Sports Illustrated Weekly

John Amaechi: Where Are They Now?

*Today continues "Where Are They Now?" week at SI. Stay tuned for more shows in our audio series.* After his unlikely NBA career, Englishman John Amaechi sent a shockwave through the sports world by coming out as gay in 2007. Nets center Jason Collins followed six years later. And since then? Not a single NBA player has decided it was worth it to walk their path. SI contributor <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Ballard33">Chris Ballard</a> flew to London to catch up with John Amaechi, learn about his life as a psychologist, and hear his thoughts on why a blossoming of openly gay players in the NBA hasn't come to pass. <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/2022/07/11/john-amaechi-where-are-they-now-2022-daily-cover">John Amaechi, the First NBA Player to Come Out, Is a Psychologist Today. He Has a Lot to Talk Us Through.</a> | <a href="https://www.si.com/tag/where-are-they-now-2022">Where Are They Now? 2022 on SI.com</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/wiZrS9wEfiY">John Amaechi at The Oxford Union</a> Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/podcasts_si">@podcasts_si</a> | Guest host <a href="https://twitter.com/danbloomsi">@DanBloomSI</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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