I can remember it vividly. Year 11 (junior year to most of you). My best friend’s voice riding the wind across the yard.
“Did you see it?”
I looked up, mouth ajar, eyes staring as if I was mid matrices exam. Then the follow-up.
“The Bucks have signed Bobby Simmons!”
Dilation. Pupils, mouth. Everything .
It was true. A quick—okay, slow (we’re talking ADSL speeds)—Google search (or was it Ask Jeeves?) confirmed the news. The NBA’s reigning Most Improved Player (MIP), coming off a season in which he averaged 16.4 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 2.7 APG, and 1.4 SPG on .466/.435/.846 shooting, was joining the Bucks on a 5-year $47m contract.
And they were movin’ on up.
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