On the first road trip of his NBA career, in the fall of 2001, Etan Thomas looked out the window of the Washington Wizards¡¯ team bus and was stunned by the massing crowd around the hotel.
He asked Christian Laettner, the veteran forward: ¡°Is this how the NBA is?¡±
Laettner laughed. ¡°No, young fella,¡± he said. ¡°This isn¡¯t for us. They¡¯re here for M.J.¡±
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