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Rooted in the Game
THE CALIFORNIA SUN SHINES on three girls shooting baskets outside their house. Their laughter mixes with the thuds of the ball pounding the ground as they run drills in their driveway.
From behind the net, a young boy’s voice calls out between the dribbles, “Let me play!”
Long before Coleman Hawkins towered over his opponents at six-foot-ten inches, he looked up to his family. He grew up with three sisters, who never let him get an easy shot, his mom, who sacrificed time to be at his games, and his dad, who never wanted his own basketball past to interfere with Coleman’s dreams.
Even though he clocked countless hours on the court, family remains at the center of everything Coleman is. When he thinks of his future, he’s surrounded by the big family he hopes to have and plenty of space for his parents, sisters, and cousins from Chicago to drop in at any time.
“I feel like my bond with my family is unbreakable,” Coleman said. “I can’t imagine my life without them.”
To really know him, you have to know his family.
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