"My dad was always great about when we signed guys, especially foreign guys, to take them out to dinner and get them acclimated to the city," Chase Buford said. "When Tony came to the States, he was 19 and I was about 13. There were a lot of family dinners — and I was addicted to soccer. I love Tony, Manu (Ginobili) and obviously Tim (Duncan) was the god."