It started, Marc Stein writes Monday, in all places, a Harvard University classroom in the summer of 2018. Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie and his Celtics counterpart, Kyrie Irving, were among several NBA players to attend a program called “Crossover Into Business,” a semester-long seminar at Harvard Business School taught by professor Anita Elberse.
The program is designed to help pro athletes better prepare themselves for “business activities during and after their active sports careers.” In the class photo, that’s Dinwiddie in a hoodie, top row center; Irving, with arms crossed, is far left.