Rex Chapman Unfiltered-A raw, emotional & powerful conversation with the man known as King Rex

Breakthrough Chronicles-with Kevin Ray

He was seemingly born to have a basketball in his hand. As the only son born in Bowling Green, Kentucky to Laura and Wayne Chapman, young Rex would feel the pull of that orange sphere at an early age to no ones surprise considering his father Wayne played professionally.

It wasn't quite that simple however. Few knew of his love for the Pool and his strong abilities as a swimmer. Ultimately, the desire to follow his father's footsteps was too strong and his Basketball odyssey began. He takes us thru those early struggles as an awkward young player to a growth spurt that suddenly vaulted him onto a whole new level.

A high school career that eventually landed him at the hotbed of college hoops at the University of Kentucky where he would earn great acclaim for his high flying skills and ability to score in waves. Those feats helped him become a first round NBA selection. While he achieved success during his 13 year NBA career, injuries would rob him of being able to fully realize a number of his goals. Those same injuries and the pain meds prescribed to alleviate the pain sent his life into a tailspin post NBA career that would take him down a path that he and his friends and family couldn't fathom. Rex shares those painful, powerful moments that took him to rock bottom. But the same man who fought so hard to succeed at every level of basketball took that same approach in defeating the demons that had nearly destroyed him and those around him. That 10,000 watt smile is back and the joy for life and all it has to offer is visible in every step he takes and the words and wisdom he shares with us and those he comes in contact with everyday. He's truly another amazing example of what Breakthrough Chronicles is all about.