Behind-The-Scenes At The Annual Pump Gala | Full Episode | ALL THE SMOKE
All The Smoke
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Matt and Stak sit down this week with Dana and David Pump – the OG architects of youth basketball who've been spotting and developing generational talent before it hits the mainstream.
The Pump brothers pull back the curtain on their game-changing journey, dropping knowledge about their groundbreaking foundation and revealing untold stories of their deep connections with basketball royalty. From stories about Kobe Bryant to their game-changing relationships with industry titans like Sonny Vaccaro and power broker Arn Tellem, they break down the real evolution of AAU basketball with the kind of insider perspective you can't find anywhere else.
Packed with guest appearances from Chris Hetherington, Jeff Hamilton, Darrell Green, and Cassy Athena, this episode is a masterclass in basketball culture, entrepreneurship, and the untold stories behind the game's sports industry's most influential movers and shakers
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| 0:00.0 | And the What up y'all? What coming to you from the Pump Gala 2024, the Beverly Hilton, |
| 0:29.3 | all the smoke black carpet and we got our guy Chris here today Chris pleasure |
| 0:34.7 | appreciate you have me guys this is the owner of creator owner a fat head yeah |
| 0:40.8 | first I was seeing myself on the fat head. Isn't that? |
| 0:43.3 | And Reno's fat heads in here. Somebody put the fat heads back here, man. |
| 0:47.0 | Get out shine on, goddamn it. So you took the world by storm with this. When did you |
| 0:51.6 | guys launch Fat Here? |
| 0:53.0 | We bought that actually okay. |
| 0:55.1 | Yeah it's an 18 year old brand |
| 0:56.9 | formerly owned by Dan Gilbert for a long time. |
| 1:00.4 | We bought it last year and we're here to bring it back man. |
| 1:02.7 | Okay. |
| 1:03.6 | Well, excuse me, they bought it, but great. |
| 1:06.3 | I remember it took the world by storm and I was still impressed when I came down |
| 1:09.7 | and saw my little fat head. |
| 1:11.8 | Man, you guys looked sharp, I want to say. |
| 1:13.8 | I appreciate it. |
| 1:14.3 | Unbelievable. |
| 1:15.4 | So what else are you into? |
| 1:16.7 | So fat head, what else? |
| 1:18.5 | Fat it is it, man. |
| 1:20.0 | I'm focused on fat head 100% of the time. |
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