In charting an unlikely route to an NBA dream job, a wise Raptor once built a brand on a belief: Bet on yourself, went the mantra.
Amy Audibert can relate. In pursuing her path in the broadcasting arm of the world’s best basketball league, Audibert has more than once been inspired to roll the proverbial dice — or, in this particular case, play the nearest available slot machine. The year was 2017, when Audibert was an up-and-coming broadcaster taking annual networking trips to the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. If the trips were aimed at making connections in the league and could be spun as smart investments, they were also self-financed.