Like Father, Like Son? McMillan Sure Hopes So

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Things are good in the McMillan household these days.
Coach Nate McMillan?s Seattle SuperSonics have the fourth-best record in the NBA, and with a game looming tonight against the Phoenix Suns, are just a few weeks away from clinching the inaugural Northwest Division title.

And son Jamelle is a sophomore point guard for O?Dea, which won its second straight Class 3A state title by beating Mark Morris at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday night.

?There?s a lot of basketball talk in our house right now,? McMillan said.

In fact, he said, when the Sonics played at Cleveland on Wednesday and Jamelle was competing in the first round of the tournament, McMillan?s wife Michelle wanted to attend the high school game at the Tacoma Dome and wear a pair of headphones to listen to the Sonics game.

She had the same dilemma Friday night, when O?Dea played in the semifinals and the Sonics were beating the Detroit Pistons at KeyArena.

?She is crazy,? McMillan said, laughing. ?I told her not to do it. And she asked why not. And I said, ?Just don?t do it, you are going to look like one of those sports junkies who have to watch two games, they want to watch one game and hear another.?

?I told her to watch his game and find out our score some other way. But don?t go up in there with a headset on.?

There certainly are worse problems to have.

McMillan said last season that he took some ribbing from Jamelle because, as a freshman, he already had a championship, something his father never earned at any level.

This season, though, McMillan could try to achieve something he never could get as a player, one reason the game against the Suns could be important.</div> Source