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Just played golf with Gerald Henderson
« on: June 01, 2008, 03:11:45 PM »

Offline EJPLAYA

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After the huge honor of meeting Sam Jones the other night I kept the Celtics tradition going by playing the final round of the Duke Children's Classic with Gerald Henderson. Try as I might I couldn't get him to talk Celtics much with me. He did make these two comments:

I asked him what he thought of the Sam Cassell pickup and he said "Well, it was smart because Sam is a guy that has been there and an experienced Veteran." I didn't agree however!

I also asked him if we were going to win it and he said that he didn't feel confident enough to make a prediction but it would be tough. Kind of hard to argue with him there.

Not really the most friendly Celebrity I talked to out there, but was polite. You could tell he would rather have been somewhere else! He didn't even want to talk about his son at Duke, which surprised me. I probably only made 2-3 non golf related comments the entire round as it was obvious he wasn't interested in chatting. Kind of exciting though considering I remember well his play way back then!



Re: Just played golf with Gerald Henderson
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I envy you for meeting him. Gerald saved our ass in the 1984 Finals with his steal and layup in Game 2!! Wouldn't mind seeing his son play for the Celtics one day also.

Re: Just played golf with Gerald Henderson
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2008, 03:19:31 PM »

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Did you get to meet Kevin Sorbo? I'm surprised he is still a celebrity.


Re: Just played golf with Gerald Henderson
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After the huge honor of meeting Sam Jones the other night I kept the Celtics tradition going by playing the final round of the Duke Children's Classic with Gerald Henderson. Try as I might I couldn't get him to talk Celtics much with me. He did make these two comments:

I asked him what he thought of the Sam Cassell pickup and he said "Well, it was smart because Sam is a guy that has been there and an experienced Veteran." I didn't agree however!

I also asked him if we were going to win it and he said that he didn't feel confident enough to make a prediction but it would be tough. Kind of hard to argue with him there.

Not really the most friendly Celebrity I talked to out there, but was polite. You could tell he would rather have been somewhere else! He didn't even want to talk about his son at Duke, which surprised me. I probably only made 2-3 non golf related comments the entire round as it was obvious he wasn't interested in chatting. Kind of exciting though considering I remember well his play way back then!


What's next, shuffleboard with Pervis Ellison?
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Re: Just played golf with Gerald Henderson
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2008, 03:37:33 PM »

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Did you get to meet Kevin Sorbo? I'm surprised he is still a celebrity.



Never did see Kevin Sorbo. I don't think he ended up being there for some reason.

Re: Just played golf with Gerald Henderson
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2008, 03:50:41 PM »

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bocce with Greg Kite?
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Re: Just played golf with Gerald Henderson
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2008, 04:19:42 PM »

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Did Gerald steal your golf ball when you hit a lazy crossgreen wedge on the final hole?

Re: Just played golf with Gerald Henderson
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2008, 09:26:34 PM »

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C'mon cd- don't put Gerald in the same sentence with Pervis Ellison.
Gerald got the most out of his ability and had a good career. Pervis- well, he made a lot of money in his career while getting almost nothing out of his ability.

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Did you get to meet Kevin Sorbo? I'm surprised he is still a celebrity.



Kevin Sorbo is, and always will be a celebrity and true American hero. How quickly we forget...