On this episode of The Searchers Podcast, we had the pleasure of having ex Professional MMA fighter and Professional basketball player (who was inducted into The Hall of Fame at Hawaii Pacific University and had a stint with the Dallas Mavericks), Michael McDaniel join us in the studio. Michael came to the land down under in 1995, struggled on the court, came back later on got league MVP in 1988 and the rest was history. This was a really fun episode and we're super appreciative of Michael for coming through and sharing his story which I believe will be of value to you guys. and we had a great time recording this... so we hope you do too watching, enjoy!
Timestamps:
(0:00) Being a fool when you’re young
(2:25) Michael on his first experience coming to Australia
(5:48) Expectations as an import
(7:02) Atem on being called in by the President for NBL1 team for poor play
(8:48) : $150/week : chicken, spinach and white girls.
(13:51) Kirron & Michael’s history
(15:00) Michael on reffing in NBL1
(16:03) Michael’s top players to ref in NBL1
(19:46) How Michael started in MMA
(29:26) Kirron on coaching AFL
(31:04) On people telling him he won’t have success in reffing like in basketball
(35:00) Michael reflects on life changes he’s made and what made him so angry and volatiles when younger
(41:07) Michael shares some advice he got from his dad about fighting
(46:11) HAWAII
(47:40) Atem vs Michael 1 on 1
(49:50) talking back to refs.. does it help?
(58:56) Michael’s makes a big prediction for Boomers Basketball
