While I remain a great fan of athletics, it has been years since I looked up to athletes….at least in the sense of idolizing them, worshiping them, or falling for the fallacy that they can do no wrong. Still, when the athletes are basketball players, I have little choice but to look up to them, given that their heads are so much higher off the ground than mine. The one (and only) time I was granted access to the Pistons' locker room, my single-most overwhelming impression was how big these guys are. 

Which permits an awkward segue to the plight of Chris Webber. I first saw Chris as a high schooler at Country Day. My local high school team, the Harrison Hawks, had somehow made it to the district finals, which meant a game against Country Day on the home court of Country Day. It wasn't much…