I’m sure this event has
occurred someplace in time somewhere. On
Wednesday evening the Mavs and Luka Doncic faced the Lakers in Staples
Center. It’s being reported probably
during a stoppage of play Mavs rookie Doncic ask Lebron James for an autographed
jersey. I can’t remember a similar story
however as indicated I’m sure this is not the first time for this happening. Players are just like fans, once in the
presence of someone they admire they are awe struck in their presence, that
certainly was the case for Doncic. Don’t
be surprised if you hear of Doncic repeating this again say with a Kobe Bryant
or some other past or present NBA All-Star.
You don’t know Tom Keegan
Neither do I, he is a writer
for the Lawrence Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas. Over the course of time I’m quite sure he’s
seen plenty of Kansas basketball talent.
We have an afternoon drive-time sports person who knows EVERYTHING. The Keegan interview became a
point-counterpoint discussion, below is
a paraphrase of the interview.
Radio guy: Don’t you think _________is the best Self’s
ever had?
Keegan: No that would be ___________
Radio guy: You think the Jayhawks might be able to lure ________from__________
Keegan: No, ___________is the number one recruiter in
that city.
Radio guy: _________ has not
signed with anybody however his revised list excluded Kansas.
Keegan: Prospects might be
uncomfortable signing with Kansas based of the Adidas New York trial.
On and on it went with
Keegan shooting down all this guy’s basketball questions. The point I’m attempting to make, this writer
has not been distracted by the “flashing lights and noise.” It appears he looks at Kansas basketball in
the same manner as other highly successful programs. For me it was refreshing to hear the radio
guy politely shut down.
It had to be a double
Wednesday night one of the Wolves players looked remarkably like Derrick Rose. It couldn’t have been Rose; this imitator led the way to victory scoring 50 points. He even played defense blocking a key shot that would lead to the 128-125 victory over the Jazz. Along with the astounding point total this cloned version of Rose also pulled down 6 rebounds and dished out 4 assists. The lookalike wasn’t just jacking up shots, he managed to shoot .613 from the floor. I checked ESPN.com’s NBA page and they indicate this replica of Derrick Rose just turned 30 years of age, if this game is not an anomaly maybe some of his old game remains.
Wednesday night one of the Wolves players looked remarkably like Derrick Rose. It couldn’t have been Rose; this imitator led the way to victory scoring 50 points. He even played defense blocking a key shot that would lead to the 128-125 victory over the Jazz. Along with the astounding point total this cloned version of Rose also pulled down 6 rebounds and dished out 4 assists. The lookalike wasn’t just jacking up shots, he managed to shoot .613 from the floor. I checked ESPN.com’s NBA page and they indicate this replica of Derrick Rose just turned 30 years of age, if this game is not an anomaly maybe some of his old game remains.
Surgery
We heard the news earlier, Shareef O’Neal would miss the 2018-19 season for UCLA. The son of Shaquille and Shaunie O’Neal committed first to Arizona and later changed his mind. It was never clear why he changed his mind; the belief might have been Arizona was facing possible sanctions regarding the Adidas trial and its connection to Sean Miller. The 6-foot 9-inch 209-pound O’Neal was prepared to begin play and then BAM. A routine health check uncovered a heart issue which is serious enough to require surgery, he would sit out this season prepared to begin play in 2019-20.
We heard the news earlier, Shareef O’Neal would miss the 2018-19 season for UCLA. The son of Shaquille and Shaunie O’Neal committed first to Arizona and later changed his mind. It was never clear why he changed his mind; the belief might have been Arizona was facing possible sanctions regarding the Adidas trial and its connection to Sean Miller. The 6-foot 9-inch 209-pound O’Neal was prepared to begin play and then BAM. A routine health check uncovered a heart issue which is serious enough to require surgery, he would sit out this season prepared to begin play in 2019-20.
