01/25/2025
So a few years ago, I went to see a client I was selling insurance at the time
When I got to my client’s business, he was in a hurry and was leaving and he said hey leave that stuff and I’ll look at it
I asked him where he was going and he said he was going to a grizzlies game and he asked if I ever went and did I like the grizzlies I told him that I didn’t go, but then I would like the grizzlies
He said next time you come I’ll have some tickets for you
I really didn’t think much about it but the next time I went, my client did in fact have grizzlies tickets for me
So my wife and I and my dad we’re gonna go but my mom ended up being sick so my dad didn’t get to go
So my wife and I went and we were walking around we were escorted up to the team box the team box, THE GRIZZLIES team box
It was really fancy and a bit intimidating everyone in suits and some high rollers
My client had to go to another part of the building and he said just have fun. I’ll be back in a bit so I’m standing in the grizzlies team box with my wife and the door opens and in walks Jerry West. Yeah, that Jerry West the grizzlies general manager also he is the NBA profile photo the guy taking the shot that Jerry West Hall of Famer.
So Jerry West walks up and introduces himself. He asked me he had. I’ve been there before he asked me if I was having a good time he asked who I had with me. I introduced my wife and I told him that my Dad was supposed to come along, but my mom was sick so we didn’t get to make the trip
Jerry West said oh man I’m sorry I hate that
He said Jerry West said where’s your dad right now? I said he’s at home with my mom.
Jerry West said let’s calling so we took out a phone and I called my dad and I said dad I’m in Memphis at the grizzlies game and Jerry West wants to speak to you
I think my dad wasn’t quite convinced that it was Jerry West until Mr. West got on the phone and started talking to dad
Jerry West took a seat, put his feet up on the back of a sofa and talk to my dad for about 10 minutes on the phone
I’m not sure my dad really believed that it was Jerry West until I came home with the signed autograph from the stuff that I was given at the game
The photo attached as you can see is the brochure from the game with Jerry West signature
Definitely a memory of my lifetime
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