[30], On December 27, 2021, Sykes signed with the Indiana Pacers for the remainder of the season. "So she just told me congratulations. We had nothing, man. An uncle to six and the son of a farmer, Anderson grew up bailing hay in Newark, Illinois. All Rights Reserved. They were Dawson's final moments without having the responsibility of another person's life in his hands. Bell's boy already loves basketball. Afterward, he takes dozens of pictures and shakes the hands of nearly 200 people, plenty of whom he does not know. "I was on thetraining table. More: After hitting $1 million shot, Keifer Sykes signed with Pacers to be closer to home, Its only one team that wins out of 64, so the chances are whatever, Sykes said. He was named first team All-Horizon League.[6]. I shot that wing 3 against the Bulls,I air-balled. We come from poverty. "Those of us that know his story, (it's) very compelling, and this is a culmination of a lot of work and a big dream.". On Friday, the deadlinefor NBA teams to guarantee contracts for the rest of the season, the28-year-old rookiegot the last laugh whenthe Pacers decided to keep himand third-year swingmanOshae Brissett through the end of their campaign. A lot of people don't see the world until college. Yet, Forbes in 2019 evaluated that he must be receiving a minimum NBA salary which was $900,000. Its a remarkable story, and his story obviously goes back way before the NBA with his rise through Chicago.. I was an All-Star, we won the regular-season (league) title and postseason title, but over there its so cutthroat, Sykes said. His son, My'Shawn, was born March 30, 2010. We play them (soon)!'" In addition to having the second-highest teen pregnancy rate, Mississippi charts as the poorest state in the nation. "My players say I don't understand, but I do understand," Ray said. Joniah Jr. lives 260 miles away, in Grenada, Mississippi, while his dad is getting his sea legs under him as a freshman in Ruston, Louisiana. Its a real heros journey.. Bloodman's long been saving for this. It's a seven-hour drive round trip from Green Bay to Chicago. [19], In the summer of 2016, Sykes joined the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Summer League. On Tuesday morning, Buchanan got into a car with his father, aunt and uncle and drove nearly four hours to join his team in Dayton, Ohio. And like Sykes, when Dawson found out he was going to be a father, he had zero interest in letting his mother know right away what he'd gotten himself into. Nine children from five mothers and two fathers. Sykes could match upagainst his "best friend" for the first time in the NBA when Indiana hosts Chicago on Feb. 4. "He's absolutely like his dad," Lisa Sykes said of her youngest. He has just one full sibling, James Sykes Jr., and seven more half-siblings: DaVon, Jarvis, Kristie, Jameeka, Rashaunda, Shakeeya and Antwan. "When I got there, I was nervous, and it was kind of surreal," he said. 10:51am: The Pacers intend to waive guard Brad Wanamaker and sign another guard, Keifer Sykes, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter). I cant do that. Keifer Sykes was born on 30 December, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, is an American basketball player. He does, however, remember the last time he saw his father, when James Sykes dropped him off at either a train or bus station to go back to Wisconsin Green-Bay to continue summer classes and workouts. Sykes, who these days has NBA scouts frequently traveling to gelid Green Bay, has previously bypassed chances to turn pro early in Europe. While Sykes soaked in the action, more youngsters filed into the gym and for nearly all of them Sykes had a greeting, Whats up, killa? he asked one kid. He knows all about long drives on weekends to steal time with a child. She deserves this more than anybody. Perfect place for an unforgettable night in a tiny, half-filled gym, Illinois-Chicago's UIC Pavilion. I just repeated it like, Remember what your dad said. His dad taught him everything he knows about being a man, being responsible and taking the lead in everything you do.. Antetokounmpo leads Milwaukee against Brooklyn after 45-point game. He then joined the franchises G League affiliate, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, and after shining as the teams floor general, he was called up Dec. 27, made his NBA debut against Charlotte on Dec. 29 the day before his 28th birthday scored his first NBA points against his hometown Bulls on Dec. 31 and signed a guaranteed deal for the rest of the season Jan. 7. Keifer Jerail Sykes (born December 30, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. So it's just amazing. [14] On September 28, 2015, he signed with the San Antonio Spurs,[15] only to be