ANCHORAGE – You never know who you might see at 4 a.m. on a Wednesday in Anchorage, Alaska.
For dozens of U.S. military personnel – many of whom had dozed off in the wee hours, as they waited to travel to their next assignment – a quiet, mundane morning provided a completely unexpected surprise, when two NBA teams strolled into an otherwise quiet Anchorage airport. One member of the Army stood up in a dining area and excitedly told his colleagues, “Hey guys, James Harden and (retired Hall of Fame center) Dikembe Mutombo are right over there!