08-07-2004, 07:51 PM
When I was a kid, I used to watch my older brother play basketball with all the boys in my neighborhood. One of them was Tom Gugliotta. He's on the Utah Jazz now, but started off on the Bullets, then the Golden State Warriors, Timberwolves, then Suns. (I think I got that right) Anyhow, the last time I saw him was a few years back, when he came home to visit, but his mother has since passed away so he doesn't come here anymore.
Funny thing is that in high school he totally sucked at basketball. His father was our high school's b-ball coach (and apparantly someone with a lot of connections) and he knew the coach of the team at NC State, managed to get his son on the team there, but he never played. Between his freshman and sophmore years, he grew from 6'4" to 6'10" and came back to school as a great player.
Funny thing is that in high school he totally sucked at basketball. His father was our high school's b-ball coach (and apparantly someone with a lot of connections) and he knew the coach of the team at NC State, managed to get his son on the team there, but he never played. Between his freshman and sophmore years, he grew from 6'4" to 6'10" and came back to school as a great player.