With the 20th pick in the Basketball Feelings Feelings Draft, Jorge Sedano selects... PRIDE
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I met Jorge Sedano the same place I’ve had some of my most memorable encounters and jolting moments of inspiration, lurking around a basketball court in the buzzing countdown before tip-off. It was Kawhi’s first game back in Toronto this season, so the floor was a flurry of cameras and cords with clusters of media staking out spots. Jorge was on a break between hits when Seerat introduced us and revealed my ulterior motive, getting strategically closer to Doris Burke. Jorge laughed and nodded knowingly, “She’s the GOAT, she’s the best,” he said. I was fighting the kind of nerves that have you intimately aware of the edges of your teeth but within half a minute of talking to Jorge — LA, Toronto weather, turtlenecks — I felt light, settled. Because Jorge is a pro, he’s been doing what he does for 20 years. He is at once sharp and easy, loose and in control, with the temporal quality good broadcasters have of shifting between now and what’s next without losing hold of the line connecting them. When and if you’ve watched him work, he is pressingly upbeat, thoughtful, with enough personality to draw a person out and the understanding of when to
With the 20th pick in the Basketball Feelings Feelings Draft, Jorge Sedano selects... PRIDE
With the 20th pick in the Basketball Feelings…
With the 20th pick in the Basketball Feelings Feelings Draft, Jorge Sedano selects... PRIDE
I met Jorge Sedano the same place I’ve had some of my most memorable encounters and jolting moments of inspiration, lurking around a basketball court in the buzzing countdown before tip-off. It was Kawhi’s first game back in Toronto this season, so the floor was a flurry of cameras and cords with clusters of media staking out spots. Jorge was on a break between hits when Seerat introduced us and revealed my ulterior motive, getting strategically closer to Doris Burke. Jorge laughed and nodded knowingly, “She’s the GOAT, she’s the best,” he said. I was fighting the kind of nerves that have you intimately aware of the edges of your teeth but within half a minute of talking to Jorge — LA, Toronto weather, turtlenecks — I felt light, settled. Because Jorge is a pro, he’s been doing what he does for 20 years. He is at once sharp and easy, loose and in control, with the temporal quality good broadcasters have of shifting between now and what’s next without losing hold of the line connecting them. When and if you’ve watched him work, he is pressingly upbeat, thoughtful, with enough personality to draw a person out and the understanding of when to