Air Force Vet will bring some class to the NBA.

I'm not a basketball guy.  I watch the NBA only when the finals come around or maybe a few games on Christmas but most of the time I tune it out.

I'm a Kobe fan, a Lebron hater and generally don't give a fuck about the rest of the league.

But when I heard the story of Bernard James I sat up and took notice.  Then I read his story and realized something.  The NBA has their poster.  They finally have a guy that they can point to and say hey...we have good guys here.  Check this out...

Bernard James is from Savannah, Ga., and the real world. He is a high school dropout who joined the Air Force at 16 with his parent's consent, shipped out to basic training when he was 17, did tours in Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq with security and military police, earned his GED, went to junior college, advanced to Florida State and got an economics degree while being named honorable mention All-ACC.
Now James, 27, is officially an NBA prospect, likely headed for the second round as a 6-foot-10, 230-pound power forward with one of the amazing back stories of this or any other draft. Just your typical college player getting thanked after games by fans on the road for his service, just your typical senior eight or nine years older than some teammates.
"I lot of times, I feel like I was babysitting," James said of his two seasons at Florida State. "But I got used to it. I adjusted to it. But now that I'm out of college, it'll be nice to be around adults full-time now."

James was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The NBA might be must see TV.  We'll see.  And if I ever decide to buy a jersey it looks like I now have two choices...either Tillman or James.

Read about James here.