When I was a kid, I was a huge basketball fan, and the Denver Nuggets were my team of choice. I mean, I was fanatical: I knew the uniform number, scoring and rebounding averages, height, and weight of every player. I had occasional bad tantrums when the Nuggets lost a big game.
The greatest player the Nuggets ever had, and one of the best in history, was David Thompson. Although he was only about 6'2", he could jump higher than anybody, and he was incredibly quick. He was also a very accurate shooter. His career was cut short by drug and alcohol problems, but he got his life back together and has been clean for 15 years. And just last week, he fulfilled a promise to his mother by graduating from college. His autobiography has recently been published. Now I know what I'm going to do with that Amazon gift certificate I got for my birthday last week.
(This one's for Phil, who among other passions loved basketball.)
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