When Hugh Manius, entered the locker room he knew it would feel a little strange. As he knew his dad won Mika Kandinsky Award back in day and figured someone would make the Manius Connection. Although Manius did take comfort the Walt Frazier was going to be there because he knew what Walt was wearing it would be amusing.
Once he arrived, he was given the 50-cent tour and shown where his locker is located and spent some time talking to the other new draftees as the prepared for the team’s orientation training. The team orientation was quite an event that was cater by five of the barbeques in St. Louis; Pappy’s Smokehouse, Bogart's Smokehouse, Sugarfire Smoke House, Salt + Smoke and The Shaved Duck.
At the end of the day Manius was stuffed from eating and worn out from going through the team orientation, meeting different players and other staff within the St. Louis organization and dodging the local media.