Every once in a while, I write about a cousin, Andy Elisburg, who is General Manager and Senior Vice President of the Miami Heat in the NBA. (He's from a branch of the family that changed the spelling many years ago. Long story. It doesn't seem to have hurt them any...) As it happens, I didn't know that Andy was a cousin until about 10 years ago when my dad off-handedly said, for reasons not terribly related to what we were talking about at the time, "I think that we have a relative who might work for the Miami Heat." Ah, great, thanks for eventually getting around to letting me know, dad... (His explanation was, "I don't know, it just never occurred to me to mention it." You mean, like all those times when we relentlessly watched sports and went to games?) We've traded emails since, and had breakfast a few times when the Heat comes into town to play either the Lakers or Clippers. And I've been in touch with his folks a lot, as well. Well, better late than never.
This is another good update to pass along. It comes from an article in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, written by Ira Winderman who has been covering the team for 35 years, since the team began. To mark that period, he's been doing a series of "Top 5" lists covering a range of topics on the Heat, and this one is about the Top 5 long-timers with the team who have been most impactful since the beginning of the franchise. I should note, for people who don't follow basketball closely, that the Heat team president Pat Riley is one of the league greats and was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame as a player in 2006. I should also note that anyone who has stayed with a professional sports franchise for 35 years -- whether as a peanut vendor, let alone General Manager -- is doing something right. For his list, Ira Winderman starts with the most impactful and works down from there. Not to worry, there isn't much reading to do, since we don't have to go down any farther than #1.
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AuthorRobert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Feedspot Badge of Honor
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