I personally got to know some local professional basketball players care of my brother back in the early to mid 90s. We watched their practice along with some other fans of the different teams here in a gym right after school and got to watch their games care of a couple of complimentary tickets and what-nots. Some of them remain good friends of my brother and I to this day, one of these being Jeffrey Cariaso. Good guy, very down-to-earth, and him and his Fil-Am posse back then (his cousin, Lyle, included here; Jay, which became a player in the MBA; and Joey, and Barry) were a pretty much a happy group and I was pretty fortunate to have hung out with them off the court.