How Devin Vassell serves as a quiet constant on the star-studded Spurs

IT'S AN OVERCAST MONDAY at Harlandale High on the south side of San Antonio, and the campus is abuzz in anticipation of the 60th Frontier Bowl, set for kickoff at the end of the week between the Indians and rival Cowboys of McCollum. In football-obsessed Texas, cowbells, tailgating and the smell of burgers sizzling over hot coals typically dominate high schools in October. So when Harlandale's boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams sat in an empty auditorium waiting for a surprise visitor, nobody knew what to expect. "What up guys?" San Antonio Spurs forward Devin Vassell said, emerging from backstage.