People are Watching/God is Watching

It's true what they say, people are watching and God is too. While waiting in line for autographs from the basketball team or watching the game, you develop quick friendships. You start to watch how others treat you and vice versa, but more importantly how other people treat other people.

While standing in line for autographs we were put down in a hallway off the main concourse. We were thinking no one would come our way to sign our yearbook or take pictures. We were wrong.

We were parked in line next to a young girl, probably in her late teens to early twenties, in a wheelchair with her mom. Her mom and I started talking when one of the "bench players," came down the line. I told her which one of the guys had just signed her daughter's clipboard. Each player who came down by them to sign her clipboard and take a picture with her obliged to the request. The girl was obviously thrilled when they got down next to her as her mother snapped the picture. Some of the basketball players would talk to the mom and the daughter.

When Sasha Kaun came to take a picture with the daughter, Matt Kleimann, who was making his way down the crowd, saw the girl and immediately went next to her. He did this act of kindness without even being asked! I was impressed! Matt is a very nice person. Other guys, who impressed me were Darnell Jackson. The mother asked him to pose for a picture and he grinned. He is such a nice guy! Tyrel Reed talked to everyone too. I felt that for the most part, you could see that these guys were truly nice, perhaps getting a glimpse of their good hearts.

When coming to the game someone in line said that they saw Brandon Rush. He took a picture with their son and they were mighty impressed by his kindness.

We saw the camaraderie between the guys before the game. Brady Morningstar walked in followed by Sherron Collins who threw a snowball at him. Also when Mario was signing autographs, Darnell Jackson got behind him putting two fingers up while pictures were being taken. The crowd laughed.

These guys are just kids but handling the fame quite well. People are watching not only their performance on the court but off the court and I give them an A plus!