Welcome to The Phonetic: An audio sports storytelling experience.

My name is Jake Fischer. You've likely read my work at Sports Illustrated, The Boston Globe and SB Nation among others. In today's ever-changing media landscape, everyone has a podcast. But few, if any, use the growing medium to produce original storytelling. I will use this space to recreate all of my upcoming written work phonetically, through sound. Thank you for listening, I hope you enjoy and please send any feedback you have to [email protected].

Today's episode is the audio book version of my SI.com story on Ish Smith finally finding a home with the Detroit Pistons: on.si.com/2fkm3hW. After six years and nine teams, his nomadic journey has finally come to end. Special shoutout to @rich_hofmann of The Philly Voice for helping procure some of the audio.

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Intro/Outro music: I'm Done - Spose.