Last summer I was bowling in a tournament somewhere on the southwest side of Chicago. We got done bowling and it was late and everyone was hungry, but there wasn't much open. A guy who works at the bowling alley said there was a Harold's chicken shack not far from there. My friend and I were nominated to go and get Chicken for everybody. We get to Harold's, and it's like midnight, we put in a huge order and sit down to wait for it. In about 5 minutes in walks a young man, very young, very skinny, but pretty tall, taller than me and I'm about 6'3". He's dressed in a full basketball outfit, jersey, shorts, headband, still in his basketball shoes. Being the summer, I asked him who he played for, he said it was his AAU team uniform. He said he played for 2 AAU teams, the Bulls, and the Wolves. Knowing that Bill Cole and Justin Dehm from Richwoods played for the Wolves, I told him that I was from Peoria and asked if he knew those guys. He said yes and said that they were both good players, and that he mostly played backup point guard to Dehm on the wolves. I asked him what high school he played for and he said St Joseph and that he was only a freshman. By this time our food was ready and as I was leaving I asked what his name was, and he said Diamond Taylor. I remembered it because it was a unique name. Just thought I'd share the story. He seemed like a real nice kid.
