. . . AND 30 YEARS LATER

RETURN

Soooo excited!!!

I hope I'm still alive in 2023!!!

In 1993, I got 3 tickets to go to the

NBA All-Star Practice Session

at the old

Salt Palace!
My brother and his oldest son,
Chris, age 13
(Now one year away from the
Big 4-0), went with me.

Here's who appeared in the 1993 game:

This is my NBA All-Star shirt!
I still wear it!!!
It is now 26 years old, and in
great condition!!!

Look at the players!!!

CO-MVP'S???
First time to have co-mvp's
John & Karl

Are we surprised???

John & Karl each had 6 kids.

John's kids all played college ball.

One son, played for the last half of the

Jazz season!

Karl's son played college football at LSU.

Drafted to Houston Texans, retired because

of bad knees..

Currently a coach at LSU.

One daughter played in the WNBA.

They had a "2 on 2" competition at

the WNBA all star game.

Partner???

She picked her dad!

She has 3 WNBA Championships 

and was a 4 time all-star!

No one has a better perm than

Jackie Biskupski, the mayor of

Salt Lake City.

Gail Miller, the other woman, is 

the richest woman in the state . . . 

a billionaire, just like Kylie Jenner.

LOOK WHO'S A PACER!

Yay!  CJ is now in the Pacers organization!

This is his 5th year in the NBA.

Los Angeles Clippers . . . 2 years.

Orlando Magic . . . 1 year

Portland Trailblazers . . . 1 year.

None of  these teams have had a G-League team.

So, he has also played in the following G-League teams:

Bakersfield Jam (Phoenix . . . Bakersfield, California)

Fort Wayne Mad Ants (Indiana . . . Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Canton Charge (Cleveland . . . Canton, Ohio)

Erie BayHawks (Atlanta . . . Erie, Pennsylvania) 

Santa Cruz Warriors (Golden State . . . Santa Cruz, California)

CJ is known as a "two way player".

He will play 45 games on the regular team.

If he goes longer, it's a regular contract.

If not, he will play on the G-League team.

After recovering from achilles surgery last year,

I hope he has no more injuries!!!

Indiana Pacers Roster

NBA TeamsAtlanta HawksBoston CelticsBrooklyn NetsCharlotte HornetsChicago BullsCleveland CavaliersDallas MavericksDenver NuggetsDetroit PistonsGolden State WarriorsHouston RocketsIndiana PacersLA ClippersLos Angeles LakersMemphis GrizzliesMiami HeatMilwaukee BucksMinnesota TimberwolvesNew Orleans PelicansNew York KnicksOklahoma City ThunderOrlando MagicPhiladelphia 76ersPhoenix SunsPortland Trail BlazersSacramento KingsSan Antonio SpursToronto RaptorsUtah JazzWashington Wizards

TEAM ROSTER
NO.	NAME	POS	AGE	HT	WT	COLLEGE	2018-2019 SALARY
13	Ike Anigbogu	C	19	6-10	262	UCLA	$1,378,242
44	Bojan Bogdanovic	SF	29	6-8	230		$10,500,000
20	Trevor Booker	PF	30	6-8	228	Clemson
2	Darren Collison	PG	30	6-2	185	UCLA	$10,000,000
12	Tyreke Evans	SG	28	6-6	220	Memphis	$12,400,000
--	Aaron Holiday	PG	21	6-1	187	UCLA	$1,911,960
--	Alize Johnson	PF	22	6-8	216	Missouri State	$838,464
6	Cory Joseph	PG	26	6-3	190	Texas	$7,945,000
22	T.J. Leaf	PF	21	6-10	230	UCLA	$2,407,560
20	Doug McDermott	SF	26	6-8	219	Creighton	$7,333,333
4	Victor Oladipo	SG	26	6-4	210	Indiana	$21,000,000
11	Domantas Sabonis	C	22	6-10	252	Gonzaga	$2,659,800
5	Edmond Sumner	PG	22	6-5	188	Xavier
33	Myles Turner	C	22	6-11	255	Texas	$3,410,284
23	CJ Wilcox	SG	27	6-5	195	Washington
3	Joe Young	PG	26	6-2	185	Oregon
21	Thaddeus Young	PF	30	6-8	230	Georgia Tech	$13,964,045

Coach: Nate McMillan

RIP CITY

WE NOW HAVE AN OFFICIAL EMOJI WAR

No NBA free agency period would be complete without a full-fledged emoji war and, thanks to Utah center Rudy Gobert, we now have one on our hands.

First, some context. Prized Utah Jazz All-Star Gordon Hayward is an unrestricted free agent and had scheduled meetings with the Heat, Celtics and Jazz (in that order) to hear them out before he makes his decision. Hayward took his visit to Miami on Saturday, which reportedly went well.

Following the visit, Gobert decided to send out a tweet revealing his deepest, innermost thoughts about the franchises competing with the Jazz for Hayward.

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Rudy Gobert 

✔@rudygobert27

8:20 PM - 1 Jul 2017

 
•  13,95713,957 Retweets
 
•  30,39630,396 likes

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In case you're not emoji-savvy, that translates to something to the effect of: Miami is trash, the Celtics are doo-doo and the Jazz are champions.

As you can imagine, that didn't go over so well with the Celtics, and All-Star Isaiah Thomas responded, presumably on behalf of his entire team, with the obvious retort.

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Isaiah Thomas 

✔@Isaiah_Thomas 

9:43 PM - 1 Jul 2017

 
•  25,50125,501 Retweets
 
•  49,57049,570 likes

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Yup, Thomas simply pointed out that the Heat have three titles, the Celtics have a bazillion (17, to be exact) and the Jazz have ... well ... a big goose egg, signified by a man shrugging his shoulders as if to say, "sorry man, I got nothing for you."

Just to make sure every party was heard from, Heat center Hassan Whitesideresponded similarly to Thomas, but this time included the time frame from the year 2000 to 2017 to give Miami the edge over both the Celtics and Jazz.

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Hassan Whiteside 

✔@youngwhiteside

 

9:56 PM - 1 Jul 2017 · Miami Beach, FL

 
•  12,92512,925 Retweets
 
•  19,95919,959 likes

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Translation: Since 2000, the Celtics have one title (2008), the Heat have three (2006, 2012, 2013) and this time the Jazz have three people shrugging, wondering where all their championships went.

Someone photoshopped this sign with Rudy's tweet on the sign.

OK, it's officially an Emoji War.