Mitchell potshots must mean he’s enjoying himself
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He sized up Juan Dixon, the shooting guard who was wearing an oversized pair of aviator-style shades: “Those are ugly sunglasses … y’all look like a bumble bee.”
He spoke into the lens as Chris Bosh, the all-star forward who has been a fervent videographer and photographer on this trip, pointed a minicam in the coach’s direction: “Whassup, young fella? You need a haircut.”
He singled out Jamario Moon, the training camp hopeful and fellow son of the U.S. south: “Hey Moon, do they have water down there in Alabama other than in the well?”
And he guffawed as he caught a glimpse of Steve Fruitman, the club’s director of basketball finance, who, in the style of a cartoon pirate, had wrapped his scalp in a bandana for protection on a sunny day. “Hey Fruits, you look like you’re on crack! … You’re the spitting image of Johnny Depp!”