A lot of my favorite memories come from my first player, Jimi DeSoto. I think everyone's first player is a magical experience. Being scouted for the first time and being drafted is exciting. It's still exciting, but it's just different now. My first locker room experience in Norfolk felt like a family during COVID. I still think about and miss those users to this day. Some of them are still around, while others are long gone. Even not writing this, it makes me a bit sad. My next great experience was being a part of the rebuild of the Philly Liberty. We had championship aspirations, but in the end we didn't get too far. However, meeting all the people that I met and working so hard together is something that I miss greatly. We really built up Philly into a community, and the seeds that we planted still live on in Cape Town. A lot of the users that fell in love with the Liberty helped to win Cape Town's Ultimus, and that made me very proud. Having fun in this league shouldn't be about winning, it should be about the people.
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