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I met MJ last Saturday

Cary Kollins

By Cary Kollins,
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Awesome! Was it pre-arranged? What were your impressions?

 

 

It was at the Hornets My Hero Gala. My wife works with Hanes and has a hookup.

 

It was a lot of pure luck that I was able to meet MJ. Right place, right time.

 

 

He was really cool though. Thanked me when I said I grew up watching all his games, you know stuff he's heard a million times.

 

Ahmad Rashad hosted the event. He made it clear how happy he was to have the Hornets back in Charlotte. TWC looks amazing decked out in purple and teal.

 

For the dinner I sat next to Cody Zeller. He couldn't be any nicer or down to earth. We were joking around most of the night.

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Oh yea I forgot to mention....

 

 

Coach Clifford was walking by and I reached out my hand and was like "What's up coach how's it going?".  It was kind of funny, he might have thought I was someone he knew because he shook my hand and said, "Good! It's good to see you how are you?". Then he kept walking.  Very cool guy. We are lucky to have him as headcoach. He gave a little speech and said how he feels this roster gives us a chance to do some good things.

 

Another note: Rich Cho is the man. He was hanging out, dancing with a lady on the dance floor until the DJ stopped playing and the bar was shut down. At that point I didn't recognize any other members of basketball operations around, so it was cool to see Rich hanging out like a normal dude.

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Very cool.

 

I took my son the the 2007 Wachovia championship and we had an encounter with MJ.

 

Long story short, MJ and Tiger were playing the Pro Am together and MJ hit a ball about 5 feet from us in the woods. It was on the side of the fairway where only about 10 of us were standing and no one could cross the fairway to get to us because it was roped off.

 

Jordan had to wait to hit his ball for about 5 mins so he lit up a cigar and just starting talking to us. One kid asked him to sign his Duke hat and MJ wouldn't do it (jokingly). He instead signed his golf glove and gave it to the kid. Then he walked over to my son and asked him if he was having fun and gave him a high five. Never cared about meeting famous people but I have to admit that was a cool experience.  Got some really good pictures that day. 

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Very cool.

 

I took my son the the 2007 Wachovia championship and we had an encounter with MJ.

 

Long story short, MJ and Tiger were playing the Pro Am together and MJ hit a ball about 5 feet from us in the woods. It was on the side of the fairway where only about 10 of us were standing and no one could cross the fairway to get to us because it was roped off.

 

Jordan had to wait to hit his ball for about 5 mins so he lit up a cigar and just starting talking to us. One kid asked him to sign his Duke hat and MJ wouldn't do it (jokingly). He instead signed his golf glove and gave it to the kid. Then he walked over to my son and asked him if he was having fun and gave him a high five. Never cared about meeting famous people but I have to admit that was a cool experience.  Got some really good pictures that day. 

 

 

Damn that's awesome.

 

I bet if he signed a Duke hat it would be his most rare autograph.

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