waived by the team on October 21 after appearing in three preseason games. Lisa Sykes said she cried nonstop when she initially saw the video, and she cried again while sitting in a back room at Proviso East with Keifer across the hall speaking to dozens of children she had just handed pizza to. Sharp -- who's completed his Mormon mission obligations and is a 24-year-old senior on a team that in recent years has seen half its roster filled with married men -- saw little Jaycee Sharp come into the world 30 minutes after midnight on Oct. 1, 2014. Of course he was worried about telling mom. 2023 www.indystar.com. From grade school to now, I really paid the cost. His father, his best friend, was dead. Dawson's fellow father teammate is junior Bryn Forbes, who had a boy, Carter, born when Forbes played at Cleveland State. So I went into my roommates room, and I just woke him up and just said it to him and just got to breaking down crazy. Wardle describes it as the hardest situation of his career, far beyond anything he faced during the summer of 2013, when accusations of verbal mistreatment from former Green Bay players threatened his job. My heart was just filled with so much joy when he got what he wanted, and thats to play in the NBA for his dream, Lisa Sykes said. College basketball rosters across the country are dotted with young dads. Its been a blessing. What he didn't know was that he wouldn't be a part of it. He wasn't. Sykes said having his contract guaranteed through the end of the season is "the highlight of my professional career," and he's thrilled that his 6-year-old daughter, Kennedi, and 11-year-old. He graduates in two months. Bell found out he was going to be a father when he returned to his phone following a workout. Sykes grew up on southeast side of Chicago, on East 67th Street and South Cregier, in a project apartment complex. All coaches who were asked estimated that more than half the teams in Division I men's basketball currently have at least one player who is father, or a father-to-be, on their roster. Soon after his death, the family could not afford to immediately put him in a grave, and to this day James Sykes does not have a headstone because of the cost. Former South East Melbourne Phoenix import Keifer Sykes has enjoyed a stunning rise with the Indiana Pacers, starting at point guard in their 129-121 loss to Brooklyn Nets on Thursday (AEDT) after seven years playing around the world and in the NBA G-League. 12:00 am ET, Branden Dawson celebrates by cutting down the net after Michigan State won the East Regional Final of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. NBA News. You could call this, The Keifer Effect, McKinnie said. Its not even that I did it (on my own). Sykes was the undersized and underprivileged kid who was supposed to be swallowed up by the inner city, broken after his fathers death and discouraged by the countless doubters who told him reaching the NBA was a pipe dream. It's a dimension some critics didn't realize when they were all too eager to bemoan Dawson's performance in MSU's loss last Sunday at Wisconsin, wherein Dawson had four points and two rebounds. He relies on the motto, "More God," meaning that whenever he's faced with adversity, he'll trust God even more and remain the course. "She heard a thump, which was him falling over, but she didn't think nothing of it. Johnson has two teammates, Markel Crawford and Trahson Burrell, who are fathers. We put in all that work, and they didn't pay us. He's the boss.". After Saturday games, White drives east through the dark trails and over the Mississippi border to spend his Sundays with Joniah Jr. Memphis' Kedren Johnson can relate. Her name is Averyelle Dream. One team has a father who's a leading scorer with a child who attends every home game but did not want to bring extra attention to the player or the program. He posted a picture carrying her and wrote a beautiful heartfelt message. "I was speechless," he said. "I just stuck with the plan and for it to become real, man, it's just a testament to believing in yourself. Having not yet committed to Michigan State, the stress of choosing a college only added to Dawson's ongoing personal strain. More:Why do the Pacers keep losing close games? My'Shawn's been to almost every Spartans home game this season, sitting with Dawson's high school coach, Johnny Ryan, and a former teammate, Devonte Harris. So Im always a fan of guys like Keifer that defy the odds.. It's been an emotional journey for Freeman, who went out and bought a few pregnancy tests last summer, and then cried and hugged Kylee as they discovered they'd be parents. Sykes averaged 5.6 points, 1.9 assists and 1.4 rebounds . We commit to cover sensible issues responsibly through the