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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