<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> ometimes life gives you memorable moments so the Trail Blazers broke out a video camera Thursday at the practice facility. They had four draft prospects stand on the baseline in one corner and answer questions. "Name?" "Age?" "Dreams?" Dreams? Yes. They went there. And you know, I'm glad they did. Because when the person behind the camera asked Jawad Williams, senior from North Carolina, about his dreams, the whole room could have skidded to a stop. Williams could have stood there, talking for hours about where he grew up, and where he's going. But if he had, Syracuse's Hakim Warrick, Kansas' Keith Langford and Charlotte's Eddie Basden wouldn't have had their turn in front of the camera. And we might have ended up with a circle of assistants, trainers and scouts around Williams. And nobody would have held a stopwatch or bothered to time the footwork drills, which Warrick performed the fastest. "I guess they do the videotape because they want to see how you're going to conduct yourself on camera," Williams said. "You just never know." Williams grew up in the St. Clair section of Cleveland. When he was 16, the first homicide of the year was called in on Jan. 1, just two minutes after midnight. </div> Source
Ok, I'm confused, I dont know what this article is trying to say? Yes, he grew up in Cleveland, in a rough neighborhood, and, to add to this, his father was a former preofessional boxer, just a little FYI. But, the cameras, his dreams, what went on? Talk about leaving you hanging. Anyone make something out of this that I couldnt, let me know?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting KICKSDADDY613:</div><div class="quote_post">Ok, I'm confused, I dont know what this article is trying to say? Yes, he grew up in Cleveland, in a rough neighborhood, and, to add to this, his father was a former preofessional boxer, just a little FYI. But, the cameras, his dreams, what went on? Talk about leaving you hanging. Anyone make something out of this that I couldnt, let me know?</div> From Page 2 of the article - <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">So, stand on the baseline for us, Jawad. And look into the video camera, please. Now, "dreams?" "I dream about going back to Cleveland and building a recreation center in the inner city," he said. "And I dream about tutoring kids. And I dream about starting Bible studies for kids there. They need someone to establish those things where I grew up." They need someone. And Jawad says he'll be that someone. </div> I hate to be insensitive, but this writer is making a big deal about nothing. A lot of these kids in the draft have overcome adversity. Just look at Kelvin Torbert's story - <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">More than most 21-year-old college seniors, Torbert has an appreciation of how fleeting life can be. Torbert lost his mother, Florine, to breast cancer when he was 5. Climmie Torbert is struggling with kidney failure and needs a transplant as soon as possible. "He always tells me to not take anything for granted," Torbert said of his father. "There is going to be a lot of ups and downs in life. The things you have, you must enjoy them because a lot of people are not going to be able to experience them." A muscular 6-foot-4, Torbert appears sturdy and durable on the outside. But he is soft and sensitive inside. He just keeps that side of himself private. Even his brother, Lamont, and his coach, Tom Izzo, sometimes find it difficult to connect. Torbert simply does not want to bother others with his burden. That includes the failing health of his father, who will not make the trip to St. Louis to watch his son play in Saturday's Final Four game. "KT is kind of strange," Lamont said. "It is hard to get things out of him. He is just quiet and into himself. He holds onto a lot of things, which is not good, but I think he is growing up." Kelvin savors the time with his father. Those include the tough days when he sneaks back to Flint to help with his father's dialysis. "I will talk to him a lot, especially this week," Torbert said. "It was great talking to him after we made the Final Four. He felt good telling me how proud he was. He simply told me you have to take advantage of this opportunity</div> Link
That is very tru, and they all do have their struggles. Thank you for posting the end to that article. The one thing about it though, that I do seperate from the rest, and I know he is the kind of man to follow through, making a difference for the kids. I know in my time I've done everything from giving free clinics to donating time to coach kids youth leauges and other with the Boys and Girls Club. I'll go anywhere in any neighborhood to give kids of all classes a chance. I think not enough people donate their time to kids or others period unless there is something on the back end.
