In 1998, Makhtar became the first player to make the NBA from Senegal, opening doors for a generation of Senegalese talent. Starting at a neighborhood court in Sicap, Makhtar’s journey unexpectedly brought him from Senegal to France to Oak Hill Academy, Wake Forest University, the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina - before Vancouver. As an untraditional big for that era, Makhtar caught the eyes of many, and remains an endeared figure in NBA inner circles today…
Jeff picked up the phone and called. People don’t do that anymore. And, I never even told him this, he doesn’t know how much that meant to me. That was a tough time on me. Jeff’s a good dude man. Good heart. Good dude. Here is the best way I can put it…
Ask anyone from Charlotte about Beatties Ford Road. They will all say the same thing; it is a tough, tough neighborhood. Its notoriety is not something spoken about with pride, but more-so, genuine concern. The violence holds back the community in...
For twenty years, millions of young basketball fans wondered what made the legend of Michael Jordan so resoundingly dominant that he was the undisputed G.O.A.T. by all who witnessed him. Could someone have been that much better than Kobe and Lebron? Those two raised this generation…