Terance Mann: There’s a lot of money to be made not being a star

Veteran Terance Mann says that he’s trying to help the Brooklyn Nets’ young players understand what the NBA is truly about from past experiences.

(via Brooklyn Nets):

“I think that not every one, not every night’s gonna be your night. A lot of these young guys come from situations where they have the ball most of the time, they’re the main guy on the team, and they’re expected to always play well and expected for shots to always go in and expected to always have every play call for them. And there’s a lot of money to be made in this league not being that person. Being a guy that’s waiting on his turn. Being a guy that comes every day on time. Being a guy that gets extra shots. Being a guy that stays late, comes in early. Being a great locker room guy, respecting everybody in the locker room. 

“So there’s a lot of money to be made when you’re that guy, and a lot of people come to this league and they just want to be that guy. They all want to be that All-Star. They all want to take 10-plus shots a game. They all want to play 30 minutes. But that’s not what it’s all about and a lot of championship teams understand that, and that’s really what I want to bring to this organization.”