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Drug Dealer to AAU Dream Maker: The Curtis Malone Story

podcast November 24, 2025


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From D.C. drug dealer to AAU kingmaker.

Curtis Malone built one of the most powerful youth basketball pipelines in America… while secretly running a criminal empire.

In this exclusive ALL THE SMOKE Unplugged sit-down, Malone breaks down his double life, the FBI takedown, his fall from grace, and the players whose lives he helped change along the way, from Michael Beasley to Quinn Cook, Nolan Smith and countless others.

This is the unbelievable true story of the man who shaped a generation of hoopers… and paid the ultimate price.

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