After a hard fought win in Charlotte on Wednesday, A.C headed out as he always does, for a bite to eat before boarding a plane back to Miami. But when he arrived at the airport, the plane had already left. Everyone figured that A.C., like some of his teammates, was just going to stay in town for the night. "I've always liked Charlotte, so I didn't mind" said A.C. with a wry smile. After calling Tim Hardaway (also staying in town) on his cell phone, Green met up with the little man for a drink or two before heading to a hotel. It was what happned in between that changed his life forever. According to Green, "One drink led to another, and before I knew it there were girls all over me asking, 'Aren't you A.C. Green?', I started to feel all wierd, and it just happned, I didn't have to do anything. It was great, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world."
His teammates have certainly noticed a change. Eddie Jones commented, "We are all happy for A.C., whats it been 36, 37 years? Fuck man, one day is enough for me, we're just all happy for him." Brian Grant likes what he sees too, "He's a different A.C., I mean he's still A.C., but he's got more of a strut in his step, more confidence."
Taking a break from his laughing with teammates after the morning shootaround today, Green said, "Yeah, I'm just glad I can give up all that abstinence crap, you know, saying I'm all 'religious' and shit, I always just wanted to get laid, but after you're 25 and it hasn't happned yet, you have to say something, I almost started believing it myself." No one is happier than his coach, Pat Rielly. "The offense doesn't work as well when your foward is a virgin. Its not like I could tell him, A.C. do you want us to get you a whore? He seemed committed to his beliefs, like he really didn't want any. I'm just real happy for him, its been a long haul and this is better for the team."
As A.C pulled away in his new Corvett after the game, which he purchased as soon as he got in from Charlotte, he looked at me and said, "We lost, I shot 32% from the field, it was one of my worst games ever, but you know what, I don't give a fuck. I'm just gonna get a ho and forget about it. This is the new A.C, A-Fucking-C., you know man?" As he peeled out and the smell of burning rubber overpowered the lingering smell of cologne, it was plain to see. When the ice is broken, the floodgates open. He has 37 years of work to catch up on, he'll just take it one night at a time.
-Teammate Eddie Jones
