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Hi, I'm Sloan, and I know basketball.

Today's guest played in the league for almost the amount of time I've been a lot.

His journey from growing up in New Jersey, going straight to the league and almost the amount of time I've been a lot. His journey from growing up in

New Jersey, going straight to the league, and playing on seven different teams is a story

you won't want to miss. Let's get to know, Al Harrington. Okay, Al, thank you so much for being

here. I'm so excited to have you on.

So I am 17 years old and I'm a junior in high school, which I know is a little different

from the usual people that interview you.

Right.

So don't be scared, I promise.

I don't fight.

17 year girls are fierce, but this is going to be a fun episode.

So I like to start off by asking you because you

are not 17 what you were like when you were 17 when I was 17 um I think I was a lit young man

okay lit young man I like that you know I was I was obviously playing basketball yes I was one of the

best players in the country during that time um I'm going to be honest, I was really, really focused

on basketball in that time. I was trying to decide if I wanted to go to college or wanted to go

pro, which I ended up deciding to go pro. You know, didn't have as many resources as I had once I

became a pro. So, you know, during that time, you know, it was just really laser focused on basketball. You know, I come from a religious

family, so my mom made sure we was going to church and different things like that. So, you know,

that was the 17-year-old out, trying to figure it all out. Gotcha. So like you said, you were one of the

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