Turn on a television in Gans, Okla., or Jackson, Miss., and you get the NBA or college basketball highlights. In the NBA, you're not just playing for the contract you may have, you're also trying to play for some endorsements. In a market like Vancouver, which is a hockey town, you're not getting the exposure most guys that are in the States thrive on. The last six years, Vancouver hasn't done it. It's been an honour and a pleasure for me to go out and play in front of them every night.
Some people make that in a game.
You have to thank God for the money he has given you. Shaquille O'Neal has done just that. The giant Los Angeles centre bought a place in West Vancouver to be close to highly touted Canadian physio Alex McKechnie.