Benchwarmer → Blogger → Baller: The Jason Preston Story
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🗓️ 20 July 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The 2021 NBA Draft is next Thursday, and one guy who has defied the odds (in a truly unprecedented way) to become a projected pick is Ohio University junior Jason Preston. The Athletic's James Edwards III recently interviewed Preston, and he joins us to explain how the late-blooming guard went from being a high school benchwarmer in Florida, to an aspiring basketball journalist, to an overnight college basketball sensation -- and how a family tragedy continues to fuel him.
Read James Edward III's story about Jason Preston:
https://theathletic.com/2707091/2021/07/15/from-pistons-blogger-to-likely-2021-nba-draft-pick-meet-jason-preston/
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| 0:46.0 | With the NBA season now winding down, a lot of attention is shifting to next week's NBA draft. |
| 0:58.0 | And one guy who against all odds is now on a lot of people's draft boards is Ohio University Junior Jason Preston. |
| 1:06.0 | And Preston pull off some March magic. Jason Preston the harder, it's a one point game. |
| 1:16.0 | Today the Athletics James Edwards III has the story of Preston's incredible path from teen bench warmer |
| 1:23.0 | to basketball blogger to now NBA prospect. |
| 1:28.0 | To go to high school and average two points a game, ready to give up on your dream, |
| 1:33.0 | this wasn't supposed to happen for many reasons and it did. |
| 1:38.0 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Kelto. It's Tuesday, July 20th and this is the lead. |
| 1:44.0 | That young man believes in himself. |
| 1:52.0 | So James, I think like many people who grew up in Michigan, the first basketball team that I fell in love with |
| 1:57.0 | was the 8990 Detroit Pistons, the bad boys. |
| 2:00.0 | So I have to ask you this, I'm sure you got this all the time so my apologies. |
| 2:04.0 | But are you related to former Pistons big man and baseline fadeaway artist James Edwards? |
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