When I was Your Age

Getting a job in the NBA

I was talking with someone the other day about getting a job in the NBA and I started a diatribe of, “when I was your age?!”

When I was your age, there were only around 30 NBA internships available each year. There was the Video Internship and the Basketball Operations Internship. And not every team had them available each season.

But I stopped before I completed my, “when I was your age?”

Actually, no, while there were less job opportunities at the time, the barrier of entry was much lower. There was less competition and demand for the jobs. And the current amount of opportunities has spiked incredibly!

There went from two internship opportunities to…