Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast.

I'm here of Sam Vassini.

We're presented by CLNS Media.

Today on the show, Rashad Phillips is here.

We are going to talk about the NBA draft.

We're going to break down NBA draft prospects with Rashad Phillips is here. We are going to talk about the NBA draft. We're going to break down NBA draft prospects with Rashad, who has built a nice

little spot for himself across the industry.

How are you doing, man?

I'm good, Sam.

Thanks for having me.

I really appreciate it.

Yeah, I'm really glad that you wanted to pop on here, and I think we're going to have a good time just breaking down prospects.

I mean, I'm always intrigued by just for people who haven't been on the podcast before, giving a little bit of an intro into who you are.

So you were an exceptionally high-level point guard at the University of Detroit.

Yeah.

And you won, I believe, best player under six foot tall in the entire country.

And then you moved on and played professionally overseas for what, like a decade or so?

Yeah, just under a decade, just under a decade, retired early.

So kind of give the people a bit of a background into who you are and what your story is from your perspective.

Yeah, I was just a typical kid growing up in Detroit, told I was too small to play, didn't really listen to the naysayers

play, became an all-state basketball player in high school, went on to Detroit, wasn't

heavily recruited, went on to Detroit, became an All-American there, won the Na-Smith Award,

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