Guess who I'm probably going to get to meet?

[Funk]

The Prince!



I'll finally get to thank him for the chasedown that ultimately led to the Pistons win the championship in 2004. IN PERSON.

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

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Dude, you have to give us time to guess. If you are going to quiz us, you have to insert a pause.

But what are you meeting him for?

[Translucid]

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Man, pushing carts at Target has its perks.

[gray]

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is meeting basketball players a big deal? you're likely to run into one or the other of the spurs around san antonio. except "hollywood frenchie"

[Funk]

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Dude, you have to give us time to guess. If you are going to quiz us, you have to insert a pause.

But what are you meeting him for?

Our store won some Pepsi Challenge thing. I don't really know the details, other than I had an opportunity to put my name on a list, and my name got drawn from a hat, so me and three others from our store get to go to the Palace of Auburn Hills to shoot hoops with Tayshaun Prince and get autographs and stuff. Hopefully he lets me toss him an alley oop.

Man, pushing carts at Target has its perks.

Yeah. And I get 10% all items in the store, too!

is meeting basketball players a big deal? you're likely to run into one or the other of the spurs around san antonio. except "hollywood frenchie"

!

"hollywood frenchie"

I live over 100 miles from Detroit, so I don't get to run into Pistons like I should be able.

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

Re: Guess who I'm probably going to get to meet?

Our store won some Pepsi Challenge thing. I don't really know the details, other than I had an opportunity to put my name on a list, and my name got drawn from a hat, so me and three others from our store get to go to the Palace of Auburn Hills to shoot hoops with Tayshaun Prince and get autographs and stuff. Hopefully he lets me toss him an alley oop.

That's actually pretty awesome.

Be sure to thank him on behalf of the basketball-watching public outside of Michigan for helping Detroit to lose the last three conference finals. Ahem hem.

[Funk]

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That's actually pretty awesome.

Be sure to thank him on behalf of the basketball-watching public outside of Michigan for helping Detroit to lose the last three conference finals. Ahem hem.

I'm sure that'd go over really well.

I'll probably also stop back in at Oakland University to get some Chick-fil-A in their food court. It's been a few years since I last did that. It's only a few miles from the Palace. Only damned Chick-fil-A in Michigan!

[Owl of Parliament]

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............................That's nice.

[Caciss]

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So, Funk... you're going to be in Detroit!?

You should like stop by the Tim Hortons at Beacons Field and Vernier (8 Mile) across from Eastland!

DUUUUUR

[highwind]

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Dude, you have to give us time to guess. If you are going to quiz us, you have to insert a pause.

[Cutter De Blanc]

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I have no idea who this man is.

I was going to guess Magic Johnson, until I saw his name.

Now I just have no idea who this man is.

I would assume he can play Basketball.

[jvrlopez]

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He's the shooting/small forward for the Detroit Pistons.

[Funk]

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Yeah, he's not a real prince, not like this guy:

[Bon]

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Congrats.

[Funk]

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I went to the Palace to meet him last Thursday! It was really fun! I got to shoot hoops on the Palace floor, and I got an autographed ball and photo. Then Tayshaun did a Q&A session, which was very interesting. The best responses he gave were concerning his Olympics experience. Apparently the media wanted to get him kicked off the team because he's never been an All-Star, but the committee that chose him defended him to the end and said that he was already an All-Star to them. The committee said that Tayshaun does all the little things that help teams win.

Here's a video (sorry about the buzzing, but the lights in the Palace are bright and LOUD!). In the video, Tayshaun is talking about who is tough to defend in the video, and I cut in while he was talking about defending LeBron.

Here are some pics: