CHECKOUT OUR INTERVIEW WITH FORMER 17 YEAR NBA VETERAN AND CURRENT DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS FOR ONE OF THE TOP COLLEGE BASKETBALL PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, MEMPHIS TIGERS ROD STRICKLAND. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE DECIDED TO GET INTO COACHING AND HOW HE ENDED UP IN MEMPHIS, WE TALKED ABOUT HIS DECISION TO GO TO DEPAUL UNIVERSITY AND WHY HE DECIDED HE WAS READY FOR THE NBA. WE ALSO GOT INTO HOW MARK JACKSON AND HIM BATTLED FOR PLAYING TIME, WHAT ADVICE HE OFFERED TO THIS YEARS NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT DERRICK ROSE. CHECK IT OUT AND LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS