Troy Hudson, Former NBA Player (Current Timberwolves Chaplain)
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Episode 273
Troy Hudson played 11 seasons in the NBA from 1998-2008 with the Jazz, Clippers, Magic, Timberwolves, and Warriors. He was undrafted after playing his college ball at Southern Illinois and made his NBA debut on October 31, 1997 with Utah.
His best season came in 2002-03 with Minnesota when he averaged 14.2 points and 5.7 assists for a 51 win Timberwolves team. In the playoffs that year against the Shaq and Kobe Lakers, Hudson averaged 23.5 points in the 6 game series.
Today, Hudson is the team chaplain for the Timberwolves where he ministers to players before each game. He also is active in youth sports, coaching and training young athletes in the game of basketball.
On this episode of the podcast we talk to Troy about his role as an NBA team chaplain, the state of faith in the NBA, the importance of guys like Stephen Curry to use their platform to be bold about Christ, his first NBA game and difference between believing in God and having a personal relationship with Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.9 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with |
| 0:22.6 | former NBA player Troy Hudson is brought to you by Compassion International. We're so |
| 0:28.5 | thankful to have them on board as a partner, as a sponsor here with us at Sports Spectrum. |
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