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Nice piece on one of my favorite Gophers (and let's be honest, I'm biased as he's a good friend and I think the world of Trevor)!
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/06/27/former-gopher-trevor-mbakwe-pro-basketball-overseas/ (Video)
Trevor Mbakwe is back in town and playing the Twin Cities Pro-Am at DeLaSalle High School. He just finished another professional season, this one in Russia.
“It was cool. I really didn’t know what to expect. You know you hear what you hear on the news but it was a good experience,” Mbakwe said. “I was in St. Petersburg, a really beautiful city, very modern.”
He is like a lot of aspiring basketball players. Mbakwe had a shot in the NBA when he worked out for the Timberwolves and other teams. It’s the ultimate destination. But across the ocean, that’s pretty good too.
“I mean I still get Summer League offers and stuff like that, but the European schedule is so long and it’s kind of hard to turn down some offers I’ve received the last few years,” Mbakwe said. “Guaranteed deals for the shot of chasing the dream, which is the NBA.”
He’s slowly matured like big men since his days as a Gopher, and he’s learned to become a force.
“Trevor is an animal, he’s an animal. He’s a beast on the boards and defensively, and the more experience you get as a player, the game comes easier,” Jamar Diggs, director of the Twin Cities Pro-Am, said. “You odn’t have to work as hard because you work smarter.”
Things have changed in his personal life. A husband and father of two, they’re all getting educated.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/06/27/former-gopher-trevor-mbakwe-pro-basketball-overseas/ (Video)
Trevor Mbakwe is back in town and playing the Twin Cities Pro-Am at DeLaSalle High School. He just finished another professional season, this one in Russia.
“It was cool. I really didn’t know what to expect. You know you hear what you hear on the news but it was a good experience,” Mbakwe said. “I was in St. Petersburg, a really beautiful city, very modern.”
He is like a lot of aspiring basketball players. Mbakwe had a shot in the NBA when he worked out for the Timberwolves and other teams. It’s the ultimate destination. But across the ocean, that’s pretty good too.
“I mean I still get Summer League offers and stuff like that, but the European schedule is so long and it’s kind of hard to turn down some offers I’ve received the last few years,” Mbakwe said. “Guaranteed deals for the shot of chasing the dream, which is the NBA.”
He’s slowly matured like big men since his days as a Gopher, and he’s learned to become a force.
“Trevor is an animal, he’s an animal. He’s a beast on the boards and defensively, and the more experience you get as a player, the game comes easier,” Jamar Diggs, director of the Twin Cities Pro-Am, said. “You odn’t have to work as hard because you work smarter.”
Things have changed in his personal life. A husband and father of two, they’re all getting educated.