Your brush with celebrity

[RayW]

Originally Posted by Duffinator

I also flew to SLC one winter in the early 90's. The night before I went to the Kings Bulls basketball game at ARCO Arena.

That reminds me of another. I was up in Chicago for a friend's wedding. The groom was (is?) Australian. One of his friends was Luc Longley, then center for the Bulls. The first time I met him I had just driven up to the reception, in their backyard, after helping clean up at the church. As I hopped out of the truck this guy had to duck to get out of the tent set up for the reception. I was standing with a buddy who's about 5'4" and it was quite the contrast seeing him standing beside 7'2" Luc. He had to sit sideways at the table (standard folding type tables) because his legs from knee down were too tall to fit under the table. I also met his wife, ~6'2" or so, and his 2 very charming little girls. I met him again at a birthday party for a 1 year old. They had a pinata hanging from the 10' ceiling. After the festivities Luc just reached up and untied the string from the light fixture. He was a super nice guy and just sat around chatting with everyone.

When he was traded (I believe to Phoenix) he gave a ton of his Bulls stuff to Sue and Chris (the 2 who were getting married). Somewhere I still have a pair of basketball shorts that fall about halfway between my knees and ankles. (note: they were new, not stinky)

Ray