But the man in front of him was an exception. Kevin Johnson went directly into politics after retirement.
As a native of Sacramento, Johnson was elected mayor in '08 and has been serving ever since.
Hansen hadn't been aware of these things before and only realized the professional connection after Divac's introduction.
Because of basketball as a shared topic, their conversation in the car was very smooth.
Moreover, Johnson was visibly excited.
For him, Hansen's arrival didn't just mean vast business opportunities; more critically, it meant making Sacramento prosperous.
The American Dream is too generic when everyone has a heart for hometown prosperity and development.
In the car, Johnson shared these thoughts with Hansen more specifically.
The development of cities is phased, like Cleveland, which prospered due to industry and declined with deindustrialization; Sacramento rose because of the gold rush, and as the gold was exhausted, its prosperity naturally declined too.
