Playing in the NBA with Diabetes, Coming from Panama, & T.O Memories with Gary Forbes


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Jan 16 2025 48 mins   3

Eric Smith & Paul Jones are back with another episode of Smith and Jones! This week, former Raptor Gary Forbes joins the show to discuss growing up in Panama during a time of political turmoil, moving to New York City as a young boy, and his memories of playing in the NCAA with two teams. The guys also get into how being diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes affected not only Forbes' basketball career but his life overall. Finally, Forbes breaks down how he broke into the NBA and what his memories of playing for the Toronto Raptors are and they go over some of his current work, including becoming an author with the book 'The Sole Survivor.'

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