Wow double whammy.
Bill Russell story and how people can be scummy assholes.
This guy that worked with my wife was friends with Roger Clemens, in turn the big boss of their company was a classmate or friend of Bill Russell. So the big boss and coworker make a deal, they will trade an autographed Clemens baseball for an autographed Russell basketball.
Now Bill Russell is notorious for not handing out autographs but he signs the ball which is more valuable than a Clemens baseball.
The day comes to swap the items and the big boss reneges and instead wants to give the coworker a souvenir cup from the Super Bowl…what a dick move.
Turns out Clemens also signed a ball that the coworker gave me and my wife for our wedding. He signed it Best Wishes, “Rocket” with 5 CY and 200_ World Series etc. was worth more before the steroid shit.