043 | ELEVATE, PART 1 with Chris Carr, NBA Veteran, SIU Saluki Basketball Legend, and Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, Drury University

Growing up in a rural southeast Missouri town as the only African American family in the community, Chris Carr’s earliest dreams formed thanks to the example of Blair Underwood and the TV show LA Law, where he expected to become a lawyer and live the good life after college. However, the appeal of the game of basketball loomed large, with several family members before him paving the way to scholarships and championships. By middle school, Chris had decided to become a pro skateboarder, howeve...