duncan228
10-31-2008, 03:24 PM
Jeff McDonald: Home, sweet home for Udoka ... and his mom (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/archives/2008/10/jeff_mcdonald_h_8.html)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Ime Udoka was all smiles at the Spurs' shootaround this morning, and why not?
He was back in Portland, where he was born and raised. He had secured 20 tickets (and counting) for friends and family who wanted to see tonight's game against the Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden.
And he had just given his mother, Agnes, the most pleasant shock of her life.
A night earlier, instead of taking his mother out to dinner, Udoka surprised her with a new house.
"I told her I had to drop some stuff off at a friend's house on the way to dinner," Udoka said.
When the pair pulled up to the "friend's" house in the Portland suburbs, several of Agnes Udoka's friends and family were already there. That's when her son uttered two surprising words: "Welcome home."
The ruse had been in the planning stages for months. Udoka purchased the property over the offseason, and his older sister Mfon spent the time since having it furnished and refurbished.
It is sure that Agnes Udoka smiled brightly when presented with her new home. But it would be hard to beat the smile on her son's face as he recounted the story Friday morning.
"This is something I've been wanting to do for a while," Udoka said. "It was 10 times better than buying your own house."
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Ime Udoka was all smiles at the Spurs' shootaround this morning, and why not?
He was back in Portland, where he was born and raised. He had secured 20 tickets (and counting) for friends and family who wanted to see tonight's game against the Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden.
And he had just given his mother, Agnes, the most pleasant shock of her life.
A night earlier, instead of taking his mother out to dinner, Udoka surprised her with a new house.
"I told her I had to drop some stuff off at a friend's house on the way to dinner," Udoka said.
When the pair pulled up to the "friend's" house in the Portland suburbs, several of Agnes Udoka's friends and family were already there. That's when her son uttered two surprising words: "Welcome home."
The ruse had been in the planning stages for months. Udoka purchased the property over the offseason, and his older sister Mfon spent the time since having it furnished and refurbished.
It is sure that Agnes Udoka smiled brightly when presented with her new home. But it would be hard to beat the smile on her son's face as he recounted the story Friday morning.
"This is something I've been wanting to do for a while," Udoka said. "It was 10 times better than buying your own house."