Bo Hamburger
Years ago
Dinner party
If you could invite five people associated with basketball to a dinner party, who would they be?
They can be dead or alive, male or female, player, coach or administrator, Australian or international - as long as they have a connection with basketball. I think a key criteria should be that they are interesting, not necessarily good at what they do.
Here's mine:
1) Charles Barkley. Every dinner party needs that quiet, introverted type.
2) Wilt Chamberlain, circa late 1960s. You know, in case he brings one or more of his...um...entourage along.
3) Dennis Rodman, circa first weird phase in the mid 1990s. But before he became too weird.
4) Mark Cuban. Really interesting guy who loves his hoops. I'd also ask him if he could lend me 10 bucks.
5) Bob Knight. The first thing I'd do is tell him that Wilt thinks his red sweater sucks, and retreat to a safe distance to watch ensuing fireworks.
Unlucky to miss out: Bill Simmons, Marv Albert (just to hear him say "Yes! And it counts!" in person), Shaq, the guys who invented NBA Jam so I can thank them in person, Dean Smith, Reggie Lewis and Penny Taylor.
