71.   He already owns the Portland Trail Blazers professional basketball team, a sport which he is passionate about.

72.   He gave me my first opportunity to play as a professional basketball player in Philadelphia when he was coach of the Sixers.

73.   He did say he would like to set an example for how to act as a professional basketball player.

74.   He once aspired to professional basketball, and graduated from Pacific Lutheran University, just down the road from his South Tacoma church.

75.   He opened with several light anecdotes about his days as a star Olympic and professional basketball player, experiences that his aides say make him attractive to working-class men.

76.   He owns a professional basketball team, an oceanfront mansion in Manalapan and half the neighboring Ritz-Carlton hotel.

77.   He said I would become a professional basketball player, but that I had to play for the Lakers.

78.   He set Vanderbilt records for assists in a game, season and career and went on to play professional basketball for nine seasons.

79.   He settled a civil lawsuit with the classmate and agreed to give her part of his earnings if he plays professional basketball.

80.   He is no longer eligible to play at Lindsey Wilson and has no plans to return to Europe to play professional basketball.