There, Eversley worked as a floor supervisor, managing staffing, scheduling and logistics for 60 employees. “Applied for the job, not really knowing what I was applying for and it ended up being a job at a Nike retail outlet store (in Cookston). “I saw an advertisement for the Nike swoosh, and I thought, 'What the heck is this?’ he said. “Basketball is something I always wanted to play at a high level, but I thought if I'm not going to play at a really high level I might as well have aspirations to either work either for the NBA, the association, or work with an NBA team.”Īfter getting his degree, it was back to Canada, where, flipping through a newspaper, he found the break of a lifetime in the classifieds. Growing up I promised my parents that if I did go to university that I'd get my degree, so I really put most of my efforts into making sure I graduated and got a degree. “I could have gone and played overseas if I wanted to, but I chose not to do that. But you're probably not going to be an NBA draftee,” he said. “You kind of realize somewhere along the way that you're good. Though aspirations of playing at the highest level eventually faded, different dreams soon took their place.

To call the nod a culmination may be reductive - there remains work to be done. Though Eversley doesn’t yet know exactly what that will entail, he said he looks forward to providing his expertise wherever necessary. “I'm proud to say that I'm from there.”Įversley speaks with similar assurance of recently being tapped for a position as a Class A Director on the Board of Canada Basketball, where he will, according to a release, help oversee basketball operations. “ Most of my best friends are still there in little old Brampton,” Eversley said from his Advocate Center office in a Zoom interview with NBC Sports Chicago.

It’s that pocket on the outskirts of the Greater Toronto Area that Eversley spent the latter half of his childhood and grew to love the game of basketball. His professional travels have seen stops in Cookstown, Ont., Portland, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and now Chicago.īut for the Bulls’ general manager, home will always be Brampton. Marc Eversley’s family moved from London to the Jane and Finch neighborhood of Toronto when he was four years old.

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