Military personnel in uniform are required to salute when they meet and recognize persons entitled (by grade) to a salute except when it is inappropriate or impractical (in public conveyances such as planes and buses, in public places such as inside theaters, or when driving a vehicle).
One notable player, Shawn Kemp, enrolled in college but never played any games due to personal problems. In 1989, a year after his high school graduation, he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics. He played 14 seasons in the NBA and was selected to 6 All-Star Games and 3 All-NBA Teams.
gary payton doesn t get the type of recognition he deserves because he played on a seattle supersonics team that never won an nba title payton was a nine time nba all star nine time all defensive first team member and he finally won an nba title in 2006 with the miami heatlthough patrick ewing could never capture that elusive nba title he was the star of the knicks the last time the team was truly relevant ewing was an 11 time nba all star 1986 nba rookie of the year and a member of the 1990 all nba first team