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my guest played 15 years in the NBA a remarkable story because he didn't start playing basketball

until high school and ended up being the eighth overall pick in the draft a couple of

years later he played four years also in Sacramento It's an absolute pleasure to welcome to the podcast olden polity

So P how are you man? I'm good grand I'm so happy to be here man. Thank you for having me out

Well, it is my pleasure.

You know, that's one of the most remarkable stories,

and I've been doing the NBA and pro sports

for many decades.

But the fact that you didn't start playing basketball

until late in high school,

and then a couple of years later you

hear your name called eighth overall in the first round of course from Haiti moving to

the United States growing up in the Bronx what got? O. P. Take me back to high school. What was the

avenue to get you to play basketball? The avenue was a little five foot or maybe. I think he's 5 foot 4. He might be 5 3. High school coach named John Kerry who had the presence of mind to explain to my parents, you know, most Caribbean families or foreign families basically, you know, it's all about getting education, you know, for their kids, making sure they get a good education.

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