with some random stuff, so it's pretty funny. But yeah, Iggy, Iggy's pretty good.

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Who's most likely in your team to start a fight? Accidentally, of course, at Crown or some sort of establishment like that. Traz Traz, I reckon, or or Brandon.

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Brandon. Give you Traz.

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Yeah. How do you playing group? Who who would make the worst coach? The worst coach. Yeah. Oh Duam.

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Yeah. Probably double D.

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Duam.

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Yeah.

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Duam. Which teammate has the worst taste in music?

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Ho ho uh Nate, Langmade, probably. Come on. Um, I want to say it, but I don't think it's I'll give you Iggy because I haven't heard him play a song yet. So, and plus he's like 40, so he's 34, but same thing, same thing.

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Out of your players and your your coaching staff, who's the biggest gym psychopath? Like, who's got to go there all the time?

SPEAKER_02 7:46

Oh, not really a hundred percent. I hadn't thought of it just then. It can't be anyone else but Hayden Morris. He loves a selfie flick on story. He loves a mirror stuff with his shirt off. Yeah, with his shirt off. Yep.

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Or Tad, because he has a 40-inch shirt, but you know, it's not who gets recognised in public as a MBL one player and secretly loves it. Oh me.

SPEAKER_02 8:10

Yeah, no, I don't think secretly either. He's he loves it in general. Loves it. I'm pretty loud about it.

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Now, a bit more serious, chat. What's your average week look like for you two now that you're you're stepping into the MBL one space and and you know, out of the juniors still at school?

SPEAKER_02 8:26

Still at school in year 12, so a lot of study. And um and uh it's just straight after school, obviously every day is is training for MBL One usually at on Thursdays at 5 30, and then um training on Tuesdays as well. So um yeah, and it's the preparation before training slash games is obviously improved a lot more, obviously because you're playing against bigger bodies, bigger guys, so it has to be it sort of has to be like that. So you kind of hold yourself a bit more accountable. Um Yeah, no, and even on holidays, run holidays we try and make those extra sessions like weights and stuff, but um when school's on, you know.

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So what would you tell an under-12? You both mentioned you played your juniors and all the rest of it, and it's great that you can inspire kids to maybe one day play MBL1 or or Raider. But what's some advice you'd give those kids?

SPEAKER_02 9:23

Uh probably don't compare yourself to anyone. That's probably everyone, because making comparisons for no reason. And especially with kids obviously that made higher teams than you, because I was me and Nate were both one of those kids where you know I'll I'll we would sort of be salty in a way about not making a high team, and um it doesn't I would say it matters it it might matter now, but if you keep on working, it it won't matter. So yeah.

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Boys, it's been a delight having you on.

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Thank you.

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Good luck with the remainder of your youth league season, but more importantly, and your MBL one season, of course, but more importantly, your basketball careers. I'm sure you're gonna go a long way.

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