Happy belated birthday, Royal Ivey.

One of our favorites.

Royal turned 34 yesterday. He is one of our favorite guys around here. When you spend time with him, you realize immediately how generous, humble and driven he is. He is not about to be outworked by anybody.

I enjoyed the video above a lot. If it doesn't show up up there, click here. Watch it all. When he remembers his draft day, it's pretty great.

We'll catch up with him in the new year and hear how he is liking making the transition to coaching in the NBA for OKC (he spent last on staff with the OKC D League team).