Journey From NBA to Recovery ft. Rex Chapman

Oddball w/ Amin Elhassan & Izzy Gutierrez

Meadowlark Media

Basketball, Comedy, Sports

2.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Oddball is doing things a little differently today and you should definitely listen. You know him as a college basketball phenom at Kentucky, an NBA star, and beloved social media figure, but Rex Chapman’s personal account of his recovery from addiction in his new memoir, IT’S HARD FOR ME TO LIVE WITH ME, is truly incredible. Rex joins Amin and Charlotte in New York City for one of the realest conversations anywhere. After listening, pick up a copy of Rex's book, IT’S HARD FOR ME TO LIVE WITH ME, available now wherever you get your books and audiobooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Welcome to Oddball. I'm Emmanuel.
0:31.8	I don't know how to say my own name.
0:42.8	Welcome to Oddball.
0:43.9	I'm Amino Hassan.
0:45.5	That over there, Charlotte Wilder.
0:47.8	And Charlotte, we're going to do something different today.
0:49.8	We sat down with Rex Chapman.
0:51.6	He's currently in the Sun's front office,
0:57.4	but you may know him from 12 years of playing in the NBA, or maybe from just being a very great follow on Twitter.
1:02.1	He was also a basketball star in Kentucky.
1:03.2	He has a book out.
1:05.8	I mean, it's called, it's hard for me to live with me.
1:08.3	I tore through this.
1:09.5	I could not put this down.
1:10.8	It's a fascinating story. Rex wrote it with Seth Davis. They tell the story really beautifully, and I think it was a pretty special interview.
1:16.6	Yeah, it was a fascinating conversation with him about mental health, about addiction, about life, really. And so you don't want to miss any of this. This is the entire interview, uncut.
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