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PHILIPPEThis Upper East Side Chinese spot is to open a 350-seat restaurant in Mexico City next month, in partnership with a Mexican restaurateur, Pablo Moctezuma. The move is part of a bigger expansion plan, financed by a group of National Basketball Association stars. The next planned opening will be in the Hotel Gansevoort South in Miami Beach in January. The investors include Sebastian Telfair of the Boston Celtics, Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess of the Detroit Pistons, Tyronn Lue and Al Harrington of the Atlanta Hawks and Stromile Swift of the Memphis Grizzlies.



"We were really hot for that game because we had got into a big fight over there," Tresvant recalled. "A guy kept elbowing me and my teammate, Greg Vermillion, punched him in the face, the police came and it really got out of hand."

He was drafted by the St. Louis Hawks and, in order, later played for the Detroit Pistons, Cincinnati Royals, Sonics, Los Angeles Lakers and Baltimore Bullets, advancing to the NBA Finals with the latter two teams. His career ended after he tore up his knee in a collision with 7-footer Tom Payne during an exhibition game. He has since had two knee replacements.