Cole Swider is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, on a two-way contract with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats and the Syracuse Orange. - Follow Cole Swider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coleswider/ - Subscribe to The Casey Adams Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-casey-adams-show/id1328795944 Follow Casey on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casey Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdams  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyAdams - Follow The Casey Adams Show on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caseyadamsshow Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdamsShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadamsshow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyAdamsShow - [00:00:00] - Cole Swider: Basketball Prodigy. [00:02:44] - Getting injured [00:05:29] - Unexpected broken hand ends season. [00:08:15] - Exploring faith and self-growth. [00:11:20] - Athletic history-making journey. [00:14:10] - Meditating since age 10. [00:17:05] - Rookie Serakiou Johnson thrives. [00:19:53] - The Draft Process [00:22:36] - "Exhausting job interviews, now eating game time." [00:25:31] - Dafted by Lakers. [00:28:36] - Belief in hard work pays off. [00:31:32] - Lebron: Great Team Leader. [00:37:14] - Podcasting journey. [00:39:57] - Friends for years, return often. [00:42:47] - "Aspiring despite doubt and hardship." [00:45:43] - "Dreams become reality with pressure." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices