<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Shortly after being drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers, Luke Walton discovered that being the son of a Hall of Famer only goes so far. Walton ran into new teammate Karl Malone at a Los Angeles Sparks WNBA game, ``and he told me I'm going to have to get him coffee early in the morning every day so he can read his newspaper,'' Walton said. ``I'm sure it's going to be whatever they want, I'm going to have to do. So I'll just take it as it comes.'' Such is the life of a rookie, even one with a famous name who's on a team stuffed with superstars intent on winning a fourth NBA title in five seasons. </div> Full Article: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-l...ov=ap&type=lgns
I think that it's fine and makes sense. There is a culture and tradition in sports that is in place to ensure the natural order of things. Initiation rights are sacred in many cultures and create a more harmonious relationship between the old and the new than we see in most places these days. Before you can be top dog you have to come to grips with being one of the pack. Also life could be worse than getting paid mega -bucks to fetch someone coffee. I?d do it gladly and when I was no longer a rookie I?d have the rookies fetch coffee for me.
Kareem Rush & Jannero Pargo had similar experiences last year too. Brian Shaw & Horry put a $500 tab on Rush's hotel bill once...ouch!! The funny story I heard was the one that happened to Pargo. Just before one of the games, Fisher told Pargo "Yo, we want you to lead us out of the tunnel." So Pargo ran out all hyped up...but everyone else stayed behind. Pargo went back and was told, "We're not running out of the tunnel until you go out there and make three layups."
