Most of the players in the NCAA tournament will not make it to the NBA. Those who want to extend their careers beyond graduation will likely have to get their passports ready. (via OnlyAGameNPR and WBUR)
"You'd hear, ‘Oh, man, I hear so-and-so is making $200,000, $300,000,’"Tyler recalls."And I'm like, 'Just for playing basketball?' Like, 'I've been playing basketball forOne of Tyler's Penn State teammates was from Germany. He told Tyler that in Europe he'd probably make about $90,000 his first year.
"And she says, 'Tyler' — and she's out of breath," Tyler recalls."She's like, 'You gotta call this guy. He has an offer for $230,000 in England for two years. You gotta call him right now!' And I'm like, 'Wow. Now, this is what I've been waiting for.
"He says, 'Tyler, this guy's a scam artist. He's gonna ask you for a few hundred bucks or a thousand bucks for a work visa or some kind of crazy paperwork. And then he's going to be gone,'"Tyler recalls."And I was so angry, 'cause I felt like, man, this is real. This is what I've been dreaming for. But that was my first offer — turned into a non-offer."A few weeks later, a call came in from an agent in Germany.
Then Tyler went to the team’s gym. There were no toilets, just holes in the floor. And no toilet paper."It was like this hard, tile, concrete floor. I'm like, 'This is what you guys play on?'"Tyler recalls."He says, 'Oh, yes.' I'm like, 'Are all the other floors like this?' 'Oh, yes.'" Tyler showed up at Diego’s house the next day. He says Diego’s mom gave him the biggest kisses he’d gotten since he’d seen his own grandmother — plus she spoke in extra slow Spanish so that Tyler could understand. Tyler ended up hitting it off with Diego’s entire family.And when he went to practice before the team’s first game, his good fortune continued.
And while the concrete floors did take a toll, Tyler managed to keep playing thanks to a sophisticated regimen of ice and Aleve. "Man, I had all the fresh OJ I could handle," he says."Everybody probably thought I was crazy. Like, 'Dude, what's up with this guy and orange juice? It's like all he drinks.' But I'm like, 'Dude, this is like eight bucks a glass back in the States.'"
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