ME AND GP : A diary of Nate "The GR8" Robinson's rookie NBA season : 11/30/2005

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11/30/2005

Excerpt from Nate "The GR8" Robinson rookie diary: On Monday, Nov. 28, we got to go to Miami to play against the Miami Heat. Like the game against the 76ers, this was also a thrill for me because I got to play against Gary Payton. I’ve known GP for a long time. My Dad knows his whole family. In fact, I used to play for his team. When he played for the Sonics, he used to sponsor our AAU team, the Gary Payton All-Stars. I was a sophomore at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle at the time, 16 years old. He brought us to his house and everything. And we got to see his nice house in Vegas and he got us all some shoes and clothes and stuff. And now playing against him in the NBA was just crazy.

He talked to me a little during the game. He’s a cool dude. I told him I liked his shoes he had on. He brought back the old GPs. He didn’t talk any trash to me, not really. He just said “Welcome to the NBA.” I also got my first NBA dunk in that game. It was cool I got it, but we didn’t win the game, so I didn’t care that much. If we would have won, it would’ve been sweeter. By Nate Robinson A diary of Nate "The GR8" Robinson's rookie NBA season : gr8life.msnbc.com - 11/30/2005