PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Portland Trail Blazers were in Utah on Feb. 24, there was a special meeting after the game. Danny Berger, a 34-year-old former basketball player at Utah State, reconnected with former NBA player and now Blazers assistant coach Ryan Gomes.
They met years before in Connecticut at a charity golf tournament held by Gomes, but this meeting before the Jazz game carried some added perspective. In tow with Berger was his wife, Taylor, and two kids, 2 1/2-year-old son Logan and 3-month-old daughter Avery.
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If it wasn’t for Gomes, Danny Berger likely wouldn’t be here today. No reunion. No marriage. No family. Without Gomes, Berger likely would
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