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Former New York Knicks Guard Retires from NBA at Age 28 to Pursue Business - Essentially Sports
Published 08/25/2021, 10:52 AM CDT
"Any aspiring athlete who works towards becoming a professional basketball player wants to play as long as his body allows him. There are NBA players who have played through their 30s and 40s, keeping themselves in shape. Take LeBron James also, for example, but some aren’t as lucky. Former Knicks and CSKA guard Ron Baker has retired from his dream job at just 28 years of age but is also starting a new venture in which he will keep himself busy....
What is former Knicks player’s new business?
It was back in May 2021 that Baker announced his retirement on the TBT Podcast. He explained that even though his hip surgeries were successful; he had made the decision to start a new chapter in his life instead, which will be entering the world of business.
As per Basket news, “His next job is as a project manager in Ascension Via Christi’s strategy and business development department, a role he says combines several passions — health care, business, and the desire to impact his community. He begins on August 30.”
Baker also shared his thoughts on the big move. He said, “I love basketball and what it’s done for me, it’s given me a lot of connections in that world… I reached my dream at age 23, and some people don’t do that. I felt like I did the best I could for 27 years in that profession, so I can live with that and I can move on knowing that I did my best and made those that sacrificed for me, like my parents, proud.”
Baker’s basketball career may have died, but his ambitions have clearly not. While he could be sitting home and enjoying the retired man’s game, golf, he is going to continue to find more success elsewhere."
Published 08/25/2021, 10:52 AM CDT
"Any aspiring athlete who works towards becoming a professional basketball player wants to play as long as his body allows him. There are NBA players who have played through their 30s and 40s, keeping themselves in shape. Take LeBron James also, for example, but some aren’t as lucky. Former Knicks and CSKA guard Ron Baker has retired from his dream job at just 28 years of age but is also starting a new venture in which he will keep himself busy....
What is former Knicks player’s new business?
It was back in May 2021 that Baker announced his retirement on the TBT Podcast. He explained that even though his hip surgeries were successful; he had made the decision to start a new chapter in his life instead, which will be entering the world of business.
As per Basket news, “His next job is as a project manager in Ascension Via Christi’s strategy and business development department, a role he says combines several passions — health care, business, and the desire to impact his community. He begins on August 30.”
Baker also shared his thoughts on the big move. He said, “I love basketball and what it’s done for me, it’s given me a lot of connections in that world… I reached my dream at age 23, and some people don’t do that. I felt like I did the best I could for 27 years in that profession, so I can live with that and I can move on knowing that I did my best and made those that sacrificed for me, like my parents, proud.”
Baker’s basketball career may have died, but his ambitions have clearly not. While he could be sitting home and enjoying the retired man’s game, golf, he is going to continue to find more success elsewhere."
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