We should all know that the icon John Wooden was weened on hoops in Indiana, both in high school in Martinsville and then up the road at Purdue University.
And then Westwood beckoned. You have heard of the Bruins: Lou Alcindor and Bill Walton, and many others...10 rings.
It happened to me, too, in a sense.
But not so much basketball, really. And just one ring. A wedding one. Eight years ago.
Just as a fan, I guess, of basketball.
From southern Indiana to the city of Los Angeles.
And now Eric Gordon, Junior.
Clippers.
Did Elgin Baylor find his lightning in a bottle?
Will Maggette and Kaman have their little assassin? He weighs over 220 and rocks the rim like a #### blaster, and he rains threes as well as Reggie "Riverside" Miller or Jason Kapono...
DJ White got traded to Seattle...More on that later. Of course, he is an Alabama transfer...
But when it is all said and done, the next ten years will be crazy Hoosier madness between Portland with Oden, LA with Gordon and Seattle with White.
Enjoy, Left Coast!
Maybe the Warriors should look for a Hoosier, or even a Boilermaker...Or someone from IUPUI...All those Hoosiers.
First of all Maggette aint staying with the Clippers, you can count on that he's had it with Dunleavy and the culture of losing. As far as Gordon, hah I will go with history, how do Clipper draft picks usually turn out? ####. Injured. Malcontents. His only chance is after he leaves the squad, but he will dissapear into obscurity to resurface somewhere in the Eastern block only to make a return to the NBA in a few years on a ten day contract with who, you guessed it back with the Clippers.
I have lived in a few different sports areas and I am faithful to these places and their passions, give or take. I was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana (1970-1989). Bob Knight was a central figure. I then lived in Chile for two years, where soccer became more of a presence on my global map. After returning to the Hoosier state one year, 1992, I became more aware of college football for a five year stint in Provo, Utah (1993-1997). BYU Cougar football! I made another return to Indiana from 1997 to 1999, and then spent the last six years in southern California, minus the last six months of 2005, in southern Chile again. And I got back yesterday, UPDATE:Now in Loudoun Cty, Northern VA! I am in the South! I love sports enough to think that they matter...Some how.
