Former NBA Player Shelvin Mack at the NBPA HBCU Top 50 Camp

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00:00 >> All right, so what does it mean for you to be part of the NBPA HEC Utah?

00:05 >> It means a lot.

00:06 I'm glad to get down here, see these guys.

00:08 I know they'll get a lot of attention throughout the year, put a lot of hard

00:11 work, it's good to be hands on with them.

00:14 I'm able to work on my coaching side as well.

00:17 It's been great, guys coming out, put a lot of energy into it and

00:19 they'll take advantage of the situation.

00:21 >> Absolutely, now of course, I learned yesterday that you wanna go into

00:25 a coaching career now, your same career is mostly over.

00:28 What inspired you to kind of get into coaching?

00:30 >> I play for a lot of great coaches.

00:31 We've been here in Atlanta playing for Coach Bud,

00:33 Quinn Snyder who's the Atlanta head coach now, Brad Stevens.

00:37 I think I picked up a lot of information throughout the years.

00:40 Playing for these guys, I'm gonna be able to share that knowledge and

00:42 I think I can connect with players really well.

00:44 Playing on multiple teams, having multiple teammates and

00:47 being in different situations.

00:48 I think I can help these guys out, understand to get them to the next level.

00:52 >> Now, where have you coached up to now?

00:55 Where do you plan to coach going forward, whether it's high school, college or

00:58 professional?

00:58 >> Currently, I haven't really did too much coaching.

01:01 I'm trying it out, see if I really enjoy it, like it or not.

01:05 So never know where it can go, I have some opportunities, but

01:08 I just love to be around the game.

01:10 Once you're done playing, find out a way to stay around, so it's been good.

01:14 >> Last question about the camps.

01:16 The narrative is, HGCU Athletics is such a dispair between them and

01:20 everybody else in college.

01:21 >> [APPLAUSE] >> So what do you see on the camp here

01:23 from these players?

01:24 What do you say about the talent you've witnessed the past couple of days?

01:27 >> The talent's been great, phenomenal.

01:29 I really don't believe that narrative, coming from a mid-major at that highest

01:33 level.

01:34 The biggest difference is kinda sometimes in bigs and the height, but

01:37 the guard play, the skill level, everyone's trained, working on the game,

01:41 the craft, these guys have game.

01:43 You can see it, I think having more cameras out, being in a situation here with

01:47 the NBPA, show some light on it, but help these guys out in the future.