Interview With Former NBA Player Bay Forrest
By Ryan McNeill
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with former NBA player Bay Forrest. While that name may not be familiar to a lot of basketball fans this interview is worth listening to because he had a lot of interesting stories about his basketball career such as turning down UCLA and North Carolina to play for a small Christian college with his brothers and being the first player to turn down a NBA contract to play amateur ball for a year.
Some of the topics that we covered in our chat were:
- Why he choose Grand Canyon College over big-name schools like UCLA, Duke and North Carolina
- Being a three time All-American at Grand Canyon College
- What is was like to play win a National Championship with his younger and older brother at Grand Canyon
- Why he turned down a contract worth $625,000 by the Kansas City Kings following his junior season
- Why he decided to turn down the Seattle Supersonics after they drafted him following his senior season with the #19th overall pick
- Being the first player in the history of the NBA to turn down a contract to play with an amateur team.
- His experiences playing for Athletes in Action
- His experiences playing for the Phoenix Suns
- The work he is doing with Focus Ministries
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This article was written by:
Ryan McNeill - who has written 200 posts on Hoops Addict.
Ryan McNeill is the editor for Hoops Addict and has appeared on NBA XL and WSRQ 1220. Ryan has covered the NBA with media credentials since the 2007 season.