

Because crypto and the NFT is not a physical thing. And I think it just takes more and more people seeing to believe in. But just like anything, I think it’s obviously gonna shoot back up very soon. Right now I’m at a point where I’m going to let the chips fall where they fall and see what happens.

On how closely he’s been watching the cryptocurrency market amid its recent collapse… So I’m trying to just bridge that gap and be that person that a lot of people look up to from where I’m from, to just let them know that they can be in that space and it’s not only for rich people who have a lot of money to play with. I’m really trying to get involved in the in the Chibi Dino NFT space just to make sure that I’m connecting the bridge with younger Black kids that look like me who have no idea about it and who think they can’t get involved in it, which they can but they don’t know enough about it. We want to get started on a few projects, we really wanted to start off by learning about the space before doing anything serious in it and we’re still in that process of learning about it. On exploring Web3 business opportunities with his partner Jilian Aiken… It is certainly something that we are exploring,” NBPA executive director Tamika Tremaglio said at SportTechie’s State Of The Industry in March regarding the league’s use of player-tracking devices. We have to look at what that will mean going forward. Mann spoke with SportTechie about his Web3 interests and his use of performance-tracking technologies such as the Noah Basketball shooting analytics camera system, Kinexon’s wearable sensors, the Oura Ring and the privacy concerns that come with using those devices. Mann and Aiken attended several events together at the NFT NYC conference in June.

Mann is now working with his business partner and W3 Sports founder Julian Aiken to further his pursuits in the Web3 space. Chibi Dino NFTs appear as animated dinosaur-like figures who wear basketball jerseys, with the token’s owners able to participate in mini games and access other exclusive content. Off the court, Mann has a shoe deal with Chinese sports apparel brand Anta and announced a partnership in April with the basketball-themed NFT collection Chibi Dinos. And definitely helped me realize that I have to get involved and get people who look like me on the wave,” Mann tells SportTechie about his passion to grow diversity in the crypto and Web3 industry. “Hearing that Staples turned into Crypto definitely opened my eyes to damn, this space is going to be huge eventually. Among his early NBA career highlights was his 39-point playoff performance (with seven-made threes) in Game 6 of the 2021 Western Conference Semifinals at Staples Center–now Arena-to eliminate the Utah Jazz and propel the Clippers to its first Western Conference Finals in franchise history. Mann, 25, was drafted in the second round (48 th overall) by the Clippers in 2019 after playing four years at Florida State. The versatile six-foot-five shooting guard and small forward played 28 minutes per game and averaged 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists while making 33 starts in his third NBA season.

Terance Mann emerged as a sold all-around role player for the Los Angeles Clippers last season, averaging 10.8 points per game on 48% shooting while reliably playing in 81 of the team 82’s regular season game.
