Basketball players: They’re just like us!

I’m a big fan of Sixers guard Kyle Korver. He’s a great shooter, he came from a small college, he reminds me of Ashton Kutcher — hm, this is probably a knock on him, actually — and he’s one fo the young guys on the 76ers who could be a fan favorite for years to come.

And, after reading Michael Klein’s column in today’s Inquirer, I like him even more. For a promotional item for the soon-to-be-at-the Spectrum “Incredibles on Ice,” they asked local athletes who their childhood heroes were. And they got the usual responses: the Lone Ranger, the Hulk, parents. Boring.

Kyle Korver selected the same hero I had when I was little:

We got a kick out of 76ers forward Kyle Korver’s idea of a childhood hero: Zack Morris. Yes, Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s character on the early ’90s sitcom Saved by the Bell — “because he got to date Kelly Kapowski.”

Yeah! And he dated Stacey Carosi!

Sports heroes’ heroes [Inky, last item]