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Adam & Noah go ISO with 7-year NBA vet and current Wake Forest assistant coach Rex Walters. The former first round pick talks about how his coaches in middle school and high school doubted him and how that drove him throughout his career. He takes us through his remarkable run through the 1993 NCAA Tournament while leading Kansas to a Final Four and talks about the trash talking he did to opponents and media members. Rex explains how he landed his role in Blue Chips and what it was like to play epic pickup games on the set. He tells some ridiculous stories about the larger-than-life personalities he played with on the New Jersey Nets, including Derrick Coleman, Rick Mahorn, and Chuck Daly. He also details the incredible experience of playing with Allen Iverson in Philly during A.I.'s first seasons in the league. Rex recounts what it was like to be a part of the infamous Knicks-Heat rivalry. He also talks about his own coaching experience, including why he loved the G League and how he's managing to coach from home in the midst of a pandemic.

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• Why his middle school & high school coaches doubted him


• Dealing with negative media attention after leaving Northwestern for Kansas


• Getting upset by 9th-seeded UTEP in the 1992 NCAA Tournament


• What went into his competitive fire


• Specifics of his trash talking


• What the Border War rivalry between Kansas & Missouri was like


• Why he spoke out against Mike Francesa


• Being the best player in the 1993 NCAA Tournament


• Losing to North Carolina in the 1993 Final Four


• Playing against the Fab 5


• Auditioning for a role in Blue Chips


• Inside the pickup games that took place on the set of Blue Chips


• Getting compared to Drazen Petrovic in New Jersey


• Infamous Chris Morris "trade me" story


• Derrick Coleman's incredible contract negotiation tactic


• Phenomenal pranks the Nets would play on each other


• What he learned from Chuck Daly


• Getting roasted by Isiah Thomas


• Finding out he was traded to the Sixers


• Taking part in a teammate's intervention in Philly


• Kobe Bryant practicing with Sixers while he was in high school


• Memories of playing with Allen Iverson


• Iverson's happiness over Rex's career night


• Intensity of Knicks-Heat rivalry


• Pat Riley getting his Heat teams fired up


• Infamous fight when Jeff Van Gundy hung onto Alonzo Mourning's leg


• Playing for Thibodeau, Carlisle, and Spoelstra when they were assistant coaches


• Coaching in the G League


• Balancing being a coach and a father to standout son Gunner


• Coaching from home during the Coronavirus pandemic


• Who he'd want to reject the screen and go iso in a must-win situation

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Rejecting the Screen is part of the Locked On Podcast Network and publishes every Tuesday and Thursday. The Thursday edition is called Going ISO, an interview with someone connected to the NBA. Guests include Adam Morrison, Shawn Marion, Richard Jefferson, Earl Watson, Peter Vecsey, Anthony Morrow, Kevin Willis, Howard Beck, Kenny Anderson, Doug Gottlieb, Robert Sacre, John Hollinger, Sam Mitchell, PJ Carlesimo, Ryen Russillo, Eddie Johnson and more.

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