Oct 7, 2026 · 41 min · 10 segments
African basketball has the talent. Now comes the challenge of building the businesses, facilities, and development systems around it. On this episode of **The Constant Sports Podcast**, I sit down…
Conner SchenkHostI don't know if you're aware, but my father, he actually played 10 years in the NBA in the 70s.
Now it's obviously the big 12, but he was a all American first team, all American.
He was like two and a half seasons with Milwaukee bucks and, playing with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robinson, and he was actually traded mid-season in that 72 year to the Houston Rockets, and that Milwaukee Bucks went on to win an NBA championship, so he missed a ring by the last half of the season, but...
You know, he actually played his best years with the Houston Rockets when he averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds, a double-double for the Houston Rockets.
And, you know, my father growing up, he never really liked – pushed me, pushed me to play basketball, but he always supported me.
You know, he always took me to the game, took me to practice, gave me a lot of advice.
And since I was born after he retired, I actually never got to see him play, but basketball was always a very, very important part of my life growing up for sure.
And, you know, especially kind of having that growing up, you know, basketball being kind of a centerpiece of your life there.
You've kind of built your career now as your CEO and president of Azumco Global, obviously with the basketball teams.
Obviously, you know, your father retired before you could see him play, but obviously basketball being a huge piece and still kind of legging into basketball and, you know, making it kind of your main focus here.
I don't know if you're aware, but my father, he actually played 10 years in the NBA in the 70s.
Now it's obviously the big 12, but he was a all American first team, all American.
He was like two and a half seasons with Milwaukee bucks and, playing with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robinson, and he was actually traded mid-season in that 72 year to the Houston Rockets, and that Milwaukee Bucks went on to win an NBA championship, so he missed a ring by the last half of the season, but...
You know, he actually played his best years with the Houston Rockets when he averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds, a double-double for the Houston Rockets.
And, you know, my father growing up, he never really liked – pushed me, pushed me to play basketball, but he always supported me.
You know, he always took me to the game, took me to practice, gave me a lot of advice.
And since I was born after he retired, I actually never got to see him play, but basketball was always a very, very important part of my life growing up for sure.
And, you know, especially kind of having that growing up, you know, basketball being kind of a centerpiece of your life there.
You've kind of built your career now as your CEO and president of Azumco Global, obviously with the basketball teams.
Obviously, you know, your father retired before you could see him play, but obviously basketball being a huge piece and still kind of legging into basketball and, you know, making it kind of your main focus here.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.