Episode 67: Amin Elhassan | ESPN NBA Analyst and Front Office Insider
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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About the author, Richmond Weaver
Richmond, a graduate of Clemson University has been involved with sports for most of his life and developed a passion for basketball and sports at an early age. He currently lives in Greenville, SC with his wife Karen, founder of Upstate Esthetics and their three kids.