<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jamaal Magloire is the picture of calm, bathed in sweat and refreshingly fatigued after his rigorous participation in a men's league that the National Basketball Association star is running out of a muggy high-school gymnasium in Toronto's east end. Leaning against a wall from a bench on Thursday and having to shout to be heard above the hip-hop music blaring from a nearby speaker, the 27-year-old New Orleans Hornets centre is trying to gather himself for another game beginning in about five minutes. It is a far cry from the posh existence Magloire has come to expect as a card-carrying member of the NBA, where he has emerged as one of the league's leading centres. At a time when the Phoenix Sun's Steve Nash of Victoria has been anointed king of Canada's basketball universe after his selection as the NBA's most valuable player, it has been easy to forget Maglorie's professional accomplishments. It was just two years ago Magloire was the man of the hour after he was selected to play in the NBA all-star game in Los Angeles.</div> Source
