From the consistency of Chic-Fil-a to NBA Teammate of The Year Award and sage advice to parents and coaches Jamal Crawford covers all the bases on Youth Sports.

Former NBA star Jamal Crawford is our guest on this episode, sharing his youth sports story of growing up and learning basketball in Seattle, Washington. Jamal shares how he developed his ball-handling skills as a young player that led him to be recognized as one of the top ball-handlers in the history of the NBA. He talks about the one thing that his parents did that made a huge impact on his development as a player and person. Jamal shares about his recruiting journey and his time as a player at Michigan, before being a first-round NBA pick. He shares the secret to how he won the NBA 6th Man award three times in his career, and he shares with us an award he won that meant more than any other.

Finally, Jamal is coaching his son in AAU ball and shares his thoughts on things that need to change in AAU, and how he is taking a different approach with development for the kids on his team. He harps on the fact that team is a family and playing against better competition earlier and playing more of a team game.

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