Rookies Take Lessons in Handling Fame, Fortune, Fans

2008/09/08 03:34:54 @NBA.com: News

In the BOSTON HERALD, O'Ryan Johnson writes "Twenty-two years ago the NBA and Boston Celtics legend Thomas "Satch"Sanders formed a crash course for rookie basketball players - essentially Celebrity 101 - where they learned to handle the kinds of crises that were sending many new hoop stars off the cliff. Money, plus single women, plus hero worship from fans, was adding up to trouble, Sanders said. Things like having only two tickets to the NBA Finals and two dozen people, from the guy who first coached you, to your girlfriend, to your parents begging for seats."
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