Ground covered during our conversation with Rashad included: The legacy of NBA Inside Stuff; The time the B.C. Lions tried to sign him away from the NCAA; His Game 1 impressions; How Damon Stoudamire became his “main man”; What Michael Jordan texted him about Game 1; And his admiration for Wayne Embry.was in nurturing a love of the NBA among young Canadians in the early ‘90s, especially before the Raptors hit the floor?It was like Twitter before Twitter.
It was exciting. I’m from Seattle, so Canada was nothing foreign to me. It was very exciting it was coming to Canada because Toronto is such a great city. I knew it would have a little bit… between hockey because hockey is so strong in Canada. But there’s room for basketball. And then they got Stoudamire. I went to school at the University of Oregon and played basketball against his father. And I knew since he was a kid. So when he got he became “my main man Damon Stoudamire.
Anything he did I had to shout out to “my main man, Damon Stoudamire.” With it got to be such a joke with how much we put him on his first name became “Main Man” Stoudamire. But not many people knew that I had known him since he was a kid.Sportsnet.ca:Toronto’s one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It’s a world-class city with a lot of different influences. Great people, all kinds of different cultures. Safe. It’s just a great city.
I guess to get money right away. But I wasn’t going to leave school. I just remember we had a great weekend at the Grey Cup. They brought us up and we had a great time.During your opening remarks earlier you mentioned that Raptors senior basketball advisor Wayne Embry has been an inspiration to you over the years. How so?He was one of the first African-American executives. And it wasn’t popular during that time, but he was such a great player and always so well-respected.
MikeCormack NBATVAhmad Wow that is an old photo of mine of Damon in 1995. I wonder how many of us have covered the team since the first game? SmithRaps