Frank Kaminsky - NBA player and Wisconsin legend on fatherhood, faith and the Chicago Bears
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Frank Kaminsky played eight seasons in the NBA and was a first round pick after a stellar career at Wisconsin, where he led his team to two Final Fours and was the 2015 Naismith college basketball player of the year.
Today on the podcast, Matt Forte talks to Frank Kaminsky about his fandom for the Chicago Bears, the phone call he got from Michael Jordan, playing in two Final Fours with Wisconsin, growing in his faith and becoming a dad.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, I don't play for the fame, I play for the king |
| 0:04.0 | Yeah, every step on the field let the heavens ring |
| 0:07.0 | Got Jesus in my heart so I run with a purpose |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah, this is sports spectrum |
| 0:13.0 | Faith on the surface, uh, I don't play for the crowd, I play for the king |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, every rap, every drill I give every day from the locker room prayers to the lights that gleam. |
| 0:23.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.6 | We raise his name, uh, welcome to the team, huh, uh, uh, uh, here's your host. |
| 0:31.6 | Former NFL Provo running back in Chicago Bears legend. |
| 0:35.6 | Matt Forte. |
| 0:36.6 | Uh, uh, uh, what? running back in Chicago Bears legend. Matt Forte. |
| 0:37.9 | Uh, |
| 0:39.6 | uh, |
| 0:41.3 | what? |
| 0:43.4 | What's up y'all? |
| 0:47.1 | It's Matt Forte here with Sports Spectre with my guy, Jason Romano, as always. |
| 0:57.4 | And, uh, sitting across from me virtually is my guy, Frank Kaminsky, a former NBA player and current, well, we'll talk about currently what he's doing. But one thing, let me mention what matters the most is that he is a |
| 1:02.6 | diehard bear's fan and white socks as well. If you're watching, you can see the hat. But Frank, |
| 1:10.2 | welcome to the show. Welcome to the podcast. It's good to have you on. Thanks for having me. And like we talked about beforehand, I am a huge fan of yours. So I'll be happy. This will be fun for me, kind of walking back a lot of great Bears' memories. Speaking of memories, man, like, let's walk down Bears' memory lane. What's your favorite |
| 1:28.2 | moment as a Bears fan? What has that moment been? I mean, if you're talking about all time, |
| 1:36.6 | I don't think anything will top the 05 Super Bowl, Devin Hester, returning the opening kickoff, |
| 1:42.8 | just in moments. I mean, I lost it. |
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