did u see Maurice Cheeks help girl sing the national...

[zsir]

It's the unforgettable sight of Maurice Cheeks leaving his team's bench in Portland to put his arm around 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert as she stood at mid-court holding a microphone but having fumbled the words to our national anthem, all alone and visibly in despair. For 20 years, Marvin Gaye's version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been, for my money, the most compelling rendition ever. But now, I've got a new favorite, the duet of Gilbert & Cheeks, impromptu, off-key, slapped together as it was. I get goose bumps every time I see the clip of Cheeks hugging Gilbert, telling her everything is going to be okay.

Has anyone seen a video clip of this posted anywhere....?

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

I didn't see it but I heard about it all day today. Too bad his class can't rub off on the rest of the Jail Blazers. In fairness one of them probably would have done it if they weren't all stoned. God I hate that team. And I'm in Oregon.

 

[Reliant]

I saw it. It actually made me happy to see someone go out of their way to help that girl.
The look on her face when she forgot the words said so much, and I would hate be in her position.
It took a lot of guts for Cheeks to go out there and help her, he showed a lot of class.

 

[BigSmooth]

She's actually a relative of mine (by marriage). I felt bad for her at first, but now she's getting national media coverage. Maybe she's actually very shrewd.

 

[Eli]

Yeah, it was cool.. and I'm amazed this local story is getting national attention.

It must really strike a chord with people.

I didn't see it but I heard about it all day today. Too bad his class can't rub off on the rest of the Jail Blazers. In fairness one of them probably would have done it if they weren't all stoned. God I hate that team. And I'm in Oregon.

Um, ok.

 

[arod]

Originally posted by: Reliant
I saw it. It actually made me happy to see someone go out of their way to help that girl. The look on her face when she forgot the words said so much, and I would hate be in her position. It took a lot of guts for Cheeks to go out there and help her, he showed a lot of class.

I agree, that girl was about to start crying... Total class.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

if anyone has this clip i'd like to see it...saw it the other day in a bar but couldnt hear it...

good guy...felt bad for the girl

 

[Leetman]

Nice to see SOMEONE in professional sports doing something good for a change.

 

[dethman]

nice to see someone on the blazers has class. props to cheeks.

 

[Lithium381]

i wanna see!!!! someone PM me it

 

[TallBill]

hehe, thats pretty cool.. if only someone had done the same with rosanne

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: Eli
Yeah, it was cool.. and I'm amazed this local story is getting national attention.

It must really strike a chord with people.

I didn't see it but I heard about it all day today. Too bad his class can't rub off on the rest of the Jail Blazers. In fairness one of them probably would have done it if they weren't all stoned. God I hate that team. And I'm in Oregon.

Um, ok.

Yes?

 

[Maleficus]

clip clip clip clip!

 

[Maleficus]

ARG YE MATEYS! two time post!

 

[sohdahere]

Yea I saw it on sports machine
that was pretty cool,
nice quote btw zsir

God bless the USA

 

[zsir]

found the clip

:music:

 

[freebee]

I woulda left the the stage and shot myself.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: zsir
found the clip

:music:

Good job! I searched news sites for about 10 minutes earlier and didn't find anything.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: freebee
I woulda left the the stage and shot myself.

:disgust:

 

[prodigy]

Originally posted by: dethman
nice to see someone on the blazers has class. props to cheeks.

What about Yale grad Chris Dudley, we miss him already.

 

[RossMAN]

The Blazers were great in the early 90's.

 

[iamme]

What a great thing to Maurice Cheeks to do

She looked absolutely terrified.

 

[AUMM]

Originally posted by: Leetman
Nice to see SOMEONE in professional sports doing something good for a change.

a loooot of bball players support many charities i believe

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: AUMM

Originally posted by: Leetman
Nice to see SOMEONE in professional sports doing something good for a change.

a loooot of bball players support many charities i believe

unfortunately, the one player who gets caught w/ weed gets alot more media coverage

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: zsir

It's the unforgettable sight of Maurice Cheeks leaving his team's bench in Portland to put his arm around 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert as she stood at mid-court holding a microphone but having fumbled the words to our national anthem, all alone and visibly in despair. For 20 years, Marvin Gaye's version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been, for my money, the most compelling rendition ever. But now, I've got a new favorite, the duet of Gilbert & Cheeks, impromptu, off-key, slapped together as it was. I get goose bumps every time I see the clip of Cheeks hugging Gilbert, telling her everything is going to be okay.

Has anyone seen a video clip of this posted anywhere....?

who's Natalie Gilbert ?