principles of neutrality. It's about mom just as much as dad. I remember being cut by the Pacers (before the season) and having to tell my son that I got cut, feeling like I just got cut in front of everybody, and I still had to do a seventh- and eighth-grade camp the next day. [27], On December 8, 2020, Sykes signed a one-year contract with the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). For more than a few college athletes, this is the side of life the public does not see. American NBA Player, Representative of Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Indiana. At the time of Sykes' recruitment, Wardle (his coach), who became a dad at 26, could empathize. After competing in Australia, Sykes was recruited by former Syracuse star Eric Devendorf to play for the Oranges alumni team, Boeheim's Army, in The Basketball Tournament. He played college basketball for the University of WisconsinGreen Bay and his professional career has included stints at Anyang KGC of the Korean Basketball League, Ankara DSI of the Basketball Super League, S.S. Felice Scandone of the Lega Basket Serie A and South East Melbourne Phoenix of the National Basketball League. She's going through the same thing these young ladies are going through. Both anticipated that their contracts would be guaranteed through the end of the seasonFriday, and McKinnie was retained, too. You'd be amazed at what these guys don't know about parenting. Imagine sitting in a class, your leg jackhammering the tile, waiting for a phone call to come. Like Sykes, he opted not to turn pro early despite having a child to feed. [26] The team later tried to sign Sykes to a contract for another month, but Sykes balked, wanting an agreement through the end of the year, and was let go by Panathinaikos at the end of October. Sykes said he was in a state of denial, praying hed wake up and the nightmare would be over. This is a man who fondly recalls buying a $134 ring from Walmart the night before he proposed. I didnt go somewhere that eased me into it. "It's crazy, I told my son I'll never play 2K until I get on it, so that was kind of motivation for me. His Pell Grant goes toward living needs, and the family receives government assistance in addition to food stamps and WIC, a national food stamps programs specifically for newborns and their mothers. The point guard impressed early. Afterward, Dawson revealed his son was taken to the hospital two days earlier on account of pneumonia. She has been the backbone of the Sykes familysince Sykes' father, James, died of a heart attack June 6, 2012. Earlier that day, Sykes was at Marshall High School in Chicago, his alma mater, about a 25-minute drive from Proviso East, giving away coats and hope. Its all demonstrated in the documentary, Carlisle said after the game. Even prominent teams, like Gonzaga, are touched by early fatherhood. I dont know why they wouldnt allow this story to be continued in as much detail as possible. "Loved James Sykes. Almost every player interviewed for this story was scared to tell mom. Since leaving the university after his senior year, Sykes has played in the NBA G-League, over seas, back to the G-League, and finally was presented an opportunity seven years after his college. Buchanan flew into Detroit after Sunday's Rams practice, then spent his Monday helplessly pacing around the University of Michigan Medical Center as his 18-week-old son underwent open-heart surgery. He so reminds me of Keifer.". [25], On October 4, 2020, Sykes signed a 1-month contract with Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League. No one taught Branden Dawson how to be a father. He has just one full sibling, James Sykes Jr., and seven more half-siblings: DaVon, Jarvis, Kristie, Jameeka,. He and his wife/high school sweetheart, Laura, are expecting. "You don't want to encourage your guys to have kids out of wedlock, but when it happens, you have to help them. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Sykes averaged a G-League-high 8.0 assists with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle is confident he can be successful in the NBA, too, on offense and defense. Some of them terrifying, like the hell and stress Rhode Island's T.J. Buchanan has endured all season. Buchanan, who leads URI in assists, played in Tuesday night's game against the Flyers, a vital one for Rhode Island's NCAA tourney at-large chances. I told my family, 'I think the basket is moving or something,'"Sykes said, laughing. And I guess she thought or they thought I had maybe talked to my agent but I hadn't," Sykes said. The coaching staff awoke to find out the player was more than a thousand miles away and quit the team without telling anyone. "My son played (NBA 2K) last night with