Since Michigan is the in thing, here it goes: everybody knows who the Fab 5 is and was and Jalen Rose was the team leader that made it cool.

Leading that team takes both strong leadership and social skills. Rose, now retired after a 13-year NBA career, earned his stripes. A 6’8 was a scorer with uncanny court vision, like a point guard, Rose made an appearance in the NBA Finals as a member of the Indiana Pacers, was the NBA’s Most Improved Player in 2000 and made a smooth transition into broadcasting. Currently the host of NBA Countdown on ESPN, and co-hosting ESPN’s Jalen & Jacoby, Rose plays it cool and is around everyone and everywhere.

I remember that being the case evern when he was a player. Making cameos in music videos like, Jadakiss’ We Gonna Make It and playing himself in the movie, Barbershop. He was everywhere at the right time!

How did he become so cool?? 

Check out Jalen Rose and Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson Chat on #ScoopBRadio

“I am that kind of guy that when I walk into a room I speak to everybody,” Rose told me on the Scoop B Radio Podcast. “How you doing? What’s going on? Hugs and kisses and dap whether I’m at the barbershop, on the airplane, that’s just something that I’ve adopted.”

Rose also credits many in his tight knit family that served as positive role models. Those folks include his mother who raised him alone while working at Chrysler for 20 years and his grandfather who owned a grocery store in Bainbridge, Georgia.

ESPN’s Jalen Rose and sports and entertainment journalist, Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson chat at the NBA Draft. (Photo Credit: Gemini Keez KeezCam/ScoopVision Media)

The 13th pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 1994 NBA Draft, Rose has been in the national spotlight since his high school days at Detroit Southwestern High School. It was there that he played alongside future NBA stars Voshon Lenard and Howard Eisley. On the podcast he discusses the high regard that he holds for Larry Bird and Isiah Thomas, both of whom coached Rose during his days as an Indiana Pacer and why he’s able to get along with just about everybody.

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Michigan is making noise in the NCAA tournament. It may give you some nostalgia to the early 90s, it might not. But be clear, that team was special and they were trendsetters!The Fab Five included Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Ray Jackson, Jimmy King and Jalen Rose.

That Wolverines team introduced the world to looking good on the court while also playing even better. Remeber the long shorts, the Nike Huarache sneakers and the self-expression that transcended race, creed, gender and socio-economic status.

Check out Jalen Rose appearing on Scoop B Radio Discussing The Fab 5

Many basketball purists were critical, and even downright nasty toward their early following.

“We looked different, we sounded different, we were a lot more brash,” Rose told me on Scoop B Radio. “When we became mainstream, people didn’t know that we weren’t malicious, we weren’t mean, we were just different. We were just loud! We were giving you guys something that you hadn’t seen before. So I used to take it personal because I had to fight that off for years.”

Jalen and his teammates were trendsetters. How so? It didn’t exactly Rose as strange that people were naming their children after him. But it did flatter him.

“Jalen is a universal name. If it was the most popular in 1992, there’s no surprise when you’re watching college basketball or football each weekend, there’s a variation of a Jalen on every team,” he laughed. “That’s the most humbling thing anybody can do is name their kid after you.”

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Jalen Rose had quite the career and transitioned well on every level.

It began on the basketball courts of Detroit and then Fab Five stardom at Michigan. Rose then went on to have a successful 13-year career in the NBA as a 6’8 small forward that could create any shot he wanted and push the rock on the fast break like a point guard and run the offense in the half court set too!

Think James Harden today! 

Now an ESPN basketball analyst, Rose chatted with me about his evolution on yesterday’s episode of Scoop B Radio.

Heralding the University of Michigan’s this-close-to-heaven Fab Five in the 90s with teammates Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Ray Jackson and Jimmy King, they introduced the world to looking good on the court while also playing even better.

That self-expression transcended race, creed, gender and socio-economic status. Many basketball purists were critical, and even downright nasty toward their early following.“We looked different, we sounded different, we were a lot more brash,” told me.

“When we became mainstream, people didn’t know that we weren’t malicious, we weren’t mean, we were just different. We were just loud! We were giving you guys something that you hadn’t seen before. So I used to take it personal because I had to fight that off for years.”

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