Scot Pollard played in the NBA for 11 seasons, including three for the Pacers, and he won an NBA Championship in his final season, 2008, while with the Boston Celtics. - He’s on the latest season of Survivor, which currently airs at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS. The group of 18 is gone for seven weeks and isolated on Kaoh Rong, the second largest island of Cambodia. The lone survivor wins a grand prize of $1 million. - Pollard, 41, has always been up for a challenge. At 6-foot-11 he’s obviously long, and being a professional athlete for more than a decade taught him all kinds of lessons. He’s mentally strong and wanted to test his strength. - And his time away led him to having a child on the way with his wife, Dawn. - Subscribe to the Pacers Podcast on iTunes or on Stitcher. - Topics Discussed: - - * Why he wanted to be a contestant - * How he declined his first invitation to be on the show - * What life was like for him on this island in Southeast Asia - * How real this reality TV show truly is - * What, if any, interaction he had with the CBS crew - * The three things he’d want if stranded on an island, again