<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">His freshman English class assignment in 1995 was to write a letter for a time capsule about where he wanted to be in 10 years. Last summer, Jim and Nancy Hinrich found and opened their son?s letter. ?It said he wanted to be a guard for the Chicago Bulls,? the elder Hinrich said. ?It was my dream,? said Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich on Saturday, on the court at Chicago Bulls/White Sox Training Academy in Lisle. Reaching that dream meant getting support from dedicated coaches. On Saturday, Hinrich brought star power to a special coaches clinic at the Lisle academy ? a clinic that emphasized passing and dribbling skills, both highlights of Hinrich?s game. And they?re skills Hinrich finely honed under coach Roy Williams at college powerhouse Kansas, said Loyola University Chicago head coach Jim Whitesell. ?He had great coaching in college certainly,? Whitesell said, ?but it started earlier than that with his dad.? At age 14, Jim Hinrich taught Kirk and his other high school players that working hard on the little things is what usually pays off. ?A lot of kids ? not just in basketball ? like to take shortcuts. Kids overlook the fundamentals that make you a better player,? coach Hinrich said. It wasn?t until his son started playing at the University of Kansas, coach Hinrich said, that ideas about Kirk in the NBA entered his mind. Basic fundamentals have been at the top of the curriculum for Bulls/Sox basketball instructor Kimrossi Taylor. Like Hinrich, at age 14, Taylor dreamed of NBA play.</div> Source
I heard about this before. Pretty cool to look back and say that you knew what you were going to be today.
thats crazy that the bulls drafted him. he was a for sure draft pick that year but the odds that the bulls would actually dratf him. It was probably one of the best feelings in his life.
