LaPhonso Ellis is a former NBA player who was selected fifth overall in the first round of the 1992 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. He would play 11 seasons with Denver, Atlanta, Minnesota and Miami. In his first NBA season, he was named to the 1992-93 All-Rookie First Team.
The Notre Dame graduate had a stellar career in South Bend and was named to Notre Dame's Ring of Honor in 2021. After retirement from playing basketball, Ellis joined ESPN in 2009 and was a college basketball commentator and analyst until June of 2023.
Today on the podcast, we talk to LaPhonso Ellis about living his life for Christ and growing spiritually after becoming a believer early in his NBA career. We also ask him about the experience of seeing his former team, the Nuggets, win the NBA Championship in 2023.
(Today's interview was recorded a few days before LaPhonso lost his job with ESPN on June 30, 2023 and the death of his daughter on July 1, 2023)
Listen HERE to our conversation with LaPhonso's former chaplain Bo Mitchell on Sports Spectrum's Podcast from August 4, 2017
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