Hey Now Podcast with Dorvell Carter. Season 2 Episode 4
In this episode of the Hey Now Podcast we got a chance to sit down with Dorvell Carter aka DC who is a Marist Alum as well as a Rice High School Alum.
In this episode we touched on a few things such as conversations regarding Carmelo Anthony joining the Houston Rockets as well as discuss the new rule the NCAA mention regarding basketball and how the players will be allowed to hire an agent but if the athletes does not get drafted he can go back to school but will have to forfeit relation that they had with the agent in order to move forward. We share our opinion and express the effect it will have on the players. Another topic that we discussed was if Jay-Z would have any influence on the upcoming athlete to join the Puma family since now he has a creative position with Puma as well as have conversations if athletes would really sign with them and the chances that athletes may get hurt because Puma is not your typical performance sneaker.
On the 37.43 mark we begin to discuss the journey of Dorvell Carter aka DC. DC was able to share to with us how he got into the sport of basketball and how seeing his cousin Majestic Map go to work really inspired him to want to hoop. After that we spoke about his time in St. Raymond High School and how things not working out for him set him up to a better situation at Rice High School. A school where he was able to showcase his talent and also be a part of a family thanks to the help of Kashif Pratt who assisted. We touched on some of the players he played against such as Brandon Jennings and much more while playing with Rice power house and being one of the top players in NYC.
But I think one of the most interesting parts in Dorvell’s journey was when he went to play for Marist College. Due to injuries his game was put on hold but you always saw flashes of DC. He could of folded and said I don’t want to play basketball anymore but he didn’t he kept working even after multiple knee injuries. That showed his determination and love he had for the sport. Another thing that you would learn is that you get what you put in. DC felt that he could have had a chance playing professional but he also knew that he didn’t put the right and enough work to get to that position and I applaud him for that because there is so many people who do not hold themselves accountability for their actions and that’s one thing I learned from his journey and I hope others will. It’s okay to mess up, we are not perfect, but we become perfect once realize our own accountability
