Have you ever meet Luke Walton? Tell me about it and I will put it up here.

1) Shayne - I meet Luke Walton at a car dealership with the other to seniors from the U of A. He was really nice. I got my picture taken with him.

2) Elizabeth - First off, let me say that I had a professor named Dr. Swaim last spring semester at the UA. She's fabulous and set up the meeting... she also happens to be the Faculty Fellow for the AD, and that's why she seems to have so much pull with the athletes. Breonna and Pam are both friends of mine that were also there and laughing at me the whole time. Anyway, here goes.

We get to Dr. Swaim's office at about quarter after noon, and she comes in with Breonna and tells me that they're not on the floor right now. They, of course, being Luke and Richard Jefferson. So Breonna, Pam, and I go sit in Dr. Swaim's office, and I can see in the reflection of the mirror that she's talking to somebody. She says "Jason, come here, I want you to meet some people." In walks Dr. Swaim and JASON GARDNER!!! I did a quick intake of breath when he walked in the door. Jason Gardner!! Can you believe it? He shakes hands with all of us and then puts his arm around Dr. Swaim and says "This is the nicest lady in the world. You hurt her and I'll be back." Pam and I both decided that it would've been intimidating had it not been very sweet and had he been more then six inches taller than us.

Dr. Swaim turns back to Jason and says that we're here to meet Luke and Richard, and he tells us that they're out on the floor talking to the kids. So the four of us go out and watch some guy talk and talk and talk while Richard's demonstrating the drills that he's talking about. (The guy that was talking is the youngest assistant coach in the NBA, according to Luke.) So we're watching and up walks AJ BRAMLETT and MILES SIMON, as is "Simon says Championship" Miles Simon. Meeting Miles Simon was just about as good as meeting Luke. Almost.

So the guy continues to talk and Richard continues to run drills. Dr. Swaim says that they better hurry up because she doesn't have much time left. So she goes around to the other door, walks over to Luke, taps him on the shoulder, and points to where the three of us are. He looked in our direction and the three of us moved away from the door as not to be seen. Dr. Swaim then walks over with him. Granted this takes awhile because they're on the other side of the gym. I'm silently freaking out, occasionally sneaking glances to see where they are in relation to where we were. They walked through the door, and I think my heart stopped for a minute. She introduces us, and she must've said something along the lines of: "There's this girl Liz, she's crazy nuts about you, humor her, be nice" because she points to me and he says: "Liz!" and wraps me in a big Luke Walton bear hug. And out of all the things that could've been going through my head during this moment the only thing that went through it was "Gosh, you're tall." This actually left my mouth too, you know, because my nose was at, like, his belly button. But he couldn't of smelled bad because I would've remembered that, I think I remember a very clean smell... and the muscles... guh.

So the five of us are talking, and he's just chilling with his hand messing with the door frame because, you know, it's only inches above his head. So Dr. Swaim starts asking questions about the camp, and we all turn and look back at what's going on (somewhere in here he had wrapped his arm around my shoulders). Then they started talking about Europe because Luke and Richard are leaving with ten other NBA players for some sort of tour. She tells him that he needs to go into the mountains and go to the beaches and he says that the guys that he's going with aren't really into the mountains and the beach. They're there to party. A few references to museums (including the Heineken museum...), marijuana, and some kids running up asking for autographs, we come to pictures.

I FORGOT A CAMERA!!!

He looked at me a bit perplexed as to why exactly I forgot a camera. So we work it out that the three of us can have our pictures taken with the rest of the campers. Breonna goes, Pam goes, and then it's my turn. "Liz! My girl! Come on!" Oh. My. God. I really hope that I wasn't as pink as I thought I was. He slings an arm around me and snap! goes the picture. I say thank you and smile and we leave.

3) Samantha M. - I first met Luke @ his graduation from the U of A in Dec of 2002, then in May of 2003 I met him and Jason Gardner and Ricky Anderson @ at an event, Then again 4 months later at the First Lute Olsen All Star Calssic, then again in July of last year and this year. I'm hoping to see him again on Sunday @ the Lute Olsen All Star Classic.

4) Bianney P. - I went to the Luke Walton and Richard Jefferson basketball this summer in Tuzson, Arizona. I got to meet him and his brother Chris. It was a 4 day camp. It was pretty cool becuase they taught a bunch of really cool drills and played basketball with us. He's a really cool guy.

5) Kalei - I met Luke on my flight Thursday, September 29 from Tucson to San Diego. He was incredibly open to talk and answer questions. He has a great smile and his mom seems like such a sweet & energetic lady. He was showing off his new tattoo on his lt arm to her. He took a pic w/me. I kinda wished I would've given him my e-mail address or something as we both are in AZ or CA most of the time...

6) Rachel - I met Luke and James Worthy on September 28th,2005. They were at a best buy near my house. I'm gettin home schooled and my mom was taking me to get music. there was a limo there (when we got there) and we wondered who was there. there was a sign saying meet luke walton and james worthy! i was really nervous and shy. my mom pushed me. luke looks so much better in person. i shook his hand. the first thing that came out of my mouth was i have the same birthday as him. yes i have the same birthday march 28th! we talked and he's really sweet. my mom told him that i'm a great defensive player and he asked where i play basketball. i told him. he said cool. he signed a shirt for me. so did james worthy and worthy called me cute. i still can't believe i met him. i wish i had a camera to take a picture with him but i do have a shirt that he signed!

7) Marcia - i meet luke almost like a month ago at torrence at a sprint store for a meet in greet.