March 15, 2005

Strange things happen on long sports road trips. With the Warriors dealing with a eight-game, 13 day trip (the longest in West Coast franchise history), you can count on several things

1. Little or no sleep.
2. Forgetting your hotel room number at least once.
3. A new NBA record for room service club sandwiches.
4. Laughing out loud at the local news anchors in the various foreign cities.
5. Lots and lots of conversation, both basketball and non-basketball.

Our broadcast crew of Tim Roye, Jim Barnett and I have been together for years. Jim has the history stuff (but Tim holds his own). I have all the salary cap and contract info. And Tim is the Cliff Clavin (from Cheers) of the group. He knows fascinating things that people seldom think about.

Our train ride from New York to Philadelphia got us talking about NBA look-a-likes. When you sit courtside broadcasting games, you are so close to the players and coaches that their features leave an indelible imprint on your brain. And yet sometimes they look so much like other people from various walks of life.

Here is the current list. Judge for yourself and feel free to e-mail others.