After his short stint at United, Amaechi went to play high school in the United States before eventually finding himself drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers from Penn State.
Then, John left to harden in Italy, Spain and Greece, before returning to the new world at the Orlando Magic.
For the record, his inclusion in the NBA Hall of Fame is mainly due to the fact that he managed to score the first points of the entry into the second millennium of the NBA.
After this incongruous fact, he continued to roam across the Atlantic on the side of the Utah Jazz, then in Texas, with the Houston Rockets.
“My retirement was a real highlight for me, as was my inclusion in the Hall of Fame,” he told us at the time.
“In the United States, everyone knew London. Everyone knew Manchester United too, especially in Florida, where I played when I played in Orlando. There was a big expatriate population there and, as a result, everyone watched football matches there. For me, it was good to watch football with the English, it especially allowed me to stay in touch with England.”
“I was still able to watch many games”, he reassured us then, before vaguely evoking one of his most precious memories, his first game with the Cavaliers…
“But I especially remember my first game which almost put me in cardiac arrest. It was against Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, so I tried to play it cool when my face appeared on the wide Jumbotron with my name lasered on the floor!”
2023-06-26 21:49:13
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