Now more than ever, leaving the NBA behind doesn't mean the end of a player's basketball career. In fact, it can be the beginning.
Many players head overseas to play in other leagues, both as a place to start their journies and as a place to end them. At this point, Australia's NBL, the EuroLeague, and the Chinese Basketball League are just the tip of a very big international iceberg.
Even if they aren't playing anymore, there is an entire world of coaching and front office positions that need to be filled. That's where someone with Mike Bibby's experience comes in as the new men's coach at Sacramento State, where he just ran his first practice.