Former NBA player Smush Parker joined VladTV for a discussion about his life and basketball career. The Brooklyn native talked about growing up with parents who were basketball fanatics. Playing with peers who would go on to become professional players and a connection to NBA champion Kenny Smith led him to get recruited by the University of North Carolina. However, his grades prevented him from attending the college basketball powerhouse. After attending junior college and Fordham, Smush went undrafted in the NBA Draft. After brief stints with multiple NBA teams, Smush eventually landed with the LA Lakers, where he played with Kobe Bryant. Throughout the rest of the interview, Smush Parker details his interactions with Kobe Bryant and comments they made about each other once they were no longer teammates. To hear about the rest of Smush Parker's basketball career, check out the full interview above.