EP 4 - SPIDA with Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz Shooting Guard)

Welcome to the LightHarted Podcast with Rising NBA Star Josh Hart (New Orleans Pelicans) & Rising Business Mogul Matt Hillman (Cut + Sew). To start these two long time best friends discuss: Them going bowling with Donovan Mitchell, Royce O’Neal & John Collins this past weekend, Going to Las Vegas Summer League & meeting the New Orleans Pelicans Team, Free Agency & Being a First Round Pick vs. Second Round Pick or Undrafted in terms of contracts, How excited they are to be in the podcasting space and where they believe it’s heading & more. Then it’s an honor and a privilege to have Donovan Mitchell aka Spida join the conversation at The Mamba Sports Academy to discuss: Their Bowling match the night before, When they first met, Their Combine & Utah workout/Pre-Draft Process, Preparation and film study for workouts, Donovan denying Josh’s of going to dinner before a game in Utah & why, His first time in Salt Lake City, Being upset was that he thought that he wouldn’t be in Utah, His upbringing in New York, Playing baseball growing up and breaking his wrist at SS causing him to miss his Junior AAU season aka The time to get recruited, Their high end private High School experiences with the wealthy elite, The price point of his sneaker, Stressing out about prospect rankings & being at the start of social media, Being pushed to times of wanting to quit basketball at Louisville, Needing to push after 2 Years in the NBA, Pressure to Perform, Josh being excited to have fun playing basketball again, A player’s relationship with the media (especially in Los Angeles), Winding down off the court, Doing kind gestures for the fans, The Russell Westbrook vs. the banned racist fan situation in Utah, Being a star on a small market team, Top 5 Fanbases (brings it every game) in the NBA, How Utah compares to his time in Louisville, Being in the crowd when Villanova won the Championship (because Louisville was banned), How winning The Slam Duke Challenge changed his life/the dunks he planned for it, The dream of having a signature shoe by Adidas aka Issue 1 (1 of 4 NBA Players on the company) & release, Finding out about JJ Redick’s excellent addition to the New Orleans Pelicans (and Josh offering to go podcast for podcast with him), How he got the nickname of Spida, The LightHarted 10 & more. This episode is not to be missed!

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