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The first guest will be <strong>Lawrence &#8220;Bud&#8221; Pollard<\/strong>, the head varsity basketball coach of Thomas Jefferson H.S. in East New York.\u00a0 The show&#8217;s host, <strong>Mike Bellamy<\/strong>, will talk to Pollard about his team, college recruiting updates, players to watch for next season, how the pandemic has impacted the scouting process and of course they will talk about the incredible scoring display put on by Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s senior point guard, <strong>Jaquan Carlos<\/strong>, who made national news by having <a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/95-top-psal-hs-basketball-performers-from-tues-june-15-games-jaquan-carlos-scores-90-tahron-allen-scores-72\/\">back to back 90 point games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Players, coaches, scouts, parents and fans can engage live during the show in the chat.\u00a0 The show will stream live on YouTube at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FZm0lCWN7Qg\">YouTube.com\/nycsn<\/a>, and on the homepage of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nycsn.com\/\">NYCSN.com.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0You will be able to engage live during the show if you watch it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FZm0lCWN7Qg\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>. 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