Attending Timberwolves games and hanging around the locker room at the end of his father's NBA career, Gary Trent Jr. couldn't help but wonder if he could ever be as good a basketball player as his dad.
Now, 11 years later, they won't even play a serious game of 1-on-1.
"I can take him off the dribble," said Trent, who will play with Howard Pulley at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League at Maple Grove Community Gymnasium. "It's really not a competition anymore. It's almost like playing my little brother."
That's not quite true, said Trent Sr.