I fell in love with basketball at a young age. Even though I didn’t fully understand the game like I do now, I noticed early on that some players stood out as if they radiated a glowing aura, and those were the players I was drawn to.
As a kid growing up in Michigan, this realization started with Chris Webber and the Fab Five. They had it all; the attitude, baggy shorts, bald heads, black socks and matching black Nike Air Force Max’s. There was something different about Webber, though. He let it be known that he was the man after dunking on somebody, running back on defense and scowling the whole way down the floor.