Bill,
I like hockey much better than basketball these days
But, my family has basketball history.
My dad, bro. and I were "All City" caliber players here, in Windsor, Ont. My younger bro. - who's also three times club champ. at Essex G&CC - was on the Canadian junior national team, coached by Jay Triano (Toronto Raptors head coach, now). And, my dad played in back-to-back Canadian national championship games, during the early 1970s, with the Univ. of Windsor.
Years ago, when I bought my first Geoff Shackelford book, my dad almost immediately asked: "That's not Lynn Shackelford's son, is it?" When I found out it was, my dad filled me in on Lynn's UCLA greatness. Pretty cool.
I've teased Geoff that my dad and I should head to LA to challenge the Shackelford's at basketball (2-on-2) and golf (Riviera or Rustic Canyon). My dad reminded me we're likely to lose both matches