Joel James Continuing His Game of Catch-Up with Pacers

Posted Jul 1, 2016
Let's be honest about this. Joel James isn't likely to be playing in the NBA next season. The odds are he never will. But then he knows all about long odds. The odds were against him being on the Pacers' Summer League team. The odds were against him getting a scholarship to North Carolina. Some would say the odds were against him even living this long. (Indiana Pacers)

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