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Luxembourg, Mexico, Windy City Bulls, Canada, Warriors - McKinnie's Unlikely Journey

Kids want to be like Mike or now Steph, but it’s really Alfonzo McKinnie who probably is their best role model.

“I talk to guys every day younger than me going through things in college and coming from this area and I tell them my story,” the West Sider was saying before the Bulls Monday game with the Golden State Warriors. “They’ve seen it, seen where I started to now. So keep pushing and try to do the right things and somebody will see you and give you a chance. And when you get that chance, you’ve got to take advantage and go from there.