Dolson’s Diary: Arriving in Tokyo and meeting the first lady

[Plebe]

I didn't see this link posted anywhere else, so I thought I'd drop it into its own thread (since the original 3x3 thread was terminated).

The AP posted this from Stef a few days ago. Here she talks about the last-minute replacement of Young for Lou, the opening ceremonies, meeting the first lady on the first day of play, and the peculiarly "chummy" warm-ups in 3x3:

That’s right they are getting rebounds for you in layup lines and passing you the ball. Some even try and give you a high-five. Definitely different. I admit, I’m not going to offer a high-five to an opponent, but hey if they do it first, I’m not going to ignore it.​

Dolson's Diary: Arriving in Tokyo and meeting the first lady

TOKYO (AP) — Wow, it's been a busy few days here in Tokyo. After flying from Las Vegas, we had a couple of days to recover, get used to the time difference and practice to get ready for our 3-on-3 debut.

apnews.com

 

[UcMiami]

A lot of these teams have been playing on a circuit in Europe - all showing up in the same town for a week, playing 6-9 games, the traveling to another location in the next week for another competition. They play together, likely eat together and party together, may even travel together. It becomes a community like other small team sports - beach volley ball, or tennis, or ... always running into the same folks. The same happens with WNBA and Euro league basketball players - you make friends with players across teams, sometimes teammates, sometimes opponents.

 

[eebmg]

So, would love to see the picture with Yao Ming

After the ceremony I had the pleasure of meeting Yao Ming, who was there cheering on the Chinese team that won the bronze. He asked me who I played for and I told him he had an incredible career. He couldn’t have been nicer and more gracious to take a photo with me.

I must say, he is tall, I’ve never felt that short before!

 

[eebmg]

Care to share the photo?

As you see, I was asking for it too

 

[Argonaut]

 

[rt bb fan]

I didn't see this link posted anywhere else, so I thought I'd drop it into its own thread (since the original 3x3 thread was terminated).

The AP posted this from Stef a few days ago. Here she talks about the last-minute replacement of Young for Lou, the opening ceremonies, meeting the first lady on the first day of play, and the peculiarly "chummy" warm-ups in 3x3:

That’s right they are getting rebounds for you in layup lines and passing you the ball. Some even try and give you a high-five. Definitely different. I admit, I’m not going to offer a high-five to an opponent, but hey if they do it first, I’m not going to ignore it.​

Dolson's Diary: Arriving in Tokyo and meeting the first lady

TOKYO (AP) — Wow, it's been a busy few days here in Tokyo. After flying from Las Vegas, we had a couple of days to recover, get used to the time difference and practice to get ready for our 3-on-3 debut.

apnews.com

TY for sharing.

 

[MilfordHusky]

BigMamaStef and BigPapaYao!

 

[Ozimoto]

He is one tall dude...

 

[Plebe]

Stef's postgame media interview: