Providence guard Kris Dunn – one of the top prospects in the 2016 NBA draft – joins Adrian Wojnarowski on The Vertical Podcast with Woj.

Dunn discusses his harrowing journey as a young child, when he worked with his brother to evade child services, living alone together while their mother was incarcerated. With great emotion and excruciating detail, Dunn lays out how he had to gamble on pickup basketball games and play cards to earn money around his housing project until his father finally located them and brought them to live with him.

From that difficult start in life, Dunn transformed himself into an All-American, a college graduate and now the top-rated point guard in the June 23 NBA draft.

0:55: How his real life adversity makes the draft process less stressful.

1:43: The importance of graduating from college to him and his family.

2:51: A day in the life of living alone with his older brother.

6:57: How gambling on pickup games honed his scouting abilities.

8:02: Missing school and falling behind academically.

9:13: His older brother, John, playing a father figure role in his life.

11:23: Being reunited with his father and moving to Connecticut.

15:48: When Dunn realized basketball could take him somewhere in life.

17:18: His on-again, off-again relationship with his mother after he moved in with his father.

21:32: Battling injuries during his first two college seasons.

25:07: Dunn’s breakout junior season and emergence as an NBA prospect.

26:49: Snapping Providence’s NCAA tournament drought and lifting up a struggling program.

28:40: Deciding to return for his senior season.

33:45: The NBA point guards he models his game after.

35:02: Hoping to be drafted by a team that fits his style of play and will let him play right away.

36:29: The lessons in leadership he has learned through his life and playing career.

38:03: Growing from being shy, quiet to comfortable and confident.

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