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Nuggets Podcast: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf reflects on career, time in Denver and controversial exit from NBA

In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Mike Singer chats with former Nuggets guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf following the release of his Showtime documentary “Stand.” Among the topics discussed:

    • Abdul-Rauf talk about his rise above meager beginnings in Gulfport, Miss., and what basketball did for him as a young man who grew up in poverty in a single-family home.
    • Mike and Abdul-Rauf explore the circumstances around his exile from the NBA after declining to stand for the national anthem prior to games, including his interactions with the league, teammates, fans and media.