Jonathan Isaac - Orlando Magic NBA player on redefining greatness and faith in the NBA
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4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan Isaac is entering his seventh season in the NBA with the Orlando Magic. He was originally selected 6th overall by Orlando in the 2017 NBA Draft after playing his college basketball at Florida State.
In 2022, Isaac released his first book, "Why I Stand" and in 2023, he launched his new clothing and apparel company, Unitus.
Today on the podcast, Jonathan Isaac joins Matt Forte and Jason Romano to discuss what it means to redefine greatness, faith in the NBA locker room, the mental battle with injuries, combatting anxiety with the word of God and his new basketball shoe featuring Bible verses.
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| 0:49.8 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:53.0 | Matt Forte at the 15 to the 20. |
| 0:55.0 | Splits defenders crossing midfield, a first down to run, a 42-yard run. |
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| 1:05.0 | Forte, who gets the call, he'll slice his way in for the touchdown. |
| 1:09.0 | And now here's your host, former NFL Pro Bowl running back, Matt Forte. |
| 1:17.8 | What's up? It's Matt Forte. I'm here with my man, Jason Romano. And again, we have another |
| 1:22.9 | great guest on today. We got my man, Jonathan Isaac. What's going on, bro? |
| 1:29.5 | What's up, man? Thank you so much for having me. So yeah, I mean, you know, I'm going to lay down a couple of the stats for the people, |
| 1:35.1 | not too many, but just to talk about you a little bit and boost you up. We got the number six |
| 1:39.5 | overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft, which is huge, and an author, an author of the bestseller, |
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