Although Chase Budinger is exhausted from a two-hour practice, he accepts warmly when a young fan approaches for a photo on the boardwalk near the Hermosa Beach volleyball courts. The boy had watched the final hour of Budinger’s practice with partner Miles Evans from a nearby patio and waited for the perfect moment to take a photo with one of …
After seven years in the NBA, Chase Budinger still had some goals left on his dream board. “Just watching the history and the celebration and everything that goes into the Olympics, I was always thinking how would it be if I could get there someday.” It will be beach volleyball — not basketball — that landed the 6-foot-7 redhead on …
