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:Team first
Thursday,
May 16, 2019 - Shelton-Mason
County Journal -
Page, B-7
continued from B-1
limitations stood in the
way of my earning a
root for individuals, spe-
cifically Donovan Mitch-
ell of the Utah Jazz and
Damian Lillard of the
The truth is my bas- Both have a reputation
ketball fandom tailed for being solid citizens
off rapidly 25 years ago off the court. Mitchell is
next month after the from my hometown and
New York Knicks fell went to my high school.
to the Houston Rockets I even introduced myself
in the NBA Finals and and shook Mitchell's
O.J Simpson took a hand after his junior
low-speed tour of Los year-0fhigh school at
Angeles in a white Ford my hometown's Memo-
Bronco TheNBA game rial Day Parade.
changed dramatically Lillard played at
since then. and I'm gen- Weber State University
erally not that great of the Big Sky Confer-
with change, ence while I was in the
From just a casual sports department~ of
observer's standpoint, it the hometown newspa-
appears the object of a per of the University of
typical NBA offense is to Montana, also a Big Sky
isolate a star performer school. We on the sports
for either a one-on-one desk knew Lillard was
drive to the hoop or a a special talent while he
poorly contested deep played college ball, but
3-point shot. Granted, we had no idea just how
the evolution of today's special he was.
NBA player produces Maybe that's at the
a shooting range for heart of my disenchant-
many that was nearly ment with the NBA.
unheard of 25 years ago, I much prefer rooting
and the accuracy from for teams than I do for
long, long distance is individuals. That's the
stunning, way it is for me when I
But individual stars watch nearly every oth-
and popular teams get er sport I can think of.
preferential treatment Unfortunately in my
from referees, stingy de- view, the NBA seems to
fense is an afterthought- take more stock in the
and taking four steps name on the back of the
without a dribble rarely jersey than the team's
draws a traveling call. name on the front I
Players now combine know it's painfully out
one
Shelton resident
Alex Olson, 28,
right, scored a
8 on the No. 7
hole at Lake
Limerick Golf
Club. Olson's
witness, Scott
Eichhorn, of
Shelton, is on
the left. Journal
photo by Linda
Frizzell
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the Miami Heat or when
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me away a little fu~her - 7:year-old nephew if
each year. . ~ ." " :challenged. Heinbach
When I do watch the can be reached at 360-
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than to root for teams. I masoncounty.com.
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