INFESTA
06-03-2002, 12:47:AM
The man in that picture was born 27 years and 11 months ago with the name Paulo Pinto. He won 3 national titles for FC Porto and was the captain of our national team.
Last year he played in the arguably best european basketball league, the spanish. He was elected for the FIBA All-Star game.
While being a professional player, he managed to graduate in medicine, one of the most difficult and demanding studies around, and do it without taking any benefits of his pro-athlete status.
The jersey he's wearing in the picture belongs to the Aveiro Basket team, which had acquired him in the beginning of this season. A couple minutes after that shot was taken, during last sunday's game, a time out was called. Pinto drank a sip of water and fell on the floor. Dead.
I play basketball and I'm a huge fan of this game. I saw Pinto play live dozens of times. He was currently our best player.
And how can I forget the university parties with the 2,05m giant smilling with infinite patience in the middle of the mob?
He's dead, he can't read this and you've never heard of him. It doesn't matter.
Good-bye, CHAMP.
Last year he played in the arguably best european basketball league, the spanish. He was elected for the FIBA All-Star game.
While being a professional player, he managed to graduate in medicine, one of the most difficult and demanding studies around, and do it without taking any benefits of his pro-athlete status.
The jersey he's wearing in the picture belongs to the Aveiro Basket team, which had acquired him in the beginning of this season. A couple minutes after that shot was taken, during last sunday's game, a time out was called. Pinto drank a sip of water and fell on the floor. Dead.
I play basketball and I'm a huge fan of this game. I saw Pinto play live dozens of times. He was currently our best player.
And how can I forget the university parties with the 2,05m giant smilling with infinite patience in the middle of the mob?
He's dead, he can't read this and you've never heard of him. It doesn't matter.
Good-bye, CHAMP.