quote:Missing a game here and there in summer league is pretty commonplace I think. Certainly class conflicts and other issues can arise in the regular season. Telling a lie to your coach and ultimately your teammates (at any time) strikes me as the real problem here.
I agree with hey batter. No lies allowed! The words "prior commitment" or "family issues" or "items of a personal nature" will cover a lot of events. A Celine Dion concert may be stretching it but if the date were a real knockout, I probabaly would have attempted it in my younger days.
Fungo