me. He kept it from her as long as possible; the "entire school" knew about it, but she didn't. The next thing I know I hear the coaches banging on the door. "I tell them I grew up just as disenfranchised and poverty-stricken as they were. After the euphoria of winning TBT and signing a training camp deal with the Pacers, Sykes faced another hurdle when he was cut before the season started. They went through predraft workouts together in 2015.Thats where my respect (for him) came from. Trivante Bloodman is a 22-year-old senior guard from Harlem who's barely been able to sleep in the past week. "She's the key to being married, to being a dad. She lives more than 250 miles away, in Iowa, with her mother. When the family moved into a three-bedroom place on the west side, "We'd have a bedroom, three boys on one side, three girls on one side," Keifer said, "and sometimes the boys would share the couch.". The Pacers had Sykes and Wanamaker in training camp and kept the veteran Wanamaker when the season began. Sometimes when he's here and he's with KJ, I'm like, 'Oh my god,he's just like him'. "As a coach, you would love to have all parents talk to him in a lot of ways. "I know she's probably gonna cry (when I talk to her) because it's bringing tears to my eyes right now," Sykes said, his voice cracking. "I do not want to go pro overseas," he said. It's a lot of bloodshed in my city, a lot people dying, and I feel like God placed me in this position also to shed light on those things and to show that some people are able to be talented and get out, but some people aren't. [23], On December 27, 2019, Sykes signed with the Olimpia Milano until the end of the season. It's a boy, and they're down to two names with two months to go. section: | slug: paternal-fraternity-the-overlooked-reality-behind-so-many-college-athletes-daily-lives-as-fathers | sport: collegebasketball | route: article_single.us | Sykes, a self-described daddy's boy, wasn't worried that being a father might hurt his chances in recruitment. At the time KJ was born Keifer was holding down a job with the Chicago Public Schools system, playing basketball and working rec centers with kids on the east side. James Sykes, a former vice president of the Broadway Armory Park association, is buried at Memorial Gardens in Homewood, Illinois. When Wardle got to Sykes' dorm room, the 18-year-old was sitting alone on his bathroom floor, sobbing. Weve actually talked about (that game) once or twice, and I brought it up just to see if he remembered it, Brogdon said. She's long had a keen love for caring for the young, something as immediately evident in Keifer as his flaring athleticism. He says there's more than $5,000 of his own cash allotted toward parenthood. Keifer Sykes was clutch in the fourth quarter for Boeheim's Army. My mom's going crazy, and my dad was taking heat. We had nothing, man. . [2] He starred at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, where he was named second team All-Chicago Public High School League by the Chicago Sun-Times. Stephen A. Smith discusses why the Lakers are a better . I remember we used to play in the alley, McKinnie said. INDIANAPOLIS Keifer Sykes knew the Pacers' season was ending. Dayton kicked two players off its roster earlier this season after a dorm-room theft forced Archie Miller's hand. Sykes signed a non-guaranteed two-year deal with a team option for the second season with Indiana on Dec. 27, and the 5-11 guardfound out he'd been retained for his first seasonwhile at the team's practice facility Friday. SMU sophomore Keith Frazier, who's been suspended for the season, is a dad to a boy who's nearly 3 years old. Averyelle was born shortly after the sun came up. These are the guys helping Dawson, watching the little one when he's away, driving My'Shawn to and from pre-K school sessions. written on it in white letters, didnt hesitate before handing the kid his phone and obliging. [24], On September 13, 2020, Sykes signed with Trk Telekom B.K. All rights reserved. "Everything that she did for us, losing my dad, taking care of everybody she deserves this more than anybody. "I immediately fell in love with her.". He admits now it was a lot to go through. His father taught him and told him about becoming a boy to a man, Lisa Sykes said. [4], From his freshman year in 201112, Sykes was immediately inserted into the Phoenix starting lineup, and was also the youngest player in the nation, let alone youngest starter. I can't wait to talk to her. 