Nazr Mohammed ready for life after basketball

It’s one thing to be in the news and another thing to be delivering the news. Going in to Sportscaster U, the NBPA’s sports broadcast program, I didn’t know exactly what to expect. But once I got there, I was impressed by how the program covered every single aspect of sports broadcasting.

Personally, I think every player should go through Sportscaster U. because it shows you how much work goes on behind the scenes. It makes you want to be a better interviewee.

One part of the experience that I found surprising was how physically draining it was, especially since we are used to physically exerting our bodies. We are guys who work out for an hour or two, maybe twice a day. You can pretty much get your workouts done in about four hours, with some breaks in-between. Working a 9-to-5 (although we were there most nights until 6pm) and then trying to work out…I was exhausted, mentally and physically. Even though there was a lot of sitting, it was still mentally exhausting.