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A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media influencer about his recovery from addiction.
He is considered by many the greatest basketball player ever produced by the hoops-crazy state of Kentucky. In two years at the University of Kentucky, he scored over 1,000 points, led the Wildcats to a Sweet Sixteen appearance and was nicknamed āKing Rex.ā The first player ever drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, he spent twelve seasons in the NBA, dazzling in dunk contests and sinking one of the most memorable buzzer-beaters in league history. But by the end of his career, Rex Chapman was harboring a destructive secret.
Years before Americaās opioid crisis would become national news, Chapman developed a dependency on Vicodin and Oxycontin, ultimately ingesting fifty painkillers a day. In addition, he developed a severe gambling addiction, once nearly losing $400,000 at a Las Vegas blackjack table. All this would cost him his family as well as most of the $40 million fortune heād made in basketball, leaving him to live in his car and shoplift to support his addictions. Only when he was arrestedāand his mugshot made national newsādid he finally commit to getting clean.
In Itās Hard for Me to Live With Me, Chapmanāwho has amassed millions of social media followers for his relatable and uplifting postsātells the story of his addiction and recovery in unflinching detail. With equal frankness, he describes his history with depression; the racism he witnessed growing up and how that shaped his outspokenness on matters of social justice; and his complex and volatile relationship with his father, also a former professional basketball player. Cowritten with New York Times bestselling author Seth Davis, Chapmanās memoir is an equally devastating and inspiring story about the human struggle for self-acceptance.
Rex Chapman was a standout basketball player at the University of Kentucky, played twelve seasons in the NBA, and served in the front offices of several NBA teams. He has worked as a broadcaster for both professional and college basketball and hosted the CNN+ showĀ Rex ChapmanĀ as well as the iHeart podcastĀ Charges with Rex Chapman. He currently hosts the Smartless podcastĀ Owned. A native of Kentucky, he lives in New York City.
Seth Davis is a studio analyst for college basketball at CBS Sports and senior writer atĀ The Athletic. He is theĀ New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Wooden: A Coachās LifeĀ andĀ When March Went Mad: The Game Transformed Basketball.
Rex Chapman was a standout basketball player at the University of Kentucky, played twelve seasons in the NBA, and served in the front offices of several NBA teams. He has worked as a broadcaster for both professional and college basketball and hosted the CNN+ showĀ Rex ChapmanĀ as well as the iHeart podcastĀ Charges with Rex Chapman. He currently hosts the Smartless podcastĀ Owned. A native of Kentucky, he lives in New York City.