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Steve Francis talks about unlikely journey to the NBA

Former Houston Rockets star Steve Francis is as surprised as anyone that he made it to the NBA, saying that a few short years before making it he was selling crack on a street corner.

In a story for The Players' Tribune Francis opens up about his journey. He tells a story of taking a plane ride to a game with teammate and future Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon when Francis was a rookie.

When @SteveFranchise3 was 10 years old, he got his first job as a phone boy.