NBA players inspired by Wayman Tisdale’s courage

 
BY BERRY TRAMEL
Published: April 8, 2009

One by one, the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder stopped their halftime warmup of a tight NBA game and walked over to the man sitting on the front row of the Ford Center .

Wayman Tisdale still draws a crowd.

"You’ve been an inspiration,” the Spurs’ Bruce Bowen told Tisdale, who was honored with the Thunder Community Hero Award before the game. "The after career you...


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