Drew Elizarde-Miller
Drew Elizarde-Miller is a White Quaker living on the land of Chinook Peoples in Oregon. He often gets lost without a GPS but plays up his Pacific Northwest politeness to ask for directions. You can find more from him @newbergdrew and at drewelizardemiller.com.
by Drew Elizarde-Miller
One of the banes of growing up in a small private school while playing sports with boys from bigger public schools was tryouts’ day, where, usually, the only people I knew by name were my parents. This past year has been kind of like that. Lots of newness. I moved, I started a new job, I got married. With all of the change, I resorted a lot to the narratives I learned growing up, and all year long, I felt like a rookie at tryouts.
In a recent interview, one of the newest members of my hometown Portland Trail Blazers, Mason Plumlee, reveals how rookies are treated in the NBA, and it reflects what rookies face in all professions.
Hazing.