Feb. 8, 2012

February 6th, 2012 by Greg Esposito

When you work for a professional sports team or in media there's one unwritten rule everyone knows you're never supposed to break. It's a rule that is simple yet important: remain unbiased by not cheering in the press box.

Then again, rules are made to be broken.

On Saturday night it was next to impossible not to cheer in the press box - or anywhere for that matter- and root for what was taking place on the court at US Airways Center. No, not the Suns victory - although that was fun and something everyone wanted to see - but rather watching a man achieve something he wasn't sure was possible anymore.

Michael Redd hadn't started an NBA game - we're pretty sure he didn't start any rec league or YMCA games either - since January 10, 2010 when he was a member of the Bucks. He got the chance on Saturday night against the Bobcats, but that's not the story. It's what he did with the opportunity that made it an evening worthy of recognition.

Two knee surgeries, hundreds of hours of rehab and lots of personal reflection had led up to that moment and Redd seized it. He led the Suns in scoring with a season-high 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting.

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