SBS - John Amaechi

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Dan Le Batard

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4.9 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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John Amaechi joins Dan for a conversation on his early life and journey into basketball. The two discuss work ethic, supportive friends and mentors, competitive nature, and more as John details what made him motivated to become a NBA player and the distance he has from that career choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.6	So I learned for the first time the other day, I'd never heard this story that John Amichi
0:21.0	playing in what was it?
0:22.6	Kansas City?
0:23.6	Kansas City?
0:24.6	Oh, yes.
0:25.6	An exhibition game?
0:26.6	John Amichi, Scotty Pippin blocked his shot and what did he say to you upon blocking
0:32.3	your shot?
0:33.3	Welcome to the league.
0:34.8	Welcome to the league, Rook.
0:35.8	That's what he said.
0:37.0	Yeah, that's not confidence inspiring.
0:40.5	Can people, can you tell them your story on how difficult it was for you to get to the
0:47.1	league, to get to Scotty Pippin who was there to tell you welcome to the league, you super
0:51.5	average person in our league?
0:54.6	Yeah, I mean, I, I lament sometimes that this is part of the story that people don't
1:00.8	know and I know, obviously it's clearly in my self interest.
1:03.2	But I started playing the game when I was 17 years old.
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