For an NBA journeyman, the decision to call it quits on a basketball career is often out of his control. That may be the case for Maryland basketball legend Greivis Vasquez, who has been out of the league and battling an ankle injury since the Brooklyn Nets released him in 2016.
Vasquez, 32, has not retired from the NBA and is still working on a comeback as a basketball player. In the meantime, though, the former point guard started his post-career life by working as an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans' Summer League team this month. Vasquez, who played in New Orleans from 2011-2013, was tasked with the role of helping develop one of the most exciting groups of rookies in the league.
"It's an unbelievable experience for me. I haven't been around basketball the last couple of years because I was trying to get healthy and still am trying to get healthy," Vasquez told PressBox before the Pelicans' Summer League season ended. "It doesn't get any better than when you have the No. 1 pick on your team, you basically get all of the attention. I'm having a blast, I'm having a great time and I thank God for this opportunity."
