Nick Graham - "God x Basketball"
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Nick Graham is regarded as one of the top basketball player development specialists in the country. He grew up around college basketball and credited his dad, Paul's tenure as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State for developing him as a basketball teacher.
Nick would go on to play Division one college basketball at Washington State and now as a coach, has contributed to the development of thousands of players worldwide most notably, Jimmer Fredette, Trae Young, among other NBA and Division one college players.
Nick is also the author of "God x Basketball," a devotional aimed at character development. You can learn more about Nick by checking his website GodxBasketball.com.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Sports Spectrum, the intersection of sports and faith, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:15.1 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:17.6 | Hey, everyone. Welcome to the show. I am Jason Romano. So glad you're tuning into our Sports |
| 0:21.8 | Spectrum podcast. We've got a little bonus episode for you today with Nick Graham. He's a basketball |
| 0:27.9 | trainer and author, former Washington State College Basketball player. He was a college basketball coach |
| 0:33.8 | as well. Since 2008, he has worked with his own company. Nick Graham player development |
| 0:39.5 | contributing to the development of thousands of players worldwide, most notably, Jimmer Ferdet, |
| 0:45.4 | Trey Young, who's in the Atlanta Hawks, a young superstar there, a handful of other NBA players, |
| 0:51.6 | hundreds of Division I college players. He's also been affiliated with people |
| 0:55.7 | like Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups, Coach Bill Self, Eddie Sutton. Nick Graham has a great |
| 1:01.7 | reputation for developing basketball players, but even more developing basketball players |
| 1:07.4 | into men of great character. He's a character development coach as well as a |
| 1:13.2 | basketball development coach. And he's got a really cool thing going on Nick does. He has a book |
| 1:18.8 | called God and Basketball, which is a devotional aimed at character development. Clearly, |
| 1:23.7 | if it's a devotional, it means it points to Christ. And that's where Nick's foundation is found. |
| 1:29.1 | He talks about his dad, who is a college basketball coach, Paul Graham, and a big influence on Nick's life and how he not only lives his life to help others and to be a basketball coach, but to be a man of God as well. |
| 1:43.3 | Before we get to our conversation with Nick, |
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