S20 Ep114: Out Of Bounds: From Broken NBA Dreams To Redemption w/Chris Washburn and Ron Chepesiuk
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🗓️ 23 September 2025
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Summary
Highly promising basketball player Chris Washburn was selected third overall in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. But a chance encounter with famed basketball player Len Bias introduced him to crack cocaine. Soon, the overwhelming temptations of fame, fortune, and drugs derailed his promising career. And by 1989, after failing his third drug test, Chris was banned from the NBA. His life then spiraled into addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and near-death experiences.
Yet, in 2000, a turning point came when he lost his father. This loss fueled Chris's resolve to change. With incredible strength and determination, he fought back from the depths of addiction. Today, Chris is a beacon of hope and resilience. He is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and advocate, inspiring others with his journey of recovery from addiction, and redemption. From speaking to youth groups and drug rehab centers to sharing his powerful story with the NBA, Chris is now making a positive difference in the world.
On today's TCT, Both Chris and Ron join us to talk about Ron's coming of age at NC State. his first meeting with Len Bias, what getting addicted to crack cocaine feels like, the extreme downfall of being drafted top of the NBA Draft to washing out and ending up on the streets. And, finally, what has been lost and gained as Chris has gained redemption over almost a quarter of a century of being sober!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the best in True Crime Podcasting. This is True Crime Tuesday. I'm your host, Tim Dennis. |
| 0:27.7 | Got a really good show today, folks. In fact, we're going to take a little bit of a detour from the norm. |
| 0:33.4 | We're going to do a show today that deals a little bit with redemption. |
| 0:38.4 | We're going to talk today about a topic that's close to my heart. |
| 0:41.5 | You know, my stepdad, I want to tell you a little bit about my stepdad for a quick second. |
| 0:47.5 | And then I want to get into today's topic. |
| 0:50.1 | My stepdad had worked. |
| 0:53.4 | I know I've told you before it had worked for Frank Lucas. |
| 0:55.8 | Have you ever seen the movie American Gangster, one of the bigger heroin dealers in New York City? |
| 1:01.8 | And that wasn't the end of his story. That wasn't what he was known for. What he was known for was being a pillar in his community. |
| 1:09.6 | He was known for bringing guys up who were deep in addiction. |
| 1:12.6 | He was known for being a mentor for a lot of young men who were having and struggling with addiction. |
| 1:19.6 | He himself had gone through addiction. He himself had been on that side of it. |
| 1:25.6 | He understood what it was to have gone through it, |
| 1:30.9 | to have lost family members, |
| 1:32.2 | to have lost everything, to have hit rock bottom. |
| 1:34.9 | And then to have gone through all that |
| 1:37.1 | and then found a new family |
| 1:39.2 | and move forward with his life |
| 1:41.2 | and to restart his life, |
| 1:42.6 | it was important to him. |
| 1:44.7 | Unfortunately, he's passed away. |
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