We're still on the west coast and Christmas is only days away. We recently played the Blazers and it was a tough game for us, but I won't get into that. I like to put tough loses behind me anyway.

I'm sure you guys have heard of LaMarcus Aldridge. Well...
I've known LaMarcus  since he was in the 9th grade. It's so funny to see him in the NBA and remember us still going at it back in the day, trying to win basketball games. We played each other in High School plenty of times and my team won on every occasion, but LaMarcus always played well. The funny thing about the whole situation is that his high school head coach (Robert Allen), was my coach in my 9th grade year.  He always used to compare the two of us because we both had a lot of potential and we were both as tall as anyone in the Dallas area.

I know Coach Allen was watching the game we played against the Blazers the other day and I know he enjoyed it. Seeing two young guys, whom he played a vital role with, playing in the NBA against each other. It's great to see another guy from Dallas make it and live his dream.