This week the pod welcomes Jon Graham. Jon is a former college basketball player who played at the University of Maryland and Penn State. Jon grew up in Baltimore, MD and attended Calvert Hall High School.
Jon and I both had to deal with expectations growing up. For those that don't know. Jon's dad, Ernie Graham, was one of the basketball best players to ever play at the University of Maryland.
In this episode, we talk about:
- growing up handling expectations,
- finding yourself
- the recruitment process for college and how NCAAB has changed since Jon played
- Pursuing professional basketball and moving on to the next chapter
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Chapters:
0:00 Description of Episode
2:00 Intro & Growing Up With Expectations/Pressures
18:12 Recruiting Process, Jon's College Experience, & Evolution College Basketball
37:06 Pursing Professional Basketball & Walking Away
49:49 Quick Hitters
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