Alright, listen up y’all. We gonna talk ’bout some basketball players, ya hear? Folks keep askin’ which NBA fella come from Alief, so let’s get this straight. It ain’t rocket science, but some folks just need things spelled out for ’em.
Now, basketball, that’s a game where fellas throw a ball into a hoop. Been around a long, long time, they say. Some fella named James Naismith, he cooked it up way back when. Folks started playin’ it inside, then all over the country, then even overseas. Crazy, right? They even got a big fancy group for it, like a club or somethin’, called FIBA. Sounds important, I guess.
Texas, that’s a big state, ya know. Lots of folks livin’ here, and some of them boys grow up tall and good at throwin’ that ball. They got all sorts of players, some real famous ones, hall of somethin’ or other. Lots of ’em from Texas, playin’ in the NBA. That’s the big leagues, the best of the best. They got lists and charts and all that, keepin’ track of who’s from where. Some websites, they got all the info, if you’re into that kinda stuff.
So, this Alief place, it’s in Texas too. And turns out, one of them NBA fellas, he come right from there. His name is Rashard Lewis. Yep, that’s him. He went straight to the NBA from Alief Elsik High School. Didn’t even mess around with college or nothin’. Went right to the pros, big shot! He played for the Seattle fellas and the Orlando fellas, scored a bunch of points, they say. Good shooter, that Rashard.
Now, there’s other fellas from Texas playin’ in the NBA, lots of ’em. Some big names too. Tim Duncan, they say he’s real good. Chris Paul, another one. Jeff Teague, Rodney Rogers. All them boys from Texas, doin’ good in the NBA. But the one from Alief, that’s Rashard Lewis. Remember that name.
- Rashard Lewis: The Alief fella. Went straight to the NBA from high school.
- Tim Duncan: Hall of somethin’ or other. Real good player.
- Chris Paul: Another big name, plays real good too.
Some folks talk about “depth charts” and “birth cities” and all that. Sounds complicated. All I know is, Rashard Lewis, he from Alief. And he played in the NBA. That’s the long and short of it. You go searchin’ on them internet things, you’ll find all sorts of stuff about him and them other players. They got numbers and stats and all, makes my head spin. But if you just wanna know who’s from Alief, it’s Rashard. Plain and simple.
They got this website, Basketball-Reference somethin’ or other, they say it’s got all the info. Every player from Texas, every player ever, probably. You can look it up if you want, but I already told you what you need to know. Rashard Lewis. Alief. NBA. Got it? Good.
So next time someone asks ya which NBA player come from Alief, you tell ’em. Don’t go lookin’ all confused. Just say Rashard Lewis. And then maybe tell ’em about Tim Duncan and Chris Paul too, show ’em you know a thing or two about Texas basketball. But remember who we started talkin’ about. The Alief fella. Rashard Lewis. He’s the one.
Texas got a lot of players, that’s for sure. They good at growin’ ’em big and strong and good at basketball. But Rashard, he special. He from Alief. And that’s what we was talkin’ ’bout, right? So there ya go. Now you know.
Don’t get me wrong, I ain’t no expert on this basketball stuff. I just know what I hear and what folks tell me. And they say Rashard Lewis is the man from Alief. And that’s good enough for me.
Alief’s Own NBA Star: Rashard Lewis, that’s what they should write in the newspapers, if they still do that sort of thing. He done made Alief proud, I reckon. And that’s somethin’ worth talkin’ about.
