BRING IT IN: Chad Ford, Part I

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Chad Ford, their longtime colleague at ESPN, a writer, analyst and NBA Draft expert, who is also a professor, an international conflict mediator, and an executive board member for PeacePlayers. His book “Dangerous Love,” about transforming conflict, made Henry cry and comes out in June.

(Also, we think Chad might have hosted the first, or certainly one of the first, NBA podcasts, which launched at ESPN in 2006 if memory serves.)

Chad’s message is amazing, brilliant, compassionate, and more applicable to quarantine life than you might think. Other topics that came up: the celebrity whose son was rebuffed by Chad’s daughter, the wild chickens of Hawaii, and Darko Milicic. It also seemed, for a time, like Chad was going to get Henry to cry on camera.

Above is Part 1. Part 2 is here.

Here’s the archived video:

RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:

* TUESDAY April 14, 2020 Adena Jones reports on what NBA players have been up to during the lock down.

* MONDAY APRIL 13, 2020 Celtics head coach Brad Stevens talks X’s and O’s.

* FRIDAY APRIL 10, 2020 Ben Aronson, on what basketball will look like in a post-COVID world.

* THURSDAY APRIL 9, 2020 Your NBA questions. They talked about the NBA’s upcoming H-O-R-S-E competition, what’s upside down about NBA media, and much more.

* WEDNESDAY APRIL 8, 2020 Chris Ballard on Steve Kerr’s and Bob Myers’ genius with the Warriors and the role humility plays in success. 

* TUESDAY APRIL 7, 2020 Steve Shenbaum on media training professional basketball players.

* MONDAY APRIL 6, 2020 Oliver Bullough on his book “Moneyland”, and the hidden world of powerful people—including some NBA figures.

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