half an hour ago I went to have lunch in this place in houston and the place is in a very hidden place called "mission burrito" (its like chipotle for those of who know about chipotle). what let up to this is even crazier which I am gonna talk about later but. I got out of my car went to the front door and at the same time this really tall guy with white shirt and a blue Duke logo came by so I left the door open and when I went behind him to order I noticed it was Shane Battier!
So I couldn't resist and I said to him nice 3 yesterday and he was very humble and nice and responded thank you very much! I introduced myself and we shook hands. The funny thing is I didnt even watch the game I just heard about it
anyways while we were waiting for our turn I said: I am a laker and Kobe fan so naturally dont like the spurs and I hope you guys win and laughed but then I said of course I have even a stronger bias since I am Iranian and a big Hamed fan to which he responded and I am quoting this, "oh Hamed is great, he is an awsome guy, very very nice person".
Houston is about 200 miles away from San antonio so I was sure the team wasn't there but since he had been just traded from the rockets I asked him so are you in town to visit friends? and he said no actually my daughter was born (this place is literally a few blocks from the medical center) so I congratulated him and felt even very stupid cuz I remembered reading about his daughter being born yesterday.
So we ordered and picked up our food and then while waiting to pay in the next line 2 kids in their 20's came by and congratulated him on his 3pointer and birth of his daughter. Unlike me they had the presence of mind I guess!
So I told him there are certain players that everyone likes and he is one of them and I even told him, lets just say if it was paul pierce or shaq there instead of him, I woulda probably not said anything at all to which laughed (very hard!) I guess he knew what I meant.
coolest thing was when I went to get my salsa from the salsa bar my back was towards him and he could have easily walked out but he tapped on my shoulder and said, "it was nice to meet you Shar, take care"! which just shows you how nice and classy of a guy he is. I turned around and told him nice to meet you too and see you against OKC
he then winked smiled and left. Later when i was eating my burrito I thought I shoulda asked for an autograph for pooya (ghormehsabzi)! 
the craziest thing and this has happened to me many times in my life and I have ahd this conversation with many friends many times about how this CANNOT be a coincidence and something has to be in the universe supporting this phenomenon. I was actually thinking about him minutes before I met him. The reason was I listening to espn radio and Bruce bowen was on and was talking about effective defense on Kobe so naturally I started thinking about battier and how he had advice last year for grant hill in the western conference finals and literally 1 minute later I met him.
So I couldn't resist and I said to him nice 3 yesterday and he was very humble and nice and responded thank you very much! I introduced myself and we shook hands. The funny thing is I didnt even watch the game I just heard about it
anyways while we were waiting for our turn I said: I am a laker and Kobe fan so naturally dont like the spurs and I hope you guys win and laughed but then I said of course I have even a stronger bias since I am Iranian and a big Hamed fan to which he responded and I am quoting this, "oh Hamed is great, he is an awsome guy, very very nice person".
Houston is about 200 miles away from San antonio so I was sure the team wasn't there but since he had been just traded from the rockets I asked him so are you in town to visit friends? and he said no actually my daughter was born (this place is literally a few blocks from the medical center) so I congratulated him and felt even very stupid cuz I remembered reading about his daughter being born yesterday.
So we ordered and picked up our food and then while waiting to pay in the next line 2 kids in their 20's came by and congratulated him on his 3pointer and birth of his daughter. Unlike me they had the presence of mind I guess!
So I told him there are certain players that everyone likes and he is one of them and I even told him, lets just say if it was paul pierce or shaq there instead of him, I woulda probably not said anything at all to which laughed (very hard!
) I guess he knew what I meant.coolest thing was when I went to get my salsa from the salsa bar my back was towards him and he could have easily walked out but he tapped on my shoulder and said, "it was nice to meet you Shar, take care"! which just shows you how nice and classy of a guy he is. I turned around and told him nice to meet you too and see you against OKC
he then winked smiled and left. Later when i was eating my burrito I thought I shoulda asked for an autograph for pooya (ghormehsabzi)! the craziest thing and this has happened to me many times in my life and I have ahd this conversation with many friends many times about how this CANNOT be a coincidence and something has to be in the universe supporting this phenomenon. I was actually thinking about him minutes before I met him. The reason was I listening to espn radio and Bruce bowen was on and was talking about effective defense on Kobe so naturally I started thinking about battier and how he had advice last year for grant hill in the western conference finals and literally 1 minute later I met him.
dont tell anyone!
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