Autos I obtained in person in Melbourne 2001... GR8 FUN!

hi all...

here are some NBA in person autos i obtained while USA Basketball was in Melbourne at the Aquatic Centre for 1 week training camp before the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane. Most as they were leaving training...


Got Fizer with his girlfriend in the hotel lobby... Yolanda Griffith was obtained another time



K Mart was pretty arrogant and couldnt wait to get out of there



B Diddy was good, the card on the left was the one he signed, the other one was a send away auto request... even had a photo with him below



Marion was probably the friendliest... he even gave away his sneakers and signed em for one kid... had a photo with him too... Miller I got in the Crown towers hotel lobby



Shard didnt take his earphones off for one second... just listening to music and stuff... Dre was just chewing the whole time



J ONeal i got inside Crown at the old Warner Bros store where he was buying his little daughter some toys, very polite and obliging... Wally was a tosser in the hotel lobby, made me wait for ages (and knew that i was waiting)... Terry was OK straight outta practice



Love these photos... finished nightshift at Safeway at 7.00am (packing shelves) that morning and didnt sleep at all... i look like hell






THX for looking!!!!!!!!!

Great work mate, still remember those games after the Olympics.

PS:Is it possible to have bigger scans for the last photo.

pic fixed now...

Thats a great lot of autos and cooler to know that you got them all in person. I love that photo of you with Baron as well. Very cool!

The Mike Miller was the pick of 'em hehe..

Great pics mate.

its cool when u meet the players in person and get stuff signed, makes it more personal that way.

I didnt get to met any of the bball team but i met Maurice Green. I was living in Brisbane at the time.

Man, thats very cool, thanks for sharing with us all

Some nice memories there Branko, love the pics and the auto's.

Thanks for sharing.

Awesome pics and autos with great story and memories!