The Guy Behind the Guy: Sachin Gupta’s Groundbreaking NBA Journey

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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With over 20 million people from 20 different countries across the most populated continent on the planet, you can make a pretty good case that the very concept of an “Asian-American” is incredibly oversimplified. There are some experiences however, that happen to unite Asian-Americans. For example, almost any Asian-American working in sports media can tell you about their shared experiences, from media personalities to NBA point guards…to the guy who ran the Minnesota Timberwolves until yesterday, Sachin Gupta. As part of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month, SportsCenter anchor Kevin Negandhi tells us the story of the first Indian-American to ever be President of Basketball Operations for an NBA team, why the smartest people in the NBA respect him so much, and what his still-unfolding journey says about all of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN Daily is presented by Supercuts, the smarter, easier way to get a haircut.
0:06.9	It's not just any haircut.
0:08.8	It's supercuts.
0:10.1	Kevin Agondi, it's good to talk to you.
0:13.0	We're on a text chain that is wildly depressing.
0:16.2	We're on a Sixers chat in which we just give Doomsday theories about everything.
0:21.1	You know, it's therapeutic for me.
0:23.3	Kevin Agondi hosts the 6 p.m. sports center and is also the first Indian American anchor
0:28.5	on a national sports network.
0:30.9	I'm on multiple chats.
0:32.3	I'm sure like you are, especially if you're a fan of Philadelphia sports.
0:36.5	And it is therapeutic when you could just go off and then just feel normal afterwards
0:40.8	and you put your phone down.
0:41.8	And for 10 minutes, it's just ranting and raving about why?
0:44.6	Why do they do this?
0:45.6	Why are we here?
0:46.6	I can't believe this.
0:48.0	And then you move on.
0:51.8	It is worth mentioning.
0:52.8	We talked about two things generally via tax, Kevin.
0:54.9	One is the Sixers.
0:55.9	God help us all.
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