Episode 67: Amin Elhassan | ESPN NBA Analyst and Front Office Insider

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Rich Take On Sports

Show Notes:

• Rich Spotlight: Amin Elhassan
  • Moved back to Sudan at 8-years old and remembers his first time starting to understand sports was watching his dad play in a soccer league
  • Became a basketball fan through watching videos of NBA bloopers and Michael Jordan
  • Returned to the US at 14-years old and eventually enrolled at Georgia Tech to become an engineer and escape the cold NY winters
  • Simply choose Georgia Tech because it was in the south and Stephon Marbury and Kenny Anderson had made it there from NY
  • Early on Amin was NY Knicks fan until he interned with Knicks and saw the dysfunction of the organization
  • Worked for the Atlanta Hawks while at Georgia Tech and eventually transferred to Arizona State
  • Eventually was hired by the Phoenix Suns and promoted to Assistant Director of Basketball Operations before leaving to be an NBA Analyst for ESPN
  • Currently is on multiple shows at ESPN… The Jump, Sportsnation, Sportscenter and on ESPN radio with The Dan Le Batard Show
  • The biggest change that he’s seen in the NBA is the advent of analytics and how certain teams understand how to use analytics properly
  • Believes that Charles Barkley is the preeminent NBA Analyst right now
  • He owes everything to sports

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