One might imagine a star NBA forward would already feel he had achieved his dreams, but not for the Brooklyn Nets’ Mikal Bridges.
Since he was young, there was something else he had always wanted to do—teach second grade.
Getting back to Brooklyn after 1:00 a.m. following a March 2024 victory over the Cavaliers 120-101, Bridges was up the next morning teaching a second-grade class at PS 134 in the borough.
Despite the dearth of sleep, Bridges told CBS News that the kids helped energize him.
“Their energy was just like, what got me going so fast. They got me excited,” Bridges said.
“I loved second grade when I was young,” he added. “I feel like that was one of the years I really remember. Just having a great year. I had a great teacher named Ms. Porter and just I feel like I always loved second grade.”
Bridges got to lead PE class, teach math, which he says was his most successful subject, and also sit in on the xylophone course.
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Bridges told both the kids and CBS that he has his eye on a teaching position after his career in the NBA comes to an end.
“But basketball doesn’t go forever,” he answered to a child’s question. “This is just the first part of my journey, so I think teacher is going to come up next. Trying to do both.”
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