Met Spencer Hawes last night in Toronto
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:24 pm
So I was having dinner with my brother at a Sushi spot in Yorkville (Toronto) last night, which is known for celeb/athlete spottings due to it's proximity to the Four Seasons hotel. Anyways, as we are eating our delicious red carpet rolls and in walks what appears to be a 7 footer, folks. At first i think, "that isn't Aaron Gray, who the hell is that?" He sits down at the bar where the sushi chefs make the food and I see the owners pupils dialate as endorphins begin to flood his brain with adrenaline and excitement.
My bro and I finish our meals and I say to myself, **** it. This guy might be taller then I am and make alot more money but he's born in 1988; how can I be intimdated to say whattup to someone younger than me. I walk up from behind and rest my hand on his shoulder and whisper (so as to not bait him out to other patrons), "Hey Spence." His head immediately whips over his shoulder to see who was touching him and calling him Spence in a creepy tone. Seaweed salad was hanging from his lip, as he was mid-bite when I caused the head whip. He replied, "Oh hey man." And reached out for a handshake. I already had my fist out for a pound. It took a second for him to notice the awkward rock, paper, scissor hand gesture that was happening between us and so he quickly changed his paper gesture to that of a rock and gave me a pound.
I say, "Man, MCW was killllling it before he went down with an injury! Is it because he's super confident, really talented or both?" He replied, Ya man, I guess it's a combination of both. He's good." I then say, "Did you hear what Steph Curry recently mentioned? He said that if he had to choose any player of all-time to take a game winning shot it would be Jordan, then him, then everyone else...Lebron, Ray, Kobe, Bird. The kid's crazy but he's insanely good." He replied, "oh ya dude, that guy is rolling right now for sure."
At this point I look up and see the little Japanese owner of the restaurant staring directly at me with a deep cock jaw, as if to say "stop harrassing my celebrity customer." I look back down at Spence (down because he's sitting and I'm standing) and I ask him if he still keeps in touch with Brandon Roy, Nate Robinson or Quincy Pondexter?" He said, "Ya man, we still keep in touch via e-mail or text for sure." The conversation was dwindling at this point and I so i said to him, "why don't you roll out tonight. We have tons of girls rolling for a couple of bdays." He said, "Sure man, give me your number."
I gave him my number and got a text late from an unkown number with a Philly area code. It said, "Hey man, don't think I'm gonna make it tonight, got practice early tommorow so i'm gonna turn it in for the night." At this point i was in the bathroom at my place and had left my phone in my living room with my brother. I came out and saw my brother laughing hysterically, to the point where he couldn't breathe, was red in the face, veins were bulging in his forehead and his nostrils were flaring. I immediately rush to my phone to see what he'd done. In it I see the message that Spence had sent, followed up with a picture of my brothers testicles that he had sent him back in reply. I saw the 3 dots going at the bottom of the screen, indicating that Spence was replying and then it just went blank.
I wish I was making this up. What do you think he was going to reply and what do you think his reaction was to the testicle pic?
My bro and I finish our meals and I say to myself, **** it. This guy might be taller then I am and make alot more money but he's born in 1988; how can I be intimdated to say whattup to someone younger than me. I walk up from behind and rest my hand on his shoulder and whisper (so as to not bait him out to other patrons), "Hey Spence." His head immediately whips over his shoulder to see who was touching him and calling him Spence in a creepy tone. Seaweed salad was hanging from his lip, as he was mid-bite when I caused the head whip. He replied, "Oh hey man." And reached out for a handshake. I already had my fist out for a pound. It took a second for him to notice the awkward rock, paper, scissor hand gesture that was happening between us and so he quickly changed his paper gesture to that of a rock and gave me a pound.
I say, "Man, MCW was killllling it before he went down with an injury! Is it because he's super confident, really talented or both?" He replied, Ya man, I guess it's a combination of both. He's good." I then say, "Did you hear what Steph Curry recently mentioned? He said that if he had to choose any player of all-time to take a game winning shot it would be Jordan, then him, then everyone else...Lebron, Ray, Kobe, Bird. The kid's crazy but he's insanely good." He replied, "oh ya dude, that guy is rolling right now for sure."
At this point I look up and see the little Japanese owner of the restaurant staring directly at me with a deep cock jaw, as if to say "stop harrassing my celebrity customer." I look back down at Spence (down because he's sitting and I'm standing) and I ask him if he still keeps in touch with Brandon Roy, Nate Robinson or Quincy Pondexter?" He said, "Ya man, we still keep in touch via e-mail or text for sure." The conversation was dwindling at this point and I so i said to him, "why don't you roll out tonight. We have tons of girls rolling for a couple of bdays." He said, "Sure man, give me your number."
I gave him my number and got a text late from an unkown number with a Philly area code. It said, "Hey man, don't think I'm gonna make it tonight, got practice early tommorow so i'm gonna turn it in for the night." At this point i was in the bathroom at my place and had left my phone in my living room with my brother. I came out and saw my brother laughing hysterically, to the point where he couldn't breathe, was red in the face, veins were bulging in his forehead and his nostrils were flaring. I immediately rush to my phone to see what he'd done. In it I see the message that Spence had sent, followed up with a picture of my brothers testicles that he had sent him back in reply. I saw the 3 dots going at the bottom of the screen, indicating that Spence was replying and then it just went blank.
I wish I was making this up. What do you think he was going to reply and what do you think his reaction was to the testicle pic?