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For Bobby Beelman, moving from Gonzaga to Portland was not a troublesome matter.
All his belongings could fit in a pickup truck. Departing from Spokane, he drove southwest on Highway 90 to Hermiston, where he fueled up, took a rest, and then continued westward along the Columbia River for another three hours to reach his destination.
Since the breakdown of his marriage, basketball had been Bobby Beelman's entire life.
From Michigan to New Jersey, from San Francisco to Spokane, and finally to Portland, he had left his mark every step of the way, completing his personal comeback in a very short time.
The man who was once dismissed from college for suspected gambling had fallen to the position of an assistant coach in grassroots basketball training classes, but now he had set foot on the path to the NBA.