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Rachel DeMita hangs out with NFL insider Jordan Schultz to discuss his path into sports media. Jordan talks about the importance of building relationships with athletes and how that has helped him break NFL news including Rob Gronkowski’s retirement. He also explains how he teamed up with CJ McCollum on the Pull Up podcast and Kevin Durant on The Board Room. 0:00 Courtside Club: Rachel DeMita with Jordan Schultz 2:02 Jordan on building relationships with athletes and breaking DK Metcalf news 8:17 Jordan on how Adam Schefter has helped him in his sports media career 9:15 How Jordan linked up with CJ McCollum to work together on the Pull Up podcast 14:35 Jordan talks about working with Kevin Durant on The Boardroom 16:30 Jordan shares his thoughts on Draymond Green hosting his podcast, The Draymond Green Show, during the NBA Finals 17:30 Halftime: Fax or Cap? 23:57 Jordan shares stories about his relationship with Magic Johnson 28:40 Jordan talks about growing up around Shaquille O’Neal and Shaq passing up a business opportunity with Starbucks 35:22 Jordan talks about French-league basketball star Victor Wembanyama describing him as a combination of Giannis and Ja Morant 36:45 Jordan gives his NBA season predictions including predicting the Lakers will not make the playoffs 39:30 Rachel and Jordan talk about how Steph Curry has changed the NBA 40:50 Rachel and Jordan discuss their All-Time NBA Mount Rushmore 42:20 Buzzer Beaters: Jordan’s ideal courtside food and drink, the best game Jordan has ever been courtside for, one person Jordan would want to sit courtside with 46:06 Jordan talks about how he broke Rob Gronkowski’s retirement story ✔️Subscribe to ESPN ✔️ Get the ESPN App: ✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: ✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: ✔️ Watch ESPN on YouTube TV:
