How Basketball Changed My Life

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I don't know how I got here but let's take it back to 2015, I was 17 years old and I grew up in the southside of chicago and still loving the game of basketball. I played with my dad when he was he was with us, but sadly he was shot and killed when trying to stop an armed robber, he was always a good man and kept me out the streets as much as possible. I grew up watching lebron james play in the nba, after I heard his story of how he grew up in poverty and when his mom gave him up the the school football coach Frank Walker, and young lebron lived with Frank's family. I was a 11th grader at Lake View High School and have been there since 9th. I had played basketball when I was younger, my mom said it basketball comes naturally to me. I went to a different school for elementary and middle …show more content…

My freshman year I started playing basketball for the Lake View Panthers scoring only 10pts a game and stood at 5’6, my height is my biggest downfall so it motivated me to get stronger, be in the gym constantly and always get shots up. I would have to work for what I want and no one is gonna do it for me. I went to sleep early and got up an hour earlier so I can get as much shots up as I can. I worked out almost everyday after school and after that I got more shots up. On the days I don't have school I would go to the court and find a pick up game to play ball with random people, I had to be careful of who I ran in though. I was then the best player in the state. I had a friend I never mentioned or talked about, his name was marcus, he was one of my best friends... until something went down. Marcus was a very smart kid but I didn't mention that he was sneaky and would always get in trouble, but I never knew this was gonna happen. It was late at night and I had just finished a pickup game at the courts and was walking home. My house wasn't

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