Don Wiberg wanted to check making buckets against pro prospects off his bucket list, so he gave his hoop dreams* the old D-League try - emphasis on "old." The UC Santa Cruz professor is a septuagenarian, one who hadn't played hoops in 20 years when he attended an open audition on Sunday for the NBDL affiliate of the Golden State Warriors, which was accessible to anyone over 18 willing to pay the $100 entry fee. During team tryouts, cramps are common; gramps, less so.
The sum of Wiberg's experience higher than the Y was one year at Cal Tech (go beavers!) before switching to water polo. We assume someone explained the function of the futuristic shot clock to the 76-year-old. Wiberg recognizes he's not Jack LaLanne of the lane. "I can't say that I can run, jump or shoot, because I can't," said the self-effacing senior to the Santa Cruz Sentinel. It's ok, that never stopped Shawn Bradley from having a career.
*in black-and-white, like the TV of his youth.
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