Fun Basketball

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by TimTaylor

Not this group. We're talking guys like Greg Smith, Nick Jones, Darnell Valentine, Shaler Halimon, Larry Steele, Bob Gross, Michael Harper, Dale Schlueter, Darrall Imhoff and others like them. These are old school NBA folks who went on to become contributing members of the community after leaving the NBA, and each and every one I've had the opportunity to meet is truly a class act. Over the years they volunteered hundreds of hours of their own time to participate in fund raising events that have raised millions of dollars for schools and other civic organizations.

These are good people, and don't deserve to be the target of snide comments.

I was able to work a Blazer alumni game two years ago at my local HS. We had my grandson Tyler dress up as a ref and run along the sideline during the game mimicking our signals. The players thought it was really funny. At halftime, I had him go over to Dale Schlueter and give him a T just for laughs.

Pretty much, you work this type of game like you would imagine working a Globetrotter game. The guys are just fun to work with.

BTW - I once tossed Kevin Kunnert when he was coaching his daughter in a local rec game. It was really weird.