Lessons for Life and Business
Earlier this summer, I was at the NBA draft, watching the newest round of players get selected onto various NBA teams. As is always the case, it’s a day filled with incredible excitement, anticipation, nervousness, and — for some — sadness. Every year, it brings up memories of the year I was drafted. It was…
Read more about Reflecting on the 2019 NBA Draft: Embracing Your Rookie Season
In the middle of my first group project in business school, the phone rang. Two members of my group were calling, concerned about our project. I could tell they were uncomfortable about something and eventually I figured out it had to do with my portion of the work. I’d totally missed on what we were…
Read more about Life Lessons from Athletics: Being Open to Feedback
When I was a kid, there were so many school nights I didn’t get to bed until 12am. Not because I was out messing around (my parents would have never allowed that!), but because I was playing basketball. When my family moved across town when I was 15 years old, I rode the bus for…
Read more about Life Lessons from Athletics: Doing Whatever it Takes to Achieve Your Goals
When I was 19 years old, I was drafted into the NBA by the Vancouver Grizzlies. Along with trying to acclimate myself as quickly as possible to the life and pressure of professional basketball, I had an additional challenge: trying to find my place on a team with players very different than me. At that…
Read more about Life Lessons from Athletics: Interacting with People from Different Backgrounds
I was a junior at Wheeler High School in Marietta, GA, when we won the state basketball championship — a championship no one expected us to win. Two years prior, we’d only won four games the entire season, and now here we were, winning the state trophy. Despite the bevy of teams who were more…
One of the things I love most about sports is its expansiveness — how it can make an impact on people’s lives, even if they never set foot on a playing field. As someone whose connection with basketball involves playing professionally, it’s exciting to me to see how others connect with the game in different…
