The Grey Lady Likes Joe Alexander
Big write-up in the NY Times on Joe this morning. The article explains how one becomes a Division I player despite not playing organized basketball for most of your life; practice. And how a Division I player goes from an freak of nature athletically to a force of nature on the court; practice.
Last season, he started sleeping three nights a week on a blue leather couch in the Mountaineers’ locker room. No sheets or blankets, just team-issued sweats. He figured out a way to unscrew the safety lights that hang over the pool table in order to make it dark.
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“At times growing up, I didn’t really know him. He’d leave for 10 hours, go to the Y and pack a lunch. He has worked his butt off.”
That would be a lot of work. Did he bring the sandwich meat, mustard, cheese and pickles with him to the Y? And where did he go from the Y with his lunch once he had packed it? Does it take 10 hours to pack a lunch at the Y? Are other people unpacking your lunch as you try to pack it, thus making it take very long? So many questions...
He should have just brought money for Qdoba.
unless it was Tuesday
I hate it when bits of Qdoba fall into your blue couch at the Y.
Jesus, musk up.
Alexander looks so skinny in that picture, you can tell he's bulked up 30 pounds.
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