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Originally posted by TimTaylor
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Originally posted by Chess Ref
The local high school has the kid of a former NBA player and now an Asst Coach of an NBA team on its squad. When the NBA team is home dad is always there, watching kid,who is a stud, very, very quietly. Some of the NBA players show up from time to time to watch also. Kid is the shining example of sportsmanship as is the father. Then I go ref my JR HIgh city semi-finals and Joe the plumber is screeching at me cause his son's team is losing by 35 and its my fault.
Go Figure.
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Not surprising to me. We have quite a few retired NBA players living in the area as well, and every time I've seen one attending their kids' gsmes they've been nothing but a class act. I think there are a couple of reasons: 1- They have a very good understanding of the game; 2- They've "been there done that", and have no need to live vicariously through their kids'.
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....and 3 - they do not want to do anything to draw attention to themselves, especially negative attention, and they also likely have to follow a code of conduct or face team penalties.
Don't mean to be cynical, but....