Okay, you get to celebrate Thanksgiving with one of the players: who do you choose and what classic “family” discussion can’t you wait to get into it over?
Tachauer: I feel like I’d be crazy not to say Hassan Whiteside. Can you imagine what an entertaining time any dinner with the big man would be, much less a holiday event? Nevermind how good the food he always posts on Instagram Stories looks. As for our heated (no pun intended) discussion… I’m envisioning something along the lines of whether or not Artificial Intelligence is really going to take over soon.
Rahming: As I’m writing this, I’m willing to bet that all of my colleagues will say Dwyane Wade but I’m not backing down. He’s my pick as well. He’s been my favorite player (alongside Alonzo Mourning and Ray Allen), so why not? Almost all of my Thanksgivings in my adult life have either been spent alone with video games, with significant others, or with friends, so my family discussions have happened over games over monopoly. I know folks say it’s not a good game, but trust me… with the right people at the table, you can get all kinds of discussions and debates going, over some cold hard monopoly cash and property cards. Therefore, whatever topics Wade and Gabrielle Union organically stumble upon, is fine by me.
Morganfield: Even though Richardson is my favorite player, I feel like dinner at the Udonis Haslem house would be lit. My family is from South Florida, so it’ll somewhat feel like being home with them anyways. Haslem totally gives me “cool uncle” vibes. For example, I bet he does all the grilling. We’d probably get into it over me being a picky eater though… Jordan shrug.
Campbell: I picture myself in the home of Dwyane and Gabrielle Union-Wade, in a nice mansion, and smelling his mother’s homemade sweet potato pie and yams. We are all in the living room, watching the Bears (his favorite team) play against the Lions. The discussion comes up about who’s the best player ever: either Michael Jordan or LeBron James. I want to get it out of the way so we can actually enjoy the day, but you know how it goes with this discussion. Either “it’s Jordan, because the nba was so much better back then,” or “no, it’s James, because he’s so dominant.” It ends up going back and forth until people have to be separated. Happy Thanksgiving.