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I wouldn't sign either, at least not for adults, just so they could flip it on Ebay. Bird kind of did that; he'd sign occasionally for kids, but he'd only write LB for adults.
Met Stu Lantz & Chick Hearn at a Laker's VIP pregame event at the Forum in 1996 - I got the tickets when I used to work at Best Buy on the geek squad - nobody else in the store even wanted to go, so i took one of my buddies - free food & booze before the game (I know they are broacasters, not players, but Stu did play in the NBA for 8 years). Stu seemed like he wanted to be anywhere else, but Chick was really, really nice & personable.
Chick (& Magic) were the only reason I became a Lakers fan - they were 2 of the most colorful & entertaining people (on the mic & court) ever associated with the NBA. Two of the most memorable (and worst) days of the sports fan part of my life were a) the day that magic announced that he was HIV positive & retiring, and b) the day that chick died.
I wouldn't sign either, at least not for adults, just so they could flip it on Ebay. Bird kind of did that; he'd sign occasionally for kids, but he'd only write LB for adults.
I got to meet Chick a couple of times. As great of a guy as he was a broadcaster. RIP Chick.
chick hearn was the best
No. Well, not that I know of.
I saw Rudy T come out of a blues club in Houston in the 90's. He was hammered and very friendly to everybody. He was like the mayor of the city back then. Another time I saw Calvin Murphy with a sketchy looking woman at a Kettle at like 3am on the east side of Houston. I was glancing over at him and telling the people at my table that he was there and Calvin was giving me the biggest stink eye ever.
I don't know, I guess I didn't want to make it look like he owed an autograph to me.
Didn't want to elicit negative reactions too.
Love reading the stories...well most of them from the real fans.
Never gets old!
Meeting for me is talking and I met and talked to these guys:
Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash at the NBA Store in New York in 2001 when they were on the show broadcasted live from there. After the show they went shopping and I told Dirk in German good luck for the game the next day vs. the Knicks. He was surprised I talked German to him and thanked me. Went on a picture with him and with Nash at the store. They were realy cool guys even back then before they were stars.
Met Steve Smith a day before the championship parade in '03 at a gas station @ Stone Oak. Me and my friend were wearing our San Antonio Express Championship edition t-shirts that we just bought. We thanked Steve for the great games and keeping Buckets in check. He laughed and thanked us and pointed us out that his arm was in the picture on the shirts as he showed us his tattoo on his arm that was the same one as the arms on the shirt (lol)! He was realy excited that his arms was on there. We told him we'd see him in the parade the next day and gave him some shirts for his family that was in the car. Got on a picture with him and he signed our shirts and said goodbye.
Coby Dietrich smashed an egg on my head at NIOSA in San Antonio.
Met Mr. Robinson several times and reported about it on here (SBC Center players tunnel, several times at the Carver Academy and @ his retirement gala).
Shook many hands and gave a lot of high-fives to many Spurs players and coaches at games, signing sessions in San Antonio and Paris and inside the practise facility. Also Charles Barkley and Magic when they were doing TNT OT from the SBC. And Dr. Jack Ramsey at the SBC the night of the '03 Championship when there were just a few people left in the stadium and he came walking up the stairs and asked us who won.
Not to forget the brief meeting I had with Mr. Holt after a game when he told me: "Wish we had more dedicated fans like you over here". What can anybody say to a fan that is more meaningful than this from the owner of the team himself?
Proud to be a Spurs fan and blessed to have lived my dream.
i miss chick. your new announcers suck balls.
I wouldn't know,,,I got my initial NBA Package just after Hearn died.
What did he eat?
And which team did he gamble on?
And is he gay?
He eats standing up, I read that years ago when he was in Phoenix.
Why? because he thought he would burn more calories that way?
That's awesome!
I met most of the SUNS including Kevin Johnson,Tom Chambers,Mark West,Hornacek etc(i think Rambis was there too)...
They served me spaghetti as celebrity waiters for a charity in downtown Tempe. It must have been circa '88 or '89.
I've met hundreds but that doesn't compare to the year I spent as Stephen Jackson's neighbor. His townhouse front door was about fifteen feet away from mine. It was the year he spent on the Spurs when he barely played. His way of staying in game shape was bringing back two chicks every night. And always different chicks. I've never seen a human party that hard and that consistently ... and with that much success.
^^That would be just a warm up. I seriously don't know how he mixed in his NBA responsibilities at the time.
He ended up permanently borrowing some of my ish but that was a good year
i forgot horry at pf changs during the '07 run.
smelled like weed huh?I've met hundreds but that doesn't compare to the year I spent as Stephen Jackson's neighbor. His townhouse front door was about fifteen feet away from mine. It was the year he spent on the Spurs when he barely played. His way of staying in game shape was bringing back two chicks every night. And always different chicks. I've never seen a human party that hard and that consistently ... and with that much success.
^^That would be just a warm up. I seriously don't know how he mixed in his NBA responsibilities at the time.
He ended up permanently borrowing some of my ish but that was a good year
Was no reason, just his way.
Wait... You got to party WITH Jax? That's in awesome if you did.I've met hundreds but that doesn't compare to the year I spent as Stephen Jackson's neighbor. His townhouse front door was about fifteen feet away from mine. It was the year he spent on the Spurs when he barely played. His way of staying in game shape was bringing back two chicks every night. And always different chicks. I've never seen a human party that hard and that consistently ... and with that much success.
^^That would be just a warm up. I seriously don't know how he mixed in his NBA responsibilities at the time.
He ended up permanently borrowing some of my ish but that was a good year
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Bill Walton
Clyde Drexler
Larry Bird
Kevin McHale
Cedric Maxwell
Theo Ratliff
Kevin Duckworth
Jerome Kersey
Terry Porter
Maurice Lucas
Those are the first ones that come to my mind...
Oh, and MJ. I guess I should throw him in there.
Not an NBA player but Spurs fans might get a kick out of this.
Back in '98 when I was still in high school, I went to a small party at the house of some girl who I had been friends with for a couple years. I walk into their living room and they have a big family portrait over the fireplace. I look at the picture and say, "Damn, your dad really looks like Jay Howard."
She responds by saying, "Yeah, Jay Howard is my dad."
It was a total WTF moment where I was thinking how did I not know your dad was Jay Howard and why haven't you hooked me up with some tickets?
Let me speak something you would understand, sucker. Don't be an anklebiting little bag. Everybody realizes you are an illiterate moron who follows a toilet franchise. There's no need to spell it out.
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