Former NBA player, Brandon Bass, talks new documentary, “God, Grind, Greatness”
12-year NBA veteran and former Orlando Magic player Brandon Bass joins WESH 2 Sports to discuss his new documentary.
In sports we see the wins, we see the highlights, but what we don’t always see the journey. Today, former NBA player Brandon Bass joins us in studio to talk *** little bit about his journey, which he’s detailing in his new documentary God Grind Greatness. Brandon, thanks so much for joining us today. Thanks for having me. I love the name God Grind Greatness. I think there’s so much power in *** name, right? When you look at those three words and when you started there, how do those three words define your life’s journey? Um, over the, over the years when I was younger, it became *** model for me, you know, um, I found myself just praying and working on my game, and it was equaling success to me, um, for me, um, doing AAU trips on weekends, so. I just came up with it, yeah, when I was watching the trailer you had *** line in there where you said, you know, it’s all about making the most of my circumstances as you look back now that the documentary has been completed and you’ve kind of had to relive *** lot of your circumstances, what stands out to you as the moments that sort of define how you got here? It’s so many moments. I, I, it’s hard to pick one, I could just say *** funny one, so one of the funny moments in the in the documentary was early. I just moved to uh the city of Baton Rouge and and um everybody had bikes and um I was the only one without *** bike because you know I just got there right? so I had *** one of my cousins gave me *** bike and um the next day he took it back. And he took it back because he wanted to give it to this girl that he liked, you know, that was, that was *** part of the crew. It just kind of made me, um, made me realize I gotta do stuff like, uh, for myself. I can’t rely on anyone else. I had to rely on myself and that was something that stuck with me throughout my journey, um, throughout my basketball journey. It was like. You know, you gotta, you know, set *** goal and you gotta be responsible with the steps it would take to achieve that goal. So you know something like that, but it’s so many of those in the documentary. Another one that you hit on, I think in the trailer that we see, obviously that’s *** funny anecdote, but there’s some serious moments as well. I know you talk openly about losing your mother at *** young age. When you look back, what was it like just opening up like that because I think vulnerability is sometimes hard, especially for professional athletes just because it’s not always the standard. What was that experience like talking about that? Uh, that was pretty rough for me and um I didn’t wanna put the documentary out. That’s why I kind of put it on like um. Um, like *** website for you to kind of pay to, to watch it because I didn’t just want to put it out because I, I felt, um, vulnerable and I’m not that kind of, I’m not like an open book, but you know, but if you get to talk to me, you’ll get to know, you’ll get to know me, but, um, people who are gonna watch the documentary, they’re gonna get to know me *** little bit better than, you know, just *** casual basketball fan, but, uh, the moment of losing my mom, I was really early. I was, I was really young and um. How it impacted me at the time was like *** little bit of not really knowing, um, but over the years it’s impacted me in so many different ways it made me grow up *** little bit faster than than than normal. When you think of the number one thing that you want someone to go and watching and what they walk away with, what is your hope in that regard? So, uh, I wanted to be *** piece of inspiration, um. Because I feel like if you watch, watch it from beginning to end, you will be, everybody at some point in their life will be impacted by it, like, so when you’re *** young kid trying to figure things out, you could be impacted, you know, um, if you’re in your career and you know, you’re at the highs or your or your lows of your career, you could be impacted is. It’s so many different, you know, uh, jewels in it, and, um, I, I want to share it with, with people because I feel like on my journey, um, so many people inspired me and, and. And it got me through days, months, years, and I feel like this is something that that could do for someone. We were talking earlier about, you know, getting to watch your son’s journey through the sport now. How’s that changed your lens now that, you know, you’re seeing maybe not little you but an extension of you kind of going through *** similar journey through *** sport that you both love? Oh man, it’s been probably my biggest blessing, you know, from like from going from. It’s *** hard transition to go from playing to not playing, but having *** son that plays the game, I get to teach him. I get to travel with him and watch him and. It’s been everything for me because I feel like it helped my transition from the game, you know what I’m saying, so it’s been great to see what he’s have accomplished, um. His hard work has paid off to where he could get *** scholarship to play basketball, so it’s been really cool. You have *** legacy on the court. People can see the journey that you had like through the highlights that we were just talking about or they can read about your story there. Why was it important for you to leave *** legacy through your story, the storytelling side of it? Um, because to me that’s how I’m inspired. Everybody, um, gets your message in different ways. Like sometimes, sometimes I could tell you something to inspire you, then I could show you something to inspire you, um, because some people don’t wanna be told straight up about like hey you should do this or do that, they wanna have get their own, have their own ideas, so if you watch it. Maybe you’ll get your own idea and then maybe you wanna ask me *** question that way when you when I talk to you about it you’re really kinda like take to it, you know. All right, God Grind greatness you can watch it on his website release date coming soon, so stay tuned for that.
Former NBA player, Brandon Bass, talks new documentary, “God, Grind, Greatness”
12-year NBA veteran and former Orlando Magic player Brandon Bass joins WESH 2 Sports to discuss his new documentary.
Updated: 9:42 AM EST Feb 27, 2026
In sports, we see the wins and the highlights — but we don’t always see the journey. Former NBA forward Brandon Bass joined us in the studio to open up about the moments that shaped his life on and off the court, detailed in his upcoming documentary God, Grind, Greatness.From lighthearted stories about learning self-reliance at a young age to deeply personal reflections about topics such as losing his mother, Bass offers a rare look at the experiences that fueled his faith, work ethic, and resilience. And now, navigating life after basketball while watching his son follow a similar path through the sport, Bass says God, Grind, Greatness is meant to inspire people at every stage of life.You can learn more at officialbrandonbass.com
In sports, we see the wins and the highlights — but we don’t always see the journey. Former NBA forward Brandon Bass joined us in the studio to open up about the moments that shaped his life on and off the court, detailed in his upcoming documentary God, Grind, Greatness.
From lighthearted stories about learning self-reliance at a young age to deeply personal reflections about topics such as losing his mother, Bass offers a rare look at the experiences that fueled his faith, work ethic, and resilience. And now, navigating life after basketball while watching his son follow a similar path through the sport, Bass says God, Grind, Greatness is meant to inspire people at every stage of life.
You can learn more at officialbrandonbass.com