The Mailman Cometh

April, 1989

The Mailman ComethNB.A. draft day, 1985. Big guys have waited their whole lives for this. At the same time they were learning to put the ball on the floor, during those endless hang-time moments when they were pretending they were Bird or Magic or Dr. J, they were also working on their draft-day cools. That's right: Go up on stage, shake the commissioner's hand, check out your highlights on the video, sit down with Rick Barry, let him tell the world. "I'm a first-round draft choice," t...