Maurice Cheeks is a GREAT guy

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Friday night at the Portland Trailblazer Dallas Mavericks NBA playoff game, a 13 year old girl was singing the national anthem. Near the end, her mind went blank and she started to panic and could not remember the words.

In one of the most touching, classy acts I have ever witnessed, Maurice Cheeks, the coach of Portland (who are a bunch of freaks, if you follow basketball at all) walked over and helped her finish the song, singing along with her.

As they finished he put his arm around her and gave her a hug as she said a big relieved "thank you " to him. He then went back to the bench and tried to coach this “team”.

Hopefully they will be showing this clip on the morning shows all week.

That is how a real man acts.

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That DID ROCK!!! The JAILBLAZERS SUCK!!!

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They couldn’t stop talking about this during the game tonight, so rest assured it’ll get its run in the press. Sweet of him to do.

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Even I as a european saw that on CNN sports event of the day!
He seems to be a nice guy.

Btw european basketball really sucks.

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The NBA needs more class guys and role models like Mo’. It’s a shame the Trailblazers can’t learn more from this guy.

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Tell that to the Trailblazers, a German guy is kicking their collective asses. :wink:

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I agree, total class act.

[Paul McCartney]
Thanks, Mo!
[/PMcC]

Happy

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Sorry to have missed that as most NBA stories I hear aren’t positive.

Oh yeah, Trailblazers suck.

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Wow, finally something from Whitsitt’s (GM for Port. TB) organization that reflects good on the city. I can’t wait untill Dallas finishes them up. I hate the team and would love to have them drop all the players and start over.

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I remember him when he played on that great 76’s team with Dr. J. He was cool then too.

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see it for yourself: http://www.nba.com/media/blazers/CHEEKS_GILBERT_ANTHEM.asf

and read the story:
http://www.nba.com/blazers/features/Cheeks_Anthem_Assist-73713-41.html

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PS: Sabonis seems like a non-offensive guy.
PPS: And that search of Damon’s crib where they found the bale of marijuana – 4th Amendment violation!

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I thought that it was just at the very end! That was even better than I thought. every time I see it I get tears…oh men don’t do that.

Again, Cheeks is a great guy. Thanks for the link.

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And by the way, she has a good voice.

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Awwwww, I’ve never seen that before!

That was so sweet!

I’m all verklempt ovah here!

:slight_smile:

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Maurice Cheeks has always been a class guy in my eyes. That was a really neat and touching thing to watch.

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Hey, that’s cool. Nice to hear about a member of the Blazers organization NOT acting like a f***ing punk.

I’m still boycotting them though, until I see some sign that they care if their players, who ARE role-models, are criminals and thugs.

No offense to Mo, though. That really is a nice thing.

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Heh, if you mean Nowitzki. Yea he’s a great player and there are some more really good european players (serbian), but the whole league just sucks. Anyway we’ve got soccer & a little bit of football =)

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I saw this on CNN last night, but I have to admit I wasn’t paying attention so I didn’t realize how cool a thing it really was.

Question: Who are these “Trailblazers”? What city do thay play for? Why are they such schmucks?

TONKA!!!

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Portland Trail Blazers
Dunno why they are supposed to be such schmucks.