By The Way...

You have to admire the gumption of this fellow, and not just because he allows me to make use of the word "gumption": Unknown LSU student enters NBA draft:

LSU has lost another basketball player to the NBA draft. First Brandon Bass, and now Curtis Heroman. Actually, Heroman declared first, back on April 15.

Only Heroman never played basketball at LSU. Well, actually he has. But he never played basketball for LSU, where he is a student. He played intramural ball. Yet Heroman, who is 6-foot-3, said he filled out all the necessary forms through the NBA office and wrote a letter to the league saying he wanted to declare himself eligible for the draft.

And under the "Transactions" head on a number of national Web sites on April 16, Heroman's name appeared as leaving LSU early for the NBA draft.

it's kinda stupid, and yet, so very awesome. But only once, of course. All the other jokesters who will now rush to have themselves declared eligible for the NBA draft will just be pathetic copycats. So don't be that guy.

I wish I had thought of it though. Not only did I never play basketball, but I'm 5'8" and went to a Division III school. Yeah, I doubt I would have gone in the first round.

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• #1 Comment from lurkynat 
  5/16/05 8:24 PM | Permalink

  Dear John,
  
  Good Work! It's always great to see a leader glorify a kid who wants to make it, go for his dreams and try things. Without that spirit we would be lost.