With the lockout still looming over the heads of NBA players, they are all starting to look for jobs or activities to keep themselves occupied. Andre Iguodala decided to combine his interest in finance and investements with his name recognition to get an internship on the NYSE:
Iguodala shadowed a venture capitalist and visited the New York Stock Exchange as part of a week-long internship with Bank of America Merrill Lynch arranged by his financial planner. If the lockout drags on, he’s also considering taking a separate internship with a hedge fund or an apparel company.
“I always had an interest in what was going on in the market,” Iguodala said. “I have a couple of teammates, Jason Kapono(notes) and Spencer Hawes(notes), who are into it. I always read USA Today and the Wall Street Journal, and I have an E-Trade account, so the interest in finance has always been there.
(H/T to Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports)
