{"id":15230,"date":"2019-09-17T12:32:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=15230"},"modified":"2019-09-17T12:32:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:32:41","slug":"keith-dambrot-talks-ball-lebron-james-more-rodney-purvis-of-hapoel-tel-aviv-sports-rabbi-show-episode-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/keith-dambrot-talks-ball-lebron-james-more-rodney-purvis-of-hapoel-tel-aviv-sports-rabbi-show-episode-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Dambrot talks ball, LeBron James &#038; More + Rodney Purvis of Hapoel Tel Aviv &#8211; Sports Rabbi Show Episode 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/9531432?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe Sports Rabbi had the great honor to host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachDambrot\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Dambrot<\/a>, the head coach of Duquesne Dukes men&#8217;s basketball team who also was LeBron James first coach at Akron JCC and then at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. We talk about college ball, his career, Akron, his current challenge and of course arguably the greatest player since Michael Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Hapoel Tel Aviv&#8217;s shooting guard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gpurvooo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rodney Purvis<\/a> also joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about his move to Israel after playing in the G-League and with the Orlando Magic as well as Maccabi Tel Aviv legend Anthony Parker. 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