uSports recently had the opportunity to sit down with NBA hall of famer Jamaal Wilkes.  Wilkes became known for his hard work on and off-the-court: UCLA’s legendary Coach Wooden called him the definition of the perfect student athlete.

uSports asked Wilkes about UCLA, his time in the NBA — with the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers — and his memoir, Jamaal Wilkes: Memoirs of The Original Smooth As Silk.