Hey young world its your boy Champ coming to you with another week in my life as a baller. This week was a very slow as there where no games, no open gyms, and the first marking period is over. I had a chance to sit down and think about everything that is going on around me. What came to me is that I am blessed. I just want to thank God for everything, and my mom and dad for their support. Thank You.
Anyway the highlight of the week was the basketball interest meeting at my school. Over 40 boys showed up for interest meeting. There were lots of 7th and 8th graders and all I can remember was Coach saying that he only needed 6 players and noticed a lot of heads go down. From what I saw at the meeting it doesn't look good for any 7th graders making the team this year. I'm also predicting that we win the middle school title this year. Coach also announced me as his captain for the second year and this season I am taking that title more seriously. I have made up my mind that I will lead by example. That means being the first in the gym and the last out, it means working hard in practice and winning every sprint, and finally it means that during our games I will play the hardest defense coach has seen, I am going to get after some people.
Towards the end of the week my Dad gave me an article to read about a former NBA player named David Vaughn. It was a very sad story because he played 4 years in the league and now he is homeless. He made some bad choices with his money, probably didn't finish school, and picked the wrong friends. From the article what I got also is that basketball doesn't last forever and I need to focus on a career that lasts longer. Finally my week ended with “THE DC ASSAULT WORKOUT”. There were some really good ballers there from classes 2011 to 2014. From my class alone there was #38, #51 and #56 ranked players according to hoopscoop. During the scrimmages you get some really good bump. Well thats what happened to me this week, stay tuned next week for the life of a baller.
Champ Out!!!!
