This League Doesn’t Want To Succeed

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You might be wondering why in the world am I talking about the WNBA? I’ve never mentioned it here before and paid no attention to it at all since its inception in 1997. Well, this will shock you to know that I did pay attention to it during its first two years in existence in ’97 and 1998. I’ve rarely paid any mind to it since as the novelty wore off.

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Me and Bill Walton

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You might not believe it, but the first sport I loved to play was basketball. The only summer camp I ever attended as a kid was a two week basketball camp at Long Beach State in 1997. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a co-director of the camp and I remember for the final day of camp they had a family BBQ event where Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp of the Seattle Supersonics appeared on stage.

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