is
activated, and it is likely that other parts of the brain  such as
those involved in memory  also contribute.

Investigators in England set out to document how common the stuck song
phenomenon is, and how people deal with it. The researchers approached
people in community settings, such as a railway station and a public
garden, and asked them to fill out a questionnaire about the
phenomenon. All of the 103 respondents indicated they had experienced
a stuck song at one point or another, and listed 159 different songs
they could remember.

In a separate study, the same investigators asked 25 people to keep
"stuck song" diaries for four weeks. Participants reported a total of
269 episodes (involving 199 songs), averaging a little more than one
per week per person.

For the most part, the internal music didn't bother people.Most guys in the league, you ask them who their basketball hero was growing up, or who their biggest influence was as a basketball player, or who their first exposure was to the game, and it’s going to be a list of some of the all-time greats: MJ. Kobe. AI. KG. Duncan. T-Mac. D-Wade. LeBron. All those dudes.

But for me it was a little different. For me, coming up, the first I had ever heard of basketball?

It was from my mom.

She was a really good player back in her day, and even played college ball at Kentucky State. And then she went on to become a coach and an AD after that — so she always stayed real close to the game, and kept it a part of