From NBA glory to homeless shelter

» May 16, 2008 8:48 AM | By Brandon Hoffman

Via the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Once the tables have been moved out of the way and the floor has been mopped, Joe Pace grabs a tan mattress off a stack, slides it into a corner and beds down at the Family and Adult Service Center on Third Avenue.

His feet hang over the edge of the mat, so he rolls up a blanket to support them. He shares the room with 60 people. He pays $3 a night for this privilege.

Thirty years ago next month, Pace slept in one of Seattle’s finest hotels, though he can’t remember which one, as a visiting pro basketball player for the Washington Bullets, sharing in an NBA championship won in this city at the expense of the Sonics. [Read]

(Photo by Joshua Trujillo / P-I)


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