... caught up with my age. To say I was clumsy was an understatement. I could barely drive to the basket for a layup without tripping over my own feet. Even walking on the sidewalk was a challenge as I struggled to adapt to my body that had sprouted up over the summer.

As unexciting as my story would be in basketball that season, what was happening in the real sports world that year was magical. I remember thinking at the time how “cool” it was that this or that was happening. Looking back now, “cool” doesn’t even start to describe what happened that year.

 

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