Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, the quintessential basketball lifer, is looking forward to the 2010-11 bj-league season with the same contagious enthusiasm that reminds one of a child waiting to visit Disney World for the first time.
Despite beginning his professional career when George H.W. Bush was U.S. president, Abdul-Rauf's commitment to excellence hasn't changed.
He admitted as much without hesitation.