Olden Polynice - Haitian Basketball Legend

World of Basketball with Fran Fraschilla

Fran Fraschilla is joined by Haitian Basketball Legend Olden Polynice. The two discuss a wide variety of topics, including:

• Olden on NBA Draftees should think about the league as a business
• Olden on knowing your role within the team
• Olden on being traded from the Bulls to the Supersonics on draft night
• Olden on growing up not being able to walk
• Olden on why his family moved to the States
• Olden on the difference between Haiti and New York City
• Olden on grinding it out in the early years
• Olden on being a getting beat up and robbed every day as a kid
• Olden on his High School coach
• Olden on getting good at basketball fast
• Olden on being very shy and insecure as a kid
• Olden on how his personality developed throughout high school
• Olden on growing up near Rucker Park
• Olden on why he decided to go to Virginia
• Olden on Ralph Sampson
• Olden on going to the Final Four with Virginia
• Olden on getting elbowed by Akeem Olajuwon
• Olden on where his love for Seattle began
• Olden on playing in the ACC
• Olden on being confident that he’d be able to succeed in the NBA
• Olden on getting traded to the Clippers and meeting Donald Sterling
• Olden on Donald Sterling
• Olden on how the NBA players handled their activism during the Bubble
• Olden on the state of Haiti right now
• Olden on going on a hunger strike during the NBA season
• Olden on why he is so charitable
• Olden on being proud of his perseverance