Saturday morning, up at the crack of 7am (my eyes popped open and I couldn't fall back asleep, even though I didn't fall asleep until after 2 am), dragging my arms on the floor from bowling abuse, in the shower and out the door around 11 to drive into downtown Phoenix to the Convention Center and the "All-Star Jam Session." We met at Starbucks (no Dunkin Donuts in the area) and got on line to go in... Two complete floors of the convention center covered in NBA and WNBA stuff and kid play areas and autograph stages and interactive games and hoops and clinics and a laundry list of events...(I think the "jam" in Jam Session was the fact that they "jammed" so many people into the convention center--to say it was packed is truly an understatement)... I wore my Kevin Garnett Celtic jersey and when we finally got in, missed a chance to get his autograph by about 3 minutes...(by the time we found where he was at, he was gone)... The lines for the autographs and everything else were worse than lines for rides at Six Flags or Disney...
We decided to hang at a clinic teaching youngsters fundamentals (Grant Hill was supposed to show) and he did come in... No chance to even ask for an autograph (he signed a ton of stuff for the kids, which is cool and took some pictures with people). He was then swept away by security... Also saw Darryl Dawkins and Sharif-Abdur Rhahim doing a little kids clinic...(too funny seeing 5 year-olds up to Chocolate Thunders knees!) The rest of the venue was like a trade show with sponsors booths and the charities that the NBA and WNBA both sponsor. We went upstairs and caught most of the second half of the D-League game (developmental league). Then I went to check out the "block party" (outside free admission fair in front of the US Airways Arena). Lines were around the block to get in...(I am working there Sunday as my first "security" assignment--1pm til 11 pm). It had games and concession stands and the ESPN motoer home was there, live music and such... Went home around 5:30 and crashed...
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