Aaron "Showtime" Taylor speaks with Kate Rooney From KRON4 Sports hours before the Mavericks v. Warriors finals

Hard In The Paint

For 26 years, I called basketball games inside of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. No one had heard me outside of a prison yard until the Golden State Warriors came inside of San Quentin State Prison and then Coach Jackson said “I know some guys at ESPN that would be worried about their job if they heard you.”No one knew who I was until Marcus Thompson of Theathletic.com wrote about me on his visit to the prison in 2017.And no one saw me until the movie “Q Ball” was shown during the shutdown due to coronavirus. Now, I'm home, and after working in the Venice Basketball and several other leagues in and around Southern California, its time for me to not only provide play by play for sports, but to also introduce the athletes that play sports to an audience eager to learn about how others triumph over tragedy.My story isn’t the only one that’s unique. Sit for a little bit and listen to others who’ve also overcome great odds to succeed.
This week on Hard in the Paint...
Kate Rooney, KRON4 Sports
Kate Rooney has been covering sports in the Bay Area for years and knows the ins and outs of the game better than most people I know. Check us out as we caught Kate a few hours before the Mavericks v. Warriors and we talked about the MJ\Steph comparisons.

Chapter

1. Aaron "Showtime" Taylor speaks with Kate Rooney From KRON4 Sports hours before the Mavericks v. Warriors finals (00:00:00)

2. Championship (00:01:26)

3. Western conference finals (00:03:27)

4. Having a office looking out at the Warriors basketball court (00:05:16)

5. Work account (00:07:03)

6. Levels (00:08:51)

7. Draymond Green (00:10:58)

8. The team (00:13:11)

9. Good day (00:14:44)

10. The game (00:16:25)

11. NBA money (00:17:58)

12. Klay Thompson (00:19:37)

13. Successful Guard (00:22:04)

14. Develop stars (00:23:55)

15. The kids (00:25:57)