:24 HOOP: What did it mean for you to be drafted¹ together in the first round?
Robin: It was something that’s never happened before, so to be part of a milestone like that is pretty special.

:23 HOOP: Who had the better suit or style on draft night?
Brook: Mine was probably better. [laughs]
Robin: What did you expect him to say? I always have the better style. I didn’t want to be too flashy, but still very classy.

:22 HOOP: Brook, your hat fit a little better than Robin’s.
Brook: Oh yeah, I know. I told him to get a haircut, but he didn’t listen to me.
Robin: Lies!

:21 HOOP: Are you sad at all that you won’t be playing together² anymore?
Brook: I’m happy. [laughs]
Robin: We knew this was going to happen, so we were mentally prepared.

:20 HOOP: But you can’t share clothes anymore.
Brook: We never really shared clothes anyway.
Robin: Maybe when we were younger, but not so much anymore.

:19 HOOP: Are you looking forward to playing against each other?
Robin: Yeah. That’s going to be a fun experience. Those games are going to get physical.
Brook: Whoever fouls out first wins.

:18 HOOP: Tell us about your games as kids in the driveway.
Brook: We didn’t finish many. Most of them ended in fights.
Robin: They were really intense, because nobody wanted the other player to win.

:17 HOOP: Do you have favorite celebrity twins or a favorite movie about twins?
Robin: Hmm. There are not a lot out there that are really likeable to me.
Brook: Yeah, I’m not that fond of any of them. I’ve seen the original Parent Trap, but that was just one person³ playing both parts.

:16 HOOP: We hear you guys tried trading places once?
Robin: In first grade, yeah. That was fun. My teacher didn’t notice Brook, but apparently his teacher noticed me.
Brook: I don’t even remember that.

:15 HOOP: If Robin shaved his head and you traded uniforms, would anyone notice?
Robin: Well, people always confuse us even with my hair long.

:14 HOOP: Being twins is unique, of course, but you have a lot of unique interests, too.
Robin: Our older brother and aunt were both artists, and our mom⁴ always encouraged us to pursue a lot of our interests.

:13HOOP: Where did the fascination for everything Disney come from?
Brook: We kind of just picked it up from our older brothers and our grandma.
Robin: We went to Disneyland a lot when we lived down that way.

:12 HOOP: Do you have a favorite Disney princess?
Robin: Probably Belle, because she is cute, but smart too.
Brook: Sleeping Beauty, but I couldn’t tell you why.

:11 HOOP: What are your favorite Disneyland rides?
Robin: I always hate this question. Ever since I was little, my favorite was Pirates of the Caribbean, but ever since the movies came out, everybody says that’s their favorite.
Brook: Mine was always Star Tours when I was little. I’ve heard rumors they were going to update it, but nothing yet.

:10 HOOP: If you worked at Disneyland for a day, which ride would you want to work at?
Brook: Probably Pirates or the Mansion.
Robin: I’d either want to work on Tom Sawyer Island or I’d want to work late in the Haunted Mansion. There’s this position called the “walker,” where you walk through the attraction by yourself late at night to make sure everything is working properly.

:09 HOOP: How about a Disneyland attraction that no longer exists that you wish you could have experienced?
Robin: In Tomorrowland, from like 1967 to 1986, there used to be this ride called Adventures Thru Inner Space. I don’t think it was anything that great, but it’s always just kind of piqued my interest.

:08 HOOP: Being big Michael Jackson fans, do you remember “Captain EO,” his 3-D Disneyland alter ego?
Brook: Of course! Good songs, dance. It was a nice music video.⁵
Robin: I remember seeing it once or twice, but they closed it in like ’96. In fact, I used a variation of Captain EO as my e-mail address at Stanford.

:07 HOOP: How did you guys become such big Michael Jackson fans?
Brook: Michael was big in the ’80s, so that came from our brothers⁶ right there.
Robin: Like any other good artist; they’re just really great songs. Some of them are kind of heavy, but a lot are just fun⁷, like Mariah Carey songs.

:06 HOOP: What would it mean for you to be able to meet some of these stars, like a Michael or Mariah, that you’ve looked up to?
Robin: That would be fantastic. If I met Mariah, I’d ask her if she wants to collaborate on anything, but I don’t know if I’ve really got the voice.

:05 HOOP: If you see any Hollywood types sitting courtside at games, will you approach them or will you be too nervous?
Brook: I’d approach them with a couple screenplays during timeouts.
Robin: I would too. I’d make it seem spontaneous though.

:04 HOOP: Tell us about the comic book you guys are working on?
Brook: I prefer not to tell much about that actually. It’s pretty classified. [laughs] No, it’s kind of Indiana Jones meets the Goonies meets The Breakfast Club.
Robin: I’d say it derives from the Bob Hope Road movies.

:03 HOOP: Brook, you’re the writer, and Robin, you’re the artist, right?
Robin: Yes, although I came up with a lot of the concepts for it, too.
Brook: We brainstorm on a lot of general ideas together.

:02 HOOP: What comic-book hero would you most want to be?
Brook: My favorite is Batman, although I don’t know that I’d want to be him. Probably either the Green Lantern or Green Arrow.
Robin: The “Wally West” Flash.⁸

:01 HOOP: What comic book would you like to see made into a movie?
Brook: I’ve always wanted to see Green Lantern and Flash.
Robin: Yeah, I think the best comic-book movie that hasn’t been made yet is Green Lantern.⁹ That would be a big sci-fi epic.

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HOOP:  Who landed in a better situation?
ROBIN: I think I did, honestly. I’m playing for a good organization, a great team and I’ve got veterans to learn from.
BROOK: I think we’re both in good situations that really benefit our strengths. He’s in a great situation, though, where he gets to learn from some really great vets in Nash and Shaq.

HOOP:  What would you say are each other’s toughest moves to defend?
BROOK: Probably his spin move in the post. He’s real quick.
ROBIN: Oh wow, I don’t know. There are plenty of them. Probably his right-hand hook shot. When he decides he’s going to do that he’s really hard to stop.

HOOP: You guys have a couple older brothers that you played against, as well. Did it push you two to get better having that constant competition?
BROOK: Yeah, just between all of us brothers. Obviously, we were smaller, being the younger brothers, so we had to play harder than them and beat them for energy.

HOOP: Do you share each other’s thoughts?
BROOK: Share each other’s thoughts? Uh, no. Not really.
ROBIN: [laughs] Hmm. We’ve had similar thoughts. When we see something and, with the proper stimulus, we both have the same thoughts, but not often.

HOOP: What is it about Disneyland that you appreciate most?
ROBIN: A lot of the good stuff, it can be admired by anybody at any age. The creativity behind a lot of stuff is very simple, but it’s really great stuff. It’s a lot of things.

HOOP: Which Disney character is most like you?
BROOK: My friends would say Baloo from Jungle Brook. Something having to do with being wild at parties, I guess. That’s what they say. [laughs]

HOOP: Have you ever been to one of Michael Jackson’s concerts?
BROOK: No, I’ve never been able to. I’m really too young to have seen him. He toured internationally throughout the ’90s pretty much. There was that New York concert in 2001, but most of his stuff was the Bad World Tour and the Victory Tour during the ’80s, so I missed all of that.

HOOP: Is it true you still listen to one of his songs before you take the court?
BROOK: “Speed Demon.” That’s always been one of my favorites, since I was little.

HOOP: How close or far do you think your comic book is to getting published?
ROBIN: I think it’s pretty close. We have a lot of ideas. We have a lot of sketches right now.

HOOP: How would you describe your art style?
ROBIN: I don’t know. It’s still a work in progress. It’s still developing. I would rather not judge my own style right now. I’ll leave that up to other people. People I admire, I admire Edward Gorey, because his art is really moody. I’d like to be able to portray things like emotion really easily. Do you know Mark Davis? I really like him. Everything he draws is just really expressive. It could be like a 10-second sketch, but be very expressive, where it looks like it took hours. His stuff is great.

HOOP: Brook, how about your writing style?
BROOK: I like to interject humor. I try to write especially in ... I like to use dialogue a lot.

HOOP: How did you like The Dark Knight?
BROOK: I thought it was pretty good. Heath Ledger was great. I think it was better than Iron Man. That was a good movie, too, but I think The Dark Knight was probably the best superhero movie since Batman Begins.
ROBIN: I actually haven’t gone to see it yet. I’ve been too busy.

HOOP: Wow, we would have expected you go to see it on opening night. You must be taking this basketball thing seriously.
ROBIN: [Laughs] I like to think so. That was during summer league and we had a game the next day so I needed to get my rest.