Book Richardson, former Arizona basketball assistant coach and current head of NY Gauchos, joins the podcast to talk about his rise from AAU coach to Division I assistant coaching, his role in the FBI/college basketball scandal, his battles with depression and much more.
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Jamal and Khalid talk to Denver #Nuggets Assistant Coach & 11-year NBA vet, Popeye Jones, about winning an #NBA championship, coaching #NikolaJokic, his journey as a player and coach, his two sons in the #NHL & more.
Khalid & Jamal talk to highly rated 2026 Cardinal Hayes & New Heights Lightning point guard Jermel "Mel Mel" Thomas about his basketball beginnings, current and future goals, recruiting news and more.
Khalid and Jamal talk to 2024 Westtown School and New Heights prospect Zahra King about her basketball journey, future goals and current recruitment process.
Khalid and Jamal talk to 2025 prospect Preston Fowler about his basketball journey, his future goals and the current state of his recruitment process.
Khalid and Jamal are joined by class of 2026 basketball standout Dylan Mingo. They talk about his development, what colleges have reached out to him already, where he wants to play and his future goals.
Jamal and Khalid are joined by siblings De'Naya Rippey (class of 2024) and Deron Rippey Jr. (class of 2026), along with their father Deron Rippey Sr. They talk about their basketball journeys to date, their college plans, sibling competition and parents' vision and advice for other parents and young athletes.
Jamal and Khalid are joined by class of 2025 basketball prospect Christian Jeffrey. The former Bishop Loughlin star announces that he is reclassifying and transferring to Mount Zion Prep in Maryland. Jeffries also discusses his strong Peach Jam performance, what it was like to play against LeBron James' team, his sky high confidence level and more.
Khalid and Jamal talk about the summer basketball season. Khalid, fresh off an impressive Peach Jam coaching his 15u New Heights Lightning team, talks about the performance of his team, standouts like Jermel Thomas and Deron Rippey, standouts from all age groups like Cooper Flagg and Cameron Boozer and gives his thoughts on the college recruiting process and what kids and parents need to know.
Jamal and Khalid are joined by the legendary grassroots basketball pioneers, Sonny Vaccaro and Gary Charles. The four talk about Vaccaro's work at Nike that led to his depiction in the movie "Air," his background, how/why he ventured into grassroots basketball, ABCD Camp stories, the rise of the sneaker companies (sneaker wars), NIL, Ed O'Bannon, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and much, much more.
Khalid and Jamal are joined by legendary Blair Academy head coach, Joe Mantegna. Mantegna talks about how it all started for him, coaching the likes of Charlie Villanueva, Luol Deng and Royal Ivey as a young coach, the state of the global game, having coached the USA Nike Hoop Summit Team, and much more.
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