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Where are they now? : Mark Eaton

Shaggy

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[video]https://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/nba/2011/06/29/wherearetheynow_mark_eaton.SportsIllustrated/?sct=nba_bf2_a8
 
Good feature - thanks for posting. He was the grand marshall of the Park City 4th of July Parade this year - riding in the back of a convertible. Was cool to see him - I didn't take a photo.
 
Seemed real happy with his post-NBA life; very laid back. Ain't gonna let small crap like people's comments bother him; very cool!
 
I was a valet/bellman at a very upscale hotel at a resort in Utah for a couple years, about 7-8 years ago. I met Jimmy Carter, Steve Young, Willie Mays and countless other NFL and NBA players.......and Mark Eaton. Dude was as big a prick as I've come across. Fully entitled and self absorbed.

Carter (talked to me at the bell desk for 10 mins about sports at 11:30pm.....secret service in tow) was as nice as they come along with Mays and Young though.
 
I've seen Eaton several times since he retired, always at an event at some time. Saw him drop a pen once. Took what seemed to be thirty seconds to bend down and pick it up.

It is a bit odd to see a guy 2 feet taller than you.
 
Carter (talked to me at the bell desk for 10 mins about sports at 11:30pm.....secret service in tow) was as nice as they come along with Mays and Young though.

Truly a good human being. Even remembers people's names if you meet him multiple times.
 
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