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.