Adam Fondren, Deseret News
Ekpe Udoh's reads from the book "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng during his book club at the Zions Bank Basketball Campus in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017.
SALT LAKE CITY — Playing professional basketball definitely takes its share of physical strength, but Utah Jazz center Ekpe Udoh — who runs a largely online book club via Twitter — is as interested in working out his brain as he is his body.
“Knowledge is power,” Udoh said. “You can travel through the world’s history if that’s what you’re into, or if you’re into fiction, it can take you on a journey wherever you want to go.