Road Trip (2002)
“It was gigantic and filled with large circular tables. The ceiling stretched up into the heights — at the very center it became a dome that must have been three or four stories high. I didn’t think I’d ever seen a room this fancy, except for maybe on television.
The tables were starting to fill up with people. Each table was set with dishes and glasses and lots and lots of knives and forks and had a big centerpiece made of flowers set around a miniature basketball. At the top of each centerpiec...e was a sign that identified who was supposed to sit at that table. It had the name of the club and where it was from. As we passed I looked at the signs.
Of course I didn’t recognize the names of the clubs, but the cities were hard not to know: Detroit, Philadelphia, L.A., New York. I didn’t actually know anybody who lived in any of those cities, but I did know that a whole lot of the very best players in the NBA were born and raised in those places. Which meant that at one point those NBA players were kids my age who had maybe played for rep teams like these kids did.MoreLess
The tables were starting to fill up with people. Each table was set with dishes and glasses and lots and lots of knives and forks and had a big centerpiece made of flowers set around a miniature basketball. At the top of each centerpiec...e was a sign that identified who was supposed to sit at that table. It had the name of the club and where it was from. As we passed I looked at the signs.
Of course I didn’t recognize the names of the clubs, but the cities were hard not to know: Detroit, Philadelphia, L.A., New York. I didn’t actually know anybody who lived in any of those cities, but I did know that a whole lot of the very best players in the NBA were born and raised in those places. Which meant that at one point those NBA players were kids my age who had maybe played for rep teams like these kids did.MoreLess
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