Article: ELSON PLAYS FOR BROTHER NUGGETS CENTER LIVES LOST SIBLING'S DREAM.(Sports)

Byline: Chris Tomasson

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

The reminders are everywhere. Francisco Elson has a large photo of his late brother on the wall of his home. He wears No. 56 because that was Patrick Elson's number.

Scarcely a day goes by when Elson doesn't think of his brother. In fact, the main reason he now is playing basketball is to honor the memory.

``Whatever I do right now is because of him,'' said Elson, a Denver Nuggets center. ``Basketball was the last thing that he did, and that's what I'm going to do until I can't go anymore.''

In 1989, Patrick Elson was playing for Rotterdam Basketball, a club team in the Netherlands. ...

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