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Discover Keifer Sykes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. But that's what it takes to be a superhero for my family, a superhero in my community and a good basketball player. Its really not about the NBA, Sykes says. Oh my God, that melted me, Lisa Sykes said, her voice shaking. It made my heart weep in joy, not weep in sorrow but in joy that, Wow, he really feels that way about me.. But it came down to the last shot, and fortunately I was able to hit it and win us some money. I thought I was going to pass out, but I stayed strong. I didn't have goals to go further. Sykes studied at Marshall High School, where he started playing basketball. I didn't have my phone. Adding to the growing list of Netflix series about young, rogue FBI agents, this latest one features Gabriel Basso as a man whose specific area of work is the White House. We come from poverty. I was kind of sad. The plan is for mother and child to pack up and go with. Thats my dream, but I know the odds of going to the NBA, so Ill just use basketball to get as far as I can.. From there, Sykes bounced around the fringes of the NBA, joining the Cavaliers for the 2015 Summer League, then signing with San Antonio his father's favorite team and appearing in three 2015-16 preseason games, before being waived and picked up by the Spurs D League (now G League) affiliate, the Austin Spurs. KJ crowned around dinnertime on Aug. 3, 2010, at Mount Sinai Medical Center. As of 2021, he is representing Fort Wayne Mad Ants, a professional basketball team of Indiana. Sykes went scoreless in his NBA debut against Charlotte on Dec. 29 and twodays later totaledtwo pointsagainst his hometown Bulls. Why do the Pacers keep losing close games? Another team lost a player in the middle of the night, without warning, because he was given an ultimatum by the child's mother. The 28-year-old doesnt remember the last conversation he had with his dad because he never expected it to be the final one. It's nothing else but about KJ.". Waiting. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Eventually, Keifer will find himself back in Homewood, Illinois, standing over a plot where James Sykes eternally rests. Because KJ wants to be a big boy really fast. KJ doesn't know just yet how his grandfather died -- or even what death is, or that people disappear from the world in abrupt and unfair ways. This is a blessed, beautiful evening, and it's blessed and beautiful because it ends the way Sykes wants every game to end: with a boisterous embrace of his son, Keifer Sykes Jr. KJ, they call him. 28 jerseys with his best friend. From mother to son. Wardle, who is now the head coach at Bradley, called James Sykes a tremendous man, the type who, alongside Lisa Sykes, wanted his son to be held to the highest standard in all areas. Luckily for Wardle, he said he never had to spend too much energy in those departments because even though Sykes was just 17 when he made his college debut making him one of the youngest players in the country he was prepared beyond his years. Even when I got here, (Boucek) just following me on Instagram and Twitter, and telling me alwaysto continue to chip away at it.". The ones, even in his inner circle, who repeatedly toldhim he'd never make it to the NBA. Reach him via email: jboyd1@gannett.com. Keifer Sykes' 3-pointer wins TBT for Boeheim's Army. A tremendous man," Wardle said. They're cautionary stories but uplifting ones, too. [5], As a sophomore, Sykes increased his production to 15.9 points and 4.3 assists per game and led the Phoenix to the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Like Buchanan, and others currently playing college hoops, BYU's Josh Sharp also became a father last fall. Keifer says his first pro basketball check will go toward buying and engraving a tombstone for his father. "A curious boy who loves to be around his cousins. 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Come August, Keifer will be three months removed from college. "Looking back on my season, where did it go, and it's been a weird, weird year.". Some of the scenarios are not ideal. Harrington praised Sykes for his resiliency throughout his triumphant but often tough career. He later joined the San Antonio Spurs on 28 September 2015. He averaged 11.2 points and 3.3 assists per game. Unlike Dawson and Sykes, he's married. By the time Wardle got to Sykes' dorm room, Sykes had locked himself in the bathroom as he grappled with one overarching and unshakable thought: The life he had before he went to sleep was gone. More:Pacers swingmen Torrey Craig, Justin Anderson enter NBA's COVID-19 protocols. His daughter Zarah has just turned six years old on 22 September 2021. He is at Green Bay because that staff impressed his father. She took care of everybody.. I had a translator the whole time, so I never knew what my coach said, and I never really knew what my teammates said either.. 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