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After a short recess
so the jury, comprised entirely of players from the second Bulls three-peat, could decide
who would get the inbound pass and tell the judge their decision.
After being informed that he would not get to be Foreman, Scottie Pippen abstained from
voting at all, preferring instead to sit in the jury room. Under my grilling
interrogation, Pippen would later recount "I just wanted to be an option for Foreman,
and I felt handing the Foreman the paper wasn't using all our talents".
A few tense moments later, and we heard the results .... "We
the jury, find the defendant Dikembe Mutombo ... NOT GUILTY in the
murders of 'love of the game' and 'hustle', on the grounds that they
have been dead since the ABA introduced the multi-colored ball, and
thus the statute of limitations has expired"
A dense roar erupted from the courtroom, torn along purely league lines as East
Coast players Wally Sczerbiak and Charles Oakley let out the collective disbelief of an
entire half of the league.
But out of all the commotion, the judge, the jury,
the reporters, somewhere I could hear the big man himself, finally
vindicated and recognized for his awesome play, telling his friends
in a jolly, low voice "Cookie, cookie, cookie".
Cookie, cookie, cookie indeed, friend. Cookie, cookie, cookie indeed.
Emilio Escobar is a contributing editor as
niggaslike.us, and can be reached at
escobar@niggaslike.us
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