Solomon Hill earned $11.2 million playing basketball last season for the New Orleans Pelicans, which suggests he might want to summer at the beach in Ibiza or on a private island somewhere.
Not inside a steamy gym working out with a bunch of teenagers. But he is.
The former UA forward has been serving as an assistant coach this month for the California Supreme club, spending a week in training camp with them and serving on a star-studded staff this week along with former NBA standouts Shaquille O’Neal and Kenyon Martin.
“I’ve been thinking about (vacationing) but I don’t think I’d put myself in position to be doing that,” Hill said. “This allows me to be with the youth and get my workouts in. I feel I’m doing a little bit of both. You get to go to Vegas, you get to work out and you get to coach the young guys.”
That’s a typical reaction from Hill, the way Gary Franklin sees it. Franklin, the director of the Cal Supreme program, has known Hill since he played for the club as a high schooler himself.
“He’s always been a great kid,” Franklin said. “He’s grown up and he’s great player but, man, he’s just a remarkable person. We’ve asked him to do a lot of different things, and he’s always done them.”
