Chatter Marks EP 82 A chip on my shoulder with Mario Chalmers

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Mario Chalmers is part of a small group of Alaskans to be drafted to the NBA, including guys like Carlos Boozer and Trajan Langdon. He’s won championships at every level: Two high school championships, one NCAA championship — the one where his 3-pointer put the game into overtime, with his team taking the win — and two NBA championships. He was in the NBA for nine seasons — seven years for the Miami Heat, one for the Memphis Grizzlies and one waived because of an injury. In those nine years, he was part of 99 playoff games. He played alongside guys like LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. He was the starting point guard for the Miami Heat when they won two championships in 2012 and 2013. He says that the only thing he has left to win is an Olympic gold medal. In 2016, Mario tore his achilles tendon. It was a pivotal moment in his career, one that eventually led to him retiring from the NBA. But before he was comfortable with retiring, he tried making his way back by way of playing in G-League and overseas. Overall, he enjoyed his time playing outside the NBA, but he found himself reflecting on his career more than he was trying to regain it; he found himself being proud of his accomplishments and accepting this new chapter of his life, where he’s a full-time dad. He says it really dawned on him in 2021 when the Miami Heat signed him to a 10-day contract. He says that even though he didn’t get to play, it gave him the closure he was seeking — being able to walk off the court, healthy and on his own terms.

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0:00.0	So when people ask people to Dream Big, that's my definition.
0:15.0	It's two high school championships, where you see that A, A, A, A, to an MBA.
0:20.0	As a kid, you think about winning at the highest level of each moment you at, like high school, the highest
0:26.4	moments you could do is win a championship, college, highest moments winning championship,
0:29.3	NBA highest moment winning championship.
0:31.6	And I've been able to do that and been to see
0:33.3	successful in all those aspects. So the definition of Dream Big for me is
0:39.5	don't let anybody tell you that you can't do anything because everything is possible.
0:44.0	That was professional basketball player Mario Chalmers, and he's part of a small group of Alaskans to be
0:51.0	drafted to the NBA, including guys like Carlos Booser and Trajan Langdon.
0:58.2	He's won championships at every level.
1:01.0	Two high school championships, one NCAA championship, the one where his three pointer
1:06.8	put the game into overtime, with his team taking the win, and two NBA championships. He was in the NBA for nine seasons, seven years
1:18.1	for the Miami Heat, one for the Memphis Grizzlies, and one waived because of an injury. In those nine years he was part of 99 playoff games.
1:30.0	He played alongside guys like LeBron James and Dwayne Wade.
1:34.0	He was the starting point guard for the Miami Heat
1:37.5	when they won two championships in 2012 and 2013.
1:43.3	He says the only thing he has left to win is an Olympic gold medal.
1:49.9	In 2016, Mario tore his Achilles tendon.
1:54.1	It was a pivotal moment in his career, one that eventually led him to retiring from the
1:58.9	NBA.
2:00.7	But before he was comfortable with retiring, he tried making his way back by way of playing in G-league and overseas.
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