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OT - I met one of the "big shots"
No, not a player, but a former NBA team big shot. I mentioned before that I am at an assisted living center as I recover from my heart surgery (and other things). One of the guys here (named Herb)is a personal friend of former Portland Trailblazer president and GM, Harry Glickman. Harry is responsible for bringing a pro team to Portland. Yesterday, he came to visit Herb and Herb contacted me to come to his room to meet Harry. We talked about the Blazers and coaches and referees and lots of other basketball related stuff. One story he told me was about the time Frank Leyden of the Utah Jazz was trying to get tossed from a game because his team was getting clobbered by the Blazers but Earl Strom told Frank he wasn't going to toss him because, "If I have to put up with this crap, you do too", except he didn't say "crap".
 I told Harry about some of my more humorous referee experiences and he laughed quite a few times. Before he left, I got him to agree to come back here soon and give a presentation to us residents on how he got the idea of bringing a pro team to Portland and how it happened, plus any other stories he has from his days in the league. It was a real pleasure meeting this guy and I look forward to him coming back. 
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Good to hear from you Mark.
Continued best wishes.
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Mon Dec 10, 2012, 09:29pm
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Continued best wishes Mark!
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Great to hear from you. Did you tell him about the first rule?
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Well, it's "official". Harry Glickman is coming back over here this coming Wednesday afternoon to speak to our residents and guests about his career in the Portland sports scene. His talk will include the story of how he began as a fight promoter, then established professional hockey here and then the story of how he worked to bring an NBA team to Portland. He will take questions and comments from the rest of us. I'm really looking forward to hearing his story. I'll try to remember to post any funny and/or weird basketball items he brings up.
Although it's not likely, if any of you have a question about the Blazers history, let me know and I can ask Harry, or if any of you in this area would like to come over here (SW Portland) Wednesday at 2:00 as a guest, I can get you in.
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Enjoy the day tomorrow Mark! I'm sure you are looking forward to something other than the usual rehab schedule. Hope you're improving each day!
Ask if he has any good Bill Walton stories. I'm betting he does.
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 OK - the resident here who is Harry's personal friend and is the guy who arranged for Harry to come speak to us told me this morning he has about 15 or 20 guys coming who know the both of them. My guess is that about 40 or 50 residents will be in attendance so there may be as many as 70 people here for this. We're probably going to run out of prune juice. 
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