Episode 42: JADEN NIELSON-SKINNER - - The journey of a city legend

Skinny talks about growing up at The Hoop and putting in a lifetime of work to become the player he was. He holds many records at South Salem HS and went on to become the all-time assists leader at St. Martin's University. 00:20 His place in the list of Salem point guards 02:15 Being around the game at a young age 04:55 Learning from his dad 06:01 Players he came up with 07:53 Getting to South Salem HS and starting as a Freshman 10:53 Developing his Point Guard IQ 14:52 Becoming a leader and leading by giving his teammates confidence 23:13 Growing as a player from his freshman to senior year 25:27 How should a player be spending their offseason 28:00 Getting to Portland State out of high school and transferring to St. Martin’s 35:00 building relationships through the game 39:00 Memorable games throughout his career 46:45 Lessons learned through the game 55:22 looking back on missing out on playing other sports 1:00:22 Skinny’s all-time Salem starting 5