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Museum visit stirs players
January 22, 2008
BY BRIAN HANLEY bhanley@suntimes.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Bulls were moved by their visit Sunday to the National Civil Rights Museum at the site of the former Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968.
''It was life-changing for me,'' forward Adrian Griffin said. ''Very enlightening. I would like to go again. The biggest thing was the message. You see everything they endured all the way up to the shooting.''
Rookie Joakim Noah said the team's two-hour visit was coach Jim Boylan's idea and was time well-spent.
''I wish we'd had more time,'' Noah said. ''It was deep and intense. It shows a lot about Coach, too, for him to want to bring us there and want the team to pay their respects to somebody who was one of the greatest leaders and difference-makers in our country.
''That's what I enjoy about Coach -- it's not all about basketball. It shows that there are things bigger than basketball. Martin Luther King is somebody who made a big difference in this country. Maybe some of us wouldn't be in this situation today if it wasn't for people like him.''
Forward Joe Smith said he was most moved when he stood on the spot where King was shot.
''It's emotional to stand on the balcony and see where the shot came from,'' Smith said. ''It's a lot different than just reading about it. He did so much for everyone, it's tough to imagine what really could have happened if he could have continued to do his work for the people.''
The Grizzlies celebrated the King holiday throughout Monday's game, including a touching video montage at halftime of the slain civil-rights leader and his speeches.
Museum visit stirs players
January 22, 2008
BY BRIAN HANLEY bhanley@suntimes.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Bulls were moved by their visit Sunday to the National Civil Rights Museum at the site of the former Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968.
''It was life-changing for me,'' forward Adrian Griffin said. ''Very enlightening. I would like to go again. The biggest thing was the message. You see everything they endured all the way up to the shooting.''
Rookie Joakim Noah said the team's two-hour visit was coach Jim Boylan's idea and was time well-spent.
''I wish we'd had more time,'' Noah said. ''It was deep and intense. It shows a lot about Coach, too, for him to want to bring us there and want the team to pay their respects to somebody who was one of the greatest leaders and difference-makers in our country.
''That's what I enjoy about Coach -- it's not all about basketball. It shows that there are things bigger than basketball. Martin Luther King is somebody who made a big difference in this country. Maybe some of us wouldn't be in this situation today if it wasn't for people like him.''
Forward Joe Smith said he was most moved when he stood on the spot where King was shot.
''It's emotional to stand on the balcony and see where the shot came from,'' Smith said. ''It's a lot different than just reading about it. He did so much for everyone, it's tough to imagine what really could have happened if he could have continued to do his work for the people.''
The Grizzlies celebrated the King holiday throughout Monday's game, including a touching video montage at halftime of the slain civil-rights leader and his speeches.
