20913 Have you ever held the same job for 12 years and yet people want to congratulate you on a debut? Yup. Yesterday was a weird one. My 12n - 3p ET SportsCenter debuted, I did not. Although this show is different. I teetered between feeling like I had been there before and not knowing what the #@?*& was coming next. SportsCenter raw. You will hear and see things that might seem off. Who has time to be perfect...there are blogs to catch. But the beauty of debuting 12 years post arrival, Is that I am not doing it alone. I have friends. Greeny complimented my strappy sandals. I don't make this up. And, funny, neither does he. Chris Broussard of ESPN The Magazine answered when I called to talk Kobe and LeBron and the possibility of $50 million to play in Europe. I am so intrigued by this new global market and Broussard has been all over it. The new SportsCenter allows for interviews and follow up questions. It gave me time to talk to Chris about Jordan's $30 million per year a decade ago and Kobe's max of $20 million a year from now. My opinion on the whole matter... When commissioner David Stern spoke about globalization, did he mean of basketball or of the NBA? Only one is happening at warp speed. I can imagine what Mr. Stern has on his bedside table...likely not the Vanity Fair or InStyle that is on mine, but I have read Thomas Friedman's "The World Is Flat." It's not an easy read. He repeats themes over and over until you want to scream: I am not an idiot. But good summer reading for the NBA. Thanks friends...and please continue to answer the call. I might be in my debut season...but nothing new here...I am going nowhere without you. true 2008-08-12T16:45:44Z 64206 1 2008-08-12T16:45:44Z